Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 23, 1880, Page 16

10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY, OCTOBER \880—SIXTEEN PAGES. FREE RUM AND TOBACCO First Promises to Be Fulfilled in Case of Bourbon Res« toration. A Moonshinor's Inalienable Right to » “Boil His Own Corn into ; ‘ Whisky.” ‘The TransIncent Wares of tho Tocon,” and “*Tho Bright Waters of tho ale Chattahoochee.” * From Our Own Corresponitent, ‘ Wasitnatoy, D. 6, Och 18—" Lyman Trumbull,” sald Gon. Raum, the other day, “left the Democratic party because he dis- Nked Slavery; he left the Renubllean party because ho isn Stute-rights Democrat. ‘That is the secret of Mr. Trumbull’s position, and that is the way It should bo put to the people of Illinois.”. It fs probable that Gen, Raum has put it something In this way In the speeches which he hasbeen delivering in Illi- nofs, Gen. Raum is rapidly growing Into favor apn slumpspeaker, He isin demand iu all tho Northern States where contests aro Iogend-haunted region ot tho Amicatotn tha tdings mu: ‘e been borne, that the party of the hated North will still assert its right torca to it that those who float along the translucent wayes of the ‘Toccoa shall not be permitted to “boil thelr own.corn into whisky.” EX-CONGRESSMAN -PHILTIUS, was here the.athor day. Mr. Phillips is now engared in his law-practico, whieh ts of such a character ag to require him to travel much of the time; but hy yan ‘enthusiast in Iter- ary piursults, and in the historical branches of politics, He ts an old-thine Journalist, and was ‘well known in the Kansis-Nebraska s 8 and adventurous core pnt of the Now York Tribune among the Border-Rutiang, Ie -tells me that even now he finds thne for two or three hours of daily work at Hterature. Years before ho entered Congress, he commenced the propa- ratlon of a work: to bo entitled "Early Aterten.” | H1ls studles and researches upon that subject were hitorryptod by his potitheal Inbors in Washington. ‘Phere are indeed few kinds of work more exhausting than that of a falthful Congressman, Law. is a Jealous iistress; but the Congressman who attends to the business of his district. who makes Himself tho eluim-ngent and orrand-boy of all Is constituents, without compensation, as not all of thom do, and who always keeps his eyes upon a retlection, has a inistress more jealous than blind Justice with her scales can be, But Mr. Philtips ald mal dure ing his Congresstonal career, discon: tinue =the collection of = rare, curi- ous, and forgotten works upon early Atmerlean history. Ie is now the owner of close. Scnator Binine selected him ns ono of tha men ‘to ald in conducting his. school- istrict campnign: In Maine; and Senator Blaine docs not choose men for ils Hevten- tuts whose velns do not have stimulating or converting power. The other day Lasked a gentlemnn avho was. presont In the. cam palgn in Maine, something about the relative character and merits of the differert Western speakers who took part In that campaign; AND HE SAID OF GEN, RAUM? “Gen. Ramm {s not generally an eloquent spenker. Theronre few graces of rhetoric or of oratory about his efforts; but he is a inan of great power upon the stump, Holsa man of facts; and he states his factsina very earnest, simple, convincing way. Le is never embarrassed at Interruptions, and has axreat deal of skilt in repartee. Hu Is es- pecially adapted to address Democratic audi- ences, and he does this with grent effect, At one tine, when spenking in Ohio inn strong Democratic district, he was walted upon after the mecting by fifteen leading Demo- crats of tho town, who sald that they had been convinced by his arguments of tha wis- dom of retaining the Republican party. in power, and should yoto the Republican ticket, They did so, It 1s certainly tho grentest recommendation of a stump-orator that he brings his sheayes with him. Mr, Blaine assigned Gon. Raum to this sert of yote-gaining work. Gen. Raum spoke in Kereat many towns whero thé hard-shull Yankee Democrat is found, His speeches were addressed to the peoplas and itis duo to the labors of men Jike Gen, Raum, Senator Allison, and other Western speakers, thut tho, country districts in Maine maintained thelr Republican vote inthe face of the Fuston op position and of the Prohibitton disaffection, ‘There are no Government officers who are able to present tipon the stump i better ree- ord of tho ofiicial work immediately under thoir charge than Gen. Rant, Ie found the Internal Rovenug Burcau ina somewhat dls- organized ondition; and he his practically reorguulzed the service, ns far us the Inw would permit hin, and has been Instrumental in securing some important changes In the Jaw itself, He has caused important reve- nute-manuals to ba prepared and published, —conipiiations of the Inws and decisions, augers) manuals and the Hke,—which place the whole revenue system and.lis operations ina Hterary nutshell, His successor, if he were to hive one, would find little to doin the way of refurmatory changes, ‘THY MOONSHINER, This fs the burean to which somo of tho bitterest attacks of the Democracy huve beon directed. The friends of the moonshiners have been restlve under the rigid enforce- mentof tho National laws, They have been unwilling to recognize the valldity af those laws. ‘The stututes whith impose a tax upon whisky and tobacco ard. among the most hated Republican Inws whose list vestiges the Democrats promised to strip from the statute-books. “Free Whisky and Freo 'l'o- bacco” are the shibboleth which such dan- Rerous ven and perfect political Jesuits as Alexander H. Stephens have promised the Southern violators of National Inw slinll be realized in the fmprobable event of Bourbon restoration, The ex-Vice-President of the Confederacy, not long before the campaign bean, publlely stated that the poor, op- ressed whisky-lrinking fanner ought to inve the same right to distill, without pay- ment ot National tax, hls corn into whisky, that the Northorn farmer has to grind his wheat Into flour, or to ent apples beneath his ow: trees. Otheer Southern Icaders have gone furthor, and have promised that among the curliest sets of a Democratic Adininistration would be tho repeal of the Tnternal Revenue Inws, and tho abolition of tho taxes upon whisky and tobaceo, It does not matter that tha fiterest upon the National debt is to bo pald, or that the prine elpul of that debt 1s to be Hauidated. Hur- rah for the dnys of fres rum, cheap tobacco, and no taxes!” Hall to tho days of the sanded oor and the rivers of tabacco-julcat Down with the charwomon! Banish the spittoons fron tha public buildings; they nro badges of servitude ton barbarian North,—to a civ- Alzation that is hated, Listen to the eulogy of the moonsliners from: the man who Hives where he can hear the rhythmleal murmur ing of tho bright waters of the Chatta- hoachee, and can seo tho translucent wave of the Tocea, Hs name is S of Georgia, and he is proud to be enller he youngest member or the “ Lower House.” His speech is “08 pretty’ as {t can be.” He was defend- ing, with the warmth of his froptent rhetoric, those Industrions eltizens of his district whom the oiliciais of a“ imudalll”’ Govern: | ment at Waunlnutton had had the impudenes tocall “smoonshiners.”” Sie denied the foul aspersion, Lis people, he xaid, were re- moved from tho temptations of the cltles, and were devoted: to agricultural pursuits; and ho auld, waxing eloguent as he surveyed the virtues of his conatituents: They purauc the oven‘tonorof their way in thotr quiet homes on the slopes of thogrent ua ge, and adown tho fertile valleys of tho ‘Tugulo and Chattooga, the Tenorn aft Turori, thu Hiwasgeo, Tocou, and Soquee, and where tho bright watersof tho Chattahoochee with rythinical ape winds awny from tho fabled valo of awoet Nacoochco. Tha mount- aineers of tho Tyrol are not more urdontly ate tached to thotr native land, The * Green Sount= ‘ain Boys” of Vermont were not more devoted thun thoy to tho Constitution of our common country. ‘They ito a erent deal moro than that, do these inuch-abused moonshiners, as any one who Houbts it may easily learn from this: ir. it inuy be doubted whother «ny seo tion o this bighly-favored land, from tho shores uf es Groat Lukes to whore tho apray of tho Quit is dashed upon the golden frultage of the oralge: and the snowy blossoms of tha mngnolin, can Doust of 80 inaby und such varled advantages a8 that magnificent territory whose poople Chive tho honor to represont,” Sir, malurlal discusca are thore unknown, ‘This Picdment region |e the refue of those who dwoll in maluriat sou. tons, where tho summers heat ongenders tho inuladies of semi-tropical climates. Sir, in nate soun Ory, overs of tho picturesque, = and the grand, the mountains — of Georgia uford rich and variod pleusures, which itro une surpassed uyen in this land of the grand, the pleturesque, und tho beautiful. ‘There’ the mountains of *'Truy,” and * Youu, aud * Cure rabeo” lift thetrtoworing summits toward the heavens, ‘Whore tho Fulla of Tallulah, of wonde fous yet terrible beauty, attract thousands tc made with admiration and awe upon tho fearful force with whicn the shining river is hurled {ito tho abyss of the grand chaain, - Thoro the'Tocon, sthe Cherokee for banutifil,—tn Jt precipitous ean Gown ties aids ue the DUE duibes ita Oo apray; ane iG lugend- Buunted Fulls of Anifeuluiu ull iid to whe tness buustibie natural charms, Aud, of course, In Reountry lariol diseases are unknown," ho demand for guinine and whisky, And, if there was, why should they not Tinve ie for as not Alexander 11. Stephens gaid ‘that pne of tho casential characteristics of “Holie-Rulo? was “the Inallenablo right of every eltizen to boll his awn corn into whisky, without interforence on the part of die Government"? Did not Dr, Felton, of Georgia, make a sluilar statement from’ the wumpP? Aud did not one of thous very uoonshiners say to the United States oflicers who arrested hilm: “1 will fight you to the last extremity be- fore yout shall take offany one from here to- fay.” When we elect our President, Han- 2uck, this d—d. foollshiess will stop, ‘The United States have no rightto laterfero with this county tn Sts matters,” ‘The rhythmical murmurligs of tne bright waters of the Chattahooeleo must have brought to orator and moonshiner before fhiaw tale of wo; aud throughout all the where “tmn- there can be probably the best collection of Americana hat exists, and lic is constantly making ad- ditions to his ‘library, He dina overy Stato history that has ever been written in this country, and he hins mostof the histories ot towns and countics, very many of which were long since out of print. Lf will prob- ably be a year or two before his work Is completed, : 7 EX-CONGRESSMAN MOREY, of Loulsinna, is one*of the many, ex-Con- Bressinen who have abandoned polities for mining, He ts now on an Enstern trip, mak- ing arrangements for more extended opera- dons In the Gunnison alstrict. He says that, while the Colorado carbonate-<liscoverles have Injured to soma extent tho more sub- stantial fissure-veln mining of the Gunnison country, tho Intter district will soon coim- Inand More attention than i hithorto «tins done, as the railroad in -a few weeks will be completed to Silverton. | ‘Then Enstern capitalists, with “boiled shirts” and tall hats, can ride eomfortably in Pullman cars to. the district, now nceesstbla only by tedious jonrneys In stages, upon mule-back, ‘or in’ jumper, Ex-Congressman Orr, of Jowa, Js dissociated with Morey; and Boston capitalists are soon to make largo invest ments in the Silverton district, STEAMNOATS, “Steaniboat-traveling this year,” satd Tne spector-General Dumont, the other day, “Tins been rathor safer than walking, Not- withstanding tho outery about the disasters on the Sound, tho list of casualties this sum- mer has been less than [t was Inst yeur,—the number of deaths from aceldents’ by travel having been 185, 28 ngalnst 187 for the sane puriod Inst year,” ‘The Inspector-General belleves that there would be greater safoty in stenmbont-traveling If the present Steamboat Inws could bo amended so as to give the ‘Treasury inspecting afictals more authority over local District Superintendents, At regent the General Superintendent at Wash- ngton, ag far as tho Initintive goes, is little more than o recur li clork,. Ifo cannot direct an investigation into the causes of an aecident in any district until after the Dis- trlet Inspector. has made a preliminary in- quiry and has reported hla opinion. “It fs proposed to, recommend to Congress next winter some Linportant changes In tho Stenin- boat-Inspection Inw, with a view to provide Breater security for Ifo and Property. eee THE LATE GEN. MOWER. To the Haitor of ‘The Chteags Tribune, Racine, Wis. Oct: 21.—Will you please ex- cusa me for suying that you are in orror when you state that’ Gen, Mower, who was tiny cousin, was 2 volunteer officer. Io bo- longed to the regular army. Ho was not a graduate from-West Point, howover, but was educated at Capt, Partridge’s military neade- iny, and entered the army aso private when war with Mexico was declared. Bravely did he fight, and well; hia General, afterward President Plerce, always mentioned him in the highest terms of praise, and he was pro- moted toa Captaincy, After the war he re- malned In tho army. When the Rebellion broke out ho was in command at Key West. le was ordered to Washington, made a Colo- nel, and-sent to the Southwest; auon after ho was minde 8 Brigadier-General, Gen. Sher- wan selected hin for ona of his oflicers for the “March to the Sea.’ As one of tien, Sherman's Generals, his fulllength lkeness inollison tho canvas with “Sherman and Ils Generals”? at Washington. Ho was made Generat of the ‘Twentieth Army Cory ie commanded at tho battle of Beutonville—the lust battle with the Rebels, fe perfectly idolized Gen, Sherman. Though he lind tao much eaprit de a tosay one word nuningt an army otlicer in any way, still I think he did say when Gen. Hancock wished to bo relleved on account of yellow-fover, ete., and Gen, Mower was rein- stated In command, “that one Impediinent to reconstructlon was removed.” Gen. Mowor wus In command of that Department from that time untit his death in 1870, Gen, Sher- man attended his funeral at Now Lenton, Conn, and suid there “that Gen, Mower had risen to his high yank through merit; he had never asked anything for himself.” ‘That he was a good irlend to the colored people was, proven by their grief for his death, and the Legislature of Louisiana, then largely composed of colored members, vated and give his widow 55,000 for his constant services in thelr behalf. y SS PROGRESSION. - For The Chicago Tribune, * Teannot dwarf my sout with crooda— For human benrté have greater needs Than Ory Theology can bring. eu planted in Le heart A love for Him, fears all depart, And Life fs an autroubied spring, Whosg mystla depths no tempest mare, My faith, outreaching human things, Drluks deop from the empyrean springs ‘Thut tie above you dome of stars. Gnant Pank, IL “Many Stnatron Hewerr, my HUMOR. Now York fs preparing for an unusually gay winter, an extra tlor of colls having been placed In tho Tombs, A dull off Indy, boing told that n certain lnwyer was “lying at the point of death,” ex- claimed, “My gracious! Won't evon death stop that man’s lying??? An Iowa weekly. having 850 circulation feels its perfect: right to begin an editorial with: “As we advised hilin last week, Glod- stono Is shaping outs new policy.” “Ah hat" sald Jawking, cheerfully, as ho fond a puper of fine-cut in the pockut of lis old fall overcoat, “Ah hat Congratulate me on joy sudden accession of for chowln'.!! The astonishmont of the Nghtning when Ajax detied It was nothing ag compared to the feeling of the young man who makes hls best bow.to a bevy of young ladles and bursts a suspender button ti the act, : ‘Tho ndvantuge of belng tho surgeon. Dis- Hagulsned Opornter who Is about to act on a atlont Is asked by the latter: * WII It take ous, dotor?”? “Long? Bless you, 30, Fifleen or twenty minutes—that's all!" A colored man cume Ito a Galveston news- payer oftica and wanted to take the papor, “tlow Jong do you want it?" asked the clerk. “Jess ny ong. ag It is, boss, Ef it dan fit do sholyes {kin tara ploce off mys An olderly resident of Newtown was ap- pronched by an agent for an. encyclopedia, “T gueas ] wou't get one,” said the elder! resident, and frankly addod: “1 know could never learn to tlde one of the pesky things," i : Fonetic—Maiden unt to tall youn, nephew: “As l stood by you In churelk Perey, I could yout help belng struck by your size,” Perey: “Very sorry, aunt, "but thore was such an awfully pretty girl, the other sido the alsle, L couldn't help al jehiins.?? A little girl in Belfast, Mu, recent): dropped her doll ana broke its arm, ‘The doll was it favorit one, and the accident was to the ehild a calamity ut the suvorest nature, Tho tears startad, tho little Ups were tren: bling with grief, when a bright th Mrhek her, “With a beawing cH niye clalines “Papa, I don'tknow as 1 care afte all, Perhaps Lewitt ba put Ja the paper " Nk: A few months ago on old gentleman was seen nalling notes one fencaun the south sida of Galveston avenue, A frlend passing gals “Why don't you have the notice put the paper, where people can read ib “ Waal,” sald the old gentleman, “if 1 tuck itto the newspaper orlice them’ newspaper fellers would ft spelled wro' and then somehody might think 1 didn iow how to apell.”” The notice rend: “Mowzo fur rent incholr on proymeysls."—Galveston Nowa, An Engilsh woman ling brought suit aguinst a cabman for taking her to tho wrong funeral. ‘The Boston Port doesn’t seo why she shouldn't enjoy riding after one corpse lust ns nuich as anothor, as tho drive. Was over tho same rond, 4 FOOL'S ERRAND.” Tho Location of the Story, and Some of Its Charnctern, Th the Editor of The Chteago Tribuns, Snnnoyvean, Wis, Oct, 20.—After reading an Interesting book, especially one which, tke A Fool’s Errand,” ls made up larrely of startling facts of current history in which the author hus figtired as a conspicious character, It affords more than common satis- {action to know the real names of the places and characters deseribed, and every circum stance relating to the book or its nuthor Is eagurly sought after by tho curious public. ‘Tho princlpal scones of * A Fool's Errand? are Inid fu and about Greensboro, N.,C., "Verdenton” being aptly substituted by tho author for tho grographical name, This pretty clty of about 4,000 tnhabitants fs the county-sent of Guilford County. It wns named atter Gen. Greeno of Revolutlonary- War fame, and {s only five miles from the old battlefield of Guilford Court- House, The town, unlike Southern towns In general, compares fayurably with Northorn cities for the beauty of its streets and homes, —thore being an abundance of beautiful and stately oli! onks and elms to sliace tho streets, and the majority of the residences being handsome structures of brick or. wood, sur- rounded by Inrge Inwns, with shnile-treos, vines, hedges, and flowers, It tmpresses the atranger as beluga centro @f wealth and re- finement, Into this charming place I found myself suddenly ushered one day last spring at the closeof along journey Southward to es- cape tho savage winds of my home In “the North Countree,” Ifound about 9 dozen Northern families living in Greensboro,—some of them carry- ing onlarge manufacturing enterprises, aud others dovoted to: professional pursults, Nearly all of them settled there atthe close of tho War, taking thelr Inres and penates with thei, ns did Col, Tourgee, and at once setting perminent enterprises on foot which gave tho lio to the namo “carpet-buggers ” which they were unjustly compelled ta_bear, One oft their number is Col. Thomas B. Keogh, 0. Wisconsin soldier, who, “befo’ the Wali? was a good Democrat, and a reporter for tho Milwaukeo News, ‘The War cured him, Re- eciving the appointment of Register In Bank- ruptey at Greensboro,,ie soon found a rich harvest in that bankrupt Jand, and nfs strong box grew pretty heavy. Lust year he was Secretary of the Uepublican National Com- mittee, and fs now Kepublican candidate for Congress in that district, with 1 good show of being elected. fe Is also publisher of n Republican newspaper, the North State, Ho is the Cal, Tom Hiclicn ot “A Fool's Errand,’? From him T fearned, during my solouty in Greensboro Inst spring, muny of the facts herein narrated. One-half mite east of Greenstoro, on a swell of land, stands .n handsome new brick edifice known as the Bennett College —it having been bullt by a benevolent gentle- man of that name of ‘Troy, N. ¥., and’ dedi ented to the colored people. ‘This is tha “ nigger college” referred to In “A ¥ool’s Errand,” It fs supported by contributions collected in the Methodist Church North und is now under the efficient tumagment of the Rev, Mr, Thayer and iis charming wife, from Boston, assisted by Mrs, Knight, from. Massuchusetts, ant Miss Hall, from Ver- mont—nll experienced teachers, ant most genial, excellent people, whoin the very best of, any society Exiptiy be proud to honor, While visiting them one day, and conyars- Ing about Judge Tourges, they Informed mo thathe spent a portion of the summer of 1879 with them, while his familly was ont visit North; and Miss Hall said, {no spright- ly way, “ Younre now In tho very room in which a Largo, part of *A Fool's Errana? was written.” Sho said the suthor wrote steadily, and finished the book In an inered- idly short time; but he was full of the story, ond the dimMculty was to — do- cide what not to relate. All tho tenchors Wore most enthusinatic in his praise, saying that he was “a splendid gentleman,” andthe bravest nan they ever knew. Col. Keogh told me that Judge Tourgeo incerl going of the cliapters of “A Fool's errand” In his hands, to. offer the bool, through a friend of hison’ tho staff of tho New York V'ribune, to Whitelaw Reid, think- ing he would lke fo publtal itas w serial for pulltical effect; but deld declined it. ‘Tho prico: asked for it was only $1,000; !nnd “1 balleve,” sald Col, Keogh, “thot, after tho Trifnene declined it, $500 would have bought it, so nanny and calamitous had been the au- thor's misfortunes,” One tay, shortly after my arrlval in Greens: | boro, Latrotled into the North State oftice, and, mecting 0 gentleman there who an peared to be tho editor, Lexpressed surprise that a Tepublican paper could-bo supported. in tha Confederate States. “Why note” he thundered out.” “We have 110,000 Republican yotes In North Carolira’Vretry s0on ho. asked if Ehad rend “A Fool's Ere rand; and, on belng answered In the nega- tive, he went ont with me to Mr Yutes bookstoro to get a copy, On the way ho in- troduced me to Di ‘enbow, to whom hoe made known our errand, Dr. 13, folnting to my eowipanton, sald: Yon will find him in Mt, Fils name ts John Burleson.” ‘Thig was my Introduction to that “lond- yoleed young ian,” whose real nanie isJohn . Gretter, He is at presont United States Deputy-Marshal, and cditor of the North State, He was four years in the Rebel army, and afterwards a niember of -the Ku-Klux$ but ty now doing a noble work:dn seathing with a pen of fire the barbarous penal syste of the old Stnye States, Alnost avery ong of the bright apring-daya that Tspent in “ Verdenton," In pursuit of henlth and strength,’ gave mo some now fact In regard to our Intereying book or. its author, The little Western —. suburb of he town, built prinetpally by tho freoumen, ts callud Warnersville, Here the colored people own many comfortable cottages, und a neat brick church, in which they hold rerulnr sorvice. In this village still resides, very poor, an old negra, who has spells of obsession in which Ne “sees visions” and revenls secrots not known, to hinm,—the person who in part forms the character of Unele Jerry,—tho bal- anes bol based upon the history of another negro, who “know too much,” named Wyutt Outlaw, who was hung by the Ku- Kilnx, preclaely us related In tho story, In front of the * Temple of Justico” In Graham, Alumanes County Col, Hzeklet Vaughn wos a character drawn to the life, whose real name ls Ezekiol Jones. Sto now lives In Virginia, “Rose,” our clnmbertmald at the MoAdvo House, tol us that she was once blave, und remembored =~ how. .during the War ho use have | “rhoumatiz awful,” and had to bo “toted” by two colored men from hls louse to his to- bacvo-factory, but, when no one was In sight, ‘Wag a8 nlinble a6 a chicken, ‘The shocking story of the murder of John fralters, suvage and ttendish og It is, is well own in that country to be an uncolored fact. His real name wos John W. Stevens, and bo lived and was killed nt Yanceyville, Cuawell County, 1 overheard “Thomas fuilin’ a prominent lawyer of Hillsboro, N, G., talk: ig avout this nurdor with a stranger at. the dinner-tablo at the McAdoo House, In which talk ho sald that Stevens was a native who deenne the worst kind of a Radical, aud “his death guve grout satisfaction to our people.” ite went on to say that Stevens Incited the negroes to burn the buildings of their pale ical enemies, for which he was arrested and tried; but the trio} hud to be in ‘Tourgeo’s court,—so Of course he could not ba convieted, at there, was no other course for them but to put him aut of the way, Ho confirmed the statement that the dreadful deed ah comuitted in one of the rooms of the Court-llouse, in broad daylight, with upwards of 200 people of both races In the bullding at the time; and yet 1¢ was veiled in finpenetrable mystery, and. would doubtless remain so, . As this talk did not {ppear to he private, 1 asked him tf he, and others of like mind in regard ta the murder, should publish over their signatures, in the Northern papors, the efreumstancea which jn his opinion justiiied the effect would not be to hangs the im- pression made by “A Fool's Errand." Astutu lawyer ag he is, ho was not thus to bo caught. “Sir,” he ropiied (and no one else can say “slr”? like a “high-toned Southern gentleman”), “we know the facts, and ure satistied. “We caro very jit flo whut others may think of il" ‘This with great dignity and measured utterance, As much as to say, if-we want to kill our political enemles, wo shall do it, and a fig for tha op!ntoris of the North upon our conduct In thls conversation he ¢ Pressed - profound contempt for Judge ‘Tourgee; but [learned afterwards that per- sonal guiovaney was the sotitee of It, grow- ing out of the favt that yeara ago he was beaton for Judge of tho Superior Court of Als native State by our Yankee Colonel by RONG 27,000 inajority, the largest majority even given to a candidate having an opponent In that State, zs 1 have acen a letter of Rufin’s in reenrd to Judge Tourgee’s legal work, “Digest of Cited Cases, ete.” In which he pronounced ft “the best work of the kind ever written by any man in, fy language.” But this was written when he hoped to succeed our au- thor on the Benen, ‘The real naine of Judge Thomas Denton Js Judea Settle, Unlted States District Judie in Florida. He isa native North-Carollalan and still owns a: handgome residenco in Greensboro, near Judge Tourgee's. ‘The people in genoral at Greensboro have little to say nbout Judge ‘Tourgee, althouh 1 bellove they ure pectelly proud of hii. Sony are indignant about his boo! ara ice of the fue te rend ft. Mrs. Hubei, wito editor of the Greensboro Patriot (“the Ver- denton Gazette”), rend a few chnpters, atid then indignantly throw it Into the tres ‘that is, this was her boast, Mr. Yates, however, has soll: grent many coples there, ‘Tho truthfulness of the narrative is admitted by nearly atl with whom 1 conversed. In it private letter the author writes: “ Not only is almost avery incident of ‘A Fool’s Errand? an actual inet, but they are toned and telnpered with an ablding pity and con- siderate kinduess. ‘Tho wonder, looking back on It now, seems even to me that the “Bouth has not been wiped out with the besom of righteous wrath atthe Nortt. How the facts there narrated, multiplied by thousands, failed to awaken avenging fire, Dcannot see. ‘The contirinations of that narrative that pour in upon me astonish oven me.” ‘The recent elections leat us to hopo that, by neans of * A Fool's Errand” and many othor good Intlucnees, tho North has nt Inst nwakered to realization of tts enormeus blunder and crime in withholding the strong arm of protection froin the freedman, aud also from the herole amen and women who went down into that land of darkness to sow tho sveds, and cultivate In that bad soll the first feuble growth, of Liberty and Northern Civittzation.” Jude Tourgee has tol his reat story, and won for lnmself Instin; fame: but iis the wonder of wonders—ai no thanks to our Government, with Its almost cringing tenderness for the dogma of State- rights—that, Instead of belng allowed to live for the accomplisiiment of this grand worls, hie was not rather shot outot his saddle by some long-hatred, fenorant villain, or ted up to the limb of a Southern oak by aban of masked gontlemen who “cure very little what others may think of it.” ALMON CLARKE, ———— SALVATION BY FAITH. “To the Editor of The Chicayo Tribune, Cimcaqo, Ort. 22—Tho old Scotch Cove- nanters taught that only the elect would be saved, and they by faith alone; but the only sign of election wasn Ife of falthinl service In tho vineyard of the Mastor,—n willingness to spend and be spent in that service, und tu give up friends, lands, livings, and Ife, rather than omit a known duty or commits known sin, ‘Chey had no test of faith ax- eept works; and Oliver Cromwell put the ereed into short space when he charged his Tronsides, Trust God and keep your pow- der dry.” Now, nothing save the existence of God is xo certain as the election of Garileld nnd Arthur on the 2d of next nionth; for, when a political party starts down hill, it must go to the bottom, unless some superhiman thunder of the opposition hurls a mountain across the path. * Tho Slave-Power, which had ruled this land with a rod of iron for half a century, reached its watershed at Lawrence, Kas. when the Free-State men successfully de- fonded thelr homes against its minions; and from that hour Itvwent down, down, until tho unprecedented madness of Its opponents Testored to it its lost authority, ‘The victo- rious Republican party took the down-turn when Andrew Johnson disarmed potored Union soldlors at the bidding of the dnemles of the Nation, and has been Bol down, down, until tho'superhuman stupidity of the old masters led thent to set up the Rebel yell when they had antire possession of the Goy- ormment thoy had done thelr best to destroy; but thelr early bonst of having captured Washinton was nindpon thestminit of thelr prosperity, and they jaye -been going down aver since, * 2 Nothing succeeds Ike success, and nothing faila Nike fallure, iiatey, failed to repeal the Election laws: falled to starve out the Goy- ernment; failed to steal Maine; falled to unseat Washburn or. Kellogg; and. from that hour thelr finul failure was elected past A poradyenture, a There lg nv more chance of thelr electin; Hancock than of yesterday coming Insteac of to-snorrow; but tho result is to bo brought about by that old firm of Faith & Works, married by St. Jumes almost 1,000 years ago, and Iving hn perfect accord ever since. It 1s the firm which does. the business of this world; and, while Republicans know they will carry tho olectlon, that knowlede comes ofthelr determination to work,—comes of that undying motive power which runs the world by moving the human will to do the good pleasure of the Lord, ‘The partlally yictarious hosts of Freedom will rest on thelr arms, ‘trusting God) and taking good care of thelr poder will fol- low their pust charges with “a tittle moro grape, Capt. Bragg”; and tha dark host of, Despotism, of Renetion, and the reeall of. tho old manaces and slave-whips will go down, down, down, beforo the ballots of men who have not turned a sunierset since 1864, JANE GkeY Swissuenas Landon Telegraph. It is selitom that the comlo clombnt entors in- tonttempts at sulctde, A diverting oxception to thia oer rule 1a afforded by tho auicidut enterprise of u Rungariin engineer, resident at Temesvar, who, being nv steadfusl Tcehus, ‘hod drank bimsolf Into eo unsatis- fnotory n stato of min that a fow days ayo ho deterniined to put in ond to his existence, Hnav- ing provided bimeclf with a pistol, and locked himself upin a private room of a hotel in the town, which apartment hoe had specially hired for tho purpose, ho prossed. tha muzzle ‘of tho weapon against his ieft bronst and pulled the trigger. ‘The usual explosion followed, and tho would-bo suicide foll to tha gronnd, whore he lay patlonty: for sovoral min- utes, waiting for death. Dissolution, how- over, Fain, to set in a8 promptly as ho had oxpected, he presontly arose, left tho hotel, aud walked bone, witha view te GH com- fortably in higown upartinont, A little luter ‘on, porploxed by his unaccountable vitality, ho scent for a surgeon to oxumine the wound, Bos yond w slight Resrahtng. of the skin, no Injury could be datected: and, whilo the surgeon wus yulnly searching fora mortul hurt, bis patient anxiously Inquired | “whoro the bullet hud lodged?" “I fanoy,” wus tho roply, “that you Invat havo forgotton to put it inte the pistol.” “Givo mo my walatvout,” ojaculnted the ins toned scif-slnyer, and, sure chough, safoly en. auenced fn tha watch-pocket of that garment was found the missile with which he hud do- signed to extinguish bis vital spark, Since this digcovury be has quitted Tomeavar, in which town he found that his rash attempt to kill him. wolf with acharge of powder and «a wad hud rondored him the object of moro publle notice, attonded by uncontrollable hilarity, than was altoguther ayroonbie to him. * —— A Wonderful Log-Jam, A dispatch dosoriGra'n imngnfficont. apectacl atoh desoribes ngnificent spectacio tobe mon atGrand Falls, 1. Connor's drive of 316,000,000 feet of tumbor that was bung up all suininer above Bt. Lenard's has been let loose by the recent rains, and now.complotely tilly the worgos below the fills for hnifa milo to the ap» arent Average depth of 20 foot above and bo- low the surface of tho river—forming one of tha grandust sights possible tu conceive, ‘Lhe xreout wodxelko inasa of timber hax formed iteulf into pyramids, docn gulchos, and ovory imngtnibly shape, white the water forced from its original lovel rushes through tho chavs of logs with a wubdued: roar mingling with tho nojae of tho cataract. Never before in the hiv. tory of Grand Falls bus tho liko boen witnessed, On yriday night the jum formed at Lookout. Point, half a mile below tho cuturuct; sin tho drivo hus been in active operation, and tho forge, hans been steadily tiling Up by tho run of oye till, at the timo yaur correspondent writes, ithaa tilted. the whole gorge and bas reached the onthe Fite and iu now steadily covering up tho taille themuelycs, eer ‘Tho din produced by the logs aa thoy arrive at tho brink, pitch over, and vncounter tho muss beneath ‘can bo heurd for a long distance, Coun try people are flocking far and (eae to behold thosight. Tho liga aro wot ae high as the Sus ponslon firldye, and do not threaton tho struct- are, Lut noth js moro uncortain than tho inovements of 4 jam of logs. ‘The chances aro Quut tho drive will not move out this fall unless ‘D arout riso of water taxos plavu,: a Ho Forgot tho rer yotary of Bronch Beggars. Mendicancy iu forbiddcu in Paris and tho neighboring villages, Mut under various pro- Vonvoa It seems to be more prevalent thun it has beon known for utong time, Bom of the per als BO, bee, Ht Tag pave Knuwn botier dave, and uro dainty In thoi tanguuge, A gentlemun auld to nn outstretched palm; “TU have not a wou About ine,” © Bir, excluimed the worthy mendicant with aancer, 1 baye not speoilied tho specivg of cola.” MISSISSIPPI. A Congressional District with Over 15,000 Republican Ma- Jority, In Which That Majority Ieto Bo Sup- pressed by Bulldozing and Fraud. Tho Negrocs Propnring for a @eneral Exe 4 odus in Caso of Mancock’s Election. Speclal Correspondence of The Cateago Tribune, ANEW Onteans, Oct. 19.—1 had a conyer- sation to-day with a prominent and highly intelligent colored man, Just returned from an extonded trip throngh most of the catton belt in Mississipp!. Meo Is a member of a Now Orleans house handling a good deal of cotton. He was out ona business-trip in tho interest of lis house, Ho is wiie-awake and thorough-golng; {3 alive to tho Interests of his race; is of course « Republican, and kopt his eyes and lls cars open. He gives an In-*| teresting account, pulltical and otherwise of affatrs in the “Mississippl Delta,’—the more partteularly as seen among and aifceting the Interests of the blacks, " Tits “ sississIPrT DELTAY? it may perhaps ba ns well to oxpintn, is that lnrgu section of Mississipp! lying between the river and the range ot Hills, or “high lands,” running south from the tno of ‘fen- nessev, near the centre of the State, and cropping out ata pointin the-bluffts at Vieks- burg. It comprises the “low lands’: bor- dering the Mississippi, the Big and the Little Suntlower, the Black, and the Yazoo Rivers, Here are some 4,000,000 neres of ns fertile Jands as the Almighty ever gave to the ental tays of the sun. Properly cultivated, this section alone should be capable of raising an annual product of cottun equal to the present ontlre production of tha whole of the Southern Status. Loere.are con gregated the grent iinss of the blacks,— Uielr nctuat voting strength being probably hot far from 20,000 In excess of the whites, Here very naturally should be tho great Re publican stronghold. Hore, howeyer, ts tho home of the genial Mississippi bulldozer; here lins been the theatre of the massueres, murders, and outrages which have given the State such an unenvinble name; and here, withal, fs the home of- Gen, Chalmers, the “Qiero of Kort Pillow, and presont Repre- sentative of the Mississippi colored Repub- Heans In Congress, “The Delta ¥ Is mostly comprised within THE “SHOESTRING DISTHICT.” Tho “Shoestring District"—so named from Its peculiar shape In following the windings of tho Mississtppl—was especially ‘con- structed by the Democrats for a special pur- pose. They proposed to hedge in the great inass of the voting blacks by themselves, The distrigt was thus given an actual Re- publican majority of: not far from 17,500. At the tine of Its construction there was no thought, even among the Democrats, of its ever returning any but n Republlean toe Con- gress, ‘The iilea was to contine the Repub- Itean vaters—those wito would otherwise be sure to enrry two or three athar Congresston- al districts for the Republicans—all within tho ono district. ‘Ihe “Shoestring District,” thus given over to the Republicans original. ly by the Democrats themselves, as the means of possibly securing cerinin districts not othorwise obtainable, gave way Itself finally before the ‘ Mississippl plun,” succumbed to the forey of n shotgun logie, and was inads to apnenr—upon paper—ossreturning Gen. Chainiers, THE “ERO OF FORT PILLow," to Congress. ‘The colored member of the New Orleans cotton-house, thon, has been making 2 busi- ness-tour through the “Mississippl Delta? A yery large proportion of the cotton raised in the section [Ig ralxedt upon shares, Much of it thug belongs {to the ‘colored laborers, It was’ thls cotton — In articular the gentleman was after, Ie found the political oxeltement running rey, high. ‘Che Democratic politiclans—they had not thon Heard from Indhinn—were very exultant over the prospects. ‘hey wera 10- ing to have Hancuck for President, ‘They Were going to control matters. te sult theni- selves. ‘The Hon. John Lynch, ex-momber o€ Congress, undone of the wblest colored men, by the way, to be found fn the South, Was endeavoring to agaln stump the district as the Republican nominee, Ile was making a bold and manly fight for it.” He was even presuming to challenge Gen, Chalmers to 9 Joint discussion, ‘The gentlemanly. bull- dozera ddi’t want any of that kind of non- sense, * The imutter of any tli ike a joint discussion wag hooted at, The Iden of Gen. Chalmers appeuring In-open discussion with A“ DAMNED NiGaER”? was simply absurd. ‘Tho “damned niger” Was not even to be permitted to haye hy say. An ong place, in particular, white the gentle. nan was there, Mr, Lyneh was not allowed. to Apenle, ‘The gentleman was watted upon betlmes, and his business demanded. Il4 expiana- tions were by no menns satisfactory, ‘Tha Mississippi plantors wero ready and wiles to look after the Interests of thelr colored laborers themselves. Any cotton the inbor- ers might be entitled to, the planters were Trendy to see shipped to thelr own factors, and fairly sold, aid proceeds duly returned, The Allastesippt wentlemon did not propose to have any colored man from Loulslane, no matter what. hig standing or pretensions, coming tnder cover of business to talk with thelr “niggers.” Mississippl was to be a white “man’s government, ‘Chey wanted It distinctly understood that no outsiders were tu be purmitted to interfere. The gentleman was very emphatically warned several tines that he must be extremely careful of his doings,” Le says that Mr Lyneh. with an actu Republican majority of not less than 15,000 in his district, he dues not consider as standing EVEN A GiostT OF A CANCE, Tho white Democrats aro determined the district shali, as before, return Gen, Chal mers; Mumnbers count as for nothing in oppo- sition, ‘They will not hesitate oven, ws before, if need be to resort to the shotgun and the bulldozer’s whip to overawa” Republican voters, ‘They louk upon tho olection of Han gock us the return of Southern supremacy, Phey appreciate the necessity of uv Demo- cratle Congress, They Intend that Misslaslppl shall roll up hor full quota: of the popular yotu, ‘Thoy ure determined that at. any and every price she shall return «solid Demo- cratle delegation to Congress. In the Second District, In tho northern and more central part of the State, the case ts n ttle different. ‘Tho Repcht ean canditata tor Congrass, Mr. G. W. Buchanan, resident at Holly Springs, {ga white man. ‘Horo the whites appear ag SOMEWHAT DIVIDED AMONG THEDMAELVES. ‘The dtatrict Is fairly Republican, by about 5,000 mnajority, Cof, Manning ts the ‘regular Demoeratle nombice for relleetion, “Tho Greonbackers also have a candidate In the Held, In the person of n Mr. Harris, who {s likely to draw something of a Yote, Ho seems to expect to drawallke from both Democrats and Republicans, ‘Mere Is. hore gutta a goodly number of Ropublican whites, They premise to stand by thelr candidate, ‘Tne whites babu thus in winessure divided, there Is n prospect of ‘something uf a release froin the bulldozing tactics sure to prevail in * the bottoms.” ‘Tho Republicans, a3 9 eon- sequences, are hopeful, Col, wh, United States Collectorof Internal Rovenud at Jack- son, fy here, hard at work, aud hopes to get in ils man. ‘The trouble here ts, howev that the Democratle manayers have cou- trolof the count, ‘Ihe Misalssipp! plan” being tinrdly ayallable, they will be morally. certuln to ‘adopt “the Alabama «plan? Instend,—to count in thelr mau. ‘Ihoey don't intend fo bo beaten, . “hoe blacks are found as having beon every- whore. hard at work, Very many of thom are the owners of very conatderable crops of cotton and corn, ‘they have not only been hard at work, aud successfully so, but, ay a rule, have been wore than frugal. ‘They have been. pluching thoniselves jn every way in which thoy could save a dollar, They are PREPARING FOR AN EXODUS, ‘The gentleman confesses himself as perfect- ly astounded ut the general determination waulfest among the blacks In this respect. He says one and all, oll and young, men and women ullke, express thamselves as fully du- termined upon leaving the South. ein ure determined, tov, that thistle they will have something: tn Hand with whieh’ to leave. They have been working, and. pinching. ave hoarded away, wherever possible, bvery quarter upon whieh they could ny tholy hands. ‘They have now thelr ttle crops of eplton, aid corn, and sweet potatoes to sell. ‘They have thelr pigs, and oceasionnily amie, ‘They are waiting tho resulta of the election, and’ the tine when thelr little ena ‘and effects can be turned into nioney, Ehose of the blacks alrondy In the North’ are welling back, here and ‘there, well sntisiled with thelr tot, ‘They are sending back yi cone shiterable suma in ald of the emigration of others thoy hayo left behind, THE DREAD OF BOUTNERN BUPREMACY in control of the Government overrides all other considerations, ‘The blacks are deter mined that, with such supremacy, como whint may, thoy will getaway from tlie South, Tho New Orleans gentlenin anys he ls Tully assured that with the election of Hancock thore woult come such an emigration of an entire FE) ple as the world never yet has seen, MMe hns been examining the field, and is confident ho knows whereof he speaks. . ENO. THE UNDERWRITERS. Business Transacted In tho National Convention at Now York, New Your, Oct, 2.—The Business Com- mittee of the Undorwriters at the session to- day subinitted .a report on “T'rofit Insur- ance’? They reported unanimously in savor of Insuring on rents, recognizing It as legitimate Insuraneg, not on profits, but for actunl toss, {and not dangerous to fireinsur- Anes interests, ‘Iho Cotnmnittes was {n favor of condemning the practice of insurance conuuissions beyond the amount covering charges and expenses. and such property of commission as would have been pafd in tho face of withdrawal with goods, ‘hu Com- mittee reported in favor of condomuing the prnetice of profit Insurances on manufactur- dng risks, so subversive of one .of the prin- elples of fire underwriting, tending to en- courage incendiarlain, ‘Tne Committes con- demned tho practice of Insuring generat profits on general business, The first proposition, relating to commisstons, ‘was referred ton special committee ‘to be ap- potnted by tho Chair, ‘Che tllrd proposition ‘wus amended to rend: "That the practice of Insuring profits on manufacturing risks shoud ba condemned ns unwise and inex- pedient, and in this form it was adopted, Tho fourth proposition, relating to a condem- nation of the practice of “profit insurance” on gencral busitess risks, was adopted. ‘The Business Committes then reported on Mr, Onkley’a resolution on tho subject of State deposits, nud tho first part of it, pro- testing against such deposits ns unjust to the companies and also to eltizens, was adopted, ‘The second part, referring to cases where de- posits innde with State authorities should appear ns Habllity against tho assets of tho corporntion makluig thein, was, after discts- ston, voted down, Cownrten's resolution declaring it to be the duty of the Convention to trke up the xubject of rates and commissions to agents, and to fustitute revisions so 98 to secure Just rates nnd falr commissions, was discussed at length, Finally tho following substitute was adopted: "Thut it was the senso of the Convention that each member of the United Fire Unierwriters'’sAssociation in America shall in hls individual enpaeity exert his utnost efforts towards the formation aud sntisfactory working of local Boards through- out the United States.” Mr, Uenld, of the Homo Insurance Com- pany, offered a resolution suggesting that the underwriters In: New York be requested aga iuntter of fitice to themselves to become united and fornia local Board. Adopted. Tho tine and place for holding the xt meoting was referred to the Adylsory Com- iittee, Chairman Hall appointed the following as us Committee: on the Massachusetts Coilthied Talley: he Ae eald, ats AL Oakley, i, loge, W. IL Ross, George L. Chase, Albert Bowker, and A. L. Snowden, , Adjourned sine «dic, . ——— Usury in England, Although thoy have no Usury Inw in England, it 48 found necessury now and ‘then to futerforo with those who desire to exact n high rate of {ne terest. For Sxnumpiogs case was recently tried in London, where Lord Gcorga Nevill, tho third sevot tho Murquis of Abergavonny, a wealthy: Beotch nobleniin, was plalntiift, aud 1 money Jender natmod Snolling defondunt, The notion was brought te prevent Saciling tram forchus Lord George into bunkruptey, It was shown that three years ngo Snolting sent out circulars twtho song of noblemen, advising then thit thoy could obtain advances without security. Lord George Nevill was among those who an- awered, und, though he was not of ago, Snelling advanced him $260 on a promissory nate, paya- ble In three months, for &5, and within the fol- lowing six months ho inde ‘other advances to the amount of several hundred pounds etorling, on nil of which Interest was charged ut tho rite of nore than 100 per cent, Snelling ndmitted that he kuew tho young Lord wud wholly de- ponent on hls father, and that the money was ‘obo used It paying. gambling dobte; but he thought that his frionds would pay rathor than have the nifatr made public. rd George's fathor offered to pay 6 per cont Interest, but not A penny more. 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Uk, Rows | aul 2, ‘Buckingham Hotel, Fifth Avenue and 50th st., (orrosrre catuepnat,) NEW YORK, JOSUAN & FULLER, Propriotors, olichtfully situated in tha very centre of tha moat ratlonabie, reeldetioey ebuurelien, sulin Re: tea hy Grand Centeul It. te dup iin thrda minutes walk of the Elovated Road and Mudivon Avenuucane Patronized by the Fanllica of Europe “ and Anericu, CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN, Restavraut unsurpasecd; ehuryes reusvuublo. SHOOK, SHOES. 86 State-st. Vory Finost Carolina, por lb, Loulolana, por lessees NEW RAISINS. Yatenela, for Cooking, per Ib... Valencia, for Cooking, by the bux, cHoco Chacotnto, No. 1, Cocoa, por Ip Broma. por 1. Choleo Winter Appl vuriety, U-bushel Hiny Now Mackerel, por North of fengian Wable Sit Hird Sood, Hamp, Rape, oF Cocoanut, Senenp’, por Ib... Golating, ner pkg. New Orange Martiniads aiid Conuensod Milk, Swiss, por cin, A largo atock of Canned Goods nt loss than p presont prices, and all kinds of Staple and Fan Cortes wt lowest prices for cash. Homenber, we mnk customers the lusse: the result of the FAO, HICKSON’S Cash Grocery House, 113 East Madison-st., Bet, Clark and Dearbern, Order by Postal or American Diatetet ‘elontions. Goods delivered tn all parts of elty free of charee. Partles inthe country can fomit by Post-Utice Or foror Bank Draft payablo to J. ltckson, nnd bare {holr gouds tacked und delivered at tho dopots free of charge, Wo take no charge for boxes, Rend for aur New Fall Price List, matted free. APPLES, LOTS OF APPLES 9 necounts, and can save ocr ‘Ia id extra expenava whlch wp Because we have good, straight packing, At $2.25 PER BARREL. C. JHEVNE, 0-112 Madison-st, WOVEN WIRE MAT @ tKSSES. “The Union” WIRE MATTRESS, 5 ORR. Clves the Most Comfort. $27 DO NOT BUY CHEAP IMITATIONS. gf WE MANUFACTURE A FULL LINE OF TRON BEDS. Union Wire Mattress Co, §, 7 & 9 North Clark-st., Chicago, FQR SALE BY FURNITURE DEALERS. RUPTURE) zeecara, Wowlil pay tos charitadlo institution $100 in east tained Up the pfan Inyulnal Mornte that can rae eanied tue G K t 3 TLVIS COMM HUBS patented ieago.! SRAMEESS-IIEEI, BLASTIC STOCKINGS, Vatented March £0. 1476. 0 bust In use, cured wo nuvor fall to curd FURNACKS, "TE DURUAM WROUGHT TRON WARY lk bri "The Most Powertal Alustrated pau durable und heal: CW, DUBRMAM, 154 d& 154 Michigu! Oppoulte Expusition Building. iow Prontice, wat Crosby 4, MAN, oe, A. Bt A.J. Siulth, Dre wun Brooke. 5 ¥ NAL. DR. PEIRO, Devoles, as for years past, exclusjye attention truatuunt of CATARRH, THROAT AND LUNG DISEASES: Onjces, ti Andluon-at. (opp. Movierers eum vey ES