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HAYES AND THE SOUTH.
New York Sun.
, to ie the brightest jewel m her crown.
Til- lustrous diamond of her sovereignty;
With base beguilement bowed her spirit down,
That he securely throi id on Fraud might be.
He rnvs her back in gev gaws full enough •-
In bastard gems and beads, a tawdry store;
uh, like a savage queen, accepts the stuff,
U! ,t . her head and thanks him o’er and
o'er.
Georgia Affairs.
The Atlanta Cadets have decided to make
in excursion to Richmond, Va., on the 10th
,,f Ju!\ n ext. They will spend two or three
days in that city, and will go thence to the
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, where
they will remain nearly two weeks. In both
places they will camp out, but will take their
meals at the hotels. A cordial reception
ami a pleasant time is anticipated.
Tamlv Stegall, of Atlanta, died very’ sud
denly on Monday night last from an attack
of apoplexy, brought on by excessive drink
ing It was ascertained that just before his
death be had taken a pint of whisky in
twentv minutes. It was this that caueed a
rush of blood to the head, producing con
gestion. The verdict of the jury was in
accord with the above mentioned circum
stances.
The account heretofore given of the de
struction of Mr. Thos. Wynn’s gin factory
near Bel Air by Sunday’s storm w’as much ex-
affirerated. Instead of forty new gins bav
in^ been destroyed, only about fifteen are
beyond repair, and his loss is placed at
{1,500 instead of 89,000.
The Augusta Evening News lias advices
of several additional casualties from the late
storm. A house belonging to Mrs. L. A.
Adams on the Southwestern Railroad was
struck by lightning, and tw’o of five in
mates, Miss Adeline Moore and Mrs. P. T.
Smith, were instantly k» ,, 2d. The others
were injured. Also, it s\ys that a Mr. W. B.
Ferrell, who resided near the six-mile post
on tin- Georgia Railroad, was fatally injured
by a falling tree. He lay helpless under the
tree from Sunday until Monday morning
when he was discovered and taken to a
house near the scene of the accident, where
he died. He was a school teacher and much
respected by all who knew him. He leaves
a wife to mourn his loss.
Ia reply to a correspondent, asking if
Southwest Georgia is a good country for
sheep raising, the editor of the New York
World says that it is, but that there exists
one great drawback, which causes many
people to seek other less favorable localities
to engage in the business. That drawback
is the waut of protection, by law, from the
ravages of the myriad of mangy, sheep-kill
ing dogs scattered throughout the State.
Savs the Montezuma Weekly: “We are
forced to admit the justness of the World's
statement. Southwest Georgia is a fine
country for sheep raising, and we are of the
opinion that the dog question will be tackled
at the next session of the Legislature, and
that the curs will be handled with ungloved
hands. So inote it be.”
The Early County News wonders if Post
master General Key’s letter won’t compel
Independent candidates to see what bad
company they are in. His appeal is to that
element which supports Independents.
A correspondent writing to us from
Eatouton says: ‘*\Ve have had fine seasons
of rain in Putnam, and the fields of corn
and cotton promise rich rewards to the
husbandman. Upland corn looks as green
and dark as bottom corn usually does. I
suppose we had two aud a half inches of
rain from Friday to Monday last.”
Gridin still puts in her claims as a first
class summer resort.
The Dalton Enterprise chronicles the kill
ing of I)r. R. Warren by Mr. Barney Biv-
ings, on Monday last. Both of these gen
tlemen were public olficcrs of the city and
•ounty, Dr. Warren being Coroner and Mr.
"• City Treasurer. Dr. Warren was a con
sistent Christian, gentlemanly in his deport
ment, had many friends, and Mr. Bivings is
1 promising young man with many good
‘jualitius. Says that paper: “With the en
tire community, we deeply deplore the oc
currence. and. as the matter will undergo
■ judicial investigation, we forbear comment.”
The Masons of Dalton are preparing for
s grand excursion on the 18th inst. over the
Western and Atlantic Railroad and down
toe Tennessee river and return. A pleasant
ume is anticipated, aud the Enterprise says
the aflfair: “As the Masons have it, life is
checkered at most, and if they can enjoy
one day from its rugged path, we will be
jj 1 the better and wiser for it. Remember,
ten. rue-day, the 18th of June, and gov
ern yourselves accordingly.”
-Mi attempt was made to fire the residence
T Mr. Ewing on Oak street, Macon, on
Wednesday morning last. Fortuuately, the
re "as discovered and extinguished before
it made much headway.
in^ s the Dalton Enterprise: “A distress-
-'an-ideut occurred near the residence of
oioncl Glenn on Wednesday last. Mr.
jgjjw Bender, Jr., Mrs. Nailou and Miss
uier v re coming down the hill in a wagon
by a pair of mules, when the animals
jj fft&bt, ran away and upset the wagon,
Rowing out the occupants and seriously
during (llie Q f pj^y—Mrs. Nailou.
jL.'u home badly injured, and at
' writing the extent of her injuries are
i „ as 'ct-tained, but she is thought to be
aQ o hurt internally.”
tirt ff at ,nal, > papers have received the
l' t'loom, but it re nains for the McDuffie
b) acknowledge the first boll. Says
i paper: “Mr. Joel L. Neal, of Dearing,
blf 86111 us a of cotton containing a
lj, un, a shape and boll, taken from the
m J ® n bus farm on the 3d day of this
Can anybody beat it?”
eo«im Sta '" excllan g e » fairly teen with ae-
, f the severity aud damage done by
ovt-r slorm (,f Sunday last. It extended
•j* ' vi,le section of Georgia, and the ag-
Th* * of . l° sses inflicted is tremendous.
*‘®** r ieus Republican alluding to it
trem ,, Wee n twelve and one o'clock a
bors f ° Us n . oise was heard, and the neigh-
t^in eare| i instant destruction to every-
toe f 1 reaI1 y seemed as if the wind from
toen..joints of the heavens had met in
*ar ei ,y lt " )r h°°d and were waging a fierce
bef,' houses, fences and crops went down
tcrwiVu ,jlaet Hke reeds, xhe storm en-
Garn- • Ilort heast portion of Mr. CP R.
s Potation, passing that of Miles
Plant ot- ( lem ent8, and other surrounding
of r D then entered the plantation
P*s&it ' , : ‘nd, on the southwest comer,
s^rikir^ trough the centre to the northeast,
Horn® plantations of R. E. Mann,
<*»k ID urton - A - B - Raiford, M. Hitc-h-
otljj’j. H. Smoot, (J. S. S. Horae and
' mirier: “In order to correct some*
pon f . es an<1 .give our readers a correct re
place r , erni . n ? a Inail robbery that took
Present ?! e tirne aifo in Fannin county, we
thein- i! . lowing particulars as we get
above vi( * Cornet, a small, weakly boy,
the , Dea geof sixteen, was employed by
route f K ‘°utractor to carry the mail on the
ifUer u Ul ^rg^uton to Dahlonega. A
86 re ^6tered at a poet office in the
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
upper portion of Fannin county containing
several dollars worth of postage stamps ana
nearly thirty dollars in money, and one or
two mails passed before it v\as'rnissed. The
man bags were found to be ripped where
sewed, making an aperture sufficiently
out tbe package. The boy
tnen hid the package envelope under an
embankment by the roadside and the
stamps in another place, carrying off the
money. He then stopped carrying the
mail, and fled to Ducktown, Tennessee, be
fore the cut in the pouch was discovered.
The sub-contractor used all necessary dili
gence in having him apprehended and
brought back, and he is now in DeKalb
county jail. His mother is a widow. He has
spent part of the money. A little was found
on his person, ami another 6mall sum was
found near his mother’s house, in a stump,
home th*nk that he had been encouraged to
commit the crime, and, if so, it will likely
be developed in the future. This should be
a sad warning to those who might attempt
to get a living by other than legitimate
means.”
Now we know where the New York Sun
got its information from concerning a
Georgia farmer’s hogs being stuck together
in one mass of animal matter by means of tar.
It came from the Butler Herod. That paper
says: “There is a gentleman living at Silver
Hill, in Taylor county, who has several
thin hogs—not the kind that poke their
noses in a milk pitcher and suck all the
milk—that are troubled with fleas, and
some one told him if he would get some tar
and lard, mix and rub it on the hogs, that
it would kill the vermin. But the gentle
man having no lard, rubbed the tar on
them. For several days his hogs failed to
come up, and he concluded to look for them.
He found them in a bed in the woods all
stuck together.”
Here is what comes of leaving children
lying around loose when hungry hogs are
about. Says the Macon Telegraph and Mes-
senger: “Yesterday afternoon a little white
infant, about :» year and a half old, was ac
cidentally left in idle back yard of the resi
dence of its parents on Third street, while
the family was in the front portion of the
house. A sow, which was a pet in the yard,
seized the child by its clothing and dragged
it under an out house, and but for the
prompt discovery of the missing child a hor
rible death would have been the result.
We suppress names.”
Florida Affairs.
Florida has not been exempt from storm
disasters either. The Lake City Reporter
states that on Thursday of last week a
heavy storm that appeared to be general,
struck Trail Ridge, on the Florida Central
Road, about five o’clock, levelling three
houses to the ground, breaking a man’s
arm, and injuring a lady and two chil
dren. It is thought the injuries of the lat
ter will not prove serious.
A friend writing from Tampa says the
health of the place is good, crops Improv
ing, seasons propitious, and immigrants are
still coming in. He also writes that Mr.
Robert Mulholland and his mother, of Bal
timore, have bought Mr. Green’s fine grove
of oranges, etc., near Bay river, west side of
old Tampa Bay. There is a fine mineral
spring and a large shell mound on the place,
which, one of these days, will make it the
watering place of Tampa.
Judge Settle has appointed Dr. A. B. Haw
kins, of Tallahassee, and Sherman Conaut,
United States Marshal for the Northern Dis
trict of Florida, as receivers of the Jacksoii-
ville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, in
place of-Col. C. H. Allen, who has been
acting as receiver since September last by
appointment of Mr. Justice Bradley. Says
the Floridian: “The action of Judge Settle
in this matter excites no little surprise, and
is made the occasion for unpleasant criti
cism, which will probably make itself heard
and felt through the newspapers.”
An election for three Aldermen and a
City Clerk is to take place in Jacksonville
on the 20th inst.
Key West is represented as being very
health}*, owing to the general cleanly condi
tion of the city. “Strangers remark,” says
the. Key, “that for cleanliness, our streets
have no equal anywhere. Our people have
been schooled to the necessities of this im
portant duty.”
The price of building material has, ac
cording to the Press, become so reduced
that a house can be built in St. Augustine
at this time at an outlay of not more than
oue-half what would* have been required
two or three years ago.
Tallahassee Floridian : “The Republican
factions of this county (Leon) are making
ready to bury the hatchet and smoke the
pipe of peace. The Jenkins and Aldridge
committees, representing the two wings
heretofore known as the ‘Wallace and Pearce
factions,’ got together last Saturday in pre
liminary meeting, and are to hold another
love feast on the 22d instant, when it is pro
posed to reorganize the tw r o rival commit
tees and have only one in future, or at least
until another split occurs. Major Weeks
and Isaac Jenkins, we believe, claim the
credit of bringing about this delightful har
mony, and it is suggested that for such im
portant service to ‘the party’ they are enti
tled each to a nomination for- the
Legislature, if not for more substantial re
cognition from the party at large. Whispers
are heard on the street corners that the
Major has a strong local backing for Con
gress, and we are not so sure but that he
would make as formidable a candidate as
any t he Republicans could place in the field,
though we are bound to admit that his
chances of election would be slim enough,
but as good perhaps as those of any other
of the same political stripe. The colored
people of the county, however, should con
sider well whither they are tending, and if
our advice would do any good we should
caution them against being led by the nose
bv any ‘committee.’ Leon county needs and
will have better representatives in the Legis
lature than any likely to be put forth as can
didates by the reorganization contem
plated.”
Says the Marianna Courier: “In some por
tions of the county the crops are considered
to have never been better, while in other
sections they are better than last year, but
not as good as could have been expected.
The oat crop has been harvested and is very
flue indeed. In fact, the yield will be enor
mous. Cotton is looking well, and promises
a fair yield thus far. Blooms have been re
ported since the 29th ultimo. Corn, without
disaster will be fine, but reports come to us
of the dry season already. This crop is now
laid by, and with a few showers there is no
danger of suffering for man or beast.”
Cedar Key Journal: “Mr. A. Greenleaf, of
Crystal river, is building a large concrete
dwelling entirely from lime rock, which is
abundant on his place. He burns the lime
in a kiln resembling a brick kiln, with arches
and flues for the fire, and finds no difficulty
in making choice lime at a very moderate
cost. This lime is made into a mortar with
sand and the loose rock embedded with it
in the mould, making a solid wall at an ex
pense largely below the cost of a frame
house.”
The Key West Key says : “There is
quite an excitement among a portion of our
people in relation to the discovery of Capt.
Kidd’s and other pirates’ treasure. Parties
are digging not far from the South beach,
but as yet have not discovered the bonanza.
Numerous marks of Indian hieroglyphics
have been discovered on the flat rocks near
the pond, and these assure the diggers that
they are in the vicinity of the treasure.
These Indian marks are cut in the flat stone,
and are similar to those found on the rocky
marl foundations, near the Lower Suwannee
Springs, on the Suwannee river, and through
South Florida.”
Letter from St. Mary’s.
St. Maky’s, June 12.—Editor Morning
News: Since my letter of the 4th, a kind
and merciful Providence has caused au
abundance of rain to fall on the parched
earth in this section of country. On Thurs
day uigbt, 6tli, we had a real, good, old-fash
ioned rain, with much thunder and light
ning, which was very refreshing and cannot
fail to benefit some of the growing crops
and afford a good season to plant out slips
where persons are so fortunate as to have
notato vines. Again we had a delightful
rain on the 10th, and tomatoes, okra, green
corn and green peppers are now in season.
None hut those who have been diligent in
watering their garden plants can now enjoy
fdelBala, for theirffinner
St Mary’s was never healthier than at this
time.' I do not think there is a ease of siek-
ness worth mentioning in or'
Wind from the southwest, wea.her cloudy,
“ora rain! 6b ° WerS ’ aDd * 't'SS
General Shields may get his increase
of pension after all. The House amend
ment, making it one hundred doll ’ i r s *
month, has been favorably reported in
the Senate, and, if the bill is reached on
the calendar, there is little doubt of its
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
FOREIGN DISPATCHER.
Condition of Prince Gortschakoff.
AUSTRIA CONTINUING WAR PREPA
RATIONS.
End of tile English Cotton Operatives’
Strike.
CHANGE IN THE BELGIAN CABINET.
Health of the Pope on the Decline.
By Cable to the Morning News.
THE ENGLISH STBIKE ABOUT ENDED.
London, June 13.—The Burnley manufac
turers report that the operatives show a gen
eral desire to resume work. It is feared the
Central Relief Committee at Preston will be
obliged to suspend operations for want of
funds. The overlookers of the Church
operatives have passed a resolution recom
mending a termination of the strike.
The operatives of a number of mills at
Burnley and Todmorden resumed work to
day at a ten per cent, reduction.
PAPAL AFFAIRS—THE POPE’S HEALTH DE
CLINING.
London, June 13.—A dispatch from
Rome to the PaU Mall Gazette says: “In con
sequence of the result of the Belgian elec
tions, the Vatican has determined to recall
the Papal nuncio from Brussels. The
Pope’s health is declining and phy
sicians declare his removal from the Vatican
is necessary to his recover}*, but a majority
of the Cardinals resist removal.”
SECOND SITTING OF THE CONGRESS.
London, June 13.—A special from Ber
lin, to the Daily Telegraph, says : “In con
sequence of Count Andrassy desiring time
for the Plenipotentiaries to the Congress to
exchange views privately, it is probable
that the second sitting will be postponed
until Monday.”
AUSTRIA’S WAR PREPARATIONS.
London, June 13.—The Times' Vienna
special confirms the report that the Austrian
forces in Dalmatia and Transylvania and on
the Save have been ordered to be placed
on a war footing and supplied with a proper
compliment of artillery.
CHANGE IN THE BRUSSELS CABINET.
Brussels, June 13.—In consequence of
the success of the Liberals in the late elec
tions the Ministers have resigned, and Mr.
Herbert Frere Orban, a distinguished states
man, has been entrusted with the forma
tion of a new Cabinet.
PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF’s CONDITION.
London, June 13.—The Jbst's Berlin spe
cial says : “On arrival Prince Gortschakoff
was exceedingly pale. He was wrapped in
thick furs and carried from the train to the
carriage. His condition causes some appre
hension.”
SICKNESS AMONG THE RUSSIANS.
London, June 13.—The Daily News' Con
stantinople dispatch says twenty-five thou
sand Russian troops are* sick with typhoid
fever and similar diseases in this neighbor
hood.
EXTRA DUTIES ON PETROLEUM, ETC.
London, June 13.—The Standard's Madrid
dispatch says: “On and after July 1st extra
duties will be maintained on petroleum,
benzine, vegetable oils and sugar.”
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Mexican Affairs—l T . S. Troops After
Mexican Raiders.
ORDER REGARDING THE SHIPMENT
OF BONDED GOODS.
FURTHER FROM THE QUEBEC
RIOT.
SEVERE HAILSTORM IN NEW
ENGLAND.
Iflinor Nevrs
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, June 13.—In the Senate,
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Commit
tee on Finance, reported with amendments
the bill which was partly considered and re
committed yesterday, to amend section
twenty-three of the act of June 22,1874, to
amend the customs revenue laws and
to repeal moieties. The amendment
provides that the section as amend
ed shall take effect from and after
June 22, 1874, instead of from and after the
passage of the act. The object of the bill
is to fix the salary of Surveyors of Customs
in Baltimore and Portland, Me., at 84,500
per annum each, and the Surveyor of New
Orleans at 83,500. Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Morrill subsequently called the bill
up, aud the amendment of the committee
was agreed to and the bill passed.
Mr. Matthews, of Ohio, from the Com
mittee on Railroads, reported without
amendment and without recommendation
the Senate bill to aid the construction of the
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande
Railroad. Placed on the calendar.
The Senate passed a number of bills on
the calendar.
At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr. Voorhees moved to suspend a further
consideration of the calendar and take up the
bill to repeal the specie resumption act,
which led to a discussion.
In the House last night there were two
calls of the House and two pages of the
civil sundry appropriation bill were forced
through. This morning they are voting to
pass t he bill as reported from the commit
tee. The majority are determined to force
business and adjourn Monday.
The House, by a majority of two to oue,
refused to take up the contested election
case of Richardson vs. Rainey. The case
had been set for to-day, and is usually con
sidered a question of high privilege. Its
postponement indicates clearly that the
House will entertain this session nothing
but absolutely necessary business to carry
on the government during its recess.
In the House the motion to suspend the
rules and pass the civil sundry appropria
tion bill as it came from the committee,
thus cutting off all amendment, mostly
known as jobs, failed by a large majority.
This action is rather unfavorable to adjourn
ment on Monday.
The Senate by a vote of yeas 45, nays 15,
agreed to the substitute of the Committee
on Finance Tor the House bill to repeal the
specie resumption act after amending the
6ame so as to read “that from and after the
passage of this act United States notes shall
be receivable the same as coin in payment
for 4 per cent, bonds, now authorized
by law to be issued, and on
and after October 9, 1878, said notes shall
be receivable for duties on imports.” All
the latter part of the substitute reported by
the Committee on Finance for bidding on
the retirement of legal tender notes, etc.,
was stricken out, that subject being by a
bill which recently passed the Senate. The
bill was amended so as to read “An act to
make United States notes receivable for
duties on imports and other purposes.”
AFTER MEXICAN RAIDERS.
New York, June 13.—A San Antonio,
Tex., special says: “On Saturday General
MacKenzie and Colonel Shatter, with a
strong force, crossed intix Mexico in pur
suit of raiders. That Mfeht, forty miles
above Eagle Pass, they were obliged to re-
cross to Texas, and telegraphed for rein
forcements. Twenty companies of cavalry,
a section of artillery, with two Gatling and
two rifled guns, were seut to reinforce
them. It is^ believed the entire force has re
crossed into Mexico. The troops have fif
teen days’ rations, a heavy train and two ex
perienced guides.
THE QUEBEC RIOT.
Quebec, June 13.—In addition to three
regiments from Montreal one is to arrive
from Halifax. The. rioters threaten to pre
vent their landing. At a mass meeting last
night the strikers agreed to meet at 7:30 to-
dav at Jacques Cartier hall. Several hun
dred assembled at the jail last evening at 9
o’clock and demanded the release of the
rioters arrested. They broke windows but
did no further damage.
ORDER REGARDING THE SHIPMENT OF
BONDED GOODS.
Washington, June 13.—Capt. Botinger,
of St. Louis, visited Secretary Sherman to
day and secured an order by which bonded
f oods may be shipped from New Orleans to
t. Louis on deck. Heretofore they were
carried in the hold under scaled hatches.
A LOSS TO THE DIAZ CAUSE.
New York, June 13.—On Friday General
Nuncio was killed by Escobedo’s soldiers
near Piedras Negras. General Nuncio was
in command of the government troops at
Piedras Negras. His death will prove a se
rious loss to the Diaz cause on the border.
SEVERE HAIL STORM IN NEW ENGLAND.
Boston, June 13.—A severe thunder
storm passed over New England. At Ro
chester, N. H., two and five-eighths inches
of rain fell in an hour. The ground was
white with hailstones the size of walnuts,
which did great damage to the crops.
THE TOBACCO TAX.
Washington, June 13. — One hundred
f entlemen from Richmond, headed by Gen.
os. E. Johnston, are here in the interest of
a reduction of the tax on tobacco.
ADJUDICATED A BANKRUPT.
New York, June 13.—Alden B. Stock-
well, late President of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, has been adjudicated a
voluntary bankrupt. Liabilities $1.0W,000.
DEATH OF AN OLD ARMY OEFICER.
Little Rock, June 13.—General B. L.
Bonneville, the oldest officer on the retired
list in the United States army, died at Fort
Smith, aged eighty-five.
INTERVIEW BETWEEN PITKIN AND CONKLING.
Washington, June 13.—Pitkin and Conk-
ling had a prolonged interview yesterday.
The Senator received the ex-Marshal.
the potter investigation.
Washington, June 13.—The Potter Com
mittee is in secret session.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
A GENERAL INDIAN WAR AP
PREHENDED.
Lord Beaconsiield Preparing a Great
Surprise.
GLOWING TRIBUTE TO MR. WILLIAM
CULLEN BKYANT.
Decoration of the Confederate Graves
at Arlington.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POTTER IN
VESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
('oiigresMional Notes and (Jeneral
New* Item*.
TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
Associated Press Rooms, New York,
June 13.—At a meeting of the Associated
Press, held at its roonu this day, Mr. Geo.
Jones in the chair, Mr. Erastus Brooks
offered the following tribute, which was
seconded by Mr. Patton, of the World, and
Mr. England, of the Sun:
The members of the Associated Press
desire to put upon record an expression
of their sincere respect for the
private virtues and public services
of one who up to yesterday was the
oldest member of their profession. William
Cullen Bryant was for more than seventy
years a regular contributor to the American
press, and for fifty-two years closely identi
fied with the oldest existing journal save
one in New York. Bred to the law, he early
left the farm for the pen, and for more
than threescore years, as poet, scholar,
writer and liiiguist, he stood in the
front rank of distinguished men of the
country. It is a rare thing to find in one
person so much of true talent added to
great genius. Mr. Bryant possessed both
in a very high order. He studied the best
literature, wrote the best English, profited
by the best books and travel, and found
companionship among the best men.
Washington Irving, who introduced Mr.
Bryant’B early poetry and sketches to the
English public in 1832, found in the Ibst in
1860 the eulogist of a life character and
writer, which, for gentleness and humor
and beauty of dictiou is hardly excelled in
the literature of the world. The successor
of Wm. Coleman on the Evening Post, the
associate editor of Gulian C. Verplanek
and Robert C. £ands in the Talisman, and
later, calling to his assistance in the Ibst
Wm. Leggots, he made his own journal
among the best in the land for intellectual
vigor and free aud independent thought.
What was better, he redeemed, as far as one
man could do so, the journalism of his early
days from the offensive practice of personal
discussion, often ending in duels, and,
at times, in death, aud placed it
upon the broad foundation of that tolerance
for others which is inseparable from free
discussion and true self-respect. In song and
prose whatever he touched he adorned,
while in temperate living and steady in
dustry his life is an example alike to mem
bers of his own profession and to all
others hoping and working for future suc
cess. Frail in body, his mind was al-
wavs clear and strong. His life, as
we believe, was prolonged for more than
four score years because of his orderly
living and love of virtue. We honor him as
one of our profession whose thoughts and
works illustrate that perfect integrity of
character and thrift and success which,
though born of rare genius and talent,
finds its best reward in the example of a
well spent life.
Resol ltd, That an eugrossed copy of this
memorial, signed by the President and Sec
retary, be forwarded to the family of the
deceased, and that it also be entered upon
the journal and published in the newspapers
of this association.
Resulted, That, as a further mark of re
spect to the memory of the deceased, the
members uf this association will attend the
funeral on Friday, the 14th instant.
* D. M. Stone, President.
T. W. England, Secretiry pro tern.
A GENERAL INDIAN WAR FEARED.
New York, June 13.—An Omaha special
says General Crook received a telegram yes
terday from Fort Hall stating that friendly
Bannocks, with passes from General Crook,
sent to the hostiles for information, were
met by volunteers and sent back. It is im
possible for the military to learn the state
of affairs. Great trouble is anticipated. Gen.
Crook says the report of concerted action on
the part of various tribes is probably false.
Each tribe is acting independently. He
thinks Sitting Bull is not likely to come
down until late. A general Indian war is
feared by officers here who have been sta
tioned in the Indian country and know the
disposition and character of the red men.
San Francisco, June 13.—A Silver City
(Idaho) dispatch, dated last night, says*:
“ The Indians at Juniper Mountain will be
able, to-morrow, to effect a junction with
those who have left the Malheur reservation,
and, in combination with the disaffected Pi-
utes and Shoshones, will number about six
hundred effective fighting men. A daugh
ter of old Winnemucca, chief of the Pi-
utes, has been arrested in Jordan valley,
while attempting to smuggle ammunition to
the hostile Indians. Some of the Bannock
Indians have returned to Fort Hall. The
fanners have deserted their homes for a
hundred miles around. A Winnemucca
dispatch says that Fort MeDermit is garri
soned only by a few infantrymen who might
he overpowered should the Indians attack
them in force. The refugee settlers have
gathered there for protection.”
A Boiz City dispatch last night says: “Gen.
Howard arrived this morning. He soon
learned the situation and came to the con
clusion to mass his troops at the sheep
ranche on the Winnemucca road,and take the
field himself, making his headquarters tem
porarily at the ranche where he can use the
telegraph.”
LORD BEACONSFIELD PREPARING A GREAT
SURPRISE.
London, June 13.—The London corre
spondent of the Manchester Guardian 6ays
those persons who anticipate that Lord
Beaconsfield is preparing a great surprise
will not be disappointed. The coup may
bring him much popularity, but it will bur
den the country with a great responsibility.
The coutrol of reforms in Asia Minor and
the maintenance of the freedom of Con
stantinople will be undertaken by Great
Britain, while European Turkey will be left
td the control of the States whose special
interests are there. To satisfy Austria and
adjust the Question of indemnity will be
the chief difficulties of the Congress. The
other questions are already settled in prin
ciple. Lord Beaconsfield's demands will in
volve even more than the foregoing, as
outlined. They have already received the
support of Germany and France, and, to
some extent, of Austria and Italy. Should
Austria’s special demands be satisfactorily
met, Lord Beaconsfield will play a leading
part in a dazzling peace. As, however, his
diplomatic policy will be a clear departure
from the doctrine of non-intervention, he
will probably make that the justification for
the dissolution of Parliament and an appeal
to the country.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Washington, June 13.—It is expected
the House will finish the consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill to-day.
The legislative, executive and judiciary
appropriation bill will be reported from the
conference committee to-morrow.
The army bill is the only measure in con
ference that is yet entirely unsettled.
The Senate has one hundred and seventy-
five bills on the calendar, including those to
which objections have been made, and which
will not be consideredat the present session.
The Committee on Ways and Means of
the House had an effectual session over the
sugar tariff. Action this session is unlikely.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions decided adversely to Sargent’s joint
resolution for a constitutional amendment
unsexing women. Those voting in favor of
the measure were Cameron oi Wisconsin,
Mitchell and Hoar. Against it Wadleigh,
McMillan, Ingalls, Saulsbury, Merrimon and
Hill.
The committee postponed the contest of
Corbin vs. Butler to Saturday.
Jhe civil sundry bill occupied the day In
the House, and is under consideration to
night.
ALL QUIET IN QUEBEC.’
Quebec, June 13.—All quiet. Montreal
troops have arrived, relieving the troops
here.
THE TOBACCO TAX QUESTION.
Washington, June 13.—The delegation
of the Richmond tobacco men leave to
morrow morning. A committee remain
here. They have seen a large number of
Congressmen and Senators, not in the
interest alone of the manufacturers, but of
the planters and workmen also. They claim
that under a reduction the government will
lose some three million dollars, but should
Congress adjourn with the tax unsettled
the temporary loss for the year will be ten
million dollars on account of tobacco held
from consumption, and meanwhile the great
industry will be prostrate.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOE POTTER < OMMITTEE.
Washington, June 13.—Before the Potter
Committee General Smith,formerly appoint
ment clerk of the Treasury, was examined
all day. Some trilling letters were produced,
but the more important ones (which, it was
claimed, he should have shown) were miss
ing. The evidence was evasive and unim
portant. Mrs. Jenks takes the stand to
morrow.
DECORATION OF CONFEDERATE GRAVES AT
ARLINGTON.
Washington, June 13.—Some ‘ fifteen
hundred gentlemen and ladies from Wash
ington, Georgetown, Alexandria and the
vicinity gathered at Arlington to-day, and,
afte- prayer and a hymn, decorated the
two hundred and thirty-four Confederate
graves that are there.
TUE Qt EBEC STRIKE TERMINATING QCIETLY.
Qcebec, June 13.—The strike to-day has
the appearance of terminating quietly, on
account of the presence of so large a force
of military in town.
TIME EXTENDED.
London, June 13.—It is proposed to ex
tend the appointment of Lord Dufterin for
twelve months as Governor General of the
Dominion of Canada.
LETTER FROM Ol’R TRAVELING
CORRESPONDENT.
Jlacon BuNlnes* — Bank Failure —
Captain Carnes — Educational -
Public Selioola— Wesleyan College
—Col. G. V» . Adam. Tlacou Guards
— Public Lihrart — Beligious.
Macon, June 11.—Editor Morning Xetrs:
For a week or two I shall tarry in this goodly-
city. There are many attractions that ren
der Macon a delightful place of residence.
Her wide streets and shaded walks, the park
with the facilities for every species of enjoy
ment, are admired by every visitor. Rose
Hill, while it has not the sombre and weird
appearance of Bonaventnre, it is one of the
most beautiful “Cities of the Dead” in all
our Southern land. With half the
care and means to beautify it,
it would far excel in attractiveness the cele
brated Greenwood Cemetery of Brooklyn.
In social life, Macon moves to the front with
any community, both in character and intel
ligence of her citizens.
Business is very dull, even for the dull
season. At least so any one would conclude
who had heard the lamentations of the
business meu. There is oue redeeming
point, however—there are not one-half the
amount of goods sold ou time as compared
with former seasons. Many have not the
credit to run accounts, and many others will
not because they are in a condition to do
without them. In the ladies’ department
there is quite a retail trade, owing to the
opening of the commencement season.
The fruit trade is somewhat lively. Hun
dreds of crates of peaches are passing to
Northern markets, and selling for good
prices.
The great sensation of the daj' is the
failure of Messrs. Cubbedge, Hazlehurst A
Co., bankers. This misfortune is more wide
spread than at first supposed. Many poor
people have lost the earnings of years, and
are now helpless and without employment.
Such was the confidence reposed in these
gentlemen, that all classes committed their
means to their management. Many a home
is darkened by this sad blow, and many an
orphan penniless. To outsiders the failure
is unaccountable. How men of their intel
ligence and business experience could have
become so greatly involved and remain
unconscious of the impending storm ; how
they could conscientiously receive de
posits almost up to the tour of closing
their door, is hard to understand. How
they could appropriate the money of
their friends thus received when they
knew that in less than two hours the fact of
their misfortune would be known all over
the city is a matter that will he difficult to
explain. I still hope there is some explana
tion of these facts. It is hard for me to be
lieve some of the firm capable of such con
duct. I have kuown them long and well, and
would have been willing to have committed
every dollar 1 possessed into their hands.
The burst of indignation is terrible, and the
denunciations fearful. Of course, this
always follows such calamities. Thestoim
will pass away, but the wrecks will still
remain to tell of wrong if not of fraud.
It is fortunate for the community that
the affairs of the hank have been placed in
such competent hands. Captain W. \V.
Carnes, the assignee, is an experienced
business man, and fearless in the discharge
of duty. He will discover the “bottom
facts,” and the people will know them.
EDLCATIONAL.
The public schools, under the superin
tendence of a former Savannahian, Prof. B.
M. Zettler, will close with the usual cere
monies on the 15th inst. The Professor has
had to labor under many difficulties to keep
up the various schools during the year. The
meagre appropriation necessitated the
closing a month or two ago? but the teachers
held on, and by a small voluntary fee front
each pupil they have continued out the
regular session of nine months. It is to be
hoped that next year a more liberal policy
will be pursued by the County Commis
sioners and the schools put upon a living
footing. Prof. Zettler has suffered greatly
from his broken limb, hut is busy and goes
about on his cratch attending to all the du
ties pertaining to his office.
On Thursday night next the biennial cele
bration of the Adelphian Society will in
troduce the exercises attendant upon the
commencement of the Wesleyan Female
College. The entertainment, it is said by
those who know, will be exceedingly
brilliant and attractive. The commence
ment sermon will be delivered on Sunday-
next by Rev. R. Irvine, D. D., the profound
and popular Presbyterian divine of Au
gusta. A rare treat is in store for those who
will have the privilege of hearing it. On
Tuesday next Rev. Young J. Allen, D. D.,
of China, will deliver the triennial address
before the Alumrne. On Wednesday the
annual literarv address will be delivered by
Prof. W. W. Duncan, of Wofford College,
South Carolina. He is a gentleman of fine
culture, as well as eloquent in delivery. A
large number of visitors are expected to be
in attendance on these various exercises.
And to give the people of Savannah a
chance to visit this, the oldest Female Col
lege in the United States, Col. G. W. Adams,
Superintendent of the -Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad, in connection with Colonel
Haines, of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,
have adopted most liberal measures and will
pass all visitors over their lines from Savan
nah to Macon and return for one fare. It is
hoped that a large crowd may be induced to
come.
Mercer University will hold her com
mencement exercises during the first days
of July, and these railroads extend the same
liberal terms to visitors who may desire to
attend the exercises of this noble institution.
THE MACON GUARDS
will enjoy au excursion to Savannah on the
19th inst. This is one of the oldest companies
as well as one of tin' best. The Guards were
in the celebrated Eight Georgia Regiment,
commanded by the gallant Bartow, and were
associated with many of the Savannah com
panies, who did such noble service during
“the days that tried men's souls.” I know
they will be kindly received by their old
comrades in Savannah. They cany with
them the “Macon Amateur Club,*’ who will
give an entertainment on the night of the
3Uth for the benefit of the Guards. They
play well, and I bespeak for them a full
house.
The Public Library has proved one of the
greatest blessings that this community hag
ever enjoyed. It is kept in superb style by
that prince of librarians, Charlie Herbst.
I had the pleasure of meeting with Gen.
Cullen Battle, of Alabama, who is here on a
visit to his excellent brother, the President
of Mercer University. He visits Savannah
soon.- .
RELIGIOUS.
The religious world in this community
has been greatly agitated, ami religious ser
vice lias been held for several weeks past in
the Baptist Church. Dr. Skinner, the pas
tor, has been assisted by Rev. Dr. Teasdale.
of Knoxville, Tennessee. A wonderful reli
gious awakening has followed the labors of
these goodly men, and scores have been con
verted to the church.
A meeting of no less power and Interest
has also been going on for some weeks in
the First Methodist Churuch, Rev. Walker
Lewis, pastor. He has been assisted by
Rev. W. E. Dodge, of Sparta, and Rev. L. J.
Davies, of Forsyth. A large number have
connected themselves with this church also,
and the interest continues.
Jack Plane,
THE FRAUD INVESTIGATION
Beast Butler Probing for the Bot
tom Facts.
During the session of the Potter inves
tigating Committee, on Monday, Mr.
Elijah S. Bugbee, Washington manager
of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company, was examined by Beast But
ler in reference to certain telegrams. It
is not certain what particular use Butler
intends making of these telegrams, but
they are interesting, disclosing, as they
do, the scheme which we heard so much
of at the time for organizing a Hayes
party in the South from the old Whig
and Union Democratic parties. Having
the witness in hand, Butler, handing
him a paper, asked;
Did you ever see that telegram be
fore'*
A.—Yes, I saw it at our office.
Mr. Butler—When was it taken from
your files?
A.—I am not sure. I can’t say, but it
was some months ago. I think.
Mr. Butler—I did not take it, so far as
you know?
A.—No, sir, I am sure that you did
not take it from me.
Mr. Butler produced another telegram,
which witness identified as having passed
over the Atlantic and Pacific, the answer
to the first. Both are printed below;
Washington, D. C., February 24,
1877.—Lieutenant Governor Thomas L.
Young and Alfred D. Lee, Columbus, O. :
(Confidential)—At a conference of South
ern Republicans, Southern Unionistfand
Southern Whigs the following expresses
their wishes and what is best in their
Judgment : The new era expected by the
inauguration of Governor Hayes has al
ready created harmony between the afore
mentioned elements. They greatly desire
to non-sectionalize party politics and re
move the bitterness and jealousies of
races in the South as foreshadowed in
Hayes' letter of acceptance. In order to
effect this, it is necessary to have a com
plete change in the Cabinet officers, there
by giviDg confidence to the people that
this new and glorious departure to re
concile and harmonize is not to lie en
gineered and directed by those who have
failed in the past. The natural
elements of the South, by political
education and party creed, are the
Old Line Whigs and Jackson Democrats.
From these elements we are, to-day, de
riving substantial aid, and by a wise
policy they will be with us in the future.
It is thought liest that from this element
it will lte wise and proper to make Cabi
net consellors from the South and South
west. The following names are sug
gested by this conference; Ex Senator
John Poole, of North Carolina, a native
ol' that State, an eminent lawyer, a moral
Christiau gentleman, who made the race
in 1800 for Governor against secession:
was elected by the Democracy, in the
first effort at reconstruction, to the
United States Senate; afterwards was
re elected by the Republicans; as an old
line Whig and Republican was always
faithful to the Union and a bitter enemy
of all corruptionists. He has been
faithful to the Republican party;
was at Cincinnati and labored hard
for the nomination of Governor Hayes.
His appointment would he conceded by
our Southern Democratic friends to be
an excellent one. At the same time the
Republican Senators, while preferring
the West as their first choice, would he
well satisfied with Poole. His thorough
knowledge of people, witli his tnany
years of experience in politics, would
make him a wise counsellor. The Hon.
John Hancock, a native of Alabama and
raised in Texas, a man of great dignity
of character, integrity and ability; au old
Jackson Union Democrat, who left, his
native country to join the United States
forces to conquer the rebellion; a
moderate and consistent Democrat,
who has won the confidence of the pres
ent administration by his fairness,
want of prejudice and patriotism. It is
believed lie would also be an able and
judicious counsellor, and satisfactory to
Old Line Whigs and Republicans. Next,
Col. R. T. Van Horn, of Kansas City,
Mo., a representative man of the Soutli-
ern Union soldiers from the great, grow
ing and rapidly-developing Southwest, a
thorough Republican, with experience as
an editor and legislator, with an exten
sive personal acquaintance throughout
the South with the people and their wants.
He is of that temperament that makes
him truly of the people and from the peo
ple. His patriotism and honesty arc un
doubted. This appointment would have
been universally satisfactory. Next, it is
thought by many of our new and old
friends that it would he wise and power
ful in the political polity in Governor
Hayes to call to his Cabinet council Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston, who was an Old
Line Whig, reluctantly engaged in
the Southern rebellion, always the
opponent of Jeff. Davis, and ne
glected by him. He has a nephew,
it moderate Democrat, in the United
States Senate from Virginia, with many
Senators from the South of his personal
friends who would be proud of his recog
nition; also many relatives and friends in
the House of Representatives. With the
300,000 ex-Confederate soldiers he com
manded in the South, he possibly would
make a great instrument in the executive
policy of Gov. Hayes. Next, we find
neither Gov. Alcorn nor Senator Hamil
ton, of Texas, have any friends on either
side who are inclined to push their claims
on the ground of political policy. In
other words, they have been unsatisfac
tory to both parties and are in
capable of generaling the strength
in and of themselves. The next,
Senator Key, of Tennessee, an old
Union Democrat, is discussed favorably by
many, and perhaps he would aid as
counsellor in shaping a wise policy for
that section. In conclusion, as the main
great effort of the coming administration
is truly in heart to harmonize the South,
take away sectionalism and build up a
dominant conservative party, it is sug
gested that three Cabinet officers from
the South and West be selected! such as
ex-Senator Poole, of North Carolina,
John Hancock, of Texas, or Gen. Joseph
E. Johnston, of Virginia .nd Col. T.
Van Horn, of Kansas. See Gov. Hayes
and submit the names to him, and answer
by this line. Baulds Baker,
Secretary.
Columbus, O., February 2(5, 1877.—
Buulds Baker, Secretary, care of Bagbee,
Washington: Your lengthy telegram just
received on my return here. Gov. Hayes
is absent at Fremont; will return to
night, and your telegram will be submit
ted to him.” Tnos. L. Young.
Mr. Cox—On what theory is it sup
posed that is competent testimony ? It
may he interesting as a matter of public
history, but I do not see how it can be
come testimony.
Mr. Butler—You certainly do not want
me to furnish that information now ?
Mr. Cox—I am in a condition of ardent
curiosity about it at this moment.
Mr. Butler—And I must leave you in
that condition, until I can prove who
Boulds Baker is. Mr. Key, one of the
men suggested, was appointed by Mr.
Hayes, and one of the first acts of his
administration was to appoint Mr. Boulds
Baker to the best office in his gift.
Mr. Cox—I do not see how that has
anj- connection with the subject matter
of this investigation.
Mr. Butler—I will supply the connec
tion before I get through.
It will he observed that Bakers mes
sage is dated February 24, four days af
ter the Wormley conference, one day
after the decision of the electoral com
mission in the Oregon case, about the
time that the Democrats in the House
began to filibuster, and about the time
Mr. Ben Hill and his party confederates
came to the rescue of Mr. Hayes. The
recommendation for the appointment of
Southern Democrats was carried out by
the selection of Judge Key to be Post
master General. Baker, who has the
reputation of being a worthless adventu
rer from Texas, was made a special agent
of the Post Office Department by Mr.
Key almost as soon as he received his
commission as Postmaster General. A
Washington special to the New York
W"rld says: “Several months ago Sena
tor Conkling heard of the meeting of
Southern statesmen at which Baker acted
as Secretary. It is generally conceded
that certain Democrats pledged them
selves not to offer any opposition to the
counting in as President of Hayes, in re
turn for which the people ref South Caro
lina and Louisiana were to be given self-
government by Hayes. Mr. Conkling
sent for Baker and learned from him of
the meeting of the statesmen, the trans
mission of the telegram to Hayes and his
response thereto. He put the case in
Butler's hands, who made a splurge of it
to-day. Butler has not yet presented Mr.
Hayes’ reply to the message. ”
EDISON OUTDOING HIMSELF.
A Trumpet With Which the Human
Voice .VIav be Heard Two VHIcm
Away.
General Grant’s Coming tamlidacy.
Albany (.V. Y.)Titnes, Ind. Rep.
The New York Commercial Advertiser,
speaking of the “Decline of Conven
tions,” says;
“Even though the sequel to the admin
istration of Mr. Hayes prove more for
tunate than its first year or eighteen
months—as we trust and believe it will
—his nomination has not the less doomed
the national convention system. There
will be no waiting for 1880 to formally
nominate his successor. The popular
sentiment will have concentrated upon
the right man long before the intrigues
for a convention can make the repetition
of this system popular. There are
already graver questions before the
country and the Republican party than
the rivalries of future candidates, and
much graver dangers threatening the
stability of republican government to be
first cared for. The time is at hand
when tlie silly demands for civil service
reform and the sillier cry against third
terms will no longer be heard in the
land.”
This, of course, is a direct suggestion
for the third candidacy of General Grant,
and it will doubtless be followed by other
articles in other Grant papers, as a part
of the now admitted scheme to build up
a popular sentiment for the ex-President
which will induce Republicans to put
him in nomination again. The managers
of Grant know the uses and value of the
editorial column fully as well as Tilden,
who employed an immense bureau to
conduct his eulogizing, but the Grant
managers are shrewd enough to keep, so
far as possible, their machinery hidden.
It is stated with apparent truth that
John Russell Young, tiie most brilliant
writer of the New York Herald, and
Adam Badeau, the Grant biographer,have
accompanied the famous soldier througli
all his foreign travel and reported his pro
ceedings by Atlantic cable to the Herald
with an especial eve to their effect upon
our own people. Interviews appear fre
quently as by Grant, which people who
have interviewed him know that he could
not have personally shaped. An accurate
report of his actual conversation in such
interviews would hardly reflect much
credit upon the statesmanship to which
lie is usually made to give expression.
We know a gentleman who once had oc
casion, in 1871, as a correspondent of the
New York Herald, to interview President
Grant. The Orange riots had just then
occurred in New York city, when the
militia were assaulted and had fired upon
the crowd, killing several people. A
good deal of had feeling was engendered,
and Ben Butler had made a speech
in which he declared that the
militia had no right to fire upon
the mob until they had first had the
riot act read to them. Upon this sub
ject the correspondent put one of his
questions to the soldier Presider* His
reply, somewhat slowly uttered but with
unquestionable sincerity, was: “It’s very
strange Gen. Butler should talk that
way. While they were reading the riot
act, the whole mob might have got away
before any of them could have been
shot.” That was the reply which the
soldier President actually made. It
would hardly have looked very well in
print as the actual utterance of the Chief
.Magistrate of the nation, and it did not
appear. Another answer was substi
tuted which sounded more sagacious and
patriotic, and took the geifftral ground
that mobs must he dealt with summarily.
This incident may illustrate the kind
of finesse required to interview Gen.
Grant in the interest chiefly of his
third candidacy, and may also ac
count for the general absence of
ordinary interviewers from about
his person. His managers are certainly
smart enough to have smart interviewers
about hire vnd the impression the coun
try gentle-. receives is that he is a very
ready witted and loquacious statesman.
The Republican papers, anxious for the
wild Ireedom with which official benefits
were showered upon his friends during
his term, naturally seize these sagacious
views of the interviewer and expiate
glowingly upon Grant's wisdom, and the
tempting possibility of a return of those
days when there was no civil service re
form. Brother Orville Grant’s confiden
tial disclosures to a reporter upon the
question of a third candidacy are how
ever evidently made without the mana
gerial supervision, and they are circum
stantial enough to sound like truth. He
says:
“Before my brother went to Europe, a
number of Republican politictans of
national reputation held a meeting.
There were at least two well known
Western journalists present, one being
from Chicago and the other from Cin
cinnati. I think two othci newspaper
men, from New York and Boston, also
attended, but I am not certain. At all
events, they were made parties to the ar
rangement, as were journalists from St.
Louis and, I think, Evansville. The
object of this meeting was to prepare
for what they believed to be inevitable
before or at the expiration of Rutherford
B. Hayes’ term of office—this was noth
ing more nor less than revolution I * * *
Knowing full well that after the first stab
of the assassin’s knife; after recovering
consciousness from the first blow of the
murderer’s bludgeon, the country would
rise up and protect herself, and
every loyal, law-abiding citizen would
grasp the trusty rifle that hung so long
over the mantelpiece and look about him
for a patriotic General to lead him into
battle: then, and not till then, would U.
8. Grant return to his native land, and
once again he'd take command and lead
the loyal sons of America on to victory.
No man on this continent would be so
enthusiastically welcomed home in such
an emergency as my brother. No man
could so speedily or so thoroughly rally
about him an army of the boys in blue
as Gen. Grant.”
Altogether the Grant programme seems
to he thoroughly planned, though it is
built on a rather un-American model. If
the Democracy cannot defeat such a can
didacy as his would be, it is not for the
lack of majorities or principles—it will
be solely for the lack of brains.
One More Runaway Bridegroom.—
At New Lisbon, N. J., Mr. Isaiah Oli-
phant has two daughters. Mr. Isaac
Budd has been living with his uncle
there. He : i a little overage, in fact,
younger by nearly a year than Miss Sarah
Oliphant, to whom he itegan paying at
tention a year ago. Their engagement
was announced, and on Wednesday las-t
was to have been the wedding day. Miss
Oliphant’s trousseau was bought, the
wedding cards were out, and wedding
presents liegan to flow in. On Wednes
day evening all things were read}-; lamps
were lighted, the company had gathered,
and all that was wanting was the bride
groom. After an hour’s waiting the
bride fainted. Budd started for Illinois
on the day set for the wedding.
At Philadelphia Monday evening, while
a social party was being held at the
house of a Mrs. Kelly, the hrst floor gave
way and precipitated thirty or forty
children into the cellar. A few of the
ciu.iren were hurt, but none danger
ously.
Eew York Sun.
“The Telescopopohone” is the name of
Mr. Edison's invention. It is simply a
marvelous ear trumpet, upon the con
struction of which Mr. Edison has been
working for several months. Mr. Edi
son’s attention was attracted to the sub
ject by his own deafness. He is enabled
to hear only when the speaker enunciates
in a liold tone. Mr. Edison is loth to de
scribe the telescopopohone except gen
erally. as it is not completed, and is to
be patented. The implement is about
five and a half feet along, and lias au in
ternal arrangement by which sound is
concentrated and made louder. A sound
which to the unaided ear is inaudible be
comes distinct by the use of the teleseopo-
poltone. Concerning it, Mr. Edison
said:
“The telescopopohone is assuredly sue
cessful. I have demonstrated that by its
use not only can those partly deaf hear,
but persons can talk while a mile or two
apart.”
“But do other sounds commingle—
sounds intervening between the speaker
and the hearer ?'
"Certainly they do to a limited extent,
and more so if the instruments are not
pointed straight. ”
“How do you remedy that ?"
“Why you must poi.it 'em straight.
The same objection could lie made to a
telescope. If you do not point it straight
you see other objects than the one in
tended. But when the telescopopohone is
pointed directly at the distant speaker
with telescopic exactness, the voice of
the speaker is the chief thing hoard.”
“Does it increase the volume of
sound?"
“I have whispered in one of these
things in a very low tone, and the sound
in my ear was so loud as to be absolutely
painful.”
Mr. Edison expressed the fullest eon
fidence that he would perfect the teles
copopohone, so that by its aid partly deaf
persons may hear every whisper ou the
stage of the largest theatre.
A gentleman who heard experiments
witli the telescopopohone said that Mr.
Edison heard distinctly the ticking of a
telegraphic instrument a thousand feet
away, and even the noise of the chewir g
and biting of grass by a cow nearly two
thousand feet distant.
One of the party then stood six lain
dred feet away, and his whisper was dis
tinctly heard, although Mr. Bachelor,
standing only fifteen feet from him, with
out the aid of the telescopopohone, could
not hear a word.
Then the party tried a more striking
experiment. Two of them went at least
a mile off, and talked to each other in an
ordinary tone of voice. Even at that
distance ordinary conversation was dis
tinctly heard without a speaking tube,
without any wire or electrical apparatus,
but simply by the aid of the new ear
trumpet or telescopopohone.
But, even this was surpassed by the
next experiment, which w;ts at a distance
estimated at two miles. From that point
the ordinary tone of voice could not be
heard, and shouting was necessary, yet
the new ear trumpet did its work, and
the hearing was repeate 1 as before.
“Now, Mr. Edison, what next?”
“Oh,” said Mr. Edison, with one of
those hearty bursts of laughter that he
so often indulges in, “I’ve not got to the
end yet.”
The Wilderness Campaign.
Baltimore Sun.
Whatever authority General Richard
Taylor may have had for stating in an
article in the North American Bedew
that the plan of the campaign in the
Wilderness, which resulted in the loss of
a hundred thousand men, was laid down
for Gen. Grant by Mr. Stanton and Sir.
Lincoln. Gen. Grant has stoutly affirmed
that the plan was his own, and there is
no reason whatever to doubt it. Before
he was summoned to Washington the
command-in-chief of the army of the
Potomac had been changed half a dozen
times. McClellan, Burnside, Hooker,
Pope, and McClellan a second time, all
these had been tried in turn, and all had
been hampered more or less in the opera
tions or blundered terribly. But how
ever much the administration may
have interfered with these commanders,
there was, it was always understood
and believed, no such interference in
respect to Grant. All the men he asked
for were given liim. Draft after draft
was made to fill up the gaps as he labo
riously and wastingly sought to work his
way round toward Richmond. His theo
ry of the campaign was that success was
only to be attained by hard pounding,
and the remark sententious that “our cat
has the longest tail,” with which he is
said to have closed a council of war
after the battles of the Wilderness,
showed that he depended upon his nu
mcrical superiority for ultimately forcing
urrender of Lee. Whether he said
the surrender
so or not, he acted throughout the cam
paign as if he believed it The enor
mous losses lie sustained in the battles
of the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor
did not move him from his purpose. For
every thousand men that fell other thou
sands were pushed forward to take
their places, drawn for, as they
were steadily, from all parts of the
country. The Confederacy had no such
resources, and the consequence was that
he wore away Lee's attenuated battalions
by persistent attrition. Whatever merit
the plan of campaign had must be at
tributed to General Grant. If he lost
more men between the Rappahannock
and the James than Lee had in his whole
army when the campaign in the Wilder
ness was opened, he gained the end in
view. He broke the back of the Con
federacy, hut it was at frightful cost.
The plan of campaign was undoubtedly
drawn up and carried out by General
Grant—he “fought it out on that line” to
the end—and whatever honor belongs to
him because of it he is justly entited to
it. General Taylor, in treating of the
subject, has made, it seems, striking
errors of date. He speaks of having had
a conversation with General Halleck “in
New Orleans in 1874 or 187.V on the
subject, but it appears that Gen. Halleck
died in 1872.
Gen. Taylor also quoted Gen. Johnston
as charging Gen. Grant—upon the au
thority of an officer on duty in the War
Department at Washington, aud who
overheard a conference between the
President, the Secretary of Wat and
Gen. Grant—with expressing great indif
ference to the sacrifice of human life in
his march on Richmond. In an inter
view had with Gen. Johnston by a cor
respondent of tlie Herald, the former
stated that his note to Gen. Taylor was a
private note, which was published with
out his being consulted. As to the mat
ter referred to he could say nothing, be
cause he was not at liberty to name his
authority.* He added that “he regarded
Gen. Taylor's statement as true, and he
wished he could join Gen. Taylor in the
publication. He said he did not know
where his informant was now, hut he
was an old acquaintance whom he knew
well in former years.” Gen. McClellan,
who seems also to have been interviewed
on the subject, said that he was on
friendly terms with Gen. Grant, and un
der no circumstances could he be induced
to criticise his military movements.
Socialism in Ohio.—A letter from
Cleveland, June 9, says: “Mainly beneath
the surface, and out of range of vision
of any but penetrative eyes like those of
detectives Qr newspaper correspondents,
there is considerable Socialistic agitation
going on here. Meetings, most of them
private, are being held, Socialist papers
and books being distributed bv persons
engaged in no other business. The Cleve
land section—American, German and Bo
hemian branches—is being privately re
organized, and additional speakers are
daily expected from the East. , Special
precautions are about to he taken to pro
tect 'he armory of the First Battery of
the Ohio National Guard and Cleveland
Grays, and also other places where arms
are stored. The police are specially on
the alert, and the military can be called
out at an instant’s notice. Bishop Gil-
mour, jn a sermon at the Roman Catho
lic Cathedral to-day, referred to the ex
isting forebodings of a storm that might
break over the country.”
Suicide of a Methodist Minister.—
At Indianapolis, Ind., Thursday after
noon, a man called at the Bates House,
and registered his name as L. H. Boyle,
St. Louis. As he did not get up during
the morning his room door was forced
open, and Boyle found undressed in bed
and dead. A number of letters were
found in his baggage, addressed to Rev.
L. H. Boyle, Hutchinson, Ky. In his
diary he spoke of some great trouble
that was hanging over him, and ot a
former attempt to take his life by taking
morphine. Nothing to indicate the cause
of his death.
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