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disillusion.
/• Vuers in lilarkihear Georgian.]
I irood upon th* ocean’s shore;
r, WJtf a dark ami stormy night,
-I h-ard the billows roar,
V h-art beat wildly with affright
1 fuil, a 1 (1 then I cried,
' .. \ ct - wreath is surely mine!”
To pen an Epic then I tried—
Ala-: 1 couldn't wnte a line.
II ■: nej to a song one day—
It seemed a soul, escaped the bars
Of it- dull prison-house of clay,
, -iiij, was lloating to the stars—
*n,l (hen it seemed a lovely song
Wa« waiting to escape my throat
I goon found out that I was wrong—
[ tried, but conld not sing a note.
Affairs In Georgia.
Col. R. A. Alston, formerly of the Atlanta
frm'i, but now of the Courier, has evident"
j v changed his mind in regard to some
things. The Herald under his control was
the enthusiastic defender and warm apolo
gist of Kimball, but in his testimony before
the Legislative Committee, which we printed
teaterday, Col. Alston casually alludes to
Hannibal as one of a set of rascals. While
we exult, as becomes a Christian journalist,
over this conversion, wo can but look upon
it as in some sort miraculous.
It is now charged that the Count Johannes
B'Gormamieis proprietor of a stock farm
in Tennessee. The Count was still at large
when last heard from.
The investigation made by the Legisla
ture into the manner the State Road lease
was obtained, has not been without its good
results. It has made clear to us the “ethics”
of Atlanta journalism, given us a new view
of the practice of attorneys, and—above all
—disclosed the plots of Kimball relative to
ilie bogus bonds. The weapon that he
placed in the hands of Joey Brown to cripple
Alston will be used to knock the stuff
ing out of Ui Hannibal.
Mr. J. M. G. Medlock, editor of the San-
dersville Ikrald, has been quite ill recently
of neuralgia of the heart. At last accounts,
he was convalescent.
It is peril iq just as well that no attempt
was made to disturb the lessees of the State
Road. Joey 13., who is nothing if not
devilish sly, had retained and paid a whole
raft of lawyers before-Land. What a nice
thing it is to be an attorney-at-law.
Elsewhere wo print a prospectus of the
■lister nty Banner, published by Mr.
J hn F. Shecut, and edited by himself and
wife, Mrs. Tommie E. Shecut. It will be
seen that subscribers to the Banner will
h»v, ;he opportunity of drawing something
handsome in the shape of a premium.
It is good to sometimes sit squaro down
■ a yourself and reason about matters. As,
for instance : There is a ring in Atlanta
utterly opposed to a Constitutional Oonven-
i-"Q. That is a proposition. Kimball is in
Atlanta, and Kimball is the agent of the
holders of the fraudulent bonds. That is a
suggestion. A Constitutional Convention
* old fore ver settle the bogus bond busi -
ue:«d—Kimball is opposed to Buch a settle
ment—Kimball is opposed to a convention,
and the “respectable two thousand” are
also opposed to a convention. That is a
deduction—or, what is more to the purpose,
a fact.
Mr. William B. Harman, of Tennille, is
dead. He was a prominent citizen of Wash
ington county.
Mrs. Carrie Roberts Johnson, whose
• ath at Hawkinsville we chronicled yester
day, was the wife of Dr. Horschel Y. John
son, Jr., and the sister of Mr. J. H. Roberts,
of Waynesboro. No less than twenty-two
near relatives of Mr. Roberts have died
within a comparatively short period of
time.
•Several of the interior towns are getting a
do ? e of li fiev. a. N. Experidon,” the
Bulgarian priest. This is no uoubt quite a
treat to the inhabitants. One of the at
tractions of Experidou's society is the fact
that before he left his home, thirteen years
*f>°> he registered a vow never to wash him
self until he returned, aud this vow he
seems to have sacredly adhered to.
Augusta Chronicle: “None of the 8tate
load statesmen have a word to say. And
Jet they only talked to legislators.”
A rumor is current through the State
‘l it must be exceedingly painful to all true
journalists. It is stated that in the bril
liant sortie which Fitch made upon Cum-
miD S*. the door-keeper of the Senate, the
Iitter n °t only repulsed, but seriously mal
treated him. We can inform Mr. 'cum-
that by Lis course in this matter he
Ja ’ l0S t onr influence. While we may be
-uduced to vote for him for door-keeper we
-over will vote for him for President—
never.
Rumbus has had an election for a mem-
r °f the Legislature merely to establish a
principle. As the Hon. Potty would remark,
Gimme a pound uv principle, an I’ll give
Jon a whole bed-tick full uv peanut hulls.”
( :acce 88ful candidate will never take his
6tal lu *he present Legislature unless an
se98ion is called : which God forbid!
e a .' nc '8boro Expositor: “In a burlesque
V'' ‘‘ the Legislature a resolution was
re. l0 j UBilre the life of Peterson
Wutt ’ 80 that he might be left to drum
^r°Qgh one more session of the Legisla-
islature had been oue-half
State of Georgia as has
• s pfcotlenian, their constituents would be
Iar better satisfied.”
Jbe Medical College in Augusta turned
• *enty. nine new doctors on Wednesday,
dead J Roberts, of Augusta, i3
A student •
lQ *he State University, who
* Cau didate for West Point, was thrown
IQ t|ia _ .... *
L t0I fipetitive examination on a
Rhflh grammar. Really, we
• iiou of the young man’s
iiiu. , ttiaU l ^ 08e wi3 o attempted to teach
e.-tiamar or those who examined him.
Atlanta correspondent of the Augusta
of the opinion that the
Smith • B ^ aDli * 1(JUa attack on Governor
that , • . U * Stw Ceroid, will injure
find l- ' Ul ' tlie correspondent hus-
on ^ a hprehensions. Such attacks as
de-d to defeat their own object,
and * Wti «heddown with so much venom
Jst fc88 6 Pteen fall wide of their
*h°gAugusta is a woman
sum J ar ° UU( i begging money to bury an
***. by falling out of a
imagiq e Woman was burying her
tile fc.J’' rt iat ive all day Tuesday and then
The ej ^ e ° rUil tG K©t tired of the funeral.
tnt il the r ^ pa ^ erB wiil nev er be satisiied
in J" 0niaiac<:5 of the Okefenokee ap-
Cu Atiacla&M “«-
Green^u as ° ! r ®menibered,
Uiouid sk lu announced that
•feeret 1^. ° nly ^ e Sio the publication of the
by Foster \y\' ^ u ^°ck administration
tbe 8urp ri8 10 f 8ett * Tii e promise, much to
never fui-
the ce Uae LT * Were ma oy speculations as
^ 1 witnJao V°i: P “ A - ^ton, in question-
before the reoent lease invee-
ran
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
lie
G>n*r
recent
tigatmgj committee, hints that the State
Road legates sent H. I. Kimball to South
Carolina for the purpose of stopping Blod
gett’s mouth, and that the stopper used was
a three thousand dollar check.
Burglars are operating in Henry county.
Dr. Harmon M. Edge will shortly start a
paper at Milner to be called the Pike County
Courier.
Sandersville is to have a newspaper called
the News.
A sober negro robbed a drunken white
man near Americas recently.
Mrs. Jane Seoville, of Sumter county, is
dead.
A baby was born in Columbus on the 29th
alt. According to the Enquirer, as 1900 is
not a leap year, he will have to wait eight
years at one period of his life before nis
birthday comes round.
Talbotton wants a calaboose.
Nine hundred and forty-five bills were in
troduced in the Georgia Legislature at its
recent session. Of this number nine hnn
dred were introduced by the statesman from
Tugaloo.
The problem that we desire to see solved
is, why will a negro baby crawl into the fire
when left alone ?
The thieves near Fort Valley shoot oxen
in broad daylight and make off with the
hindquarters.
A colored desperado was captured near
Atlanta the other day.
An enterprising Atlanta man is advertis
ing for three female barbers.
Dr. Craig has retired from the Atlanta
Commonwealth, leaving Mr. Iverson L. Hun
ter as sole manager. Mr. Hunter is making
it a lively paper.
A negro child was burned to death in Tal
bot county recently.
Talbotton standard : It is truly a myste
ry that a man, who has fifteen thousand
dollars in clean cash, can staud aud see i
widowed niece, with two children, strug
ghug day by day to keep the wolf from her
door, and never offer her a penny, aud yet
such a man lives within the county lines of
good old Talbot. He has a through ticket
to hell and no mistake.
AlludiDg to the recent attack on Gov.
Smith in the New York Herald, the Colum
bus Enquirer says: We are not surprised at
this assault. It was understood some days
ago that it would be made. The bogus
bondholders desire to break down Gov.
Smith and prevent his renomination, and a
general assault is to bo made upon him all
along the line. This letter in the Herald
maj, we suppose, be regarded as the open
ing broadside. That the discredited bond
holders, the lobbyists and plunderers gener
ally .-hould desire to get Gov. Smith out ot
their way and put a more compliant man in
his place we can weli understand, but we
can tell them they have gone to work in the
wrong way. Villification and falsehood
have ever been considered by wise men as
poor weapons; such, indeed,” as are never
employed in a good cause. If there are any
Gubernatorial candidates iu Georgia who are
inspiring such articles they, too, are makiu,
a sad mistake for themselves.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Au
gusta Constitutionalist, whom we tako to be
Colonel Avery, remarks : “The stenograph
er’s report of the evidence elicited at the
session of the committee an:.ointed by the
Legislature to ascertain how $70,000 was
expended in getting the State Road lease
through, is creatiug no little wonder and
surprise by the occasional startles disclosed.
Some of it is irrelevant to tho matter in
band though, bnt rich and racy reading,
and whittles the ends of some sticks amaz
ingly sharp. It leaks out through the
cracks of tho cross-questioning that news
papers and tbeir publishers make it a spe
cialty to crook the hinges of tho knees that
thrift may follow fawning. It seems that
the editorial course can be shaped according
to money iu hand, and that instead of being
vehicles of news are naught but dump-carts
carrying garbage for any price from leu
dollars to live thousand dollars a load. Vir
tue and morality one page and vice and po
litical influence on the other.”
Thomson Journal: If the fiend who in
vented butterscotch caudy could have fore
seen the trouble—the disrupting of tho
tenderest family connection, and the wild
agony of blasted love and affection which
his villainous compound was destined to
create in McDuffie county, Georgia, he
would have stepped under a pile-driver aud
died with the secret mashed into his boots.
This is how it happened: Mr. Bacon
came to town last week and bought
half dozen cakes of butterscotch, one of
which he presented to Sheriff Langford
as a fiDe article of shaving soap. George
didn’t use it himself, but would take it home
to his father, who did. And right here he
committed the most egregious blunder of
his life. The next morning he was toast
ing his shins before the fire when the old
gentleman entered th^ room in his shirt
sleeves, a cake of half-melted candy in one
hand, a razor strop in the other, one eye
gummed up, and his face the color of soft
soap. He took George by the right
ear and yanked him around the
room, oyer chairs and tables, and
jammed the candy in his eyes, and
bored it into his ears, and he told him
that he would show him how to play tricks
on his old father, aud he rapped him over
tho head with the strop, and smashed his
nose, aud punched him iu the ribs, and
jammed his head against the wall, aud he
Kept putting up and taking down shoe-shops
against George’s person, and finally he
staved a boot-toe loaded with dynamite at
George’s coat-tail. George stepped up into
the atmosphere and sat down in the wash
pot out in the yard, about as s:.ck a sheriff
as the market affords.
What Tejaperance has Done fob One
Town.—The temperance movement re
cently begun iu Marblehead is something
remarkable. It is three months old; and
out of a population of eight thousand,
the signers of the pledge, including
women and children, already number five,
thousand. The reform club, composed
of men who have given up drinking, has
over six hundred members, and what was
generally known as a tov/n where intem
perance was very common has now thrown
such influence the other way that the
dram shops are deserted. Provision has
been made for the entertainment of the
workingmen and youths outside of sa
loons; reading and smoking rooms have
been organized for use in the day and
evening, and practical measures have
been taken for the permanent lifting up
of those who are down. The foremost
men in drink have become foremost in
efforts to elevate one another.—Boston
Advertiser.
Views of Miss Susan B. Anthony in
Refebence to the Scandal.—Susan B.
Anthony, though refusing to be inter
viewed on the subject, has talked freely
with her friends concerning the Bowen-
Beecher-TiltoD complication, and makes
no secret of her belief in Beecher’s guilt.
Though professing no admiration for
either of the others named, she never
theless asserts that, if any have grievan
ces, they are the ones. The Advisory
Council she regards as a whitewashing
move, and thinks the ultimate result of
tho whole affair will be Beecher's death,
though he will probably never confess bis
guilt, having determined otherwise when
his trouble first began. Mrs. Tilton first
confessed her guilt to Mrs. Stanton, aud
subsequently to Miss Anthony herself,
and of the truth of her confession at the
time Miss Anthony has no doubt. It is
the latter’s desire to avoid all publicity in
connection with the scandal.
A Divobce Fobeshadowed.—Mrs.
Lockwood, the irrepressible woman law
yer at Washington, D. C., is having a
rough time in the Court of Claims, where
she has several important cases. The
Judge refused to recognize her. Then
she had a claim assigned her that she
might represent in her own name. The
court ruled her out because she had not
stated the fact; then because she had not
stated her precise interest in it, and
finally because she is a femme cevert, the
wife of a man who legally owns her, and.
thus destroys her individuality. It will,
therefore, be necessary for her to get a
divorce from Dr. Lockwood m order to
maintain her personal rights in the Court
of Claims. As she does not intend to be
beaten, it is said that she intends to apply
heroic treatment to the case.—New lor.:
Evening Mail.
The manufacture of molasses from com
is carried on near Vincennes, Ind. Rev.
ltaudall Ross, describing the arncle,
says: “It was a very nice, clear, ] light
colored syrup; 7n appearance it looked
much like the common golden S J 1 ™P-
flavor mo'.', like the common maple
7
Evenin'? Telegrams. lieHT
ON THE EMMA
SCANDAL.
MINE
GAY AND FESTIVE.
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
BAD FOB BELKNAP.
BOSTON’S BEYKREND FORGER.
Winslow in a Loudon Police Court.
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPI
TAL.
Secc-r ltobeson fn Reiknap’s Mhoen.
UNEARTHING CORRUPTION IN THE
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Fatal Boiler Explosion in Oregon.
Don Curios and hit* Creditors,
COBBUPTION IN THE WAB DEPABTMENT.
Washington, March 2.—Special dispatches
sent hence rt-port that tho Committee or
Expenses in the War Department have the
evidence of a Mr. Marsh that he paid Mrs.
Belknap ten thousand dollars casu aud six
thousand dollars per year for three vears for
post traderships at Fort Sill ;>nd ether
army posts in* the Southwest. The dis
patches also state that Secretary Belknap
appeared before the committee,”bnt made
no defense. He begged for mercy at the
hands of the committee, and asked to be
allowed to resign. To this not even the
Republican members were inclined to listen.
Lateb.—About ten o’clock this morning
Secretaries Belknap, Bristow and Chandler
aud Senators Morton and Morrell called on
the President. The subject discussed was
the resignation of Secretary Belknap.
Belknap aud Chandler then proceeded to tho
War Department.
fatal explosion.
San Fbancisco, March 2. — A dispatch
from Portland, Oregon, says the steam
scow engaged in removing the obstructions
at Umatilla rapids, Columbia river,
blew up thit morning. In some way the
boiler burst others, aud a package of ,,iant
powder exploded. Tho boat was blown to
pieces. Oue man was killed, two fatally
injured, and twelve arc missing. They are
supposed to have been blown into the river.
SCHKNCK.
Washington, March 2.—Schenck tele
graphs denouncing the evidence before the
Judiciary Committee as a tissue of infa
mous falsehoods. He says he has obtainea
leave of absence, and will leave on the
next steamer to confront his calumniators
and vindicate his reputation.
DON CABLOS.
Pabis, March 2.—It is stated that Don
Carlos owes five millions :n England. He
has inherited forty millione from the Duke
of Modina. His friends state that he has
gone to England In order personally to make
terms with his creditors.
habd times.
Pobt Jebvis, N. Y m March 2.—Thirty-oue
engines have been taken off the working
force of tho eastern division of the Erie
Railway,and will be laid up till sometime in
April. This is oue of the results of the sus
pension in the coal fields.
KELLOGG.
New Orleans, March 2.—The House, by
a strict party vote, adopted articles im
peaching Kellogg.
THE HERZEGOVINIANS.
London, March 2.—A dispatch from
Ragusa says thfe insurgent forces have
moved on Baniani in Upper Herzegovina.
Congratillations to bleu. Babcock—
Tho Dispatches he Received.
[From the St. Louis Journal.]
A visit to the room of the General dis
closed to our reporter a host of his friends
assembled there, among whom were a
number of army officers. It was stated
that General Babcock liad received over
one hundred congratulatory telegrams
from different parts of the country.
Among the telegrams received we are
permitted to publish the following :
Chicago, February 24.—The officers
here and myself beg you to accept our
warmest cougratulations.
P. H. Sheridan.
Leavenworth, February 24.—The
hearty congratulations of hosts of wurrn
friends greet the verdict of acquittal.
The Times will proudly herald the result.
D. R. Anthony.
New York, February 24.—To Judge
Porter: Glory to God! Regards to
Babcock ! Hugh J. Hastings.
New York City, February 24.—My
hearty congratulations. My faith has
never been shaken.
Kllbubn Knox,
Governor Tilden’s Staff.
New York, February 24.—Accept the
hearty congratulations of an old friend.
Regards to Judge Porter.
John I. Davenport.
New York City, February 24.—Permit
one whose faith, as you know, has never
wavered, to congratulate you on the tri
umph of justice and a decent adminis
tration of law over political and personal
persecution, a malignant press and popu
lar clamor. Geo. Bliss,
District Attorney, N. Y.
Southern Hotel, St. Louis, February
24.—G. B.—Three cheers! I knew it!
I felt it.' W. J. Florence.
Washington, February 24.—For right
is right as God is good, and right the
day has won. Thank Storrs, Porter,
Williams and Krum for me. Bless them.
A. R Shepherd.
Piracy in the Mediterranean.—The
Copenhagen Dagbladet publishes a report
from the Captain of the Danish schooner
Lucinde, in which he states that on the
2d r-f January last, about noon,
and within four English miles of the for
tress of Gibraltar, his ship was hailed by
boat, which, when it came alongside
and had got a line on board, turned out
to contain an armed crew of nine men,
looking like thorough pirates. Some of
the crew tried to get on beard the
schooner, but t he Captain let go the line,
when the crew in the boat began firing
at the schooner, and it was later found
that five balls had pierced the mainsail,
one through the mainstaysail, and two
more entered other parts of the ship.
The Captain adds that the day was clear,
and that it was impossible that the oc
currence should not have been witnessed
from Gibraltar. This, it appears, is only
one of several attempts at piracy occur
ring lately in the Straits of Gibraltar
within British jurisdiction 'complained of
in the Scandinavian papers.—Liverpool
Mercury.
Mr. Brocks Pardoned.—The Presi
dent of the United States on Thursday
issued a pardon to Mr. T. T. Brocks, late
President of the Mechanics’ National
Bank of Petersburg, Va., who was sen
tenced to five years’ imprisonment in the
Albany penitentiary for embezzling
funds of the bank. Mr. Brocks has
served out fifteen months of his term.
His pardon was granted upon the recom
mendation of the Judge who sentenced
him and of the prosecuting attorney and
his assistant, United States Marshal and
assistant, the jurors who tried the case
and many other citizens.
A Scandal Unearthed in Newark.—
The trial of a civil suit in Newark, touch
ing the title to considerable property
there, has developed a scandal. One of
the parties to the suit, a wealthy and
well-known resident, met his affinity in
the wife of a well-to-do New York mer
chant, and they began housekeeping in
Newark as husband and wife. The
husband, instead of applying for a di
vorce, opposed the granting of one, and
pays his wife an allowance.
The Hidden Romance.—The Newbury-
port (Mass, j Herald relates that, when
young, Miss Charlotte Cushman was en
gaged to Charles Spalding, of that city,
son of Prescott Spalding, the young man
keeping a dry goods store. Thf* parents
of Mr. Spalding made some objection,
and the match was broken off, and neither
ever married. Mr. Spalding died some
v^ors since a bachelor.
The friends of a Boston lady telegraph
ed from Paris that she was “ no worse,”
and the cable said “no more.” She was
mourned as dead for nearly two days.
Mrs. Joyce, th6 wife of Colonel Joyce,
has taken for a residence the mansion on
Georgetown Heights formerly occupied
j by President Grant.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, March 2.—In the Senate t
West presented the joint resolutions of the
Louisiana Legislature relative to stocking:
the waters of that State with fish. Referrec.
to the Committoe on Agrimlture.
The House Committee on Appropriations
reported a bill appropriating $163,000 for
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, aud
directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue silver coin in exchange for fractional
currency, whether now in the Treasury or
presented for redemption. The Committee
on Ways aud Means wiil have permission to
offer an amendment extending the limit of
silver as legal tender. Randall gave notice
that he would call up the bill as soon as
practicable, and moved its recommittal.
Carried.
The House Appropriations Committee
agreed to recommend that the Secretary of
the Treasury be directed to issue twelve
millious of silver and redeem the fractional
currency.
The Senate bill appropriating a thousand
dollars to convey the remains of E. Ramsey
Wing fr «m Quito to Kentucky paused aud
goes to the President.
The Pinchback case was resumed. Ed
munds. not being well, hoped the Senate
would allow the matter to go over. Morton
understood that several Senators would be
absent to-morrow. If so, he would ask that
the matter go over till their returi.. Laid
over.
The bill pensioning the widow ofj General
LoreDzo Thomas passed.
The bill reducing the number and in
creasing the efficiency of the medical corps
of the array passed.
The Committee on Commerce reported ad
versely on the bill making Chattanooga a
port of delivery.
The bill allowing New Mexico to form a
State Constitution was made tho special cr-
der for Wednesday. A uumbor of private
bibs passed.
The Senate Post Office Committee heard
George Jones, of the New York limes, in
opposition to a change in the present news
paper postage as mailed from the publica
tion offices.
THE REV. WINSLOW.
London, March 2.—Winslow, the forger
was brought up at Bow street cour t to-day
and remanded till noon to-morrow. It \>as
stated that Mr. Wortner would appear for
the defense at the request of friends, but
Winslow said he did not desire a solicitor.
He did not wish to contest the cat e at all.
He would be glad to waive everything, aud
would be only too happy to go home to-moi
row. #
Albion P. Dearborn, of Boston, was sworn.
He produced papers consisting of a.n indict
ment found by the grand jury of Suffolk
county, Mass., containing fourteen counts,
seven lor forging and altering and seven for
altering to the amount of $40,000, a bench
warraut for tho arrest of Winslow, and the
depositions of various persons of Bos
ton whose names had been forged.
He also produced a warraut- signed
by President Grant and count.er a igned
bv Hamilton Fish, Secretary cf State,
authorizing him (Dearborn) to convey the
prisoner to America if he was committed.
Mr. Dearborn replying to Mr. Clieesebor-
ough, Secretary of the American Legation
in Loudon, said he knew the prisoner by
sight. He also knew tho various personj
signing the affidavits. The documents were
then Lauded to Winslow, who declined to
ask any questions of Dearborn.
RES TORINO EMBARGOED ESTATES.
Washington,Marcia 2.—The Department of
State has received information through the
Consul General at Havana that the r ecessary
orders have been given by tho Governor
General of Cuba for the restoration of the
embargoed estates of Ramon Fernando
Coriado, Joaquin Delgado, Antonio Maximo
Mora aud Magdalena Ferris de Mora, aud
also that a pardon has been extended to
these parties. This is understood to remove
any obstable in the way of receiving posses
sion of tbeir property, End to be the result
of negotiations that Lave recently taken
place between the government of the United
States and that of Spain.
ALLEGED COTTON SWINDLERS.
Liverpool, March 2. —In the Police Court
to-day Robert Mann, the younger, and Wm.
Hurst, composing the firm of Wm. Peers &
Son, cotton brokers, were summoned to
answer the charge preferred by Messrs.
Leech, Harrison & Forwood of having un
lawfully conspired to acquire fifty bales of
cotton, the property of the latter firm. The
defendants are also charged with stealing
tho cotton, and with obtaining it by false
pretences. Neither of the defendants ap
peared at court, although services of sum
mons were proved, and neither has been
seen since Tuesday last. The magistrate
granted warrants for their apprehension.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, March 2.—Levi F. Lucky,
formerly private secretary of the Presiden t,
is appointed to take charge of the Indian
Division in the office of the Secretary of
the Interior.
Nominations: Chas. J. English, Collector
of Customs at Georgetown; Robt. M. Wal
lace, Marshal of South Caroliua.
It is stated that the Committee ou Ac
counts of the War Department will request
the President to recall General Meigs.
U. S. Grant, Jr., succeeds Lucky as secre
tary to the President.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, March 2.—Probabilities :
For the South Atlantic States, warmer,
partly cloudy weather and rising, followed
by falling barometer.
For the Gulf States, Tennessee and the
Ohio valley, rising, followed by falling
barometer, winds veering to easterly,
warmer and partly cloudy weather.
For the Middle States, rising, possibly
followed by failing barometer, northeast to
northwest’winds, colder, followed by warmer
and partly cloudy and clear weather.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond,IMarch 2.—Ex-Governor Letch
er was stricken with para ysis this morn
ing. His condition is considered serious.
The resolutions favoring tho Texas
Pacific Road and instrnoting the
Virginia Congressmen to vote for
the bill was further discussed in
the Senate to-day, Senator Daniel conclud
ing his speech* in opposition. Senator
Quiscnberry also spoke against the measure.
There was no action.
ROBESON GOES IN.
W T ashington, March 2.—Sir: The resig
nation of the Secretary of War having been
tendered and accepted this day, you are
hereby directed to assume and perform the
duties pertaining to the office of Secretary
of War, in addition to those of your own
office, until otherwise directed.
Very truly yours,
U. 8. Grant.
To The Secretary of die Navy.
the insurgents.
Ragusa, March 2.—In a battle near Dobra
yesterday 800 Turks were killed. Tho
placards posted in Ragusa Dromulgating
the Turkish reforms are posted ou with
death-heads.
FROM THE EAST.
Ragusa, March 2.—The Governor of Dal
matia arrived here and proceeded to Cat-
tars on a double mission to the Herzegovina
refugees and the Montenegro Government.
FROM ALBANY.
Albany, March 2.—The Senate adopted
the assembly resolution requesting the New
York delegation to oppose the repeal of re
sumption.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Washington, March 2.—It is announced
that the Democratic caucus which had been
fixed for to-night, has been adjourned till
Saturday night.
KELLOGG.
New Orleans, March 2.—The House
adopted a resolution ordering the discon
tinuance of further proceedings in the im
peachment of Kellogg. This ends it.
HANGED.
Norfolk, Va., March 2.—Isaiah Griffin, a
Degro man, aged 28 years, was to-day
hanged in Portsmouth for outraging his
brother’s wife.
DON CARLOS.
Boulogne, March 2 —Don Carlos takes
the steamer here to Folkstone, and goes
thence to London.
PREMATURE.
St. Petersburg, March 2.—The an
nouncement of the incorporation or Kho-
kand with Russia is premature.
failed.
London, March 2.—Walter Cosser & Co.,
mahagouv merchants, have failed. Their
liabilities are half a million of dollars.
GENET.
New York, March 2.—The city obtained a
verdict oi $204,000 against Genet for over
charges on the Harlem Court House.
specie shipments.
New York, March 2.—Specie shipments
to-day were over three-fourths of a million.
burned.
Leeds, Maroh 2.—The amphitheatre is
burned. Loss $150,000.
SCHKNCK.
London, March 2.—Schenck sails on the
Abyssinia Saturday.
Development* Before the Committee on
Foreign Affairs—How the speculation
Becnai and Wat Jlanasred—The Big Men
in ft and the Big Thing* They Went
For—The Power of Dold—Jndges, Ju
rors and Witnesses as Purchasable Live
Ntork—General Schenck’s Connection
With the Scandal.
Washington, February 28.—The Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs this afternoon
examined James E. Lyon, of Racine,
Wis., but transacting business in New
York, relative to the Emma Silver Mine
speculation. He said that originally he
owned a one-third interest in the Moni
tor lode, which afterwards became the
Emma mine, and detailed at length how
Henry H. Baxter and T. W. Parke came
to purchase an interest in the Monitor
lode for $375,000. Suits arose, and the
witness, to secure his right, employed
ex-Senator William M. Stewart, of Ne
vada, and General Hilyer, under a written
contract, as his counsel. He and Stewart
visited Salt Lake City, where they met
Senator Morton, to whom Stewart related
the difficulty of obtaining a trial in the
courts of that territory. Mr. Morton
said it was all wrong, when Mr. Stewart
replied that if Mr. Morton would assist
he should have $20,000. An effort was
made to have Judge McKean removed,
but without success. They objected to
McKean because he was engaged in try
ing in hisewn court a case in which he was
interested, being the President of and a
large shareholder in a company engaged
in litigation with another similar mining
company. McKean was also interested,
to the extent of $100,000, in the Tunnel
Mining Company, which organized with
a capital of $1,000,000. The other Jus
tices were joint partnors in the Emma
mine interests adverse to him. Docu
ments to this effect were forwarded to the
President by Stewart, who also sent tele
grams to the President, but still
McKean was not removed. The
Marshal of the territory was also
interested in the Emma mine
stock, and hence the witness could
not expect to have justice in a
suit to preserve his rights. A party in
San Francisco had purchased from the
estate of Silas Braine, for the nominal
sum of $10,000, claims about a quarter
or a half-mile from the Monitor lode, and
had organized the Emma Mine Company
with a capital of $10,000,000. Stewart
advised the witness to consolidate his in -
terest with the new company, which
would have shares enough to give to wit
ness, judges, jurymen, and alL The
witness was anxicus to dispose of his
interest to Parke, and for a consideration
was willing to withdraw both his claim
and the suit which he had commenced.
Stewart said that Parke was not to be
trusted, and would swear to a lie, steal re
cords of courts, buy witnesses, and do
anything to carry his point. W itness, in
response to Stewart, said: “I have
heard Parke say hard things about
you, and that you would not hesitate
to buy judges, jurors and witnesses
at your personal convenience. Although
Stewart and Parke were not personal
friends, the witness asked Stewart to see
Parke in order to obtain a settlement of
the business between them. It was agreed
that two millions had been taken out of
the mine up to July, 1871, and aliowing
half a million for expenses the witness
was willing to settle on that basip, never
having surrendered his one-third interest
in the Monitor lode. Stewart and Parke
left for New York, and the former on the
5th August, 1871, wrote to him that ha
could not make so good a bargain with
Parke as he desired, but there was no
occasion for much dispute about a
worked-out mine. He objected to the
contract Stewart proposed with Parke,
as it did not secure to him the $500,000
promised. Parke discharged all the
miners but six. No ore was to be
taken out of the mine but only developed;
and the mine was to be put in the best
possible shape for the engineer to ex
amine it, as the intention was to sell the
mine on its reputation. Lent, Stewart
and Parke went over to England. The
witness previously advised Stewart not
to identify himself with the property.
All that Stewart had to do was to insist
ou Parke paying him $500,000. Stewart
said he intended to obtain $700,000.
Stewart telegraphed the witness on the
9th November, 1871, to come to London
immediately, and witness went thither
accordingly. Stewart informed him there
were a hundred mines there for sale,
therefore, he had been compelled fully to
identify himself with the Emma mine.
Prof. J. Silliman, in his report on the
Emma mine, were said there several facts
which in his opinion established beyond
all reasonable doubt the conclusion that
the Emma mine was a true mineral vein
of great power, and placed it in the cate
gory of the great mines of the world, and
that ore to the value of three aud a half
millions had already been removed from
it. The witness went to London on the
13th of November, 1871, and, calling at
the Edward’s Hotel, found that Stewart
and Parke occupied a room there as an
office. Albert Grant, of London, framed
the prospectus of the Emma Mine
Company, and £100,000 were paid
to him as promoter of the scheme; £2.5,-
000 were paid to the banking house
of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., for the
use of their name; J. H. Pulestone, of
that banking house, was promised £10,-
000 sterling for the use of his name, but
the money was not paid, and, besides tlie
sum expended, General Schenck was pre
sented with five hundred shares ot stock
at £20 a share. Albert Lewis & Sons, of
Liverpool, were to have received £8,000,
but did not, but that Professor Silliman
received £9,000 or £10,000 for making
his favorable report. The witness further
gave his experience with Stewart, who
made various excuses for not obtaining
for him the sum he promised, and the
witness thought that he made a propo
sition to close the transaction for $250,-
000. General Schenck wrote a letter
to Parke on the 1st of December,
1871, saying he was going to
resign the directorship, giving as
a reason that he did not want
to be criticised by his political enemies.
Parke said he would have a better letter
than that. So that wnen Schenck wrote
the letter of the 6th of December, in
which he resigned, Parke said this is a
better endorsement of the Emma mine
than Schenck’s name as a director. When
the scandal against Schenck first became
known in England Parke said he had
fixed the thing with the General. He re
quired the General to give his note for
the stock. Schenck said if the note was
not good security he would mortgage his
house in Washington. Owing to the
famous telegram from Williams, Silliman
and Huzzy, of new and very large dis
coveries in the Emma mine, the stock
went up. The shareholders thought our
government was backing the speculation,
as Major General Schenck’s name appear
ed in the prospectus as Minister from the
United States.
Suicide of a German Baron.—Bruno
von Falderu was found in Washington
square,| New Y’ork, early Saturday morn
ing, unconscious, and with a large con
tusion on his right temple. At Bellevue
Hospital it was found that his skall was
fractured. He died in the afternoon.
Letters were found in his pocket in
which he expressed his despair from lack
of money and his determination to kill
himself. Von Faldem was a baron,
descended from a wealthy family, and
served throughout the Franco-Prussian
war with honor. Soon after the close of
the war he came to this country, and
early in 1875 married, but his wedded
life was a short one, his wife dying
within the year. Since then his reason
has been somewhat affected. This, with
pecuniary losses, was probably the cause
of his suicide. He had lent $700 to a
friend on a note which was due and pro
tested last Wednesday. His means were
then entirely gone. A small bullet was
found imbedded in his brain.
A Richly Grotcsqne Might Pageant at New
Orleans—(iorgi*otu Procea»ion of Giant
Vegetables Representing Louisiana's
Fertility—The Playful Pumpkla, Burly
Beet, Rattling Rutabaga, Kingly Cot
ton, Etc., Take Part.
[New Orleans Special to Chicago Times.]
The Knights of M'omus, who have
heretofore appeared on the last night of
the year, but for some unexplained rea
son did not emerge on the last night of
1875, came to the surface of events
to-night, 24th. The subject of the illus
tration was “Louisiana and her seasons,”
and it was not only happily and pictu
resquely framed, but it was an effort
which was of more than ordinary merit,
for it revealed the most delicate tact and
nice artistic taste in conveying, by means
of living representations, the features
which abound iu the worid of Louisiana's
horticultural and agricultural products.
Various fruits, etc., revealed as the
growth of Louisiana’s seasons, were illus
trated by living persons, who were cos
tumed to represent these subjects.
Thousands of people lined the streets
in the central portion of the city, where
the pageant was expected, and at eight
o’clock the spectacle, ablaze with thou
sands of lights, came to view on Canal
street, marshaled by a body of police
men, who were follow 2d by the King’s
standard bearer. He c-irried aloft the
royal banner, of maroon velvet, thus in
scribed: “Knight3 of Momus. Third
Representation; February 24, 1876.
Bum vivimus viDamns.”
The van was led by Momus, seated in
the chariot of Phoebus, ilrawn by winged
steeds. The second car, embellished by
the coat-of-arais of the State, bore the
noble figure of Bienville, who held in his
right hand a bright shield, upon which
were emblazoned the crescent, the pelican
and the gourd. Upon the same car was
seen a cotton bale, and upon this ap
peared the words, “Union, Justice, Con
fidence.” In mournful attitude, stood
the Genius of Louisiana, in her right
hand holding a broken sword, and rest
ing upon a broken cannon, at the base
of which lay a heap of broken chains.
CERES
came in the seventh car, seated in a
chariot drawn by two horses. The eighth
car was bountifully furnished with
painted representations of the varied pro
ducts of Louisiana’s gardens. King Car
rot beamed mildly from a throne of cab
bages, aud at his feet, Lettuce, Cauli
flower, and kindred children of the earth
did homage to his majesty. Ninth in
order moved into view a market scene.
Rutabaga, smoking hiit pipe, plays the
role of huckster, and seeks to dispose of
his commodities to the Horseradish—an
Irish servant—whose master, the Celery,
is a very airy young man. The parson
—a demure looking Parsnip—is officiously
striving to pacify Rutabaga and Horse
radish, who are much agitated by their
efforts to outwit each ether in their bar
gainings.
a kitchen scene
is next displayed. Here the Beet—a ser
vant girl—and the cook—an immense
Pumpkin—are the ruling spirits. The
cook is about to slash into the Onion,
who holds in his arms the fainting Leek,
while the Pepper, Okra, Egg-plant, the
Potato, and a whole family of esculents
meekly await their turn to be slaughtered.
Pomoua follows in her car of state, seated
upon a grassy mound and surrounded by
the fruits of the season. In her wake
rolls a car whereon the golden Pine
apple, as the keeper of a soda-water
stand, is dispensing soothing drink to the
sweet and sour Orange. Hard by, the
Strawberry discusses an ice, and the Mul
berry and Apricot skip gently along
in a promenade.
Car number fourteen reveals the fruits
which provide for the being of wino and
liquor. The grape rest* upon a table,
clinging affectionately to a bolt’e of
Krug. The wild cherry, blackberry,
peach, apple, pear, and others linger
near by, dividing the attention between
a contemplation of Sir Krug and listen
ing to a female temperance crusader, who
tells of the sin of looking upon wine
when it is red.
Winter was represented in the next car
by the Goddess Irene, who stood npon a
moss-covered mound between a cypress
and an oak. Iu one hand she held a dead
rabbit, and in the other a wreath of oak
leaves. Before her a log fire completed
the picture. Sixteenth in order, a giant
Watermelon stood guard before his castle,
disputing the entrance of the St. Celeste
Fig, bearing a cross and pleading for ad
mission. Following her were the large
blue Fig and the Plum with yellow head
and body—the latter armed with a
Chinese blunderbuss, and pledged to
guard the tender St. Celeste from all
harm.
Apart from these tlie Cantalope and
Banana measured strides in a promenade.
The Princess Rice now claims attention
in the person of an Indian maiden seated
upon a throne of rice sheaves. Two In
dian women gather rice, and seated in a
canoe is seen aQ Indian bearing a cargo
of rice to market.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
now Unrh .Honey Has Been Drawn and
How Much Work Done—The Recelyer-
suip and How It Came About.
[From the Atlanta Constitution.]
Atlanta is never without a sensation,
and keeps the correspondents of the State
press, as well as its own rejiorters, con
stantly on the qui viv-e. The latest has
been running now for several weeks or
more, and has not yet run its course; and
as it has become a matter of dis
cussion all over the State, especially by
the press, it is high time the Constitu
tion should give it attention. We
refer of course to the public printing.
The subject has been brought prominent
ly before the public by a recent judicial
decision appointing a receiver for the
benefit of certain creditors, evoking much
criticism and discussion. We will there
fore endeavor to present the facts, and
inform our contemporaries and readers
of the real situation. In doing so, we
shall purposely avoid any criticism of the
conduct of tho present State Printer, but
solely on the ground that it is not nec es
sary; otherwise we should promptly use
the dissecting knife, as we do in the case
of any other public official. About the
17th or 18th of last month, by resolut ion
of the General Assembly, an advance of
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
was authorized and paid to the State
Printer, Colonel R. A. Alston, by the
Treasurer. This money was variously
expended, a part for the type and a part
to the creditors of the late Herald. The
collapse of the Herald came ar.d the
State Printer had to rely on other offices
to do the work, and he became
embarrassed for funds to settle the
bills, as no more money could be
PIRATES ON THE NORTH RIVER.
Three Schooners Entcre-d and Robbed off
Comm unlpaw—The Crew* An ached,
Beaten, and Threatened with Death.
The depredations by thieves which have
for a long time made that portion of the
North River over the Jersey flatti off
Communipaw a dangerous place for ves
sels to lie. culminated before daylight on
Saturday morning in the most daring feat
which has been attempted by river pirates
for many years. These robberies were
committed by a gang of desperadoes, who
went from ship to ship, bursting in the
doors and ransacking the cabins under
cover of their revolvers. The first vessel
visited was the grain schooner Julia A.
Chamberlain, where Capt. Boyd and his
crew of four men were asleep in the cabin.
About 2 a. m. they were aroused by a
crash on deck. Captain Boyd seized his
revolver and fired two shots through the
ceiling of the cabia, which neithe r injured
nor frightened the pirates, who with
oaths and brandishing revolvers rushed
down the companion way into the cabin.
Capt. Boyd was quickly disarmed, one of
the pirates striking him in the face with
his fist. The mate, who had armed him
self with a double-barreled shot-gun,
seems to have been paralyzed with fear,
and he was soon disarmed. The o thers
of the crew made no resistance, and sub
mitted to the rough search of their per-
Sojs and lockers, which yielded the rob
bers shout $85. They then hastily rowed
away to a little powder schooner, which
had only the keeper, C. McCafferty, on
board, who was standing in the compan
ion way. They knocked him down and
rilled the cabin, getting only little. One
of them insisted upon killing McCafi’erty,
drawn from the State Treasury till but dissuade* TheschoonerSaxauel
the advance 6f $5,000 Lad been worked * .
out. In the meantime, Colonel Alston
had given orders on the Treasury amount
ing to ($3,192) thirty-one hundred and
ninety-two dollars, which orders had been
accepted by Treasurer Renfroe to be paid
out of the first subsequent payment to
the Public Printer. This made in all the
sum of eight thousand one hundred and
ninety two dollars disposed of by tho
Public Printer before the work done by
him exceeded two thousand dollars in
value. At this point a new complication
arose. Other creditors, seeing that the
Herald and its effects had been seized and
possibly lost to them, determined upon
an action in a new direction. Messrs.
Allison, Smith & Johnson, type founders
of Cincinnati, were owed some two thou
sand dollars Their attorney, Colonel Z.
D. Harrison, and his associate, Judge
Richard Clarke, by a bold legal move
ment, brilliantly executed, applied to
Judge Cincinnatus Peeples, in Chancery,
for a receivership embracing the profits
of the State printing, and, after a full
hearing, were granted an order
APPOINTING A RECEIVER,
to demand and receive the profits of the
State printing from C'ol. Alston and also
the assets, as far as possible, of the vari
ous firms of Alston A Co., Herald pub
lishing company, etc. It will be seen by
our contemporaries that no receiver has
been appointed for the office, but only
for the profits of the office. The office is
in no manner interfered with, and the
order simply looks to the discharge
of his duties by the Public Printer
for the benefit of his creditors. That is
the scope and intention of the receiver
ship, but whether it will accomplish any
thing, is, as Chief Justice Warner
would express it, “ another and quite a
different thing.” The term of the office
is for two years, and the work may reach
fifteen thousand dollars per annum, mak
ing thirty thousand dollars, twenty-five
per cent, of which (the printer’s profit)
would be about ($8,000) eight thousand
dollars. As he lias already drawn and
given orders for over eight thousand dol
lars, the prospect of the creditors looks
somewhat gauzy.
THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS
naturally alarmed the bondsmen of the
Public Printer, who required of him an
immediate arrangement for the execution
of the public printing, in failure of
which they applied to the Governor to
be released from the bond of ten thou
sand dollars, npon the ground of the
state of facts we have set forth, and of
the inability, we presume, of the State
Printer to perform his duties. The Gov
ernor at once (a few days since) notified
Colonel Alston that he must make a :aew
bond, and there the matter now rests.
These are the facts, which wo have given
without prejudice or criticism.
The I-reslient’s ErMencH.
Uf coarse Ji« readers of the Timm
have carefully perused the President's de-
position in favor of Babcocl:. In the de
position there is nothieg which U
the is con
cerned. But two or three significant
facts seem to have cropped out without
being generally noticed. They seem to
give some light ujion the hitherto myste
rious c onnection between tha violators of
law and the nation al administration. The
points are made clearly enough—I would
like to call attent .ou to them
, > '• he , first place the President npon
his oath, be it remembered, states that he
as head of the government believevd that
frauds were being committed and had so
thought for b, long time. Being sworn to
execute the laws, when he showed such
zeal in filling the Southern country with
troops, why did he not also undertake the
reformation of the Interna:. Revenue
servic* ? If the first act was his duty, as
his friends declare, was not t he second
equall incumben t ?
Somehow i;he President fails to answer
this question. But the late Commissioner,
Mr. Douglass, gives us the reason.
He says he did try to move in this di
rection, and was prevented by the politi
cians, who said that as a national elec
tion was near, the investigations might
injure the party. I should like to hear
from Mr. Douglass why the stopping
robbery and arrest of the”robbers would
injure the party ? Did not the party
urge Uiat it should be kept in power be
cause of its great purity ? Let us hear
Mr. Douglass farther. He states that
after the Presid mtial election he again
tried to move, out the objection was
made again tba; Senators were to be
electee, and if he pushed the whisky
ring, the party might fail to get Repub
licans returned to the Senate. And that
when Carpenter, to whom he evidentlv
refers, was defeated, and Wisconsin sent,
as Senator a man who has what Israel’}-!
wise king declared to be better than
riches, “a good name.” State elections
were coming on and still it was impolitic
to investigate. State elections were on
hand. So it prooably would have gone
on until the end of time.
The question which I am about to asl
is just what the thoughtful portion o“
the American people would like to know,
and it is this: If the leaders of the party
were clean handed, would not an investi
gation and the punishment of the evil-do
ers make their virtue of a more dazzling
lustre ? If they cere innocent, would noi;
this course have given strength to the
party, and furnished an additional reason
—which would have been irrefutable-
have been the next vessel assailed, and w ^y ds lease of |)ower should bo length -
there, after using similar violence, the j ened ? These are questions which will
pirates succeeded in getting off with $15 . ^5 >E ‘ t. Q ve to be answered.—New Orleans
in money and clothing valued at: $40.
About the same time six or seven ruf
fians, supposed to be the saffie men,
boarded the schooner Alethea,commanded
by Captain William Darby, and there
were on board beside himself a mete, a
boy, and two negro sailors. As the
thieves rushed, shouting, down the com
panion way, Capiain Darby retreated into
his stateroom. He was commanded to
coma forth and give up his money He
surrendered the money he had cn his
person and the pirates then demanded
his pistoL “Is it loaded?” demanded one
of the pirates, seizing the weapon. ‘No,”
was the reply. “ Cll try it on you anc. see,”
exclaimed the ruffian, placing the revolver
over the Captain s heart and deliberately
snap-ping every barrel. Two men then
held Captain Darby, while a third
stripiped off his clothes and searched him.
Not satisfied with thi?. the pirates then
broeghtont the Captain and mate., and
beat both of them again^
Their leader, “Captain Jim,” is de
scribed as a tall, powerful and very port
ly man. He left his overcoat in the cabin,
taking the Captain’s in its place. The
detectives searched it thoroughly, vrith-
out finding anything that could serve as a
clew to its owner. It was said that other
schooners had beeD boarded by the same
gang on the same night with similar vio
lence, but this has not been full} sub
stantiated.—N. T. Tribune.
QUEEN SUGAR
graces the eighteenth car. The waist,
sleeves and overdress of her costume,
which is of the time of Louis XIV., are
composed of leaves; her drapery oi the
red, green and purple stalks of the cane.
Her head dress is a crown of broken
joints of cane flowers and tassel a la
Pompadour. She sits upon a throne of
sugar, at her left hogsheads and molasses
barrels; upon the right a sugar merchant
garbed after the fashion of Louis XIV.’s
time. In the foreground are seen two
negroes cutting and grinding cane. And
now comes
KING COTTON
to the front, his dress of white embroid
ered in gold and silver, and worked in
figures representing the growth from the
bloom to boll. A purple robe descends
from his shoulders, covered with cotton
bolls, and about his neck ho wears a band
of eleven jewels, one jewel for each cot
ton State. His crown is a cotton boll,
and cotton likewise forms his beard and
hair. A cotton planter and cotton mer
chant staud near him, and in the fore
ground negroes are picking cotton. A
woman engaged in spinning cotton com
pletes the group.
A Western papier makes the following
correction: “In our obituary notice of
Mr. yesterday, for the phrase ‘He
was a noble and pig-headed man,’ read
‘He was a noble and big hearted men.’ ”
* And the Colored Troops Bled
Bravely.”—A statement of Robt. Purvis,
one of the Commissioners to settle the af
fairs of the bankrupt Freedman’s Savings
Bank, which is printed in Grant’s Wash
ington kitchen organ, places J. G. Thomp
son, the editor of the leading Republican
organ in South Carolina, in a very un
pleasant light. Mr. Purvis declares that
this man Thompson obtained from the
Beaufort branch of the Freedman’s Bank
over $6,000, which has never been re
funded, giving as collateral therefor some
“worthlessprinter’s certificates,” and that
when he, Purvis, demanded better se
curity, Thompson offered some of ex-
Treasurer Parker’s warrants npon the
Treasury, which were equally valueless.
Mr. Parvis further says that Thompson
not only got $6,000 of the poor freed-
men’s savings withdut rendering an
equivalent therefor, but bad the impu
dence to admit that he had made pro
posals to some State officers to defraud
the State of South Carolina by doubling,
or “raising,” the worthless printer’s cer
tificates one hundred per cent., saying in
extenuation of the proposed fraud that at
the time he was very hard up. Thomp
son’s newspaper represents »er-
lain “reform” wing of the Reg, can | 7s in
South Carolina, where the ty-five | /' of
the dominant party appear 1 been I s e-
cious set of rascals, whsthiT^S 8 I JLn
under the leadership of Chamberlaiu. or
of the rival carpet-bagger, honest John
J. Patterson, of Pennsylvania.- -Nei'
York Sun.
The Brooklyn Eagle describes the
shocking trapeze accident at the Park
Theatre, in that city, the other eveuing.
The acrobats were the two brothers,
William and Joseph Holland, and a sister,
who is known on the programme as Mile.
Violetta Holland. Tlie relative position
ot the brothers and sister at the time of
the accident was as follows;: Violetta was
sitting on the upper bar of the tuple
trapeze, William was suspended head
downward from her feet, over which his
legs were hung, Joseph hung on the lower
bar by his feet, which were placed in
straps ; he was of course head downward;
the feat attempted was a dangerous
one. William had to drop from his
sister’s feet, and falling clasp the
waist of Joseph, who in a moment
was to have caught him by the hands,
and then he was to remain suspended at
full length. The first part of the per
formance had passed off admirably, and
the difficult feats of the gymnasts had
been loudly applauded by the audience,
and the trick above described was in pro
gress. William hung down from his
sister’s feet, and Joseph was in position
from the lower bar to receive and catch
him as he fell. The brother loosed his
hold and dropped. Just at that moment
the bar on which Joseph hung swayed
sideways to and fro, and as William
passed it he struck the wooden portion
and it threw him out of his direc
tion enough to cause him to loose
his hold upon his brother. His attempt
to save himself had the effect of
causing Joseph's feet to become unloosed
from the straps, and the brother fell to
the stage, a distance of fifteen feet. A
dull, heavy thud, a look of horror on the
face of the woman in the air, the two
gymnasts lying motionless on the boards,
all this in an instant, and then the au
dience gave vent to their feelings. Tho
women screamed, men rose up in their
seats, many crowding toward the stage,
the musicians beemed paralyzed, the peo
ple on the stage seemed to be bewildered,
and it was some minutes before any one
came to the rescue of the gymnasts.
Joseph Holland soon revived, but his
brother was removed to a hospital, where
he still lies in a critical condition.
A North Carolina Anniyebbaly.—
The battle of Moore Creek, N. C , was
fought on the 27th of February, 1776,
and its centennial was celebrated Mon
day with enthusiasm by the people of
Pender county, m that State. The sup
porters of King George iu that cc-nfliot
were for the most part Scotchmen, who
had been adherents of the “bonme’ Pre
tender and had emigrated to America
after the defeat e.t Culioden. They be
came' staunch supporters of the house of
Hanover, and after the hostilities in New
England the loyal Governor of North
Carolina, seeing that the King’s strength
in that division of the colonies lay with
these people, issued a proclamation con
cerning “a most daring, horrid and un
natural rebellion against the King’s gov
ernment,” and culling for the support of
all loyal men. The Americans were com
manded at the battle of Moore’s Creek by
Gen. James Moore. They numbered
about 1,000; and there were abont 1,6*30
Tories. About fifty of the Tories were
killed or wounded, and many more were
taken prisoners. The colonial troops lost
one man, and two of their men were
wounded. After the battle the High
landers throughout the neighborhood
were speedily disarmed and their leaders
were imprisoned.
A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.—
The Cottage Hearth gives the following
homely but good advice under the head
ing, “ Why some are Poor
Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left
to stand open and lose their strength.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, and the
sprouts .ore not removed until, the ;pota.
toes become worthless.
Brooms aze never hung up and are soon
spoiled.
Nice handled knives are thrown into
hot water.
The flour is sifted in a wasteful mc.nner
and the bread pan is left with the dough
sticking to it.
Clothes are left on the line to whip to
pieces in the wind.
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun to
dry and fall apart.
Dried fruits are not taken care of in
season and become wormy.
Rags, string and paper are thrown into
the fire.
Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef
because the brine wants scalding.
Bits of meat, vegetables, bread and
cold paddings are thrown away, when
they might be warmed, steamed aud
served as good a3 new.
The wife of Landis is suing foi g li-
vorce, on the ground of desertion. The
desertion came in when Landis was m.-
piisoned for shooting Carruth. Woman
it may be remarked, is the dinging :r,<-
supporting the oak when the latter get; i ,0 buy vest.
into trouble.
Small Change.—The beauty of the
resumption act is elegantly illustrated bj
the special report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of
the House, relative to the preparation for
resumption. Bonds of the government
have been sold bearing five per cent, in
terest amounting, with interest included,
to the sum of $15,795,855. The amount
of silver bullion purchased to December,
1875, cost, in gold, $9,390,446, all of
which is to be coined into small change
to redeem oui fractional currency. What
sort of fiinanciering is this that the great
Republican party is doing for us ? They
have added to our bonded debt $15,-
000,000, and they have increased
the interest which we have to pay
annually $750,000 in gold. Is the
silver change worth that much more per
annum to the people of the United States
than the fractional currency ? If it is,
if it is worth any more, it will be hid
a-*- iy ar fi hoarded, and never be used as
•ir -ency. Whenever the government
st ; >9 iL preciating the greenbacks and
maltes t_iem worth more than silver by
making the greenbacks receivable for all
dues, public as well as private, then the
last 1 oiler of silver money in this coun-
wiil be forced into circulation. It
e coma pouring in upon ns from other
- tri^s, where it is being demonetized,
oined here and put in circula-
1 on. l ie treasurer will not then have to
'll five p xornt bonds tor gold in order
Ae ezn get all he wishes at
The Mineral Wealth of Nevada.—
There would appear to be absolutely no
limits to the mineral wealth of Nevada.
Now we hear of deposits of coal in one
section, then cinoibar formations, while
borax is said to be found all over the
State* Copper deposits, according to the
Virginia Enterprise, are found about
some forty miles south and east of Vir
ginia City. The ledge is said to be from
five to twenty-five feet in width, has a
north and south trend, and is well de
fined, being a contact vein with a western
wall of limestone, while the eastern is
quartzite. The ore exists in the form of
carbonates and red oxides, and is found
to be very rich. A few sulphurets have
also been found, but none of these have
been reduced. Says the Enterprise
“Since these present owners have been in
possession of the claim they have taken
out and disposed of $50,000 worth of
ore, and have as yet scarcely commenced
the development of the mine. The co.-t
of extracting and getting the ore to mar
ket is now about one c€-nt per pound.”
Cotton Manufactures in Canada.—
The largest cotton mill in this country is
in course of erection at Valleyfield, near
Montreal. The main building is 200 feet
long by 100 feet wide, and is five stories
in height. Near this structure is another
three-story building, 65 feet by 45. All
the walls are of stone. To drive 37,500
spindles and the 700 looms, there is a
good vi ater power and three turbines of
about 250 horse power each. A bleach-
ery cepable of bleaching every week
10,000 pieces of forty yards each, is also
being constructed, and it is claimed that
the annual capacity of the mill will be
six million yards, or 3,.500 pieces of me
dium white shirtings per week. The
company include in their directorate the
names of Sir Hugh Allen, Alexander
Cross, Wm. Angus, J. K. Ward, A F.
Gault, J. B. Thibaudeau, John Pratt, E.
K. Greene, and J. Hodgson.
A retired sea Captain named John
Quick has turn 3 up suddenly in Marl
borough, Ulster c- »nty, and claims three
thousand acres of land, most of it lying
in the village, which used to belong to
his grandfather. Old citizens say that
the land was bought from the sailor’s
grandfather by Lewis Dubois, who got
the man drunk and then gave him an old
hat anu a hone. Whether he got a deed
Times.
A Terrible Right in the Snow.
[Frou. tlia Lassen ('.’al.) Ailvocat-a, February 12. |
On Saturday of last week Thomas F.
Watson, a young man of twenty-three
years, who had been in tb s volley on a
visit, atte mpted to return to his home in
Round Valley, about six miles north of
this place. A lad named Minor Wallace,
some fourteen years of age, a nephew of
J. P. Wallace, of Round Valley, having
been here seven,, months tit school, and
wish ng to see his uncle anil family, with
whom he had lived for yeai*, concluded to
go with Watson, and the twain started
ou tinow-shoes. They amended the
mountain Dorth of town without especial
difficulty, but after turning the sum
mit oue of Watson’s snow-shoes
got e.way from him, which left him no
other alterrative but to wade in four or
five feet of snow. This he d d a distance
down the bill, until the boy lost one of
his shoes, when Watson took the remain
ing two shoes and attempted to carry the
boy, which he did for a few steps only,
when he found it impossible to proceed
in that manner. Night waii now coming
on, end Watson being considerably ex
hausted, appeared to {.five up, and
although they were but little more than
a miic from Wallace’s place, the boy
coulcl not induce him to make another
effort, to go there. Sinking down in tlie
enow he commenced to beat himself, de
plore his ritual,ion aud implore the boy
to lie down by him that they m ( , ei .
die together. The boy, refusing treet,
down, told him that he would <£oe.
Wallace's and procure assistance.
accordingly started off for that purfank-
but after proceeding a short disint*:
with much difficulty he found a .
where the uplift ing of the roDts of ^
had formed a shed, under whichS-td
was little or no snow. He thep£~]jA'
eluded to try to get Watson in the
fore leaving hi n. He according
turned to bis companion, trampinkm., in
the snow to enable him the better**
through; but he could not induce
move, and after an unsuccessful attempt
to drag him, he watched with him until
he died, and day breaking he started fox
home. About 9 o’clock Sunday morning
be bad succeeded in reaching the fence
near the house, when he hailoed and
Wallace came to his assistance. I:
hands and feet w ere found to be froze!
but l).r. Snow, who was called to attend
him, informs us tha:; he will :aot. lose any
of his limbs.
Look on This Pic.lire aud. oh This.
Mr. Stoirs's picture of tlie stem old
apostle who carries the keys of the gates
of tbs Eternal City asking Mi. McGill,
the mash-tub vritness, to walk in, was
beyewtiful. It reminds us of the choicest
worlis of the :ld masters. “Come in
McG ill, poor as you are, you have a scul,
you have honor, and here is the place for
such os you,” is the language with which,
according to Mr. Storrs’s brilliant and
artist c whitewash brush, St. Peter will
address Mr. Me Grill. Perha ps he will,
and if he does St. Peter has changed
materially from his old style. We £ro
not grandly imaginative aa Mr. Storrs,
but we will part.ally adopt hi* picture,
with till due reverence, of cot rse.
The bell at the gate of Paradise is rung.
The stem old af ostle opens idle gate anil
look*; out.
“What do you want ?”
“To come in, St Peter.”
“What did you say your name was?”
“Jem McGill, your honor.”
St. Peter slams the gate in his face,
looks over his record and returns.
“Don’t find any McGill, except a fel
low that gave evidence in a mash-tub
case.”
“I’m the man, your worship.”
“You’re the huckleberry, eh? Hem!
Who is your adviser?”
“Mr. Storrs. He’s behind that tre
your reverence, waiting to 3ee whether I
get in.”
“Storrs, Storrs; don’t know such a
man. What’s his trade ? where does he
live ?”
“He’s a lawyer from Chicago, your
eminence.'
“Wh-a-a-t? Clear out of this. McGill.
Do you think, you dirty spalpeen, that
Paradise was male for mash-tub witnesses
recommended by lawyers from Chicago?
Clear out, lest I make you think you bad
a second-hand boot store inside of you.’
Exit McGill.
Dos't thou like the picture ?
A timid young man was visiting a beau
tiful young" woman on one of our streets
the other evening, when, after a pause,
she said, looking at him closely: “Now,
I want to propose to you—” “You are
very kind,” said the diffident young man,
between gasps and blushes, “but I am
not worthy of such happiness—and, in
fact, none of our family are marrying
people—beside*, my income is limited—
my ‘differences are on the wrong side—i
have to meet Mr. Smith, and I m afraid
I’ll be lats.” Then, without waiting
to put on his overcoat, he tried to “ake
exit through the doer of a cupbojuxL
“Whv,” said the young woman, ltiting
her eyebrows in surprise, ‘T wanted you
to accompany me to a friend s on Mam
street.” “Ob, in that case, answered
her swain, ‘if your bead a level, cma tho
boot is on the other foot, I.shagonij be
too happy, but I was afraid—that is, al
most dared to hope-in fact
ject to these seizure*; and he eat doiro
J on the coal scuttle, and sa.d it »“»
cold day—hadn't seen such weather ranee
the Fourth ot Btrald.
The Quebec Lumuee TalnE.—Quebec
correspondence states th *‘J’Tmven-
chants of that city, uow in Europe re
fair sales at favorable iates, as tne
home**marhet is oompamtively bare £
both square timber and deals. Quebec
sellers anticipate operatingfavorab y be-
*3, ST-ecently bie’n reported in the
S“erti»rK\t^httr
dard for tee quality, and £20 for second
average fair specification. The contract
price for deals for next year is about £.*
to £ >» for lirsts and two-thirds and one-
Siri for seconds and tbtrds, taking
ordinary specification and “zes. Ifiese
figures are t slight increase on those of
m