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Georgia Affairs.
Sunday morning last, about two o’clock, a
vrrible smash up occurred cn the Georgia
Kail road, near < takland Cemetery, in which
locomotive and two freight cars were
damaged. The accident was brought about
j, v a switch being left open, thereby causing
the train, which was going at a pretty fast
rate of speed, to run off the track. James
Barrett, the engineer, gives the following
account of the accident: “At 2 o’clock a.
, u . Min day, running at the rate of six miles
j, er hour, the switch near the cemetery was
misplaced by some parties unknown. It be
lter rainy and foggy the engineer could
c heck the train in time, after he had
^•en that the switch was misplaced, and ran
the engine an(Ttwo cars off the track. The
engine turned over on her side but was
damaged only slightly. Two cars were
damaged considerably. lie (the engi
neer) was caught between the reverse
lever and t ab and held there until the engine
vv .|« stopped. The fireman and wood passer
»M.th jumped off. There was nobody hurt.”
It is believed that the switch was designedly
left open to injure Mr. Barrett, he having
l,eeu at one time employed on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad,but having entered the
employ of the Georgia Railroad during the
last strike. An investigation is to be made,
and it is hoped that the perpetrators of the
crime will be caught and punished.
The barbers of Atlanta treat with con
tempt the effort lately made by the negro
attorney, >. L. Hutchins, to compel them
to dose their shops on Sunday. They say
that Sunday shaving is a necessity, and
therefore the section of the Code prohibit
ing working on Sunday does not apply to
them. At any rate they propose to test the
It is estimated that a “proper” observance
of the 4th of July in Atlanta will be worth
a cool $40,000 to that city. That is bringing
matters down to a practical point, certainly.
On the 1st of duly the people of Fulton
county will vote on the question whether or
not the present fence law or its alternative
provided for by the Code shall be adopted.
This means, in brief, whether a farmer shall
be required to fence his lands against the
stock of his neighbors,or whether the owners
of the stock shall fence them in from the
lands of the farmers.
Hog cholera is said to be prevailing in
parts of Middle Georgia.
Wonder where the New’ York Sun gets its
items of news about Georgia. It occasion
ally comes out with most remarkable state
ments of matters of which the home press
seems to be in perfect ignorance. For In-
-tauce, it declares that “A Georgia farmer
smeared his hogs with tar to rid them of
lleas and turned them loose in the woods.
At night they did not return to the pen as
usual, and in the morning he found them
stuck together, the tar making them adhere
in a mass. They might have gone home,
nevertheless, by concert of action, but it
isn’t in a hog to harmonize.”
The Forsyth Adeetliser says that an un
usually large crop of oats has been produced
and harvested iu Monroe county. If the
county were entirely destitute of com, we
believe the oat crop would furnish food for
the stock until the corn crop is gathered.
Hut happily there is a good supply of corn,
though a few are forced to buy. Prominent
and thinking agriculturists say that oats will
prove an important agent in restoring the
agricultural and general prosperity of the
8outb.
It is thought that an organized band of
chicken thieves exists in Columbus, and the
police are anxiously watching to capture
them.
A correspondent writes us that a severe
wind and hail storm passed through Hous
ton county, near Hayneville, doing much
damage, on June 9. A house on the place
of Mrs. Madison Marshall was blown down,
killing two negro women and injuring a
third.
A curiosity in the shape of a child three
months old which has one side of its face
white anti the other black exists on the
place of Mr. George Scarlett, in Glynn
county. Both its parents are said to be
quite black. The Brunswick Advertiser
wants to know if it can be an Albino.
The Atlanta Constitution has advices
lrom Covington, Social Circle, Con
fers qud Madison of the effect of
the late storm in the interior of Georgia,
which show that the damage to crops
and property of those places was very
great. A dispatch from Covington, dated
the 10th instant, says: “We were visited
on yesterday at 4:110 p. m. with a heavy
rain, wind and hail storm, which has done
considerable damage to crops. The hail
was severe and has stripped the cotton of
all leaves and beat it down. Tree6, fences
and houses were injured. Clark «fc Co.’s
warehouse was damaged, the roof being
taken off in part. Considerable extent was
covered by the storm.” Other reports^state
that “at Social Circle the wind blew with
terrific force, tearing up many trees, blow
ing down any number of fences and unroof
ing many houses. The crops in that
section, both cotton and corn, were seri
ously damaged by the very heavy fall of
hail, which came with such force as to pros
trate everything before it. Several head of
• attic* and horses are said to have been
killed by the hail stones. Advices
from this point state that manv of them
were as large as a hen’s egg, while a few
w ere picked up of a much larger size. The
damage to every kind of property is con
siderable. and the residents in that vicinity
will lose heavily by the storm. At Conyers
andMadison the damage is also said to be very
great. At the latter place, we are informed,
a church, together with a number of houses
and -‘tores, were unroofed, and other dam
age done. The crops in the vicinity of these
were prostrated by the rain and hail
which fell in great quantities and with great
force. Some of the hail stones, it is said,
weighed over a pound. From advices by
Hie up-freight, which reached this city
Sunday night, we learn that the hail
fttones which fell on the roof of the
‘ ars left indentations in the planks which
covered the cars. The windows were bro
ken out of the cars, and in one or tw’o in
stances it is claimed that the planks were
shattered by the large stones that were driv-
*ui with great force against them. Our in
formant stated that at Madison many of the
hailstones which struck.the car must have
weighed two pounds. The wiud blew with
*uch force that at times it seemed as if the
coaches would be blown from the track,
rrom all accounts, the storm must have
been the most terrific that has passed
through this section of the State in years.”
On the subject of the late failure of
Messrs. Cubbedge, Hazlehurst <fc Co., the
Macon Telegraph and Messenger says: “Tbe
committee appointed to investigate the re-
‘•ent failure of Messrs. Cubbedge, Hazle-
hurst 6c Co., did not have an interview with
the members of the firm yesterday, but will
probably meet them this morning. Tbe
jueeting was postponed at the request of tbe
hrm. as they said that information could be
{riven more fully to-day, as the bookkeeper
in charge of the books would not get the
Statement made out until late yesterday af-
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
temoon.
creditors
The general expression of the
.* . so far as can be gathered, is
mat they are getting impatient to
the members of the
heai what
firm have to say for them
selves. It is now thought by those best
P^ted that the liabilities will fully reach
*ouu,uuu. The representatives of two large
fertilizer firms with whom the bankers have
had extensive dealings, have been in the
city for the past few days looking after the
interests of their firms. These losses will
aggregate, it is pretty well determined, the
sum of one hundred and five thousand dol
lars. Beyond this nothing new’ has become
evident in the matter. The failure is still
much talked of on the streets.”
Augusta News of Tuesday: “Yesterday
morning a man w'ho gave his name as
Townsend Parker, with his wife, arrived at
the Union depot on the South Carolina
Railroad train, intending to proceed to At
lanta, but they missed connection. Mr.
Parker, finding he was delayed here, told
his wife to remain in the depot while he
went up town, and, as she says, also desired
her to take charge of all the funds he had
in his possession, except two dollars, which
he wished to use, but she declined, as she
told him she had no way of keeping it
safely. He then started toward Broad
Street, and she has heard nothing of her
husband since. To-day Mrs. Parker in
formed the Chief of Police of the matter.
Mr. Parker has never been considered a
drinking man, and his wife is the more dis
tressed in consequence of being left desti
tute and without means to either reac h her
destination or return home.”
A communication from Harlem, on the
Georgia Railroad, to the Augusta Evening
News, says: “Distressing accounts come
from all quarters of the terrible cyclone of
Sunday. Unless immediate relief is given
nothing but starvation stares these sufferers
in the face. Dwellings are destroyed, bams
blown’a way, crops annihilated, and their case
is certainly pit is hie. I send you a remnant
of what was a i, autiful prospect for a cot
ton crop. I. » the good people of August#
bestir themselves to help these unfortu
nates. It is probable a committee will visit
them.”
The Griffin News has this interesting item :
“Near Liberty Hill is living an old fourteenth
amendment, with his wife, who have contri
buted very lavishly to the population of that
section. They have been blessed with thir
ty-seven children, who are all alive and ‘liv
ing with the old man,’ trying to make his
last days comfortable. It may be mentioned
in connection with this numerous progeny
that the ‘roses’ came one by one. It has
been stated from time to time by different
authorities that the negro in the South is de
generating. We submit this case to their
thoughtful consideration.”
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
Weather Still Cold—No Damage from
Storm Railroad Train** Wrecked —
S uited State* Troop* in Atlanta—
Barber Sliop Senwutiou—Sunday or
Sabbath—One Day or No Day for
Divine Service and Uct»t.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Atlanta, June 11.—“Winter in the lap of
spring” is now the most popular remark on
our streets.
The days are cool and the nights cold.
Winter bedding is again brought into use,
and is found quite comfortable.
It is evident that the immense hailstones
which fell in other parts of the State wafted
their chilling exhalations in this direction.
The thunderstorm of Sunday w’as not se
vere in this vicinity, although the wind was
very light and a great deal of rain fell.
MINOR TOPICS.
It is to be hoped that Captain J. F. Burke,
the accomplished President of Atlanta’s
newly formed Rifle Club, will become inter
ested in the Savannah match. He owns a
magnificent Creedmoor rifle and is a superb
“shot.”
It is a pleasant duty to announce the pro
motion of a faithful, efficient and po-
* lite public official, and such is
Mr. Thomas Clayton, for several
years past Messenger of the Southern Ex
press Company between this city and Macon.
He is a brother of Superintendent W. II.
Clayton, of this Division, aud has been pro
moted to “General Floor Manager" of the
office here. He will, therefore, “dance”
attendance upon the patrons in his usual
pleasant aud genial manner in this new’ |h>-
sition of trust.
Several attempts have been made of late
in or near this city to wreck passenger and
freight trains coming into the depot. One
of these attempts was made within sight of
the Whitehall street crossing, by fastening a
bar of railroad iron across the track of the
Western aud Atlantic Railroad. On Sunday
morning last a freight train was wrecked on
the Georgia Railroad, near the cemetery, by
a misplaced switch, and tbe engine and cars
badly damaged. The number of these at
tempts should lead to stringent measures to
detect and punish the scoundrels engaged
in this diabolical w’ork.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
It is not necessary, as an item in the News
suggests, to take troops from the Texas
border to fight the Bannock Indians. There
is now a regiment stationed at McPherson
Barracks in this city, doing nothing, whose
war record is a good one, and whose services
could be well employed in Idaho.
Styles Hutchins, the rejected applicant
for membership of the Fulton bar, is the
son of an Atlanta barber, although he has
been practicing law in South Carolina. Yet
he is now' engaged in an effort to close up
all the barber shops in tbe city on Sunday,
including that of his honored father. It is
doubtful if he succeeds in doing more than
getting hi in self into notoriety, as the patrons
of the shops vigorously oppose his crusade.
Chatham.
BISHOP McCOSKRY’S FALL.
Ids Filial and AbHolute Retirement
ill Disgrace.
Detroit Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
The evidence accumulated hy the
Standing Committee, once the scandal
had got wind, was something startling;
and when the Bishop came hack and an
nounced himself, through Sir. Romeyn,
ready for examination, the committee de
clared that nothing but the regular course
of a trial could be contemplated. Mr.
Romeyn was shown some of the proof,
and he was startled. He went to the
Bishop with his newly acquired knowl
edge, anti told him that the case was not
one that could be defended. The
terms of the committee were sim
ple. They had no desire, as the Bishop
supposed, to defend him. They* were
not, as he supposed—though intimate
friends, with whom he had grown up
since childhood (some of them at least)—
sympathizers who would go am* length
to cover up his sins, after the Plymouth
Church style; hut rather stem men, who
had the courage to make the church it-
seif more of a cause than the man. They
had proofs before them which fully con
vinced them that the charges were well
supported, and they took the ground that
their duty laid wholly with the church.
Mr Romeyn was informed that the com
mittee would appear before any investi-
<*ating committee in the character of a
corporate prosecutor. The Bishop then
asked concessions, but these were re
fused AH that the committee would
accept was an unconditional resigna
tion, not only of the Bishopric of De
troit, but of every clerical function—ill
short the stepping down and out of the
ministerial otlice in its every degree by
the Bishop. This, after one day s delay,
the Bishop decided upon. His resigna
tion, placed in the hands of Bishop
Smith, of Kentucky, is absolute. It is
an absolute confession, in the form it
takes, of all the charges which have
been made, and it is startling enough to
take the breath away from all who have
up to the present time been the defenders
of the Bishop. This is the last we shall
see or hear of McCoskry. It is probable
that be will sail for Europe shortly, and
there end his days in obscurity. He has,
unhappily, wrought much harm to re-
li<rion in Michigan—harm which would
have been a thousand fold magnified
had the standing committee not had the
courage and energy to take the scandal
up in all its hideous magnitude and dis
pose of it at once and forever.
From Riciies to Poverty.—The New
York WorUl states that a banker of that
city who went out of business in 18.2
with $200,000 as his share of the firm s
assets, is now living in a garret in a half
starving condition. Some time after re
tiring from business be was advised by
Hugh McCulloch and Jay Guuld to put
bis capital, which was invested in Lmted
States securities, into Chesapeake am.
Ohio and Northern Pacific ■Railroad
3tocks. This he did, aud lost almost
everything.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS
SECRETARY SHERMAN ON "HON
EST MONEY."
Death of Mr. William Cullen Bryant
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Miscellaneous News Items
Foreign Telegram*.
SECRETARY SHERMAN OS HONEST MONEY.
Washington, June 12.—Secretary Sher
man has written a letter to the Honest
Money League in session at Milwaukee.
He says: “It is manifest that my public
duties will pot permit me to leave this city
at that time, or I should be glad to join
with you in the effort you are making to
secure to the people of the United States
honest money—by which I mean United
States or national bank notes—convertible
at the will of holders into gold and silver
coin. For sixteen years we have had money
which lacked the essential ingredient of
being equal in purchasing power to coin,
varying in value from forty cents on the
dollar to nearly par. We have now reached
a time when we can hope that our paper
money can be maintained at par with coin,
and thus secure an honest money, equal in
value to the money of the civilized
world. Under the law as it now stands
we undertake to maintain in circulation
a greater amount of government notes at
par with coin than any other nation has ever
attempted before. The law also provides
for the issue and circulation of as many
bank notes secured by United States bonds,
as any company or association of five or more
persons will agree to maintain, and secure
their maintenance at par with United
States notes. The largest amount of pa
per money that has the indispensable
perquisite of redemption in coin can now
be circulated, and, besides, our country is
producing annually about eighty millions
in gold and silver bullion. Surely this re
sult, so anxiously sought by the most intelli
gent statesmen aud business men of our
and other times, should not be endangered
by adopting any wild theories about irre
deeinable paper money without a fixed
standard of value. Yet, it is to op
pose and defeat such schemes that
it becomes necessary that your
organization of those in favor of good
money should be encouraged and supported
by the whole country. The business and
industrial classes of the community who are
in favor of greenbacks being supplemented
by bank notes, amply issued under a general
law, to all who will comply with its condi
tions, should unite with us in maintaining a
system which, if successful, will furnish
the best currency that has ever existed in
any country.”
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, June 12.—The President
pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu
nication from the Secretary of War, enclos
ing a letter from the Commanding General
of the Department of Texas, calling atten
tion to the difficulty of obtaining informa
tion to follow the raiders, and recommend
ing the erection of a line of telegraph along
the Nueces river. The Secretary approves
the recommendation of General Ora, aud
asks that an appropriation be made for that
purpose. Ordered printed and to lie on the
table.
Mr. Conklins, of New York, from the
Committee on Commerce, reported without
amendment the House bill to organize a
life saving service. Placed on the calendar.
He also reported from the same committee,
without amendment, the House bill to aid
vessels wrecked in waters contiguous to the
United States and the Dominion of Canada.
Placed on the calendar.
The same committee reported favorably on
the Senate bill authorizing the Southern
Pacific* Railroad Company to construct,
maintain and operate a bridge across Colo
rado river, at Fort Yuma, in the State of
California and in the Territory of Arizona.
Placed on the calendar.
The Senate has passed the House bill
making appropriations for the payment of
claims reported and allowed by the Com
missioners of Claims under act of Congress
of March 3, 1871, together with amendments
extending the time for taking evidence and
submitting claims in cases now pend
ing until March 10, 1878, and
also extending the term of office of the
Commissioners of Claims until March 10,
1880; provided that nothing in the act shall
be so coustrued as to extend the time for
filing claims before said commission, or to
enlarge its jurisdiction, or to authorize the
filing of new claims.
The Senate passed the deficiency appro
priation bill without amendments, and pro
ceeded to bills on the calendar.
The eight-hour bill is postponed to next
session.
Iu the House, tbe whole session was
consumed in consideration of the civil
sundry appropriation bill. No final action
was taken.
The river and harbor bill, as amended by
the Senate, is uuder consideration tc-niglit.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, June 12.—The Mexican
award distribution has gone to a conference.
The House Judiciary Committee has post
poned action on the Rimmel bill until Fri
day, in order to allow the Chairman, Mr.
Knott, to write his minority report. The
majority report endorses the Potter
Committee, and urges a full investi
gation, so that the facts may be known,
aud the guilty punished, as proposed by the
Constitution and laws, but declares the
House incompetent to move in the matters
settled by the last session as regards the
action of the high commission and the title
which it conferred on Hayes.
The Potter Committee has Darrall on the
stand.
Ex-Marshal Pitkin is here.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.
London*, June 12.—The sessions of the
Congress will be secret. A committee, how
ever, will be appointed to select what por
tion of the proceedings shall be given to the
press. It is expected the Congress will al
low Austria to occupy Bosnia, and a mobili
zation of the Austrian forces has been or
dered.
The situation at Constantinople causes
uneasiness. The Porte continues to hold
the forts against the demands of Russia,
supported by Germany.
Beaeonsfield and Bismarck had a two
hours’ conference last night at Berlin.
The Telegraph \i Vienna correspondent
says: “lUwsia has recently taken a very over
bearing tone toward Austria.”
failures.
New York, June 12.—The Combination
Rubber Company, 26 Barclay street and
West Twenty-fourth street, has failed. The
liabilities are $115,000. The assets eonsist
of real estate, machinery, and outstanding
accounts, which have been placed in the
hands of ft receiver.
London, June 12.—M. Muir Sc Sons, grain
merchants of Glasgow, have failed. Liabili
ties eighty thousand dollars.
nEALTH OF THE POPE.
Rome, June 12.—The Bersagleiri, a Liberal
newspaper, stated yesterday that the Pope
had haa a protracted fainting fit.
The OHservabore-ltomano officially states
that the Pope’s health is excellent.
The Tnita CattdUca contradicts the report
that the Pope contemplates going to the
country.
The weather in Rome is excessively hot.
THE WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS.
West Point, N. Y., June 12.—General
Sheridan arrived this morning. He received
a Major General’s salute. The President
will probably reach here in a revenue cutter
during the day. Gen. Sherman is also ex
pected to-day.* The first class examination
closed yesterday, and the standing will be
announced to-morrow morning. Visitors
are flowing in.
QUARTO-CENTENNIAL OF ROANOKE COLLEGE.
Salem, Va., June 12.—The quarto cen
tennial of Roanoke College on yesterday
was a grand affair. An executive committee
was appointed to make arrangements for
the first triennial in 1881.
STARCH FACTORY BURNED.
Cincinnati, June 12.—A special says
Mussey & Sage Bros’, starch factory at Elk
hart, Indiana, burned yesterday. Loss fifty
thousand dollars. Insurance small.
SNOW IN SCOTLAND.
London, June 12.—The weather contin
ues unsettled and unseasonable. There was
a heavy fall of snow in Perthshire, Scot
land, yesterday.
ARRIVED AT BERLIN.
Berlin, June 12.—Count Corti, the Italian
plenipotentiary, and suite, arrived here this
morning.
DEATH OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
New York, June 12.—William Cullen
Bryant died at 5:35 o’clock this morning.
High living cannot be indulged in with
out disagreeable consequences. If you feel
that your blood is out of order use Dr. Bull’s
Blood Mixture. It
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
SERIOUS RIOT IX QUEBEC.
Proceedings of the Potter Committee
of Investigation.
DETAILS OF THE DEATH OF MR. W. C.
BRYANT.
DISEASE GERMS.
C» jploganiM. Wheat Kant, Etc.
THE TOBACCO TAX QUESTION
Indian Troubles in the West.
VI in or Dispatches*
RIOT IS QUEBEC.
Quebec, June 12.—Laborers on strike
have been plundering Renaud’s flour store,
on St. Paul street, stopping traffic on the
street and forcing truckmen to assist them
in carrying off the plunder. B battery and
the police are now engaged in dispersing
the mob.
Later.—The riot is on the increase. The
strikers number about one thousand. B
battery has been forced to retreat, the riot
act not having been read on the ground.
Captain Provost, the Adjutant and some of
the men were badly cut with stones. The
mob took from Renaud’s store nearly two
hundred barrels of flour. The military are
marching up and down St. Paul street.
2:30 p. m.—The military are attempting to
disperse the crowd, but without avail.
Later.—The riot act has just been read
and firing commenced. One person is re
ported killed and several wounded. Several
rioters and spectators are wounded. Cap
tain.** Short and Provost are badly cut with
stones. Some bullets are also believed to
have taken effect in their arms and legs.
Two or three of the mob have received
sabre cuts from the cavalry. Everything is
now (piiet. The rioters have dispersed and
B battery is guarding Parliament House.
items of news.
Washington, June 12.—The managers of
the Lee monument fund of Richmond have
acknowledged the receipt of $357 from
Mississippi and Florida, through Mr. Cun
ningham, Secretary of the Monument Asso
ciation of the District of Columbia.
The National Greenback Convention is in
session here, making a vigorous effort to
Lave the resumption bill repealed.
The Conference Committee on the post
office appropriation bill came to terms yes
terday afternoon, aud another one of the
general appropriation bills is disposed of.
There still remain to be agreed upon the
legislative, executive and judicial, the sun
dry civil, the deficiency, the river and har
bor and the army bills.
Confirmations: John C. Fremont, Gov
ernor of Arizona: John A. Witcher, of West
Virginia, Pension Agent at Washington;
Lewis McKenzie, Postmaster at Alexandria,
Virginia.
The Light House Board gives notice that
ou the first of August,1878,the light house on
the east side of the jettys at South Pass
aud the head of the passes of the Mississippi
river will be changed from fixed white to
fixed red.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Sign al Observer,
Washington, D. C., June 12.—Indications
for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic States, rising possi
bly followed by falling barometer, variable
winds, nearly stationary temperature and
clear or partly cloudy weather will prevail.
In tbe Gulf States, generally lower fol
lowed by higher pressure, stationary and
higher temperature, east to south winds,
partly cloudy weather and rain areas.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, rising
possibly followed by falling barometer,
winds mostly from northeast to southeast,
stationary and higher temperature, cloudy
or partly cloudy and rain areas.
Iu the Middle and Atlantic States, higher
pressure, stationary or slightly higher tem
perature, clear and partly cloudy weather,
occasional light rains and variable winds
shifting to northwest and northeast.
DETAILS OF THE DEATH OF WILLIAM CULLEN
BRYANT.
New York, June 12.—At two o’clock
this morning a sudden chauge for the worse
came over Mr. Bryant and his breathing be
came heavy and stentorous. His daughter,
Miss Bryant, and his granddaughter,
Miss Goodwin, Mr. John H. Gra
ham, and his doctors were at once
summoned to his bedside and remained
with him to the last. He passed away peace
fully and evidently suffered but little pain.
He has been unconscious ever since the day
of the accident which caused his death, ex
cept for a few momeuts, when he would
evince signs of returning consciousness and
would count one, two, three, four, and so
on, slowly, as if testing his memory.
CONDITION OF TH E WESTERN UNION TELE
GRAPH COMPANY.
New York, June 12.—At .a meeting of
the directors of the Western Union Tele
graph Company to-day the current quarterly
report of the executive committee was pre
sented, aud shows the net profits for the
quarter ending June 30, based on returns
fur April ami May. are estimated at $867,018,
which, with the surplus at April 1, makes
a total of $1,055,878. Deducting $170,000
for one quarter’s interest on the bonded
debt, construction and other expenses, a
balance remains of $885,878. A dividend of
of 1 1 . 2 per cent, on the capital stock was de
clared, payable July 15th. This dividend
requires $525,996, leaving a surplus of $359,-
942.
THE TOBACCO TAX QUESTION.
Richmond, Va., June 12.—A large and
influential delegation of the tobacco trade
of Richmond, accompanied by a considera
ble number of representative merchants and
business men, leave for Washington to-mor
row morning for the purpose of hastening
the action or Congress on the settlement of
the tobacco tax question. The visit is
mainly due to the great depression in busi
ness resulting from an almost entire suspen
sion of operations in the manufacture of
tobacco, the consequent lack of employ
ment to many white and the greater portion
of the colored population.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATING COM-
MITTEE.
Washington, June 12.—Before the Pot
ter Committee Darrall was cross-examined
at great length, the tenor of his evidence
stilf continuing to place Anderson and Mat
thews in close political relations.
Seymour, the notary, and the two wit
nesses, Dick and Wilder, to the Anderson-
Weber statement, testified to the execution
of the papers; they knew Anderson and
were then for the first time acquainted with
W eber.
Gen. Smith, formerly appointment clerk
of the Treasury, was partially examined,
without new developments.
THE OHIO REPUBLICANS.
Cincinnati, June 12.—The Republican
State Convention has assembled. Hon.
William Lawrence is permanent Chairman.
Judge William White heads the ticket as
Supreme Judge. The platform opens:
“The principles of the Republican party, as
written in the history of the country, as
specifically declared in the national platform
of the party, as made sacred by the blood of
patriots shed in defense of the Union and
freedom, we hereby reaffirm."
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
San Francisco, June 12.—A Nevada dis
patch reports the citizens arming. The In
dians captured a stage driver, killed the
only passenger, and escaped on one of the
leauers. The rest of the horses were cap
tured. The stage contained several boxes
of arms and ammunition for Idaho settlers
crowding in camp McDormit.
Winnepeg, June 12.—Sitting Bull is re
ported quiet at Bolly river.
THE INVESTIGATION OF STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Washington, June 12.—The Matthews
Committee of the Senate this evening re
considered the motion to postpone. They
will meet to-morrow in open session and
have Anderson and Darrall before them.
THE DUCHESS AND THE EMPEROR.
London, June 12.—The Duchess of Edin
burg has gone to St. Petersburg on account
of the illness of her mother, which is serious
but not dangerous.
The Emperor of Germany had a refresh
ing sleep last night.
AMMUNITION AND WAR STORES FOR RUSSIA.
London, June 12.—The Globe says: “Two
American steamers have arrived atCronstadt
with arms, ammunition and warlike stores
for Russia.”
TnK Ohio Body Snatcher.—The
Cincinnati Enquirer says the detectives
of that city are confident that the robbery
of the grave of John Scott Harrison haa
been traced to “Dr. Morton,” whose real
name is believed to be Christian, and
who was convicted in Washington city
some time since for grave robbing. He
was in Cincinnati tbe day after the rob
bery of the Harrison grave, but fled the
citv.
Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson and her little
niece, Annie Cass, aged seven, were
found on Saturday morning strangled in
their homes, nine miles north of Green
field, Ind. An assassin had entered
through the pane of a glass door, but
there was seemingly no attempt at rob
bery.
Editor Hominy Xncs: You were kind
enough last February to publish a short
synopsis of a lecture which I deli . ered on
the-causes of disease (etyologyi. and the
importance of hating our woods burned
every* fall.
I send you some additional facts. Since
February many cases of whooping cough
and measles have come under my observa
tion. At the best stage for making obser
r ation I had glasses of only moderate pow
ers, but my investigations were sufficient
to convince me beyond a doubt that tbe
former (whooping cough i is produced by
cryptogamic apores; and I strongly suspect
that the latter (measles) is produced by
insect germs. Since commencing this
article I see it stated that Dr. Tschamer, of
Uratz, has found the whooping cough
fungus on the skins of apples and oranges
and that he produced a well defined case of
that epidemic by inhaling the fungus from
an apple peel.
1 shall investigate the latter statement
very soon.
As to measles, I have noticed that the
germs are very tender, that when sepa
rated from organic matter they perish al
most immediately, and that in the open air
the disease cannot be communicated beyond
a very few feet. I have noticed one other
remarkable fact—that after a given period
the disease subsides of itself, even when
material is abundant and exposure complete.
Whether this is due to atmospheric con
ditions, migration of the germs, or some un
suspected cause, I cannot say, but I hope
the future will soon reveal.
ELECTORAL HISTORY.
How Ben Hill Secured Hayes’ In
auguratlon and Saved tbe Country
Again.
WHEAT BUST.
Since the 12th of May I have had wheat,
wild rose, brier and apple rust under con
stant operation with a glass of high power.
1 find no difference in the fungus developed
on the blades and that on the stalk:
neither "do I find any split where
the rust is deposited on the stalk, as has
been repeatedly asserted, but after the rust
has destroyed the life of the plant, the tex
ture is so impaired that such a mistake is a
very natural one. The red cells on the
brier are very brilliant and oval-shaped, and
seem to multiply much more rapidly than
those on the wheat. The latter are spherical
having a dark nucleus and many dark pro
tuberances on the surface. Those on the
rose are spheroidal and of a scarlet orange
color, which is perfectly gorgeous, more
brilliant even than any gem. As the plant
dies the red cells fade and there shoot out
myriads of translucent fungi, apparently
out of the red cells, with about the same
diameter and a length about ten or twelve
times as great. What seems to be the seed
cell or spore of the brier fungus is transpa
rent, quite an elongated prolate spheroid
vastly less than the red cell, and evidently
so light that they can easily be
transported by the air, and tbe
numbers are beyond estimation.
When the season is dry aud the wheat and
oats are vigorous, presenting very highly
polished surfaces,tile spores floating through
the air cannot attach themselves, and they
seem to die if deposited in crevices where
they cannot receive abundance of air and
light.
On the contrary, they attach to the plant
readily when it is moist or weakly and
presenting a rough surface. This last con
dition may be met partially by selection of
seed, soil aud proper fertilizers, though I
am inclined to think that a thorough pre
paration of the land before sowing will
more thoroughly guard the plant against
the danger. Against moisture I can sug
gest no better protection than the one
which has already been twice given to the
public. As the rainy seasons are beyond
our control, the only resource is to destroy
many of tbe spores as possible,
by burning our woods and old fields
in the fall of the year. I have
no doubt that the great body of these
spores, and those of other species of micro
scopic cryptogams, as well as the germs of
many parasitic insects, are preserved
through the winter in the leaf heaps of our
woodlands and the brakes of our old
fields.
If it is desirable to preserve the black
berry crop, a far better yield aud superior
fruit can be secured from a limited number.
of plants, well cultivated. Besides, burn
ing in tbe fall, at a time judiciously selec
ted, would secure us against the fearful ae-
idents of fire which will result in such dis
asters as we experienced last spring. That
such fall burning would be greatly beneficial
to our timber the farmers through this por
tion of the State no longer question, and
as to its injuring the land, that is not only
questionable, but all the positive testimony,
with my own experiments and the facts of
science, point directly to the op
posite conclusion. * That the decay
it leaves and twigs must enrich the
soil which is so thickly covered as to ex
clude it from the sunlight and the free
circulation of the gases, not to mention the
closely crowded growth which still further
exclude it from the fertilizing gases, and
vitalizing rays, is an assumption too base
less for further credit until it is supported
by actual experiments and well authenti
cated facts.
These last I can nowhere find, but on the
contrary, I have received, in addition to the
great body of facts placed before tbe Agri
cultural Convention, much testimony from
all parts of the State, all going to show that
the land is not only not injured, but bene
fited hy burning; and not one fact have I
received on the other side, though I have
asked many parties to send such to me if
discovered. Many experiments have been
made on lands lying side by side, and in
every case have resulted in favor of burn
ing. I hope yet to push these investiga
tions much further, and I hereby solicit in
formation, well attested facts and experi
ments on both sides of the question.
I have but the one desire, and that is to
reach the truth, and, if possible, thereby
improve the condition of our country.
Jons W. Glenn.
Curing Beer Without Salt.
San Francisco Correspondence Baltimore Sun
Our system of salting meat makes it
unhealthy and distasteful. Why do we
salt hones ! Were they extracted, one-
third the salt would suffice, the meat so
cured would lose little of its nutriment,
besides gaining in value. Two-thirds of
the smoking might be dispensed with,
and one cause of iudigestibility greatly
lessened. Modern mechanical skill can
surely contrive a tool to dislione a ham,
and let the salt have equal access inside
and outside. The thick skin might lie
removed with equal benefit. Custom
may claim the shape of the ham as im
portant. but this objection would give
way before the great superiority of the
meat. Farmers would find profit in it
for their own household. A tened
turkey is always attractive. When
raised far from market, a turkey
boned aud slightly salted and smoked
would find ready sale at remunerative
price. The Mexicans cure beef without
salt. The first operation is to unbone it.
Then it is cut into narrow strips and ex
posed to the sun till a superficial crust is
formed to exclude the air. A slight
smoking keeps insects away. It is usu
sually kept in sacks in a dry place, and
time does not injure it. It is now sug
gested that great improvement can be
made in curing all meats without salt, by
some adaption of the Alden fruit dryer.
We have seen beef and mutton shredded
into broad ribbands, two inches thick,
and passed through an Alden dryer and
slightly smoked till a stronger outer crust
was formed. The cured meat was served
to sailors on a voyage to the Sandwich
Islands and back, and was esteemed a
great luxury compared with the best
salted mess beef. Some that was brought
hack to San Francisco satisfied the ex
perimenters that this mode of curing
meat is destined to come into general use.
A miner in the Black Hills, writing to
a friend, tells of a horrible reminder of
the fearful snow storms of last winter,
and of the perils of those who were
caught out and lost their way on the
plains. He says that recently, while
crossing the country, they came upon
the skeleton of a horse, within which
was the skeleton of a man. with the
grinning skull looking out at them from
between the ribs of the animal, like a
prisoner peering through the bars of his
cell. The two skeletons told the whole
story. The man had killed his horse,
cut him open and crawled inside of him,
thinking to thus escape perishing of cold,
but the flesh of the animal froze solid,
and the man was as much a prisoner as
if he had been shut in by walls of iron
The wolves and carrion birds had stripped
the greater part of the flesh from both
skeletons. The miner concludes his de
scription by saying: “It was a sight I
shall never forget. I can see it now
whenever I close my eyes.”
A Washington correspondent contrib
utes the follow ing to the history of the
electoral count
“Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia, made
some highly interesting statements to-day
respecting the most important events
that transpired during the session of the
electoral commission, and which throw
new light upon the history of that criti
cal period. The conversation originated
through an allusion to the resolution in
troduced in the Senate yesterdav hy
Senator Spencer, one of the avowed ob
jects of which is to investigate into and
expose the proceedings of what is known
as the ‘Wormley Hotel Conference.* A
passing reference.to this political gather
ing is, perhaps, necessary in order to
maintain the continuity of this narrative.
As the story goes, a few Republicans,
friends of Sir. Hayes, who were cogni
zant of his purposes, met hy appoint
ment an equal uumlier of Southern
Democrats at Wormley's Hole', in this
city. It was during 'he height of the
excitement pending the last days of
the Presidential count, when a dead
lock seemed inevitable and all sorts
of alarming rumors were iu cir
culation. The Democrats who par
ticipated in the conference claimed,
as alleged, to have it in their power to
prevent the completion of the electoral
count, and were willing to withdraw all
opposition to such completion if the
friends of Mr. Hayes would guarantee
that, when he became President, the
Federal troops would lie withdrawn
from Louisiana and South Carolina, and
that such other measures would be
adopted as would secure }he dissolution
of the Packard and Chamberlain govern
ments and the establishment of those of
Nichols and Wade Hampton. The
Republicans, in consideration of a com
pletion of the count being permitted,
agreed to the terms proposed by the
Democrats. Both parties to the negotia
tion exchanged pledges satisfactory to
each other, and in pursuance of this
arrangement the count was completed,
.Mr. Haves inaugurated, and the changes
in the State governments of Louisiana
and South Carolina effected.
“Dp to this time the power of the
Democrats who took part in the Wormley
conference to have prevented the com
pletion of the electoral count has been
undisputed, and the credit for defeating
the filibustering movement in the House
has been generally attributed to them.
Senator Hill, however, emphatically and
unequivocally denies that the agreement
entered into at the Wormley Hotel con
ference had any tearing upon the peacea
ble solution of the Presidential problem.
He states that the Democrats who par
ticipated in the conference did so with
out a shadow of authority from any
body, and without consultation with
their party colleagues. It was purely
the gratuitous, irresponsible act of a few
men who had controlled no votes in the
House except their own, aud who
did not have it in their power
to fulfil the agreement it is
alleged they made. Senator Hill nu
thorizes the statement that in his opinion
tlie Democrats who participated in the
Wormley conference could have had no
other object in view than a desire to
obtain notoriety. So far from having
influenced the action of the House.
Senator Hill, to use almost his own words,
said: ‘I am now about to reveal to you
the dim outlines of what will some day
form one of the most patriotic pages in
American history, and after I conclude
my brief narrative you will know just
how much influence this so-called
Wormley conference had in affecting
the result of the electoral count. When
the decision of the electoral commis
sion in the Florida case became known,
I became satisfied that the disputed
States would be decided in favor of
Hayes, and that the issue which
would presently confront us would
be the legal inauguration of Sir. Hayes
as President- or another revolution.
I consulted with a few ex-f’onfederates,
all members of the House of Representa
tives, and the situation was thoroughly
aud earnestly discussed. Not to enter
into unnecessary details, we, who had
just emerged from a ruinous and disas
trous war and had experienced its devas
tating effects—we ex-rebels determined
to prevent a second civil war and spare
the country from all the terrible horrors
that would attend it. Accordingly, forty-
two ex-Confederates solemnly pledged
themselves to each other upon their
sacred honor to oppose all attempts to
frustrate the counting of the votes for
President and Vice President. We
held no caucus, nor no meeting. I
called upon each gentleman person
ally and obtained his signature to
paper that I presented to Kim.
We conducted the movement with the
greatest caution, for we did not desire
our plans should be even suspected.
You may judge how well the secret has
been kept when it has remained inviolate
to this day. Having disclosed these
facts, you can now determine what de
gree of importance to attach to the influ
ence exercised by the Democratic mem
bers of the Wormley conference upon
the result of the electoral count. The
forty-two ex-Confederate Congress
men had pledged themselves to abide
by the decision of the electoral com
mission several weeks before the
Wormley conference took place, so that,
despite the sensational rumors that filled
the air, towarels the close of the count,
there never was the remotest possibility
of trouble. We held the balance of
power, and did not propose to permit
another war if our votes could prevent
it,’
Being asked for his opinion of the
Potter investigation, Senator Hill said
that he was in favor of eliciting all the
facts tending to establish fraud, where-
ever perpetrated or by whomsoever com
mitted, hut there it would end. The
Presidential title would not be dis
turbed, and nothing would lie done ex
cept what was just and legal. He, per
sonally, did not believe that President
Hayes was in any manner connected
with any frauds or irregularities. On
the contrary, he thought he was au hon
est, pure, and upright man. ‘If anybody
attempts to inaugurate a revolution.’ said
Senator Hill, in conclusion, ‘theex-rebels
will put it down. We will not allow
it.’ ”
The elevated railroad in New York,
although a “fixed fact,” is still a subject
of contention between property owners
on the line of the streets it obstructs.
Some of these think the road will make
their fortunes, others are satisfied that
business ou the thoroughfares through
which it passes will be ruined. The rail
road docs not obstruct the roadway be
neath, and it is certainly a great con
venience to the traveling public, the
trains moving rapidly and smoothly, and
the cars being "palace” cars when com
pared with the ordinary street convey
ance. At present the cars run close to
the windows of houses devoted to a'!
sorts of uses, and the passengers look
in upen manufacturers and merchants at
work or into the bedrooms of the rich,
or kitchens, bedrooms and sittingrooms
of the poor along the route. The road is
so useful that it will, no doubt, be re
tained in the streets, and eventually the
houses which it opens up to public view
will be devoted to purposes compatible
with the bringing of the public to look
into second and third story windows.
Supposed Attempted Suicide ok a
Livingston.—George Le Roy Living
ston, of Troy, a descendant of a well
known New York family, and who was
recently divorced from liis wife in Troy,
after he had eloped with Mary Gale, the
daughter of a wealthy citizen of that city,
shot himself in the Cosmopolitan Hotel,
New York, Saturday afternoon, the ball
from a revolver taking effect in his shoul
der. Livingston declares that the shot
was accidental, but the general supposi
tion is that he designed suicide. Before
separating from his wife Livingston is
said to have squandered nearly half a
million of dollars of her money.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Horrible Kudina of Conjugal Dl*-
eord A Hollier Hang* Her*ell in
the Pre*enee of Her Babe The
Living and the Dead Remain To
gether for Hour*.
THE ROACH SUBSIDY.
How Southern Support or Such
Scheme* I* Intrepreted at .the
North.
it adison (Ind ) Courier. June 1.
Professor Rust and his wife have led a
quarrelsome, wretched, unhappv life.
Their wranglings and domestic difficul
ties have teen the subject of neighter-
hood talk for years, some of those parti
cipating in the discussion taking the part
of the husband and others sympathizing
with the wife. On one occasion, at
least, the peace of the neighborhood has
lieen disturlied by these family jars, the
noise of which would ring out on the
night air and cause an assembly of the
ueighliors. The wife always claimed
that tier husband was abusing her un
mercifully, and would call for protection
from him. while he would always pro
test that lie was not doing her any vio
lence; that it was her uncontrollable
temper that caused the troubles. Some
of the neighbors have endeavored to act
as mediators between the man and wife
—to persuade them to a more reasonable
and peaceful life.
All this forenoon the cries of a little
bate were heard in a bedroom in the sec
ond story of Rust’s house. The window
of the room was up and the shutters par
tially drawn together. Finally a lady of
the neighborhood went over to Mr. C. A.
Ramspot, another neighbor, and told him
that there was something wrong at Rust’s
and that he had better see what was the
matter. Mr. Ramspot went down there
and found Rust in ted in a lower room
He asked the Professor what was wrong.
Rust said that his wife had got mad again
and had locked herself up in her bedroom.
Rust arose, dressed and started out of
town. The continual crying of the child
in the bedroom served to increase the
apprehension, and some one went for the
Marshal, who responded immediately
He got to the house at a fewmin
utes before eleven o'clock. He pro
ceeded up stairs, broke the door open
and Heavensl what a spectacle met
his gaze ! In the corner, just behind the
door as it swung back, he found the body
of the woman hanging cold and dead,
and presenting a ghastly appearance,
The rope that effected the strangulation
was a slim clothesline, doubled so as to
hold the weight of the body. It had
teen tied to a nail driven upright in the
upper edge of the door frame and then
adjusted firmly about her neck, the knot
coming up in the rear of her head and
causing the rope to imbed itself deep in
her throat ! She was not clear of the
floor, hut on the contrary her knees were
tent in order to bring the weight of the
body on the rope ? From the corners of
her mouth froth had run down and
become dried, giving the face a dreadful
expression, and to add to the horror
of the scene there, upon a feather tick on
the floor (the upper part of the house and
this room being unfurnished) lay the in
fant. only about five months old, almost
faint from incessant crying. The body
was cut down and placed on the lied.
The hate was placed in the care of Mrs.
John W. Smith, and the little boy, aged
five years, who had teen sleeping down
stairs witli his father, was taken charge
of temporarily by another neighbor.
The body had on only a nightgown and a
woolen skirt. Her left hand was clasped
and lying on her breast. In the grim
death chamber were some old clothes
hanging on nails in the wall, and in one
comer was a Christmas decoration of
some kind, covered with variegated pa
per and bright gilt balls which suggested
that at one time there might have lieen a
season of happiness in the family.
Double Murder and Suicide in Phila
delphia.
At No. 1J37 South Tenth street, Phila
delphia, resided a family by the name of
Gerstlach, the htisbaud being a shoe
maker and out of work. On Thursday
last he left home in search of employ
ment, and the same evening Rev. Dr.
Johnson, of the P. E. Church at Eighth
and Reed streets, received a letter from
him stating in feeling language that he
was about to commit suicide, giving a
sketch of his struggles to find bread for
his family, and commending his children
to the mercy of the world. It was un
derstood that Gerstlach had gone to a
watering place to look for work, and but
little was seen of the family afterwards.
Saturday night a neighbor, suspecting
that all was not right, broke into the
house. In the second-story room, in :i
trundle bed, he found the two children
Charles Rotert Ernest, aged eleven, and
Elizabeth Anne, aged nine years, both
dead. Over the face of the tey was a
pad, aud over the little girl a handker
chief, teth saturated with chloroform.
In a ted in the same room lay the mother,
also dead, with a chloroformed handker
chief over her face. All three were at
tired in their night dresses. A note was
found in the house, penned in red ink,
hy Mrs. Gerstlach. bidding good-bye to
all, and from which it appears that" she
must have killed the children and then
committed suicide. The father, who has
not teen heard from since Thursday, has
probably committed suicide also. He
was about fifty-six years of tge, and had
teen a private in the Thirteenth Regiment
New Jersey Volunteers.
A dispatch received Sunday night says:
•‘The first supposition that the deed was
done by Mrs. Gerstlach is now considered
to have teen erroneous. F ime of the
facts upon which this new theory is
based are the distance at which the
chloroform was found from the body of
the dead mother. The circumstance of
the rear portion of the house being open
and the discovery against the fence of
the yard, which has no gate, of a lioard
as u used by some person who had
climbed into the next yard, which lias a
gate, for the purpose of escaping by the
rear. Nothing lias been heard of Gcrst-
lach. The funeral of the victims will
take place Tuesday at four o’clock.” ■
Mr. Stanley Matthews is pursuing an
eminently unwise course in standing on
what he calls his Senatorial privileges aud
resisting the efforts that are being made
to induce him to go before Mr. Potter's
Committee and tell all he knows about the
matters in course of investigat ion by that
committee. If he has done no wrong, he
has nothing to fear from Mr. Potter’s
Committee or from anybody, and he is
not doing himself or his cause any good
by making what has all the appearance
of being an effort to evade a rigid and ex
haustive inquiry into his conduct. Just
now Mr. Matthews stands in a most un
favorable position before the public.
It is a position that an honorable man,
conscious of innocence of any wrongdo
ing, would not desire to stand in for a
moment longer than was absolutely
necessary; and the charges against him
are of a character that a punctilious man
should prefer to be investigated by his
enemies rather than by his friends. Mr.
Stanley Matthews has managed to com
mit a superfluity of follies during the
brief period he has lieen attempting to
figure as a national statesman, but he
will commit the worst folly of his career
if he fails to meet the issue now before
him with absolute fearlessness and abso
lute frankness.—Philadelphia Telegraph.
SnocKiNo Suicide.—Mr. John R.
Robertson, an insurance agent, of No
1!)7 Dean street. New York, committed
suicide about eight o’clock Monday
morning hy shooting himself. He has
lieen suffering from pneumonia for some
time. aDd it is said would probably have
lived but a few days. This morning he
appeared to be greatly excited, and
securing a revolver told his wife that he
should put an end to his existence at
once. She and her mother attempted to
take the pistol from him, but he rushed
past them, reachinghis bedroom, and
locked the door. The next moment
they heard the report of the pistol. His
wife sent for a physician, but before
the messenger returned Robertson un
locked the door and walked down stairs,
with the blood running down his shirt
from a wound in the left breast in the
region of the heart. He sank upon a
lounge and died in a few seconds with
out having spoken.
Baltimore Bulletin.
The patient people of the counlry are
beginning to be tired of the subsidy busi
ness when it is brought to their attention
in Mr. John Roach’s way, and the press
reflects their opinions. Even the New
Englanders are awaking to the enormity
of this sort of business. The Providence
Press says:
“The influence of Pennsylvania upon
general politics and the Federal Treasury
is getting to be a positive danger and will
tear close watching. Pennsylvania is
firmly supported hy the South’ a change
of front so utterly unhistorical as to sug
gest further inquiries. Unless appear
ances deceive, the time is not far off
when New England and New York may
favor free trade, while Pennsylvauiaamil
the South will prefer protection, subsi
dies and Federal fostering. Tbe West,
of course, will hold the balance of
power."
In point of fact, there is no permanent
alliance, but there is a truce between the
Southern and the Pennsylvania politi
cians in pursuit of a very large game.
After the reconstruction the Pennsyl
vania politicians went South and allied
themselves with corrupt men like Bul
lock, Blodgett. Kimball. Spencer, War
ner, I Vest. Kellogg, etc., and with their
aid got control of all the loading rail
roads in that section. When the carpet
baggers were kicked out. the Pennsvl
vanians took up with certain Southern
Democrats, in order still to push their
subsidy schemes, and this league con
tinues and will continue so long as such
men are suffered to represent the South.
As the New York Bulletin justly says:
“The South is just uow largely repre
sented hy hungry politicians of the class
who always favor the prostitution of the
public purse. They do not represent the
true interests of the South; and, now tliat
Southern politics are being emancipated
from the control of meie politicians, we
may hope that these men will he succeed
ed by a class of Senators aud Represen
tatives who tetter comprehend the natu
ral interests of that section. Ultimately
Pennsylvania is likely to get more back
ing from jKirtions of the West tliau from
the South.”
The Radical Conspiracy in Louisiana.
A reporter of the New Orleans
Times has had an interview v. ilh one
whom he describes, so as to reveal his
identity beyond mistake, as an intelligent
Republican, and this unique man lias
told him a terrible 'aie. The intelligent
Republican told the reporter that Kellogg
hud told the intelligent Republican that—
“He told our informant that it was no
use to spend any money or to make any
special exertions: that if Hayes was
elected without Louisiana, salt could not
save Packard, and that if Hayes needed
the State the returning board would
count it for the Republicans, no matter
ho“ badly it was beaten at the polls.
But to save himself from blame after
wards Kellogg wrote a letter to the
National Republican Committee, saying
the contest would turn on Louisiana and
that if they expected him to carry it they
must furnish him money and speakers.
He wanted the election to turn out as it
did, so a Democratic mob would scare
the Legislature into a corner where he
could hold it until elected Senator, when
he would let it go to the dogs."
To do Kellogg justice, however, he
had a plan of disposing of Anderson
which was essentially the same as that
afterwards suggested to Secretary Evarts
by Mr. Bulldozer. It was simply to send
Anderson to Feliciana and get him
knocked on the head and made a martyr.
“Kellogg urged him to go, and asked
me to persuade him to do so. Anderson
said Herwig also advised him to go, and
gladly agreed to give him an indefinite
leave of absence from his $1,200 clerk
ship, telling him he could distinguish
himself there and get a big otlice. An
derson laughed as he told me this, and
said he knew Herwig only wanted him to
go up there and get killed. I promised
Kellogg to advise Anderson to go, and
then warned the latter of the danger he
was incurring. I told him tiiey thought
he was vain and foolish enough to go up
there and kick up a row and become a
martyr, when Kellogg aud company
would shed crocodile tears over his bull
dozed and mangled liody, and wave the
blood}* shirt over the land. ”
Poisoned by Strawbekuiks.—The
Boston TrateUer has the following in
reference to the death of a young son of
Mr. W. H. Dennett, of Beverly, .Mass.:
"Poison taken into the system of the
child, in some form, while eating straw
terries, seems, without doubt, to have
teen the cause of death. How the straw
berries became poisonous is a point on
which no light seems to be thrown. Mr.
Dennett bought them the day tefore;
they were proliably at least four days old.
Mrs. Dennett prepared them for the table
the night tefore, putting sugar on them
and then setting them aside. Iu the
afternoon of the following day they were
brought on to the table, and the whole
family of four jiersons partook of them.
The next morning the little boy com
plained of being sick, and a few minutes
later was attacked with vomiting and
purging. A physician was sent for and
every care taken of the little fellow until
five o’clock in the afternoon, when he
died. Before dying he was thrown into
several convulsive spasms and his lower
limbs were paralyzed. After death the
body of the child was covered with spots,
indicating rank poison of the system.
The physician is at a loss to account for
the occurrence. The other members of
the family were also taken sick and suf
fered considerably for from two to live
hours each.”
Italy is to have a jubilee of destruction
next year, when eighteen hundred years
will have elapsed since the two cities of
Pompeii and Herculaneum were de
stroyed by earthquakes and eruptions
from Mount Vesuvius. It is now in
tended to “celebrate the day,” and the
scene of the ceremonies is to be at Pom
peii itself, as bcinjj the tetter known of
the two buried cities.
A riot took place on an open square in
Montreal last Saturday night, originating
in a quarrel between a Catholic aDd a
Protestant, the crowd taking sides. Sev
eral person s were wounded.
Summer Sr$ort$.
The Yellow Sulphur Springs,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. VA., ■
T'HE most elevated and coolest resort in the
1 State, will be opened the FIRST OF JUNE
under an entire new management.
The elite of Baltimore, New Orleans and
other cities expected.
The beauty of this place and the widely
known medicinal and curative powers of its
waters ensure health, pleasure and happiness,
and consequently thev are always well patron
ized. Every rational desire and amusement
are to be had here, which, together with the
following extremely low rates for STRICTLY
FIRST CLASS TABLE, offers inducements
unsurpassed:
TERMS-Per day 52 50; per week $12 50: for
four weeks $40.
Passengers leave the cars at Christiansburg,
A. M. & O. R. R., 80 miles west of Lynchburg.
Passengers from Savannah and Charleston
make close connection with trains on the A.
M. & O. R. R.. arriving at the springs for break
fast or dinner. As cottages are l»eing rapidly
ngaged, persons desiring accommodations
vill do well to write at once
RICHARD CON TEE, Proprietor.
A. M. WHITE, Manager.
jell-12t
Catoosa Springs, Ueonda.
T HIS delightful summer resort will be opened
for the reception of visitors on the ‘1st of
June, with an entire chance of management.
Its fine location, in the healthy and picturesque
region of Northwest Georgia, the great variety
and medicinal value of the waters, flue commo
dious buildings and easy access combine to ren
der it one of the most desirable watering places
in the South. Four trains daily of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad between Atlanta and
Chattanooga pass the depot, two and a half
miles distant from the Springs, where comfort
able conveyances are always in waiting. The
>roprietor will endeavor to make it acceptable
n every respect to even the most fastidious.
Terms-510 00, $8 50 and 57 00 per week, ac
cording to length of stay.
W. A. SPENCE, M. D.,
my22-1 in
Proprietor.
JAMES ilETEB,
BROKER AND DEALER IN
Exchange, Bonds, Stocks,
COIN
(P. O. BOX 81), NO. 110 BRYAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
L IBERAL arrangements made with parties
purchasing on margina. tt