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TO THE HENOCH.4TIC PKOPI.K OF
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A Hr torn, In the I'omptrallrr Smtrtl'!
•am.
LET US NOT HIDE ‘'INHJUITIBS” COMMTTTm
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CoSNpus, Qa., Sept. 14, 1876.
FfcLtW-CiTTzKNS : Having, in my com
munication to you on the 18th inst., in
formed you of the manner in which I
learned so much of a certain official act
of Comptroller Goldsmith, which, in uy
opinion, can not be defended, and for
which, 1 think, his bond is liable, ami
haying also stated to you, to a limited ex
tent, the very strong causes which, I may
say, even compelled me to allude to said
case, in the way I did in my late Address;
and having promised you, in my last, to
£Ot forth certain specific charges, and to
refer to the proofs relied upon to sustain
than—that 1 may be corrected, if I have
done Comptroller Goldsmith any injus
tice, I shall now proceed to do as I have
promised.
Before doing so, however, I will here
say that, while knowing but little, or
comparatively nothing, of the official con
duct of the Comptroller in the Hoyle
matter, over two years ago, having heard
a common report on the streets of Atlanta
that Comptroller Goldsmith and his clerk,
Mr. J. W. Renfroe, had borrowed $5,000
from tlie Tax Collector of Pulton county,
while in default, ami-owing the State and
county largely ; and that it had come out,
in evidence, before a certain committee,
&c.; iue#tmg with <mm of tfta committee,
I asked him about H, when -lie said that
"the report about borrowing the money
was true," but he did not “recollect the
amount, or the exact amount each officer
bowrowed," *c. While writing my Ad
dress, Ilhvifiiffiseo#*rtxl tho other m&t
teraaboul the affair, ami feijing'in honor
’ betikl to Allude to it in the manger I did,
to be sure that 1 made no mistake. I asked
another oue of the committee, ami his re
ply as to the borrowing the money, was
precisely,the same as the other, two years
ago; but, ld i the first 'one, he did not
rocolMcl the amount, &c. Consequently
I did not state the amount In my late Ad
dress, and will not now state it in my
specific charges. Bnt I will now present
„ JIT SPECIFIC CHABOES, AND FBOOFS.
. bt I th*rfb*o ch.rg. that aB. Hojlo. Ti
Collector of Fulton county for the yt.r isTl.wm
e defaulter on the hooka of the Comptroller Oen
amount in |
October, 1873, without a ft. fa. being issued
penalty of twenty per cent, per annum, a* pre
scribed in the 909th and 91(Rh sections of the
New Code, but he did not pa? any interest at all
in the matter. For proof td ilfeltfthh charge.'
aee the Comptroller’a paid voucher, No. 65, Feb
ruary 11, 1*76, in Executive Office; alao the atubs
aßsasawsra
date “1878'’ ia left out—Bah!) furniabed by the
Comptroller to Messrs Crane, Patton and Lev,
den, a committee appointed by Judge Hopkins in
the apring of 1874. 4c. lb# same to be found in
the Atlanta Constitution of Jwne 18, 1874.
2d. I alao charge that H. E. Hoyle, Tax Collector
of jlUton county for the year 1872, became a de
faijiter on tMftKh December. 1872, fo# $10,121 U
(if no snore'; that in June, 1874, he waa pro
nounoed by Messrs. Crane, l*aU<m and Leyden
clearly in default about SB,MO; and that, while
the Obmptratter, in 1813, issued forty-four fi. faa.
againrt ether defaulting tax eoßectora for 1872,
yet he issued none agaiuat the aaid Hoyle, nor
had he collected the aame up to the Bth of June,
1874 (the laat ! have Been or heard of the matter),
near eighteen months after the default. For
proof of this, aee report of committee, and trans
erfpt. Ac., as abirra. Alao the Comptroller'* Re
port f0r1873, dated January 1, 1874, page* 5 and
3d. 1 charge thatß. B. Hoyle. Tax Collector of
. was in default forfhe tax
for sß>%Uß|tola late aa May 1.1*74 fur
proof, wa report of Meaart. Crane, Patton and
Leyden, as above.
4th. 1 alao charge that 8. R. Hoyle, Tax Collector
of Fulton county, became a defaulter oat the mb
December, 1874, and was reported a defaulter for
said year up to or as late as the Ist January, 1876.
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stb. Tftare. tb*tOoSdSl'uß**GolrlaHh p-r
knitted fnesanf W. R. Hoyfa, in defiance or la#, to
give anew bond and take his commission aa tax
collector for 1873 and 1874, white aaid Hoyle was
largely in default to the State, hs al>o4e itkted.
For proof of this, I refer to bond now in Comp
troller’a Office, dated May 28, 1878, and to the
further fact that 8. R. Hoyle admitted that he
was in default when he gave hie new bond, by
paying into the Treasury in October, 1878, the
$13,600 due on the defbult for 1871, and by admit
ting before Messrs. Crane, Leyden and Patton, a
committee, that he was in default, but not as much
aa they charged. For proof, see feet* as above,
and Report of Committee above referred to.
Section 6020, of the New Code, aays: “No
parson who is a holder of any public money, shall
be eUgtt>lf to any office in this State until the
tion 130 aays that “every public officer shall
•‘wea r that he ia not the bolder of any public
,hortly .ft.,
(say between October, 1878, and May, 1874) Comp
troller Goldsmith's settlement with the tax col
lector, Mr. Hoyle, for the default of 1871, at
which time he not only did not make the aaid
Hoyle pay the penalty of twenty per cent, per
annum, including interest, aa prescribed bylaw,
hut that he did not make aaid Hoyle pay any in
terest at all; and, while the default for 1874 was
running without a fi. fa. being issued, Ac., or
the default being paid np for 1872; and, while the
aaid Hoyle was largely indebted, If not In default
to the State, for SBO,OOO (or rupre) on the U*., of
IST*, the ni.l CfSMMUtr/BoldHßlth *O4 hia
clerk, or partner, J. W. Renfroe, borrowed mo
ney from the aaid tax collector, Hoyle. For
proof of this, I refer to the facts above stated,
and to Messrs. Crane, Patton and Leyden, a com
mittee, and their report, and alao to William B.
Lowe, Atlanta, loreman of Grand Jury.
; TJ*e Mowing is #i extract fnwn Comp
troller Goldsmith's Report for 187.1, dated
JafitfaSyT, 1874. showing that, while lie
was treating so kmffly and munificently,
at the expense df the State, his hbnre
friend, Mr. Hayj|e, thp Tax Collector of
prompiiy pit an
■•crews w*Horty-four other pOor
feliows, ia DQJEDIBG fix than Hoyle, and
7Mi,f)*fip*,nSgkt , have fared better had
they lived in Atlanta and “had money to
loan":
Comptroller] General's OmuE,)
Atlanta, Ga., Jaa. 1, J 874. j
His Excellenct, James 'hi.' Smith, Gov
against defaulting Tax Collectora for 1872,
and sent them to the Sheriff of.their re
spective comities. .
‘Most of these have been collected.
THE DAILY TIMES.
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Counties still in default can lie found in
Table fi.
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W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General of Georgia.
In principle, what is the difference !w
--tween this case and the case of Belknap f
Belkaap, while “fixing up” his “post
traders" for the benefit of himself, friends
and family, was not equal to the task of
informing the President and Congress that
lie bad fotind 44 other "faithless post trad
ess,” and had put the extreme penalty of
the few a poll them; neither did he, "like
Mr. Goldsmith, while “fixing up” for him
self and friends, give up to any one of his
"poet traders” any “interest money,” or
other money belonging to the Govern
ment.
I will here say, that if Comptroller
Goldsmith w ill Dare deny tbe substantial
correctness of the above “specific charges,"
i|d if such sjd.TS at Atlanta as Judges
lizard, Collier andlHaiiiaiond, or Wm.
K Grille or Dr. J. K. Alexander, have not
lost their “stamina” of past days, and be
“not afraid to do right,” I will get two or
three of them to gr with me to the proofs
cited alHjve; and 1 suall lie much mistaken
ilk they do not, in less than one hour, ccr-1
tify all substantially correct ; if nut,
and I Inhw committed any material erfltir,
I shall be glad to have them correct it, for
I want to ao no man or officer wrong.
And now, fellow-Democrats, if, while
looking over the "actings and doings" of
the present Comptroller, and our tax laws,
for the puijtose of “correcting” and “re
forming’’ any “errors" of judghient, or
otherwise, and producing a thorough “re
form in tlio Comptroller General’s office”—
when I discovered such an oulrageous and
“unheard of” bad case aa ia above exhibi
ted, and being the only man in Georgia,
except Comptroller Goldsmith, his clerk,
J. M. Renfroe, and Collector Hoyle, the
purties interested, who knew about it;
and while professing to “tell you all I
know about tlie necessary reforms” in the
Comptroller’s office; and if, from any con
siderations whatever, while telling you
about other matters, I had withheld my
knowledge of this matter from you, would
I not thereby have proven myself un
worthy of your confidence and support of
me for the office of Comptroller General,
or any other office f
I so felt. Consequently, though not
very agreeable to me, as au individual, or
as a Democrat, to expose such an out
rageous Belknap-like case as this to the
whole world, committed, as it has beeu,
by a so-callled Democrat; yet I felt it my
duty, under the circumstances slated it my
last, and stated above, to do so, particular
ly as it is in accordance with the “instruc
tions" of our Democratic platform,
and of our support of Tildkn.
And, am I not upholding and support
ing, “literally” and “spiritually,” Tilden
and the National Democratic" Platform,
and our own platform, in wliat 1 have
done Ip this case? 'Don't we claim to
mean what we
Candidate for the Presidency, Samuel J.
Tilden, could not have got as many as
seventy-five votes in tbe St. Louis Con
tention, had lie not, while Governor of
New York, bar! the honesty and nerve to
look into die conduct of her so-called
Democratic office-holders ; ami when he
’discovered their mismanagement or rob
bery, Ac., he pitched into them with
“gloves off.” Although they were backed
by powerful rings end some of them
"nixed rings” <Rke the one in Atlanta),
who had rated the State for many years,
and had been robbing her tax payers by
tbe wholesale, Tilden “whipped them all
out,” saved millions of dollars to the tax
payers of his State annually, and pro
iinced "a reform at home.” For this, he
not only got over seventy-five voles, hut
receive)! nearly all the votes ii) the Con
vention on the first ballot.
And so well pleased were tbe Demo
cratic delegates at St laiuis, that they put
in the platform of principles a plank for
“a reform at home,” as well as for “a re
form In the United States government”
And so pleased was our Georgia Conven
tion, last month, with Tilden’s course, that
if not only adopted him as their candidate,
and tbe iSt. Louis platform as their plut-
Yorm, tori, but it also adopted an “extra
one” for “a reform at home.” If, then,
out National and State platforms meant
anything, they meant that all TRtTE dem
ocrats who saw any so-called Demo
cratic office-holders<for we have had none
others for four years) acting like Radicals
in their offices, to expose them!
KuoWing that ComptrolJer Goldsmith
had applied to Bnllock, in July, 1808, to
be one of liis “officials,” viz: District At
torney of the 34th Senatorial District,
backed with a petition from H. P. Farrow,
Madison Bell, and other prominent Radi
cals. (I saw these papers in the archives
office office, at Atlanta, nut long since.)
Knowing, also, that he “combined” with
Ike Radical Comptroller, Bell, fa 1873.
ABd defeated me, and kept in his office, as
oHfe ftrts regular clerks, Mr Befffs broth
er; knowing, also, that, in 1874, when I
went to tlie Legislature and proposed to
investigate Bullock's, Conley’s and Bell’s
administrations, free of cost to the State,
Comptroller Goldsmith {pursued me there,
and humbugged a majority of (lie Demo
crats of the House, and defeated my prop
osition ; knowing that be employed three
regular clerks, while Bell ouly employed
two, viz: His brother ami Col. Allen;
not doubting but that he took the same
very large and extraordinary, though ille
gal, in my opinion, fees, under tlie Insur
ance Act of 1869, that liis Radical co
partner took; and seeing, ilso, the
case above exhibited, the wholailiing,fel
low-citizens, looked so much like Radical
ism all over—deeply dyed Radicalism—
that I couldn’t help exposing this little
wut.r in sheep's clothing. A#d if any of
ydn thhik rturt I hate dime •Wrdng, and
are offended witli me for it, I offer to you
all, honest and dishonest Democrats, as
my plea for justification, your and my
support of Tilden, and of our National
and State Platforms.
Yonr Fellow-Citizen,
Peterson Tbweatt.
P. S. My next and last of the scries
will be a much shorter article, giving tlie
law in relation to the settlements of the
Comptroller with tlie Tax Collectors, Ac.
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The Perinylvania Transportation com
pany,of which Mr. Henry Harly is President,
has been chartered by the State of Pennsyl
vania for the purpose of transporting oil
from the oil regions to the principal Atlan
tic seaboard cities. The plam proposd is
to run the nil though a -1-inch pipe laid on
the surface; the forcing power will be SOU
pounds to |he square inch; there are to be
stations at distancss of if) miles, at each of
(which ap.engine H tUonwpew will he
ercrted tq>ork a pump to wonttrmc the
ffowlrom point to point. The company
having decided kjior the evmstrection of
the wort, tbe President sought the sirvices
of General Harman Haupt, oi Hoosac tun
nel fame, and whp, during the War, was
chief of the Bureau of Military Railroads,
and a hydrogaphical engineer of great skill
and experience. He prononneefi the scheme,
afistf a thorough dxamthatlort, ftfUe entire-
is awaetin* as en
gineer-in-chief.
J “i o . 4* j. i 0 dßn .a ’v
—lke "cblqulta" I# now tho go, ami are
for sale at Markham’s. We know they are
good. 1 1
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1876.
The Indian O&nipnign.
From tbe New York Sun.
The great Indian campaign is a fizzle.
The columns under Gen. Crook and Gen.
Terry were gathered by stripping the fron
tier posts of troops, ahd at great expense
were prepared to take the field against the
hostile Sioux. From the first we suffered dis
asters. At Rosebud cfeek Crook got
of it. Then came the horrible massacre of
Custers command, from which Sitting Bull
retired elated with victory and loaded with
sc ips, guns, horses, supplies,accoutrements
and uniforms. He could afford to rest on his
laurels and await rather than invite attack.
Then the cry through the country was,
send out more trooops, strike the Sioux and
fiutsh them up once for all! The troops were
sent out. Crook and Terry were reenforced.
Under the plea of the need of more cavalry
for the great work of extermination, ‘2,600
men were foolishly authorized by Congress
to be added to the cavalry regiments at an
expense of millions, and at a time when ev
ery reason of economy called for the reduc
tion of our excessive army
With a great flourish of trumpets tne col
umns of Terry and Crook started after
Sitting Bull; that wily chieftain drew them
on; and then, not raring to meet to greata
Ree, and satisfied with his summers work,
scattered his warriors, and taking differ
ent directions over a vast region ol country,,
they have so eluded the pursuit of our troops
that Terry practically gives up the cam
baign, and Crook must soon lollow his ex
ample. It was hopeless from the day of the
light at Rosebud Creek, where, faffing to
punish the Sioux, we lost our opportunity,
paved tht way for the slaughter of Custer's
men, and the inglorious ending of the cam
paign which we now record. Sitting Bull
has beaten in itrategy our most experienced
Indian fighters, and escaped with slight loss
and abundant spoil. Meanwhile we have
lost heavily in men, and in prestige with
the Indians, and the country has to loot the
bills ofthe abortive campaign.
Military operations must now be substan
tially suspended until next year, our troops
soon going into winter quarters. It has been
a stupid peice of business from first to last.
The war was unnecessary, and was poovok
ed by us; and our defeat in it will tend to
stir up further Indian troubles when another
summer comes. Perhaps the Sidux Com
mission who are now at Red Cloud Agency,
may be able, by wise negotiation dud pru
dent measures of prevention, to save the
threatened next year’s hostilities; but we
fear that their work will prove practically
fruitless.
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The (ireenbarkera.
Naw HivaN, Sept 12. —The State green
back convention assembled here to day.
About 9< 0 delegates were present. Alex
Troup, of this city, was made permanent
chairman. The State ticket of last spring
was renominated by acclamation, amidst
applause. The following is the ticket.
For Governor—Charles Atwater, of New
Haven; For Lt. Governor—Francis Gillette,
‘of Hartford; For Serretary of State—Lucien
V. Pinuey, of Winsted; For Treasurer—
Loren F. Judd, of New Britain; For Comp
troller—John A. Peck, of Naugatuck.
The Coopes and Carey
for President and Vice President; demand
the unconditional repeal of the resumption
act r rcoaunnd theexebange by the gov
ernment of interest bearing bonds for non
interest bearing notes, and that legal tenders
should be made exchangeable for incontro
vertible bonds bearing a low rate of interest,
condemn the policy of increasing our foreign
debt ant the demonetization of silver.
CoLumtos, 0., September 12—About forty
gentlemen, representing varioes parts of
Ohio, met here to-day as a greenback con
vention. After considerable discussion it
was decided not to put a State ticket in the
field. General Sam Cary was present, and
spoke earnestly against a State jicket. R.
Carroll and G. E. Edson were chosen elec
tors at large. Resolutions were adopted
favoring the restoration of the silver dol
lar and endorsing the ticket and platform
of Indianapolis. National greenback con
vention adjourned
South Carolina Radical Convention.
Columbia, Sept 13. Republican
State Nominating Convention has
been in session all day. Nominations
will bo made to-morrow. Robt.
Smalls, negro Congressman, is per*
manent President. Senator Patter
son spoke, endorsing Chamberlain
for Governor, denounced Democrats
and threatened them with the power
of the United States. Gen. Thos. C.
DunD, present Comptroller General,
Is a prominent candidate for the
nomination against Chamberlain.
Trouble at Amsterdam.
London, Sept. 13,—An Amsterdam
special to tbe Pall Mall Gazette, Bays,
Servian disturbances -©ccurred, here
Monday night and last night, be
cause the Government suppressed a
fair. Troops were called out and at
tacked tbe mob, killing one person
and wouoding fourteen. A large re
inforcement of troops have arrived.
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Doncaster Barrs.
London, Sept. 13.—The race for the
St. Ledger stakes at Doncaster to
day was woo- by Peterarch ; Wild
Tommy second ; Onlisls Ciesar third ;
Kffaher, the favorite, at two to one on
him, was not pleased.
Harder Will Out.
A few yers ago “August Flower” was
discovered to be a certain cure for dys
pepsia and liver complaint, a few thin
dyspeptics made known to their friends
how cosily they had been cured by its
use. Tbe great merits of Green’s August
Flowf.r became heralded through the
country by one sufferer to another, until,
without advertising, its sale lias become
immense. Druggists in every town In
tbe United States are selling it. No per
son suffering with sour stomach, sick
headache, costiveness, palpitation of the
heart, indigestion, low spirits, etc., can
take three doses without relief. Go to'
your druggists, Dr. Gilbert A Thorn
toji, aiid get a,bottleJor 75 cents and try
lt. flam pie bottles 10 cents.
july2s-dAw3m.
lArtrs S Wilson •
celebrated Belts will cure chills, correct
deranged nervous systems, strengthen
the appetite, and actively aid in restoring
mpalrod health. For sale at
apr2ol l M. D. Hood A Co.’s.
THE HOSTILE INDIANS,
BEPOBTED TO BE ABUNDANTLY
SUPPLIED WITH MEAT,
ARMS, Ac.
They Want Peace, but Will Fight if
Crowded.
THE lAICALLY A (JESTS HAVE
been receiving double the
1* KOPI-'R AMO I'XT GF
HATIO\M.
MORE INDIAN HOSTILITIES.
They W*th Our Form C'loiiy.
New York, Sept. 13.— A Blsmjirek,
D. TANARUS., dispatch of tbe 12th says a
Standing Rock letter, dated 12th,
says an Indian arrived ldst night
from the hostile camps, with a mes
sage from sevuu of the hostile chiefs.
He left the agency a week
ago for the the hostile camps. While
he does not claim to have been with
Sitting Bull, ho says he was withnn
other much larger camp, where
lodges and Indians covered all the
prairie. He reports these Indians
abundantly supplied with fresh meat,
buffalo and antelope being in great
abundance. They are also reported
to have more arms and ammunition
than they know what to do with.
They dally watch the men who are
engaged in building the now post on
Tongue river, and say at one time
they could have destroyed another
body of troops as they did Custer
and Ills band, but they thought they
were going home, and for that reason
did not care to disturb them. This
is supposed to have been General
Miles and his regiment when they
started for the Yellowstone.
They are anxious to treat for peuee,
and do not care to light the soldiers
if they are let alone; but if they are
not, they will fight for years, 11 noo
essary.
The writer says several of the
bauds refused to be counted, and ra
tions were accordingly withhold from
them. One chief, who submitted to
the count, refused to receive his ra
tions, and scattered them on the
ground. It Is claimed that the
oOunt, though not completed, will
nbt show more thn half the number
of Indians which the agent claimed
to have been issuing to. Though new
supplies have not arrived, full ra
tions of flour and half rations of su
gar, coffee, tobacco and bacon were
Issued. Tbe correspondent claims
that the Indians received fully as
much under this issue as they had
formerly received for double the
number of lodges.
('apt. Collins lias been detained to
assist Lieut. Roach In the Court of
Refactory Lodge.
Intelligence from Fort Thompson,
Dakotah, dated September 3d, says
advices received from Fort I’ierre
and subsequently confirmed, report
that a party of five men were killed
by Indians near Wakapa on their way
to tho Black Hills. The massacre
took pluce near the head of the Syra,
and it is thought that some got away
and penetrated tho Hills as far as
Crook city, from which place a
force of fifty miners came out to
open the road to the Missouri.
It Is reported that these were
attacked, surrounded und held
corraled on a hill for a whole day,
when a messenger escaped and went
to the Hills tor reinforcements.
Twenty others came out to the assist
ance of the beseigod, but before be
ing able to co-operate with them,
they were attacked and overpowered
by the Indians and all massacred.
This Is the last report, which has not
yet been confirmed, but it seems
probable, as Indians have recently
appeared in large numbers from tbe
hostile camps in the neighborhood of
the Black Hills, and even at Chey
enne River Agency.
General Custer’s Remington rifle
and black horse he used to ride at
Lincoln, have been captured by some
Black Hillers from u young warrior
killed on the route to the Black
Hills.
TEI.KCiIIArHIC gVMMAUY.
The appointment of Fry as Mar
shal of Kentucky has been reconsid
ered, and tbe commission given to
Col. Thomas 8. Burns, of Marion
county.
A telegram front Malta announces
a severe earthquake was experienced
at Messina, yesterday. No damage
to life was done. Some houses were
reported damaged at Beggion.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
issued the necessary instructions to
collectors of customs under tho reci
procity treaty with Hawaii.
The safe burglary trial at Washing
ton commences on Tuesday.
Weather To-Day.
Washington, Sept. 13.—For South
Atlantic States, northeast to south
east winds, rising followed by falling
barometer, warmer, partly cloudy
weather, and possibly rain on the
coast. ■
Ben Butler for Congreia.
Boston, Sept. 13.—At Lowell, to
day, General Butler was nominated
an the first ballot, as follows: Whole
number of votes 106, jjepeseary to a
choice 54; Butler received 84.
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For Rent.
The Store No. 122 Brood street, now oc
cupied by J. Marion Estee. Apply to
Sep2-tf Estes A Son.
THE TURKISH SITUATION.
WHAT WILL RI MMA DU?
Raehl Boron rk! Defying Arreet.
London, Sept. 13.—The Standard's
dispatch from Belgrade says the
answer of Turkey concerning peace
hus been received, but has not yet
been officially communicated.
Russia will not permit Servia to ao
cept Turkey’s terms. The question
now is, when will Russia throw of
the mask and openly prosecute the
war that she is actually waging while
pretending to bo merely Servia’s
friend?
London, Sept. 13.—The Times’ spe
cial from Vienna says some Russian
volunteers are returning from Servia,
but the agitation In Russia continues,
causing uneasiness.
The Times’ dispatch from St. Pe
tersburg says the telegraph reports
from Philippopollo that Tussenbay,
one of the leaders in the Bulgarian
outrages, whose arrest had been or
dered, has collected a number of
Basbi Bazouks and defies the Turk
ish Government to arrest him.
London, Sept. 13.—The report of
the arrost of Turkish officers impli
cated in tbe Bulgarian atrocities is
confirmed. Fifteen of them have
been sent nnder guard to Constanti
nople. A dispatch to Reuter’s Tele
gram Cos., from Constantinople says
these are tho leaders Indicated Iff the
report of Blaoque Bey, the Turkish
official who has been investigating
the atrocities in Bulguria.
Vienna, Sept. 13.—A special dis
patch from Constantinople says that
Blocque Bey’s report admits that the
atrocities were indescribably horri
ble. It is believed tho report will be
suppressed.
effect of earl Derby’s speech.
London, Sept. 13.—The Earl of
Derby’s speech in reply to the ad
dresses of two deputations which
waited upon him on Monday last, on
the Eastern question, appears to have
been pretty generally satisfactory to
the press and public. The agitation
about the Government’s position on
the question is weakening, though it
Is likely to be kept alive until after
the election in Buckingham to fill the
vucancy in tho House of Commons
caused by the elevation of Mr. Dis
raoll to the peerage, which will take
place Seiftember 21st, und which is
hotly contested mainly on that issue.
A Liberal victory then would be re
garded as a severe chock to the Min
istry.
sevianh claim a victory.
London, sept. 13.—A Servian bulle
tin announces tliut lighting occurred
yesterday between Alexlnatz aud
Deligrado, on the left bank of tbe
Morava, which terminated In favor
of the Servians. No details.
Gen. Ravel Olymptios has been
superseded in command of the Ser
vian army of Prina by Col. Merco
vitch.
Twelve hundred Huflans, volun
teers, are expected to arrive at Bel
grade shortly.
THE VICTORY CLAIMED FOR THE TURKS.
London, Sept. 13.—Tho Times’
Belgrade correspondent suya there
is great depression mlready, and re
ports are current of a fresh disaster
to the Servian army.
The Times’ Vienna correspondent
telegraphs that ho has information
from Metrevltz conferring the report
ed defeat of tho Servians on the Bth
and ath. The Servians were driven
back to Cbalbatz, tbe Turks did not
follow up their advantage, tho Ser
vians ro-occupied their line on the
Prina on the 10th,
IMPORTANT CABINET COUNCIL.
London, Sept. 13.—The Post says
it has reason to ;believe that an ex
traordinary Cabinet Council, which
was held yesterday at Constantino
ple, will prove of great importance
toward a speedy and pacific solution
of the conflicts in the Ottoman do
minion.
Concerning the council, a dispatch
to Reuter’s Telegram Company
merely says conditions of peace were
discussed.
A special to the Times from Vienna,
howevor, says the council was held
for the purpose of reconsidering a
resolution previously tuken by the
Cabinet, and which should have
been presented to the powers on
Monday. The correspondent says
this reconsideration at the last hour
is undoubtedly due to the step taken
by the powers, at the initiative of
England by Mr. Elliott, the Britisth
Minister. , j
International Rifle Mateli.
New York, Sept. 13.— Number of
shots 30 at each range by each com
petitor. No sighting shots. Match
to last two days. Competitors to fire
15 shots at each distance upon each
day, beginning at 800 yards. Austra
lian score. 535 •, Canadian score, 521;
American score, 650; Scotch score,
535. Totals at 000 yards-Scotch 528,
Irish 524, Australian 624, American
518, Canadian 476. Totals at 1,000
yards—Australian 490, American 590,
Canadian 493. Irish 523, Scotch 523.
Npanlsb RellfaouA Circular.
Madrid, Sept. 13.—The Spanish
Government has issued a circular in
relation to complaints of Protestant
ministers. It olaimsonly the enforc
ing of the article of the constitution
forbidding public religious manifes
tations. Similar manifestations by
Roman Catholics are likewise inter
dicted.
NEW YORK.
L. J. Hublnaen Nominate* for tiovernor.
Saratoga, Sept. 13.—The Demo
cratic State Convention met in the
Opera House at 12 m. The hall was
filled at 12.20. Judge Gray, Presi
dent of the last Convention, called
the Convention to order. The Con
vention, after roll call, proceeded to
take an Informal ballot. L. J. Rob
inson had 187 votes, 0. N. Potter 107,
Homer A. Nelson 21, Aug. Scboeraa
ker, jr., 33, Jas. Tarbuck 8, Hezekiah
Sturges 4, Scott Lord 4. Lewis J.
Robinson was then nominated by
acclamation.
Mr. Kelly then renewed his mo
tion, tendering his resignation as an
elector at large, and moved that tho
name of Horatio Seymour be substi
tuted for lt. Mr. Kelly’s motion was
then adopted, and the name of Ho
ratio Seymour was substituted for
that of Kelly as elector at large.
A committee was appointed to no
tify Mr. Robinson of his nomination,
and the Convention adjourned sine
die.
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. IX UISTHKMM.
The following addresu from Maj. Her
bert we publish for tho bonetlt of tho af
flicted in Savannah. Maj. Herbert is con
tributing his undivided time to the work
of aiding the distressed:
Atlanta, September 12,1870.
1 left Atlanta on Saturday night last
for Savannah, to tender my services as a
volunteer nurse. The following letter
from the Chairman of the Benevolent As
sociation will fully explain the action
taken in regard to my offer:
Rooms of the Savannah Benevo- )
lent Association, Savannah, V
September llth, 1876.)
Major Sidney Herbert:
Bear Sir— While we appreciate your
kind offer to aid us in our noble work of
caring for the sick and suffering here
in Savannah, I think you can serve more
effectually by visiting various sections of
the State aud interesting the people In
our behalf.
We need potatoes, fowls, grits, flour
and other articles of food suitable for tho
sick and needy, and we want them at
once, as our calls for help are constantly
increasing. Very respectfully.
John F. Wheaton, Chairman.
In accordance with the sugestion con
tained In the above letter, and to prevent
any delay in making known the pressing
needs of the sick people of Savannah in
this hour of distress, I appeal to the citi
zens of your place to organize at once, if
possible, a Relief Committee, for the pur
pose of soliciting contributions of money
and donations of provisions for the suffer
ers.
The Southern Express Company’s Agent
will take all small packages free of charge,
and heavy articles will be carried on the
same liberal terms by the railroad, or
railroads, running out of your town.
K'uali donations of fowls, grits potatoes,
etc., can be consolidated by the Relief
Committee, and forwarded in bulktoCapt.
John F. Wheaton, Chairman Benevolent
Association, Savannah, Ga., with as little
delay as possible.
The Committee, by telegraph or letter,
can open up communication with Capt.
Wheaton, and act under his immediate in
structions, which will be the most prudent
course to pursue.
Having just returned from a two days’
observation of the condition of things hi
Savannah, I know the necessity of imme
diate as well as continued relief.
Sidney Herbert,
Special Relief Agent.
Florida dea Caw*.
The manatees or sea-oows, which were
shipped from Florida to New York last
week, belonged to a Mr. Estis, one of the
oldest settlers on the Indian river, who,
with the assistance of two or three others,
had them and was seeking a market for
their sale, having chartered a schooner
for that purpose as far as this city. The
manatufl is evidently a near relative ofthe
seal family, resembling it lu general ap
pearance very closely, although growing
to an enormous size, approximating in the
largost specimens to nearly or quite a ton
in weight. It lives wholly In the water
feeding exclusively on manatee grass,
which grows under water and Is abundant
In the Indain river near tho mouth of the
Bt. Lucie ahd St. Sebastian, whero large
droves of these animals are occasionally
seen. They pass in and out of the ocean
at Capron, and occasionally one is killed.
A few years since one was captured alive
and sold for $1,200, for a New York show,
a schooner chartered to take it there at a
cost of six hundred dollars; but it died on
the passage. One killed by Mr. Payne last
Summer was skoletonlzed and sent to the
Smithsonian Institute, which paid lifty
dollars for tho skeleton. The bones are
remarkably fine and hard, being used as
a substitute for ivory in the manufacture
of billiard balls, and for many other pur
poses. Mr. FbUs, at an expense of near
ly one hundred dollars, manufactured
very large and strong nets ana placed
them at the mouth ofthe St. Lucie river,
and was rewarded by obtaining the speci
mens now in his possession, which are a
great curiosity, few persons ever seeing
them. Of course no regular price attaches
to them, and their value for show purpo
ses Is much lesseued by the danger of
their decease, which Is very great when
removed from their uative haunts. The
region of Indian river where these ani
mals came from has furnishod very many
rare specimens for the naturalist, some
of which may be tound In the cabinet col
lections of the various institutions of the
country. Among them saw-fish, which
measure fifteen feet in length, with a saw
of six feet; alligators sixteen to twenty
feet, and fish of mammoth size, and rare
birds of various kinds, and many visitors
from the North make a specialty of camp
ing there for a time in the winter season
to flsh and hunt and get fat on oysters
and hominy. In the summer season sand
flies and mosquitoes abound too much for
comforter pleMnre.- T j£rc/wwoe.
Ladies! If you want the gentlemen to
admire you, take Dr. J. H. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial arid Blood Purilier.
It will give you health, strength, vitality
and pure rich blood. Dr. J. H. McLean's
office, 314 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo.
NO. 15G
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
We, the delegates ofthe Democratic party of
the United States in National Convention assem
bled, do hereby declare the administration of
tho Federal Government to be in urgent need of
immediate Reform; do hereby enjoin upon the
nominees of this Convention, and of the Demo
cratic party in each State, a zealous effort aud
co-operation to this end; and do hereby appeal to
our fellow-citizens of every former political
coQuection, to undertake with us this first and
moat presalng prtrlotic dot y.
For the Democracy of tho whole country, wo
do here reaihrni our faith la the porraaneuco of
the Federal Union, our devotion to the Constitu
tion of the United States with its ameudmeuta
universally accented aa a final settlement ofthe
controversies that engendered civil war, and do
here record our ateailfast confidence in the per
petuity of Rcpnblfcan Self-Government.
In absolute acquiescence iu the will of the ma
jority—tho vital principle of the republic; iu the
suprema<iy of the civil over the military authority;
iu the total separation of Church and State, tor
the sake (alike of civil and religious freedom ;
in thf) -quality of allcitizens before just laws of
thotr bwu tffe Oberty of individ
ual conduct* unvexed by sumytuary laws; in tho
faithful education ofthe rising generation, that
they may preserve, eqjoy, and transmit these
best conditions of human happiness and hope, we
behold the noblest products of a hundred years
of changeful history; but while upholding the
bond of our Union and great Charier ~o! these
our righta.it behooves a free people to practise
also that eternal vigilance which ia the price of
Liberty.
Rxjtorm is necessary to rebuild aud establish
in tho hearts of the whole people, the Union,
eleven yeara ago happily reacued from the
danger of a Secession of States; but now to- be
saved from a corrupt Centralism wnich, after
inflicting upon ten States the rapacity of carpet
bag tyrannies, has honeycombed the offices of
the Federal Government itself with incapacity,
waste and fraud; iufected States and municipal
ities with the coutagion of miernle, and locked
fast the prosperity of an industrious people iu
the paralysis of‘Hard Times.'
Reform is necessary to establish a souud cur
rency, restore the public credit, aud maintain
the national honor.
We denounce the failure for all these eleven
years of peace to make good the promise of the
legal-tender notes, which are a changing stand
ard of value in the bauds of the people, and the
non-payment of which is a disregard of the
plighted fbith of the nation.
We denounce the improvidence which in
eleven years of peace has taken from the people
in Federal taxes thirteen times the whole amount
of the iegai-tcudi r notes aud squandered four
times their sum in'.useless expense without ac
cumulating any reserve for their redemption
We denounce the financial imbecility and im
morality of that party which, during Reveu
years of peace, has made no advance toward
resumption, no preparation for resumption, but
instead has obstructed resumption, by wasting
our resources aud exhausting all our surplus
income;and, while snuually professing to in
tend a speedy return to specie payments, has
annually enactoii fresh hindrances thereto. As
such a hindrance we denouuce the Resumption
day clause of the act of 1876 and demand its re
peal.
Wo demand a judicious system of preparation
by public economies, by official retrenchments,
aud by wise finance, which shall enable the
nation soon to assure the whole world of Its
perfect ability aud its perfect readiness to moet
any of its promises at the call of the creditor en
titled to payment.
We believe such a system, well devised, and,
above all, entrutsed to competent hands foi
execution, creatiug at no time au artificial scar
city of currency aud at no time alarming the
public mind into a withdrawal of that v aatei
machinery of credit by which V 5 per cent, of all
business transactions are performed,—a system
open, public, aud iuspiriug general confidence,
would from the day of fts adoption bring healing
on its wings to all our harrassed industries, set
iu motion the wheels of commerce, manufac
tures, and tho mechanic arts, restore employ
ment to labor, and renew in all its natural
sources the prosperity ofthe people.
Reform is necessary in the sum and modes of
Federal Taxation, to the end that capital may
be set free from distrust, aud labor lightly bur
dened.
We denounce the present Tariff, levied upon
nearly 4,000 articles, as a masterpiece of injus
tice, in squaiity, and false pretense. It yields a
dwindling, not a yearly risiug revenae. It has
impoverished many industries to subsidize a
few. It prohibits imports that might purchase
th products of American labor. It has degraded
American commerce from the first to an inferior
rank on the high seas. It has cut down the
sales of American manufactures at borne aud
abroad, aud depleted the returns of American
agriculture—an industry followed by half our
people. It costs the people five times more
than it produces to the treasury, obstructs the
processes of production, and wasteaibe fruits of
labor. It promotes fraud, fosters "smuggling,
enriches dishonest officials, andbanrupts honest
merchants. We demand that all the Custom-
House taxation shhll be only for Revenue.
Rkform la necessary, in the scale of Public
Expense—Federal, State ana Municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swolen from 00 millions
gold, in 1860, to 460 million# currency, iu 1870;
our aggregate taxation from 164 millions gold In
1860, to 780 millions currency in 1870; or in one de
cade, from less than $5 per head to more than
$lB per head. Bince tbe peace, the people have
paid to their tax gatherers more than thrice the
sum of the national debt, and more than twice
that sum for the Federal Government *loue. We
demand a religious frugality in every depart
ment, and from every officer of the Government.
Rkform is necessary to put a stop to the
profligate waste of publio lands and their diver
sion from actual settlers by the party iq power,
which lias squandered 200 millions of acres upon
railroads alone, and out of more than thrice that
aggregate has disposed of less than a sixth direct
ly to tillers of the soil.
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions
of a Republican Congress and the errors of our
treaties and our diplomacy which have stripped
our fellow-citizens of foreign birth aud kindred
race recrossing the Atlantic, of tbe shield of
American citizenship, and have exposed our
brethren of the Pacific coast to the incursions of
a race not sprung from the same great parent
stock, aud iu fact now by law deniad citizenship
through naturalization£a being neither accus
tomed to the traditions of a progressive civiliza
tion nor exercised in liberty under equal laws.
We denouuce the policy which thus discards the
liberty-loving German and tolerates the revival
of the coolie trade in Mongoliau women import
ed for immoral purposes, and Mongoliau men
hired to perform servile labor contracts.
Rkform Is necessary and can never be effected
but by making it the controlling issue of the
elections, and lifting it above the two false issues
with which the office-holding class and the party
in power seek to smother it—
1. The false issue with which they would en
kindle sectarian strife in respect to the public
schools, of which the establishment and support
belong exclusively to the several States, and
which the Democratic party has cherished from
their foundation, aud is resolved to maintain
without prejudice or preference for any class,
sect or creed, aad without largesses from the
Treasury to any.
2. The false issue by which they seek to light
anew the dying embers of sectional hate between
kindred people once estranged, but now re
united in one indivisible republic and a common
destiny,
Rkform is necessary in the Civil Service. Ex
perience proves that efficient, economical con
duct ofthe governmental business is not possible
if its civil service lie subject to change al every
election, baa prise fought for at the ballot-box,
be a brief reward of party zeal, instead of posts of
honor assigned for proved competency, aud held
for fidelity in the public employ; that the dis
pensing ofpatronage should neither be a tax up
on the time of our public men, nor the instru
ment of their ambition. Here again promises
falsified in the performance, attest that the j>arty
iu power can work out no practical or salutHry
reform.
RferofiSf Is otiin mtirn In tho higher
fradesofthe public service. President, Vice
resident. Judges, Senators, Representatives,
Cabinet officers, these and all others in authority
are the people’s servant#. Thei? offices are not
a private perquisite; they are a public trust.
When the annals of this Republic show the dis
grace and censure of a Vice-Presideut; a iate
Speaker of the House of Ropresentatlvcs market
ing his rulings as a presiding officer; three Sen
ators profiting secretly by their votes as law-ma
kers; five chairmen of the leading committees of
tlie House of Representatives exposed in jobbery;
a late Secretary ofthe Treasury forcing balances *
in the public accounts: a late Attorney-General
misappropriating public funds; a Secretary of
the Navy enriched or enriching friends, by per
centagas levied off the profits of contractors with
his department; an Embassador to England cen
sured in a dishonorable speculation; the Presi
dent’s Private Secretary barely escaping convic
tion upon trial for guilty complicity in frauds
upon the revenue; a Secretary of War impeached
'or high crimes and misdemeanors—the demon
stration is complete, thst the first step in Re
form must be the people's choice of honest men
from another party, lest the disease of oue po
litical organization infect the body politic, and
lent by making no change of men or parties we
get no change of measures aud no real Reform.
AU these abuses, wrongs snd crimes, the pro
duct of sixteen years’ ascendancy of the Republi
can party, create a necessity for Reform confess
ed by Republicans themselves; but their reform
ers are voted down in convention and displaced
from the Cabinet. The party's mass of honest
voters Is powerless to resist the 80,000 office
holders, its leaders and guides.
Reform can only be had by a peaceful Civil
Revolution. We demand a change of system, a
change of adminiatrvtion, a change of parties,
that we may have a change of measures and of
mep.
