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Affairs In Georgia.
BROWN
BLAINE
BUTLER
BULLOCK
BABCOCK
BEECHER
BELKNAP
blodwe t t
The foregoing is an accurate map of a
recently patented B.-hive. This hivo has
been in coarse of construction for several
Tears, consequently some of the timbers are
rutten, others are worm-eaten, and still
others are remarkably fresh and corrupt.
Ilullock writeB a lotter to the Now York
Herald, from which we gather that he is
cue of the best and purest men that ever
bred, and that his honesty is only equalled
b; kis piety.
An Augusta man is the proud possessor
of a twin lemon.
ffe trust none of our contemporaries will
criticise Bullock or say they want the State
capital carried back where it rightfully be
longs. Such remarks will invariably be
construed into abuse of Atlanta.
New Holland Springs, presided over by
Col. W. 31. Nicholls, will be opened on the
10!b. Van Horn’s llacon orchestra has been
engaged for the season, spring chickens
will perish in tho most timely manner, but
termilk and fresh butter will garnish a
tempting bill of fare, and health and pleas
ure will hold high revel. The bathing fa
cilities are perfect, and everything is ar
ranged for the comfort of the gnests.
moreover, the rates of board are remarkably
cheap.
The Ocmnlgee is rising at Macon.
Liberty county has produced a four-legged
chicken.
The oat crop in Liberty county has turned
oat remarkably well.
Mr. John L. Harden, Esq., of Walthour-
ville, has been appointed stenographer of
tkelirunswiek circuit by Judge Harris.
Augusta hucksters gather large quantities
of green plums, bury them until they ripen,
and then Bell them to the innocent inhabi
tants.
it seems to ns that several of our contem
poraries are making too much fuss in regard
to the letter addressed to Judge Herschel V.
Johnson, asking him to become a candidate,
and which has been circulating for signa
tures. Good gracious, citizens ! Can’t one,
or two, or a dozen, or five hundred people
aek a man to be a candidate for Governor ?
And is there any impropriety in that ?
Come, citizens, let’s be reasonable and good-
humored.
Will the Augusta papers take our advice
and stop quarreling ? Join hands, Colonels,
and go up the canal—led by those princes of
good fellows, Jean Maxwells and Ouiiliam
3Ioore.
Grnbb, of the Darien Gazette, is getting
to be quite pastoral in his pursuits. He is
now Secretary of an Agricultural Society*
and autfior of an ode beginning:
We’ll go to the- meadow, dear Grangers,
And mow, aDd mow, and mow,
Till the dande-Iion gets to roaring
And the chick-wee* starts to crow.
Bascom Myrick, Esq., formerly of the
newspaper guild, is cashier of a hank in
Fursj th.
Mr. Daniel Cabaniss, a nephew of the
editor of the Forsyth Advertiser, has won
the speaker’s place in the sophomore class
of Jlercer University. He is one of the
brightest young men in the State.
Judge B. H. Zellner, one of the best citi
zens of Monroe county, says he will not be a
candidate for the Legislature.
Forsyth thinks she would be a success as
a summer resort.
A small cyclone passed through Monroe
county last week, doing considerable dam
age to farms in its track,
Katoiiton was’dull last week. The only
excitemont was the removal of the tele
graph office to a shady place.
Augusta is to have a gigantio guano
manufactory.
Some one has sent us an Atlanta paper
containing a thrilling acconnt of Albert
ifrenn’s interview with the Emperor of Bra
zil. The way it came about was ourions.
“Albert,” says Amos Fox, “yon dasent go in
and clutch the old man by the paw.”
“hom’d if I don’t do it,” said Albert—and
he did.
Albany Xeics : No, Samuel J., although
you have several millions, and your friends
own Wall Btreet, we can’t publish your
stolen notices as “quoted reading matter.”
ton had as well try to usurp the Georgia
Press as to tumble down the rock of Gibral
tar. Didn’t you see what President Estili
said about the papers of Georgia?
Darien Gazette: The Altamaha Telegraph
Company have recently extended their lino
to Jesup, where it will connect with the old
reliable Western Union Telegraph Company,
which will justify great reductions in their
rates to ail points, and the enterprising
managers were not slow to take advantage
j® the reduction, and now, as the rates are
Jew, av Lope tho public generally will pa
tronize them, as it has been both trouble
some and expensive to keep the line up dur-
mg the last five or Bix months. This is quite
a convemeDce for Darien and of which but
ww towns the size of Darien can boast. A
mwn situated as Darien is should have the
zacuities of rapid communication with other
Points, and in the Altamaha Telegraph
yompany the want is supplied, and it be-
”°me, the duty of every liberal minded citi-
powtr ext6ndt0 R All the patronage in his
Forsyth Advertiser: Mr. A. G. Murray,
“ORister in Bankruptcy for this district, has
aot-a decision in the matter of Joseph F.
Kraham, of Monroe county, bankrupt,
nick wo synopsize for the benefit of onr
an„ : ^he assignee in this case set
wt as exempt under the homestead and
»L®Ph°n laws of Georgia, a quantity of
> c °ru and fodder, the product of the
M IS75, and to which action of the
Wif ee ., Mar P he y, Hunt & Co. except, al-
Drr.vi ! ° at they furnished the bankrupt
whiHf 10 ? 8 and plantation supplies with
re«.„„ be , made the crop, for that
0* ™ ‘Ire bankrupt had no right
skJWpwm theiein until their claim
that it, be .Paid. In other words,
‘ ,, lr claim is one that is enforoible
tion a,Vi, Irenneste&d under the constitu-
rav n» , 8 , ‘he State. Register Mur-
Hnnf * n e< ^ ‘he exceptions of Mnrphey,
retai, ik’’, and allowed Mr. Ingraham to
beet, J, wlle at, corn and fodder which had
the a P, art by the assignee. He reviews
to 18fir Bu “ a tantially as follows: Previous
levy fnr & growing crop was not subject to
eouM an y debt or demand whatever, nor
cotiJ7 a ‘j lien be created thereon. It
certain 8 i der J d a thing in embryo, with no
*red ? vaIue - It was only consid
er iSR 5rt F af ter maturity. Bnt in the
10 dernn.t; tbe Legislature of Georgia,
‘kainst "Ju°» of tde common' law, and
ie 6'8litinn 11 former precedent in Georgia
'hints sb u & , cke d that “factors and mer-
*r°pa of (5JI2 11886 a * len upon the growing
ttercisi m,,,? 618 . fo * provisions and com-
18 might hr D ? reB fernished upon such terms
*od again a ^ re6 d upon by the parties,”
187 3, this 24111 da y of February,
*? *® to inclnrii^K r6 -j enac l ed and enlarged
chants, “fand?nrH Bld ^ 8 . factor « and mer-
104 ail other if ’ doaier ? 1? fertilizers
money farm,- P er0OD8 furnishing supplies,
u,eMilB ’ or other articles
knuBbmg to cbth?n C 0 r ° P, U &nd j* 180 ’ persons
$ 68 Promo 8 ns an - me ^ CineB ’ 8Dp :
hUtion* miUei
for the support
Or sewf ® edlC *l *61X1068,
school books, and gay* them
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
the right to secure themselves from the
crops of the year in which such things
were done or furnished.” This was known as
the lien law, and the Supreme Court of Geor
gia decided on various occasions that a debt
contracted for family supplies or commercial
manures stood as to the produce of the crop
in the nature of the purchase money,” or
as material furnished therefor.” But now
that the lien haw has been repealed,
the law as to growing crops is the same as
it stood prior to 1866. No lien can be given
on a growing crop. When the lien law was
repealed, the decision of the Supreme Court
founded on that law ceased to be in force
and effect. The right of homestead in any
property not already set apart may be
waived, bnt as a growing crop is not prop
erty, because it is not mature, is not the
subject matter for a mortgage, and hence a
waiver or renunciation of homestead cannot
be made to apply to it. This decision of
Register Murray was approved by Judge
Erskine.
Florida Affairs.
Let’s have another Radical Convention in
Florida.
The Jacksonville Union heads a dispatch
sent North in regard to the Madison Conven
tion “Conover’s dispatch.” If Conover lives
in Savannah, and is the agent of the Asso
ciated Press, he sent that dispatch. Not
otherwise.
Is it really true that Col. Johnny R. Scott,
colored, said he had too many wives and
children to see the Radical party divided,
or was the report to that effect merely a dia
bolical freak of the lightning ?
And now that Stearns is nominated by his
little gang, what is he going to do about it ?
And what is Conover going to do ? They
are a nice pair—very nice, indeed. We ad
vise them both to sell out and leave an open
field for the Democratic candidate.
The report of the proceedings of tho
Madison Convention in the Morning News,
both by telographiand by mail, is by far the
most graphic that has yet appeared.
The Sentinel doesn’t say a word about the
Conover Convention, and the Union also
pretends ti ignore it. Stearns and his stool-
pigeons will probably hear, before the
season is over, that there was a Conover
Convention. They might as well recognize
that fact first as last, and the sooner they
buy the Conoverites out the better.
And so Colonel David Recorder, of tho
Madison Montgomery, is to be Lieutenant-
Governor. Dave ought to be a happy man.
We received a pleasant call a few days ago
from Mr. 8. D. Lee, formerly city editor of
the Jacksonville Union, who was on his way
northward.
Where is the pool-seller ? Two to one that
Conover will buy ont Steams. Eight to two
that Stearns buys out Conover. Twenty to
one that the Democrats can buy out the en
tire conoern, lock, stock and barrel. The
field is still nnsold. Who bids ? One bun
dred to ten that if the right man iB nomi
nated at Quincy to-day, he sweeps the
State.
The question “And why Walls?” was
finally settled at Madison.
Gentlemen of the Democratic press of
Florida, your opportunity has come. Your
work is cut out for you. Unlimber your
guns, and fire straight at the mark. There
are no side issues. Democracy pure and
simple is reform enough for any honest, sin
cere man.
We regret to learn that the editor of the
Paiatka Herald fell from a scaffold the other
day and dislocated his left shoulder. It is
not stated how many stories high Ihe scaf
fold waa, but if it was based on some of
Pratt’s stories it must have been pretty tall,
There is a rumor to the effect that the
steamer David Clark will ply on the inland
route between Savannah and Paiatka daring
the summer months.
Mr. Fred W. Hoyt has wonderfully im
proved the city department of the Jackson
ville Sun, He is a versatile and vigorous
writer.
Mule-thieves infest Jefferson county.
The Qninoy Journal says that a dog on
Mr. W. H. Scott’s plantation was bitten on
the neck by a rattlesnake. One of the
laborers on the place killed the snake and
took the heart and entrails from it, and put
the heart into the dog’s throat and bound
the entrails on the wound on the neck, and
took the dog into running water, and kept
him there for an hour or more. The dog is
alive with no visible mark of the bite.
Liberty county sharpers palm off cakes of
rosin for beeswax upon unsuspecting
Quincy merchants.
One of the most brilliant writers con
nected with the Florida press is C. E. Dyke,
Jr., of the Tallahassee Floridian. He is
quite a young man.
Mr. E. M. Hampton has taken formal
leave of the Cedar Key Journal. His new
paper at Gainesville will soon make its ap
pearance.
The James Islander is the name of a Flor
ida paper published at Louisville, Ky.
A convention of watermelon growers of
South Georgia and Florida will soon be
oalled by the Arredondo Vegetable and Fruit
Growers’ Association for the purpose of
devising ways and means for shipping this
important crop. The convention will proba
bly meet in Live Oak not later than the 16th.
Delegates, with certificates to the effect that
they have in cultivation five acres of water
melons for shipment, will be passed over
the railroads free both ways.
The Norfolk truck-farmers are now send
ing their products to market in such quan
tities that Florida vegetables are practically
crowded out. It will not pay at present to
ship beans, squashes or cucumbers to either
Northern or Western markets. Tomatoos
and egg-plants properly packed—the first
wrapped in paper and the latter in moss—
find ready and profitable sale.
The Cedar Key Journal says that Mr.
Masters, an old citizen of that place, has
growing in his garden a cotton stalk that
possesses claims to particular notice. This
is the fifth year of its growth. It passes
the stages of budding, blooming and fruit
ing with the regularity of an annual. It was
in bloom in the early part of last March, and
now presents an array of squares, blooms,
and full grown bolls. The plant does not
exceed three feet in height, with lateral
branches covering a space of one yard. The
variety is the long staple.
Orlando is Bhortly to have a bras: band.
A negro in Orange connty accidentally
shot himself the other day.
At a citizens’ meeting in Madison the fol
lowing ticket for city officers was nominated:
For Mayor, Hunter Pope; Aldermen, Alex
ander McDonald, H. M. Fernside, D. Mont
gomery, Anthony Johnson and James Mobo-
ley; Marshal, John Lewis; Clerk and Treas
urer, John Eagan. The election took place
on the 5th inst. Hunter Pope is a graduate
of the University of Georgia.
An orange tree at Fort Harley, on the
Santa Fee river, produced last year eight
thousand oranges. It is over three feet in
diameter, and casts a shadow measuring
thirty-two and a half feet.
A wharf, suitable for the accommodation
of large steamers, is being built at San
Mateo.
Robert Patten, living about six miles from
here, near Lake Jackson, lost four oxen last
Sunday night, and found two of them, it is
reported, in a butcher-pen in this place the
next day.
The name of Yellow Bluff has boon
changed to Berlin, and Goodman to Green
ville.
A field of corn containing twelve acres,
near Clay SpringB, is now in tassel, and will
average over eight feet in height.
The crops in Sumter coonty are looking
finely.
Two Indians were seen near Tampa re
cently.
Pensacola has had a ripe peaob.
The crop of “Cuban" tobacco grown in
GadsdeD connty, says an exchange, contin
ues to increase in quantity and improve in
quality year by year. In 1870 the census
reported 118,7^1 pounds.
Last spring a wri-
of Agriculture re
turned 206,000, and this spring 350,000
pounds for the crop of 1876, grown on 450
acres—an enlargement of 50 per cent, in tho
area planted. The quality is the best of any
crop since 1865, attributed to the fact that
experienced planters have entered upon its
cultivation.
The fire-fiend of Jacksonville, John Dunn,
has been indicted. His father was arrested
Monday for beating his wife.
The amount of coupons stolen from Jack
sonville has been ascertained to be abont
$1,600, of which Messrs. Greeley & Paine had
about $1,500.
The Maiianna Thespians are preparing for
the summer campaign.
Colonel Coker informs the Mariam: a
Courier that at his Dudley place, which, 1 y
the way, has many rare and beautitul
flowers, there is a century plant which will
bloom in a few days. The main stem is
fifteen or twenty feet in height, and at the
top is branching out to present its bloom.
Arrangements have been perfected by the
managers of the Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad
for the transportation of watermelons by the
car-load from all points in Florida by rail to
Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Phila
delphia nnd New York. Bnt one transfer is
necessary on the route, that at Danville,
where they will be transferred to well-venti
lated peach cars on the Philadelphia, Wil
mington and Baltimore Railroad.
The Sanford Journal says that Gen. San
ford proposes to enclose the beautiful warm
sulphur spring at St. Gertrude, one mile
from that place, and erect a suitable num
ber of bath houses around the same for the
accommodation of pleasure-seekers and in
valids who may visit the Sanford House the
coming season. Dr. Connel has made an
analysis of the waters, aud writes the Gen
eral that they contain valuable medicinal
properties, especially for rheumatic,’liver
and throat afflictions. For the use of the
hotel he also proposes to conduct water from
Lake Jennie to it, four miles south, through
pipes laid under ground.
The Key West Dispatch claims that the
entire fishing trade of that port amounts to
$125,000 a year.
Cedar Kev Journal: We are always willing
to accommodate our friends, bnt we assure
those who have been in the habit of bor
rowing the Savannah Mobning News that
we discommode ourselves when we loan it
out. The News is one of the best papers in
the South and the very best to Floridians, as
it contains the Associated Press dispatches
and reaches the subscriber several days
earlier than any other paper with telegraphic
news. These aje centennial timeB and,with
the Presidential election that comes off in
November, makes the present year an im
portant one. Everyone, therefore, should
keep poBted in current topics, and the best
way to do it is to subscribe at once for the
Savannah News.
Tampa Tribune: The effort of the Union
to make the murder of E. G. Johnson ap
pear a politic ll one, instigated by the Demo
cratic press and leaders of the State, is in
keeping with the well known mendacity of
the perpetrator, or instigator of the Yelliw
Bluff frauds, and swindler of the Freed
man’s Bank in Jacksonville. After the ac
quittal of the accused, and while the true
murdeier is still unknown, it does appear
that the Union is assuming great latitude
to still harp on it as a political murder.
According to the prominent Radical lead
ers, there can be no doubt bnt that the ma
jority of the political murders in this State
have been committed through Radical in
stigation, and by Radicals for political
effect. In proof of this, we instauco tho
charges of Stearns against Purman relative
to the murders in Jackson connty.
Pensacola Gazette: The negro Pete John
son alias Pete Morgan, who was under arrest
at Pollard on charge of haviDg murdered
Mr. Zeb. Miles, storekeeper, of Bogee Sta
tion in this couuty, was discharged on the
technicality that there was no jurisdiction
in the case, though little doubt exists as to
his having committed the crime. He had
scarcely escaped the clutches of the Alabama
authorities when a requisition came from
Florida, but the bird had flown. The two
men arrested and sent to Pensacola assorted
an alibi. It will be remembered that Miles
was murdered in a cold-blooded manner,
having been called from his bed in an ad
joining room to the store at night, and was
struck down with a bludgeon while in the
act of drawing a bottle of whisky for tne
customer who had summoned him.
aud
Marriage of Mr. T. J. Arnold
Miss Eugenia Hill.
Few more brilliant marriages take
place than the one witnessed last even
ing, in this city, at the residence of Gen.
D. H. Hill, the bride’s father. The bride,
Miss Eugenia Hill, was one of tbe most
cultivated and accomplished young ladies
in this section of the State. Her cordial
manner, modest demeanor and natural
kindness of heart, bad rendered her uni
versally popular wherever known, and
besides being connected with the largest
and most influential family in the State,
the wedding was attended with more
than the usual interest upon such occa
sions. The groom, Mr. Thos. J. Arnold, a
nephew of the lamented Stonewall Jack-
son, is a young lawyer of talent,from West
Virginia, and we not only congratulate
him upon the prize he has secured, but
the people of his State upon this new and
charming addition to their society. One,
the daughter of the brave and daring
Hill, the other, the nephew of the immor
tal Jackson, conspicuous officers in the
Confederate cause, it is not surprising
that quite a number of admiring relatives
and friends assembled to give tbeir
smiles and encouragement to the happy
conple upon this most important event of
their lives. The attendants were as fol
lows: 8. H. Chester, Miss Sallie Peck; F.
B. McDowell, Miss Mamie Wilson; R. H.
Morrison, Jr., Miss Bettie Parks; T. F.
Drayton, Jr., Miss Isabel Irvin; B. A. Shot-
well, Miss Alice Alexander; Frank Irvin,
Miss Lucy Keid; R. D. Graham, Miss
Nannie Hill; D. H. Hill, Jr., Miss Julia
Jackson, and as the groom led his bride,
arrayed in appropriate and beautiful at
tire, many remarked that she never ap
peared more lovely than on that occasion.
The ceremony was performed by that
venerable divine, R. H. Morrison, D. D.,
with the assistance of the Rev. Dr. Miller,
of this city. The happy couple, after re
ceiving the warm congratulations of many
friends, and partaking of an elegant sup
per, left on the U:30 train for a visit to
friends in Charleston, thence to Philadel
phia and their future home. We merely
echo tbe feelings of the people of Char
lotte when we extend them our sincereat
wishes for a happy and prosperous voy
age through life.—Charlotte Observer.
Here is a pleasing tale which illus
trates the Miss Sweet style of doing
things in Egypt: A woman was mortally
wounded by the falling of a wall. A
neighbor took her in, tended her, and
brought a female doctor to see if any
thing could be done. The patient died
in the neighbor’s house. The doctor in
attendance must sign a certificate that
death is from natural causes before the
body can be buried. She refused to do
so without backsheesh. The man in
whose house the person died would be
held responsible without such certifi
cate. He therefore gave the backsheesh.
The certificate had to be countersigned
by the government doctor. He also re
fused, and the man, again afraid of the
alternative, again paid backsheesh. Fi
nally, the Zabit, or head of the police,
refused his permission, which is also
necessary in such cases. His backsheesh
was the biggest, and the man could stand
the tax no longer. He went to the Zabit
and said, “Now, look here, this body has
been out of the ground four days. You
are bound to bury it in twenty-four hours.
You are the cause of the delay. Unless
you sign at once, I shall go to the Moudir
and report the non-burial of a body for
four days, and you will lose your place.”
The Zabit was defeated, and signed at
onoe. _
Theodore Tilton is “rebuilding shat
tered fortunes” on his lecturing tour.
Seeing a dilapidated gravestone at North
Attleboro bearing the name “Elizabeth
Richards,” he gave five dollars to have it
restored and some flowers put on the
mound, saying that he did not know the
deceased, but it represented a reminis
cence. It will be remembered that his
wife’s maiden name waa Elizabeth Rich
ards. And he doubtles wished Bhe had
always kept it.
BY HI
-TO—
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
THE EPISTLES OF JAMES.
How He Ruled in Favor of Caldwell.
NEW
ENGLAND COTTON
CLOSING.
MILLS
A EUROPEAN WAR IMMINENT.
BLAISE’S LETTEB8.
Washington, June 6.—Extract from a
letter from Blaine to Fisher, dated June
29, 1869:
“Your offer to admit me to a participation
in the new railroad is in every respect as
generous as I could expect or desire. I
thank you very sincerely for it, and in this
connection I wish to make a suggestion of
a somewhat selfish character. It is this :
You spoke of Mr. Caldwell disposing of
a share of his interest to me. If
he really designs to do so I wish he
would make the proposition definite,
so that I could know just what to depend on.
Perhaps if he waits for the full development
of the enterprise he might grow reluctant
to part with the share, and I do not by this
mean any distrust of him. I do not feel
that I shall prove a dead-head on the en
terprise if I once embark in it. I see
various channels in which I know I can be
useful.”
Augusta, Me., October 4, 1869.
My Deab Sib—I spoke to you a short time
ago about a point of interest toyonr r&iiroad
company that occurred at the last session
of Congress. It was on the last night of tbe
session. When the bill renewing the land
grant to the State of Arkansas for the Little
Rock Road was reached, Mr. Julian, of
Indiana, Chairman of the Public Lands
Committee, and by right entitled
to tbe floor, attempted to put on the bill as
au amendment the Fremont El Pasco
scheme—a scheme probably well known to
Mr. Caldwell. The House was in session
then, and the lobby in the Fremont interest
had the thing all set up, aud Julian’s amend
ment was likely to prevail if brought to a
vote. Roots and other members from Ar
kansas, who were doing their best for
their own bill, to which there seemed
to bo no objection, were in despair, for it
was well known that the Senate was hostile
to the Fremont scheme, and if the Arkansas
biil had gone back to the Senate with Ju-
liau’s amendment the whole thing would
have gone on the table and slept the sleep
of death. In this dilemma Roots came to
me to know what on earth he could do un
der the rules, for he said it was vital to his
constituents that the bill should pass. I told
him that Julian’s amendment was entirely
out of order because not germane, bat he
* had not sufficient confidence in his knowl
edge of the rules to make the point, but be
said General Logan was opposed to the Fre
mont scheme, and would probably make the
point. I sent my page to General Logan
with the suggestion, and he at once made
the point. I could not do otherwise than
sustain it, aud so the bill was freed from tbe
mischievous amendment moved by Julian
and at once passed without objection. At
that time I had never seen Mr. Caldwell, but
you can tell him that, without knowing it,
I did him a great favor.
Sincerely yours,
J. G. Blaine.
COTTON MILLS CLOSING.
Boston, June G.—The Atlantic Cotton
Mills at Lawrence will be closed by the 10th
inst., owing to embarrassments. The notes
given in payment for improvement have
become due, aud the treasurer has taken
care of them up to this time. The total in
debtedness i6 $812,500, which may be re
duced to $617,000 by the sale of personal
property. The indebtedness, which
is largely due to savings banks,
with the treasurer and his sons as
sureties, are due this year and the next, aud
the Treasurer thinks he should carry tho
burden no longer. He has directed tbe
agent to close the mill when the stock on
hand is worked up, aud recommends that
additional capital be provided to put the
company in an independent position. The
assets of the company, ab jve the indebted
ness, are estimated at $1,782,500, and with
the return of better times the property will
be as valuable as ever.
THE EASTERN MUDDLE.
Berlin, June 6.—The correspondent of
the limes at Berlin says : “Judging from
the spoken and printed Sentiments of the
adherents of Austria, it might be assumed
that Andrassy contemplates the possibility
of abandoning Russia and adopting tbe
English view of Eastern affairs. The Husks
Wier, organ of the St. Petersburg Sclavonic
party, already regards war as imminent,
aud discusses the points where Austria will
concentrate to resist Russian attacks.”
The Times's leading editorial says: “The
English people have thought abjut Turkish
affairs, and there is a resolve that Russia
shall not with impunity tear up the treaty
of Paris, and renew the aggressive policy
which the Crimean war terminated.’*
The plague still rages at Bagdad.
RECEIVERS.
Richmond, Va., Juno 6.—In the United
States Circuit Court this morning, Judges
Bond and Hughes presiding, the latter an
nounced that the court had decided to
appoint as joint receivers in the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio Railroad case Messrs.
Charles L. Perkins, of New York, and Henry
Fink, the present Superintendent of the
line. These gentlemen were recommended
by both parties to the case—Mr. Perkins on
the part of the bondholders, and Mr. Fink
on the part of the railroad company.
congressional.
Washington, June 6.—In tne full Com
mittee on the Judiciary this morning the
question regarding Blaine was not brought
up. The sub-committee continues its regu
lar investigation. At 2 o’clock a struggle
was progressing in the House to allow the
Banking and Currency Committee to report
g. any time, whereby only an expression of
tbe House ou resumptiou may be taken
without the consent of two-thirds. The
Democrats are supporting the privilege.
THE NEVADA KU-KLUX.
San Francisco, June 6.—A dispatch from
Carson, Nevada, reports that an armed band
stopped a gravel train a mile from town and
ordered the Chinese laborers back. It is
reported that both parties are arming.
Chinatown is in danger of being burned.
BEAUREGARD.
Washington, June 6.—In the Senate,
Whyte, of Maryland, presented the petition
of Gen. G. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, for
the removal of his political disabilities. Re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
calling for reinforcements.
Topeka, June 6.—Companies A and D, on
Salmon river, west of Fort Hayes, call for
reinforcements to fight two hundred In
dians.
Evening; Telegrams.
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE WEST.
Fixing to Ku-Kiux the Heathen Chinee
THE VIRGINIA RAILROAD CASE.
POLITICAL, AND KELT*;IOLX AFFAIRS
IK SPAIN.
Summary of Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON WBATHES PBOFHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Washington, D. C., June 6.—Probabilities’-
In tbe Sooth Atlantic States, Stationary
barometer, warmer, northeast to southeast
winds, and partly cloudy or clear weather
will prevail.
In the Gnlf States, stationary and falling
barometer, increasing southeast winds,
warmer and clear weather.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, falling
barometer, warmer, southerly winds, clondy
and possibly rainy weather.
In the Middle Atlantio States, northwest
backing to southwest winds, warmer, partly
cloudy weather and lower pressure.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, Jane 6. — Ex-Govemor
Newell has called a meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of the Union League of
America to meet at the Grand Central Hotel
in Cincinnati on the evening of the day the
convention closes. Members who cannot
attend are requested to send substitutes.
The snb-Judiciary Committee adjourned
to to-morrow, in consequence ot ocher en
gagements.
Mr. Hunton, ex-Senator Rice, and Mr.
Howe, of Arkansas, will be examined to
morrow.
SENTENCED.
Washington, June 6.—Thomas E. Mil-
stead, late Internal Revenue Collector at
Yorktown, recently convicted oi embezzling
government funds, was to-day sentenced by
Judge Bond to two years’ imprisonment
and 1900 fine.
CAPITAL AND CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Washington, June 6.—Commodore J.
Blakely Creighton is ordered to tbe com
mand of the Norfolk Navy Yard on July 1.
Commodore T. H. Stevens will discharge
the special duties relative to the Norfolk
harbor.
Sam Ward, before the Ways and MeaDS
Committee, knew nothing of $300,000 from
California to pass the Hawaiian treaty.
Ward stated that the investigations had
hampered the bnsiness of lobbying.
In the House, the change of rule was
adopted—yeas, 115; nays, 97—so the Bank
ing and Currency Committee can report the
bill at any time.
The Indian appropriation bill was resum
ed. The chair overruled the point of order
that the section transferring the Indian
Bureau was not germane to the bill. The
committee then rose aod reported the bill
to the House, and it passed.
In the Senate, the citizens of Nevada peti
tion for legislation to prevent the emigra
tion of the Chinese.
Boutwell submitted the following:
Resolved, That the President be request
ed, if in his opinion it is not inconsistent
with the public interests, to furnish the
Senate a jfac-Jimife copy of the original
draft of the letter of the Secretary
of State to the Minister of the United 6tates
at the Court of St. James in May, 1861, in
relation to ihe proclamation of Her Majesty,
the Qneen of Great Britain, recognizing tile
belligerent character of the Confederate
States. Agreed to.
The Committee on Pablic Lands reported
favorably on the House hill giving the con
sent of the United States to the appropria
tion of certain proceeds arising from tho
sale of swamp and overflowed lands in Ala
bama for the purpose of famishing other
aod additional accommodation for insane
and idiotic persons residing in said State.
Placed on the calendar.
Disabilities of Francis T. Nicholls, of
Louisiana, were removed.
The Senate bill removing the disabilities
of Sam Jones, of Virginia, passed, aUo W.
H. Jenifer.
Impeachment was resumed, and the Sen
ate retired. Afterwards the following order
was announced : “Ordered, That on the 6th
of July, 1876, at one o’clock p. m., the Son
ate, sitting as a coart of impeachment, will
proceed to hear the evidence on the merits
of the trial in this case.” The oonrt will
meet to receive Belknap’s answer and then
adjourn to the 6th of July.
THE VIRGINIA RAILROAD CASE.
Richmond, Va., June 6.—Tne decree of
the court appointing the receivers requires
each one to execute a bond for one hundred
thousand dollars for the faithful discharge
of their duties. They are to continue to
ran and operate the road the same as now,
keeping the premises aud property, real and
personal, in good condition and repair, and
transact all other business pertaining to
the proper management of the road. They
are to defend and prosecute all ex
isting actions by or against the comDany,
aud defend all actions that may hereafter
be brought against the company or against
themselves as receivers; to do whatever may
be needful and proper to maintain and pre
serve the corporate organization and fran
chises of the company, and to redeem any
and all securities now employed as security
for loans of money, if there be any, if it
shall be for the interest of the trust reposed
in Baid receivers bo to do, but not otherwise.
It is also ordered that the receivers shall
make as full, true and perfect an inventory
of all real and personal property of every de
scription which may come into their posses
sion, and file the same with the clerk of the
court, and also make full and accurate
mont. ly statements of their acts or
doings, the same also to be filed as above.
Ail moneys coming into the hands of the
receivers are to be deposited in one or more
safe banks within the State to be drawn out
on their joint order or the order of an agent
or attorney agreed upon by them. Neither
receiver is to incur in* any case any
persona] or individual liability in
operating th6 line of the railroad by
reason of any act or thing done
by them, or either of them, as receivers, or
by their agents or attorneys, they acting in
good faith and in the exercise of their best
discretion. Tbe decree also requires the
defendants to deliver up to the receiv
ers the premises whereof they aro
appointed receivers under penalty
attaching by law to disobedience,
and enjoins and restrains the company and
all its offioers from disposing of or parting
with any of the property, except in payment
of the daily expenses of the road, and that
the company forthwith deposit all moneys
and available balances now or which may
from day to day come under its control, in
the Exchange National Bank of Norfolk,
subject to the order of the court in this
canse.
THE WESTERN KU-KLUX.
San Francisco, Jane 6.—At a meeting
last night of the anti-ChiDese Central Union,
composed of delegates from all the cities
and clnbs, the following communication was
read:
California anti-Coolie Secret 1
Organization, June 1,1876. (
Dear Sir—I beg to refer you to one of
onr letters to tbe six companies, published
in the daily papers last week, and as we see
yon are likely to be in correspondence with
every anti-Chinese club, we wish you would
call attention to the same. Since that letter
was written onr great organization has
spread immensely, and is now called as
above. We have received more support
tbau we could have expected. Our supplies
for the oity are nearly ell at hand, and
our oonntry depots are complete
and ready for action. We cannot be too
strong—therefore if there are a few among
the clubs who will support ns, all the better
for the canse. We neither intend to respect
the Chinese nor their employers. As ours
is a secret organization, much work neces
sarily falls on me, the President. We Bha'l,
therefore, deem it a favor if yon will
make this known to every mem
her. We exonerate every anti-Coolie-
clnb from any participation in tho
organization. We are a picked army of
trne Americans, determined to have a Cen
tennial of onrs to celebrate. Signed, sworn
and registered according to the laws of the
above organization.
(Signed) The President.
A resolution was passed deprecating on
the part of tho Union and City Clnbs all
violence towards the Chinese, and calling on
the Chief of Police 1o protect the Chinese,
and pnnish those committing outrages
on them.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Madrid, June 6.—In the Senate yester
day during the debate on the new Constitu
tion Premier Canovas del Castillo said
the situation of political parties in
Spain prevented the government from
surrendering its right to suspend the
constitutional guarantees. In the Con
gress the discussion of the war esti
mates began. Premier Canovas del Castillo,
in making the adoption of the budget a
Cabinet question, stated that the Budget
Committee and the Minister of W rhave
consented to a redaction of 31,000,000 pes-
tas, which was sufficient.
According to the latest intelligence from
Rome the prospect of an understanding be
tween Spain and the Vatican is good.
narrow-gauge.
Buffalo, June 6.—The completion of tbe
third railway narrow-gauge through route
from Buffalo to Philadelphia, via the Erie
and Lehigh Valley roads, was duly inaugu
rated to-day by a complimentary excursion
extended to the representatives of the dif
ferent railroads, and the press of the differ
ent cities, with their ladies. The train con
sisted of five drawing-room cars, one smok
ing car and one commissary car. One of
the Lehigh Valley Company’s cars, which
left here at 7 a. m., will arrive at Philadel
phia at 9 o’clock this evening.
THE GROSVENOK MISSION.
London, Jane 6.—Dispatches from India
state that Grosvenor and Baker expect to
arrive at Rangoon to-day.
THE EABTEBN QUESTION.
St. Petersburg, June 6.—It is believed
an understanding will be reached with the
treaty powers before Russia takes any steps
relative to Turkey.
IN A DIFFICULT!.
Montreal, June 6.—The Metropolitan
Bank of Montreal iB in a difficulty. It is
proposed to reduce tbe stock and amalga
mate the concern with some other bank.
MIDDLE FLORIDA.
I la Soil, Climate and Prodactioaa.
Off Duty.—Bailey, of the Danbury
News, relates this: Colonel B was
standing in the square at Bethel, tbe
other day, when he spied a farmer who
some weeks ago had sold him a load of
very “crooked” hay. The party in ques
tion is an active professor of religion and
a most zealons worker for his own pock
et. The man’s profession and practice
being in such marked contrast, caused
the Colonel to eye him with a dislike.
When he came up the Colonel charged
him with deception in the matter of the
hay. The skinflint stoutly denied the
charge. The Colonel drew himself up to
full height and disdainfully observed:
“I am a soldier, sir—not a liar!”
“So am I a soldier,” whined the pro
moter of “crooked” hay.
“You ?” ejaculated the Colonel, in a
tone of disgust. “What kind of a sol
dier are you ?”
“I’m a soldier of the Cross.” said the
skinflint, with a detestable flourish of
the hand.
“That may be,” said tbe Colonel, dryly,
“but you’ve been on a furlough ever
since I knew yon.”
Editor Morning News :
Much has been said, from time to time,
about Florida, and although thousands of
tourists have visited that State, they
have, with but few exceptions, sought
the St John’s country as the great at
tractive point, giving but little atten
tion to any portion of the interior.
Having resided in Florida from 1829 to
1869, I purpose giving you and the
readers of your valuable paper the benefit
of part of my experience and observation
daring that time.
I had every opportunity of seeing the
territory from the Perdida to the Atlantic,
also the many changes during that period.
When I first emigrated to that territory it
was sparsely populated, and the settle
ments generally small, but a more lovely
country could not be found on the con
unent of North Amerioa. Peace and
good will reigned throughout the land.
Surrounding Tallahassee, the capital of
the then territory, the forests were beau
tifully wooded, but open and free from
under brush, the whole country covered
with indigo and wild oats, and where the
deer might be seen fora half mile bound
ing over the hills in their sportive gambo-
lings, for they were numerous, and
seemed not to fear any danger even from
the red men, who then made their hunt
ing grounds in that locality, and often
bartering the game taken for powder and
lead, receiving ten cents worth of either
for a saddle of venison or the largest
wild turkey. Then, in roaming through
those lovely forests, with the beauti
ful evergreen, the laurel, magnolia
and live oak, with the mild and
genial climate, yon could but feel that it
was perpetual spring. Often, when a
boy, have I roamed through those forests
for weeks at a time, with the noble red
man, the best and truest friends I ever
had, and never felt greater security, even
under my father’s roof. Alas! the poor
Indian. How they have been made to
suffer, aud by those who call themselves
Christians.
Prom my observations in traveling
through the State, I should pronounce
Middle Florida the most desirable, from
the fact that the lands are much more
fertile than any other portion of the
State. There are eight counties in Middle
Florida, which is embraced between the
Apalachicola and Suwannee rivers, and
contain a less per centage of
waste lands than any other counties
in the State. In Gadsden, Leon
Jefferson and Madison tbe lands are
principally oak, hickory and hammock,
with stiff red clay subsoil, and very pro
ductive. The other four counties are
Liberty, Wakulla, Taylor aud Lafayette,
and mostly pine lands, but well timbered,
and the timber of superior quality, ana
the most of the lands fine lor cultiva
tion. There are some oak, hickory, and
hammock lands in Wakulla county, and
in many places large deposits of shell
marl and (I think) quantities of phos
phates along the banks of different
streams leading into the Gulf.
The soil of Wakulla, as a general thing,
is sandy, but very productive. I have
known fifty acres of pine land to yield
in one season fifty bales cotton,
averaging four hundred and fifty
pounds, and that without the aid of
any fertilizer. There are some pine lands
in that county with a good clay founda
tion, and in maDy places a strata of stone
marl. Those lands are more durable
than the oak, hickory, and hammocks.
There are many streams passing through
this county, and emptying into the gulf
with much good land along their banks
of an alluvial deposit, and sufficiently
high and dry for cultivation, and which
will produce anything like corn, cotton,
cane, rice, potatoes and tobacco, equal to
any land in tbe State.
I look upon this county as one of the
very best in the State from the fact there
are but few negroes, and consequently a
man may raise hogs, cattle, sheep and
horses,;without interruption; neither dots
he require locks to his barns
or stables, and when the weather is warm
he may spread wide his doors and win
dows and rest without the least fear of
molestation day or night. Fish are
abundant in all the streams, and but little
trouble in taking them. Deer and other
game in abundance, and no country can
boast of more honey than ib to be found
in that section. This country is bounded
on the south by the bay of Apalachee,
which abounds with fish and oysters.
I must confess that I am at a loss for
words to fully express all the advantages
of this particular section of country.
Besides the usual products of the country
we have the peach, pear, fig, orange,
lemon, lime, pecan, olive aud banana.
have seen peaches grown here
equal to any in New Jersey,
which is noted for its fine fruit. The
culture of all these fruits require proper
attention, the trees shoull be protected
in winter, as they are along the coast of
Louisiana. With a hoe the dirt is drawn
from the lateral roots, leaving them ex
posed during the winter months, which
retards the free circulation of the blood
or sap during the warm days in winter,
and also prevents the premature bloom
ing of fruit trees, insuring always a good
crop of fruit every year. Then, as the
warm weather approaches, a little com
post should be placed around the roots
and the dirt thrown back, which will give
new life and vigor to the tree and always
keep it in a healthy condition.
This method of protecting your fruit
trees prevents the worms or other insects
from depredating or injuring them in
any way, for they generally attack the
tree at its base or root, but when the
base of the tree is left exposed the cold
will destroy the inseot. I have seen trees
thus protected incased in ice for several
days, and yet not seriously affected by
cold, as there was but little sap in the
stem or tree.
There is no country in the world where
the mulberry can be more readily grown
than Florida, and as fine silk can be
raised as in any part of Italy. Some
years since the young worms on my
plantation were fed npon the native
mulberry taken from the forest,
and with but little attention
tenpoundsof silk was manufactured into
sewing silk and by old merchants said to
compare favorably with the best Italian
silk. Some may say that the climate is
too damp, but my experience shows to
the contrary, and, had I the means of
carrying on the business, would do so in
preference to the raising of cotton or any
other crop. By artificial means the eggs
could be hatched and the worms kept at
work until the mulberry should shed their
leaves.
I could say much abont West and East
Florida, bnt fear yon may think my com
munication already too long.
More anon. Essex.
A Game of Fly-Loo.
The game of fly-loo is said to be the
only one in vogue among clergymen's
daughters in England. It is a round
game, and may be played by any number
of persons. The players sit about the
table from which they have feasted, and,
each one selecting a piece of sugar, places
it before his plate. All watch and wait
for victory, which is decided by the
alighting of flies upon the sugar, the
player upon whose sugar the firet fly set
tles being the winner. It is not allow
able for any player to drive a fly away
from a rival's sugar, or to mske threaten
ing motions to frighten a fly when circling
about in close proximity to it; but dis
paraging remarks as to the motives of
such an insect may be indulged in, and
the superiority of your own sugar may
be held out as an inducement to coloni
zation.
The most interesting game at fly-loo
that ever took place is that which has
been in progress between Messrs. Blaine,
Bristow, Conkling and Morton. The
size of the stakes, the number of specta
tors, aud the fact that there is only ot e
fly hovering over the respective pieces of
sugar, make the contest a very peculiar
one. The insect is a large blue-bottle
June-fly, sneh as commonly haunts the
river flats at Cincinnati, and the eccen*
tricities of its conduct make itdiffijnlt
to predict with certainty the final re
salt of the game. Mr. Morton spread
out to attract it some very dark
brown Louisiana sngar, and it showed
a very strong disposition to accept the
lure. Mr. Conkling set before him a very
fine lump of double refined New York
sngar, and the fly no sooner caught sight
of this than it deserted Morton’s bait, and
seemed inclined to choose the daintier
morsel. Next, tbe strong scent of some
corn whisky which the judicious Bristow
had sprinkled over his piece of sugar at
traded the fickle blue bottle, and it buz
zed away towards Kentucky’s favorite
son, when the boisterous conduct of some
of the on-lookers and the overpowering
smell of the liquor drove it off. It theu
sailed cautiously artmnd Mr. Blaine’s
sugar, which, consisting of New England
maple and unrefined Louisiana, was very
artistically arranged to fasten the attention
and incite the greed of the fly. Mori-
than once the other players, in their
anxiety, broke through the rules of the
game. Conkling sneezed and shook his
ambrosial curls; the startled insects rose
in the air but returned in an instaLt;
Morton shifted his crutoh noisily, anu
the blue-botted sailed away from the
table altogether, and there were serious
doubts as to whether it would come back:
but it drew near once more, and it was
thought that it would have alighted had
not Bristow, seized with a sudden spasm,
kicked the whole table violently, where
upon again the fly deserted Blaine’s
sweet mixture, took a circle around the
room, lit on the ceiling, promenaded for
a while with i's head downward,
and seemed to have determined not to
go back to the table or the temptations
of the lamps of sugar at all. The game
sters were in despair, but the fly could
not forget the sweet smell of Blaine’s
bait, and buzzed down once more. For a
moment the Maine man’s victory seemed
assured, but a bystander named Mulligan
pushed suddenly against the table ami
toppled it over. In the general eonfu -
sion it looks as if Mr. Blaine’s sugar hail
fallen into a wet spot on the floor and
been dissolved, and there are rumors that
although every effort is being made to re
arrange the game, the fly was seen escap
ing out of the window, and it will be ut
terly useless to await its return. WV
think it will undoubtedly come back, a
it has already proved itself to be a very-
greedy fly.—N. Y. World.
Two Other Vessels Pass Through the
Jetties.—Port Eads, Mag 31.—The
Morgan steamer Brashear, Capt. Thomas
Forbes, bound for New York, went out
through the jetties this morning at 11:45,
drawing thirteen or fourteen feet. This
is the pioneer of the Morgan lines through
the jetties. We learn that all the steam
ers of Charles Morgan’s lines will hence
forth use the jetties instead of the South
west Pass. The excitement of our little
village had scarcely died away after wel
coming this new patron of the jetties,
when word came that another steamer
was coming down the pass. This proved
to be the Spanish steamer Rita, bound
for Liverpool, drawing sixteen feet two
inches, in charge of Mr. Charles Reed,
river pilot. At Port Eads she stopped a
few moments for the famous jetty pilot,
Captain Franois, who immediately took
charge of the ship, and in abont ten
minutes afterwards she was steering
through the de ;p waters of the Gulf, less
than eight horrs after leaving New Or
leans. Captain Gartiez, her master, was
delighted with this mate, and declares
that he is done with the Southwest Pass.
—New Orleans Bulletin.
Suburban Boston in Early Summer
The bobolinks are in tbe gardens and
meadows. For reasons best known to
themselves they appeared two weeks be
hind time this year, but we dare say it
may have been to pack a few more rat
tliDg tunes in their incessant music boxes
With their song jingling through the
clear air and making the sunshine itsilf
melodious, the grass seems to wear a fresh
lustre in its lovely livery, the apple bios
soms to look more ruddy on the bouquet
holding boughs, the dandelions and but
ter-cups to turn a brighter yellow in
the grass, and all the early surnrmr
sights and sounds to take on a gay
youthfulness that will warm the blood
in the eldest veins. To come right
to it, the suburbs are at this precise time
in the full glory of their charms. Tie-
weather has carefully preserved just da-li
enough of the saltish influence to keep
down impulsive fits of growth in vege
tation, and to whet the desire for summer
until it is now worked up to about the
right pitch for the relish of an exquisite
enjoyment. The sentiment of the pass
ing season cannot be caught in any mesh
of words, however artfully it may be
woven. Whoever drives, walks or saun
ters in the environs of Boston now
i3 sensible of a delight that he is
quite content to leave unhandled in
the Jap of simple consciousness. There
is a time to cease from exclama
tory gabble, and with these fragrant sum
mer airs fanning the brow it is happiness
to be still. Every turn of the eye sets a
fresh picture in a frame. One gets parks
and paradises all mixed np in riding
through the districts of lawns and leaves
that belt Boston as no other city on the
continent is circnm9cribed.
Those who enjoy Nature chiefly through
the auctioneer’s advertisements of coun
try estates have yet to learn what it is to
know personally the birds and the bees,
the hum and ripple, the glory and green
ery of the outside world in days like
these. Simply to live now is happiness.—
Boston Post.
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
A Mu Shoot. Hi. Wife oi
Then Hlonolf.
Child
It’s a Boy.
One evening recently the friends of a
married couple up in Chillicothe deter
mined to give them a surprise party. To
this end, twelve couple of young ladi> s
and gentlemen, with well filled baskets,
made their appearance before tbe house
abont nine o’clock. As they came up to
the door they saw the gentleman stand
ing in the alleyway with his overcoat on,
smoking a cigar, and the parlor was ell
lighted up. This struck them as rather
singular, but the leader grabbed the door
knob, and they rushed hilariously in. The
gas was burning brightly, aud six digni
fied old ladies were sitting aronnd the
stove, looking as solemn as grand inquisi
tors.
“Oh, my! where’s Mattie?” shouted
one exhuberant young lady, setting her
basket on the piano.”
“She's up stairs,” said an old lady,
looking over her spectacles with solemn
acrimony.
“Let’s have her down,” screamed half
a dozen girls in chorus, as they made a
break for the hall.
“Here, girls, girls, don’t go up there!”
and the old ladies made a hasty attempt
to check the proposed raid.
“Why, what on earth’s the matter
here, anyhow ?” inquired the impatient
darlings.
“Well, I believe it’s a boy.”
“Oh, let’s go!”
And that company of nice young men
and women moved away like a soap bab
ble in a hurricane, and the girls never
stopped for beaux or baskets, but staffed
tbeir handkerchiefs in their months to
hold their breath down until they were
safe behind their own doors, and not a
girl in the Fourth Ward knows where
Mattie lives.
Attempted Outbade in Washington.
—A most atrocious attempt at rape was
made on Friday morning at 2:30 by an
ngly negro named Theodore Watkins,
npon a highly respectable white lady
residing on Lafayette square, Washington
city. The brute entered the honse
through the cellar window to the lady’s
room, and attempted his fiendish pur
pose, bnt waa prevented by the timely
wakening of the lady, who handled tbe
negro in such a manner that he was
forced to retire without accomplishing
his intention. Watkins has been arrested
and fully identified.
It is stated that the Prince of Wales
has kept within the sum voted by Parlia
ment for his Indian trip.
The people of Belleville were aroused
to e high degree of excitement yesterday
between the hours of twelve and one
o'clock, by the report that a man, women
end a little girl, about two or three years
old, had been found dead in a secluded
spot on a piece of woodland adjoining
the 8t. Clair county farm, owned by C.
Bertelsmann. The dead bodies were dis
covered by a party of miners employed
in that neishborhood, who took a short
out through the woods to an adjoining
pit, which they discovered at than time to
have been on fire.
The bodies were guarded throughout
the afternoon by three or four men, and
were lying in precisely the same position
as when found—the mother with her heal
to the north, with her dress somewhat
extended on the ground, on which lay
the lifeless body of her little daughter by
her side. The hats worn by the two were
pulled down over the front part of the
face, while over both a black shawl had
been carefully spread by the husband and
father, as is supposed. In each instance
the arms and hands were disposed of as
in cases of ordinary death. The face and
hands of the mother were besmeared with
thick, clotted blood, while the face of the
child did not appear to be disfigured in
the least, but bore a sweet smile, natural
and life-like.
The man, who is supposed to be the
husband and father, was found about 10
or 12 feet distaut from the other two
bodies, at the foot of a small tree, against
which, it is supposed, he braced himself
before firing the fatal shot which ter
minated his own life.
The precise time at which this whole
sale slaughter took place cannot be de
finitely ascertained. The occupants of a
farm living near by heard two distinct
reports from the discharge of firearms in
rapid succession, a little before sundown
on Thursday evening, and a third a few
minutes later, which was probably the
time when tbe sad affair was being en
acted. Who the parties were, or whence
they came, has not been ascertained, but
these facts probably will be developed
when the Coroner of St. Clair county
summons a jury of inquest.
The woman is supposed to be about 28
to 30 years of age, of German birth, wore
a dark colored dress and cloth shoes. The
husband, it is thought, was of French
descent, about 35 to 40 years of age. He
was dressed in dark clothes, black bat
considerably worn, and a dark colored
cheviot shirt. He was shot in the breast,
as was evidenced by the front part of his
shirt having been badly powder burned.
His body was in a reclining position with
a revolver lying close by his side. The
woman was shot in the right temple and
the child in the right side of its bead. In
the absence of any authentic information
upon the subject, the prevailing opinion
appears to be that the man first killed his
wi;e and child and then closed the bloody
trag.-dy by killing himself.—St. Louis Re
publican.
Blaine’s Indebtedness to Jay Cooke.
Tbe Washington correspondent of the
Boston Herald writes that the Aquilla
Adams revelations recall Mr. Blaine’s in
debtedness to Jay Cooke, tbe banker head
of the Northern Pacifio scheme. When the
assets of the bankrupt firm of Jay Cooke
<fc Co. were published there appeared
among them a debt of Mr. Blaine of over
$40,000 secured by mortgage on tbe
house No. 821 Fifteenth street, in which
he then lived, and which he still occu
pies. The face of the mortgage was
$33,333 33, aud to secure this Mr. Blaine
gave three notes of $11,111 11 each, to
run respectively two, four and six years,
at six per cent. At the time of the fail
ure no interest had been paid, and it
had accrued to the amount of over
six thousand dollars. The amount of the
sum seemed to indicate that it was one-
third part of some larger transaction.
When the Cookes lent this money to
Blaine at six per cent., they were paying
five per cent, on deposits on call. The
house itself was not worth more than
$25,000, it being in the centre of a block,
and rather cheaply built. A transaction
so remarkably favorable to Mr. Blaine
naturally attracted some attention ; bnt
there were few who dwelt upon tbe seem
ingly uncharitable inference tbat Mr.
Blaine was receiving money from those
bankers under cover of a mortgage, in
return for his influence on the floor of the
House of Representatives. That is the
interpretation, however, which has been
put upon the matter by many persons, in
view of the Adams revelation.
ilatlroiuls.
Arrive at Albany
Arrive at Live Oak
Arrive at Jacksonville
Arrive at Taliiffiabsee
Leave Tallahassee
Leave Jacksonvillo
Leave Live Oak
Leave Albany
Leave Bainbrid^e
Leave Jesup
Arrive at Savannah
Atlantic ami Gull It. Jt.
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Atuahtio and Gimp Ka ilroad, v
SAVAMNAH, April 22, 1876.)
O N AND APTZK SUNDAY, APKIL 23d,
Passenger Trains on this Kor.d will run as
follows:
NIGHT BXPBBSS.
Leave Savannah daily at 3:40 P. M.
Arrive at Jescp r * 6-SS*.# P. M.
Arrive at Bainuridge “ 7:4ft A. X.
* *’* “ 10:00 A. H.
3:10 A. M,
9 S-iAulL
8:35 A.M.
3:20 P.M.
260P.II,
9: 8 P.M.
3 21P.M.
4:30 P. M.
6:35 A. M.
8:46 A.M.
Pullman Sleeping Cars run through to Jackson
ville.
No change of cars between Savannah and Jack
sonville or Albany.
Passengers for Brunswick take this train, (Sun
days excepted) arriving at Brunswick at 9 40 p. m ;
leave Brunswick at 2:50 a. a ; arrive at Savannah
at 8:45 a. m.
Passengers from Macon by Macon and Bruns
wick 9:15 a. M. triin conna* t at Jesup with
this train for Florida (Sundays excepted).
Passengers from Florida by this train connect
at Jesnp with train arriving in Macon at 2:55 p. v.
Connect at Albany daily with Passenger trains
both ways on Southwestern Kailn ad to and from
Eufaula, Montgomery, New Orleans, etc.
Close connection at Jacksonville with bt. John's
river steamers.
Trains on B. and A. R. R. leave junction, going
west, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:14
A. M.
For Brunswick Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day at 4:26 p. m.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS—EASTERN
DIVI8ION.
Leave Savannah, Sundays excepted.at. 7:25 A. M.
Arrive at McIntosh
Arrive at Jesup
Arrive at Blackshear
Arrive at DuPont
Leave DuPont
Leave Blackshear
Leave Jesup
Leave McIntosh
Arrive at Savannah
10:15 A. M.
12:36 P.M.
* 3:45 P.M.
‘ 7:20 P. M.
‘ 5:20 A.M.
9 2 > A. M.
12:35 P. M.
1 2:65 P.M
‘ 5:35 P.M.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Leave Dupont (Sundays excepted), at 5:30 A. M.
" 7:25 A.M.
9:15 A. if.
11:10 A.M.
1:15 P. M-
3:10 P.M.
4 35 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
Lmpo;
Arrive at Valdosta
Arrive at Quitman “ 1
Arrive at Thomasville 11
Leave Thomasville 11
Leave Quitman u
Leave Valdo6ta **
Arrive at Dupont M
ALBANY DIVISION.
Leave Albany Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, at 7:00 A. M.
Leave Camilla Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, at 9:35 A.M.
Arrive at Thomaaville, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Satu r day, at 12:10 P. M.
Leave Thomasville, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, at 2:30 P. M.
Arrive at Camilla, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, at 5:^6 P. M.
Arrive at Albany, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, at 7:40 P. M.
Jno. Evans, Gen’l Ticket Ag’t.
H. S. HAINES,
je5-tf General Superintendent.
Savannah and Charleston R.R,
Ottici Savannah & Charleston R. K. Co.,1
Savannah, Ga., April 28, 1876. /
O N AND AFTER MONDAY, MAY 1st
inst., the Passenger Trains on this Road
will run follow*. FROM ATLANTIC AND
GULF RAILROAD PASSENGER DEPOT:
DAY TRAINS DAILY,
Leave Savannah at 9:00 A. M.
Leave Charleston at— S:30 A. M.
Leave Augusta at 8:30 A. M.
Leave Port Royal at 10:25 A.M.
Arrive at Savannah at 3:30 P. M.
Arrive at Charleston at 4:90 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta at 5:00 P. M«
Arrive at Port Royal at .2:20 P. M,
Connection made at Charleston with the North
eastern and South Carolina Railroads; at Augusta
with the Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta,
and Georgia Railroads.
Tickets tor sale at R. R. Bren's and L. J. Ga
zan's Special Tickt t Agencies, No. 21 Boll street
and Pulaski Honse, also at Depot Ticket Office.
C. C. OLNBY, Rec. C. 8. GADSDEN,
apr29-tf Engineer and Superintendent.
Central Railroad.
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,)
Savannah, April 16, 1876. /
O N and after SUNDAY, April 16th, Passenger
Trains will depart from and arrive at Sa
vannah twice daily:
Depart 9:15 a. m. I Arrive., 6:26 p. it
Depart 7:30 p. it I Arrive 7:15 a. m.
For Augusta, Macon, Columbus and Ati*nt^ t
making close through connections to all points
North and West.
Travelers can obtain through tickets, time
tables and all desired information, by calling tX
the Company’s Ticket Office, H. L. SCHREINER,
Special Agent, Monument square, comer Con
gress street. wM. ROGERS,
febl9(ap20)-l2m General Superintendent.
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