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Vvada-Jones ice manufac-
Tiio concern closed, and
The ice the machine
***££ two hnDdred dollars per
“*4 , it could not bo sold for more
*!«entr dollar- per ton, it naturally
r J *Jr,h%t a collapse was the conae-
efL n ,*ici J' ornal thinks it would
1* ‘ lJc4 to have the quarantine regu-
* f,8 ° 0 listed and printed in the various
Tonnages for the convenience of
^ - if foreign vessels visiting that port.
* iler '“ of J.'snp, has bought the road
d fnnebise of the Great Southern
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5“*“^’ proposed line runs from Millen
rille, Fla., and if ever completed
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J * H * es TILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1877.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
The Sparta Times and Planter enereeti-
y a r fr“ud k9: At, Th f r ! raoval ofthe calitai
ous 8 place for .^“hVve^
tee^auftal ^n^’l be a , lo8s to the state if
tne^TtVi^‘^X h n% b nr t \ 1 ct? y tb ohi
a& H £^.tee D f,^ Ve “ ^ a
of T S b< Vann ah’? de3erTCa compliment to one
O! o_vannah s rising young lawyers we find
‘the eomme 8yille Gazelte ’^ the account of
I b smm^at°M m f en ? ceremonie8 of Bradwell
Institute at that place: “At five o’clock Mr.
Urge and Savanna b, addressed a
ndnten nf V^, 1 hodience from the east
comfnrtAViip 1 * 10 j na rituto, the crowd being
comfo rtabl j seated in the cool shade on
honr b Mr P M ei ld r ® df0rtheocca8ion - For aQ
whh ', MeIdrlra entertained his auditorv
with an elf qnent speech from the subject,
Tact and Fancy.’ We wish that we could
duction yn °M lS °!. mo8t excellent pro-
thnn^hf's a M ® Idr| m’s well prepared
1 ’ dressed iQ most beautiful
imagery and delivered with all the im-
p signed fervor of true eloquence, Btamp
, ^ as an °ralor of no mean merit. None
but favorable comments were made upon
this splendid effort.” 1
constitutional convention.
HOW CUSTER DIED.
■bed
ffr'a '1 «r» *r, and are now thorougl
Spared for the imminent and deadly bre:
iteoever
i Se*ton oonniy
„. I3 ,. strange case of monomania
!*r ”, laJy in that conuty, who be-
; [he ° a »babr, and who has not spoken
' irdis three years, although she was a
^'conversationalist before she took np
Aflfoollsk idea of beiug.au infant. She
r-aisthe B.hlo and writes letters, yet will
-tetter a word.
I correspondent of tlio Columbus En-
^"tmtlng from Atlanta, says that Gen.
LawtoD, who occasionally relieves
Gov. Jeukiua as presiding officer of the
convention, makes au excellent officer. “He
j*quick, energetic and prompt, and pushes
business right aloDg.
GdL Tikmari II. Malioue, an estimable
citizen of Talbot county, died at his home
in Bellevue, on Wednesday last. He was,
on account of bis many Christian qualities,
be’.oved and honored by all who knew him.
F.ve bead of cattlo on Mrs. Svearengin’s
plantation in Early county were recently
killed by one stroke of lightning.
A Meriwether c mnty negro named Jeff
Barnes angered at his wifo with whom he
tjj working, on the iarm of Henry Harris,
broke her skull with his boo haudle, and
ghe Las ta-ea unconscious since the blow
■is received. The cruel husbmd was
lodged ill jail.
A huge ground spider was caught in the
act of dragging a live young chicken into
his hole on the farm of Mr. Seaborn Thorn
ton, near Brooks’ mills, iu Merriwother
county. The insect in Biz3 and ferocity
hulled the dreaded T«rx is tarantula.
The LaGrange Banking and Trust Com-
panrhave declared iho usual semi-annual
dividend of five per cent. This is one of
the safest and b sfc paving banks iu the
country.
Mr. Thonus A. Brown, aged eighty-two,
and Sarah Carrol, aged seventy-two, mar
ried in Greene county a few days since.
A fcarfai wind storm passed through
Alpharetta, Milton county, last week.
Several houses were uuroofed iu the town
and vicinity, and considerable damage doDe
to crops and other property.
At a meeting of the Jumter Agricultural
Society, at Americus, an apple was exhibited
from the orchard of Mr. Miles Bass, which
weighed one and one-fourth pounds.
InRocklale county, Mr. Elias Woolley
waa excommunicated from the Primitive
Baptist Church last Saturday for pleading
naury. Mr. Alfred Smith was likewise ex-
commnuica'ed for taking tho homestead.
A railroad meeting has been called to
meet at Summerville on the 28 th instant, to
take into consideration the railroad wants of
the counties of Floyd, Chattooga and
Walker.
Taliaferro county ig entirely out of debt.
Her crops aro excellent, her people happy
and contented, and her county affairs well
and judiciously managed.
A statement going the rounds that the
first export of pig iron from this country
was made from Pittsburg is incorrect. The
about three hun
dred tons of pig iron, made at the Round
Mountain Coal and Iron Company’s works,
were shipped from Rome, Ga., to this city,
ud hence to Liverpool.
A very extensive mine of black lead has
Undiscovered iu Floyd county. Specimens
°f the lead can be seen at Mr. Fromm’s, in
home. The mine will soon bo opened. Mr.
Fromm is making arrangements to open
some extensive mica miae3. We hoDe he
successful ia his new enterprises.
Baring the past week the Rome mills
*ve been shipping in the aggregate an
- brag? of about seventy-five thousand
patm-jj of flour per day. Several of the
D | 118 are toning night and day, and they
* together grind nine thousand bushels of
wheat per day.
Hogs are dangerous animals in Forsyth,
p r. e * eara a little boy, the son of Mr.
il.er, aged four years, was attacked and
b M 01i e on Tuesday last. It
. ^ ee em, in a town of ^ho nreten-
^ons of Forsyth, that the authorities would
tha. hogs ehould not run at large in
l he public streets.
ia barria county unusual activity is re
ported among distillers in view of the an-
cipated abundant yield of fruit. A gon-
toan from the Third militia district re-
i r s *hat there are two stills to every
wick, have r<
ired for the
r the tug of war comes.
doctor reports the
branch
Rev.
m the county.
th \v preacher in charge of
* circuit, LaGrange district
6 * ° rlli ^ tor 8* a Conference, has been
pended from ti^ 0 fl| ca of the ministry
ievt - G Cr * me °F a dultery, a committee of
litigation having decided as to his guilt.
con' 0 **” come before the next annual
wiiM^ DC? ’ W ^°* wben guilt is established,
• judge such punishment &s the gravity
of the
crime is thought to demand.
tn e raDb B county jail has been again
Ou . 6 Prisoners, the third time in the
^ble^ 1116 II10ntbg ’ It seems almost impos-
the i o * ~° P pn soDer8 secure in some of
to liu'\ aQ d it would be well
tj Q °* lbo J^Uer responsible for these con-
a ‘ e8ca P es » w hich often occur through
° f due Jili gence on the part of the
! l °" fc ^ nty tt is to see to the se-
ot prisoners.
take o ,( " aWf0r ^ Vi ^ e Deniocrat sal 8 : *‘^ e
te *der ea * Ur ° iD the attention of our
P'onoi t<J e ^ avannab News, which we
“ewS!?? t0 be . one of the best edited and
News E I,erfi10 the South. The Weekly
good famOi 068 tbe eiemeuts to make it a
dent ii... 'ii D c?. f,pa P er > tbc literary depart-
P&p >mfent f b *l e <l> and the agricultural de-
br?i iLj n f s T P arL ‘ ful iy edited by Capt. L. C.
?°toiuna vLii 1 r? 4 , 9 county, who keeps his
in torest nn! bl led with matter that should
P a Per to n, r ? , tor8, 'Those who want a
journal ni(1 ° et the necessities of a home
toe XE We ?, Qot better than subscribe fer
Tfi
wlm w? e8VllIe Gazette says: “A young
who ^• nanl<, we could not ascertain,
(1 rowh t ,i , c , lv , ea . n car Gannonchee, was
8 toin at r hllein bathing on Sunday, the
peraoa 8 ' i, 1 aee “ s that there were several
man whn i balu i Q £i aud the unfortunate
called on t; ° 8t llla bfe begau to sink and
carried companions for help. Ho was
ttppoa e .} iu a few minutes. It is
hat he ruptured a blood vessel.”
Howard’s Vuit to Sitting Bull—Whnt llie
Indians Told Uim-The Desperate Final
Act.
I^ifth Day’s Proceedings—A Rush of New
Ordinances—31 ore Special Committees
Called For—Removal of the Capital—
Speeches of Judge Reese and Col. Tift
on the Twenty-live Thousand Dotlnr
Limit of Expense of the Convention-
Strong Committee of Final Revision.
[Special Correspondence MorniDg News.]
[Corr spondence New York Tribune.]
Howard talked with the camp followers
regarding the Custer massacre, and dis
closed some new facts. This body of
hostiles, or a portion of it, was with Sit-
tm'g Bull in that bloody affair, and thus
the story that Howard relates may be
depended upon—as they, not suspecting
his mission among them, and in consid-
oration of his residence among and rela
tionship with them, talked to him as one
of themselves. They state that many of
Custer’s men were killed by mounted In-
dians, who ran over them and killed them
with their knives. The poor fellows were
huddled together here and there and
fought at great disadvantage; yet they
killed a great many of their assailants,
fighting desperately to the last. Sitting
Hull asserted that the battle lasted but
thirty minutes all told, ending with tho
death of Custer and a few men and officers
who had rallied around him. This for
lorn hope had gotten off some distance,
and could have escaped; but, unfortu
nately, Custer changed his mind, turned,
and ordered a charge, and the devoted
party rushed upon the Indians with re
volvers, shooting down the astonished
savages right and left. Custer killed five
himself, when hrs pistol emptied, and
the foe pressing about him, he closed
with a grappling savage, and beating out
ois brains with the butt, was shot as his
victim fell to the ground. This doubtless
true story suppoits the theory advanced
by military men at the time of the mas-
f acre—the idea of some desperate final
act receiving support from the position
and location of the group of bodies about
Custer, viz : that he, seeing his com
mand annihilated, and fearing to face
the consequences or scorning to live
when his soldiers lay dead about him,
had deliberately rushed to certain death.
His body was not recognized at first,
tho Indians thinking him a scout; but be
ing soon identified, all that remained of
the famous General wa3 propped up
against the corpse of too soldiers, and so
left to receive the advancing but too late
troops. Poor Tom Custer’s heart was not
cut out, as previously reported, but he
was barbarously killed with knives. Lieu
tenant Sturgess was knocked off his
horse, shot and knifed, his body stripped
and thrown into the river. It must be
Sturgess’ death which is thus described,
as the Indians tell of this poor fellow as
a young warrior who rode with a buck
skin coat strapped to bis saddle, and it is
known he was so equipped. They also
relate that two soldiers, who threw down
their guns and surrendered, were set free
and advised “to return to their people
and tell them ail the whites would follow
Custer unless they would let the Sioux
i.lone.” The poor fellows left, but the
next day, probably crazy from fright, at
tempted to return, when they encountered
some Indians who had been engaged
against Iteno, and were killed. Howard
recognized many Custer trophies in the
camp, among them Cooke s saddle and
accoutrements. He thinks this camp of
hostiles must be severely dealt with; that
Sitting Hull must bo secured or killed, or
else the season’s successes and surrenders
will go almost for naught. I am con
vinced that General Miles shares this
opinion, at least partially, and that ho is
right in opposing any cessation of active
and offensive operations until the sugges
ted results be attained. It must not be
imagined that he is bloodthirsty in his
plans or ideas in this business—on the
contrary, he recognizes the fact that the
Sioux even has rights the government
must respect; but at the same time he
feels with all intelligent observers that
its strong arm must cow thoroughly as
sert itself before the field be abandoned.
Anv other course can but result in loss of
all that has been gained, and endless re
petition of campaigns against the Indians
Fighting Among the Clouds.
Iu marching from Alexandropol to the
passes of the Soghauii range, where
Moukhtar Pasha's force was posted, the
main column of the Russian army ad
vanced about 105 miies iu two months.
AlexandrODol lies at an elevation of
5 07!) feet'above the sea, and Kars, It
miles distant, is about 1,000 feet higher.
Erzeroum lies 129 miles southwest of
Kars at an elevation of 6,400 feet above
tbe sea. Halfway between Kars arid
Erzeroum are the crests of the Soghauii,
rising to a height of 9,300 feet The
district between Bardess and ztewin,
where the two armies were encamped, is
between 8,500 and 9,200 feet above the
sea. These mountain defiles defender!
the best road in Armenia; for beyond
Zawin and Khorasan the Russians could
have pressed forward without difiicu.ty.
They could not capture these impregna
ble passes; their hope was that the left
wing, by advancing from Toprak Kalen
toward the Koprikoi, would compt-
Moukbtar Pasha to reliro and leave the
road open for the Russian center.
Toprak-Kaleb, where the Russian left
wing'halted before the recent engage
ments, is 6,500 feet above the sea. Be
tween this point and the river Aras are
the spurs of the Ararat range, over 2,000
feet higher than the Soghauii Moun
tains The mountains near Zeidekan,
where tbe first battle was fought, rise to
a height of 11,276 feet. At Delibabn,
where the Turks achieved their successes,
the mountain passes are 9,400 feet high.
The road on these mountains is impassa
ble for two wheeled carts. From Toprsk-
Ivaleh there is a tolerable road leading
across mountains 8,600 fee ‘ **'| h
Kaehisman and thence to Ardost and
Kars. This was the only road by which
the Russians could send remforcumen s
to the left wing, when it was atijmked by
the Turks in strong force, and it is t
onlv road by which this column can re-
treat if its communications with Ba^az.
“’'ThfRussian right wing which captured
Ardahan and advanced to Olti, did
co-operate effectively with the central
column. The explanation is v c r y«'“P 1 ^
the road is scarcely more than a bridle
path, and not available for military-opera
tions. The same may be said of'the ^ro
Meschinge’rd branch of the road bet jeen
Kars and Khorasan. Mewhmgerd »
<2,560 feet above the sea, and Geshevan is
still higher, 10,310 feet.
A young student in ^natural "history
asks us if it is really a fact that the lion
can be subdued by the force o£ th ® hU ““
eve alone. We do not know from expe
rfence but all the men whom we have
ever seen placed iu a situation to try the
experiment, evinced no desire to annihi
late the beast with their eyes, but appear;
ed to have a most insane longing to shin
up a tree.—Rockland Courier.
the first week in Juiy no less thM j^t>
ssr skuks
w^Vhcmos^popidarffiethod of suicide.
Atlanta, July 16.—The convention
was called to order at 9 o’clock by the
President, and prayer was offered by Rev.
K. J. Goats, of the Twenty-first district.
After the reading of the minutes of
Saturday, in compliance with the resolu
tion of Col. I'urlow, a call of districts
was ordered, and proceeded in due course.
Mr. Guerard, of the First district, wants
a bill of rights to prevent imprisonment
of debtor who has disclosed his property;
also General Assembly to prescribe num
ber and duties of its employes; also no
bill to be passed giving extra pay to any
officer after payment is made or contract
closed.
Mr. Gignilliat, of the Second district,
wants the people to vote on the capital
removal separately from the adoption of
the constitution, and the highest place
voted for to be the future seat of gov
ernment. In case of a tie vote, Atlanta
to keep the capital.
Mr. Grace, of the Third district, wants
homestead matters settled in the same
way—by vote to retain or abolish. If the
people vote to retain, the Legislature to
regulate it. He also wants all persons
convicted of crimes of moral turpitude
to be disfranchised.
Mr. Bachlott, of the Fourth district,
wants jurors to have ODe dollar per day;
also, homestead of $1,000 and $500, spe
cie basis.
Mr. Mershon, of the Fourth district,
wants twenty judicial circuits, Judges
elected by the people for four years, aud
change about continually, with salary of
$2,500, specie basis.
ilr. Donaldson, of the Eighth district,
wants no new counties, but each present
county to have one member of the Leg
islature, with fifty Senatorial districts and
Senators.
Mr. Davis, of the Tenth district, wants
to protect the Legislature from too great
restriction in regard to charters and local
legislation ; also to prevent the increase of
the State debt, or to have pay of officials
increased or diminished during terms of
office,
Mr. Tift, of the Tenth district, don’t
want the State of Georgia ever to be de
pendent upon any of her courts; also
wants to regulate the sale of lands at tax
sale; also have the Secretary of State
to purchase supplies for various insti
tutions and departments.
Mr. Harrell, of the Twelfth district,
offered a resolution, which was adopted,
that the President appoint a committee
of one from each Congressional district
to inquire into the affairs of the jndicial
circuits and see if any reduction can be
made in their number.
Mr. Guerry, of the Twelfth district,
wants an investigation into the condition
of the State war debt.
Mr. McLeod, of the Sixteenth district,
wants Ordinaries to have same powers
as county courts in counties where no
such courts exist.
Mr. Jones, of the Seventeenth district,
wants the State University professorships
placed upon a more permanent basis,
financially and otherwise; lower rates of
tuition and a greater prosperity for this
venerable institution.
Mr. Perry, of the Seventeenth district,
wants a woman to hold her own property
when she marries, and all that she may
get thereafter, as a separate estate, and
free from her husband’s debts.
Mr. Gain, of the Eighteenth district,
introduced a lengthy and able ordinance
in regard to schools. Wants the Commis
sioner of Education appointed by the
Governor, for four years, and confirmed
by the Senate. No mixed schools for
white and colored children.
Mr. Lewis, of the Nineteenth district,
wants the capital removal question kept
out of the convention and settled at the
next general election by the people.
The President referred the resolution
to the Committee on Miscellaneous Pro
visions, but Mr. Lewis desired a special
committee of one from each Congres
sional district.
Judge Matthews opposed a special
committee—he favored Atlanta—but the
capital question is one that we cannot
ignore, as it forms a part of the present
constitution. He was not afraid that
they would not give the people a good
constitution that they would ratify.
Mr. Trammell thought the discussion
out of order, and Mr. Ingram wanted
Macon added; but Mr. Guerry said there
could be no amendment. Finally, the
motion of Mr. Lewis, to refer the matter
to a special committee, was carried.
Several other capital resolutions were
changed to this committee, by request of
members.
Mr. Warthen, of the Twentieth dis
trict, wants taxes collected at a much
lower rate, by contract, by legislative en
actment.
Mr. Hamilton, of the Twenty-first dis
trict, wants the schools to have no money
except from the poll tax.
Mr. Barrett, of the Twenty-second
district, wants the capital question
separate, but voted upon when the con
stitution is ratified by the people.
Longest pole to take the persimmon.
Mr. Fontaine, of the Twenty fourth dis
trict, wants a homestead of two thousand
dollars and one thousand dollars, specie
basis, properly protected; also to pro
hibit railroads or other common carriers
from giving free passes or selling tickets
at reduced rates to members of the Leg
islature or State officials; also to regulate
private ways for public purposes.
Mr. Hod-on, of the Twenty fifth dis
trict,wants tochange the titleof Ordinary 1
to Judge of Probate; also, to have repre
sentation based upon population—forty-
four Senators and one hundred legisla
tors—with an increase according to popu
lation. Pay, $5 per day, but not to ex
ceed $150 per year. . .
Mr. Willis, of the Twenty-fifth district,
wants judgments on articles of value to
be restricted to courts of record; also,
wants inferior courts re-established.
Mr. Gorman, of the Twenty-fifth dis
trict, wants to lessen the taxation of
land owners—objects to (id viilorejn sys-
tem; also, wants a homestead of $1,000
in such proportion as the Legislature shall
fix, and inalienable. , . ,,
Mr Dismuke, of the Twenty-sixth
district, wants the Legislature exempted
from unimportant local affairs of towns
and villages. „
Mr. Rosser, of the Twenty-seventh
district, wants the homestead question to
be given to a separate vote of the people;
also that it shall be $1,000 and $500 spe
cie, well protected.
Mr. Pace, of the Twenty-seventh dis
trict, wants the Governor’s term four
years, without a re election.
Mr Lawson, of the Twenty-eighth dis
trict, wants a State commission to look
after financial affairs of banks, insurance
and other similar corporations, and to re
port quarterly.
Mr. Augustus Reese, of the Twenty-
eighth district, wants no power in Legis
lature to relieve sureties on bonds of re-
cognizance. ^ thg Twenty-eighth dis
trict wants every man to have one
hundred dollars worth of property
exempt from taxation. .....
Mr Casey, of the Twenty-ninth dis
trict,’wants anew Legislature, Novem
ber, 1878. for two years, biennial
sessions and salaries of two hundred
d filers- President of Senate and Speaker
of Housc, three hundred dollars; entire
clerical force of both branches, by bond,
not to exceed five thousand dollars
Mr Matthews, of the Tnirtieth dis
trict, wants no change in the Legislature;
adhere to present organization, and de-
nrive no county of its representation.
P Mr. JohnsoD, of the Thirtieth district,
wants every citizen, married or not, to
have a homestead and exemption, either
in realty or personalty; also juries to de
termine law in criminal as well as civil
cases; also, lawyers to hear cases in Su
perior Courts, when the Judge is disquali
fied, if parties agree in selection, if not,
the clerk shall select; also, to prohibit
State aid or credit; also, Superior Court
Judges to report once a year to Supreme
Court defects in laws, and Supreme
Court to report to Governor, and he to
the Legislature, for remedy.
Mr. Osborne, of the Thirty-first dis
trict, wants changes in the judiciary sys
tem.
Mr. Mosely, of the Thirty-first district,
wants three Judges of Supreme Court,
salaries $2,500, and elected by the Legisla
ture; also, homestead of $1,000, fully
protected.
Mr. Boyd, of the Thirty-second dis
trict, wants more of the land scrip dona
ted by Congress, now controlled by the
State Univerfity, given to the Agricultural
College at Dahlonega.
Mr. Shepherd, of the Thirty-third
district, wants grand juries to recommend
that Judges appoint Notaries Public
ex officio Justices of the Peace.
Mr. L. J. Winn,of the Thirty-fourth dis
trict, wants the Legislature to provide for
Assessors of counties to assex for taxa
tion.
Mr. R. D. Winn, of the Thirty-fourth
district, wants intelligent and upright
jurors, and petit and grand jurors to be
separate and distinct from each other.
Mr. McIntosh, of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict, wants the homestead of 1868 abol
ished and a new one with waiver.
Mr. Crane, of the Thirty-fifth district,
wants a homestead to not exceed one thou
sand dollars, with other exemptions;
also, adequate laws to enforce legal con
tracts, all suits to be tried at first term or
disposed of, and an increased power to
magistrates’ courts in such cases.
Mr. Featherstone, of the Thirty-sixth
district, wants to know the expenses of
the bureaus and other departments of the
State; whether there cannot be a reduc
tion in clerical force and other expenses.
Mr. Render, of the Thirty-sixth dis
trict, wants to regulate the right of appeal
in Superior Courts of the State.
Mr. Swanson, of the Thirty-seventh
district, wants a protected homestead of
eight hundred dollars, and four hundred
dollars specie basis.
Mr. Tuggle, of the Thirty-seventh dis
trict, offered a resolution that the Presi
dent appoint a committee of nine to
prepare an address to the people, to ac
company the new constitution, explain
ing (?) it. Adopted. (This is like the
picture of a horse, uuder which was
written, “This is a Horse.”)
Mr. Clark, of the Thirty-ninth district,
wants the per diem and mileage of the
Legislature four dollars and five, cents re
spectively.
Mr: Fields, of the Thirty-ninth dis
trict, wants to regulate the call of yeas
and nays in the Legislature (a good
move to restrict its abuse); also the pay
of members at three dollars per day and
mileage, Secretary of the Senate and
Clerk of the House each sixty dollars per
day for all clerical expenses, doorkeepers
and others same pay as members.
Mr. Stevens, of the Fortieth district,
wants to abolish Notaries Public and elect
Justices of the Peace by the people.
Mr. Welborn, of the Fortieth district,
wants prisoners, under felony, not to be
put on chain-gang or with penitentiary
convicts.
Mr. Wofford, of the Forty-second dis-
trief, offered a resolution (which wa3 sec
onded by Judge A. II. Wright and adop
ted) calling for a committee of nine to
inquire if the property of tii6 State cannot
be used to pay off a portion of its indebt
edness, and to get a report from the State
Treasurer of all debts and endorsements;
also to prohibit any increase of the same ;
also that no citizen be deprived of suffrage
on account of taxes—only for crime.
Mr. Hamilton, of the Forty-second dis
trict, wants the public affairs of the State
carried on with rigid economy, in view of
a debt of about twelve million dollars.
Mr. Moore, of the Forty-third district,
wants to know if the great seal of the
State could not be better used on paper,
and dispense with the wax now attached.
Mr. Trammell, of the Forty-third dis
trict, casting his eye over the crowd of
Judges on the floor and in the galleries,
evidently looking after their perpetuation
in office, introduced an ordinance that the
Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts be elected by the people.
This closed the call of districts, an.f
General Wofford wanted the convention to
elect a doorkeeper for the galleries at one
dollar per day, but it was voted down as
a useless expense.
Tbe regular order for the day, which
was laid over from Thursday, in regard
to the per diem of members, was now
called up.
Mr. McIntosh had then asked for four
dollars per day and five cents mileage;
Mr. Gigniiliatt had desired a committee
to regulate the matter; Mr. Williams had
fixed the limit at three dollars; aud
Colonel Tift had proposed to pay all other
expenses and then divide the balance of
the twenty-five thousand dollars between
Ibe members, be it one or five dollars per
day.
Mr. Dismuke now offered an amend
ment to Colonel Tift’s proposition, mak
ing per diem five dollars and mileage ten
cents.
General Toombs objected to mixing the
per diem question with that of other ex
penses, and wanted the two voted upon
separately.
Colonel Tift replied that the conven
tion was in good faith bound not to ex
coed twenty- five thousand dollars. We are
not here for mere pay; we have a higher
and nobler purpose. Increase the per
diem cf the Legislature and bad men
will struggle for the office to
make mouey and to steal. The lower
the pay, the better the members gener
ally. He emphatically assured the con
vention that they could keep within the
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Col. Seward (interrupting him) said :
“We can if you stop talking.” This bit
of pleasantry relieved a laborious session
for a moment of its weariness.
Judge Augustus Reese made a noble
speech in behalf of economy of time and
money. He asserted that he (and he
presumed the other members were
elected upon the same platform) had
come here pledged not to exceed the sum
of twenty-five thousand dollars set apart
by the Legislature for the expenses of the
convention. It was an implied contract
with the people on the part of every
man who accepted election as a delegate,
that that sum should pay all expenses.
The S ate Treasurer and the Governor
have power to increase that amount. He
desired to table the whole matter, but on
motion of Hon. T. J. Simmons, it was
referred to the Finance Committee.
Judge Reese and Col. Tift have a solid
basis to stand upon, and it is thought
they will yet be able to secure a con
formation of expenses to the sum appro
priated by the Legislature.
President Jenkins announced the fol
lowing Committee on Education : A. H.
Hansel!, John Screven, Geo. F. Cooper,
W. C. Tuggle, N. J. Hammond, O. S.
Porter, J. H. Titten, J. G. CaiD, C. J.
Wellborn. They are able advocates of
education, and will amply protect the
interests of our public schools.
The Committee of Final Revision is
cemposed of the most distinguished and
experienced members of the convention,
and comprises two from each of tho
minor committees, one being the
chairman. Of this general com
mittee the Hon. Robert Toombs is
chairman, and will do good service:
R. Toombs and L. N. Trammell; J. L.
Seward and J. H. BrowD: L. J. Gartrell
and J. D. Matthews; A. R. Lawton and
W. M. Reese: A. R. Wright and J. R.
Respass; A. H. Hansell and N. J. Ham
mond; S. W. Harris and A. F. Under
wood; T. J. Simmons and J. W. Robert
son; R. B. Nisbet and T. G. McFarland;
J. M. Mobley and W. G. Johnson; P. L.
Mynatt and J. M. Guerard; Abda John
son and T. F. Newell; W. T. Thompson
and J. C. Fain.
Convention adjourned at 12 o’clock,
after a laborious session, to 9 o’clock to
morrow morning. Chatham.
Sitting Bull in Canada wants to know
who is this Lieutenant Bullis in Texas.
FROM FLORIDA.
('rime*, Accident and Death—A Reminfs-
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Manatee, July 9.—Possibly some one
of your numerous correspondents may
have given you information on the fol
lowing chapter of “Murder,” “Assault
with intent to murder,” “Accidental
Deaths,” etc , etc., but as all of them are
quite recent and have a public interest, I
will venture to condense them into a
communication.
SHOCKING HOMICIDE.
A terrible affair of shooting and con
sequent death occurred last week in the
eastern portion cf Manatee county, on
the Charleypopka river, wherein a young
man named Joe Stephens was brutally
killed by Goodman Bond, also a young
man, and of reputable character iu the
community where he lived. The facts as
I learned them from Mr. Haile, a lawyer,
and who witnessed the affair, are in this
wise: A short time before the tragedy
occurred, an out building and kitchen be
longing to Bond had been destroyed by
fi t e, and he made affidavit and
had warrants issued for Steph
ens and a young man named
Dias, whom he accused of having been
tbe incendiaries. They were brought
before Justice Boney, and, after a thor
ough investigation, were discharged,
there not having been a particle of evi
dence pointing to their guilt. Their
weapons had been taken from them at the
time of their arrest, but Bond daring the
whole trial h»d a double-barrel shot gun
anu a large pistol in his belt.
After the trial, as the defendants
were walking off in company with Mr.
Haile, Bond approached in their rear, and
halloed to Haile to get out of the way, he
being at the time about thirty feet from
the party; at tho same moment Bond
cocked his gun and aimed at Stephens,
who, taking in the situation at a glance,
cried out, at the sune time holding up
his ami*, “ Don’t shoot me !” But the
next moment the gun was fired, and
Stephens fell, pierced with fourteen buck
shot in a vital part of his body. Bond,
while Stephens was staggering, tried to
fire the other barrel, but the cap failed to
explode. Young Dias was, during this
time, running to a house some distance
off, where he had his gun. But old man
Dias was pretty close to Bond when
the latter drew his pistol, and,
throwing his arm round the neck
of a friend who was between them,
fired three times at the older Dias,
but fortunately without effect. Before
young Dias returned with his gun, Bond
had taken a trail in the woods and disap
peared. Poor Stephens lingered until
the following morning, and in the
presence of his parents protested his in
nocence of the charge made against him
by Bond, and of which he had been
honorably acquitted. Three parties of
determined men, accompanied by tbe
Sheriff and his deputies, are in pursuit,
and if Bond is found they will take him
dead or alive. All classes express their
indignation at this wanton and cruel
murder, and Bond will have to run a
dangeious gauntlet to save his life.
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MUBDEB,
Only a few days before this tragedy oc
curred, in the adjoining settlement, while
Mr. Owen Blount, one of our most worthy
aud respected citizens, was sitting in his
own house surrounded by the members
of his family and a young man named
Lamp, two guns were fired close by and
several shots struck Mr. Blount in tbe
foot and leg, and two shots struck
within a few inches of an infant lying
in the bed. I do not recollect whether
or not Lamp was struck, but it turns out
that he was the intended victim of the
attempted assassination, but fortunately
escaped. Certain suspicious characters
weie arrested, and after a careful exami
nation, consuming a whole week, they
were bound over to appear at the next
term of the Circuit Court. One of the
attorneys informed me that it was one
of the strongest cases of “ circumstantial
evidence.”
A WOETHY CITIZEN ACCIDENTLY KILLS HIM
SELF.
Mr. Zorey Curry, a prominent citizen
of this county, who had lived near Fort
Ogden, came to a lamentable and sudden
death a few weeks since. He had been
hunting with some friends, who in return
ing, stopped in a field to eat a melon. Cur
ry was sitting on the fence, his gun leaning
on the rails below him. He remarked that
he would remove the gun, and got down
for that purpose, but seems to have
changed his mind, and was in the act of
seating himself again on the fence, when
the gun was jarred in some way and
fired, the whole load going into Curry’s
body, just below the armpit. He was in
stantly killed. He leaves a wife and a
number of children, and was much es-
esteemed by the whole community.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED
PHYSICIAN.
While at Pine Level last Monday I
heard from responsible gentlemen living
at Fort Ogden that Dr. Kellum, who has
resided for several year3 on the Caloosa-
hatchie river, near Fort Myers, fell from
a window in his house, killing himself,
but tbe particulars I could not learn. Dr.
Kellum was a native Virginian, and a
surgeon of distinguished reputation, and
at one time was in rather a con
spicuous position as Chief Surgeon in
the Nicaraguan expedition lead by the fa
mous Wal ker. I had the honor of forming
his acquaintance at Cedar Keys in I860,
at which time he was surgeon on the Uni
ted States Coast Survey 6teamer Robert
Walker, Captain Guthrie commanding.
At the commencement of the war he re
signed and cast his fortunes at the feet
of Virginia. After a lapse of seventeen
years our acquaintance was again renewed
at the county seat of Manatee county,
Pine Level, where hi had come to attend
to some matter connected with the exami
nation of a lunatic. He informed me
that after the war, his health
having been broken, he had
removed to * Florida, and had
settled at the point mentioned. Many
persons have told me that if there is a
place on this earth akin to Paradise of
old it is that of Dr. Kellum, on the
Caloosahatchio river. He had no family,
and, having considerable means, he de
voted his whole time to adorning and
beautifying his lovely home, not dream
ing that he was then rearing flowers and
fruits for the eDj lyment and profit, per
haps, of strangers in after years. His
own sad death reminds me of a painful and
thrilling incident, which I trust will
not be in bad taste in this connection.
The subject of tbe melancholy facts, re
lated by Dr. Kellum, was Capt. William
Sands, who, iu 1860, was second officer on
the steamer Robert Walker,and be was cer
tainly the most splendid type of manhood
I ever saw, and his heart and brain were
as brave and refined as hiS face and per
son were beautiful.
“HE NEVEB SMILED AGAIN.”
When the war came on it found
young Sands a Lieutenant and his father
a Captain in the United States navy.
The latter, like mauy other Southern
officers, remained in the old service, but
the son, with warmer blood and a more
nervous idea of right and wrong, resign -
ed and drew his sword in the Confederate
cause. During the long years of that
sanguinary struggle father and son sur
vived to witness the triumph of might
over principle. Capt. Sands, so soon as
he found out that his son was alive, bade
him hasten to his presence, for they had
not parted in anger, the father having
left his son to a voluntary choice. The
day for the meeting came, and even at
sunrise the father could have been
seen impatiently striding up and down
the deck of his ship, which was moored
out in the stream. An eight oared gig,
shot out from the quay, told to the gaze
of the anxious father that the crowning
hope of years would iu a few minutes
have its fulfillment—that his noble son,
the hope and solace of his declining years,
would soon be in his embrace. The
launch shot towards the vessel like an
arrow, and in a few moments lay along
side, the sailors took in their oars
from the locks, the impatient father,
eager to clasp his son, descends
the ladder at the ship’s side
to grasp the hand withheld so long by
cruel years of separation. The tall and
graceful form of young Sands rose in the
gig and the sailors gave way while he
rapidly passed to the bow, and they
seemed to even feel themselves the thrill
of pleasure which rushed through the
bosoms of father and son. The hands of
both were simultaneously outstretched,
when suddenly the foot of young Sands
slips, and as quick as a flash, he
is precipitated over the bow into the
water, the waves close over him, and the
sailors all lean over to grasp him as he
rises. The epeeohless father rivets his
ey6 on the spot where he sank, expecting
in a moment to see him rise above the
waves, but that beautiful face never again
appeared td the straining gaze of the
father. From some unaccountable cause
young Sands never rose, although he wa3
au expert at swimming. Every means
to recover his body was made, but in
vain. E. M. G.
INTEROCEAN 1C CANAL.
The Projected Connection of (he Atlnn
lie and Pacilic Ocean*.
A NEU SKEEM FOR SPELLING.
Improving Our Orthogrnfy by Fonclic
Skcemz and New Sisteins.
The Spelling Reform Association, a
body composed principally of college
l’residents and Professors, prominent ed
ucators and others who advocate a pho
netic system of orthography, will hold
its annual meeting at the Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, the day follow
ing the adjournment of the American
Philological Association, many of the
members of which are interested in the
subject of spelling reform. Professor S.
S* Haldeman is the President; E. Jones,
Liverpool, England; Hon. W. T. Harris,
St. Louis, Mo.; Prof. W. D. Whitney,
Yale College; Rev. Dr. C. K. Nelson, St.
John’s, Annapolis; Mrs. E. B. Burns,
New York,Vice Presidents; Melvil Dewey,
Boston, Secretary, and D. P. Lindsley,
Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer.
The object of this association is to intro
duce au entirely new system of spelling and
is partly set forth in remarks of Professor
Haldemauat the International convention
for the amendment of the English lan
guage, held at the centennial last year,
of which the followmg is a literal extract:
“The questionz which the convention is
called to discus ar ov great impartans.
They hav exersized strong mindz ov
f fiosoferz and filanthropists for a long
time past. Ther ar meny difficultiz in
the way ov a revizion ov our orthografy—
more than a superficial obzerver wud sup-
poze. Upon what basis shal we bild our
sistem of spelling ? Shall we find out
the original powerz ov the letterz so far
fcz we can, and endeavor to bring the spell
ing intu harmony with thoze powerz ?, as
‘what shal thez combinationz spel?’ Take,
for instance, the sound ov u. What is it
iu uther languajez?”
The system propses to oleave out all
silent letters in the written word; z is
substituted for the soft s; v is used in
stead of where f is sounded like v, and
& is put in the place of c soft, etc. An
alphabet is arranged in which all the let
ters have a settled or fixed sound, and
new or modified vowels are made to
represent sounds not now expressed arbi
trarily by any vowel now in use. Various
“skeemz” have been suggested upon
which to base a uniform system, among
them the following specimen by W.
George Waring, of Tyrone, Pa., is given:
“Bie the fonetic alfabet may be taut the
art ov reeding wel boeth in fonetic and
iu ordinary bwks in three munths, ay,
ofn in twenty ourz ov thoro instrueshun—
a task which iz raerly accomplislit in
three yeers ov toil bie the oeld alfabet.
What fahther or teecher wil not gladly
hael aud ernestly wurk for this great
boon to eduekashun—this powerful ma-
sheen for the difueghuu of nolej.”
It is claimed that an improvement of
our orthography will enable vast hosts of
the ignorant to read our books and peri
odicals and immensely facilitate the ac
quisition of our language by foreigners,
and, without an item of injury to our
literature, will also contribute to the in
tellectual advantage of our people. It is
also believed that much time will be
gained in teaching elementary English in
our schools, aud thus giving more oppor
tunity for the study of higher branches.
The Newspaper.
IErastus Brooks in the N. Y. Express.]
Look beneath the streets and buildings
cf the newspapers, and in each of them
you may hear and take in something like
the living picture of the Prophet Ezekiel,
“the hand of a living man and the sound
of many waters, and the living eye in the
wheel,” where rapid motions draw in the
clean white paper and roll out the history
of all the world for the day, week or
month, when it is printed. Out of the
dark or artificially lighted vaults, two or
three stories under ground, comes the
illumination of letters, the facts, the
history, the inventions, the creations of
fancy, all that is interesting in life or
death, m man or woman, for the time
being, tbe time past, and probable or
possible future. Open your newspapers,
folio or quarto, and see, eye to eye,
“What a map of busy life,
Its fluctuations and vast concerns,”
it is. It is the focus of all that transpires
all over the world brought to your own
door once or twice a day. Turkey, Rus
sia, Greece, Germany, France, England,
Italy and Spain, the great and little of the
earth, are paj’ing you a morning or an
evening visit. Who are born, who are
married, who are dead, what is the fash
ion abroad, the fashion at home, where
is the church and where is the theatre,
who are the preachers and who are the
actors, are all here, and with them the
newest discovery, the newest invention,
the newest application of the one to the
other. Charity, the hospital, the asylum,
the prison, the poor house, with all their
inner revelations of sad life, are seen just
as you behold yourself in a mirror.
The solid realities of life, with
the gauze and tinsel, are all here,
with the new goods and the new styles,
the freshest receipts and oldest remedies
for curing all kinds of diseases, or, at
least, for correcting all maladies. “How
to get rich,” by some royal road to wealth
or a short cut to everything that fancy
desires; how to build up and how to pull
down is made just as easy in some of our
newspapers as it is to touch an electric
wire and communicate with a neighbor
ing town or country. The microscope
will not reveal more of animal life in air
or water than the naked eye will bring
to light of facts, fancies, and ideas and
sensations in the columns of a newspaper.
Tbe editors and reporters behind the
scenes are not unlike the readers in front
of the stage, and the taste of the audience
is very apt to be reflected in the stage
performances.
The Champion ChableyRoss Stoey.—
Tbe Chicago Saturday evening Herald
has the champion Charley Ross story. It
relates in detail several sad cases of sup
posed abduction at Lakeville, Illinois,
and the discovery, near a thick swamp,
of a lank and weird old man in the act
of seizing a' smali colored boy, whose
grandfather was cutting poles near by.
This led to a vigorous search by the pop
ulace for the hoary and hairy, but scant
ily clad abductor. At last his cave was
found, fairly paved with infant bones,
and the old wretch was roused from his
lair. Being closely pursued, he sprang
to the lower branch of an oak tree, hast -
ily clambered through the thick foliage
to the top, then stooping down and seiz
ing the bough on which he stood, “with
out any perceptible violent effort, pulled
tbe tree up after him and disappeared.”
Now, that, as a story, is satisfying, and
leaves no racking doubts as to the fate of
the unfortunate children or of their ab
ductor.—Boston Globe.
The Columbia Register does not place
any confidence in the story that ex-Treas-
urer Parker, of South Carolina, is going
to expose anybody who belonged to the
rings in the days of Scott and Chamber
lain. Whatever proofs of stealing
Parker may have once had have been se
cured and destroyed by Chamberlain.
[Translated for St. Louis Glc be-Democrat from
Cologne Gazette.]
The following is a part of a report sub
mitted by the Secretary of the Geo
graphic Society at Cairo:
A plan occupying the mind of M. de
Lesseps has regard to the opening of a
direct route by sea between the Atlantic
and the Pacific oceans. A railroad may
perform that service, but it is not suffi
cient. A canal must be built to com
plete the work of the Suez canal by per
mitting ships to travel round the world
in a straight line and everywhere receive
and discharge merchandise. A geo
graphic commission has been appointed
in France to examine all plans submitted.
The great significance of this undertak
ing has been fully comprehended in the
United States, and the government has
appropriated 40,000,000 francs for pre
liminary studies and grading. Au Eng
lish-French society, in possession of a
concession for the construction of the
canal of Darien, have instituted an ex
ploring expedition, to begin preliminary
studies in those parts. To infer from the
labors thu3 far effected, that out of srr
or eight routes, from that of the isthmus
of Tehuantepec to that of Darien, the
latter, or that of Nicaragua, has been
selected. The plan of Darien would have
had precedence, as a canal could be con
structed there without locks, as has been
stated. A large number of locks retard
the passage very materially. At each
lock a vessel is detained half an hour at
least. What would be the result if
thirty-seven vessels are to pass through
on the same day, as was the case lately
in the Suez canal ? Let it be as it may,
thi3 much is certain, that in case the
plan of the canal of Darien, which
according to M. de Lesseps, is to be pre
ferred, is not accepted, none but the
canal of Nicaragua can be mentioned. A
small space separates the broad surface
of the Lake of Nicaragua from the Pacific
Ocean, while at the entrance, as well as
at the outlet of the canal, there would be
two harbors—San Juan del Norte (Grey-
town) and San Juan del Sur (Rivas).
As regards the canal through the
Isthmus of Darien, the question, accord
ing to the plan before us, would be the
digging of a canal which, fed by the
river Atrato, w r ould see its natural route
marked out bet ween the cordilleras of the
Northern and Southern continent of
America. It would run out in the marshes
of Cacarica and flaw into the Tuira creek
on the Yon declivity. However, it is the
same road proposed by A. Von Hum
boldt. The main question touching the
prospective Nicaragua canal is that of the
construction of the iocks there to bo re
quired. To day locks for navigable
canals are calculated to be from ten to
eleven metres. The point then is to
construct leeks, which will raise and
lower the ehips at once from twenty-four
to twenty-five metres. If that result is
effected, the whole vailey of the San Juan
del Norte river will bo put under water
by lengthening out tho Lake of Nicara
gua. The further execution of the
enterprise would not meet with
any difficulty worthy of mention. The
society of the projected inter-oceanic canal
entertained the wish that M. de Lssseps
would put himself at the head. However,
he believes himself entitled to leisure and
lecreation after a work like that of the
Suez canal, iu order to afford further
moral aid to that class of enterprises.
A SIGHT OP HORROB.
Safety Switches.
Some of the English railway authorities
give the preference, above all other me
chanisms of the kind, to Saxby and Far
mers’ system of railway switches and sig
nals. The principle involved in this ar
rangement or system is less complicated
than some methods and more so than
others, aDd is certainly very ingenious.
An operator is located in the upper
story of a building, which is usually
about eight feet wide and as long as re
quired for the numbe%of switches to be
controlled, the builcing having windows
oq all sides. Upright levers, resembling
locomotive reversing levers, are placed
along the centre line of the room. Be
neath the floor are weights and counter
weights, and the heavy rods and wire
cords that connect with the various sig
nals and switches which are operated from
this point, and which extend frequently
a half mile on either side of the signal
station. The levers are all numbered,
and each one bears the numbers of ali
the rest which must be moved before it
can be itself moved. The lever moves
the signal for the switch before the switch
is changed.
The operator has a chart of all the
switches, signals and tracks on the wall
before him, and in addition I e has a tele
graphic chart immediately before him,
which shows the precise location of all
approaching trains. A black lever moves
the switch-points by a line cf positive
connection of bell cranks and rods con
necting with a bar between the two
points ; a blue lever governs the locking
mechanism which holds tbe latter in
place.
A similar line of connections leads to a
long pivoted plate, lying beside one rail
which, when the lever is changed, rises
up like one side of a parallel ruler, above
and to one side of the rail, and then
swings over to its new position. The
plate connects with a three-way crank,
and the latter with bolts which shoot
into the cross-piece between the points.
The car wheels prevent the possibility of
the plate swinging over during the pass
age of a train. Red and green levers
manage the home and green signals, and,
by suitable wire cords either turn tho
lights by night or lower the semaphore
arms by day.
An Ecclesiastical Difficulty.—A
colored Baptist congregation in Wash
ington city have a bone of contention,
which has divided the flock and set them
by the ears. It is the control of the
church edifice itself. Two sets of trus
tees—one headed by the preacher, Rev.
Madison L. Gaskins, and the other by
George Fitzhugb, a big brother of the
church—submitted the matter to a court.
The court made a conditional temporary
order, and gave the keys to the Fitzhugb
party. But the Gaskins intere.-t claimed
that tbe order was in their favor never
theless, and insisted upon Gaskins con
tinuing to preach while the final decision
was in abeyance, on the ground that the
court had to do with temporal matters
only, while the preacher had jurisdiction
over spiritual affairs. The other night
one of the parties set fire to the church
building and burned it down, destroying
everything except the benches. But the
Rev. Gaskins continues to preach among
the ruins, and the congregation worship
in sackcloth and ashes. No keys are
required now.
As judged by the proceedings of their
German and Swiss Synods, the progress
of the Old Catholics in the adoption of
reforms is slow and yet there is progress.
The freeing of the clergy from the obli
gation of celibacy still waits for a formal
decision. At the Swiss Synod the Missal,
Ritual, and Catechism in the language of
the people were provisionally adopted for
a year. The question of communion in
both kinds was referred to a committee
for consideration. The French are re
presented as being desirous of this re
form, but the German-Swiss are more
conservatively inclined.
The Radish in Japan.—The one vege
table which serves all purposes, and
seems to be absolutely indispensable to
every Japanese, whether high or low, is
the radish. They have developed it to
gigantic proportions, the roots being
often three feet long and three inches in
diameter. The color is always white.
They eat it raw with salt; they boil and
service it as we do turnips; they pickle it
in brine, tops and roots, and consume the
result in vast quantities; they dry the tops
and roots and feed upon them, and,
worst of all, they hang them on poles in
the fields to freeze and thaw all winter,
and then consider the shrivelled remains
worth eating.
The Earthiankx and Tldnl Wave at An-
tofniuNtn, Bolivia, sin Reported by an
Eye Wil new* of the Brene.
[CorresirtmdeDce ?an Francisco Morning CalL
Valpabaiso. May 20.—It was Wednes
day evening, May 9, 1877. The day had
been excessively close and foggy. The
night was dark; lights were lit in the
public and private places, and the streets
were remarkably quiet. At 9:30, without
noise or warning, the fir3t perceptible
shock of an earthquake was noticed,
coming from the north and traveling
southward. Gradually the force increased,
with an oscillating movement of the
earth, and during the three minutes the
first shock lasted the scene was appalling.
The bells rang out mournful notes of
themselves; the timbers of tbe buildings
crushed against each other with a hor
rible grinding sound; walls tumbled
down, and with tbe horrible din men and
women rushed forth from their habi
tations screaming with terror, and oc
casionally a loud prayer for mercy would
he heard. It was scarcely possible to
keep one’s feet. The mind was bewil
dered, and the darkness added to the
awful effects of the surrounding!. Other
small shocks followed, but gradually the
people began to recover their senses, and
with pallid, ghastly countenances, began
to busy themselves in discovering their
osses and the whereabouts of their
friends, when suddenly flames broke
forth from the ruins and shot high in the
sky. The alarm of fire was given, and
men hurried to the spot to prevent a
spread of the conflagration. While thus
engaged, the sea, which had been turbu
lent, was noticed to recede from the
shore and the cries of “tidal wave 1” re
sounded from all quarters. Then a per
fect panic took place. Over six thou
sand men, women and children rushed
screaming up the hillsides; mothers be
came separated from their children;
husbands from wives, and even the
lover forgot- Lie betrothed in
thoughts of self-preservation. Soon
were heard in the distance mutterings on
the mighty deep, which swelled into ter
rific thundering, rolling sounds, and as
the wave rushed on it gathered force with
resistance, until it reached forty feet
high. Dashing headlong upon the beach
it rose and swept the city, tearing all be
fore it. In retracing its path it carried
with it dwellings, merchandise, and all
obstructions in its course. Twice was
this repeated—the last time with lesser
force; and for many days after the sea
rose and fell in less proportions. When
morning broke what a scene presented
itself of devastation. That which the
earthquake and fire had not destroyed,
had succumbed to the tidal wave. The
beach was strewn with broken timbers
of buildings; launches and boats had dis
appeared, goods were floating about, pro
visions had been carried away, and the
wa’er distilleries were useless.
Famine and thirst stared the people in
face, aud what had been a happy popula
tion twelve hours since were reduced to
misery, want and suffering. Fortunately
the Chili man-of-war hastened to the
scene and supplied the place with water
and provisions; and other steamers,
thanks to the prompt action of the gov
ernment of Chili, came in time to prevent
further disasters.
This was but oue of the many heart
rending scenes which occurred on the
coast from the effect of the eruption of
the volcano San Pedro.
Sequel to a Divorce.
Mrs. Martha A. Berge, of St. Louis,
recently obtained a divorce from her hus
band, Louis Berge, for inhuman treat
ment and on other grounds. The lady
had a little property of her own which,
when the divorce was granted, was de
creed by the court as entirely hers, her
former husband having no ciaim thereto.
Notwithstanding this, he seemed to think
her possessions were still his whenever
he could lay his hands on them, and a
few day3 ago he entered her room and
helped himself to $1,400 worth of jew
elry. She promptly nad him arrested
and has indisputable proof of his crime.
On his preliminary examination she gave
in her testimony against him, and when
she retired from the witness stand the
following conversation ensued between
the two:
“Have you no pity for me ?” said ho.
“Had you any pity for me when you
mp.de my life miserable for eighteen
years ?” replied bis wife.
“Have you no love ?”
“Love !” with a sarcastic laugh, “love.
Oh, no, that’s dead long ago—you killed
it.”
“Would you send me down to a prison
cell ?”
“What is a prison cell compared to the
hell you have kept me in all these years,
you, who killed my father and our
child. Yes, I would send you to a prison
cell.”
“But my misery, my misfortune—will
nothing move you ?”
“Nothing. You have brought this up
on yourself; you can take the conse
quences.”
1 he Cabinet on the North Pole.
The Cabinet have met and discussed
the North Pole question scientifically.
The Graphic gives this account of it:
Said Mr. Schurz: “I tinks it pretty cool
up dere when you get dere.”
Said Mr. Devens: “That is probably
caused by the absence of caloric.”
Said Mr. Thompson: “No, the caloric
is at the Pole in as great quantities as at
the Equator, only it is latent through
magnetic influence.”
Mr. Key inquired of Captain Howgate
if he thought the existence of the North
Tolar bear suggested the possibility of a
bare North Pole. Captain Howgate re
plied that the same idea had struck him
before from behind.
Mr. Evarts, who sat silent daring most
of the discussion, gave it as his opinion
that “the fact of the north poles lying so
far north, was, to his mind, at the pre
sent juncture, the most conclusive evi
dence which could be brought to bear
upon the subject that the two anti-podal
extremities of this globular terrestrial ball
(the north and south poles) could not by
any natural or other causes, be located in
the same latitude.”
The President has taken Mr. Evarts’
opinion under advisement, and Webb
Hayes has invented a temperance goblet
which will turn wine into pure ice water
the moment it touches the glass’s bottom.
Not long since a preacher of our ac
quaintance described a pond in which he
had seen many fine fish, and brought it
into an illustration in one of his dis
courses. On the following Snnday morn
ing six deacons were missing from their
pews, but when the pastor took a stroll
after service he saw the absent six sitting
on the verdant bank of that identical
pond, and half a dozen corks were bob
bing on the sur.ace of that stream.—New
Y<rrk Dispaich.
The population of Great Britain has
since 1801 increased from 10,000,000 to
28,000,000, and the London Times esti
mates that it will be doubled in fifty-four
years. How to feed it will be the great
difficulty, for a leading British agricul
turist said in a recent speech: “It ap
pears to me, and it has been observed by
•uany of our leading men, that a steady
deterioration is going on in the produc
ing powers of this island.”
About this time telegraph operators on
the Danube are doing some cf the tallest
lying ever recorded in modern Enropean
warfare. At tbe rate at which, according
to them, troops have been crossing th©
river all this week there must be at th©
very lowest calculation not less than fif
teen millions Russian soldiers on the
Bulgarian shore.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Stockdale,
aged fifty-seven, and Mis3 Elizabeth
Schleicher, daughter of Congressman
Schleicher, aged sixteen, both of Texas,
were married in Washington Tuesday
evening.
Hardly satisfactory.—Red-nosed part
“It’s one of the effects of hindigestio
sir, to make the nose red—and I suff
from it, hawful! (Pause). Will y<
have anything to drink before yon go
—Judy.
The authorities of Hamburg think cast-
iron makes the best and most durable
pavement. In some laid in 1874 no wear
ing of the tiles is peroeptible, and it
gives rise to little dust or noise.
General Howard says he will take no
prisoners. The Josephites may not be
so considerate. They may capture him.—
N. O. Picayune*