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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah, Ga.
Affairs in Georgia.
. yringer was fonDd lying dead
pi, and express office, at Flem-
[ho Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad,
"... A Coroner’s inquest sura-
. . wt f the body found a verdict
, ' fl4CC a?ed bad died from the effects
: . of laudanum administered
13 . J 'o« bands. He was ou his way to
^'.■son-in-law, Jlr. Satvis, at Jesup,
’■ V i > f .,i C o elicited at the inquest
1 ' that ho bad taken the fatal
f*.,, sn ffering from temporary ab-
“’’ induced by the use Of chloral, to
r j j.’lud been addicted. Ho was seven-
vears old.
1 . ...... 0 { Barnesviiie is tempered
. There were seventeen police
u j jvo arrests for the quarter end-
i -|, which paid into tho city
-r T tttcive dollars, or about fifty-five
I h, Tia- city treasury lias a cash
Lepton 87.
r p fier? who has a farm near Augna-
‘ n . t0 tie Exchange Saturday a plant
’ ’, Tai evidently a cross between corn
l tg bore a resemblance to each.
■•lericDce of the past shows that
; a >j | H . taken to prevent tho causes
j I uisea^c In Savannah the diligent
’-ea taken to avoid all causes of sick-
.. ha , .jj ns far been productive of the
suits, and if the State
1 anf Health had done nothing more it
" , entitled to great praise. In Au-
I..." complaint is made that tho water
!"... fS a portion of the city known as
i:i and when the factories are not in
i id stench arises, which,
• the sickly months of August and
y,i r, is • kely to produce disease. A
L-j writes to the Chronicle and Consti-
L ,,-Hs! ou the subject and says : “I
- -b; n .t the pi. "pie living iu this part of
• 5 city are law-abiding citizens and tax-
Land ought to be entitled to the same
•nAta as people living ia other parts of the
. It something is not dijno to stop this
•Tiltlie r-joplo living in this neighborhood
iri bound to guff--r from fevers.”
fliacoaundnun is agitating tho farmers
o: Georgia: ‘‘What did the National and In-
IferiJuL-nal Cot‘ :i Exchange mean when
l&eosBiag ami advocating the sale of cotton
m’fc some of our cotton
i E3C)M y [he delegates of the Savannah
C.iton Exchange to tho National Conven-
inou, enlighten farmers on the subject ?
gxinterments constituted the mortuary
of Macon last week, two whites and
|: . r .... reports from all parts of
(Georgia show an exceptional degree of
M*c:n is being excited ov£r the subject
| Iranghtr.” which are being played with
regardless of the thermometer. Our
lace is that where this game is popu-
saess mast be dull.
HiUi&id didn’t want the Brazil mis-
Lat struck for a higher key note. He
d himself for tho Belgian plenipoton-
but yielded his claims for tho lesser
ian mission. The Fourth Congres-
distric; doubtless feels proud that the
|Li :;:ive has honored the reverend gentle-
•bom they failed to send to Congress
|fcy eight thousand and one votes.
laccn i • '■ ;raph announces the death
Cloud, of Crawford county. Mr.
:>in-law of Hon. J. W.
ty, and has numer-
Macon. He was a member
f the Forty-fifth Georgia
ved with gallantry from
ire bee;r.nicy to the close of the war. He
Ha about thirty-five years of age at the
itthehorticultural exhibition at Macon
1; - '*’*» Chatham county came to the
: L 1 • - k-gant pears of several va-
" l d up by Mr. T. L. Kinsey,
h. Hayes, the popular song writer
a:y.or of “Mollio Darling,” i6
•ip- ■, j '.uruiugm Augusta, Ga. Come
c William, where all the girls
• ' -’iuy • killdlic Darling,” and where all
L : ss bands are serenading nightly with
u ’ ; IJC ‘‘ cfftcti?e song and music of the
G * :k dnest displays of Georgia pears
L the recent Horticultural Con-
tetiju by Dr. J. L. Harris, of Ililledgevillo.
,under the halls of cur fathers,the leg-
4 c will find a pear. Another argument
'•Jke removal of the capital.
A be Atlanta Constitution with grace, and
-,V;t h dignity, apologizes for its
a the Air-Line Railroad, and admits
“ 4 scathing denunciation of that rail-
-• v ' ‘-5 unwarranted by the facts in the
it is a good sign when newspapers
:U£t0 correct ha3ty editorials.
'“i uiasiouer Jane3 gives an alarming
^ ai8Dt ho says that the peannt
0W3 a decrease of twenty-two per
• • '»hat will the average legislator do ?
bow far it will affect the sales of the
ytu vendors it is unnecessary to calculate.
^ Thursday of last week there were one
•’d chickens for sale at Cedartown,
! * *’e was no camp meeting going on
cf Crawford
•ompany
celling at Eiberton at $1 25 per
J- ; 'nghtful remarks in tho country
••'-cas:aaliy do harm. The Barnes-
' published this item in refer-
k ‘ '-’y-urr: “Deaths have been of more
r k • ;iQ11 ' i f ' quoncy in this vicinity for
ir fc v J y L 1 , etc., which conveys an en-
kk/. r 1 ' n * impression. Dr. Polhill
k V.r k e 1IP P r ession conveyed when be
? e "L f; 1 ’,! »se there may be from four to
lediate' d ln .^ a bitaut8 of Milner, and im-
! c - ? ‘'-,yuous to Milner proper, and
'Q: • i :u , ruL r ^ cannot now remember
L ■ ..• this year. Mrs. Stephens
Ca- " . aaf y la8t * °f paralysis; Mrs.
0 ::; v k U1 '- ' 111 l be unsigned piece, and
.' k 0 ~ negro children, both of de-
if a r ‘. :n - How much bettor it would
*' : ' : r correspondents would be
lating lacts, and not UBe
uts tending to prejudice
sta-..'"'" , ttl0 Public mind, and as in the
•i:v r<l(;rre, l to. to the Id j ary of a lo-
‘ i Q 8 obituary is from the Thom-
U “Another gone to his rest.
. 11: ' ! the usual wav—with a slight
ucar !. Uo J Vtver « The male was stand-
.i fc 'v‘ k; 1 - gate, cars gently drooping
: '/i ;•••roatly closed. He had just
^ v.- w ' t d ‘bait’of Western corn,
iv.vk ;* appearances, ‘dreaming the
’itcf.in^ a ^ a - v ** But he wasn’t. He was
° 7p rKf ‘y from out one corner of
r:. • /, t Iie gro attempted to ‘pass’
Idiarr e* ‘fobrid beast ‘ordered him up,’
•O’ vr ^ ia< ^ feet) triumphantly
: - i " > imho ‘threw up his hand’ and
1 ; checks.’ The funeral was not
^numerously attended.”
; '"''■nide and Constitutionalist:
Wof Vi * ll ightthe southern bound
Bim,-']’ , Charlotte, Columbia and
*a> ‘ r :t * ran ever a human being
of jV 8 rftat ion, four milts the other
,. Eton’s. It was not known at the
■ " u ; ri iower machinery of the Ijco-
Waa not known whether the
a r«-ar.i Uy 0110 had been ruu over, but
; s of V “'• ^ehnston’s, blood, flesh and
u 9*hhig Wero discovered upon the
" ao '
• • r 4i [■ h ine down passenger train on the
!! ' i v : a 1 raQ ovor a “eg** 0 man near
^otieleg >> cuttins off one of his arms
■-■Wvj ar k 1 Uliea an d Planter says: “An
b^^^ncally remarks that Mr.
'^ Atlanta for tho purpose of
Weil fi- tl ^ 00m b8. If this ia true,
fUle commonwealth.”
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1877.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
County Hussars P 1CU1C t b© Burke
c owa e kH C nT„ JC8 1 tt ' rdaj ' aft hnoon
crowa was in attendance. Three witneas7»«
repre&ents the State, and Judiro HDD
Twiggs the defendant.” b ‘
Ttaf/v'y/f-rrSi 1 '!: e ^j*‘ or °f the Pensacola
pnper W Gr^! ““
ost d ensibl P y Ul De™ 8 ^^-cokaf
ncnJent bat fiercely mat-
“’He published recently seventeen
reasons why he supported Hayes’ doIicv
the piece HffP? to ' v *9bin«t 0 nLd showtd
“3,“ t0 the fraudulent President. Now
an exchange ears: “Sam Hard now ‘fi-hta
Hony U f r y o e m r hlS T) led t0 80me crushing
irony irom Mr. Dana, who alludes to
Trvfnt 6 ' as , the 'celebrated Bard, formerly
for Tilden ^‘tf’ la ‘ e r* campaign orator
ior iilden, and the projector of ummni-
opimon 6 -' 8pap0rS ° f a11 8hades of Political
charts ff/ of the convention of mer-
fn fhl Ml MaCOU , and A ‘beus is expressed
in the following from the Macon Telearavh
of Saturday : “The committee appoiuied'at
the meetnig of onr business men, on Tues-
day, to take into coneideratiou the dia-
criminatmg charges on freights by tho
railroads, met, as was requested, on
Wednesday, organizing with Mr. C. If
Rogers in tho chair, and discussed tho mat-
ter in all its bearings. It was finally re
solved to memorialize onr delegates in the
convention, and a committee of five was
appointed to carry out the views of the
meeting. The following were appointed on
said committee : W. W. Leman, John C.
A- 1 K ‘ t> Tl e U6ley > Samuo1 WaMl-
baum and Robert Flanders. The
following memorial is being circu-
lated for signature and a copy left at this
otace: Xhe undersigned, doing business iu
the city of Macon, would respectfully sug-
gest to the delegates representing us in the
Constitutional Convention, dow in session
that as tho local freight rates new estate
lnhed by some of the railroads in Georgia
discriminate against certain towns and cities
m favor of others, you would take such
means as in your judgment would be proper
and right (if it can be done without inter
fering with vested rights) to adjust the
matter satisfactorily to all parties.”
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger savs
in its notes on the recent Horticultural Con
vention: “Laurens county was well repre
sented by Colonel John M. Stubbs, of Dub
lin, one of the charter members of the so
ciety. He made a magnificeut exhibition
from his orchards and vinfcyard, ana feels a
deep interest in agricultural and horticul
tural matters, and is not only theoretical
but practical.”
This we get from the Cedartown Express:
“We learn the following concerning a hom
icide which was committed in Haralson
county on Sunday last: A young man went
to spend the night with a Mr. Pearce, a
short time ago, and during the night some
one went to the stoble and shaved tho mane
and tail of the young man’s horse. The
young man did not seem to deplore this
matter to the extent that Mr. Pearce did,
and therefore said nothing about it. But
Pearce was mad, and accused a man by th9
name of Golden of having been the perpe
trator of the act, and attacked him about it.
Goiden donied it, aud for that time escaped
Pearce. On Sunday last Pearce again at
tacked him (rumor says with a gun,) and
the attack resulted in the killing of Pearce
by Golden. The killing was done with a
pistol.”
CHIEF JOSEPH.
The Gravity of the Indian Situation-
Fears of n Junction Between Sitting
Bull aud Joseph—The Turbulent Sioux.
[Correspondence New York Herald.)
Washington, July 31, 1877.—Great
anxiety was felt at the Indian Jiure iu to
day, arising from farther indications of
growing trouble with the Indians in the
Northwest. Commissioner Smith, in
talking over the attitude of the Sioux,
said he had great solicitude concerning
the developments which were hourly
multiplying, with a tendency to much
more serious co mplications than had ever
before occurred iu the management of
the Indian question.
“If,” said he, “the Sioux shall exhibit,
as I apprehend, a reluctance to going
over to the location selected for them by
the government on the Missouri river and
in their dissatisfaction some hundreds of
them will leave the reservation, as is
likely, a junction can bo effected with
Sitting Hall or Joseph, when we shall
have to be provided with five thousand
troops at least, if not double that num
ber, before those who take the war-path
can be subdued. ’ The almost military
strategy of the turbulent Indians seem
ingly takes the direction of a contem
plated co-operation between the fotce
under Joseph with that of Sitting Bull,
to be augmented with an immense con
tingency from the fifteen thousand Sioux
at the Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and adja
cent agencies. Joseph is thought to be
making bis way through the mountains
toward Sitting Bull by way of the Lola
pass, which is said to be the only coarse
open to effect a junction. If he can be
driven back and prevented from doing
this mnoh future danger on the frontier
will be avoided, but if not he will be re
inforced by eufficient numbers to keep
the Northwest in terror for some time.
It is of course an even chance whether
this state of affairs shall set in or be
vigorously prevented, but the danger
foreshadowed is regarded sufficiently pro
bable to excite considerable alarm at the
Interior Department today. General
Sheridan, who seems determined to apply
a rigorous course in dealing with the
Sioux, telegraphed to the Secretary of
the Interior relative to the choice of n
new location for them on the Missouri
river, and is inclined to prefer it to that
on Wbitefish creek, but adds that there
is danger from the rum of the white
settlers adjacent. He also asks that the
consideration of General Crook s pro
posed programme for the visiting Sioux
ehiefs be postponed by the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs at present. Oommis
sioner Smith thinks that if General
Miles’ troops have encountered Sitting
Bull, the latter was on bis way down to
meet Joseph’s band, from whom no
doubt runners have been sent to ^ the
Canada border as well as to the Sioux
tribes with a declaration of war and ask
ing assistance. Commissioner Smith says
he wants to do everything to co-operate
with General Sheridan and aid the army
in keeping the Indians in a peaceful con
dition. “I am obliged to adopt this
policy,” he added, “because we have (o
ask and rely upon the protection of the
army.”
Great efforts are being made to com
piete as rapidly as possible the works of
the second as well as of the first line of
German fortresses. The now forts on
the left bank of the Rhine at Cologne,
which, as originally intended, were not
to be finished before the end Gf next
year, are already approaching completion,
and will be ready to be occupied by their
garrison during the course of the present
summer. When completed, Cologne will
be one of the strongest of German for
tresses.
F W Seaton, who was tried and found
guilty in the United States District Court
at Norfolk, Virginia, a few days since of
violating the United States postal laws by
sending through the mails obscene and
scurrilous communications, has been
sentenced by Judge Hughes to one years
confinement in the Albany penitentiary,
during which time he shall perform hard
labor. _
“An event of considerable importance
m England that has escaped attention in
this country was the unveiling at Want
age of the statue of King Alfred. The
Prince and Princess of Wales were pre
sent on the occasion. Bishop Butler, as
we'l as King Alfred, was born at Want
age and the occasion seemed to the Lon
don Times fitting for an article com
memorative of these two worthies.
North Carolina now oontrols the mica
trade. The stove trade now takes be
tween thirty thousand and forty thousand
wounds a year, nearly all of which is
shipped by Mitchell and Yancey, assisted
by Jackson and Macon counties, all in
North Carolina.
-TO-
the morning news.
constitutional convention.
The Georgia Judiciary.
MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY
TRUSTEES.
COL. C. JONES, JR., ELECTED A
MEMBER OF THE FACULTY.
Imperial Telegram to the Morning News.]
Atlanta, August 4.—The convention re
fused to reconsider the time for the election
of Supreme Court Judges. Their salaries
are fixed at not exceeding three thousand
dollars in currency. All other propositions
were voted down. The Superior Court
JudgGs aud Solicitors General are to be
elected by a joint ballot of the Legislature,
with salaries not to exceed two thousand
dollars in carrency. There was a loDg
debate and a hard struggle on these mat
ters, but the retrenchment and reform party
were victorious.
Colonel Warren's amondment was adopted
iu regard to the election of Judges by the
Legislature.
Colonel Ingram’s motion to elect the At
torney General by the people waa also adopt
ed, with a salary cot to exceed $2,000 and
no fees of any kind.
The Trustees of the University were in
session at tho Kimball House until after
midnight, but failed to agree upon any radi
cal change during the present year in the
control of the University. Chancellor Tucker
remains, and Col. Chas. J. Jones, Jr., was
elected Professor of Natural Philosophy and
Astronomy, to succeed Prof. Montgomery
Camming, of Savannah, who retires from
the faculty. It is not yet known whether
Col. Jones will accept,
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens left this
afternoon for Catoosa Springs, where he
will remain a few weeks.
The Chatham delegation, except Mr.
Russell, are all well and at work.
WAR N OTJES.
The Situation In the Dobrndscha.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE BATTLE
AT PLEVNA.
Movements of the British Channel
Squadron.
MOVEMENTS OF THE TURKISH
black SEA fleet.
[By Cable to the Morning News.]
London, August 4.—The correspondent
of the Daily Xeics, under date ol August
1st, telegraphs further details of the re
cent battle of Plevna, as follows : “At the
narrow bridge near Bulgareni there was
wild confusion and a complete block. Tum
brels, ambulance wagons, provision wagons,
officers’ caleches, led horses, aud carts filled
with wounded, all were jammed in inde
scribable chaos. There had been wounded
all along the road, but the bulk began a
little way beyond Bulgareni and extended
in an unbroken line for seven miles along
the road to Sistova. They were most
ly carried in ox carts; the severer
case3 in ambulances, and larger numbers
tramped on foot. Immense numbers of the
wounded had tramped the whole way from
the batile-field, and were already entering
Sistova, at six o’clock yesterday evening.
They must have walked forty miles iu
twentj’-four hours, wounded as they were.
Nearly all theso wounded, however, con
sisted of men who had somehow managed
to walk out of the battle. The bad cases
were mostly left where they fell. A staff
officer, with whose estimate I am inclined
to agree, thinks the whole loss at
between six and seven thousand men in
killed and wounded. A brigade of tbo
Thirty-second division has suffered most
heavily. Besides the terrible loss of men,
it sacrificed the Imperial banner of one of
itB regiments. The whole of the Thirtieth
division has been smitten very sorely. All
of tbo three brigades of Prince Schackows-
ky’s command are, for the time, in a state
of disorganization.”
A Xeics dispatch from Alexandria says:
“It is reported and generally believed that
six thousand more Egyptian troops are go
ing to Constantinople.”
London, August 4.—The Bucharest cor
respondent of the Times telegraphs from
Dobrudscha as follows: “We learn that the
Egyptian troops are reported to have ad
vanced to B’.eramderer, between Bazurdjik
and Medjidjie, and are said to be threaten
ing Gen. Z mmerman’s corps. This move
ment is meant to protect tbo rear of Meli-
met Ali, who is near Rasgrad.”
The Times correspondent at Varna tele
graphs August 2J, as follows: “Tho opera
tions of the Russians in the Dobrudscha have
come to a perfect standstill. While one of
their columns stands ou the high ro&d.from
Mejidjie to Silistria, the second aud main
column, which had advanced towards
Bazurdjik, has again retired to Medjidj e.”
London, August 4.—A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Sukum Kaleh, dated
August 2. say*: “The Turkish frigate
Maumondich bombarded the Russian bat
teries at. Tchamtckira on the 3Uth uit.,
silencing every Russian gun. The Mau
mondich was considerably damaged, aud
several of the crew were killed and wounded.
Near Tchamtckira were six thousand Turks
in a critical position, owiDg to the advance
of the Russian army.
“Hobart Pasha embarked his entire force
safely on the 1st instant, under cover of the
guns of the fleet. This completes the with
drawal of tho Turkish military expedition
to Caucasus. Hobart Pasha has command
of the entire Black Sea forces, consisting of
twenty men-of-war and transports.”
Vienna, August 4.—The correspondent of
the Times hears from Constantinople that
reinforcements are daily arriving and being
immediately dispatched to Adrianople.
London, August 4.—The Daily News
states that the Channel squadron is ordered
south to Vigo. Whether it will proceed fur
ther to Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, or
return home after a cruise, will depend up
on instructions,which are to await its arrival
in Spain.
The Times' Bucharest correspondent, re
viewing the situation, thinks the panic in
Roumania groundless. The Plevna defeat
wiil certainly be retrieved. Discussing the
Russian chance of holding the positions in
the Balkans, if obliged to retire to them,
the Times’ correspondent, who recently
passed through the Schipks Pass, tele
graphs that it is strongly occupied and for
tified. There are already within it many
trains of provisions and forage. Prince
Mirsky and General Gourke might hold it
for a fortnight ou full rations, or longer on
short rations.
FROM WASHINGTON.
No Recommendations for Office to be
Given troui Departments.
THE MAliSHALSHIP OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
CIUCCL1B FRBM tub TURKISH
government.
[By Telegraph to the Morning News.]
Washington, August 1.—There is great
scandal over the affairs of Detectives Gnn-
nin”fiani and Bell. It appears that Cun
ningham was sentenced to the Mississippi
penitentiary for a long term upon evidence
given by Bell. Cunningham bad Bell ar
rested on some papers from Texas. Judge
Wvllie issued the papers for Bell s arrest.
Bell was before Judge Humpbeys on a writ
of habeas corpus, and was discharged on
suspicion that the requisition was bogus
The Republican captions its city item on the
subject: “Digracing the Ermine—Justice
Humphreys Making an Ass of himself
His Remarkable Conduct a- a Hearing
Laughing Lawyers—Surprised Pnsouera
aud Astonished Officers Witness Ins Shame-
fU Tne D Attorney General decides that no
copies of recommendation for office shall be
gWeu from the departments. The question
arose irom an application by the San Fran-
cisco Chronicle for documents of this char
acter by which it hoped to justify an article
which y Senator Sargent, of California,
claimed to be libellous.
Tho Committee of Safety of Pittsburg ad
dress a letter of thanks to tho becretary of
War, and requests that a good garrison be
maintained at the Alleghany arsenal.
The Department ot Justice has decided
to retain Marshal Douglass, of North Caru-
^lina, in office at least until the expiration of
his commissionjin Jane, 1878. The charge
against him involved no question of integ
rity, but was one of an executive character,
affecting the management of his subordi
nates.
The Treasury has $20,000,000 of coin over
and above ail coin liabilities.
The Star aays : “Sam Bard baa written a
letter to President Hayes unanimously
commending his Southern policy. He has
not yet selected his post office.”
Postmaster General Key, in a circular let
ter, compliments his postal clerks aud mes
sengers on their good behavior daring the
strike.
Tho President has appointed David Por
ter Surveyor of Customs for the District of
Savannah, Ga.
Aristarchi Bey, the Turkish Minister, fur
nishes the following: “The Minister of
Foreign Affairs has addressed the fol
lowing circular to the diplomatic
agents of the Porte abroad: ‘I con
tinue to perform the most painful duty in
calling your attention to new acts of bar
barity which, from the telegrams received
by the Sublime Porte, are committed
by the Russians in the cities and
villages they invade. They do not limit
themselves to plundering the Mussulman
population of all it owns, but they also
subject the women and children to the
most shameful and dreadful tortures, and
that even after the day a proclamation was
issued by .the Emperor Alexander, wherein
was promised to tbo Mnssulmau inhabi
tants security aud justice for their per
sons, for their families and their property.’ ”
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
REVIEW OF THE LONDON MARKETS
Mining Troubles in Pennsylvania.
BEN DeBAK STRICKEN WITH
PARALYSIS.
Adelina Patti’s Divorce Suit Decided.
LONDON STOCK MARKET.
London, August 4.—The Economist says:
“Prices of stocks the past week havo been
moved upwards and downwards by political
events, but business has been exceedingly
small, though below the surface there seems
to exist a disposition to greater confidence.
Reports about Austria raising money and
mobilizing troops caused a general decline
early in the week. Then followed a general
rise on the statement in the House of ^Com
mons on Tuesday last bvSir {Stafford North-
cote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it
would not be necessary to submit any special
vote on account of the recent dispatch of
troops and the fleet to the East,and that it is
very doubtful whether it would be neces
sary at all to ask for any farther sum iu the
course of the year, which seemed to be ex
ceedingly well received on the Continent.
On Thursday, while foreign stocks declined,
there was a considerable rise in home secu
rities, the ability of tho Turks to defend the
road to Constantinople being taken to indi
cate less necessity for English interference.
On Friday prices were well maintained, the
result being a general rise in home securi
ties as opposed to a slight decline iu tho for
eign market. American securities contin
ued to recover on telegrams reporting the
repression of the riot.”
ADELINA PATTI’8 DIVORCE SUIT.
Taris, 'August 4.—Adelina Patti’s case has
been decided. Buth the lady and her hus
band had filed an application for a judicial
separation. Madame Patti’s applicaiion wss
refuseJ. Her husband’s was granted. Tho
sentence states that Madame Patti does not
even offer to bring forward any proofs of
the facts she alleges. On the oth
er hand, documents placed before
the tribunal, particularly correspon
dence addressed to Madame Patti by a
third person, which show that her conduct
did the gravest injury to her husband. Tho
court, therefore, pronounced against her
petition for separation of body and goods,
and condemns her to pay costs. As a di
vorce is unrecognized by French law, neither
party can marry again. The Bitting was
public. Marquis De Caux was present. The
decision was rendered by the tribunal on
tho 1st instant.
LONDON PROVISION MARKET.
London, August 4.—In the Mincing lane
market the past week there has not been
much animation, and prices occasionally
favor buyers. There was very little disposi
tion to operate. In sugar most descriptions
of raw have decliued; crystalized is steady.
There has been a good business in refined at
full rates. Rice continues firm, although ar
rivals off the coast have been extensive.
Transactions have been at a full to slightly
advanced quotations. There has also been
more inquiry for parcels on spot; the im
provement in medium to flue has been
maintained aud a fair business was done,
but Foo Chows sorts are much neglected.
Coffee sold at full quotations for good and
flue. Other kinds are difficult of sale un
less at lower rates.
MEETING OF MINERS.
Wilkesbarre, August 4.—The miners
held a largo meeting in Dana’s grove this
evening. They sent an invitation to Mayor
Loomis and Sheriff Kirhendall to come and
inform them why the military are here. The
Mayor was present and made a speech, coun
selling them to be peaceable. They adopted
a resolution asking that the military be taken
out of the valley. A part of them marched
through the principal streets with a band of
music. General Osborn and the Third di
vision was to-day relieved and sent to their
homes, their places being filled by military
from other sections of the State. The Le
high and Susquehanna Road will Btart trainb
on Monday.
A KIDNAPPING CASE.
New York, August 4.—Chief of Police
Hickey, of Chicago, telegraphed to Superin
tendent Walling this afternoon that a lady
had kidnapped three children there and had
como to this city with the intention of tak
ing them to Gormany by to-day’s steamer.
The father, who is represented as a worth
less mao, made complaint to Chief of Police
Hickey, who telegraphed as he did. Super
intendent Walling bang satisfied that there
was something wrong, sent tho party to
Jefferson Market Police Court w’ith a detec
tive, whence they will probably be dis
charged from custody.
TURF NOTES.
Saratoga, August 4.—In tho mile dash
for all ages Yirgiuius won, Bombast
second, Rhodomamhus third; time 1:42;.
The pools averaged: Rhodomanthns, 40U;
Bombast, 175; Mary, 95; Virginius, 85. The
finish was very close.
In the five furlongs dash for two year
olds Pique won, Withers’ filly second, Mc
Daniel’s War Dana filly third; time 1:04$.
In the two and a quarter mile race
Whisper won, Ochiltree second, Achline
third; time 4:02.
THE STRIKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA QUIETING
DOWN.
Wilkesbarre, August 4.—All train?, ex
cept night trains, are running on the Valley
Railroad. Freight trains come and go with
regularity. Gen. Henderhoper’s division is
stretched aloDg the road for twenty miles,
guarding it from blockade and destruction.
Affairs throughout the valley are quieting
down. The Lehigh and Susquehanna
Company will Dot attempt to open the road
for several days yet.
8TBICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.
St. Louis, August 4.—Ben DeBar, propri
etor of DeBar’s Opera House in this city,
arrived home yesterday, suffering from ’a
paralytic stroke, which attacked him iu New
York about a week ago. His physician pro
nounces the caae very serious, if not hope
less, there beiDg, besides paralysis of the
limbs and part of the body, a softening of
portions cf tho brain. Mr. DeBar is the
oldest theatrical manager in this country,
and has been on the stage forty-six yeara.
A DENIAL.
Norfolk, August 4.—Hon. John Goode,
Representative in Congress from Virginia,
pronounces as utterly untrue the statement
which has recently appeared in several
newspapers that he had beeu writing let
ters to members of Congress asking them
to vote for him as Speaker. He has written
to no member on the subject, except in re
ply to friends who have requested him to
become a candidate.
’FBI800 ITEMS.
San Francisco, August 4 —The export of
treasure for the month amounted to seven
millions.
Sutro’s shaft, with eight hundred feet of
Savage combination shaft, blaetiDg in the
tunnel, is heard in Comstock mine.
suicide.
Providence, R. I., August 4.—John A.
Champacet, cigar maker, of Worcester, ar
rested to-day, charged with defrauding tho
revenue, on being placed in a cell, shot
himself through the head, dying instantly.
BURNED.
Orangeville, Ont., August 4.—A fire
last night destroyed Parsons’ hardware
store, and a large general store kept by
Johnston Lindsay. Loss, $35,000.
DEAD.
Philadelphia, August 4.—Dr. James Mc
Clelland, United States Navy, is dead.
Governor Van Zmdt, of Rhode Island,
has offered the government the troops of
that State. If accepted they will be sent
West on a hand-car.—Cincinnati En
quirer,
Tweniy-lirfct Day’s Proceedings—Rccon-
hiderntion A*n>u-Points of Order nod
t'onfimion—Judge** Elected by the Lfg.
i-tlatnre—187S Defeats ISSO—Retrench
ment In the Clerical Force Recom
mended—.Shall the People Elect the At
torney General—The Franklin Steam
Printing House “Leads the Van ’’ for
Quick Work.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Atlanta, August 3.—The President
called the convention to order at half-past
eight o’clock, prayer being offered by the
Rev. T. G. Underwood, of the Thirty-
first district.
The reading of the minutes was fol
lowed by several motions to reconsider.
Mr. Wallace, of the Twenty-third dis
trict, moved to reconsider the action of
yesterday, by which section twelve was
stricken out, in order that a substitute
might be offered to-day. The motion
prevailed, after some discussion, and an
explanation of the necessity for reconsid
eration by Messrs. Warren, of the First
district, Trammell, of the Forty-third
district, Wallace and Wofford, of the
Forty-second district.
Mr. Mathews, of the Thirtieth district,
desired to reconsider the tenth line of
section four (new numbering) in order
to provide for the election of Judges in
case of unexpected vacancies. The Presi
dent, however, explained that the diffi
culty referred to would be remedied by
Mr. Warren’s (of the First district) new
substitute, and the motion was not put
to vote.
Mr. Twitty, of the Eighth district, pre
sented a memorial from the people of
Miller county in regard to railroad tar
iffs, which was referred to the appropri
ate committee.
Leaves of absence were granted to
Messrs. K. D. Winn, of the Thirty-fourth
district, Phillips, of the Eighteenth dis
trict, Coney, of the Sixteenth district,
Andirscn, of the Fourteenth district.
Render, cf tho Thirty-sixth district, aud
Sibley and Braddy, of the Eighteenth
district, on account of sickness and busi
ness.
Colonel Featherstone, of the Thirty-
sixth district, moved to impend the order
of business and act upon a resolution in
favor of two daily sessions, one from 8:30
to V2 o’elook and from 3 to 6 p. m., but
his motion was lost.
Judge Harrell, of the Twelfth district,
Chairman of tho Committee on Printing,
made a report,dviiieh was received and
adopted.
This report embodied a statement that
Messrs. V. P. Sisson & Go. had made a
bid to do the printing of the journals and
ordinance, of the convention* (one thou
sand copies) in two weeks after adjourn
ment, at $081, and Messrs. Jas. P. Harri
son A Co., of the Franklin Steam Print
ing House, in seven days, at $728 42.
The committee thought the saviDg in
time of more importance than the differ
ence in cost, and in view cf the facilities
of the Franklm Steam Printing House,
they recommended that the contract be
given that establishment, which was
agreed to by the convention.
Col. J. Cooper Nisbet, Secretary of the
convention, was authorized to issue an
edition of the journal at his own ex
pense. The official copies will be distri
buted to the county officials throughout
the State, members of the convention,
State officials and the different States of
the Union.
Col. Wairen then moved to suspend
the order of the day and take up the
substitute offered by him for the twelfth
section.
Hon. J. R. Brown, of the Thirty-
ninth district (brother of Gov. Brown)
claimed the floor, and delivered a lengthy
reply to the speech of Gov. Jenkins, of
yesterday, and favoring the election of
the Judges by the people.
General Toombs answered tho argu
ments of Mr. Brown iu one of his pecu
liar speeches, which was listened to with
marked attention by the convention, and
created quite a stir iu the densely packed
galleries. He hit Messrs. Brown and
Collier (whom Gov. Colquitt failed to
appoint Judges) by remarking that “the
people,” about whom they talked so
glibly, were generally “disappointed
office seekers.”
Judge Hugh Buchanan, of the Thirty-
sixth district, of the Coweta circuit, en
dorsed the view of Gen. Toombs, and
opposed the election cf Judges by tho
people in a forcible and well digested
speech. He also opposed an election by
tjie Legislature, except under very cau
tious restrictions. He believed tne ap
pointment by the Governor was the
wisest and best plan to secure a good
judiciary.
Gen. W. T. Wofford,of the Forty second
district, made a sharp and vehement re
ply to Gen. Toombs’ assertion that “five
hundred thousand savages had been in
jected into the body politic.” He denied
that the negroes were now savages,
although they originally came to this
country as savages. The people of
Georgia had civilized and Christianized
them, and in their present free condition
accorded to them every right guaranteed
them by the law of the land.
Mr. Hunt, of the Twenty-second dis
trict, moved to table the amendment of
Judge Collier (which came over from
yesterday’s proceedings) providing for
the election of Judges by the people.
The yeas and nays were called for, and
resulted in 12C yeas to 50 nays.
Col. Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth
district, raised a point of order as to the
ruling of the Chair, and after discussion,
(Col. Trammell sustaining the President
in u speech) the convention sustained the
ruling of the Chair by a unanimous vote,
except two noes.
Gen. Gartrell, of the Thirty-fifth dis ■
trict, offered a substitute for paragraph
four (new numbering), providing that
the Supreme Court Judges be elected by
the Legislature, the first to be elected in
1878, the next 1880, and the next
1882. Finally, after discussion, it was
withdrawn.
Mr. Simmons, of the Twenty-second
district, stated that the question of the
made of election had beeu settled by the
adoption of the fourth paragraph of
section two on yesterday.
Mr. Mathews then amended the tenth
and eleventh lines of this paragraph so as
to read: “But appointments to fill va
cancies shall only be for the unexpired
term, or until such vacancies are filled by
elections agreeably to the mode pointed
out by the Cinstitution.”
Colonel Tift, of the Tenth district,
offered a substitute, and made a speech
iu the midst of great confusion, and Mr.
Twitty, of the Eighth district, moved to
adjourn sine (lie if the speaker oouldn’t
be treated with greater respect. Presi
dent Jenkins enforced order and Col.
Tift proceeded. His amendment, how
ever, was promptly voted down.
Messrs. Mobley, of the Twenty-fifth
district, and Mrse, of the Forty-third
district, call'd for the main question on
paragraph four (new numbering) of sec
tion two, and it was put, and the para
graph adopted, thereby settling the ques
tion cf election or appointment by a large
majority in favor of the former mode.
Paragraph three of section three was
then taken from the table, and Colonel
Warren, of the First district, moved to
strike out the word “appointed” and in
sert “elected,” which was carried.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict. offered a substitute providing that
one-half of tne Judges be elected in
1880 and the other half in 1882. On
motion of Mr. Brown, 1878 and 1880
were adopted in place of 1S80 and 1882
by a large vote, and amidst considerable
excitement among the spectators.
Col. Tift then offered an amendment to
paragraph first of section ten, that the
Attorney General shall be eleoted by tho
people at the same time and in the same
manner as the Governor.
Rev. Mr. Cooper, of the Thirteenth
district, wanted to be better informed
about the duties of the Attorney General’s
office, and asked ex-Attorney General
Hammond to give him some information
in regard to the matter, which that gen
tleman did in a concise and clear manner,
explaining why extra counsel had been
employed in cases in which the State was
i interested.
Mr. Willis, of the Twenty-fifth district,
i followed in a speech favoring Rev. Mr.
j Underwood’s (of the Thirty fir--t district)
motion to abolish the office of Attorney
Genera), and gave some statistics in re
gard to the cost of the office and the
amount of work accomplished. He
closed by stating that he was willing to
compromise, as the majority were opposed
to abolishing the office, and would offer an
amendment, if Mr. Underwood would
withdraw bi3 motion to abolish, which
that gentleman did.
Before Mr. Willis could offer his amend
ment, however, General Toombs and Mr.
Hammond explained their connection
wiih various fees paid them in behalf of
the State. They clearly showed that
nothing had been lost through the fees
paid them, as the results more than com
pensated the State for the expense in
curred.
General Lawton, of the First district,
said the discussion had brought out much
valuable information, and he was glad it
had taken place. He informed Mr. Willis
that the report of the Judiciary Commit
tee provides that in the future there shall
be no “great leaks” to the treasury
through the Attorney General’s office. A
great State like Georgia should have a
law adviser of ability and charaoter al
ways at her service in the person of an
Attorney General.
Gen. Gartrell, the hour of adjournment
being at hand, asked leave to offer a reso
lution allowing members to draw their
per diem from the Treasury whenever
they needed money.
President Jenkins presented a me
morial from the Georgia State Horti
cultural Society in regard to the Geo
logical Survey of tho State, which was re
ferred to the Committee cf Final lie-
vision.
Mr. Moseley, of the Thirty-first dis
trict, Chairman of the Committee on
Clerical Force in State House, reported
the Treasurer’s office as having one clerk
at sixteen hundred dollars, Treasurer’s
salary at two thousand dollars; recom
mend salary of four thousand dollars for
Treasurer and he pay his own clerks. Sec
retary of Sta e, one clerk at sixteen hun
dred dollars, his own salary two thousand
dollars; recommend a salary of twenty-
eight hundred dollars and no clerk fees.
Comptroller General’s salary thirty-two
hundred and fifty dollars, aud clerk hire
forty-seven hundred dollars; recommend
that he have six thousand dollars
and pay his own clerks, and
if wild lands office is abolished, to have
only five thousand dollars. Executive
Department Secretaries have now three
thousand six hundred dollars and clerks
six thousand four hundred dollars; com -
mittee recommend a total of eight thou
sand dollars for all,including acting Super
intendent of Public Building-; the re
ductions in all offices to take effect Jan
uary 1, 1878, after which no one of these
officers shall have any fees or perquisites.
The report was laid on the table until
called up for aotion.
On motion of Senator Reese, of the
Twenty-ninth district, the convention
adjourned to 8:30 o'clock to-morrow
morning, after the moot exciting daily
session that has yet been held. I say
nothing of the propriety of certain acts
of disrespect and confusion, but I do say
that several members havo utterly ex
hausted the patience of the convention
with their useless motions and speeches.
There is a limit to human endurance and
forbearance, and it was the misfortuno of
Col. Tift to commence his speech just
when that limit had been reached.
Other speakers of the same class would
have shared a similar fate at that par
ticular time.
In my report of Monday’s proceedings
I should have spoken more fully of Gen.
Lawton’s able and convincing speech
against a uniform rate of fees, costs and
commissions for county officials, in which
he clearly and logically showed the Injus
tice and impracticability of such a raeas-
ure. Ho appealed to the convention to
reconsider its action of Saturday, by
which such an amendment was adopted,
and his appeal resulted in the reconsid
eration and final defeat of the measure,
ou motion of Col. Mynatt, of tha Thirty-
fifth district, who spoke as decidedly for
Fulton county as did Gen. Lawton for
Chatham county, the two counties most
deeply interested in defeating the amend
ment. Gen. Lawton is laborious and
effective in the committee room, and in
the convention speaks with clearness and
ability.
Tiventr-seromt Day’s Proceedings—Elec
tion of Judges by tlie t-eneral Assembly
— Also Molieitors ftcnernl—Jlnximuni
of their btitlitrics Fixed in tlie Constitu
tion—No Specie Dasis—Victory for the
{retrenchment and Iteform Party,
Atlanta, August 4.—Pursuant to ad
journment, the President called the con
vention to order at the regular hour, aDd
Rev. George F. Cooper, M. D., of the
Thirteenth district, offered prayer.
The minutes were read, and leave of
absence granted Messrs. Dismuke,
Coats, Bush, Shepherd, Underwood, Fur
low, Osborne, Howell and Wallace.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty fifth dis
trict, then moved to reconsider the action
of yesterday fixing the election of Supe
rior Court Judges in 1878 and 1880, but
his motion was tabled—93 yeas to 83
nays.
Mr. Hudson, of the Twenty-ninth dis
trict, offered a resolution that on and
after Monday next, no member b9 al
lowed to speak twice on the same ques
tion, or longer than five m’nutes (which
Dr. Flewellen, of the Twenty-fifth dis
trict, amended to ten minutes,) without
consent of the convention.
Mr. Hawkins, of the Forty-second dis
trict, opposed, as important matters were
to be discussed, and he moved to table,
but was voted down by 99 yeas to 35
nays, and Dr. Fiewellen’s amendment,
which Mr. Hudson accepted, was
adopted.
President Jenkins informed the con
vention that there was an error in the
journal of Thursday, in regard to Col.
Warren’s substitute for the twelfth sec
tion, which occurred while Mr. Sim
mons, of the Twenty-second district, was
presiding, and by consent of the members
that gentleman was requested to come
to the Secretary’s desk and make the
needed correction, which he did.
Judge Wright, of the Forty-second
district, as soon as the order of the day
was announced, offered an amendment to
paragraph first of section ten, that the
Solicitor General of the Cirouit in which
the capital is situated shall be ex officio
Attorney General.
Colonel Tift, of the Tenth district, also
offered an amendment, but subsequently
withdrew it in favor of one by Colonel
Ingram, of the Twenty-fourth district,
that the Attorney General be elected by
the people at the same time, in the same
manner, and for the same term as the
Governor.
Mr. Willis, of tho Twenty-fifth dis
trict, wanted to fix his salary and cut off
all fees, but Mr. Johnson, of the Thirtieth
dislrict, explained that another section
provided for that matter.
Messrs. Brown and Holcombe also de
sired to amend in regard to pay and
duties, but General Lawton, in a clear
and convincing manner, showed the
impracticable and undesirable character
of the proposed changes.
Captain Little, of the Twenty-fourth
district, followed in equally appropriate
remarks, and on motion of Mr. Mershon,
of the Fourth distriot, all the amendments
were tabled, including one which he him
self immediately offered, to strike out
“represent” and insert “assist” in the
fourth line. Colonel Ingram’s amend
ment was finally adopted, and the ques
tion settled, much to the relief of deeply
agitated and interested parties.
Section eleven, providing fer Solici
tors General, was next taken up, and
Mr. Key, of the Forty-first district,
offered an amendment, that they be
elected by the people, which was voted
down—34 yeas to 77 nays.
Solicitor General Spence, of the Thir
ty-fifth district, wished to amend so that
they shall be elected by the General As
sembly in 1880, and every four years
thereafter, which was also voted down
by a large majority.
Mr. Pierce, of the Twentieth district,
[ offered an amendment to elect by the
j Legislature, but subsequently withdrew
1 it. and Mr. Wallace, of the Twenty-third
district, offered one provid ng for the
election of half of the Solicitors General
at a time, the same as the Judges, but it
was discovered at this point that the
mode of election was already provided
j for in section twelve.
Mr. Moore, of the Forty-third district,
| moved to strike out “appointed” in the
j second line, and substitute the word
j “commissioned,” which motion prevailed,
and the section, as thus amended, was
| adopted.
Col. Warren’s (of the First district)
substitute for the twelfth section was
now received and adopted, which pro
vides that the Judges of the Supreme
and Superior Courts, and Solicitors Gen
eral shall be elected by joint ballot of the
General Assembly.
Section thirteen created lively and pro
longed debate and skirmishing on the
part of the high and low salary factions,
and the gold and currency advocates.
Mr. Johnson, of the Thirtieth district,
wished to postpone action until it was
settled whether there would or would not
be a reduction of judicial circuits, but
Gen. Lawton opposed, as too many post
ponements had already been made.
Judge Bass and Col. Featherstone fa
vored postponement, but Mr. Johnson, at
the request of friends, withdrew his mo
tion.
Mr. Moseley, of tho Thirty-first dis
trict, desired to fix the salaries of Su
preme Court Judges at $2,500, which Mr.
Mathews, of the Tnirtioth district,
strongly opposed, and the motion was
tabled—92 yeas, 5(i nays.
Col. Holcombe, of the Thirty-ninth
district, wanted to insert $2,000, and
made a speech to that effect, which Mr.
Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth district,
replied to in one of his best arguments,
showing the importance of liberal salaries
for good J udges.
Messrs. Moore, of the Forty-third dis
trict, and Pierce, of the Twentieth dis
trict, called for a division of the Supreme
Court Judges from those of the Superior
Court, but Gen. Warren, of the Twenty-
third district, claimed the floor and
moved to m».ke the salaries of the former
$3,000, and of the latter $2,000.
Mr. Willie, of the Twenty-fifth district,
although in favor of economy, was not in
favor of niggaidly salaries for good
Judges, and proposed to give Supreme
Court Judges $3,400, the nearest sum to
the $3,500 just strikeu from the report
by a vote of 108 yeas to 63 nays.
Col. Mynatt, of the Thirty-fifth dis
trict, alsolnade a strong appeal for liberal
salaries for judicial officers, to which Col.
Holcombe replied in his usual homely
and blunt style, after which Gen. Gar
trell called the “previous question.”
The President announced the following
sums as proposed: $4,000, $3,400, $3,000
(in gold), $3,000, $2,750, $2,600. He
put the highest sum first to vote. It
wa3 lost by a very heavy majority, and
$3,400 was voted down by 100 nays to 58
yeas.
The gold “favored class,” as Messrs.
Wright and Holcombe call them, were
next in order, aud 79 yeas and 76 nays,
by sound, appeared to carry the three
thousand, gold, amendment, but a call of
the roll resulted in 82 yeas and 84 nays,
thus turning thejscale by an equally close
vote, amidst considerable applause.
The three thousand dollars, in cur
rency, was the most popular figuro, and
was adopted by a vote of 128 yeas to 9
nays, which settled the vexed question
for to-day. I am satisfied, however, that
an effort will be made to reconsider on
Monday, and adopt the specie basis.
Mr. Wallace, the irrepressible mover
and speeehmaker, now proposed to add
certain fees to this salary, bnt Mr. Brown
opposed his motion, and it was promptly
voted down, as it deserved to be.
Mr. Moore moved to strike out two
thou-and two hundred dollars from the
report, which was carried, although Mr.
Willis desired to postpone action on the
salaries of the Judges of Superior Courts
until the reduction of circuits was settled.
The motion to strike out was carried
by 97 yeas to 41 nays, and the following
sums proposed to fiii the blank: $2,500,
$2,200, $2,100, $2,000, $1,800. The
first, second and third were lost by a
heavy vote, and $2,000 adopted by 109
yeas to 39 nays—and by roll call, 122
yeas to 43 nays.
At this moment a vein of good humor
struck the handsome young member
(Hon. Paul C. Hudson) from McDuffie,
aud he relieved the burden of care for
the moment by a motion to allow Judges
to peddle od their circuits without
licenses, one-half the profits to be paid
into the Slate Treasury. It was appro
priately referred to a committee con
sisting of Messrs. Tift, Key, Bass, Hol
combe and Wallace.
Colonel Holcombe wanted to strike out
tbo words “the provisions of this section
[tixiDg salaries] shall not affect the sala
ries of those now in office,” but was de
feated in his motion, and.paragraph first
of section thirteen, as amended, was
declared adopted.
The second paragraph created renewed
discussion, as Colonel Holcombe desired
to strike it out entirely, and leave no
power with the Legislature to alter the
salaries in the future, should such a
obange become necessary.
The Hon. Joshua Hill replied in strong
arguments, and declared that there was
no necessity for such a want of confi
dence in future Legislatures. He had
heard no great cry in his district for a
sweeping reduction of salaries, nor were
his people afraid to trust their legislators
in this matter. He came to the conven
tion to make an organic law for the grand
old State of Georgia, and he was sorry to
see so many members trying to load down
the new constitution with legislative mat
ters entirely foreign to that document.
Col. Holcombe “came back” at Mr.
Hill with some personal allusions to his
connection with the Radical parly, hia
election as United States Senator, and
the probability of a division in the Demo
cratic party in the future, that may result
in the election of a sort of a Bullockitish
Legislature.
Colonel Fain, of the Forty-third dis
trict, agreed with Mr. Hill that the con
vention, in bis opinion, was going too
much into details, and leaving too little
for the General Assembly. It looked as
though the members were afraid to trust
that body with any important financial
matter-. If the Legislature can elect
Judges for you, can it not, in case of ne
cessity, decide upon any needed changes
in their salaries ? This was Mr. Hill’s
idea, and he endorsed it fully.
The convention then voted down the
motion of Col. Holcombe to strike out the
paragraph, as it also did Mr. Bisb’
amendment, to insert after “two-thirds
vote,” the words “byyeas and nays.” Mr.
Hill’s motion to strike out “two-thirds
vote of each branch,” shared a similar
fate, and the paragraph, without amend
ment, was adopted.
Mr. Russell, of the Eighth district,
offered a resolution that the convention
adjourn sine die on Saturday, August
11th, at twelve o’clock, which was not acted
upon, as the convention refused to sus
pend the order of business to consider it.
It being 1:15 o’clock, and the hall very
hot and uncomfortable, a motion was
made to adjourn until 10 o'clock Monday
morning, upon which Dr. Cooper, of the
Thirteenth district, insisted that the yeas
and nays should be called, which call
occupied twenty minutes’ time to no pur
pose—although tho yeas were 49 and the
nays 106—for the convention soon after
adjourned without accomplishing any
additional work.
Col. Tift, of the Tenth district, who
always has a motion ready, in season and
out of season, attempted to amend sec
tion fourteen, so as .to fix the salary of
the Clerk of the Supreme Court at $3,000,
without any clerk hire, aud the salary of
the reporter at $2,000, minus all fees,
which, he said, would nave a very large
sum to the State. The convention, how
ever, adjourned to 8:30 o’clock Monday
morning, without receiving his amend
ment. Chatham.
THE FIERCE WAR IN JAPAN.
Th* PrmrfM ol tlie Imporisl Armr-Tfce
Opmtionin of (he Hebei*
(Front the 1’ost.j
Tokyo, June 27.—The war drags. We
ail thought that the end was near when
Kumamoto Castle was relieved, but the
insurgents showed no discouragement at
this reverse, and, effecting a skillful re
treat, presented in their new position as
bold a front as ever. The imperialists
meanwhile followed np the victory at
Kumamoto by the occupation of the
large city of Kagoshima, where the re
volt first broke out. Saigo and his fol
lowers were thus hemmed in and cut off
from a chief Bource of supplies. Never
theless, the fight continues as stubborn
ly as before. Intrenched among the
hills, the insurgents maintain a guerrilla
warfare, not very brilliant in incident,
but very distressing to their adversaries.
Despite these embarrassments, however,
the Imperialists seem to be making sub
stantial progress. Every day brings fresh
news of redoubts carried and positions
secured, until now the rebels are sur
rounded and penned up within narrow
limits, and must soon either break
through the lines in a desperate attack—
of which they are quite capable—or suc
cumb, That the government regards the
situation as still critical is shown by its
anxiety to. recruit the army, which has
even led it to resort to the hazardous ex
pedient of calling on the ex daimios to
summon their retainers to its help. This
appeal has been very generally responded
to, for Satsuma has few friends outside
of Kiusiu, and Tokio has seen once more
processions of armed Samurai in her
streets, with their historic swords
wrapped in yellow cloth—processions
which persons who wish well to Japan
had fondly hoped were banished for
ever.
The fighting has been of the bravest
and bloodiest description. Already the
killed and wounded of the Imperialists
exceed ten thousand, and we may pre
sume that about the same number have
fallen on the other side. Most of the
wounded iu the hospitals at Nagasaki and
Osaka received sword cuts—a fact that
indicates the hand-to-hand nature of the
engagements and the effectiveness of the
traditionary weapon of Japan iu the
hands of the martial Samurai of Kiusiu.
If the cost of the war in blood is terrify
ing, the drain on the finances of the
empire is, in its way, as deplorable. Tho
expenditures directly occasioned by the
war are already considerably in excess of
twenty million yen, or dollars: and if we
consider the losses of the rebels and the
damage to trade duo to the strife, we can
easily see hew calamitous all this is to a
country whieb. in favorable circum
stances, has difficulty iu raising an annual
revenue of fifty million yen. To meet
these extraordinaiy expenses the govern
ment is issuing vast amounts—no one
knows hoW vast—of paper money, that
have kept surprisingly near gold thus far.
Partly owing to the war, and yet inde
pendently of it, trade is unprecedentedly
dull. Such times as the present were
never seen on these coasts since the open
ing of the country to foreigners.
The national exhibition of arts and in
dustry soon to be opened in Tokio must
feel the evil effects of the war; but the
preparations continue on a large scale,
and tho exhibition will certainly be very
complete and interesting. The site cho
sen was one of the most fortunate possi
ble. In a metropolis famous for its parks
and gardens, Uyeno yields only to the
imperial pleasure grounds of Euki Age—
the most beautiful park in the world, un
less there be others more beautiful in
Japnn. In this select spot, with the
tombs of the Tokugawason the one hand
and the temple of their founder Gongen-
eauia on the other, and surrounded on all
sides by magnificent groves, the build
ings of the exhibition have been erected
in a simple but effective grouping, and
here next month the visitor may see col
lected for his convenience the products of
nature and art characteristic of Old and
New Japar. A somewhat similar collec
tion has been presented to the Kioto pub
lic, but in the excitement of the war has
attracted li ttln attention; aud a third, at
Nagasaki, has been for the present aban
doned from a like cause. It is to be
hoped that the Tokio exhibition may
meet with better success.
FOUR HOURS OF FREEDOM.
Dajll.nt Escape amt Brilliant Recapture
of a Distinguished Thief.
The Burlington Hawkeye announces
that the author of “Beautiful Snow” will
hold a mass-convention at Long Branch
some time during August.
(From the Hartford Times j
One ot the most bold and daring es
capes from the State prison occurred on
Tuesday afternoon, when James McCabe,
tne of the most noted criminals in the
State prison, succeeded in obtaining his
freedom. McCabe, whose real name is
•John Abrahams, wa3 arrested on the 8th
of July, 1874, for the burglary of Bee-
man’s jewelry store. He* broke into that
place between seven and eight o'clock in
the morning, took two large boxes full of
watches, walked out the back door
through a gangway into Kingsley street.
Thence he went across the bridge to East
Hartford. He carried the boxes of
watches under his arms. On tho oast
bank of the river he sat down and began
to overhaul his plunder, when a police
officer pounced upon him and arrested
him. He was taken before the Police
Court at nine o’clock, before the Superior
C jurt on a bench warrant at ten o'clock,
tried, convicted, and before four o’clock
of the same day he was locked in a
cell in the State prison, under
a sentence of seven years. Tho
whole proceedings from the time of the
robbery did not take seven hours. He
behaved very badly while in prison until
within a few months past, when he be
came good all of a sadden, and so good
that he was allowed the privilege of a
ball waiter. By some of those peculiar
means known to criminals of his stamp,
be obtained a suit of clothing, a saw, a
rope, and other things needful forescape.
Ho sawed one of the bars from a window,
tied his rope to one of the remaining
bars, changed his clothing, and hade fare
well for a time at least, to the institution.
The escape, which was made about half
past three o'clock, was not known until
about an hour later, when men were sent
iu every direction to search for him. He
is an old New York thief, and one of the
worsf kind. He has been a regular nuis
ance to the officers of the prison, who
were frequently obliged to shut him
up in his cell for days, and he has also
been repeatedly oonfined in the dungeon.
He was considered one of the worst
criminals in the prison.
McCabe was rearrestad in New Britain
this morning at seven o’clock. Last
evening, after leaving the prison, he
walked to Berlin, and there by mistake
took the cars to New Britain. In paying
his fare he gave the conductor a five dol
lar bill. When he got to New Britain
and found his mistake, he bought another
suit of clothing, and started on foot to
Berlin, expecting to meet a train for New
York. On the steamboat train last night
was Mr. Hills, an officer, who had a full
description of McCabe, which be gave,
with an account of his escape. By this
description be was indentified this morn
ing by yardmaster Stowell, who, with
two other men, made the arrest. Mc
Cabe’s hands were cut and bleeding
from the wounds he received in sliding
down the ropes in making his escape.
He denied his identity, and said that the
men had made a mistake : bnt when War
den Hewes’ son arrived on an early train
from the city he gave in. He was brought
to this city by young Mr. Hewes and
officers Hills and Risley. He said he had
intended to have tele,graphed to his
father in Brooklyn, and to get to Cali
fornia as soon as possible. He seemed to
be plentifully supplied with money, and
but for the mistake in taking the train at
Berlin, he would undoubtedly have bec-n,
ere this, safe from the hands of the
officers. McCabe is a dangerous man,
and one of a gang of New York, burglars.
Had he been armed at the time of his
capture he would protably have added
murder to his already numerous crimes.
He will now be so closely watched that
there will be no chance of his making his
escape again.
Young Jesse Root Grant is criticised
for the astonishing misinformation which
he displayed in his speech at M. Staempfli’s
dinner table, when be remarked, in be
half of America and by way of encourag
ing the Swiss, that “the youngest repub
lic congratulates the oldest.” But Staem-
ffli displayed still more astonishing igno
rance when, in reply to the congratula
tions of America conveyed by Jesse Root
Grant, he toasted Jesse Root Grant’s
father as “the ablest statesman and wor
thiest citizen of the United States.”—New
York Sun.
Ia Missouri there is large areas of
wheat standing unharvested for want of
reapers, and the farmers are paying two
dollars and a half per day for laborers.