Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - October 24, 1878, Galveston, Texas GALVESTON THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 5 CENTS VOL 184 ELECTION TICKETS iri NEWS OFFICE For per Thousand Matt root the Mack paper trice bjr of must Uin order pay at Uw rale fa hi outers at WaY NOT CARS FOR AS WELL AS CATTLE f of Capt dirtier of the of health on the preventing yellow in Texas tte south tlw wem to make It deer H human and ioduclna can make clear that from this may be by points ot infected with or tho name time In the whole of medical experience nad of there is to that certain protection and of yellow fever is to be by any other or any other condition Thus the of Texas of the lippi allev and of all in the United are up to the of finding safety ID a as Capt an non a stated term or of incurring the danger jr hn by local circumstances of a violation of the terrible scourge It Is to be for granted that they will prefer safety to exposure The article of Capt Fisher Cia by what authority the br organ L ted enforced He concludes that will ncf do to look to the states pf the for timely and doug this matter It Ii talu that uter all direful lessons of in connection yellow fever epidemics these have failed o conjointly or any system of quarantine which to confidence or which la fact any rational ft security Their of they have any are often absurd in sometimes conflicting and never adjusted to the common purpose of b coherent aud comprehensive cy What has done for the of Teiai during the epidemic sou credited chiefly tf not wholly to an forecast vigilance md of the local authorities of Houston Dallas Marshall and or interior border rather to wise and liberal of legislation Such a of f conditions may be possible in future but it is by no certain aud tho people of THE OF THE STATE of he Public for ISM to Oct from ow county of public for the pant year no of per cent of population in and a duration erf a awl a half mouth is a better than bwm under violin taw Capt candidate floater It in the tit a larra rapport In Blanco if the of Travis will In matter of the Dripping con- vention nominated aim wuu meeting of lib uu tbn subject yesterday Their action but not trans- The have a candidate and there lira three out for the wune are the bent of Uie Ire and tlw contest IB very grunt interest Of fho large number of thoroughbreds at the fair grounds waiting the rafe next week Incommode to bathe favorite Mr Gay before the meeting IB over many of the racers in this country will be here Ninety have already been engaged Washington No 1 their tenth anniversary to-night at their elegant hall was fa the banquet in a hearty ner The Mflll fit and CaHr to X t A Two In Ibe l In Will Yield of tlie West em Marrow Texas 7 III do Market WIM sia to tb Frontier al In Oct Hmr O M i Coku wiU hero to-morrow word for the Houston to th in this morning It read that Dr ford hart Kichmond at HIT quarantine against Houston md been was an error now running without stopping to can secure to and be allowed to leave tho train No communications have to-day between the of place and Kichmond The Instill in of the Ban Antonio rood has re- word from the health officer of Kichmond that Kichmond will the quarantine if Houston will rawe Numerous private hero from different the quarantine waft declared Contest me u Condition tl the Mexican to the SAW Oct Freie that gained a complete victory over Ireland at New that the latter was very much exasperated at the demonstration in favor of cher aim that Comal county in over- in favor of A rally taken place this evening at Leon springs 18 miles from the city The Mexican Balis who was terribly beaten and robbed by nacion Rodriguez is believed by ton to be out of danger fhe Ireland meeting in ward No 8 was better attended than the one about 100 Demons being in attendance It being understood that a distinguished orator would address the tag but who wag unable to attend on account of the meeting was addressed by Don Pancho Galan who gave hte in for his rence to judge Ireland Moaara Jones Banman Mason and Barrow also pave their views on the campaign after which rayette Walker and John Montgomery colored addressed the voters Mr Hertz was called on but was too indisposed to say anything except to the poor men to vote for the poor man's friend judge Ireland Bealor the Diem from An tr JL but was soon returned Mr snys that Richmond holds that she will not be the first to rescind A slight frost was noticeable here this morning Capt Barton states that to-morrow all in left of the northern eastern and Gin or A 1.0 jal and Plucky to DALLAS Oct Jos Bealer the Mexi- can who was stabbed about a near Central park died this morning of his wounds His supposed murderer is in jaiL John Wilson a passenger on the Texas and Pacific was arrested for an assault on the porter of the train The porter was unpleasant to him and Wilson drew a knife and threatened to cut his throat The portor was protected by hereafter the most cart not to depend up- on uncertainly aid for Jrom one of ng of plagues leave no option but con- with Capt Fisher's conviction supreme and imperative of to be established under net of coherent com- prehensive if nwd bo circumferential fcr shutting at all points exotic from any quarter or ou any of transmission The superior facilities for quarantine pos by tho government iu its wide jurisdiction in its navy and in its are obvious of congress commerce In such a manner as to prevent It from operating u n curse liy diffusing among the people is BOS to bo questioned In fact congress has already this power in the interest of health but it to be the health of American and not the health of America that so far com- manded la attention as to Induce thing ic the of quarantine In tives highly solicitous of the interests ol constituents in live Mock an act to pre- vent Uw spiend of foreign The board of health tme at a meeting to-day until the ry shall have fallen to ST Much com- plaint is made at their action and a rail for a meeting on Friday night is being circulated foi among the chants to duma nd tho raining of tino on travel and all points north and east of Memphis Slits Hirsch direct from Heidelberg a German and unable to speak English paused down Central to-night a quarantine certificate She in on route to Richmond to marry her preceded her three years ago She traveled alona to western moil that been detained by quarantine will arrivo and only mail from infected points in behind Gentlemen from Montgomery county to-day say there are two sides to bulldozing statement Tho New Orleans railway brought to thin city the 704 cars of lumber nnd shingles A Gels Thirty In the In the criminal court to-day Wm Peck colored van trind for the of bert The killing occurred last fall near Spring on the I and O y Feck has remained in the Harris county jaO ever Tlie jury after hours deliberation ban just a verdict of guilty the punishment at thirty years in tbe penitentiary Got IV elborn at Pilot Point Telegram to the PILOT POINT via Oct Col Olin of Dallas tor congress arrived at i o'clock p M yesterday and was met by a large number of citizens Before speaking a great number of at the stand At the colonel arrived and took the stand he denounced Tracy Davis and DeUress eulogized the democratic platform and condemned the as a party organized to steal away and break the ranks of the now solid democratic lino He loft for Sherman this morning and will speak there to-morrow Speaking at Victoria Telegram to tho VICTORIA Oct response to an invitation of Victoria Schleichar No 1 its president Hon Jno Stayton delivered an address to-day on the political issues involved hi the congressional canvass in thin district to an immense audience It is recognized as a masterly effort lated to mako many votes tor Schleicher NEW Oct reorganize tlon of tlw Texan is nearly Col will leave shortly for to arrange for an of tbt rood Texas TH nn 118 bH Texas railways irregular and Great Northern nominally 10 Sterling advanced of of bunkers do Hides during the month Purchases are mostly private because of tbe low figures Tony are still higher comparatively than Is leather Wool Is dull but holders are not dis- posed to press sales Tbe authorities at Washington are prehensive that quartering regular Mexi- can troops on the border may lead to driving out troops and causing such general disorder as to compel the ence of our forces Cotton advanced on news of a better market for arrivals nt Liverpool End eu la Nrw the cattle ti tho nnd the act amended in Thus congress has by the theory rith to prevention of foreign American citizens ought to stand upon as good a footing as cattle Surely men leader and innocent ren as well worth protecting against as hulls and steers and cows ami Purely human life weigh if more at least not Ulan bee in congressional tiou her promise on November 1 Quarantine Political The a to the BROWNSVU.UC Oct Strict tine was against Matamoros at 8 o'clock p K on tho 21st it having transpired that the Mexican quarantine against Bagdad very loosely pa Passengers and freight by View leans steamers arrived in Matamoros tlw next day after the steamers touched at Bagdad No fever has appeared in us yet The excitement in local political circles increases as election approaches The rival rings of the democratic party the red and the blue clubs are working night and day in favor of their candidates for county offices and throwing at each other in the local papers controlled by the respective clubs Joe city marshal was badly cut by a Mexican His wounds are not dangerous Fine weather and excellent health lore IK A A Prisoner and Bell The Prisoner Fatally shot by An- other Deputy Telegram to the Attorney General Dovena Revokes HIM National Administration Again on Home to rotary Nil Report In to ste From tile to the Went Oct eral has overruled his de- that national banks in making up capital subject to duty may bo permitted to deduct United States bonds at their face valuo and now decides that they may duct the amount invested in such bonds at not only their face value but premium ed Tho opinion is expressed iu the treasury that will made by the treasurer since the passage pf the national banking act aud considerable money will lie re- quired to refund enormous duties ed from the banks under the previous rulings The department employes entitled to vote at the November elections will be allowed leave of absence to visit their respective states for that purpose The president aud Mrs Hayes secretary Sherman Geo -A private secretary of the president left for land Maryland to-night Secretary Sherman is gathering tics preparatory to the work upon the annual report which will be a very one Ik is said ho proposes to en- large upon the question of specie re- sumption bnt will not urge any additional legislation to that end as he re- gards the question settled and before such legislation could be had specie payment wul have reached In regard to Tbe End NEW Oct weather is clear cool and windy Deaths Ill reported ITS Total UTW total coses J J McDermott telegraph operator died to-night aged The over fifty rations for relief to the Y M C A AT Howards 54 Of the ITS cases reported to the board of health only 70 were classed as now cases Dr president of tlie of health says due notice will be tbe board when absentees may safely return Rev John of the redemptorist der is very low with fever and not ex- to Jive BATON Oct cases deaths LA Oct deaths curred yesterday in this Drehr Miss and two children Dr J J Cobert is not expected to recover had a frost this morning Oct deaths no new cases but several are very low BAT ST Lovu Oct new cases and deaths PASS CHRISTIAN Oct new case and 2 deaths The mercury this morning marked 44 some frost was visible Oct and warmer with mercury at 70 A frost this morning One death in the city and 5 in the country Among them is E B Willis a prominent planter YAZOO CITY Miss Oct father Mouton died night DELTA LA Oct Gilleland health officer died last night McCOMB Oct new cases and but one death JACKSON Miss Oct new coses and one death Oct the hours ending at 4 p M three deaths have occurred and four now cases are reported including mayor Carlile Recorder ger is somewhat totter but still in a ca I condition The fell ly hist night and ice formed in sheltered places Doctors are more hopeful Drs Leo and Olmstead of the Atlanta hospital returned home this afternoon Dr Hope taking charge of the relief committee The relief committee have only days plies on hand tbe destitution is tery great tho colored population who will have to be supported until tories start up Total cases on hand 148 Clear and cola to-night Oct mayor in a states that on and ter October 23 all restrictions on freight shipped to this city on the Mobile and Ohio railroad will be removed Passengers coming to this city must still have certificates as fore of UK jet The i for and with a lightly in a tone iu Lun on and could of at The after- iFKm that Uw nod been iiiC of tlw bank of 111 fiction the being far above what can Iw fur but the hero iuell ail knowledge tix Home of the large dealen in city nay it iji Uie of the treasury to thu London quotation per in iu in this market that It to tay it will buy at per cent the London price Sterling has not been so active bnt the quotations are firmly with the demand running still on short tight and cable of the lower sold at 487 for commercial which vas a good round Cables from report a very feeling in financial and mercantile The disposition was enter into no new engagements and a similar prevails among the houKes on this side with close foreign connections has rendered matten even duller than they were but perhaps it is best the worst ii known abroad This may take the remainder of the year Imt hytter so than headlong plunges in the lark Hold opened quiet and after at was down to 100 ering afterward on of a exchange house to and one day cash ing for northeastern Texas and the of large erf money by road would give a impetus tn in this Kate at once of roods would greatly ulate and facilitate immigration In the hut four years very been in building bnt it Is quite probabl that much will be in I next four years Tbe superintendent of the Grand Trun of Canada has cir ou total run tune of the company on the sue Loons were on Uie carrying side and also at fiat for immediate ery Tlie gold payments on account of bonds tlie week about inclusive of Saturday last The close was about 100 Iu bonds there were nales Texas Ists with coupon at Louisiana at Ohio and al at I lorris and Essex consolidated 1000 Georgia gold bonds indorsed at 07 and Ohio and con- sols at The failure of James Co of in tho South American trade s announced this afternoon Jt isthongbt no one is hit on side As intimated last evening cotton lost 10 joints to-day because Liverpool refused to oep where sho was that market opened weak in response to the advance hero and flat The contract sales in this market only were bales October 80 November 9.74 December Sloney is 1 at 3 per cent The banks are beginning to specie again now that they arc free irom being bled on treasury account Their reserve this afternoon is of the introduced fiv agu and urging the moderate drink Jo join the society or a leant to and encourage nient by not tempting who are weaker Ills Khare and Mine He went from me tw softly an j BO soon hands pta at morning and noon The uuk s i them wai to bold The and Their Social tTo the NKW PRAGUE Oct New Prague is a Bohemian town and is situated three miles east of on tho Schulenburg road The country around for seven miles is tled up with Bohemians All of them have small farms and judging by the out- ward appearance of i their fields they are undoubtedly successful farmers They are a hard working and sociable people While passing through here I found the town f nil of men men and children All came to attend church in the morning and after church they do their shopping talk about their ial glo Tile The Not IMS Sir LONDON Oct The lin dispatch says the czar has issued an ukase ordering that military furloughs shall only be granted for particularly gent reasons and in any case not to ex- tend beyond February Sir Stafford the exchequer Sir Stafford Northcote chancellor of quer in speaking at banks he will argue that they will LONDON Oct Vienn be in condition to with the dispatch says tho most essential points i hampton admitted that he was not able to say that be was sure there would not be a renewal of the war it was impossible to ignore tbe Ho said were being raised against the of certain parts of tbe treaty of Berlin Ho declared bo wished to impress on the powers who signed the treaty and above all tbo sultan the importance of not permitting this groat work to be in vain LONDON Oct Vienna ner finder Deputy ar Bell investigation of the causes iRd extent of political troubles re- ported to exist in Montgomery county it only liar to suspend judgment upon the and upon tlie ing by the United States under the election law But aide of she lias been to tos public AH the will be as soon us they can bo collected by a of the who has been to the scene From what already however it is evident that It would be exaggerating the case Jo attach any political to tiie disturbance It Is a ly local and should be attributed to local discontents rather that to antag of race or a disposition on the part of oce class of citizens to rally deny the equal civil oJ Tet while this view of the matter should aot be lost sight we do not hesitate to condemn denounce ns Uw KM that should be i punished by proper authority open acts of to been In If the BELTOS via Round Rook Oct A dreadful tragedy has occurred at our Jan Deputy sheriffs Frank Bather and Frank Venable hod returned a prisoner whom they had permitted to see his wife and while near the iron cage one of the prisoners Thomas of man county confined therein and who was sentenced to the penitentiary this morning for five years for reached through the bars of the cage snatched pistol and shot him through the body He then leveled his pistol on Rather when he was in by Rather Mr can not re- cover and the prisoner is expected to die an he is shot through near the heart The young man so dastardly murdered WAS a brave chivalrous gentleman loved and respected by all ani had not the lucky shot put an end to the murderer we would have had to chronicle another hanging by lynch law s fancy that they can carry election hy intimidation they are That of laf is no now In than it always wan wherever but tt mast that it onn not and will now be tolerated The of the if of the United States is at aniS able to vindicate itsitf if perly exerted FACTS ii the title ol a bock tor r replete with the latest is a rny compact form It fm kyA a Senator Coke's Speech If A N Smith Nominated for Com- the vice Withdrawn Telegram to the Oct Coke spoke here for two hours to-night to a crowded house Ho gave an account of his ship defending his administration and showing that it was much more cal than the republican administration He struck the republicans and ers some blows that made those present appear demoralized He was often applauded Hon W Long and Gen Hamman measured swords in political combat in the eastern part of this county to-day Mr Lang to morrow at and Friday at Calvert He does good work for the democracy Since tho at Mitchell the greenbackers have nominated Capt A N Smith for congress against CoL The republicans have put out a county ticket here this three full tickets in the field An Accident Telegram to the Oct as the west bound freight train of the tional railway was pulling into tion it a most estimable man a resident of this place L and crushed his right foot so badly ths t amputation was necessary The operation was performed by Dr M tan of this place assisted by Drs and Dollar of The patient was brought bere and is doing weii All the assistance that could be rendered by cers of the was cheerfully given Appellate Co art Decisions Telegram to the News Oct following cases decided in the court of day John Riordan vs the State from las affirmed Owen Battle vs the State mm Falls affirmed Ed Johnson vs the State from Hays and remanded Jay the State from and remanded Abraham Graham vs the State from Hill appeal in carrying out the statutes ns they are now in possession ample means to that end The 18th regiment infantry has bee directed to move from the department o the south to the west for operations against Indians Several companies of th second will be sent south to r place tho 18th infantry Arrest for Robbing a Congressman Oct Burde was arrested here charged with congressman Waddell ot North at the Metropolitan hotel last Hay A Case In Supreme that Intercut Ship Owners In the supreme court to-day N B Pit man of Vicksburg was admitted to prac The case of George P Work vs P D Leathers was submitted This cause is from tho Louisiana circuit court aud pre- sents tho question whether to charge th owner with the repairs of a ship it is necessary that he should bo 1 full contract with the crew his own o whether the result will be the same if h puts a representative on board to loo generally after the interests of his vessel The Great Railroad Case In Court RICHMOND Oct cose of the At- Mississippi and Ohio railroad on motion for a decree of foreclosure am sale of the road under the mortgage wa resumed in the United States circuit court to-day and was further argued and sub- mitted to the judge reserved Subsequently the attention of the cour was occupied with the case of Stewart holder of certain certificates of the ginia and Tennessee railroad company The object of the holder of said being to have them recognized as a lion superior to that of the Atlantic pi and Ohio mortgage Other holders of the some certificates which amount to eight and three-quarter millions dollars were represented by counsel This cause which is known by Little Francis Kidc and other trustees vs the Atlantic and Ohio railroad was argued one also submitted to the court ble young amed Geo Bank Failure BALTIMORE Oct banking house of Nelson Co has suspended and an assignment Alex ton for the of creditors The cause of failure is attributed to the losses of the senior partner W H in the St Cloir hotel of which he was proprietor and the shrinkage in real estate and eral dry rot in the business of the banking house Liabilities of the hotel and ing house are about of which 000 are secured assets consisting mostly of real estate and book accounts Railroads CHICAGO Oct Denver and Rio Grando railroad has been leased bv the Atchison Topoka and Santa Fe railroad for 80 years The first named road is to receive 48 per cent of the gross earnings decreasing 1 per cent yearly and will re- cent from the 7th to the 14th year The San Juan mines are to be opened through the Grand Canon o? Arkansas and the ultimate design is to connect with the Pacific This Jealous Juvenile hli Him to the Oct Overton yesterday a waylaid hli playfellow and cut him fearfully about the head with his knife as was returning from escorting tM bad av transaction will probably result in a warm competition with the Union Pacific for Liven at Sea WASHINGTON Oct report to the signal office to-night from Sew Haven says the schooner Maiy L Tice was dered Capt Tullock of New Haven and the steward Lee of Beaufort K C were drowned Tbe signal service observer at Cape reports that tlie steamer Florence from New York for ville went Ashore last night No UVes wert lest The steamer will be gotten off if weather permits Sly Sammy ST Louis Oct CrVooe-Dtemocrtrf announces to-day that Samuel J Tilden is engaged to be married to a St Louis bello and that the wedding is to take place within three months Speaker Assailed PHILADELPHIA Oct a politica meeting this evening some one threw a large stone at speaker Randall who was addressing tbe crowd The speaker's cape was a dear narrow as stone him No ar- the definitive treaty between Russia and Turkey are found in a dispatch to the Daily Simla It says the native embassy just returned from Cabul considers that the emir has been with induced to take his present course by substantial offers from tie Russian en- voy who still at Cabul when tbo em- bassy left OCTOBER A Day's Sport at Oct all the principal of the country are ent at the Pimlico races which commenced to-day The track was In good condition and tbe attendance excellent The first race was a dash one mile for maidens of all ages Twelve started Won by Time crops and enjoy a social gloss and not un- frequently the young people get up a hop and spend the evening in tripping the light fantastic toe As this is a busy season with them they don't have time during the week to attend political meetings invited Col Upton of Schulenburg who is a candidate for the legislature to ad- dress them and give his views on the of the day In ance with their request he addressed yesterday at tho CoL Upton told them that he was a crat and that the democratic party was pledged to give protection to life and perty and reduce If elected he would endeavor to have such laws passed as would do the greatest good to the greatest number At the close of his he was cheered The colonel is very popular with all classes in and if elected he will make a good tive The Bohemians of New Prague have sent about 8100 through C Bruner Esq to the yellow fever sufferers One man in this vicinity has gathered 17 bales of cotton from 13 acres and he says ho will gather a bale and ters more Several farmers ivill gather over a bale to the acre Tue yield of ten in this portion of county passes anything ever raised here race was won by Duke of Magenta Time 3.41 The third race trial steeple chose about IK mile Disturbance won Time 1.49 The Dixie stakes was the fourth race for three year two miles scription The H F club added of which to the first horse 500 to the second The starters were Chas Reed's Bonnie Wood Geo Duke of anil P Spartan Bramble brought Bonnie Wood pis Oriole Dave Moore and the field St James and Florence Payne In the third race the stakes was tho favorite and sold for Gen Phillips Bayard and Belle For the fourth race Warfleld sold for and the field including Fusilade Albert and Miss Malloy for Columbia tho COLUMBIA Oct On Saturday the 10th inst Col M 8 spoke to a large at this place on the cial and political questions of tlie dav in his usual eloquent and interesting style and with telling effect The latter port of his address was leveled at the scalawag and causing the dark countenances of the col- ored part of his audience to lighten their eyes to sparkle their teeth to shine forth nnd their lips to respond That's that i so I The Columbia comet baud dis- coursed music both before and after the of Col Munson which gave life and cheerfulness to the casion that are to be ped iu Take Part In the Turf In Britain Im 1879 aad 1880 A great many persons visited the stable at Bay and Provost City yesterday where to uie an- in the tho thoroughbreds which Mr Pierre will ship to England to-day in tbe steamship England to take part hi prominent events could be seen before their departure The visitors were well repaid for their trouble for a finer lot of stock especially the lings were never started on an ocean A few be cold His share of flowers with him away No irill blossom nere w lair mt they HU Ehare of thorax h It if ibey tear hands Instead of his I Jo cot care His swert were fw clear and bnt To look Into the light acd Down ti the AUK tber have their share o sleep Their share of tears is left for me to weep His mouth had Its share of What lore what wul he erer share of thirst and moan And cries tM my own He had his share of summer Bird and dew w ere here with him they vanished too Jlli share of and rains and frost I lake with he lost Tlie phantom of the cloud he did not see For evermore shall overshadow mo He In his turn with small still sHowy Touched the Dim Path ami made its meet S M a Chicago After ten days of emn meditation Mr Samuel J Tilden rises and Sot guilty These two words express an that his a paper column in length comes to It is not a denial of the genuineness of the cipher dispatches two or three hundred m number which have recently stripped of their cabalistic It not a denial of the of their translation out of the original cryptograms It is not a denial of thing contained in them It is not an legation of any fact or circumstance ing in the slightest degree to impeach or vitiate the evidence of those dispatches It is simply Mr Sam Tilden's denial of any personal knowledge in the premises It is a personal plea of not guilty con- joined to o personal protest of innocence and extraordinary New York Senator McDonald of Indiana put the greenback question into a nutshell yesterday when he said that the greenback sentiment was an out- growth of the hard times and that as the tunes improve the greenbackers will come to their senses again He spoke some tain truths too about the double-faced attitude of the western republicans on this point which holiest republicans as well as honest democrats may profitably lay to heart Senator McDonald's strong sense and his political courage are things so good in themselves and of so tog a quality in these days that perhaps our readers will forgive Mm for saving nothing when he had nothing to say about GOT letter He has a firm belief however of which it will be seen he makes np secret that no president of the United States will again be selected from on eastern state New Tork The friends of Mr den have been making constant war upon the president and his title and hove done all they could to business and pre- vent the restoration of confidence by con- stant hints of designs that if carried out would lead to civil war or to nearly as damaging This species of political warfare has been out excuse or provocation Even Mr Tilden s ingenious statement of thn ner in which the presidency was adjudged to belong to Hayes does not conceal the fact that it is entirely immaterial whether fee electoral commission was a tional tribunal or not or whether the dence on which it acted was sufficient The fact remains that after tbe electoral had discharged the whole of its functions as on advisory committee for that is really all that it was congress itself declared that Hayes was entitled to the presidency Philadelphia If Mr Tilden had led au honorable if he had been be- yond suspicion of connivance at gigantic political crimes if his personal and career had been such as to give him a reputation for integrity and worthiness if he had not intelligently and purposely evaded the payment of tuxes honestly due from him to his country iu time of war and if in his private and public relations the people had learned to rely implicitly upon his good faith and his would now moke his enso comparatively easy and would ttw and Damage Oct by a from tbe but night 1 until T iha morning the wind uprooting Owing the two jut 01 the hundred tn Ivom em via Is was the and nvt the Oct p to of all north ct on early hour this with all city is cut off The come from the tropics At o'clock on tlie morning of the th ordered up N est for a storm south of O tlw rooming of the 21st the stem the of Key West and on tb morning of tbe 2M to the of souths Georgia At midnight of the it w with greatly increased velocity over Cape on the North Cart lina coast The maximum velocity of th wind reported was 60 an hour froi midnight to noon To-day the increasing ia energy as centra near at center was attended with an unusually heavy rail fall bere as a Baltimore 2.74 Norfolk 2 2.01 and at Smithville N C 4.52 Oct storm here did great damage Around tie th water rose very high several wharves be ing submerged and there was some daui age to shipping The steamer which left yesterday aud this morning having her bow bod ly stove in by the heavy spa off Lookout and was unable to prated Sh also reports having seen one of the Wwm steamers supposed to the Theodore with her J uj drifting and with signals bu Che Florida owing to her crippled tion wan unable to render any assistance A three-masted schooner with for assistance wan off straits and another vessel near UCT wit her bottom up was seen off Sandy point A bay was sunk and off Magic rive another RICHMOND VA Oct heavy rain and wind storm prevailed here last night for several hours after mid light when the wind became almost i It was the most severe the line of the B W and P railroad Tb is reported to have been destructive nit no particulars have been received wires leading north of Baltimore being At Frederick Md and Irom other places in the western part of the state it is reported as very severe PROFESSOR SMITH AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS Professor Goldwin Smith an English man by birth but long a resident of anada has just delivered a course ol at Cornell X T university he last of the series being devoted to he question of suffrage He avows his general approbation of American in and thinks the government trong enough to perpetuate its own er stence but thinks the people should rather consider and reform its defects han attempt to overturn it on account f their existence He is reported to ave Suffrage must be a failure if given to jose who can not read because they can ot possibly inform themselves on the about which they are to vote A who can not read instead of having he right to the suffrage has a sacred right o be exempted from it Again sure to result from universal suffrage ven with an educational test if a on IH not drawn between the case of onal and that of municipal L municipal government has to deal with the collection and expenditure of taxes and as these are in proportion o property so hi some measure ought the to bo A municipality seems more akin to a company than to a nation The principal evil complained of is not tyranny or oppression of auy kind It is That corruption exists to a great and lamentable extent all citizens and friends of the republic own TH K fj C l in to a TI XK IJ ITKT IOX r with Cheap Advertising t even 1 The third race a trial steeplechase for lorses that never won a steeplechase at Baltimore Jerome Park Long Branch or Saratoga The race two mile for all ages maidens three j ears old 3 IDS if four years old 7 if five years old arid upwards 13 Ibs purse first horse 100 Tho starters were Pick Edwin A Fohn Edwards Bushwhacker Princeton J Higgins Blondell and Jov Neptune The fourth race first heat r first Time Second heat fourth race Princeton Irst Bushwhacker second hird Time The were thronged to-night or the races for In the ral stakes P entry Boardman was the favorite having sold for an Sparling brought Geo entries Startle and Una and Eunice For the second race Bramble brought The Baltimore Races Postponed BALTIMORE Oct races at ico were postponed v on account of the flooding of the tract by the severe term of wind and rain last night THE Philadelphia Tima has the an- first-class notice of one of the South Carolina politicians who finds it to his health to absent self from the If state senator of South na had lived in any northern state and his senatorial office as openly ind recklessly as is clearly proven he did n that state he would be in the bnt resigned his seat to cape dismissal and Serf to escape ment he has settled down in Washington a few thieves yet linger nd is telegraphing over the country how te Hampton clubs have driven kun rom the state As the South Caroline haunts his dreams e should hie himself to the Massachusetts Bay of public thieTes and put under the protecting wing of Gov ice Be will find Kimpton there and a How feeling will make Kimpton rous kind to An old lady raid she had often wen men struck with a happy thought bnt never see where it hit em Foumier the eminent botanist in varieties of of hich occur in no other land Of rest are found in this gantry One evening spent at home in study is ore profitable ton spent boat country taverns states oa tbe first the string is tough little gelding Parole 5 years old by imported Leamington dam Maiden Parole has carried the cherry and black colors for Mr to tbe front in many a hard fought contest Last year he vanquished Ten Broeck hi Baltimore and this year he captured the Baltimore cup in the spring meeting the cup the Saratoga cup and several large purses His latest victory was in Jerome Park lost Saturday where he headed at the close of a two mile and a quarter struggle winning by two lengths He should prove a good one in England At all events be will lend tbe youngsters in their work and wlu make the best trial horse that could be sent Uncas a fine bay colt who won the tucky stakes for two-year olds m Saratoga at the late meeting over a track deep with mud in a field of seven feet ones is the second on the list yearlings 1 Cherokee a beautiful bay colt over 15 hands high by Saxon dam Fanny low 2 Friar a strong footed bay also 15 hands by Saxon dam Fanny Washington 3 Boreas a sleet well-built bay colt by Saxon dam Nellie Gray Boreas is half brother to Basil 4 Pappoose a tough-looking chestnut full of fire by Leamington dam Maiden Pappoose is a full sister to role 5 Nereid a well-built bay filly bv on dam Highland Lassie This filly is wholly bred from English im- Ii Geraldine a trim bay filly bv Saxon doin Girl of iho Period The youngsters are all large for their age and if looks pass for anything will pmck laurels in the land of race horses Mr C Sickles who was in charge of the flyers yeiterdav took pleasure in pointing out their beauties Tbe lot are from families which have produced many first-class racers in ica They are tbe first installment of the stable which Mr purposes to at Newmarket is entered in too and St Leger for and -In the champion stakes at Newmarket second October meeting Cherokee Nereid and Geraldine are in the July and Chesterfield stakes for two-year olds at Newmarket in and the Richmond stakes at wood for two-year olds in the same year and Nereid are iii the Oaks for while Cherokee Boreas and are in St Leger for that war The efforts of tne colts for then rich purses will IN watched with great interest in this country Mr Joaes groom win stick to Parole and ths colts until Wm Brown trainer follow the Baltimore races with an additional string Mr Bishop will have charn ol the horses in ryt rely implicitly upon his good high would defense comparatively predispose thousands of men to accept his disclaimer For ourselves we freely con- fess we would gladly believe him innocent of tho great crime charged And it affords us no pleasure to say that in our ment his denial is simply incredible Of itself it can not be accepted as conclusive because confronted by too many circumstances which are tent with it and by too many probabilities which suggest belief in it Mr Tilden has made answer to the charges rather than directly made by a New York newspaper in its publication of what ports to be copies of certain dispatches in cipher that passed between his agenta in New Tork and his friends in Columbia and Tallahassee the month following the presidential election For the honor of the country and from regard of the good name of one who has hich among American statesmen it must be of gratification to all irrespective of ty that he has made a denial so manly so particular so thorough and so sive It might have served the purpose indeed had it been a denial general into terms for the charges an and veiled in excess of carefulness to evade the law of libeL This would have been satisfactory to his personal friends only public_______ man of the day identified with tne cause of reform and equal confidence in his sagacity and his Bnt more was needed for the country at dazed by the special pleading of his partisan opponents under the ship of a corrupt newspaper whose schemes for public plunder in tbe interest ot its owner he has refused to further with the full knowledge that his refusal would make it and ita owner alike his in- enemies For the benefit of all honest inquirers after the truth touching his reputed connection with the cipher dispatches he has made the peremptory and explicit disavowal published to-day On the one hand we have accusations made by anonymous parties in documents eJl of which are and some of which are known to forged On the other there is this explicit letter the ance of a man whose veracity is peached and breathing in every line in- ternal evidence of truth and indignation Under snch circumstances the most blinded partisan withhold a dict ot not guilty New Tork In the two denials that have now been made of complicity in the guilt of those cipher dispatches each one of Uie inculpated persons has touched tartly upon the fact that the men whom with sorrow But we probably see the worst of it The people of the United States wash all their linen hi public But there is reason to believe that not a few public men servo the public through their wholo lives uprightly alid zealously and die poor The of cial morality arising commercial causes disturbs political morality also It is indeed in commercial rather than in general legislation that evil prevails Universal suffrage must be debited with special advantages in the expanding wealth of a new country and the general possession of property by the people But on the other side of the account must be placed the difficulties which the tem has liod to contend by the influx of a vast alien population often embittered against oil government by the oppression it bos suffered in its native land ism which is now an object of dread is partial of The that fco tiw any kind of and rm f tho of OK a tA at the direct Istue by in porU tiw at to defeat a IKW ju tin and If not it inar bs a f Vr from a protection tbe tit a tu which itn lex It to me that you have public m east in to the question A entered the mind of the of the article With good for observing 1 failed to discover fitter in the or among the of tbe nny to indorse tbe theory of tine Ou the there are bly no in tue union the antine laws are stricter or Letter than in New Tork and I doubt if any man of prominence or any journal in of would venture either to to the quarantine cr to relax tion Tile east doea in quarantine and in its strict enforcement I v -u are also mistaken as to source or the to quarantine law I was i the representative of a New York when R to establish a national tine law was last discussed in and my of the mutter U that it was defeated chirny through the tiou of northern democrats it as a new infringement rights of the states and of both portion who opposed tu the nf federal offices I am A O- r was no either in public or private that such a law would injure the trade of eastern or divert trade to the south There is c belief in the north that southern have suffered from fever cholera and pestilences through a neglect to some of the simplest of sanitary lawn cial reports on the introduction and of these diseases made within a few past have confirmed this opinion experience of during tlie eleven years proves that a proper oUen tion both to quarantine and wil the pestilence of most of if t does not banish it altogether We think the people of the south understand tbe ne of quarantine to the in of the fernm of disease hat they have often failed to uik at the same time they have he soil to be prepared for the speedy and fatal development of those germs if ore introduced as they sometimes will in spite of tho strictest quarantine Gal has learned tne importance of ation and is reaping her reward or the intelligent course sho has pursued The article from which you quoted intended to impress upon the people other southern cities the importance of her example Respectfully z L w Km Oct 17 U I L -A Alin K ut Mr lir M H Uit a h TO i- The In cue Spicy Debate the Oct in the district court of y on Tuesday the loth your nt was present at a discussion between Mi- J C Patton of Lavaca democratic for state senator and Dr Y C Vinn of Gonzalez county independent candidate for the same office Dr opened tbe discussion and for an our talked the usual talk about times national finances etc Mr Patton followed in the same strain or about thirty minutes and I began to bink we should have a dull time of it but the close of his speech Mr Patton into the doctor challenging his de- charging him with being ated with v greenback fanaticism absolute irredeemable perpetual aper money and the f hanging on to the tail of John Ireland This was an unfortunate for Mr atton In a reply of half the back at hii opponent in a of repartee The lamb was into the lion and soon his lay at his feet a subdued ed victim the merits of the two may be I do not undertake ay but on the stump it is evident that the is vastly the superior of his ent The race will a close one Mr being the democratic nominee and g been before the people two months be- re Dr W announced himself gives him i advantage to start with Had they on- red the field at the same time and on thousands who know him an honest honored servant more thau any other war with France produced disaffection sedition conspiracy riots strikes out- cries against the national creditor wild proposals to apply the sponge to the tional debt An inconvertible paper rency whether in the case of England or the United is fraught not only with impolicy as the most expensive mode of adding to the notional debt but with in- justice and the sufferers by the Injustice may claim our sympathies though the evil would only be aggravated by a tition of the original error on an extended scale The framers of the constitution were subject to prejudices and illusions derived on one side from the revolutionary of France and on the other from misconceptions as to the real distribution of power under the British constitution But of all institutions brought over from the old world or formed here in imitation of it the most questionable is party In the absence of great and specific objects party is a soft name for faction and faction the republic If you send the journalist into the service of party you send him ont of the service of truth There is abundance of ground for reform and for sympathy There is no ground for despair And if -you de- spaired whither would you Nobody can seriously think of establishing an hereditary monarchy or an aristocracy here To purify the republic is the only hope T Turn Cor A toji 4 THK in A t by il pHE AND Ip It OF JUT TO TWEE now ADO I K 4 doubt of the result Politics are much mixed in 1 met an acquaintance on the street day and in reply to the question as to how i many candidates were in the field for the legislature he only seven and How u how do Von account for the he they I are not all whole men Some have lost an eye some an arm and some a leg so that it takes about ten pieces of men to moke seven and three-quarters whole ones The same is the cose with all the other of- fices Some are democrats some are greenbackers some are large JUST A LINE OF proportion being and ers The printer is about the only man that makes money out of this menagerie of candidates for he demands of one his V or his X District Courtis and his honor judge Lewis presiding with sat to the bar and the people Yours D K it is Alleged sought to bribe did in fact vote against them That to an dence certainly that if an attempt was made to bribe it was not successful bat does it prove that there was no such at- Mr Tilden this muddled fancy even a little further He insinuates that as the certificates were offered to the for and given to the other side it must hare been that the other side offered larger sums Bat view which confounds electoral cates with ordinary of commerce knocked down to the highest might be corrected from the Knowledge of men with far lev experience in political err and traffic than the democratic date Democrats were first tempted iSth Statesman at 22 CoL J W a letter from W L ot tbe town ol in Kaufman countr statine that be had re- information ot iron oo tbe Babbie road of ten the contract and tajon ty Himt Kim and of and to iron aid pot op rotting for If thk be true and to make the effort to buy that which believed to be their own by the discovery that it was to be given to some one else There was an already established current of corruption was them They endeavored to arrest it aad in the failure of that endeavor it kept on in itx Bat there mis more than this them There was the passion upon the disappointment of to money had their They had to a scheme m heps of fain aad the scheme was by the refusal to pay Would they not have voted other war in mare or would to a for taat taku for which aa they it be to pat not the was dishonorable hot could do beKer in another THI is the domestic terror the father-in-law and be different BONDS The bonds of the United States are not the only ones exempt Jrom local taxation The United States supreme court has rendered in a couple of cases Murray vs the city council of Charleston and Jenkins vs the same decisions in which it shows usual tenderness since the war for a certain class of capitalists In regard to the power of a state or municipal to levy tales the court We are told that the power the tate to impose taxes opon the subjects within its jurisdiction is unlimited sotne few and That it to everything that exists by its cr is introduced by its permission We do not question the existence of B power to levy taxes as claimed nor the nation of contracts to it so a5 it un- restrained by constitutional limitation But the power is not without limits an one of its limitations is found in tile clause of the federal constitution that 00 stale pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts Attempted state is the most frequently adopted to afreet con- contrary to the constitutional It most calki for tbe exercise of our power The troth is states and cities wnen row money and contract to pay it with in- terest are not acting as sovereignties They comedown to the level of individuals contracts the same meaning as that of contracts between private persons Hence instead was a quiet day on change owing to the absence of tele graphic communication with New Tork There were 900 bales of cotton on the basis of previous prices but ness was restricted by tie general desire to be posted before operating and wool are unchanged Corn ad- almost as suddenly as it de- and gales to arrive occurred on a basis of for prime while state Hoy x a minent democratic of congress from Sew Tork for the reason that he is not exactly is accord with a portion of his ents on the question Victories S the election for 1 I it V V K 2509 Sacks Salt TO SACKS m vn ill Wholesale gad B v BORES H B X CO No 46 St BI on New York MOODY JEMISON Cotton Factors Etc Banters and 123 St Twr The Cheapest DRY GOODS and Jf At Sylvain Levy's Cotton Oct Low Jfi WT Inked a for congress in Texas the to ear that if hie to open his month in the the campaign be Mr the opinion Justices and dissented f- the that the contract was entered gmm off with ft into subject to tbe general MM IM 1 city to tsa of there being in the undertaking of a state or citr to pay a reservation of a sovereign right to withhold payment by tax or otherwise the contract should as that such a right not be exercised Is then property which in of a or of a municipality of a reach that it ia A cute tax aav of its creditors jurisdiction to him and the amount of the tax by the rate of debt bears if iti bt tax tan laid It contract untouched But unto payment of debt or in- terest aac been mads as stipulated no act of can wort ani exoneration torn mised to to without a of tpp The role of property founded on contract with the government is It most be first into possession and then it win become subject in common other similar property to the right of government to raise contributions upon r BOD Oct fine 00 doable extra higher 50 demand and nixed St Louis Say and CO JIT M Pori is and k-s Kr oii rib for SOAP JNO flee Bin t Bran inas rfr M J is z oa Uts car soki c So 3 on spot car cold al Gc Uve Slack Sum I X C Oct of i Tar arm Com few Tork BIAe and Wool Market Ssw Teas Oct are wet salted Sew domestic Texas Ii for Texas SEWS oZ reports sidea other uo
