FRIDAY. JfOYEMBER8 1872
jmml'AROLIJfA.
SPECIAl TO THE JoTJTlXAL.
RAi.Eian, Nov. 6.
Very few official returns have yet been
received. The general impression here is
that the State has gone for Grant by
1.V000 majority.
D. M. IJAKRTNGER.
Hie Fair.
We are glad to be abie to say that the
prospects fr the Fair are most promising.
The Grounds and Buildings are in good
order, and the articles already entered and
promised are superior in number and qual
ity to these heretofore entered thus eaily.
The President and General Secretary
are daily receiving k-tters from all parts cf
the country making inquiries and promis
ing ai tides for exhibition." The Fourth
Annual Fair promises to be the best yet
held under the ausp'sces'of the Association.
We hope our home people will not for
get their cvii lair. We hope the exhibi
tion, as
WCil lii
the attendance, will bo
ahead of any yet made by the citizens of
Wilmington. We trust that we shall not
be disappointed.
The Presidential Election.
The most lomarkabla Presidential elec
tion in the history of the country has just
tlosed. It was without precedent in the
character and political relations of the
candidates, and in the character and po
litical relations of their supporters, and
almost without precedent in its overwhel
ming result. As a political contest it is
without material significance, but in a sec
tional aspect it, piesents the most anoma
lous and wonderful features.
Jinh"'d bv the returns aluiie, it shows
:i:j sti iking a sectioual contest as that be
tween Lincoln and Biieck inriixj e, in
I -'.'); but how vastly different in its sig
nify anee and meaning.
'i 'hen, I lie South, strong in its mainte
nance of lights, jealous of encroachments
upon its constitutional prerogatives, proud
of its prestige iu the Government, put
forth a plat form and supported candidates
representing these feelings. A defeat at the
poll .; was followed by an appeal to arms.
Mow, defeated iu battle, its ignorant la
borers t ransformed by wonderful legisla
tive, legerdemain into law-makers and
inlets, its constitutions ovorrided, its peo
ple I.! v":arcd, its. tenitory overrun with
oien ii.-ss Federal lax-colleetoi s, spies and
informers, its citizens the prey of corrupt
ni.-ushala and judges, the South has only
risked for p 'aee and reconciliation. At the
fVe?iS' t' its pride and prejudice, and at
the aei dice of much of its pi inciples, it
ti;i.; voted with wonderful unanimity for
the fee most, abolitionist in the United
State--', who has done more than all other
living men to bring about oar defeat and
the enfranchisement of the slave. And
but for the united opposition of these
newly created citizens, the Voice of the
South would have been unbroken.
The ell'ects on the country of this elec
tion aie to be tried. The lesson to the
South cannot be misunderstood. The
hatred of the Northern masses, and the
prejudices of the Southern negroes, for
the white people of the South, bring de
feat upon any and every political associa
tion they may form. l'heir silence is held
Tip as the sullenness cf disloyalty their
active co-operation is denounced as the
renewal of rebellion. Allied with the
Northern Democracy their (Hurts are ouly
.sources of weakness. Uniting with the
J. ibernl Republicans, under the banner of
their most pronounced leader, and support
ed by much of the character and brains of
that parly, and under leadeis, too, who
had oi; anized and built up the Republi
can parly, the sympathies and suppoit of
the Southern whites are followed by a de
feat almost without parallel.
It is high time that we should compre
hend its meaning.
We ska.ll accept the f tLu.it inn just as we
believe the Northern people intend that we
shall. Complying with all laws, however
harsh and uupiofitable, rejoicing iu every
material advancement, we shall neverthe
less protest in tns future, as we have in the
past, against every usurpation and encroach
ment upon the rights of the people, whether
they come from the edict of y. President,
from the vengeance of Con or from
the corruptions of a judge.
Our immediate people have political
work enough before thcni to reform their
own State government, and re-establish
their State credit. Let ns address our
selves to that work with the affection of
sons and the enthusiasm, at least, which
comes from self-interest.
Is lliorc KcMlof" ISef'orjti.
The New York Financier, an able and
independent commercial journal, not po
litical, thus graphically sketches the evils
that possess our political and business
systems, and make a revolutionary reform
a necessity :
If the country was never so prosperous
a now let us waste no breath in talk about
refoini, for no reform is needed; if the
contrary is the fact, a knowledge of the
disease must precede the remedy. That
there is less honor and ability expected in
legislation; and certainly less realized than
ever before ; that oiiice-I.oldeis are more
generally " on the make ;" that monopoly
s more fixed, mo:e ambitious, more pow
erful, more deeply and ccmriJantly plan
ning; that rings control almost every large
enterprise, and are reaching after the rest,
that great offenders are more secure
against justice ; that party politics are
more completely a matter of bargain and
sale, in which the consent of the people is
not even asked ; that, in short, the general
standard of integrity is lower, and the
public conscience as to morality less sen
sitive than formerly are these things
true? Far too much so; the dark-toned
pieturo is less pleasant to draw and
contemplate than the rosy one, hut of
the two it is the truer to facts. Experi
ence iias shown that all public affairs move
from ring to ring, and from one step in
corruption to another, year by year, until
a general rising in public sentiment is com
pelled, and this breaks the rings, clears the
air, and produces temporary reform, which
gives way again to a gradual return of the
old evil. If no reform at all were had, the
social system would go to pieces; if man
kind were better than is the reality, the re
form might stay; but as things are, these
tenqwrary returnings of hom sty and ability
in public affairs are tiie best of which there
is a reasonable hope. The defeat of Grant
may net bring such a return; his re-election
is quite as likely to precipitate it, but it is
certainly time for a cleansing to come
Old fashioned honesty, ability and justice
a trio of blessings too short and far between
are sorely needed at i resent, and they
never had more work before them than
now. To face facts s.q aarely, in a clear
light, and to realize what is the need of re
form, is the first step toward getting it, let
disinterested politicians protest as they
may.
ELECTION RETURNS.
IV OUT II CAROLIIVA.
The following returns from various
points in this State, were telegraphed espe
cially for the Journal :
HALIFAX COUNTY.
The vote at Weldon precincnt was 452
for Grant, and 190 for Greeley. Scattering
2. The Governor's vote was, Caldwell, 418;
Merrimon, 215. There are no returns
from other townships. It will probably
hold out in the same ratio as here. It was
quiet here throughout the day.
NEW HANOVER.
The vote at Rocky Point stands as fol
lows : Grant, 248; Greeley, 74, which is a
Republican gain of 31 over the Governor s
election.
WAKE.
Raleigh gives Grant 020 majority, a gain
of 82 on Caldwell's vote.
ROWAN.
Salisbury gives Grant 77 majority, a gain
on Caldwell's vote.
ANSON.
The vote at Lilesville stands Greeley
140, Grant 151 a Democratic loss of 21
votes.
The election passed off very quietly at
Wadesboro. No intorcst or enthusiasm
was manifested on the part of the Demo
crats, a great many not voting. Grant's
majority in Wadesboro township is 10.
There is a great falling off in Anson, yet
she will give Greeley a majority of 50 or a
100 votes. We don't give it up yet. I'.
WILSON.
There is nothing definite so far. Wilson
township has given Grant a majority of C
a Democratic loss ot 58 No other pre
cinct lias been heard from. It is thought
that the county is in doubt, with the chan
ces in Grant's favor. There was less in
terest manifested than at any election since
the war. O'Connor received 8 votes.
COLUMBUS.
The total vote of Bogue precincj is 23fi
Radical 110, Conservative a Radical gain
of 25, on account of a full Conservative
vote not being polled.
CRAVEN.
The day was quiet and orderly. Grant's
majority in Newbern towmdiip, including
the' city, is 958 a Republican gain of GO.
James City gives Grant 443 majoiity a
Republican gaiu of 11. The indication is
that Giant's majority in Cravan county
will be from 1,000 to 1,700. Democratic
vote very light.
WAYNE COUNTY.
GoLDsnoiio, Nov. 5.
The election in the Goldsboro township
was the quietest ever held here. About 100
registered w hites failed to vote. The ne
groes voted their full strength. The result
in the township is 310 for Greeley to 513
for Grant, a Radical gain of s3 on the
August vote. No straight-outs.
Reports from Hie country precints indi
cate a great apathy on the part of the
whites. Nahunta township reports 32
Radical gain. Boon II ill township, in
Johnson county, had no Greeley tickets
till supplied from here, at 3 o'clock this
aliernovon.
DUPLIN COUNTY.
Magnolia, Nov. 5.
Magnolia township, 104 lor Greeley; 135
for Gant. Democratic majority '29.
Warsaw, Nov. 5.
This township gives Greeley 11 major
ity. The vote is as follows: Ureeiey loo;
Grant 145, a Conservative loss of about GO
on the Governor's election. The other
precincts have not been heard from yet.
RICHMOND.
Laurinburg gives Greeley
14:1;
Grant
votes.
?4. a Conservative falling off of 4
No gains.
Rockingham gives Greeley ISO; Grant
20:5, a Radical gain of 01.
Tbis county gives Gran'. 400 majority, a
Radical gain of 1C0 on the vote of August
last.
MECKLENBURG.
Small vote. Radical gain in the county,
as tar as heard from, 127.
CARTARET.
Giant's majoiity at Morehead precinct is
10, a Republican gain of 40. The Con
servatives did not poll anything like their
strength, and there seems to be a lack of
interest felt over the county.
Greeley 'a majoiity at the Newport pre
cinct is 12; a Republican gain i f i:l.
ROCKINGHAM.
Wenth worth township rl for Greeley.
Conservative vote light.
EDGECOMBE.
The Tarboro township gives 395 major
ity for Giant; Republican gain of 35.
GRANVILLE.
Election passed off quietly at Kittrell'a.
Grant 223; Greeley 120. A Republican
gain of 17 ou the August election.
Greeley gains 13 votes over the State
election in Henderson township.
GUILFORD.
Greensboro Grant, 524 ; Greeley, 374.
A Radical gain of 50 over the August elec
tion. High Foint 72 Radical majority. A
Radical gain of 70. McLean's 84 Radical
majority. A Radical gain of 20
ROBESON.
Lumberton gave Greeley 70, Grant 174,
and O'Conor 1. This is 103 majority for
Grant, against 85 for Caldwell, in August.
LENOIR.
The Radicals have carried Lenoir by 500,
a Radical gain over the August vote.
CABARRUS.
Official returns give Greeley 946 and
Grant 790, a majority for Greeley of 150,
against 437 majority for Merrimon.
Au Emlrrssiuc Situation.
Max Adeler sajs: That little affair of
Needham's that some of the papers have
been telling about was certainly unpleas
ant at least to Needham. Needham
owned a deep-mouthed wa'-ch-dog, which
always bayed him welcome home, and
snatched mouthfuls of chops out of the
legs of strangers. Needham took that
faithful animal along with him one day to
guard his clothes while he went in swim
ming. Needham bathed for au hour, and
meanwhile the dog went to sleep on Need
ham's garments. When Needham came
out the dog did net recognize him in
his nude condition, and stoutly refused
to let him come near his own gar
ments. Every time that said Needham
would grab for a suspender or sock the dog
would bite a mouthful out of his arm or
leg, and whenever Needham would make
a dive for a boot or undershirt, that animal
would seize him by the calf and shake him.
So Needham stood there in the sun pretty
nearly roasted, and he spent the afternoon
dodging in and out of the water to avoid
the Doi cas societies and female students at
the boarding school and the factory girls
coming down the road. At last, when the
dog went to sleep, Needham crept up be
hind him, caught him suddenly by the tail,
and flung him across the stream. Before
the dog could swim back, Needham got
most of his clothes upon his bleeding body
and limbs, and the dog came sidling up to
him, looking as if he expected to be re
warded for his extraordinary vigilance.
And yet they say that the dog is man's
best friend.
We see it stated that an unexpected ap
plication of the Ku-klux law has been
made at New Orleans, where a number of
strikers have been arrested and held un
der the law for interfering with, men who
choose to work without regard to th
strike.
TELE Gr X& A.PIHC.
THE ELECTIONS.
THE DAY EVERYWHERE.
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
TIIK GENERAL RESULT.
GRANT ALMOST CERTAINLY RE
ELECTED. &C Sec.
PEXXSYI.VAXIA.
Philadelphia, November ft The returns from
alt the wards but one up to 10 o'clock show that
(1 rant's majority is 21,613. It Is estimated that
Greeley will receive 20,000 votes less than
Buckalew in October.
LATER.
Twenty wards give Grant 30,000 majority.
Nine wards to hear trom.
Scattering returns from Pennsylvania show
gains over the Governor's vote for Grant.
Pittsburg, November 6 At 10 o'clock the
vote in ten wards stood: Grant, 1,334; Gree
ley, 4&$.
STILL. LATER.
In Delaware county, a Grant gain of 950 ; in
Alleghany county, a Grant gain of 7,000; in
Lycoming county, a Grant gsin of 350; in
Chester county, a Grant gain of 2,500.
Midnight In Chester county the Republi
cans train 2.522.
Cumberland county, Grant 300 majority; a
gain of 773. Lancaster county, Grant 7,10
maioritv: a sain of 221. Lycoming county
Urunt hta maioritv : a train of 724. "Berks,
Iteadin? Citv. Grant l.MCT majority; a cain of
1,192 over the October election. Greeley's ma
ioritr in the roiintv is 2.500: a train Of 3.500.
Washington couutV. Grant 1,500; a gaiu of
1,326. Delaware, Grant 2 500 ; a gain of 100.
2 o'clock a. m Grant's majoiity in Phila
rieitthia 4:1.000. He carries evcrv ward.
?:30 a. m Grant48 majority in the Statd from
90,000 lO 10O.O0O.
NEW UAHPSHIBi:.
Dover. November 5 -The Republicans gun
125 in thi9 city.
LATER.
Nashua, November 5 The Republicans claim
New Hampshire by 1,50 to 2,000.
Eighty towns pives Grant 17,066; Greeley
14,280; scatterin 167. The sirne towns gave in
18t8 Grant 17,301 ; Seymour 13.702.
2 . x. The State troes tor Grint by ovr
4.C00 majority.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleicb. November 5 Partial returns from
about 25 counties indicate that the .State lias
gone for Grant by between 5,000 and 8,000, with
a largely decreased vote. '1 he election passed
off quietly, Mid but little Interest was niani
tested.
M A.SSAt'11 ISEfTS.
Boston, Nov 5. Banks is defeated. The en
tire Radical delegation is elected fiom Massa
chusetts.
2 a. m. G i ant's majority m.tbeStato Is about
65,000. Bank 8 defeated tor Cougreeii by 4,1 00.
NKW YOK14.
Albany, Nov 5. The indications are that the
Democrats have carried this city by a reduced
majority.
Buffalo,
Nov. 5. A heavy vote was polled
here. Appearance indicate i.'MO Kepublieau
majority m tins city.
New York, Nov. 5. 102 districts in this city
erive Gre 'ley 4,000 majority. It looka as if Gree
ley's majority in this city will not exceed 25,000.
Kernon iuus largely aneauoi ureeiey.
The earliest returns show heavy gains for
Grant, and indicate teat he will carry the State
by '25,000. Ureeiey running Deninu bis ticket in
the state as wen as tue city.
The Commercial , a Kepublican paper, con
cedes the election of Havemeyer, Mayor, though
O'Brien's friends are still coiitUlent. scratch
ing tias been general, except on the Presiden
tial election.
I.ATKK.
Lockport, Nov. 5. Grant's majority in Nia
cara county 1s about 1 ,000.
Syracuse, Nov. 5 A heavy vote polled hei
uere.
The Democrats gained on 11 crock's majority,
this city, about S00.
in
STI IX I. ATE!:.
New York, Nov. 5. Roberts, Republican, is
re-elected to Congress by 2,500. Oueda county
gives Grant 3,000 majority. The Republicans
carry Richmond county.
Midnight 304 election districts iu ihe city give
Greeley 1S,3S majority ; 2J1 districts to hear
from.
Greeley's majority in thia city is 22,923.
2 A. M. Sixteen women, headed by Susan I).
Anthony, voted at Rochester 15 lor Graiit;
1 for Greeley.
Rochester, Nov. 5. This city gives a Repub
lican gain of 1 ,233.
t:0 a. m. Incomplete returns from State in
dicate that it gives .rant 40.0ml, and Dix, Rep.
for Governor, 25,000. The Republicans have
majority iu both branches of the legislature.
Gieeley runs behind the State ticket at leaot
15,000 votes. The Liberal gains in the rural
districts of Republican counties are more than
overcome by Republican gains in cities and
town.". Havemeyer, Rep., at this houraof morn
ing, seems to have bt-en elected Mayor.
O'lSnen, though the favorite In pools, is bod
third. Th local city ottlcers elected, except
Mayor, are Tammany Democrats generally.
3 a. M. The Democrats concede the State to
Grant by 50 000.
4 A. m. In tour hundred and nine Klection
districts in the city heard from for Mayor, give
Harvermeyer, Republican, 43,102, Lawrence,
Liberal, 37,908, O'Brien, Independent, 27 ,5 '21.
James R rooks re-elected to Congress by 1 1,000
majority.
ALABAMA.
Mobile, Nov. 5. The city and about seven
counties give 1.0OI majority for Greeley. The
vote is much iuci eased.
Montgomery, Nov. 5 Midnight In the
Third Congressional District the Democrats
gain at Rlurttoii, Chambers county, 211 votes;
at Waschapoka 190 votes, and at Talladega there
is a reported gain of 50, but the county is Re
publican; at Caloid, in the fourth District, a
Republican gain of 209; in Marengo county,
the Democrats gain largely ; at Helm a, in the
First District, the Democrats gaiu 200 ; in Mo
bile county the Democrats gain aoout 1,000 ; in
this city, the Seeond District, the vote is about
6,200, and indicates a Democratic gain of COO
and probably SCO in the couuty. The returns
arc. meagre, but indicate that the State has
gone tor Greeley and the Liberal State ticket
RHODE ISLAWn.
Providence, Nov. 5 This State gives Grant
an lncreaseu majority, ana elects both Kepub
lican Congressmen.
CONNECTICUT.
New Haven, Nov. 5 The Republican gain
in this city is 1,620 over 1808.
Later advices state that Connecticut has gone
Republican by 2,500 majority. Hawley. Rep.,
is elected to Congress in the Hartford district.
VIRUIMIA.
Alexandria, Nov. 5. A lie vote here be' ween
Greeley and Grant, ilimton, Dim., for Con
gress, has 28 majority.
Harris, Dem., in the 7 Hi, and Hunton, Dem
in the 8th District, are elected to Cougress.
The latest dispatches indicate tho election of
Hunton and Harris, Conservatives, to Congress,
and Smith, Radical, is probably elected in the
Richmond District. The contest is close in the
Fredericksburg District, now represented by
li rax ton. Conservative. The contest isclose be
tween Johnson, Independent, and Whitehead,
Conservative, in the Lynchburg District.
2o'clock A. M It will require an official
vote to decide between Wise and Smith, in the
Richmond District. Stowell and Piatt, Radi
cals, are undoubtedly elected. Fifth District
indaubt. The remaining five districts elect
Demoerats, "z : Braxton, Whitehead, Harris,
Hunton and bowen.
The State is conceded to Greeley by 5,000
majority
2.30 a. m. Both parties claim the State. The
chances favor the election of Smith, Republi
can, in Richmond District, for Congress.
WEST VIKOTKIA.
4 a. it. Points within telegraph reach, with
few exceptions, show large Republican majorl
ties and gains.
2:30 a. m Returns moagre, but indicate the
State as gone for Grant.
MICniG&X.)
2 a. m Forty-three towns give Grant up
wards of 8.000 maj.
ILLINOIS.
3 a. m Partial return.- throughout the State
show that the Republican majority is not go
large as in 1863.
KENTUCKY.
r 4 a. m. The official vote of Louisville gives
Greeley 2.13J ronjonty. The O'Connor vote in
the Mate is inflgniticant
DCLAU'Ali V..
Philadelphia, Nov. 5 Tn- R.--nblican9 claim
Delaware by fiom l.eoO to 1 0 0 majority.
Y.iO A. M . stare close; republicans ciaim it
by a email majority.
2 a. si Grant's majority 1,500.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, Nov. 5.- Grant has carried the
State by a heavy majoiity. The white vote is
very light.
FLORIDA.
Tallahassee, Nov. 5, Midnight. Partial re
turns indicate the election ot Rloxham, the
Liberal candidate, for Governoi.
MAINE.
Graut gains 961 in Portland, 272 iu Lewiston,
and 001 in Bangor.
2 a. m. Grant's majority is about the same
as in 1808, about 30,000.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Nov. 5. Both parties claim
the city. Klection quiet.
OHIO.
The Cincinnati Gazette telegraphs to Wash,
ington that Ohio opens up welt, scattering re.
turns show Republican gains.
LATER.
The Gazette telegraphs that Ohio is Republi
can by 25,030.
LATER MIDNIGHT.
Columbus, Not. 5. Returns throughout the
State Indicate that Grant's majority is from
40,000 to 45,000.
4 a. M. Hamilton county, except 4 Lit Ward or
Cincinnati, gives a Republican gain ot 751, and
it is estimated that the 4th Ward will increase
this.
TENNESSEE.
"MeBiDhis.NoT.5-Maynard,R.,for Congress at
large, carries this county. The contest is close
for Congress in this district.
2 a. x The returns from the State are meagre,
but show Greeley to be ahead of the State ticket.
The indications are that ex-Pretldent Johnsou
has been defeated for Congressman ai large,
with the chances in favor of Maynard- Radical.
a. x. Grant has 6,000 majoi ity. and May
nad. Iter... 8.000 plurality, iu East Tennesseee.
Johnson gets two-thirds of Democratic vote. It
is close between uarter ui ouhw ii
Thornburg. Rad., probably elected in Ai.
Chrutcnfiekl, Rad., leads his ticket in 3d, but
chances favor R.ey, Dem.
-' ' TEXAS.;
3 a. if. Election progressing quietly. The
election continues three days in this State.
GEORGIA.
Ausrnsta. Not. 6. Greeley's majority in this
city Is 300; in tue county 600. Klection quiet.
The probable majority In the Eight District for
Greeley Is 4,ooo. General wngut, .uemocrai,
is elected to Congress by a large majority.
LATEK.
Greeley carries Georgia by 20.0W majority.
AU the Democratic Congressmen are elected.
LATER MIDNIGHT.
Savannah, Not. 5 Rawls, Democrat, is
probably elected to Congress.
INDIANA.
The returns from Indiana are coming in slow
ly. Large Republican gains are reported from
all sections f the State.
a. M. The Democratic Central Committee
concedes the State to Grant by 5,000.
LATER.
The State is said to be sure for Grant.
MIDNIGHT.
Indianapelis, Nov. 5. Thirty-two townships
and wards show a net Republican gain over
Hendricks' vote of 608.
VERMONT.
Montpelier, Not. 5. Sixty-six towus gives
Grant 18,105: Greelev 4,928. The O'Conor vote
is verv lieht. The three Republican nominees
are elected to Congress by the usual majoiity
2 o'cl ck, a. M. Grant's majority 31,0 0.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, Nov. o The third congressional
Dtrict conn-rising the nrst nine ward ot the
city, gives O'Brien, Democrat, 1,330 majority
over Turner, Independent Republican. The
fouith congressional District, comprising the
other waidj ot he city, except the seven
teenth, givt-s Swann.D, 1,272 majority over Gris
woiil. Imleneudent.
2 30 a. M Lowndes, Republican, defeats
Ritchie, Democrat, in the 6th District. Fifth
and Seventh in doubt.
2 a. m. Democrats lose two Congressmen.
4 a. m Returns indcate 5,000 for Greeley,
First, Secoud and Thild Districts Democratic,
others doubtful.
MISSISSIPPI.
Thirty towns in eighteen counties gt e Grant
6 421 majority. Cas .idey, Democrat for Con
gress in the '6Sb lU-triftit, running ahead of his
ticket. In other Districts but little scratching
was done. Jackson gives a majority tor Grant
of33J.
WISCONSIN.
Partial returns from tour count Ws give 3,000
majority for Greelej a Democratic gain of
342.
3 a. m Returns indicate from 10,060 to 12,000
Republican majority. Six Republican Con
gressmen, and c-ue Democrat tlcctcd. Kldridge
is defeated.
IOWA.
2 a. v Grant's majority 50,000, and full
Radical delegation to Congress elected.
NEW JERSEY.
2 Ai ji. Five thousand for Grant.
2:3-i a. m. Republicans carry the State by a
small majority.
NEBRASKA.
2 o'clock, a. m Grant's majority probably
10,000.
LOUISIANA.
Loulslnua Claimed for Greeley by
15,000 Majority, wltti Four tenser.
vative Congressmen Tle Herald
ami Trlbuue Say So.
New Orleans, Nov. J.
The election is progressing quietly. Warnioth
thinks the State has gone for Greeley by 15,000,
and claims three, probably lour Conservative
Congressmen.
LATEK.
The general opinion is that the citv has gone
for Greeley from lO.OOtt L 12,000. Iu Mindcn
Greeley had 300 majority of the 900 voles. The
Liberals cUliu 500 majority in Webster Parish.
Franklin Parish gives Grant 300 majorit) , but
elects the fusion ticket. Calcasieu Parish gives
Greeley and fusion about COO majority.
Hal eui li TM. U., rov ft. me election is pro
grcsiug quietly, and but little interest is mani
fested by either party. It isesliuiated that there
will be a tailing on ot 3j per cent ot tno August
vote in th s city.
The Tribune and Herald says that Greeley
has carred Ixniisiana from 12,000 to 15,000 ma
jority. There has been numerous a rests at the
polls to-day.
Ixinuox, N. H., Nov. 5 The sharply contest
ed election at Tiverton, resulted in the return
of a Liberal, Mr. Massey, by thirty majority.
NEW YORK.
Tbe Result Views of tue New York
JPress.
New York, Oct. 6. The Herald's election es
timates give to Graut twenty-eight States and
to Ureeiey cignt ; or vtfcf electoral votes tor
Grant to DO for Greeley. The popular ma
jority for Graut is placed at 350.C0 1.
The Hersld editorially says titat "whether
the result will be accounted tor iy the j "jpular
strength of Gen. Grant ou one hand, or the
weakness ot Horace Greeley and the feebleitefS
of ti e Liberal Republicans combined with the
democratic vote on tbe other hand, it is in
mauy respects the most remarkable Presiden
tial election in the history of the country.
The Tribune gives Grant 232 electoral volt s
at the lowest, and 78 for Greeley, with the rest
doubtful. There is scarcely a parallel, it says,
in the completeness of the result and triumph.
It argues that Libel aliam canuot withstand the
enormous outlays of money expended by the
Republicans m" the canvass. General Grant
now has four years more of power, with heavy
Congressional majorities, and in whatever re
form he m Ay seek to etlect, ho will have the aid
of the Tribune.
The World places Grant's topuar majority
at 3(H) ,000. It says that defeat is due to the
Democracy surrendering to Greeley; that de
moralization consequent upon the New Tain
any ring peculation of a year or two ago. dis
heartened the partv and caused the nomination
at Baltimore ; that the party had not recovered
in time from the Tammany crimes to do any
thing until too late.
The Times gives Grant 300 electoral votes
and Greeley ouly 43, with the balance doubt
ful.
All but three election Districts have been
heard from on the Mayoralty vote in this city,
which give Havemeyer, Republican, 51,959 ;
Lawrence, Tammany, 43,505 ; O'B-ien, Apollo
Hall, 84,301 Havemeyer'd plurality being
3,4'4.
Tbe Assembly in the Stats will probably
stand 41 Democrats to 81 Republicans. The
Senate is Republican, holding over from last
j ear.
tTbe Tribune, in commenting ou the result,
says: The Liberal Republican strength in
North Carolina. Vermont and Maine was
nearly neutralized by thi Democrat who
wouldn't eat crow" wheu they could get $5 to
$20 for not eating It.
The New York Congressional delegation is
now composed of 23 Republicans and 10 Demo
crats. The last delegation was composed of 15
Republicans and 1G Democrats.
KENTUCKY.
Frankfort, Nov. Cth Returns indicate a full
Republican vote, and a falling otf of one-third
of the Democratic vote. Greeley's majoiity
will probably reach 10 00 Democrats are
elected in every District to Congress.
ELECTION SUMMARY.
Phelps, Republican, is elected from tbe 5th
N. J. District ; majority 2.580. New Jersey
elects C Republican Congressmen, and the Re
publicans have a majority on joint ballot. Tbe
Republicans carry the State by about 12,000.
Many Republican members of th New York
Legislature are opposed to Couklin's re-election
to the Senate.
Loundes, Republican from tbe Cth Maryland
District, is elected by 1,705 majority.
Chudder, Republican, is elected from the 1st
N. Y. District by 1,000 majority.
The Liberals carry but one county in Kansas.
St. IiOuis county gives Greeley over 3,000
majority.
Grant's majority in Chicago is 8,000. Rice,
Wood and Farwell, Republicans, are elected to
Congress. The Republican majority in Illinois
is about 35,000. Illinois elects 12 Republican
members to Congress.
Page and Clayton, Republicans, are elected
to Congress from California. One hundred and
forty precincts outside of the city of San Fran
cisco, give Grant 6,720 majority.
Bath parties claim Virginia.
Returns from Alabama are meagre.
Both parties still claim Louisiana, though the
Liberals regard their success as almost certain
by 10,000.
Florida is claim-" d by both parties by very
small majorities. Greeley runs behind the State
ticket.
Indications exist of 10.C00 majority in Noith
Carolina for Grant.
Despatches from Nashville indicate that
Maynard, Republican, is elected Congressman
at large, over Johnson and Cheatham.
The immense Republican gains in every sec
tion of Virginia, heard from, justify the eon
rlusion that Grant has carried tbe state. The
Republicans claim it, and but few Democrat
hold out iu claiming it for Greeley.
WASHINGTON.
Tbe President and tbe Result Tbe
Cabinet and Grant's Policy.
Washington, Nov. (5.
Those who have conversed with President
Grant and bis more intimate friends in h
ington daring the past month will remain oer
that they umtormly predicted such a result of
the Presidential election as has just occurred.
They seemed to possess data from gentlemen
in different parts or the country which justified
them in their hopes and prospects noy full
realized.
Judge Williams recently remarked to some
friends that although he could have been elect
ed Senator from Oregon, he declined being a
candidate in order that he might remain in Ejs
present office.
There is good reason for stating that any ro-
marks with regard to the other members of the
uabinet wouut be mere speculation, but it may
be said that the commissions of all of them will
expire at the elose of the present term, thus ne
cessitating new com (nisei ona to those serving as
cabinet officer after the 4th of March next. '
It is too early to anticipate tUrf President's
action in the future concerning reforms and
measures of the administration, further than
his intimation to-day that he will endeavor so
to shape his official conduct as to meet the ex
pectation of the country, and to unite the peo
ple in stronger bonds of peace, while by all
means in his power promoting their welfare at
home and abroad.
FROM RALEIGH.
Ineeadiary Fire Two Stores Bnrned
on III lis bo ro St reet JLost &5.0C0 over
Insurance.
Raleigh, Xov. 5.
Two stores on HilUboro street were burned
this morning. The lire was the work of an in
cendiary. Loa-i, over insurance, $5,000.
Tue Horse Malady.
Washihotos, Nov. C None of the street
cars are running to-day.
In Cleveland, Ohio, there aie 4,000 sick hcrsea.
No street cars are running. There are no oigns
of abatement
In Chicago, 111, a cold rain prevails ami a
number of deaths have occured. Oxen are i.ow
doing the hauling.
Raleigh. N. C, Nov. t'-. The horse malady
appeared at Wynne, Vaucev Si Co.'s stables, in
this city, this morning. Mr. Haywood's fine
trotting mare, "Fannie Haywood," "Loafer"
and "Pomeroy" are down with it. It is rapidly
spreading. The wholesale merchants and
cotton factors have ordered oxen from the Kiir
rouiiding country.
ODDS AND ENDS.
D. P. Robeson, late Assistant Suierinteudeiit
on the Memphis & Little River Railrod, was
shot on Monday night, in a street car, in Mem
phis, by R. B. Miller. It ii said that Miller
fired iu self-defence, and that the wound la dan
gerous. Politics.
The completion of the telegraph line will be
formally celebrated iu Melbourne, Australia,
on the i5th.
Tbe German Government ban created a num
ber of new peers, in order to carry the local
government
Susan B. Anthony and eight other women
voted at Rochester. There were 18 women re
gistered in the same district.
The statement that the Treasury Department
hid decided that tbe discriminations against
French bottoms applies to vtssel anont is pre
mature. The matter is still under ad viscment,
but such a decision is probable.
FOREIUN IKTELLICiENCF.
Henri Rocbefort Tbe (iernian F.vnc
nation of Marne.
Paris, Nov. 5.
Henri Rocliefoit has been iterinitttd to come
to Versailles to marry the dying piotner of his
children, in order to legitimize his otlspring.
When the ceremony is concluded he will rtturn
to prison.
The evacution of the department of the upper
Marne, ly tbe German ttoons, lias been com
pleted ; that of tho department of Marne is
slowly proceeding.
Marine Disaster.
Xfcw Yoisii, Nov. G.
Tho Bteaniship Grenada, just chartered to
run between Boston and t'bai lestou, bus been
burned.
The President to-day received calls of con
gratulation iu addition to numerous telegrams
of greeting, and also announcing r suits. He
expressed thanks to his guests lo their maui.
t"e;-talion ot friendship, and apart from tbe po
litical issues involved was gratified that the
eral.
PENNSYLYAN1 A.
Dentil of deueral Meade Tbe Horse
Malady.
l'HILADKLI'III.V, Nov. 0.
General Meade died this evening of pneu
monia. The wet weather aggravates the horsedisea.se,
and nif n are now hauling wagons.
From the Charlotte lloin?.
FREEDOM OP THE l'KEMS.
Tho re is nothing, which tyrants have
th-oaded so much for the last two hundred
yoats, as froe, outspoken, unteniiied press.
Editors ami authors, who dared to censure
crimes against liberty, have been impris
oned, tortured, oxili-d and put to death.
The party of Progress in the New World
progresses backward to the models of des
potism in the Old World. The monarch
ists of the United States fear bold, indepen
dent newspapers as much as any tyrant of
history ever feared the utterance of t ruth.
We rind accordingly that they have devised
various expedients to intimidate editors.
In Arkansas, they broke up printing pres
ses, mobbed and shot a publishers. In
North Carolina, the editors of the Caro
linian were mobbed and insulted. Assassi
nation was attempted upon Mr. Turner
several times. JJis wile was shot at. He
himself was thrown into a felon's cell and
all this availing nothing rewards stopping
his exposure of Uadical thievery, his oliiee
was blown up at midnight. Kirk's ruf
lians howled around Iho house of the wri
ter of this until au old gobbler cried out
"Ku-Klux," Ku Klux," w hen they beat a
retreat, carrying oil' their whiskey stores
with them.
The latest trick to suppress a free press
is to sue for libel. The Ohio thief has in
stituted procedings against the New Voik
Tribune lor publishing an account of his
thieveries. The fellow, r. k. scott, is one
of Grant's pets, and its his rogueries have
made him rich, he is highly esteemed by
the authorities at Washington. Cockade
Cantwell and Judge llussell, both of es
tablished loyalty, urge the Grand Jury of
New Hanover to lind u true bill against
tho editors and publishers of the Wilming
ton Journal, for telling the world how
Judge Bond persecuted the people of the
two Carolinas and dropped the character
of a Judge to play the part of a prosecuting
attorney.
The monarchists have no faith in free
institutions and they will never rest satis
lied until they have suppressed a fi ve press.
They hope to accomplish this object by
mobbing, imprisoning and shooting at edi
tors, varying their pistol practice by hii oc
casional shot at the wives of said editors.
If these pleasant little methods do not suc
ceed, the ltadical leaders have only to sug
gest to tire Kufiiau scum the necessity of
blowing up Conservative printing presses
at midnight with gun-powder ami nitro
glycerine. As a last resoit, partisan Solici-
tots and Judges can get up hbel suits and
prosecutions and bring iu heavy damages
against the newspapers that expose ro
guery and rascality.
From the Charlotte I" ernocrat.
We are ready to back the edi ors of the
Journal in any way in its position towards
the unworthy men who fill Judicial cilices
in the South under Radical rule. Hut we
think many of them deseive punishment
rather thau mention in public uevvspipt rs.
Although Judge Kussell charged the
Grand Jury to find a true bill against the
editors of the Journal, we are pleased to
know that they refused to do it, notwith
standing they were outrageously iusulted
and abused. The freedom of the press to
expose rascality must be maintaii.ed, and
if Radical Judges and corrupt cilice-holders
do not like it, let them resign.
Motber Eve's Servant fiirl.
" Can any one telJ why, when Eve was
manufactured from one cf Adam's libs, a
hiied girl wrasn t made at tha same time to
wait on her ?"
Because Adam never came whining to
Eve with ragged stockings to be darned, a
collar string to be sewed on, or tl ive to be
mended "right away, quick, now J" lie
cause he never read the newspaper until
the sun goes down behind the palm trees,
and then, stretching himself, yawned out,
"Aia't supper most ready, dear ?" Not lie!
He made the fire and huug over the tea
kettle himself, we'll venture, and pulled the
radishes, peeled the bananas, and did eve
rything else that he'd ought to. He milked
tho cow, fed the chickens and looked
after the pigs himself. 1I never
brought home half a dozen friends
to dinner, whoit Eve hadu't any fresh
pomegranates, and the niaugo season was
over. He never stayed out until eleven
o'clock to a "ward meeting," hurrahing for
an out-and-out caudidate, and then scolded
because poor dear Eave was sitting up and
crying inside the gates. He never played
billiards, nor drove fust horses, nor clicked
Eve with cigar smoke. He never loafed
around groceries, while solitary Eve was
rocking little Cain's cradle at home. Jn
shoit,, he didn't think she vas socially
created for the purpose of waiting on him,
and wtum't under the impression that it
disgraced a rnan to lighten his wife's cares
a little. -
That's the reason that Eve did not need
a hired girl, and we wish it was the reason
that none of her fan descendants diJ.
STATE IEWS.
Flon. Jos ah r TTurner, Jr.f is in New
York. -':
The Methodist ClnTrch in Ralelah is too
small for its congregation. . .; .-;
Miss Jcanie Patterson gives a series of
readings a,t Oxford. So says the Sentinel.
So far on.'y three Sheriffs have settled
with the Public Treasurer for the taxes of
1872
Dr. J. A. Fuqua, late of Wilson, is now
a resident and leading Dental Surgeon of
Atlanta.
The fall term of Superior Court lor
Richmond county commences at Rocking
ham to-day.
The Raleigh Sentinel says : The Public
Treasury on yesterday paid $2,500 to the
Treasuier of the Board of Directors of the
Lunatic Asylum.
The Fayetteville Eagle says that that two
colored boys who are supposed to have set
Gre to the barn house of Mr. J. W. Strange
are now iu jail awaiting trial.
Tlio Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons of North Carolina, will commence
its SOlli annual communication in Raleigh
on Monday, 2nd of December next, at 7
o'clock, p. in.
Mr. Wm. H. Ilicks was married to Miss
Sallie Stone Stronc. second dau&hter of
Hon. Geo. V. Strong, iu Raleigh, on Tues
day last. Hie happy couple have gone to
the North on a tour.
Dr. Blackuall has oidered from Kittrtll's
four of the finest oxen in that section,
that he may yoke them up to the Yarbo
roush Omnibus, if "wus" gets to a "wus
nefs" in the "Eppibippic" line.
The Robesonian says that the gin house
.of W. D. Townsend, Esq., near ROckiug
ham, in Richmond county, was consumed
by fire on U e 24th ult , together with about
twenty bales ot cotton. Mo insurance.
The Raleigh Sentinel says : The body of
an infant, apparently about a month old,
was found on the road about a mile the
other side ot the Lunatic Asylum, on Sat
urdav nisiht. It had been dead some
hours.
The Charlotte Southern Home says
We recret to learn that Mr-?. John IX Ran
tin n.nd her daughter, on return! nor f.-nm
church, on the 27th ult , ere thrown out
of tlio biie-rv. I lie old ladvr had her nun
put out of place and Miss Jane had her
arm broken.
The Charlotte Democrat siys: Master
Robeit Samuel Collins, only 12 years of
age, son of Mr. J. L. Collins of this coun
ty, picked during the present cotton pick
ing season, two hundred and eleven pounds
of cotton in one dav. That i.s the best
picking we have yet heard of
The Robesonian says : Sheriff McMillan
settled with the State Treasurer, on Wed
nesday of last week, in full, for the taxes
of Roeson county for the current year.
He was the third Sheriff iu the State to
settle the Sheriffs of Davie and Mecklen
burg only being ahead of him.
The Chailotte Democrat, alluding lo
the rocent libel suit against the Wilming
ton JounxAr. for calling Judge Bond a
scoundrel, says : The freedom of the press
to expose rascality must lie maintained,
and if Radical Judges and corrupt office
holders do not like it, let them resign.
The Newbern Times says: We saw yes
terday two colored men, brothers, that had
six lingers on each hand and they also had
two other brothers that had six fingers,
making four in the family. The sixth finger
growing next to the small finger was com
pletely formed, and was about half the size
of the little finger.
The Chailotte Southern Home says:
Mr. F. J. Jettori, near Beat tie's Ford,
raised a sweet potato 3 feet 2 inches long
and 11 inches in circumference. Mr. R.
W. McDowell, of this county, has sent us
some weighing over six pounds. During
the war Mr. James S. Collin, ot Steel
Creek, raised an 11-pouuder.
The Charlotte Southern Home says :
The comaany of U. S. soldieif, under Capt.
Thomas, left Charlotte last week, and the
cavalry company of Major Hart, from Lin
colnton, succeeded. The new command is
mattered in the N. C. Military Institute.
The ollicei-s are reputed to be gentlemen
and the soldiers are sahl to be orderly and
well-behaved.
The Charlotte Democrat says : The cash
sales of Wittiowsky & Riulels for the first
fifteen days in October, amounted to
57D.40, and tor the last fifteen days,
8J.".."S. Hher dry goods establishments
Elias & Cohen; IJrein, Brown & Co.; Bar-
nnger Ac Wolle; B. koopmauu ; J. II.
Henderson ; Mrs. Query, and others, have
sold more than hi any month heretofore.
The grocery houses have done a larger
business than the dry goods. In fact the
trade of Chailotte for September and Oc
tober has been nearly twice as large as in
any two months before the present year.
The Robesonian says : Purdie Jacobs
and Irving Lowrey, Scuilletown mulattoes,
indicted at the last term cf our Sujusi ior
Court for larceny, and since confined in
the jail ot Cumberland couuty, in Fayette
ville, to await their trial at the next term
of our Court, are to appear before Judge
Buxton, at Rockingham, on Friday next,
under a writ of habeas corpus, when their
petition for bail w ill be heard. These men
are alleged to have been of the party that
caniei off and robbed the safe of Messrs.
Pope & McLeod, of this town, seveal
months ago. The evidence against them
is said to lw very strong, and bail in their
cases is considered out of the question.
TlIK EPIZi OriCORlIlPPOimiNORKHOEA,
in Rai.kigii. On yesterday morning,
being informed that this equine epidemic
had made its appeal anee in this city, a visit
was made to the stables of Wynne, Yancey
& Co., where three animals Fannie Hay
wood, Loafer and Strawberry were in
spected. The symptoms were as have
been described by the Northern press ;
running at the eyes, nose, &c. The disease
is of a very mild type, and does not seem
to affect the animals much. We learned
that cases of this disease occurred a'u this
stable some two weeks ago and all recov
ered within three or four days and did not
seem to suffer much inconvenience. We
do not think that it w ill operate to the ex
tent of affecting perceptibly the transaction
of business, and the intervention o' the
" philozooists" will not be agonizingly
called for. Raleigh Sen'inel.
South Carolina Items.
Rev. C. C. Piuckney, Rector of Grace
Church, in Charleston, has returned from
a European tour.
The horse malady is increasing rapidly
in Charleston and hundreds of the animals
are now laid up with it.
On Sunday night, the 27th ultimo, the
stable of Mr. Toe, in Abbeville county, S.
C, was broken iuto and a valuable bay
horse stolen. Mr. Yoe traced the thief to
Hamburg. On Friday last the alleged
thief, a negro named lxuis Wesleyan alias
Ben Mclutre, crossed over the bridge to
Augusta, where he was at once seized by
the police and carried to headquarters.
The horse was afterwards found on a plan
tation on the other side cf the river.
The Columbia Union reports that ou
Monday evening last one of tl lO l:rssenei'
Lears on the Spartanburg and Union Rail-
joau jumped tbe track, overturned ami
rolled down an embankment some twenty
feet or more, where it now lays, landed
''op side down." There were several pas
sengers iu it at the time, as reported, who
miraculously escaped with a few bruises,
the one being hurt the most receiving a cut
under the eye. The train went on to
Spartanburg after the accident, carrying
the passengers in tlie box cars.
A Detroit woman was lately married
while her sou, a young man of twenty,
who had appeared ou the scene with a re
volver, threatened to shoot the bride
groom and preacher, was held down and
eat on by some of the invited guests.
' .. Correspondence of the Jouumal.
Bainbuidge, Ga., Oct. COlh, 1872.
'Editor Journal : Something over two
years has now elapsed since 1 left the "Old
North State," and after wandering over
portions of Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
I have concluded to cast my lot iu tho city
of Bainbridge in the latter State, a.ud if
you think that this letter, tho icsultcfa
leisure hour, would be cf any interest to
your readeis, and worthy cf a place in
your columns, you can publish it if not,
then consign it to your waste lafcket.
Decatur county, covering a large area,
has many advantages over the adjoining
counties in (Jeorgia, being near enough to
the Gulf to derive the benefits of the breeze
prevailing along its coasts, which render
the nights and mornings exceedingly pleas
ant, eveu in the height of tho sultry heat
of midsummer. The population are prin
cipally the descendents of emigrants f rom
the Carolinas a mnjorhy, perhaps, com
ing from North Caioliua. '1 here is a Dis
trict in the county known as North Caro
lina froru the fact that its settleis were
all originally from that State, and here may
be met with the well known names cf the
Butlers, McNai.'s, McMillan's, Herring's,
Maxwell's, Edwards', Singleteries, Wil
liams' and hosts tt others familiar in your
own Cape Fear District, and it is a maiked
fact that the inhabitants cf this district are
singularly noted for their thrift, energy,
houesty, sobriety ami hospitality. The
latter is characteristic of the population of
the whole county. The products are near
ly the same as in North Carolina, with the
addition of sugar cane, which is more ex
tensively grow n here than there, and the
syiup made therefrom forms no tmall pro
portion of the profits cf the farm. The
yield is about seven barrels or t wo hundred
and ten gallons per acie, on ordinary land,
with average cultivation. Syrup sells
readily, either in Bainbridge or Savannah,
at thirty cents per gallon. Every farm has
here, as a nutuial appendage, its tkl.1 or
patch of cane, e it her to make into syrup
or to chew. In a week or two now the
sugar bcibng w id commence, and young
and old cf both sexes will gather at night
around their neighbors furnace and kettles
to chew cane, drink the beer made from
the skimmings of the boiling syrup, and
for uieiriment generally. The time for
syrup-making is looked for w aid to by the
young of both sexes with as much antici
pated pleasure as are tin; corn shucking in
North Carolina, and all in the country par
ticipate in and enjoy the social gatherings
tLeie so generally prevailing.
The soil is reasonably lei tile, and with
skiiiUil cultivation will rea-lily j n l.i halt a
bale of cotton per acie, without the aid of
fertilizers. (Jot ton is the great staple, and
tbe fanners generally lend all their ener
gies to its culiivatioi.. But the unfavorable
seasons and the cuterpiP r have this ear
cut down the yieid to at lea.-t. one-half the
amount that it would otherwise have been.
The system cf farming generally prevailing
could, 1 think, be improved ujkmi mate
rially, although we have many skillful and
eminently successful farmers in this county.
The population depend mainly upon the
Western Prairies and markets for their
grain and bacon. The average accounts
with their merchants, for supplies for them
selves and their laborers, secured by liens
ou their crops, due the 1st cf November of
the present year, have already forced upon
the market no Miiall protiorlioii of the
present crop and, at the low prices now
existing, will render the next year's fann
ing operations extremely circumscribed
and embaiiassed.
Perhaps seme account of Bainbridge
may not here be out cf place. The earliest
accounts of it all agree that General Jack
sou constructed a fort on the bluff' of the
river, near the present boat whaif, known
as "Fort Hughes," where traces of the old
foundation can be still Keen. It was laid
out iu lS-x'.G. It is situated on the Flint
Hiver, about fifty miles above its junction
with t!ie Chattal.ooclite, the two streams
forming the Apalachicola, which empties
into a bay cf the same name on the Gulf,
distant about two hundred miles from
Bainbridge. The population numbers
neailyfwo thousand, who are principally
native born Georgians. There is au un
usually large proportion of Jews among the
mercantile business men, whose energy
and devotion lo business add materially lo
the interest, wealth a:il general prosperity
of the city. It is usually well supplied
with professional gentlemen the legal
profession alone numbering seventeen t evi
dent practicing attorneys, and among them
are some of the soundest lawyers iu the
State. The medical profession is not m
numeionsly supplied, nuinbeiing only six
practicing physicians. The surrounding
counties, with Decatur, support two Demo
cratic newspapers "The Southern Sun''
and "The Bainbiidge Democrat," both
eneigetic and enterprising, and 1 am in
formed that preparations aie being made
to start a third iu a thoit time. Bainbridge
has an engine and a ho k and ladder com
pany, composed cf the best young men
around the city, and both of which have
proven their skill and etii -iency at three
tires that have occurred within the last
two years. The city is incorjiorated, of
course, but the admirable administration
cf its ofia'us by the present Mayor, Dr. II.
S. Jones, and the ordeily and law-abiding
disposition of its inhabitants, have ren
dered the services of police, except upon
extraordinary occasions, entirely unneces
sary. The Mayor is ably assisted in pre
serving order and decorum by the Marshal,
Mr. Probe Collier, whose untiring energy
has given him the cognomen of Ubiquitous
Probe." Situated iu a central position, iu
the businetK part of the city, is the Court
House, (Bainbridge being the county site
of Decatur county,) a handsome structure,
neatly railed in and amply shaded by
towering water oaks.
The streets all radiate from the Com t
House, as a common centre, and some of
them ai3 a handsome as can be found
anywhere, being shaded by stab ly w atcr
oaks and magnificent live oaks, the beauty
and picturesqueness of which have given it
the name cf the "Oak City." Beautifully
situated on the Flint river, about two
miles above BainbriJge, i a factory, which
is net running now, however, owing to
some legal complications, which have not
yet been adjusted. A steam saw mill, lo
cated on the river, is kept busy all the
time by the local demand for lumber.
Among the new ei.tei prises is a steam grist
mill and cotton gin, which is amply re
paying the outlay and energy of its projec
tors, and the hanking house cf Dickinson
fe Stegall, also a new enterprise, under the
able management of the former gentle
man, has established itself upon a linn
basis, and is iua nourishing condition.
The cemetery is one of the many chaitus
of the city, and is Ihe favorite resoit for
an evening's promenade of the young and
old of both sexes. The chief ornament of
Ba'nbiidge is ils ladies, who add to all Ihe
charms that nat ure has lavishly bestowed
upou them, endless accomplishments, in
telligence and refinement; in fact, all
that they require to be .styled perfection
itsdf is the semi-annual visit of "Miss
Dolly Varden," expected this spi in-r.
Bainbridge is connected with .Savannah
by the Atlintic and Gulf liailroad; con
nects at Thomasville w ith a line of railway
to Macon, and at Live Oak with a line to
Jacksou"illo, Florida The principal com
mercial staple Is cotton, and the ki reels at
this lime cf Ihe year are thronged with
wagons and carts, bringing to inaiket the
results of the year's toils and labors on the
farm. At a glance may bo seen the wagon
cf Ihe wealthy farmer, drawn by six mule?,
along by the side of the cart ami oxen of
the more unpretending freedman, all laden
with cotton, which i.s taken to the ware
house to be weighed and stored, or shipped,
as the purchaser denies.
Bainbridge has taken, recently, a new
impetus towards improve meat, and the
sound of the saw and hammer cf the car
penter, and the trowel and level cf the
hri(knixsu, afford pleasing hojtc-s of its
future prosperity. Its trade embraces all
of Decatur county, with a population of
upwards of twenty thousand, and -portions
of Miller, Mitchell and Baker counties iu
Georgia, and Gaddsen, Liberty and Jack
sou counties in Florida.
The steameis plying regularly between
Columbus, (., aud Apolachiccla, Fla ,
ascend the Flint river to Bainbiidge, and
swells uo'siualj amount the sum total of its
f,rade. It has also omen u ideation b'y
seaoicf with Mariana, which is situated
qu the Chepola river, aud is the county tito
of Jackson county, Fla. Its prospects for
future growth and improvement are brighter
than any city this ide of Savannah. Tho
line ci tue uaiiiuriuge, Uutbbert aud Co.
lumbus railroad has been surveved .,.i .V."
grading completed for the greater part of
me uisiaiice, aim uunsugii work is tUnv
stopped until the frauds cf Bullock, Kin,,
ball & Co. can be thoroughly investigated "
yet it w 111 ere long be ccmph ted and oiieii
up a new source cf trade snd wealth to the
city, and then, too, the extension of the
Atlantic and Gulf rai road, fiom its preset
teiininus hi Bainbridge to 1'tUerd, in Al bania,
will open direct communication with
the Gulf, and lend its aid in increasing the
wealth and developing the resources of this
port cf the State. The last legislature
voted $15,000, State aid, jkt mile t(
assist in completing this extension 'ami
under the able management cf cl,l,l(.i
Scteven, the present President cf u,,.
Company, I have no doubt but that w,l
will be commenced at no distant day q i
lines of both these roads will run throe, 'h
a finely timbered pine country, w Lei e
steam saw-mills and timber men can iea; i
handsome incomes from an energetic d
vction to business, and it is a weU-kiinw
fact that Georgia and Florida Jiilu,
under the general iiam-t-f" Florida njr... !
commands a higher piieu in the m ni ,',
than tho similar nrodin ts of .,.'. ,
State. The mills cf ApilicLicoIa ami p !
sacolr, iu Kloiida, are said to furnish .',
east seven-eighths cf all the lumber i1(,w
used for building purposis iu 'iVxas
'1 nnber i.s cheap and can lie now hu(1..hi
for twenty-live cents ;ier tree. Thei,ris
one lesource c f IhU part of Georgia which
has never hi on develop,!, and I eani.oi
close this letter without calling the atten
tion of your readers to the many advan
tages it cffe.s for realizing foitunes ; 1 ir'fr
to turjtitine. A little over twelve monih-i
ago 1 came ovei land from Ktifaiila, Al l
down the Chattahoo, ! i her to Bain-'
bridge passing through Ko,t Gaines
l.lakely and Colquil, and 1 have never he
fore hehehl a liner timbered pine count rv
and it has never yet had the axe i i
the turpentine band in it, all lii,..
too within a short distance .f u.'
Chattahoochee or tho Flint rivers, ami
all along the line cf the A. fc G. R. R. t.
timber n equally as fine. Bine land is
cheap, and can be bought for less than the
rents now paid by turjHMitiue makers in
North Carolina. There is no market f. i
naval sloies here now, nearer than Savan
nah, but once he way was opened and a
demand created, a supply would certainly
follow, and the buyer, us u-U as tlu.
maker, would soon reap a rieh haivest ,i
gain. 1 am astonished that the faeiiiii.-s
for making money fuun turjioijlhie Lu,.
have not long ago attracted tho attention
cf the turpentine men cf North Caioliua
and other States, when? it has been mad.-,
it would eoitainly pay them to exaiuiu
the advantages clli.:ed here before enfai;
ing el.se here.
But I have already trespassed njor,
your time, space and pat ienc-! farther than
1 have either interested or intended, ami
for which beg your own ami your readers
indulgence for the presumption and pio
siness cf a former
NolMH CAla.I.INI.W.
Origin ml History of II. o Slari hikI
MripeN.
Tho stars and strifes became the na
tional Hag of the United States of America
by virtue of a resolution cf Congress,
passed June 14, 1777: "Resolved, That
the flag of Ihe thirteen United States he
thirteen itliijes, alternate red and while;
that the union be thirteen fctars, white, in
a blue field, representing a new constella
tion." This resolution apiearg in the Journal of
Congress, volume, page lb'."i. Although
passed on the date piven almve, it was iiot
made public until Sepleiulier :'.d, in the
same year, when it appeared in the Boslou
Gazette and Country Journal. Tho Hi;;
seems to have been the result t)f the woik
commenced by Washington, Dr. Franklin,
Mr. Lynch, Mr. Harrison and Colone l ,h
seph Reed. On the 2d of January, 177t;,
Washington was iu the American camp :.t
Cambridge, organizing the new aiuiy
which w as that day created. Tho cmii
mitt.ee of conference, consisting cf Frank
lin, Lynch and Harrison, sent by Congress
to ai range, v ith Washington the details t
Ihe army, were w ith him. Colonel Beed,
one of the aids-dc-camp, was also Secret ai y
of the committee cf confeiencc.
Tl e several designs for Hags had long
occupied the lliouglilj cl Reed and his as
sociates. Tho flag in use by the anny was
a plain red field, w ith the British union of
the crosses cf St. Andrew, fet. George and
St. Pat lick on the upper left corner." Sev
eral gentlemen of Boston sent to the Ahn-r
lean camp copies of Ihe King's sjn'och. It
was received on the dab; mentioned above,
mid the effect is described in tho Brilkh
Annual Register, 177, page 147, thus :
" The ariival cf the copy cf the Kind's
speeih with an account of the fate of the
pelition fiom the Continental Congress, is
said to have excited the gioatcst degiee I
rage and indignation among them; as a
proof of whieli tho former was publicly
burned in tho camp; and they aie said, on
Ibis occasion, to have changed their coloi
from a plain red ground, which they had
hithetto usoil, to a Hag cf thirteen stiijH-s,
as a symbol of the number and union l
the Colonies."
The use of the stripes to mark the num
ber of the States on the Hag cannot !
cleai ly traced, but may be accounted tii
by a custom cf the camp at Cambridge.
The at my cf citizen volunteers compiisi il
all grades cf men. Very few were uni
formed. It was almost imiKJSsilil"
for the sentinels to distinguish gen
eral officers from privates. Fre
quently olliceis weie stopjied at tic
outposts and held for identification
until the arrival cf the cllicer cf tl.e day.
Orders were issued that tho different grades
cf officers should be distinguished by i
stripe of colored ribbon across tho breast.
Washington, as commander-in-Chief, woie
a ribbon cf light blue. The stats ou the
blue field "a new constellation" wi r
suggest.! d by the constellation Lyra, time
honored as an emblem of union. The
thirteen stars of the now constellation were
placed as th" circumference of a circle, and
ou a blue field, in accordance with the res
clution already given. That was the llag
used at Burgoyne's surrender, Oetoher
17th, 1777. By a icsolution oM'oiigress,
passed January loth, 171M, to Take el! vt
May 1st, 17U5, tho fiag was changed to Id
teen stars and lificou stiijH'.s. That, was
the ffag of lSlr. By a resolution pisvd
April 4i li, 1S1K, to take effect on the follow
ing July 4th, the llag was again cliaiiLnl to
one of thirteen stiijies am! twenty slar;
and a new slar to represent a new Ni:d'.
ordered to be placed on the blue fi. Id on
the 4 th of July following the admissioiM't
such State. The llag planted on the Na
tional Palace iu Mexico had thiity si n-:.
It now iarries thirty Cseven.
ArquUtnl of Kin. I.l3il.
Tho tiial ol Mrs. Lmily K. Lloyd, ( hair
ed with the mnrder by oixou of her int u-1
daughter Maud, which has I icon in pr'g''
at Leesburg for the past nine days, teiim
nated late Friday afternoon in Ihe acjiii!!'
cf the prisoner.
Argument for the btate ami the d. .-n.'
lasted nearly all day and the case t.i.-u
t the Jury at .r:47 p. in. Twenty ininnl- s
later a veidii t of not guilly was lendei.- l.
Judge Ktith told the juiy that 1"
thought tho verdict was warranted by tl"'
evidence, and the piisoner was dischaii'cd
from custody.
'1 hero i.s some antagonistic Aeling cM-t-ng
between the chemical expi'its ni tl
flon lo tho different analyses cf bbiu'"'1
given iu evidence iu the ease bel'oie tho
cu it, in v hieb different results weie o!
taiued ; Some testifying lo the presence el
arsenic iu bismuth, and others that, they
failed lo get it from their analyses. They
will probably iciM'ut their experiments ni
analyzing bi.-niuLli, lo siq.port their scien
tific, repulali ins, and make them public.
Considerable commotion Is manifested h
drugg'ftts and physician, and the j oi't''
generally, at the discovery of arsenic i"
bismuth, vvhich w ill probably affect its u
iu medical practice.
Our poor young nrm rouvirks tbt tl'd
only advice he gets fiotu capitalsti s l
,'live within his iucfuie," whereas tl
difficulty he experiences Is to live without
an income.