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THE BABCOCK TRIAL. Etc.
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Prom Our regular correspondent],
Washington Sept. 29th, 1876.
As winter approaches the National
Capital awakes from her summer si
uges her toilet, and assumes
her society smile, in readiness for the
political, diplomatic and fashionable
throng that wqrifcips at her shrine.
Every season brings her new votaries,
and every season knells the political,
diplomatic or social death of those
on whom was oooe bestowed her
brassy approval. Where now are the
majestic Belknap, the glittering Jew
ell, the Gorgon Williams and their
paragon spouses and families, upon
whom the sycophantic correspond
ents showered adulatory vocabularies,
as the quid pro quo for an occasional
seat at their tablcss and standing
room at their entertainments? They
are gone to meet Colfax, Thebes and
Palmyra; and, if the shadows of com-
lag events are not misinter
preted, the entire gang that has for
years wasted rare opportunities,
abused high trusts, and turned the
temple of the nation into a den of
thieves, will soon swell the process
ion. Meanwhile is Washington in
mourning for her ruined favorites V
“No, she will laugh and toy with
e®try new comer. Not a fear more
for wittier, a smile lesafoiwmmmer.”
She hae tflo long* played the part of
SphynSt if political and fashionable
dramas to be enraptured or alarmed
at anything that can hapten. But it
is different with thatorgauisnr known
as the party. The possibility, not to
say probability, of a change in the
Administration, • hae caused great
ptEtttrtiatkm in the Republican dove
cotes,*and tfie change would, without
doubt, create a great revolution in
the official life of Washington. The
strenuous efforts made by the thou
sands of Government clerks here,
their docility under illegal taxation,
and their patience in labor, not at
their legitimate work, but In the Re
publican campaign organizations, all
show how painfully anxious they are
about the result. They are to be
pitied, for many of them have
bought houses, and married wives,
and have business and social rela
tions that depend upon a flimsy
tenure of office. Then there are
contractors who have waxed fat
furnUhias%e departments station
ary. furniture, wagons, ships - the
thousand and one artioles from a pin
to a steam engine, that a government
vesting hundreds of millions anaual
fp%ill bit jo' There are also a horde
of landlords, headed by Boss Shep
ard, who build cheap houses and
rent them to the departments for at
least double the rent that they could
secure from any other source. All
thee* are perturbed, for the contrac
tor or landlord has his paid agents
as clerks, chiefs of bureaux, or, as has
been proved in more than one in
stance, its |he cabinet, and, a change
wHI be disastrous to them. Heaven
send us a Heresies to cleanse these
stables! No one can know their
stench until he has lived In Washing
ton.
Perhaps the meanest campaign
trickery to which an administration
ever stooped is to retard business in
the Government offioes and attribute
the delay, in their printed official
documents, to the reduction of the
clerical force by the last Congress.
It is a fact patent to anyone who will
take the trouble to examine, and
known to thousands who are acquit
ted with official life and routine in
Washington, that the clerical force,
notwithstanding the moompeteoce
and inefficiency of the political beats
asmesum
execute promptly all official business,
and has abundant time to spare for
Republican campaign work beside.
In all the letters now sent from the
patent office, is printed conspicuous
ly ifi red ink, words to this effect:
“Owing to the reduction in the force
ordered by Congress, at its last ses-
applications for patents cannot
now,**facte<f upon with the usual
promptness.’’ This'ls nothing more
or less than, a falsehood in state
ment, and.a campaign document in
design, and it is quite as mean and
more Insidious than the effort of
superserviceable postmasters in
stamping envelopes with the words:
"Tote Mr Hayes and W heeler. ” The
only divlffipn.pt V l * patent office
foroe whosw redaction would cause
delays in allowing patents, is that of
examiners* and notone of them has
been discharged, only a few messen
gers and 4 number of female copy-
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THE DAILY TIMES.
Babcock’s trial forcompliolty in the
safe burglary conspiracy, which
has been going on for two weeks, will
be concluded to-day and the case will
go to the jury. There is little doubt
that he will be acquitted. The pros
ecution, though ably conducted by
Mr. Biddle, has a weak case. If Gen.
Babcock had anything to do with the
burglary, he has made it impossible
to produce respectable evidence of
the fact, and the hypothesis of his
criminal connection with Harrington
in >the njgtter, or of his criminal
knowledge after' the fact, has not
been elearlj proved. He has been
very ably defended by Judge Fuller
ton, the same who .conducted the
defence in the Boecher trial.
A verdict of acquittal or a hung
jury has been from the tirst a fore
gone result, considering the stuff
that the packed District juries are
composed of. That over-exalted
heritage of trial by jury has nowhere
been brought into greater contempt
than at the seat of the National Gov
ernment. The principal' witness
against Gen. Babcock is the recent
chief of the Secret Service, Hiram 0.
Whitley, whose evidence le vitiated
by a number of proven perjuries.
When it is remembered that this per
son has long been the petted instru
ment of the Administration, and that
he ahd his emissaries have boen
frequently In the South, as ono of
them, Michael Hayes, testified on
the stand, to work up outrages, and
that his methods were “lying and
duplioity,” we are introduced to
some of the hidden springs and mo
tors of the party of “moral ideas,” as
well as to the sources from which
their apostles, Boutwell and Morton,
draw their inspiration.
C. A. S.
A> IMIILNAXr COI.ORKU VOTItK.
UK TELLS HOW IIIS PARTY LEADERS
HAVE DUPED HIM.
Cincinnati, Sept. 2C, 1875.
To the Editors of the QmcinniUi En
quirer:
You will oblige me very much if
you will publish the following state
ment forme; lam a colored man.
My home is near Lexington, Ky.
About two weeks ago a couple of
gentlemen from Covington came up
to our place and told me that for
each colored man that I would get
to go on a trip to Covington on Sun
day, September I7tb, I would be paid
ono dollar. They also gave me
to understand that we were
to go from Covington into
Indiana to help at a large political
meeting. They further told mo that
when I got to Covington to report to
Breaoher Blackburn the number of
men I raised, ami that he would fix
tits money matters all l ight. Well,
as soon as I got to Covington I called
on Mr. Blackburn and stated my
oase, when ho told mo to see Colonel
Harlan, who would make it all right.
I made inquiries, but could not find
any such person in Covington. Be
fore I had time to inquire any furth
er, the most of us were sent over to
Cincinnati in squads of three to sev
en, and from there we went to In
dianapolis at different times. At
that place we had a great meeting,
but I wanted what was promised to
me, but was unable to got it. I went
to several loading men out there,
who said it would be all right,
but they didn’t satisfy me. Last
Saturday I went to the Republican
headquartets in Indianapolis and
stated my case, when they told me it
would be all right; that they wanted
us to stay until election day, and by
that time they would have plenty of
money and fix up things with us.
That did not suit me; so I left, and
am now on my road homo. I will
here state that on the train that
came from Lexington that Sunday
there were about live hundred and
llfty people, all colored. About two
hundred were women, the rest men ;
and I am satisfied that out of the
three hundred and fifty men, not
over fifty went back to Lexington ;
the others went over to Ohio and In
diana. I just want to give these
white people to understand that they
can’t fool me. I have been through
the mill boforo, and I think I know a
thing or two. lam a good Republi
can to-day, but I like fair play for
white and black.
Yours respectfully,
G. W. Ghacely.
I'nited States Bonds Held Abroad.
Mr. Francis Ritter asks, on behalf ot
about a dozen readers of the Timet , what is
the amount of United States bonds held by
foreign countries. It is impossible to give
an answer to this question that can be relied
upon as absolutely, or even approximately,
correct. No record of the movement of Uni
ted States bonds between this country and
foreign countries has been kept, and perhaps
it has not been possible to keep any such
record. The amount of our bonds held
abroad is variously estimated at $906,000,000
to $1,200,000,000. The most common esti
mate, and that which appears to be accepted
by those whose opportunities for forming a
correct judgment are best, is $ 1,000,(300,.
QOO, An estimate might be roughly made
in This way: The whole amount of Unithd
States bonds outstanding is, in round mim
ibers, #1,700,000,000. Of this am oust we
know that #3SB,SOO,OOCHs held by the Uni
ted States Treasury as security for the cir
culation ofthe national hanks, and for Uni
ted States funds deposited in the banks, leav
ing #i.843,500,000 to be accounted for. We
know that a considerable amount of the
bonds is held by individuals and trust com
panies in this country, and that they are
bought and sold in sufficient quantities in
our principal markets to warrant daily quo
tations. To all appearapees, $350,000,000
would be a low estimate of the amount held
in the country shtside of the banks apd
Treasury. According to this estimate,
which, loose as it is, approximates the truth
as nearly as any other, perhaps, the amount
held in foreign countries is hot far from a
thousand million dollars.
Perhaps the dozen querists want tokn ow
what amount of our bonds is held by foreign
governments. If that is the case, the Timet
can inform them that the amount is small.
The German Government holds ten or fif
teen millions of our securities. So far as
the Timet is aware, no other government
holds a single one of them.— Chicago Timet.
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Notice.
The Bonkin House will be open for the
reception of boarders October Ist.
sop2B 3t
COLUMBUS, GrA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1876.
YELLOW FEVER.
From the Savannah News of Saturday.]
The mortuary report for the past
twenty-four haurs ending ut six
o'clock last ovoning, shows the num
-1 ber of interments from all diseases
to bo 22, of which 16 were from yel
low fever. The weather yesterday
was not so favorable to the sick as on
the day previous, the wind shifting to
the odkt, and the temperature mod
erating some degrees, accompanied
1 by a cloudy sky. Still it is consider
ed that the backbone of the epldemle
is broken. There are blit few whites
in the city who have not been affect
ed with the epidemic in some of its
modifications,and the material upon
which It is supposed to aot being ex
hausted, its epidemic character has
lost its force, and the disease more
readily yields to treatment. Of
course, the ordinary dictates of pru
denco will keep those away who have
left, until a kifliug frost, which, we
trust, from all the indications, will
1 be an early one,
INTERMENTS FOR THE DAY ENDING SEP
TEMBER 29tU, 1876.
Laurel Grove Cemetery-Tallulah
Kreiger, aged 20 years, yellow fever;
Western Beughn, aged 12 years, yel
low fever; 'George P. Wright, aged
12 years, 3 months, yellow fever; Ed
win P. Davis, aged 2 years, 3 months,
marasmus; Josephine Small, aged 1
year, marasmus; Joseph w. Gib
bons, aged 73 years, yellow fever;
James C. Cooper, tiged years, yel
low fever.
Colored—Claiborn Stewart, aged
23 years, small pox; infant Boles,
aged 2 months, trismus uuscentium ;
Robert Meyers, ugod 65 years, yellow*
fever; Jeff. Warren, aged If years,
bilious fever; Henry Stokes, aped 15
years, yellow fever; Shadrick Walk
er, aged 45 years, uramie poisoning.
Whites, 7; colored, 6; total, 13 vVel
low fever, 7).
'Died at Thunderbolt.
Cathedral Cemetery—John Fallon,
aged 4 years ten months, yellow
fever; M. J. Kennedy, aged 40 years,
yellow fever: Kase Murphy, aged 22
years, yellow fever; H. J. Hairaber
tain, aged 45 years, yellow fever;
Joseph Curry Daiielo, aged 28 years,
yellow fever; Peter Pitt, aged 23
years, yellow fever; P. M.'Conroy,
aged 43 years, yellow fever; Freder
ick Arnold, aged 35 years, yellow
fever; Joseph Buchanan, aged 35
years, yellow fever.
Whites, 9; colored, 0; total, 9 (yel
low fever ‘J).
RECAPITULATION.
Laurel Grove Cemetery—Whites, 7;
colored, 6; total, 13 (yellow fever, 7).
Cathedral Cemetery Whites, 9;
colored. 0; total, 9 (yellow fever 9J.
Grand total, 22. Yellow fever, 10.
Death of Thomas B. Watts.— Mr.
Thomas B. Watts, a printer employ
ed in the job department of the Morn
ing Hews office, died in this city yes
terday afternoon, of the prevailing
epidemic. Mr. Watts was a South
Carolinian by birth, we believe, but
had resided in Georgia for a number
of years. He was an excellent work
man, and did his duty well. He had
many friends in Savannah and Flori
da who will regret to hear of his
death. Fence to his ashes.—Saran
nah News.
Mr. Watts was well known in this
city, having learned the printing
business here nnd worked in the En
quirer and, wo think, in other offices
in the city. Ho was much liked by
all who knew him, and displayed
much skill in some departments of
his business. We regret to hear of
his death.
TKLKtiH.AI'HIC MI.'MM.tltY.
The election in Colorado to-day is
for State officers and a Legislature
that will have to elect two United
States Senators and Presidential
Electors; also for a Representative
to Congress.
A heavy frost occurred at Memphis
Sunday night. Littlo damago was
done. It rolieves all anxiety regard
ing yellow fever there.
An attempt to arrest.a “moonshin
er” [what Is that?] in Henry county,
Tenn., resulted in-t he killing of dep
uty Marshal; T. 11. Tarbett. Another
shot went through Marshal S. H.
McAlexander’s cloak. Giles, the
moonshiner, escaped.
A dispatch from Halifax announces
the drowning of Obed Smith, boat
swain of the Champion crew, and his
brother. Their boat was run down
by a steamer.
A Madrid dispatch says the con
tract for the Cuba loan of 15,000,000
piasters has been awarded to the
Bunk of Castile.
By the swamping of a ferry boat in
Yougall, Ireland, fourteen persons
were drowned-mostly farmers and
their wives.
At Argos, Indiana, on Saturday,
two men were killed, and nine others
injured, some seriously, by the ex
plosion of the boiler of an engino
used in driving grain separators.
Tho entire Sophomore class of Wil
liams College, Boston, has been sus
pended for "rushing" Freshmen.
At Canton, Miss., John Camphor
shot ahd killed Wm. McCornish—
both blacks.
Wilmington has revoked the order
quarantining Baltimore steamers.
There was a heavy frost at Augus
ta, Ga., yesterday morning.
Fire, and Court Hnk Ntolen.
Chattanooga, Tens., Oct. 2.—Sat
urday night the county court-house
was set on fire in the office of tho
Registrar of Deeds. It was extin
tinguished with some damage to the
books. The books were missing en
tirely. To-day Dr. J. S. Burrus was
arrested with the missing books in
his possession. He had recently
bought an abstract of letters cover
ing all but these two books, and
would have made a largo amount of
money, had he not been found out.
The Weather To-Bay.
Washington, Oct. 2.—For the South
Atlantic States, rising followed by
falling barometer, ncrtheastly winds,
backing to southeasterly, and warm- .
er, clear weather will prevail.
THE TURKISH SITUATION.
RI NKIA BENT ON WAR.
Nie I’ropoNet* a “Fair Divide” tu Aus
tria.
MOBF. TURKISH SUCCESSES.
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London, Oot. 2.—Tho Standard’s
Belgrade dispatch says tho Servians
again furiously attacked the Turks,
and were repulsed, with a loss of
1,500. Another battle is imminent'.
The Standard's Belgrade dispatch
says the Russian inundation is stead
ily crowding out the Servian element.
Preparations at Belgrade and on the
Russian border are inconsistent with
tho pacific declarations of the Rus
sian Cabinet. There aro good rea
sons for believing Russia will soon
take the responsibility for a war
which has been waged under the
flimsoy cover of tho Servian flag.
Paris, Oot. 2. — It is stated that the
Czar’s letter to Francis Joseph, after
describing in detail the dangers of
tho situation, proposes tho imme
diate occupation of Bulgaria by the
Russian army, and the oocupation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the
Austrian army, and tho watching of
the "Bosphorus by both powers, Ser
via to retain hor present independ
ence.
It is n'ow admitted by the powers
that a conference alone can settlo
disputes between Turkey and her
vassals.
Bagosa, Oct. 2.—The Montenegrin
Government is understood to be pre
pared to accept the terms of peace
based on an extension of territory,
although the Porto favors a contin
uance of the war.
London, Oct. 2.—The Times’ cor
respondent at Turkish headquarters
says Thursday’s battle, both as re
gards losses and numbers engaged,
was decidedly the greatest of tho
whole war. In front, towards Moro
va, tho Servians’ attack was merely
directed against the Turkish bridge.
Tho main attack was against tho
Turkish left wing under Hafiz and
Ali Pashus, in order to cut off the
Turkish retreat to Nisch. Sixteen
Servian battalions also crossed the
MoroVa at Dracheace, and advanced
by way of Jessica against the Turk
ish right under Falseye Pasha.
This double Hanking movement com
pletely failed, and tho Servians by
noon were driven back at all points
with great loss. Tho Turks having
kept on tho defeusivo, their loss was
only 350, the woundod having been
brought in. Amongst the dead on
the Servian side were many Russian
officers. The officers, had to drive
tho Servian soldiers to the attack at
tho sword’s point.
London, Oet. 2.—A telegram to the
Times from Belgrade says a dispatch
from headquarters of the army of
Morava announces that on Friday
the Turks from Schiljegowatz attack
ed the Servians on two sides. Fight
ing continued all Friday. On Friday
evening both sides maintained their
positions. Fighting was resumed on
Saturday. The Servians sustained
considerable loss. The Russians dis
played great bravery. Two Servian
and thirty Russian officers were
killed.
The same dispatch says : “A ru
mor reached Belgrade that Turkey
will accept peace conditions, pro
vided Servia will do so likewise."
Four hundred Russians arrived at
Belgrade on Saturday.
A special from Berlin to tho Time s
says considerable portions of tho
Russian army have received orders
to be ready for immediate concentra
tion. The cavalry and field artillery
aro now on a war footing, und tho in
fantry are ready to march.
Tho Times’ Berlin correspondent
gives substantially same account of
the Czar’s letter to the Emperor of
Austria as that given by its Paris cor
respondent. He also says: “The
Czar proposes that Servla shall retain
her present independence under Rus
sian generals, notwithstanding the
serious steps taken by her.”
There is li pretty general convic
tion that Russia does not wish to go
to war.
The Austrian Government will
probably refer the question of mili
tary occupation to tho Joint decision
of ths guaranteeing powers.
Iu the parley which preceded the
Czar’s letter, the Russian diploma
tists left no doubt as to the kind of
independence they wished accorded
to some of the’Christian provinces.
These provinces are to be like Sorvia
and Roumania—all but independent,
under a Christian government, sup
ported by Christian soldiers, having
no connection with tho Porto except
financially.
The Porte has threatened to hold
Roumania responsible for permitting
the passage through her territory of
Russian volunteers. Tho Rouma
nian Premier intends shortly to pro
ceed to the Russian court.
The Porto has informed its repre
sentatives abroad that tho Turks,
because of tho incessant attacks of
tho Servians, will resume the offen
sive. , . (HI
London, Oct. 2.— A dispatch to tho
Times from Seigero states that 1,500
armed Slavonians entered Bosina
Saturday by attacking the Moslems
and inciting the Christians to insur
rection. Turks aro marching against
them from Banjaluha.
The Paris correspondent of the
Times, commenting upon the Czar’s
letter, says : "All one ought to see in
it is, that it is a kind of a moral pres
sure which Russia is trying to exer
cise. The universal wish nnd neces
sity for poaee are so evident, that
Russia rightly thinks that the Pow
ers, to avoid the consequenoes of oo
cupation, will impose conditions on
Turkey that they would not have im
posed a fortnight ago.”
Paris, Oct. 2.— The Russian Tolc
graphic Agenoy reports that General
Ignatieff, Russian Ambassador at
Constantinople, who has been on
leave of absence from his post for
some time past, will leave the Crimea
to resume his duties.
Bfxgrade, Oct. 2.— An official dis
patch says 20,000 Turks, with forty
cannon, attacked the Servian army
on Saturday near Gredetine; they
were completely repulsed,with heavy
loss, after twelve hours’ fighting.
Anirrican Mplrltiiallat* on Trial In
iAindon.
London, October 2.—The American
spiritual medium, Dr. Slade, appear
ed at the Bond street Police Court to
day, iu answer to two summons taken
out by Prof. Edwin Ray Lankestor.
Tho first summons was under tho va
grant uct, and the second chargos
him with conspiring with one Sim
mons, his assistant, to defraud. The
oharge of conspiracy was first pro
ceeded with. Mr, Geo. Lewis con
ducted the prosocution.
Prof. Lankester deposed that he
had actually seen Slade himself write
messages which he professed were
spiritual manifestations.
Tho case excites great interest. Tho
court-room was crowded.
After a hearing, tho case was ad
journed for tho week,-Slade and Sim
mons being admitted to bail.
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Jerome Turk Itilfen.
New York, Oct. 2.—ln tho Jerome
Park 2 mile race, Rhodamanthus
won ; Madge 2d ; Cyclone 3d. Time;
1.20 J. Madge was tho favorite. In
the two milo race for three year
olds, a brother to Bassett won ; Haw
hurst 2d ; Red Cloud 3d. Time : 3.471.
The favorito won. Iu the milo race
for two year olds, Leonard won; Clo
verbrook2d; Susquehann 3d. Sus
quehanna was the favorito.
Jerome Park— Oet. 2.—1.} mile race,
Virginius won; James A. 2d; Gray
Morn 3d. Time: 2.171. Arcturnas and
Peru a dead heat; Willie Burk
3d, In running oil Peru won by half
a length, in 2.04. Betting in pools
after dead heat was Arcturnas COO.
Peru 150.
More Trouble in Spain.
London, Oetobor 2.—A special from
Barcelona to the Times says that in
the political world everything is in a
stute of restless and feverish exeito
mont. Disputes between ex-Queen
Isabella and tho Spanish Ministry
relative to tho former’s pecuniary
claims have brought contempt and
ridiculo on all concerned.
Generals Martinez, Cuinphos, and
Itumodi ltivera are understood to bo
warm supporters of Isabella’s claims.
I i-cm il Election.
Paris, Oct*. 2.— At election held yes
terday to fill vacant seats in the
Chamber of Deputies, M. M. Chal
voau, Petltbien, Ferrari and Mili
ciont, nil Republicans were chosen
from Sentis. Toul, Embraun and
Tron, Bonapartiats, whoso previous
election were annulled by the Cham
ber of Deputies, were re-elected from
Auch and St. Gandeus respectively.
Preparing for Colossal Election Frauds
In Philadelphia,
From tho Philadelphia Times,]
Taking our population at 817,000,
as reported, one iu live would* give
us only 163,1X)0, and ono in six would
make our voting list 134,000; und yet
the political managers of Philadel
phia have tho effrontery to return
an assessed list of voters of 185,853,
with seVeral divisions to hear from.
Tills can not be other than a delib
erate and monstrous fraud, and it is
notice to every honest tax-payer to
take prompt measures to defeat its
consummation. To return more than
40,000 excess of voters iu Philadelphia
over tho registered voto of New
York, where the population Is one
fourth more, is so flagrant an assault
upon the integrity or the ballot, that
every citizen should bo aroused to ac
tion.
A careful study of the list given in
to-day’s paper measurably explains
the source of some of the most pat
ent of these frauds. In Mr. Rowan’s
section of the city tho inorease is
scored by tho thousand in every
ward. In the 27th ward, his own, ho
scored about 1,000 increase; in the
24th he piles up another thousand,
and in the 28th ho was not content
with less than 1,300. Tho assumption
that these three wards have increased
their legal vote over 3,000 in one year,
and their population from 15,000 to
18,000, is a falsehood so bald and in
defensible that even Rowan will blush
when he is confronted by honest citi
zens with his own recklessndss.
In point of fact there are not lefts
than 50,000 faiso assessments in this
city to-day, for there are not within
the limits of Philadelphia 135,000
honestly qualified electors, and thus
does fraud lead the way in one of the
most important elections, both local
and general, over held by our pooplo.
Such brazen, shameless trifling with
elections cannot, will not bo tolera
ted, and Mr. Rowan will but consult
discretion by opening the door for a
thorough purgation of the list. It
must be done, and tho honest voters
of every precinct, of both parties,
should at once form a committee to
revise the list and smite fraud and
the heroes of fraud with a merciless
hand. This assessment is a mockery
of every honest purpose of tho citi
zens of Philadelphia, and tho people
should act with such promptness
and earnestness as will make ballot
stuffers hide from the scorn and ret
ribution of an outraged community,
NEW YORK NEWS,
Murder and Nulclde— Big KnbUerlr*
Mint Iu u Negro Cliurrli; and
Another In Troy
New York, Oct. 2.— Julius Blanc,
a natlvo of France, professor of
music, shot his wife and Infant child,
and blew his brains out. Blanc was
totally blind, and supported the
family by giving music lessons.
The jewelry store of Franklin
Horton, 42 Fourth St., robbed of SBO,-
000 in goods, no clue.
A riot occurred in a colored church
In Brooklyn last night. Tho police
had to interfere, clear out tho con
gregation and close the church,
The dispute wns about who were the
true trustees.
Beecher renewed work yesterday.
Troy, Oct. 2.—Riotous moulders,
about 2 o’clock, carried SI,OOO worth
of potteries from the shops of M. L.
Tilly, non-union moulders. The
watchman u?ed guns without effect
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
THE PROSPECT OF TROUBLE OVER THE
COUNT.
Washington special to the Chicago Times.]
There is an important fact on rec
ord here that has seemingly escaped
the notice of every oue, auu yet will
probably form the basis of ono of tho
most stupendous rows known in the
history of our elections. It is this,
the Congress of tho United States
has no joint rules.
Ah, but you say languidly, “What
of that?” and perhaps, if you are
very smart, “How long has it been in
this distressing condition?”
An explanation is necessary to
show the enormous importance of
this omission. To explain, the cus
tom of forming Congressional rules
will bo reviewed. No ono Congress
has any power to pass any code of
rules that can bind iu any degree a
future Congress. Eaoh one can, if it
so desires, build up for itself a sepa
rate code. This, however, involves
too much thinking for tho average
legislator, so the custom has been for
the House and Senate to pass at the
outset or opening of every new Con
gress a formalistic resolution declar
ing that tho rules of tho preceding
body shall be the standard of gov
ernment for its successor. This in
volves separate action not concur
rent.
However, there are other rules.und
this is where the hitch comes. These
were joint rules. No one can say
that they are now inexistence. These
joint rules provide, besides certain
restrictions upon legislation during
closing days ol'a session, regulations
for counting tho votes for President.
In tho old joint rules it is provided
that the Senate shall meet in the
Houso of Representatives in the pres
ence of the House, to count this vote.
It also says that, any one member
may object to counting of vote of any
State, and that upon such objection
tho Senate shall retire,and each body
shall vote separately upon proposi
tions. The voto of no Stato shall be
counted except upon a concurrent
voto of approval from, both houses.
HOW THE OMISSION WAS MADE.
The custom about passage of the
joint rules of Congress has been for
the House to pass a formal resolu
tion first adopting them and then
send it over to the Senate for appro
val. This the last House neglected
to do. In February the Senate took
tho initiative and passed ajoiutreso
lution declaring tho joint rules of
the Forty-third Congress the joint
rules of the Forty-fourth Congress.
This uame over to tho House and was
referred to tho Committee on Rules.
This committee had upon it Kerr as
chairman, Randall, Cox, Bunks and
Blaine. Owing to the illness of Kerr,
and Blaine, long lingering under an
attack of Jeerns Mulligan malaria,
this committee never met, so that
when the close of its session came the
Senate resolution was not acted
upon, and so there are no joint rules.
This can be all remedied after Con
gross meets again, but ono must re
member that tills is not the wisest
timo to provide for tho counting of a
vote after an election. There will be
a Democratic House and a Republi
can Senate to arrange the method of
counting the votes, whoever is elect
ed. This does not promise well for
harmony. If the voto is close, as it is
possible that it will be, the Republi
can Senate will attempt to throw out
the vote of every Southern State
where cases of outrage havo ever
happened. To do this they will have
to devise new joint rules. The
fight between the House and Senate
upon this question alone will lead to
tho most bitter of partisan battles.
A DESPERATE GAM,..
The Republicans are playing a des
perate game. Every day they are
massing evidences of so-called fraud
and intimidation in the South at the
Department of Justice. The action
of Boutweli’s committee in visiting
Mississippi shows how this material
is to be used. It is to be used as a
lever for tho purpose of throwing out
all the possible States in tho South
from the general count. But in this
it is necessary for them to act with
prudence; they may throw out so
many that while their candidate
would bo left with a majority, yet ho
would not have the necessary consti
tutional majority of all the Electoral
votes, and then tho election of the
President will go into tho House of
Representatives, where the Demo
cratic candidate would at once be re
affirmed.
Look at it as coolly as ono can,
there are all tho elements of a huge
fight in it that may threaten serious
dangers to our established institu
tions. Partisan malignity stops at
nothing to carry its selfish ends.
With all the elements of statesman
ship eliminated from this fight there
is danger indeed.
The experienced Journal Clerk of
the House of Representatives is the
authority for the statomen t that there
are now no joint rules to govern Con
gressional action.
Desitli of James Lick.
Sanfrancisco, Oct. 2.—Tho funeral
of James Lick is postponed to
Wednesday. The deceased express
ed a desire to bo buried on the sum
mit of Mount Hamilton, the site of
the observatory, provided for by
trust fund. Members of the Board
of Trustees express confidence that
John Lick will make no effort to
break the trust deed.
NO. 172
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
HORiBY AND BTOCKJL
PARIS, Oct. a.—Noon—Rente* 105f. 85c.
NEW YORK, Oct. a.—Noon-Gold open, a 'at
10%; stocks dull and irregular; money 1%; gold
10; exchange, long, 4.84; short 4.84%; State
bonds dull except Tennessee's, which
aro lower; rest steady; Governments dull and
lower.
NEW YOItK, Oct. 2.—Evening—Money more
active, 1%; sterling quiet; gold 10a%; Govern
ments active and lower, new 6’s 14%; State*
quiet.
cotton.
LIVERPOOL, Oet. a.—Noon—Cotton opened
dull aud easier; middling uplands 5 16-lGd;
Orleans 6%d.; sales 10,000* speculation and
exports 9.000; receipts *2.800, all American. Fu
tures weaker; Rollers at Saturday night’s pricea,
middling uplands, low middling clause, October
and November 5 25-32d.; now 9rop, shipped No
vember and December, per sail, 5 27-32d.; Decem
ber and January, per sail, s%d.; January and
February, per saiL 6 29-32d.
1:30 p. m.—Middling uplands, low middling
clftuse, new crop, shipped December and January
5 27-aad.
1:30 p. m.—Sales American 5,600.
3 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clauso, new
crop, shipped Ootober and November, per sail,
5 13-l(kl.; November and Decomber, per aail,
5 15-l(kl.; December aud January 5 26-B*Jd.
Cp. m,—Futures steadier; uplands, low mid
dling clauso, shipped January and February, per
sail, 5 *2O-32(1.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2. -Noon-Cotton dull;
uplands 11; Orleans 11 3-16; sales 1.151. Fu
tures quiet. barely steady; October 10%a29-32,
November 11 1-3*2, December 111-16*3-32, January
1113-32*7-16, March 119-16a%.
NEW YORK, Oct. *2.—Evening-Cotton easy;
receipts 1,075; middling Hall 3-lfl; consolidated
net receipts 45,623; exports Great Britain 5,899;
Erauce 3.437; Continent 250 Net reccips 57;
gross 3,171. Futures closed firm; sale* 17,500;
October 10 15-16*81-3*2; November 11 1-32*1-16;
December 116-32; January 11 5-16; February 11%;
March 11 21-32*11-16; April 11 27-82*%; May 12
I- June 12 7-323% ; July 12%*13-32; August 12%'
*l6-32.
GALVESTON, Oct. 2.—Evening—Cotton heavy
and irregular; middling 10% ; net roceipts 4,891;
sales 1,556; exports coastwise 8,623.
NORFOLK, Oct. 2.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 10%; net receipts 3,595; sales 135; ex
ports coastwise 825.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 10%all; net receipts —; gross 296;
sales 190; sales spinners 80; exports coastwise
00.
BOSTON, Oct. 2.—Evening—Cotton steady;
middling 11%; net receipts 371; gross 1,922.
WILMINGTON, Oct. 2.—Evening Cotton
nominal; middling 10%; net receipts 1,426; sales
spinners 48; exports coastwise 806.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2.—Evening Cotton
quiet; middling 11%; net receipts 76; gross re
ceipts 112.
.SAVANNAH, Oct. 2.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 10%; Dot receipts 3,080; gross 3,204;
sales 1,272; exports coastwise 1,966.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2.—Evening Cotton
easy; middling 10%; low middling 10%; good
ordinary 9% ; exports coastwise 58; net receipts
9,693; gross 11,668; sales 2,600.
MOBILE, Oct. 2.—Evening—Cotton firm; mid
dling 10; net receipts 2,117; sales 100; exports
coastwise G 49.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 2.—Cotton quiet and steady;
middling 10%; net receipts 3,195; shipments
1,882; sales 1,600. ■
AUGUSTA, Ocl. 2.—Evening—Cotton irregu
lar and in good demand; middling 9%'a10; re
ceipts 1,443; Hales 1,312.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 2—Evening-Cotton easy;
middling 10%a%;net receipts 6,385; sales 8(H);
exports Great Britain 2,006; coastwise 2,868.
PRO VISION*. AC.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—Evening—Flour-low
grades salobetter; less doing; other kinds with
out decided change: Bupcrline, Western and
Stato 54.3<)aß0; Southern, more doing; common
to lair extra $5.75a56.25: good to choice do.
$0.30a58.60. Wheat 2a3c. better, in fair demand,
new $1,10; $1.22 for old winter red Western; 66a
68% for ungraded Western, mixed; 58 for yel
low Southern; 58% for Western yellow. Oats la
2c. lower, 3Ua4B; mixed Western and State 36a5(J;
white do. Coffee, ltio, fair demand; cargoes JGa
19; gold job lots 16*20; Sugar dull and llotnlnal.
Molasses dull. Rice quiet and steady; Caro
lina very scarce. Turpentine and rosin steady.
Pork opeuedflrmer; new $16.70a516,75. Lard
opened heavy and closedflrm and easier; prime
steam $10.60*70; Octobkr $16.60. Whiskey 13.
Freights firmer; cotton, sail, 9-32*5*16; per steam
II-
CINCINNATI, Oct. 2.—Evening—Flour In fair
domaua. Wheat firm; red $1.05*91.16,. Corn
Armor, 47%. Oats dull, 65a40. Bye quiet, but
firm, 05*68. Barley strong, $1.05a51.10. Pork
firm at $16.40*50. Lard in fair demend; Bteam
10%, kettle lla%. Bulk moats firm and in fair
demand; 7%, $8.70 and 9, for shoulders, clear
rib and clear Bides. Bacon quiet, 7%a8, 9%a%,
and 9%a10%, for shoulders, clear rib and clear
sides. Whiskey active, 9. Butter easier, West
orn reserve 24*5, Central Ohio 22*3.
BT. LOUIS, Oct. 2.-Evening—Flour steady
and firm, for medium fall extras, at $4.50a55.0u.
Wheat, No. 2 red fall $1.17%5% cash; No. 3
do. $1.19. Corn No. 2, mixed, 40%. Oats active.
No. 2, 35. Ilye quiet, 69. Barley steady. Pork
dull, $17.25. Lard inactive, 10%' asked, 10% bid.
Bulk meats dull and nominal. Bacon firm; 7%a
%, 9%a% and 10a %', for shoulders, clear rib
aud clear sides.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 2.—Flour quiet and weak ;
extra $3.50#54.00; family $4.25a56.00. Wheat
quiet and steady; rod. $1.05; amber $1.05%;
white $1.06a51.15. Corn dull; white 43, mixed
42, Rye quiet and firm, 68. Oata firm; white
34, red 33. Pork active, $16.76. Bulk meat#
quiet, but firm, at 7%a%, 9%' and 9%, for shoul
ders, clear rib and clear sides. Bacon quist and
firm; at 7%, 9%' and 10%, for shoulders, clear
rib and clear sides, Sugar cured ham’s firm,
16a17. Lard quiet aud weak; tlercea 11%;
kegs 12. Whiskey firm, 9. Bagging in fair de
maud, $1.12.
BALTIMORE. Oet. 2.—Evening—Oats firm;
Southern prime 40*45. Rye euli, 58*62. Pro
visions steady and firm; mess 18%*18%; bulk
shoulders 7%, clear rib 10%a%; bacon—shoul
ders 8%a%, clear rib 10%*%; lard easier, refined
11%'a%; coffee strong and quiet; transactions
restricted by limited offerings and firmness of
holders of job lots, 16*19%; whiskey firm; sugar
steady, 10%a%.
.Mllsm TeaMlale’B School.
The exorcises of Miss Sarah Teasdale’s
School will bo resumed on Monday, 2d of
Oetobor. [sep26 lw
Now Dress Goods, embracing beautilul
effocts in Plaids, also Gray Silk Poplins,
especially adapted to immediate wear
at J. 8. Jones.
Sep, lfl-tf
ELECTION NOTICE.
rjIHE following porsons are hereby appoint rd-
X Managers of the ELECTION to be held at the
Court-house and tho different Precincts In the
county of Mnscogee on Wednesday, the 4th day
of October next, for Governor and members of
tho General Assembly, viz:
Columbus—R. G. Mitchell, J. P., T. J. Chap
pell, J. P„ and George Hungerford.
Bozemans—P.J. Phillips, J. I\, John E. Lamar
and James Bozeman.
Nances—T. C. Rees, J. P„ J. L. Diggers and H.
P. Fortson.
flteara Mills—E. P. Willis, J. P., Asa and
Wm. A. Cobb.
Edwards—R. M. Gray, J. P., John C. Duck and
George 11. Bryan. ,
Upatole—John F. Boyd, J. P., Wm. W, Me Far
land and A. J. Odom.
The Managers will pleaao oall at the Ordinary's
office for the necessary blanks.
Given under my official signature this Septem
ber 12, 1876. F. 1L BROOKS,
Sopl2-td Ordinary.
John Blackmar,
BROKERAGE, REAL ESTATE&INSURANCE.
St. Clair Street, Georgia Home Building,
next to Western Union Tele-,
graph Office.
Land Warrants Bought.
smm BY PKXBttIOK,
To Banks of this city.
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