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Georgia Affairs.
It is rumored in Douglassville that several
of the merchants there propose to combine
and establish a telegraph line between that
place and Atlanta.
Watermelons sell at an average price of
one cent per pound in Butler.
According to the Herald, the town of
Butler was shocked to hear of the sudden
death of Mr. Jesse M. Jones, one of the
most honored citizens of that place, on Mon
day of last week. He retired to bed the
previous night in his usual good health, and
the next morning was a corpse. Apoplexy
was the cause.
A misunderstanding occurred on last
Thursday evening at Harmony Grove, Jack-
son county, between a Mr. Doughty, agent
of the Singer Sewing Machine Company,and
Mr. W. T. Harber, a merchant, over a couple
of pair of shoes, which Doughty said were
lost in Harber’s store. The result was a
quarrel. Harber was severely cut, and
Doughty was arrested on a charge of assault
with intent to murder. He was held to bail
in the sum of $500.
The Northeastern Progress is the name of a
new and very good local paper established
at Harmony Grove, Jackson county.
The cause for the suicide of Mr. L. G.
Clark at Lawtonville on Saturday, mention
of which has been made in a special tele
gram to the News, is said to have been op
position to his marriage with a lady of that
place.
The following new money order offices
have been established in Georgia: Black-
shear, Crawfordville, Fairburn, Grantville,
Jefferson, Milner, Montezuma, Perry,
Thomson.
Dr. Harrison Westmoreland, of Atlanta,
has been adjudged a lunatic. It was he who
shot and so severely wounded Dr. Redwine in
that city some years ago, and for which he
was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term
of years, but was pardoned by Governor
Smith.
The Augusta Chronicle ami Constitutional
ist mentions the fact that between fifteen
and twenty thousand dollars of Georgia
Railroad six per cent, bonds were sold on
Monday at 95—the greater part to one of
the largest corporations in the State.
lion. A. H. Stephens arrived in Augusta
Monday afternoon, from Crawfordville, and
spent the night in that city. He left yester
day morning on the Central Railroad pas
senger train for Wadley, where he speaks
to-day. After the speech he will spend sev
eral days with Judge Herschel V. Johnson.
He is said to be looking well.
The three tax fi. fas. issued by the State
against the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company amounted to two hundred and
forty thousand dollars. The Superior
Court has rendered a decision sustaining
the affidavit of illegality tiled by the com
pany, except as to the amount of two hun
dred and ninety-one dollars, which it de
cides is due the State. The State will
carry the case to the Supreme Court.
The people of Aiken, South Carolina, are
represented as being such staunch admirers
of “Little Aleck” that they want to borrow
him, so they can run him for Congress.
The fair held at Cuthbert on the 4th is
pronounced by the Appeal to have been a
grand and glorious success, far surpassing
the brightest hopes of the most sanguine.
It is said that on Saturday night the hard
est rain of the year fell in Quitman county.
Considerable damage was done to corn and
cotton.
The election which came off in Greene
county on Monday week, resulted in reject
ing the “no fence” issue by 1,321 majority
in favor of the old law. Evidently the time
has not yet arrived in Georgia for a change
of law on the fence question.
The Times cannot understand why every
body in Valdosta has to buy bacon when
there are twenty hogs in town to every in
habitant.
An election will be held on the 16th inst.
in Valdosta to fill a vacancy in the Board of
Aldermen, caused by the death of Mr. T. M.
Bacon.
The Berrien County Xews asks, “Does it
pay to raise sheep ?” and answers the ques
tion as follows : “Mr. J. W. Fletcher, of Ir
win county, has sold at this place this sea
son $1,032 worth of wool of his own clip
ping, and has a few hundred pounds on
hand yet. Mr. Fletcher received every dol
lar of this amount in cash as fast as the wool
was delivered.”
Hon. Ben. Hill wrote a strong letter to
the Democracy of the Seventh district be
fore the late nominating convention was
held, urging them to nominate Dr. Felton.
The Democracy showed great regard for his
advice by unanimously nominating Judge
Lester. Whereupon the Rome Courier re
marks: “Mr. Ben Hill, United States Sena
tor from the State of Georgia, feels interest
enough in somebody in the Seventh district
to offer the gratuitous advice to the Demo
cracy of the district to nominate Dr. Felton
for Congress. Well, wonders will never
cease, at least while Mr. Hill lives. It does
look like a small business for a man who
has, according to his own statements, virtu
ally saved the State once, and the whole
Union once, to try to save Dr. Felton now.”
Cuthbert Appeal: “Up to date we never
knew, since our residence of nearly twelve
years in the county, a better prospect for
crops than at present. There has been
nearly enough wheat raised in the county
to supply the demand, while an abundant
oat crop has been harvested—probably the
largest for ten years—and corn, peas and
cane look well *aud bid fair to a greater
3ield than ever known to our oldest far
mers. Indeed, everything is encouraging,
as well it should be, when you can see lands
yielding a bountiful harvest, and the farmer
and all look cheerful and hopeful.”
A correspondent from Hogausville to the
LaGrange * Reporter cites an instance of
economy in a bachelor of that place which
is highly commendable in one so young. It
seems he had been attending the commence
ment of the Southern Female College, and
was arrayed in his best pants. Having to
ride home on an ox-cart he approached a
friend, who was a clerk, and asked him to
let him have one of his old pair of pants to
wear home, for he did not want to rub out
his Sunday pants in the wagon. The clerk
replied that he did not have any, so the
■“Bach” went to the depot, pulled off his
pants, wrapped them up in a LaGrange Re
porter, put them under his arm, and actually
walking out in his drawers, to the astonish
ment of all, got in the ox-cart and rode off.
That boy will die rich if he lives to a ripe
old age.
One thousand three hundred and seventy-
«ight pieces of skin, taken from the arms of
friends, have been engrafted on the head of
Mrs. Jonas Hay, of Jamestown, Chattahoo-
chie county, who lost her scalp by her hair
catching in the machinery of the mill in
which she was working. Mrs. Hay is re
ported as rapidly recovering, and as now
able to ride out.
Valdosta Times (enthusiastically) : “If
there is a spot upon the green earth that is
S articularly favored, it is our own South
eorgia. If, in the wilderness of this world,
there is an oasis to relieve the monotony,
it is this southern tier of counties. An in
credulous smile creeps over the face of him
who is not familiar with this section, when
Le reads this statement, but it is neverthe
less true.”
Early County Xews: “On Saturday, the
22d of June, there was an exhibition of
youthful .depravity on the plantation of Mrs.
James Salter, in this county’, that we have
seldom known equalled outside of Boston,
Mass. Two little negro girls, aged about
five and seven years, took hold of another
little black girl, about five years old. and
dragged her through a pool of water about
eighteen inches deep until life was almost
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extinct. The cries of the unfortunate child
caused a negro man who v-as working not
far off to send one of his own children to
see what the matter was. When the mes
senger reached the water the two little ruf
fians ran off, and the drowning child was
taken from the water barely alive. While
the child was returning to report to the
father what had happened, the two little
imps returned and dragged it into the water
again and made their escape. When the
man reached the place the child was dead,
or he supposed it was, at least, and thought
it would be wrong for him to take it out of
the water until somebody else was called to
see it, and when others came it was past re
suscitation. The placing of the child in
the water the second time after they had
been once disturbed showed plainly that
their intention was murder: and from the
character given us of the seven year old girl,
by one who knows her, we think a lifetime
sentence to the penitentiary would not be
amiss, though she be only seven years old.”
Conyers Examiner: “ Miss Blankenship, a
young lady some fourteen years of age,
killed a large rattlesnake on the 4th, near
the residence of Mr. I. L. Graham, in Shef
field. The snake is represented to be as
large as a man’s leg. The young lady must
be possessed of considerable nerve to at
tack so large a snake as this is represented
to be.”
Florida Affairs.
The Marianna Courier reports that last
Wednesday morning at daylight Henry
Nickels, his wife and two boys, mere strip
lings, went to the house of Bosen Ellington,
aud hailed him. Ellington opened his door,
and was received by a lick on the head by
Nickels, immediately followed by one from
Nickel’s wife. He then stepped back and
closed the door, but soon it was opened by
force, and Nickels and wife entered and be
gan again to beat Ellington. With one arm
partially paralyzed the latter was unable to
cope with hi> adversaries, and the oppor
tunity offering, he ran out of the house, but
had only gone a few* feet when Henry
Nickels ordered his boy to shoot him, which
he did, the shot taking effect in the tliigfi,
causing a painful though not dangerous
wound. The parties have all been arrested,
and gave bail for their appearance at the
next term of the Circuit Court.
The following money order post offices
have lately been established in Florida:
Bronson, Ellaville, Fort Reed, Leesburg,
Milton.
General Robert Bullock and Mr. B. F.
Taylor are mentioned as Democratic candi
dates for Congress from the Second Florida
district.
The new Council of Ocala is devoting a
great deal of attention to improving that
town, and the Banner makes the sweeping
prediction that if they continue as they have
begun, Ocala will be the handsomest town
on the continent.
They think nothing of raising fifty pound
watermelons on Amelia Island. Mr. W. F.
Scott recently presented one of that weight
to the Femandina Express which, according
to that paper, was five feet eleven inches in
diameter from end to end, and was two feet
ten inches in circumference at the centre.
If the Express is correct in its measurement,
that melon was a whale.
A Democratic convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress from the First Con
gressional district will be held at Monticello
on the 11th inst. The Second district con
vention is to be held at Palatka on the 25th
instant.
The Quincy Herald says that “there is a
prospect that the builder of the railroad
from Quincy to Chattahoochee river aud
his corps of assistants will get the pay due
them since 1873, a special master having
been appointed by the United States Court
to investigate the matter.”
A Democratic meeting held at Bronson,
Levy county, on Monday, to send delegates
to the Monticello Convention, w’armly en
dorsed the course of Hon. R. II. M. David
son in Congress.
The county jail of Levy county is said to
be occupied by a happy family, consisting
of a rattlesnake, a gopher aud an alligator.
The marriage record of Levy county
shows that Cupid is on the alert, and that
one hundred and sixty persons have come
within the range of his arrows and been
united in matrimony within the last twelve
mouths.
The Tampa Guardian says that the lemon,
iime, guava and citron are neglected in
South Florida, w’hen really there is more
money in them and less expense attached to
their culture than any other fruit.
Monticello Constitution: “Congress failed
to make any appropriation for the Hot
Springs Commissioners, and consequently
Horida’s carpet-bag ex-Governor is now-
discliarging the duties of his office on a
credit. Aud perhaps the next Congress will
refuse to pay the bill.”
Sumter Advance: “Our mail facilities are
in a deplorable condition. We have no
direct communication with Yalaha, Lake
Griffin. Okeekumkee or Slighville, and yet
the mail steamer lands at Leesburg, but
delivers no mail and receives none, while
three of the above offices are supplied
regularly.”
East Florida Banner: “The directors of
the Ocala, Silver Spring and Gulf Railroad
Company have sent off an order for several
pairs of wheels, a freight and passenger
car, twenty kegs of spikes, and other
material for the road, and a number of
hands have commenced getting out cross-ties
and clearing the track. Talk has ceased aud
work begun.”
Mr. Eichelberger, of Ocala, has dispelled
the idea that apples cannot be grown in
Florida. “He has,” saj’s the Banner,
“placed on our table as pretty a specimen as
w e have ever seen grown anywhere. It has
a rich cardinal color, fine and sw’eet flavored.
Florida is a great State if all her possibili
ties were developed. We need more Eichel-
bergers.”
Fernandina Express: “A difficulty occurred
on our streets on Wednesday last between
two prominent lawyers of this city. Words
grew loud and blows fell thick and fast,
umbrellas beiug the w eapons employed by
both combatants. Fortunately no serious
injury was done except to the umbrellas,
both beiug pretty badly smashed. The
Mayor fined them three dollars and costs,
each.”
Under the head of “A Struggle for Liber
ty in the Water,” the Pensacola Advance
says: “Monday afternoon Deputy Sheriff
Spigener went out on Bayou Texar to arrest
a negro named I lamp, for whom a requisi
tion from Alabama bad been sent. He found
and made for him, but the moke went for
the water and plunged in, only to be bounced
by Lew, who was following* close on. He
got his man out only to see him again take
the water. Three times did the contest in
the water take place until at last he landed
Harap or held him with a good grip. But
the darkey had lost all his clothes, and his
skin from perspiration had became as sleek
as if oiled, ami while Lew was getting
ready to tie him, the unconquered son of
Ham made a fancy twist and was gone like
a rocket, and then slowly and sadly Lew
came home.”
The Cedar Key Journal suggests to its
citizens the planting of a large lot of the
tree known as the cabbage palmetto. It
says: “In our opinion this would be quite
an improvement to the good looks of our
city. Its cost is a very small item, as the
trees can be procured in any quantity near
here, from three to twenty-five feet in
height, at merely nothing. With this ad
dition to our already picturesque little
Venice we would indeed have a town to be
proud of.”
According to the Cedar Key Journal the
post office was broken open at Rosewood
on last Sunday night and some fifty-six dol
lars in postage stamps were taken there
from, besides a large lot of clothing,
amounting in all to about one hundred and
seventy-five dollais. The perpetrators are
unknown.
Says the Bronson correspondent of the
State Journal: “Our Board of County Com
missioners convened on Monday last for a
three days session, in compliance with the
law to equalize the taxes of the count}-—a
very important matter,which pertains to our
finances. Mr. Chas. Lewis, of the railroad
office at Fernandina, met with them, aud a
basis for the settlement of the contested
tax claim for 1877 which the count}’ holds
against the railroad was agreed upon. This
is indeed gratifying to all who feel interested
In our financial welfare.”
Ac cording to the Palatka Herald, “it is
thought that the peach crop in Putnam
county will fall very short of what it was
last year. There’s no doubt of the fact that
a large crop of fruit comes every other year.
This holds good with the orange, and wc
suppose that it will apply to the peach.”
Palatka Herald: “ The celebration of the
anniversary of our national independence in
this place was a failure. This failure to re
cognize the day by some demonstration did
not arise from a want of unity, but a dispo
sition to neglect a duty which patriotism
enjoins upon all the citizens of this repub
lic. In aide bellum times it was the same in
every town that didn’t have a military com
pany or some other corporate organization,
yet those very same places were foremost in
organizing companies during the war with
Mexico, and even now, strike the nation
with the note of war, and these very places
would spring, to the man, in defense of the
flag.”
THE COMING ISSUE.
A Third Term for €>rant Cleans the
EKtabliMhmeiit of a Monarch) oil
the Ruinft of the Republic.
Editor Horning Sews: Whither are we
tending ? The question is a grave one and
requires a grave answer. The hitherto in
evitable result of republican governments,
and the social and political events of the
past thirteen years, press upon us the inqui
ry, whether or not these United States shall
follow in the groove of preceding republics,
and end in a monarchy ? The decision of
the problem rests with the people—the
source of all political power—and will de
pend upon their estimate of the means of
the present government to secure to them
and to their posterity, so far as they can
foresee, the blessings of life, liberty aud
conscience. Forms of government are rela
tive, not absolute. Were any form of gov
ernment absolutely the best, it would be
universal. Being only relative, however,
that form of government is suitable for a
nation which accords with its surroundings,
and with the idiosyncrasies of its peoples,
and is strong enough to insure to them the
ends of good government.
The origin of the United States we know,
aud also how were engendered the princi
ples of national independence aud individual
freedom that found expression, first, in the
Declaration of Independence adopted by thfe
Congress of 1776; aud, subsequently, in the
Constitution framed at Philadelphia in 1787.
We know, too. that for seventy-three years
the nation and the peoples prospered under
this Constitution—until the tires of civil war
threatened its destruction. Four years of
separation ensued, and then peace again,
with its difficult task of reconstruction.
Difficult, because of the abnormal conditions
of society and politics, impressed upon the
peoples of the several States by the expen
ditures, corruptions, passions and general
demoralization incident to all wars, and in
evitable to those of civil dissension.
We are, in fact, not the same people, so
cially, morally and politically, that we were
anterior to 1861; and hence, governments
being relative, the question of continuing
the form of government adopted in 1787, or
of so modifying it as to give it greater
strength in order to meet, beneficially, the
new order of political and social relations,
naturally arises in the minds of those who
desire the protections of peace. Some ad
here to the Constitution of 1787 as ample for
all purposes of security, if we can return to
an honest administration of it. While oth
ers, who have prospered by the war and be
come rich, or are large property holders by
inheritance or otherwise, or engaged in large
operations of capital or speculation, believe
that they do not find in the Constitution
the guarantees of security to life, property
and liberty. To the minds of these last the
point of weakness seems to be in the short
ness and uncertainty of the executive tenure,
and that it can be remedied only by a long-
continued or life tenure. These differences
of opinion are natural operations of the hu-
mau mind, as it may be impressed by educa
tion, and are not properly matters for crimi
nation or recrimination, but for deliberate
argument.
That there is a large, powerful and in
fluential class of citizens (powerful aud in
fluential from their wealth, property, educa
tion, natural ability and social relations),
who believe in the necessity for a stronger
government, we know. And it is natural
that, to secure their desired strength in
government, they should rest their hopes
upon one who has shown strong powers of
will, inflexible determination, aud the ability
to govern with an iron hand; who has the
prestige of military success in putting an
end to the civil war, with its attendant
popularity, and who understands human
nature so well, as to permit the largest
license to his adherents, for personal devo
tion to himself; one who believes in him
self and in his destiny, and whose ambition
is boundless.
Such seems to be the political situation
of which, traveling with the accelerated
speed of steam and electricity, w*e may
have a definite solution in the Presidential
election of 1880. Where there is smoke there
must be fire. Hence we are justified in be
lieving, from the declarations of many who
advocate a stronger government, that a
strenuous effort to carry out their views
will be made in 1880; that General Grant
will be their candidate; and that if success
ful, the constitution so far as the executive
is concerned, shall be changed, and that he
will be, if elected, maintained in the office
during his life, and “after that the deluge.”
At the formation of the constitution of 1787
there was a strong party advocating an
executive for life, known in the politics of
that day as “Monarchists.” And as history
repeats itself, the same party is beiug re
vived to-day in the persons of those who
desire this stronger government. There
fore we may without offense style them
also “Monarchists,” as opposed to those
who adhere to aud are satisfied with the
present form of government, and who may
be called “Constitutionalists.”
It is always safer to call things by their
right names, and therefore we have no
hesitation in terming those “Monarchists”
who advocate a third terra for General
Grant. For upon what grounds other than
his iron will and iron hand can his election
be urged V Candidly, will any man in this
country assert that his previous administra
tion of eight years was an honor or a credit
to him, and entitles him to the support of
the honorable and honest people of the
nation ? Are the people then prepared to
abandon the constitution and lay the founda
tion of a monarchy? If so, that will be
the only reason for re-electing General
Grant to a third and indefinite term.
A Democrat of the Old Scuool.
MURDER IN LAURENS COUNTY
One Mian Killed and Another mor
tally Wounded.
Editor Morning Xews: Saturday, July 6th,
will long be remembered in Laurens county.
It seems that the negroes of the vicinity
had assembled at Caulley’s barroom to
drill, and several young white men from
the neighborhood went over there. Some
time during the evening a difficulty occured
between Ike Walters (white) and a negro,
which resulted in the negro’s throat being:
cut almost from ear to car. At this writing
he is in a critical condition and not expected
to live.
Shortly after this affair Walters and his
friends adjourned to the barroom, where
they continued drinking until dark,
when Mr. A. D. Moye and Ike Walters went
out of the house and Moye shot off his pis
tol. Mr. W. C. Chester and Mr. Caulley con
cluded they would close the doors of the bar
room and go to Caulley’s dwelling house close
by. As they descended the steps A. D. Moye
shot Chester through the heart, killing him
instantly, and fired the second shot at
l'aulle\\\vounding him slightly in the temple.
Moye and Walters left immediately fo^prts
unknown. No cause is assigned for the
killing, as it is reliably reported that all the
parties named were on the best of terms.
A Coroner’s jury was summoned and a
verdict of willful murder rendered against
both Moye and Walters. A Sheriff and posse
are now trying to apprehend them, but can
find no trace of them. It is the opinion of
those best acquainted with the facts that
whisky was at the bottom of the unhappy
affair.* Moye and Walters bear the reputa
tion of violent men, and were considered
very dangerous wheq under the influence of
liquor. Mr. Chester was a poor man, and
leaves a wife and six little children to mourn
his untimely death. Both Walters and Moye
are sons of respectable parents, and are
married men. Mr. Caulley’s wound is very
plight, and it was reported yesterday that he
was lip and doing well. Mr. Chester’s
remains were interred yesterday at Mr. J. L.
Smith's, in this county. Damascus.
Tenville, Ga., July 9, 1878.
Some refuse cherries from cherry-
bounce were thrown out by a woman at
Bangor. They were gobbled up by a
flock of geese that subsequently were
found apparently dead. The economi
cal Bangor female plucked the departed
geese, and the next day, to her horror
aud amazement, the geese came up in
the condition of the parrot after she bad
her ‘ ‘bell of a time” with the monkey.
IIow perfectly they resemble the Grant
supporters, who, supposed to be dead,
come up smiling, in a very nude condi
tion.— Washington Capital.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
FINANCIAL PKOSPECT ABROAD
Activity iji Foreign Securities.
DECLINE OF WAR PREPARA
TIONS IN ENGLAND.
The Convention Between Tnrkey and
Great Britain.
Watching
for Hostile
the West.
Indian* in
FINANCIAL PROSPECT ABROAD.
London, July 9.—The Times’ financial
article says : “The expectation that money
will be cheap tends to induce fresh specu
lators to come forward, and the upward
movement may be renewed. Many new
loans are talked about. In addition to the
Russian loan for forty million pounds
there is a Greek loau mentioned, and
sundry loans for Austria. Hungary.
Turkey and Spain, while railway and
other industrial projects may be expected
to crop up in great numbers. To-night
(Monday) Portugal comes with a second
portion of her loan, which refused to float
entire last year. The first installment of the
French railway loans is also expected at
the end of the present month, and its ap
proach seems to be heralded by extreme
activity in and high prices of French
rentes.”
TUE CONVENTION BETWEEN TURKEY AND
ENGLAND.
London, July 9.—In the House of Com
mons this afternoon, the Right lion. Robt.
Bourke, Under Secretary for the Foreigu
Department, in answer to a question pro
pounded by the Right Hon. Wm. Edward
Forster, Liberal member for Bradford, said
that the English ratification of the convention
with Turkey was sent to Constantinople
some time ago, and everything is settled.
Mr. Baring, one of the second Secretaries
of the Constantinople legation, has taken
the firman to Cyprus. “We have not yet,'*
said Mr. Bourke, “had official notification
that the convention has been formally noti
fied to the powers.”
ON TIIE LOOKOUT FOR INDIAN’S.
San Francisco, July 9.—A Wallula dis
patch, dated the 8th, says: “The steamer
Northwest left here this afternoon. She
will be used as a patrol boat between here
and Umatilla. She is in command of
Captain Wilkinson, who has twenty
men hired and twelve soldiers well
armed. There is a Gatling gun aboard, aud
be will receive two howitzers from Van
couver. Captain Wilkinson feels confident
he will catch the Indians in crossing the
river between here and Umatilla to-night."
DECLINE IN ACTIVITY OF WAR PREPARATIONS
London, July 9.—An order has been re
eeived at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwieh to
cancel the demand for 40,000,000 cartridges
remaining on the books of the department.
There are various other evidences that the
extraordinary activity which has prevailed
in government establishments during the
last three mouths is about on a decline.
ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN SECURITIES.
London, July 9.—At the opening of the
stock market yesterday, foreign securities
were very firm and a rush upward was ex
pected, but the market was dampened by
heavy selling from the continent.
DEAD.
Pottsville, Pa., July 9.—Benjamin Hay
wood, an old and prominent citizen of this
place, and proprietor of the Palo Alto Iron
Works, near Pottsville, died this morning
after a short illness.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
REPORT OF THE NATIONAL
TON EXCHANGE.
COT
Chinese and Japanese Affairs.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN OREGON
OVER THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
Opinion of the U. S. Attorney Gen
eral on the Eight-Hour Law.
DECORATION 01 CONFEDERATE
GRAVES AT ALEXAN
DRIA, VA.
THE A N(; I.O-rilt IlISlI AGREE.
MEAT UNFAVORABLY RE
CEIVED.
iriiscelluneous and ITiinor flatter*.
COTTON CROP OF TENNESSEE AND NORTH
ALABAMA.
Nashville, July 9.—The report of the
Nashville department of the National Cot
ton Exchange show’s tw’enty-three replies
received from Middle Tenuessee; seventeen
report too much rain and cool weather since
June 1st, and six weather favorable: rains
have not retarded the cultivation; twelve
report 50 and 25 per cent, decrease in lands
planted in cotton since last report, and more
wheat and corn planted , while eleven report
about the same as last year; thirteen say the
stand is good, blooming and forming well;
ten say the stands are not very good; 6ix
report a more favorable condition of the
crop than last year; seven same as last year
and ten not so good. Twenty-nine replies
have been received from eleven counties in
North Alabama, of which seventeen say too
much rain from June 1st to 15th, and then
warm aud dry, while twelve report
favorable weather for the entire month.
The rains have not prevented cultiva
tion: three report 20 per cent, less
land in cotton and more grain, while twenty-
six say about the same as last year. Twenty
say the stands are good, plants blooming
and forming w’ell, and nine say the stands
are not good. Twenty say cotton is looking
very clean and well. Three say it is better
thau for years past, and six inferior aud
small for the season. Fifteen report the
condition of the crop much better than last
year^ seven about the same and seven not
so good.
THE NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA COT
TON CROP.
Norfolk, July 9.—The Cotton Exchange
reports thirty-eight replies from twenty-
three counties in North Carolina and Vir
ginia received. Five report the weather in
June cool, and thirty-three cold and less
favorable than last year. Three report that
rains have slightly interfered with cultiva
tion. Thirty-live report no interruption.
Seventeen report a decrease in the lands
planted, owing to its having been plowed
up and put in com because of a
poor stand. Six report stand fair,
with but fv-w forms. Thirty-two say the
stand is poor and very few forms. Sixteen
report the present condition good, but the
plant very small. Twenty-two report the
condition bad and plant small. All say the
condition is not so favorable and from ten
to fifteen days later than last year. The
weather for the first three weeks was cold
and unfavorable, bat the condition is some
what improved.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, July 9.—The Cabinet dis
cussed Mexican and Iudian affairs. No
new movements have been decided upon.
Messrs. Sherman, McCrary and Thompson
were absent from the meeting. The
Treasury was represented by Assistant Sec
retary Hawley.
Mr. Sherman went to New York this
morning. Mr. McCrary is still in Maine.
Secretary Thompson arrived at Norfolk to
day in the Tallapoosa, on his inspection
tour of the Navy Department, which several
months ago ordered a watch to prevent vio
lations by American shipmasters of the
anti-coolie trade laws. He is informed by
the commanding officer of our naval forces
on the Asiatic station that no Americans are
engaged in that trade.
Isaac Bassett, the veteran Doorkeeper of
the United States Senate, is seriously ill.
The graves of the Confederate soldiers,
Alexandria, Va., were decorated this morn
ing by the Memorial Association of that
city aud the Southern Memorial Association.
JAPANESE NEWS ITEMS.
Yokohamae, June 19.—All three of the
ironclads built in England for Japan have
arrived.
The three Governors of Kanagawa prov
ince, in whieh Yokohama is included, are
under arrest on a charge of promoting pub
lic disorders.
The Japanese press laws are about to be
modified. All imprisonments of journalists
are abolished and fines are substituted.
There are serious affrays in Yokohama
between sailors of the Russian and British
ships of war, and blood is frequently shed.
A new military college, similar to West
Point, was opened at Tokio on the 10th of
June.
BRUSH FIRES.
Ottawa, July 9.—Brush fires are raging
in Ottawa Valley. A large district of well
timbered land on the Gotereau is destroyed.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
San Francisco, July 9.—The steamer
City of Peking, four days overdue from
Hong Kong via Yokohama, has arrived with
Hong Kong dates to the 5th. of June.
The United States Consulate at Foochoo
has received five hundred dollars from
officers of Fukien for distribution through
American medical missionaries to the suffer
ing sick.
A movement is progressing to establish
the postal system in China.
The report of an impending diplomatic
breach between China and Germany is un
true.
The Chinese are renewing attempts to
conquer southern Formosa. Taiwanfoo, the
capital of Chiuese Formosa, was devastated
by a tornado in May. There was great de
struction of property and several lives were
lost.
It is just discovered that Bishop Raveils
and other French missionaries are imprisoned
in the capital of Corea and are in danger of
death. A call has been made for their res
cue.
NEW YORK ITEMS.
New York, July 9.—The Supreme Court,
Judge Daniels presiding, has granted an
order transferring a four and a half million
dollar mortgage that was given to secure
the bondholders of the Missouri aud Pacific
Railroad from the hands of a trustee of the
National Trust Company to the Central
Trust Company. The transfer was granted
on the application of a majority of the bond
holders.
The funeral of Lieutenant Gripenberg, of
the Russian navy, whose mission here
created so much comment, took place to
day. The remains were interred in the
Naval Cemetery at Brooklyn.
Rev. Father Schemmel, of the Society of
Jesus, died this morning.
OPINION ON THE EIGHT HOUR LAW.
Washington, July 9.—The Attorney Gen
eral has delivered an opinion to the effect
that a circular from the Navy Department
in March last, announcing that “the depart
ment will contract for the labor of workmen
on the basis of eight hours a day, but that
all workmen electing to labor ten hours
would receive a proportionated increase of
wages,” is in accord with the section of the
Revised Statutes which embodies what is
commonly known as the eight hour law.
THE FIRE RECORD.
Milwaukee, July 9.—A fire in the drying
room of the Western Steam Tobacco Works
destroyed th^ stock, valued at $75,000: in
sured for $50,000.
Buffalo, July 9.—A fire has broken out
at Holmes’ barrel factory on Chicago street.
Many private dwellings are destroyed. It
is thought the whole block will go. During
the fire Superintendent Rogers was pros
trated by sun stroke. It is the work of an
incendiary.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer.
Washington, D. C., July 9.—Indications
for Wednesday :
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
stationary or lower pressures, slight changes
in temperature, south aud east winds, partly
cloudy weather and numerous rains.
In Tenuessee and Ohio valley, the Lower
Lakes and Middle States, southeast, veering
to westerly winds, slightly higher pressure
and stationary temperature, partly cloudy
weather and occasional rains.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
San Francisco, July 9.—A telegram
from Portland says: “Great excitement
prevails over the alarming condition of
affairs. Volunteer companies are organ
izing, and plenty of men are obtainable.
The great needs are arms and means. The
steamer Northwest, well manned and armed,
under command of Captain Wilkinson, is
endeavoring to intercept the hostiles as
they attempt to cross the Columbia river.”
SANTO DOMINGO AFFAIRS.
New York, July 9.—Letters from Santo
Domingo report that Ignacio Maria Gon
zales was elected President for two years.
In the meantime new troubles prevail.
Gonzales is accused of ceding to ilayti a
part of the northern territory of Santo
Domingo without consent. This accusation
causes excitement, which it is expected will
produce a revolution.
•ROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE CHESAPEAKE
AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Richmond, July 9.—In the City Court to
day a decree was entered distributing $15,-
971,210 of the proceeds of the recent sale of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad amoug
the parties entitled to interest on the bonded
debt of the Virginia Central Railroad, which
was the first lien on the property of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.J
THE MONTREAL ORANGEMEN.
Montreal, July 9.—The Presbyterian
Church is not capacious enough to hold the
Orangemen on the 12th. They have applied
for the Montreal Lacrosse Grounds.
Ottawa, July 9.—Major General Smith
will leave to-morrow for Montreal to take
charge of the troops.
the anglo-turkish agreement unfa
vorably RECEIVED.
London, July 9.—A Paris dispatch to the
Standard says the arrangement between
England and Turkey, and especially the
acquisition of Cyprus, is unfavorably re
ceived here.
LIFE ON A TRAINING SHIP.
How Southern Boy* Are Trained to
Become Naval Seamen.
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A Lost Colony.
Nashville American.
The discovery of a mound in North
Carolina, with a number of well ,pre-
served corpses of unknown nationality,
has revived a hope of Sir Walter Ral
eigh, that some trace might yet be found
of the famous Roanoke colony. The
remains and contents of the mound are
undergoing careful examination, and if
it is possible to decide that they are the
Roanoke colony—the lost found—no
doubt it will be done. The human mind
dislikes an unsolvable mystery, espe
cially one three centuries old. It was in
1587 that the famous lost colony, the
subject of so much search, speculation
and romance, lauded at Roanoke, and
formed a friendship with Manteo, who
w’as made a Christian, a feudal baron,
as the Lord of Roanoke, the first gentle
man in America. It was that colony
which gave birth to Virginia Dare, the
first child born of English parents on
United States soil—a female, by the way,
which would have entitled woman to
some rights of priority if she had not
been unfortunately lost, without perpet
uating herself in posterity. It was three
years, on account of war, Spanish armada
and home troubles, before a ship with
supplies and the Governor of the colony,
Virginia Dare’s grandfather, returned to
Roanoke.
All that remained of the colony, or of
Manteo and the friendly Indians to tell
of its fate was the inscription, “Croatan,”
on the bark of a tree. No search was
made then. Afterw’ards Raleigh sent
five times to seek his colonists, but no
sign or trace of them ever appeared.
The Indians at a later day claimed to
have adopted the colonists, .and their
physical characteristics gave some color
to the theory of adoption and amalgama
tion. The lost colony has been the
theme of many a story and of a great
deal of discussion, w’hich the curious
delver in the old aud half forgotten will
find attractive.
Tiie Princess of Wales.—A single
mounted policeman is seen approaching,
and as he comes a line is formed up the
centre of the drive; he is soon followed
by a simple Victoria, drawn by gray
horses, seated in which is the Princess of
Wales with three of the young prin
cesses, her daughters—two *on the seat
beside her, one on her knee, a pretty,
charming sight. The Princess looks
lovely, as young as ever; everything
about her is trim and neat; a tight-fitting
costume and ruff high up round her
neck, the little Princesses in sailor hats.
It is etiquette not to trouble the Princess
with much particular notice when driv
ing in the park, but so endeared has she
’>ecome to every heart that the rule has
to be broken through, and ladies bow
and smile and gentlemen take off their
hats as she passes, and in turn all receive
a kindly recognition from this truly
angelic Princess. This occurs ever}’
afternoon. Y’ear after year the interest
increases; her reward fora truly loving
nature.—From “Scenes in Hgde Park,"
London.
What Our Great Men are Doing.
Thomas Ewing has been blown up in a
Mississippi steamer. Disraeli is a tramp
at Ottawa. James Madison has been ac
quitted of a charge of burglary at St.
Louis. Daniel Webster, a shoemaker of
Washington, has been figuring in a law
suit about a pair of boots he made for
John C. Breckenridge.
John Sherman never hears of the con
viction of a rogue on circumstantial evi
dence without taking something to brace
himself up.
Beaufort, S. C., July 6.—Editor Morning
Xews: During the past three months the old
frigate New Hampshire has been converted
into a training ship for the express purpose
of giving the boys of the Southern States
an equal chance with those of the North of
receiving a good nautical education without
the trouble and expense of going so far
from home to enlist. Notwithstanding the
flattering notices given by the papers to the
scheme, enlistments have been few and far
between, and up to this date about fifty
boys have been enlisted.
They are received between the ages of six
teen and seventeen: must be able to stand ;
strict physical examination and be able to
read and write: full permission to enlist
must be granted by parents or guardians be
the boys sign the shipping articles,
they have been regularly enlisted,
are given an outfit of all neces-
clothing, which may either be
paid for or charged -to the boy on
the Paymaster’s accounts and deducted
from his monthly pay. Paying cash, for an
outfit will not benefit the boy materially, a:
he is not allowed to go ashore any sooner
than one who purchased his on credit.
Some of the bovs appear to have enlisted
with high aspirations, but with no know
ledge of the duties they are required to per
form oi the many hardships of a sailor’s
life. The object for which they are enlisted
is not, as many believe, to make officers of
them, but only to train them to become ef
ficient naval seamen, to gradually supercede
the foreign element which now so largely
predominates in the United States navy.
The highest office to which a boy may as
pire in the service is to become a boatswain,
guuner, or sail maker, and these positions
are only attainable after years of patient
study and practical experience, assisted by
political influence. For the generality of
boys who are alone or friendless, or for
those whose passions are ungoverned, the
training ship is an excellent institution.
The discipline to which they are subjected
is stern, impartial, and never relaxed: the
punishment which follows bad conduct,
swift and certain ; the reward of merit slow,
perhaps, but equally sure.
The routine of work aud study being so
intermixed; it keeps the hands and
thoughts of the boys so constantly employed
that they have very little time to study mis
chief, still less to carry it into execution.
The following is a synopsis of the daily
routine, which is generally carried out in all
kinds of weather:
The reveille is sounded at five o'clock in
the morning. When the drum ceases beating
the boatswain’s mates pipe “ up all ham
mocks.” Ten minutes are allowed in which
to turn out, dress, pass seven turns with a
lashing around the hammock, (no more no
less, underDenalty of toeing a seam for two
hours the following night), carry it on deck
and stow iD the netting. The rules are very
strict in regard to promptness in every thing,
and no turning over for another nap is per
mitted after the first call. This rapidity in
beginning the day is calculated to cultivate
that power of quickly collecting the faculties
from a state of slumber,so essential to the effi
ciency of a seaman in sudden emergencies.
Ten minutes more are allowed to get a swal
low of coffee, or to speak with truth, sweet
ened hot water. The boys are then sent on
deck to perform their morning ablutions, i.
e., wash their faces, arms and legs in a buck
et of sea water. At three bells, or half past
five, it is turn to, wash down or holy stone
one of the three decks, scrub paint work,
clean the ship’s boats, square yards, spread
awnings and polish the brass work, which
occupies the time with the exception of a
few minutes at seven bells for inspection,
till breakfast time, at eight o’clock. At
seven bells the boys are called to quarters,
then form in two lines on the quarter deek,
with sleeves and pants rolled up, heads bare,
and are carefully inspected by the master-
at-arms, uncleanliness, of course, being pun
ished as a grave offense.
At eight bells the work of cleaning the
ship is over and the crew all go to break
fast. Mess cloths are not used on the New
Hampshire, the crew enjoying the luxury of
white ash swinging tables and benches to
sit upon. The table furniture is composed
of a tin pot, pan and spoon for each man, a
wooden tub or “bread kit,” and large oval
tin pan, which sometimes contains “souse.”
The tables are hung in a long row on the
upper gun deck, each table accom modating
about twenty boys; the edibles consisting of
coffee, hard tack or sea biscuit, which some
times are pretty lively, containing “stowa
ways” in the shape of full fledged maggots.
Sometimes “bread souse” or “notato hash”
are added to the bill of fare. These latter
delicacies are simply hard tack or potatoes
boiled in a kettle with a little fine chopped
pork, and plenty of “slush” by way of
seasoning.
At nine o’clock one gun's crew, or seven
teen boys, go to quarters, and for a half
hour are instructed in great gun drills
small arms (rifles), cutlasses, or pistols, ac
cording with the daily routine: another
crew are at the same time being instructed
in knotting, splicing, loosing and furling
sail, lead lines, log lines, learning the ropes
and their uses, etc., by the boatswain and a
picked seaman, or are taught the use of a
palm and needle in making and repairing
sails and other canvas work.
A third gun’s crew are under instruction
in the school room on the lower gun deck,
a bright, breezy room, large enough to
accommodate one hundred boys.
The studies are the primary branches of
the English language, and the standard
which they are required to attain is the
proficiency which the average boy of fifteen
years of a<re usually reaches.
At ten o’clock there is a general rotation
in the different departments, the rigging or
sail makers crew go to quarters, the crew
who were at quarters go to the school room
and the scholars go to the sail room or
rigging loft. At eleven o’clock studies are
suspended and the boys have a recess of
two hours.
At twelve o’clock noon dinner is served ;
ou four days cf the week it consists of fresh
boiled beef, vegetable soup and fresh bread,
on two days of salt pork, bean soup and
hard tack, and on one day of coffee, hard
tack, “duff,” or a sort of pudding, a favor
ite dish with sailors, and “salt horse,”
which, by the way, is yery old and rich, and
is reputed to have made a cruise with Noah
in the ark.
At one o’clock studies are resumed and
continued till three, when the boys are
dismissed for the day, but are obliged
to assist in any work which may be in
progress. At 5 o’clock all hands go to sup
per, which consists of the remains of dinner
and the inevitable hard tack and coffee.
After supper the boys amuse themselves
by playing games of different kinds, the
favorites being those which call for more
agility than caution, such as “follow your
leader.” When it becomes too dark to
play, the boys gather in groups with the
other men of the ship’s company and listen to
some old tar spin a yarn or sing a song.
At nine o’clock the tattoo is played and
every bov is required to turn into his ham
mock at once and keep perfectly silent, so
that a few minutes after the drum ceases to
beat everything is quiet throughout the ship.
On Saturdays, whenever the weather per
mits, the boys are instructed in rowing and
sailing the boats. It is needless to add that
this is to them the best part of the routine.
Saturday afternoon the boys enjoy a half
holiday, so far as immunity from work and
study are concerned, but they do not leave
the ship.
Sundays aii unnecessary work is supposed
to be suspended. The boys dress in their
neatest uniforms. At nine* o’clock all hands
are called to quarters and inspection, which
occupies a half hour. Divine service is
held on the gun deck at ten o’clock by the
Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Boroom, of’ the
Episcopal High Church, after whieh
the boys dispose themselves about the
decks, to sleep, read, or write,. as
fancy dictates, but are obliged to keep quiet
and subdue their voices much as children of
the ancient Puritans. At three o’clock in
the afternoon Sunday school is held in the
school room, aud attended by all the boys.
Much indignation is manifested by the
white boys because the blacks are placed on
an equal footing with them, messing with
them, and sleeping side by side, but in
separate hammocks.
The first quarterly examination was held
last week, several of the boys passing very
creditably, although only two were pro
moted, the others failing to qualify through
bad conduct or carelessness. R. C.
The Results of the Potter Investiga
tion.
New York Stoats Zeituny.
The following facts may be regarded
as morally proved and established, as the
result of the investigation so far as it
has been carried:
I. The whole pack who. under the ad
ministration of Grant, had possession of
tiie government of Louisiana—Governor
Kellogg, the members of the returning
lioard. the inspectors and supervisors of
election, and so forth—were a baud of
perjured scoundrels. In the expectation
of receiving a rich reward, they en
deavored to assure the electoral votes of
Louisiana for Hayes and Wheeler: and
on the other hand, as soon as their fraud
was accomplished they exerted them
selves as earnestly, by threatening to ex
pose it. to force the payment to them
selves of the compensation which they
expected, and which had been partly
promised them. Xo one will be mis
taken in assuming that many outrages
which happened in Louisiana at that
time were brought forth for the purpose
of facilitating the electoral fraud.
II. It is proved that John Sherman.
Stanley Matthews. Stoughton, and the
other leading Republicans who, at the
time of the count, were in Xew Orleans,
although they may have lielieved at the
moment that in some parts of the State
the election had been affected by vio
lence, yet they knew that with an honest
and impartial count the electoral vote of
Louisiana belonged to the Democratic
candidate for President; and they em
ployed their influence to carry out the
frauds which had lieen planned by Kel
logg and his associates, and, in a direct
or indirect manner, they encouraged the
tools used for this purpose to persist in
their lying statenieatSBiiid perjured pro
tests. The corrcSBss of this view of
the case does not depend upon the possi
bility of bringing forward direct proof
that Sherman was the author of the no
torious Sherman letter; for all the trans
actions which took place between the
Republican statesmen and the Louisiana
swindlers, anti which can neither be
doubted nor disputed, admit of no other
explanation. How far Sherman and his
friends overcame any scruples of eon
science by the idea that the election of
Hayes was indispensable to the we’fare
of the country, may be left undeter
mined; hut that during their presence in
Xew Orleans in Xovember and Decem
ber, 1876, they must have known that the
electoral votes of that State could he
given for the Republican candidate for
President by cheating only. Of this,
every one must be convinced who is not
wilfully blind.
III. There is no direct proof that these
frauds were executed on the request or
at the order of Mr. Hayes; but the belief
that lie must have had a well-founded
suspicion of the character of these events
is very strong, and is strengthened and
fortified by the fact that on his recom
mendation several dozens of the Louisi
ana swindlers, who had been especially
conspicuous in the frauds, were rewarded
witli Federal offices. Even if we at
tribute no special weight -to the promise
which Mr. Hayes made in his letter of
acceptance and in his inauguration
speech, that in filling public offices he
would regard capacity and worth as the
only standard, it is yet inexplicable that
he should have given recommendations
only to these scamps whose sole merit
consisted in the unscrupulousness they
had exhibited in falsifying the election.
Hayes may be taken for a weak, impo
tent, narrow man, but it would be a
wonderful accident if in filling offices in
Louisiana liis stupidity should have led
every lime to the recommendation of
precisely those men who were dis
tinguished in the execution of the fraud
through which he became President,
These are the results of the Potter In
vestigation so far.
A Queer Story op Murder.—Buz-
zeli, who was acquitted four years ago
in Ossipee, Xew Hampshire, on a charge
of murdering Susan A. Hanson, to whom
he had been engaged, but whom he had
jilted for another woman, and who had
sued him for breach of promise, has just
been convicted as an accessory to the-
same murder, and sentenced to be handed
on July 10.1879. Miss Hanson was shot
while sitting near the window of her
house on Xovember 2, 187-L A young
man by the name of Cook has testified
that Buzzell levelled the gun at the
young woman and made nim fire it.
Buzzell is about forty years old. His
second trial is due to the' fact that after
the first he employed Cook to burn the
houses and barns of those who had
testified against him.
The Grant Talk.
Springfield Republican.
The evidences that an organized move
ment for the nomination of Gen. Grant
in 1880 is under way multiply. The
newspapers like the St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat and tiie Pittsburg Commercial-
Gazette, which were first to take up the
cry and for some time enjoyed a monopo
ly of it. find now a good many imitators.
Local Republican conventions out West
have in several cases emphasized the dis
gust of the Republican managers with
Hayes by putting a good word for Grant
into their resolutions, and even in a
.couple of cases openly declaring for his
nomination two years hence. All ac
counts agree that such a declaration
might have been obtained front the Illi
nois Republican State Convention last
week without any difficulty, had the
managers thought it wise. The most
notable feature of this business is the
prominence of the old rings which
flourished under the Grant regime. The
St. Louis paper which has been most
zealous in the movement is edited by a
man who went to jail for his complicity
with the whisky frauds. The man who
talked loudest for Grant to the Illinois
Republicans at Springfield last week is
tiie Chicago lawyer who championed the
cause of that city’s whisky ring.
And so ail around, wherever you find
the remnants of any of the numerous
rings which Grantism fostered you find
at the same time the hearty supporters
of any movement that promises to restore
Grantism. But, while the old plunder
ers are, perhaps, ihe leaders in the present
movement, they are by no means without
respectable followers. Whatever real
strength the movemeat posesses comes
from the favor with which it is regarded
by tl«o capital^' class. It is evident
enough that a good many rich people are
considerably worried by talk about Com
munism, the occasional disorders and
the threats of more serious troubles, the
growth of wild parties like the Kearney-
ites in California, and that they are quite
possessed with the idea that "Ulysses S.
Grant is the only man who can deal with
this sort of thing successfully. How
large this element now is cannot lie vory
closely estimated, hut its existence is in
disputable.
Besides these classes there are many
voters who still retain their ancient
admiration for the hero of the
war, scarcely at all diminished
by the grave blunders of the Presi
dent. But while it is evident enough
tiiat a good many people, of one sort and
another, would like nothing better than
a chance to vote for Grant in 1880, his
election, or even a reasonable chance of
his election, could only be secured
through a general conviction that it was
necessary to “the salvation of society."
The great independent class, who at pres
ent hold the balance of power, will never
consent to the restoration of Grantism
for any reason short of their belief that
the oniv alternative is something a great
deal worse. And for precisely this reason
the movement is never likely to get be
yond talk. Demoralization has not yet
obtained such hold of the nation, nor
is there happily reason to fear it will,
that a majority of American citizens will
turn to one man and, beseech him to save
them from themselves.
Over Five Million* of Human Be-
lujt* Pyln; of Starvation.
London Times.
Shanohai, April 27.—The famine
seems now to be at its worst. The im
poverished country consists in the
greater part of the Provinces of Shansi,
{tarts of southwestern Chihli, western
Shantung, and the northern districts of
Honan, comprising an area variouslv
estimated at 70,000 to 100.000
square miles. The greatest distress is in
the southern half of Shansi, including
the provincial capital. Tai Yuen, the
population of which, unless rain comes
at once, bids fair to become absolutely
extinct. In its horrible details, as given
by all witnesses, foreign and native, offi
cial and missionary, it is the direst
calamity that this or any country has
been visited with. The sturdy Chinese
peasants do not calmly fold their hands
and die like our poor fellow subjects,
the Madrassees. last year; they eat the
dead, and when there are none to take,
they kill the living for the same purpose.
This is no Oriental exaggeration, but the
actual state of things in a district not
seven hundred miles from Shanghai.
The following memorial was issued by
I.i Ho Xien, Governor of Honau. and
Yuan, Special High Commissioner for
Famine Relief:
“The drought with which the province
has lx-en visited for several years in suc
cession has resulted in a famine of an
intensity and extent hitherto unheard of.
As autumn advanced into winter the
Dumlier of those in need of relief in
creased daily, until at l ist they could lie
counted by millions. The lower classes
were the first to be affected, and they
soon disappeared or dispersed in search
of subsistence elsewhere. Xow tin-
famine has attacked the well-to do and
the wealthy, who find themselves reduced
to greater misery as each day goes liy.and
they, in their turn, are dying off or fol
lowing those who have migrated else
where. In the earlier period of distress
the living fed upon the bodies of the
dead: next, the strong devoured the
weak: and. now, the general destitution
has arrived at such a climax that men
levour those of their own flesli and
blood. ’*
This dreadful picture is fully borne out
by the letters received in Shanghai from
the foreign missionaries in Shansi.
In the Prefecture in whieh the capital
of Shansi is situated the population has
diminished from over 1.000,000 to luo,-
000, and the Chinese newspapers here
give the number of people who have died
of starvation, or met the awful fate just
recorded, at over .7,000,000.
The government has not done much to
relieve its famine-stricken subjects. The
Board of Revenue has sanctioned loans
to Shansi of 500.000 taels and 100.000
piculs of rice. A further gftut of 200,.
000 taels and 16,000 piculs of rice was
made by the Imperial Government, on
the 22il of March in an edict in which the
Emperor is made to accuse himself of
every form of misgovernmeui.
Contributions to a considerable extent
have been made by the different provin
cial governments, and an amount of
money has been subscrilied by individual
Chinamen, whieh shows that the suffer
ings of their fellow-countrymen have
deeply moved the whole people. It is
noteworthy- that tiy far the largest sub
scriptions come from the Chinese resi
dents in British colonies or in the foreign
ttlements at the various treaty ports.
The Foreign Relief Fund amounts now
to about one huudred thousand dollars.
The one great difficulty in the way of
famine relief is the want of adequate
means of transport; roads, vehicles, and
hea-is of burden being alike unequal to
the task. Shansi is contiguous to Chihli.
ind the most ready way of approaching
the famine area is by way of tin- port of
Tientsin. Up to that point there is, of
course, no difficulty. From Shanghai to
Tientsin there are steamers almost daily,
and by these grain to any quantity can
lie poured into Tientsin. From that port
to Tai Yuen the distance cannot lie more
than two hundred miles, but the journey
is very rough traveling over hills between
four thousand and five thousand feet high,
and the means of transport are camels,
or carts drawn by mules, men, and don
keys. As one camel can only take three
piculs, that is about four hundred weight,
and the supply of beasts of burden of all
kinds is limited, however much grain
may be shipped to Tientsin it can only
be sent forward in driblets.
Improved communication lx. l ween
Tientsin and the interior by the repair of
the Grand Canal, and the constiuetion
of one or two main linos of railway, has
again and again been impressed on Li
Hung-cbang, and other prominent
Chinese statesmen, by British engineers
and capitalists. They have one and all
turned a deaf ear to such proposals, and
give their superfluous energy and su[ier
tluous money to the construction of ex
pensive arsenals, the purchase of Kmpp
guns, and the vigorous prosecution of the
war in Central Asia.
Sunstroke,
The following report of the Sanitary
Commission of the Xew A'ork Board of
Health upon sunstroke has been approved
and nubltshed by the boaftl;
“Sunstroke is caused by excessive
heat, and especially if the weather is
‘muggy.’ It is more apt to occur on the
second, third or fourth day of a heated
term than on the first. Loss of sleep,
worry, excitement, close sleeping rooms,
debility, abuse of stimulants, predispose
to it. It is more apt to attack those
working in the sun, and especially be
tween the hours of eleven o’clock in the
morning and four o’clock in the after- _
noon. On hot days wear thin clothing.
Have as cool sleeping rooms as possible.
Avoid loss of sleep and all unnecessary
fatigue. If working indoors, and where
there is artificial heat—laundries, etc-.—
see that the room is well ventilated.
“If working in the sun, wear n. light
hat (not black, as it absorbs heat;, straw,
etc., and put inside of it ou the head a
wet cloth on a large green leaf; frequent
ly lift the hat from the head and see that
the cloth is wet. Do not check perspi
ration, but drink what water you need to
keep it up, as perspiration prevents the
body from being overheated. Have,
whenever possible, an additional shade,
as a thin umbrellu, when walking, a can
vas or broad eover when working in the
sun, When much fatigued do not go to
work, but be excused from work, espe
cially after 11 o’clock in the morning on
very hot days, if the work is in the sun.
If a feeling of fatigue, dizziness, headache,
or exhaustion occurs, cease work imme
diately, lie down in a shady and cool
place ; apply cold cloths to' and pour
cold water over head and neck. If any
one is overcome by the heat, send imme
diately for ihe nearest good physician.
While waiting for the physician give the
person cool drinks of water, or cold
black tea, or cold coffee, if able to swal
low. If the skin is hot and dry, sponge
with or pour cold water over the body
and limbs, and apply to the head pound
ed ice wrapped in a towel or other cloth.
If there is no ice at hand, keep a cold
cloth on the head and pour rold water on
it as well as on the body. If the person
is pale, very faint, and pulse feclile. let
him inhale ammonia for a few seconds,
or give him a teuspoonful of aromatic
spirits of ammonia in two talilespoous-
ful of water, with a little sugar.’
Crazed by the Use of Arsenic.—
About a year or so ago a young lady of
sunny temperament and pleasant features
began to use to excess preparations for
bleaching her hair to the fashionable
golden tinge, and at the same time be
came a slave to that beautilier of the
complexion and the form—the deceptive
poison, arsenic. Her features before,
though not beautiful, were at least good.
People soon remarked her changed ap
pearance for the better. Her complexion
was rosy- and blooming; her hair soft,
silky, and of a beautiful tinge; her form
plumper than it had been, and her skin
smooth and white. But her self-con
gratulation did not last long. Headache
soon followed, growing more and more
violent every day, but still she kept on
using the abominable stuff which has
been the ruin of so many. Of late her
sufferings have been almost intolerable.
The blessing of sleep has not been hers.
Her head was a very hell of torture
night and day. Her mind grew feebler
and feebler, her thoughts wandered, her
intellect was lost, and to dav, a girl of
twenty years, she is confined in a cell in
that prison of the living dead, Stockton,
a maniac.—Sacramento Bee,
Border Affairs,
yew York Herald.
We have private assurance from well
informed sources in Washington that
there is no truth in the rumors and re
ports telegraphed from there that the
admiristration is inclined to make trou
ble with Mexico, or that the situation on
the border is such as to lead to compli
cations. There is evidently a renewed
effort since the adjournment of Congress
to get up a Mexican dispute, with a view
to the annexation, peaceably or forcibly,
of some of the Mexican States. A con
siderable number of adventurers and
speculators are known to be inter
ested in such a project; and the
reports now put forward by these
persons are intended not only to create
suspicion and alarm here, but to excite
the Mexican people, in the hope that
these will lie ledrio some aggressive act
on the border which would precipitate a
conflict lietween troops or citizens of the
two sides. We do not doubt, also, that
the plots of Lerdo’s friends to overthrow
President Diaz are reiied upon as a means
of mischief along the Rio Grande. Mr.
Diaz has shown himself an able man,
and the administration, which has recog
nized him, has confidence in his upright
intentions, and will take care that I.er-
disto plots shall not have their base ou
our side of the line,