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Georgia Affairs.
A party of roughs entered Dupont last
Monday night and created a great disturb
ance in that usually quiet town. The itktje-
wtkran takes advantage of this to call upon
t he citizens to organize into a corporation
and establish authorities who can suppress
all such disorders in future.
The colored race may he dying out in the
South, but It is evidently flourishing in Ber
rien county. The Xnrs says that in Alapaha
the white population is rapidly decreasing,
w hile the colored Inhabitants are on the in-
rhe Amerlcus HepubHran says one of
the hardest things for a certain man in that
city to learn is to attend to his own busi
ness. That is one of the hardest things in
the world for a great many men to learn.
When shoemakers fully begin to appmeiate
!he importance of sticking to their lasts a
great point in the material progress of the
world will he gained.
Circumstances |H>int to Isaac Mason, a
colored man of Leo county, as the one
guilty of the crime of murdering, by drown
ing in a spring, the white thirteen-year old
orphan girl, Bell Bryant, mention of which
has already been made in these columns.
He has, therefore, been held for trial at the
next term of the Superior Court of said
county.
According to the Echo, the gold excite
ment in Oglethorpe county has received re
newed impetus by the late discovery of sev
eral rich deposits. Mr. W. B. Brightwell,
one of the most reliable and enterprising
citizens of Lexington, has beeu devoting
much time and money to the matter, and
Ills lalsirs bid fair to be crowned with
success. Dr. Little recently sent a com
petent assistant to inspect the mineral
wealth of the county, who, after an examina
tion of the same, rendered a most favorable
report. Mr. Brightwell has received a
number of letters from Northern capitalists,
who are anxious to invest in and develop
these mines. The limited amount of pros
pecting and surface mining done has estab
lished the fact that Oglethorpe has within
her Itorder* thousands upon thousands of
dollars of the precious metal that await the
first, energetic man who has the nerve and
means to take hold. We contemplate, says
the Echo in a few weeks, making a tour
through our gold belt, and will lay before
. «ur readers the result thereof.
Quiunan claims to be the most temperate
town In the State, because a temper
ance society lately organized there has died
a natural death.
Doesn’t this sort of talk In the Albany
Aihrrtiivr sound nicely this warm weather?
We specially commend it to our sweltering
friends in New York, Chicago and St. Louis:
“Talk of the balm and bloom and beauty of
Italy, wherein does It surpass our own sun-
bright clime of Southwest Georgia? We
expect the heat of the sun hi the summer
solstice, and yet it is often tempered by re
freshing breezes blowing off the coast,while
/»ur nights are positively enchanting, and
manv a lover of the beautiful seems
loath to seek even in sleep to forget the
twitching scene and balmy air around him.”
The Monroe Adirrtieer says that In the
Seventh and a portion of the Sixth districts of
that county no rain lias fallen in five weeks
time. The crops are suffering greatly. In
other portions of the county rain has fallen
within that time, hut on account of the in
tense heat the corn crop Is being cut off.
A letter from Darien informs us that Mr.
T. P. Pease, an old citizen, died on Friday
night, lie has been prominent among the
business men of that county, and was an
Elder in the Presbyterian Church at the time
of his death. *
The Perry Hot** Journal say* of Count
Johannes B. Gormanne, that he and com
pany have sailed for the Paris Exposition.
•'They will stop at the*'Hotel do Ville,’or
the *Bois de Boulogne’ sausage/
The greenback movement is said to be
gaining strength in Lumpkin county. Very
natural. Greenbacks themselves are gain
ing strength, the difference between them
and coin being so slight as to be Inappre
ciable.
Hon. Aleck Stephens is soon to deliver a
lecture for the benctlt of Plo Nono College,
.Macon.
Cameron, the man charged with the rob
bery of the safe of Colonel T. G. Lawson, of
Eatouton, several month* since, and who
some week* ago jumped his boial and fled
to parts unknown, has been arrested in Kan
sas City. The fact of his flight has removed
the lingering doubts of his guilt from the
minds of all. and if brought back and tried,
he will, in all probability, become an addi
tion to the convict force of the State. The
Macon Telegraph undi-rstaada that Colonel
J .aw son, Mr. Exell and Deputy Sheriff Den-
ols, of Putnam county, have gone for the
prisoner.
The National Hotel in Macon wa* struck
by lightning on Sunday evening. Ko great
damage was done. A lady, stauding near a
window as the electric fluid passed down,
w as very severely but uot seriously shocked.
Up to Monday night $20,000 of Macoo city
scrip hail been sealed up and retired.
The Augusta people complain bitterly of
the heat.
An exchange w riting on the subject of
drying fruit in the South says: “1 he more
Southern States possess the advantage of
continued hot suns and early ripening, for
the drying of summer fruits, and the busi
ness of this line appears to be increasing.
From the fourth agricultural report for
Georgia, we learn that from Bartow county
there was shipped last year 225,000 pounds
«»f dried apples and peaches; from Macon
c ounty, 130,000 pounds; from Sumter aud
adjacent counties, 300,000 pounds; from
Monroe, 400,000 and from t pson 100.000
pounds. Many other countie, giye smaller
but respectable returns. The report savs
that a reliable gentleman state* that his u*t
proceeds from the shipment of peaches
amounted to nearly $8,UQU. These figures
bhow what may lie accomplished w hen this
interest shall receive further aud Increased
attention. Cheap machines for paring,
^coring and slicing, and inventions for drv-
iur rapidly by means of artificial heat, are
.recommended, aud al>out to be introduced
to some extent.”
The Augusta Chronicle chronicles the fact
that William Payne, colored, who effected
Ills escape from'his captor* some months
ago while they were carrying him to Colum
bia county jail, was recaptured In Columbia
county last Saturday. lie is chaired with
murdering another negro named Mitchell.
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2L 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Quitman Free Pre*c “Sheriff Thrasher last
Tuesday night arrested Wm. Hicks, for
whom Ik* had a warrant from Dougherty
county. Mr. Hicks has been farming on
Mr. Cutler’s place, a portion of which lies
iu Florida. In the day time Hicks worked
in Florida but slept in a house just across
the line in Georgia. On Tuesday night
Sheriff Thrasher, with a posse, made a
descent on the premises and captured Hicks.
He has been turned over to the authorities
of Dougherty.” The /Vw* learns that the
atiove case has been settled since Hicks’
The Dahlonego Signal learns that a Mr.
Lance, residing near the upper edge of
Lumpkin county, met with quite a serious
accident a few evenings ago. He had been
out hunting his cow, and was passing down
the mountain side after dark. When in the
vicinity of a rock cliff he heard two rattle
snakes singing. Not knowing,however, that
he was so near the cliff, he gave a leap,
landing several feet below, dislocating one
of bis shoulders and bruising himself up
generally.
< uthbert Appeal < Friday): “Almost a fatal
mistake was made yesterday morning by
administering a large dose of morphine to
Mrs. Wm. Baldwin, daughter of Judge E.
McDonald, for quinine. Shortly after the
medicine was takeu, Mrs. B. fell asleep,
when the mistake was discovered. All the
medical skill brought to hear availed noth
ing, and until nine o’clock last night no
hopes of her recover}’ were entertained.
AI>out that hour signs of consciousness be
gan to return, ana to the great delight of
her relatives and friends ami our entire peo
ple, she continued to improve, and this
morning is considered out of danger. It is
said that over two grains of morpfdne were
given.”
Dahlonetra Mountain Slignal: “We were
shown by P. M. Sitton, Esq., Friday evening
of last week, a nugget of gold weighing
seventeen dwts. and some grains, which
was picked up from the surface of the earth
in this county. It was a perfect beauty,
and we Imagine that we experience a pecu
liar sensation about the eyeballs since ex
amining it. We move that it be sent to the
Paris Exposition.’’
Madison 1 lotto Journal: “On Wednesday
evening last, as Miss Mamie Andrews was
lighting the lamps for the evening, at the
residence of her father, Judge Andrews, a
portion of the burning lighter fell upon her
muslin dress, which was in flames in the
twinkling of an eye. Just at this moment
her mother stepjied in the room, and seeing
her daughter on tire, rushed to her and
smothered the flames.”
“The other day or night,” says the Hot nr
J'lttmal, "some miserable villain entered
Providence Church, about seven miles
northwest of Perry, and tore the Bible,
hymn books, and a lot of school books all
to pieces. Such a vandal as did that would
burn a neighbor's barn or stab him in the
dark. He should be caught and a whipping
post established pro tent.
The Albany Advertiser advertises the fol
lowing horrible crime, which sound* incredi
hie: “On Thursday night of last week a
voung gentleman employed at the Albany
Variety Works, went down to the river bank,
near the brick yard, to take a bath. After
bathing he sat upon a rock near the water’s
edge to enjoy the breeze. Hearing foot
steps above, he looked up and saw a negro
woman cast something into the river. The
bundle, w hich he describes as being white,
sank upon first reaching the water, hut soon
rose to. the surface, when the young man
heard cries which plainly told him what the
bundle w as. That the cries, were those of a
child there could tie no mistaking. Seeing
that she had been discovered the woman
ran and the young man pursued her. He
>tumhled and fell, however, and the wretch
made good her escape, dodging her pursuer
among the houses on ‘Slick II111.’ The
cries of the child indicated that it had not
been long in this world, and the young man
is of the opinion that it was a white child,
and that the colored woman had been em
ployed to put it out of the way.”
Berrien County Xticx: “Some two weeks
ago a colored man by the name of Joseph
Sears, Jiving in Irwin county, learning that
hogs had go» ten in his potato patch, started
to get them out. Iu leaving the house, it
being night, he took with him a little t>oy
three vears old, and after being gone some
i with the child thrown into
fro
lot he
i its bowels
handed
the cause. A large pla
found to be badly burned, so much so that
its recovery Is extremely doubtful. It is
supposed that the child' had been foully
dealt with.”
Another explosion of non-explosive kero
sene is reported from Macon. The Tele
graph and Messenger says: “On Sunday
night, at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth G.
Edwards, a kerosene lamp exploded, but,
fortunately, did no serious damage. Mr.
W. 1*. Edwards, who w as eating his supper
very near the lamp, had a portion of it
blow n out of his baud Ly the explosion and
his hat blown lu another direction. Jnc top
of the lamp was blown to pieces, the base
and a portion of the bowl with oil in it re
mained standing aud intact. The oil was
sold for non-explosive.”
The* Quitman Hejtorier wants to know how
did this happen : “Mr. D. R. Creech, a mer
chant of this place, ordered a lot of dry
goods last March ftoro one of the leading
dry goods houses in New York city, ami
amongst other things he ordered a lot of
wrapping paper, which came in large bun
dies. The first bundle he opened w as just
what he bought it for—wrapping paper.
The other was stored carelessly under the
dry goods shelves, and remained there until
last Saturday, when Mr. Creech’s little
son, Henry—who, like most children,
are always on the lookout for some
thing new—espied, as he informed his
father, ‘something very curious about that
bundle of paper, that there were several
colors, some blue, some black aud some
yellow.’ This led to an exnminatiou of the
supjMiscd bundle of wrapping piper, when
lo and behold, there were six full l>olts of
the best black silk, worth at least two tc
two and a half dollars per yard, the six
pieces estimated to be worth from twelve
nundred to fifteen hundred dollars.
Now, how did it get there? Who
put it there? There wm an express tag,
showing that it was shipped by express from
Toledo, Ohio, and possibly the bundle was
mwiaken for wrapping pape r by the Express
Company, ;*ho, no doubt, have paid for the
silk as lost, long ago. There is a mystery
about these piece* of *iik tha’ may never '
explained, though the panic* from wlu*
it came have been written t:> by Mr. Cree
and they may he able to throw some light
on the subject ”
Florida Affair
Iaist week, at Lake City, a colored
named A met Foster, was terribly injured by
the running away of a pair of mules which
he was driving. His left arm was caught
between a stump and I he tongue of the
wagon aud literally torn off between the
elbow and wrist. He is eighty nine years
old and served in the Indian war.
Richard Can eras, a native of St. Augus
tine, while going to Palatka on Wednesday
last was suddenly taken sick and almost im
mediately fell dead. Heart disease, to
which his family is subject, was the cause.
From the Sun and Press we learn that a
uew steamer will be placed on the route be
tween Charleston **nd the St. John's the
coming winter. A vessel tor that purpose
is now nearly completed at Wilmington,
Del., and will be launched early next month.
She is built of iron, will be fitted up In the
best manner, and Is two hundred and seven-
ty-hvfe fa?t in length. The steamer will run
either in place o« ifcf Dictator or City Point,
or in conjunction with them.
Some demonstration iu honor of the
gates U) the Second District Convention, to
be held in ralatia on Thursday, the 25th
instant, is called for by tun Jferald.
Since May the thermometer nad, yp to
Saturda,’ last, stood iu Palatka at not lea*
than 70 nor inm« than 00 degrees in the
shade.
Thi.most thoroughly disappointed ana
supremely disgusted Africo-American voter
in the United State* might haye been seen
in Pensacola a few days ago. According to
the Adiante, while the Amite was discharg
ing cargo, it being night time, said voter,
thinking he had a good chance, deftly rolled
e barrel off to one side and about a hundred
yards away. AU the while glorious visions
of a fourth of July celebration every Satur
day night for a year to come no doubt atUad
through his mind. Imagine his “feelluks”
when, aft** he bed gotten the barrel about
half to his boat, he discovered that it con
tained nothing but kerosene oil. The ttvc
iation was too much for him—he abandoned
hi* prize.
James Pinckney, one of the moat inoffen
sive and industrious colored men in th*
neighborhood of Sanford, had the bones of
hts left arm shattcied by a blow from a club
in the hands of a w hite man by the name of
Wallace, some nights ago. The matter
will probata* come up for investigation at
an early date.
The Quitman < Georgia) Free Press states
that under a requisition from the Governor
pf Florida, last week, Sheriff Thrasher ar
rested one Wm. II. Clark, colored, an es-
cajxnl convict, whom he found teaching
hool near Nankin. Mr. Chairs, agent for
the State of Florida, started with the pris-
ler for Tallahassee Friday morning.
Fernandina Erjtress: “Cicero Smith a
notorious colored trooper, was arraigned oe-
fore the Mayor’s Court charged with dis
turbing the peace by brandishing a carving
knife and threatening to dispatch his wife
to the happy hunting ground; also with
swinging a piccanini by the heels and at
tempting to dash its brains out. It was
ordered and adjudged by the court that the
prisoner at the bar, Cicero Smith, pay a fine
of three dollars, city scrip, and costs of
prosecution, about seveu dollars in cash.”
Jacksonville Sun and Pres*: “A rather
>ingular robbery was perpetrated Wednes
day night at the county jail. In the yard
is a storehouse in which are kept the sup
plies for the institution, and from it were
taken three sides of bacon. The thieves, it
is supposed, threw a rope OW the Iron rail
ing surmounting the briek wall around the
yard, and raised aud lowered themselves
and their pluuder by means of it. It issup-
j>osed that the robbery was committed by a
couple of discharged convicts.”
Palatka Herald: “There are portions of
this county suitable tor farmers of limited
means, where much of the land is improved,
and where it would be an advantage to the
settlers to sell at least part of their improve
ments. One thousand families could find
suitable farms in resectable neighborhoods,
with the advantage of water, good health
and religious privileges—Etoniah and other
places near town. Why don't the people
get up clubs and make known their ad-
autages? Each section can have a
olurnn in the paper, witb'acres, figures and
■dvantages, for one year, at a very small
ost to each. The result of such
organization and advertising would bring
your lands into market. Local comments on
the-same would keep the subject before the
people. This is the Western plan; a plan
that always brings success. Of course it
will benefit the press, but it is to be remem
bered that for every dollar that the press re-
es you get ten in return. We earnestly
re to see every section of Putnam coun
ty settled up with a good class of citizens,
and for the encouragement of new comers
we can say, without successful contradic
tion, Putnam county is noted for law abid.
ing citizens.”
Key West Key : “We regret to report that
C’apt. Calvin Parks, an <Jd resident of this
city, while on the return passage from Sa
vannah, was suddenly stricken with in
sanity. His mate states that Capt. Parks
was at the helm of his vessel, was seen to
faint, and was immediately carried below.
He at once became delirious. The unfor
tunate man died on Thursday last, leaving
a wife and twelve children, aud was liked
by everyone in the city.”
St. Augustine Press: “A few days since
Mrs. Toloray Ponce and her children were
taken suddenly violently ill, with every
symptom of having been poisoned. They
suffered extremely until the arrival of phy
sicians, who decided that they had really
been polsoaed through eating canned beef.
It is supposed that some poisonous sub
stance hud been used in the manufacture of
the cans, and that the meat had become im
pregnated with it.”
The Sanford Journal details a shocking
accident which resulted in the death by-
drowning of I)r. S. W. Jones, of A{4%>»a
City, on the lltli instant. It occurred on
the Wekiva river, near Us mouth. The
particulars are as follows: “ The doctor
left Sanford that morning on the steamer
Hattie for Apopka City, and had gone
aboard McClure’s barge at the mouth of the
Wekiva and started up that stream. When
half a mile up, Dr. Jones accidentally fell
overboard, and the swift current at that
point rapidly carried him away from the
barge, he seeming unable to swim, although
buoyiug himself up. The men on the
barge finding it impossible to get the
heavy barge to him, one of them jumped
overlioard and swam to him, and
endeavored U, push and pull him to the
shore, which was only ten or twelve feet
away; but the effort was unsuccessful, and
the drowning man sank from their sight.
The body was not recovered until late in the
afternoon. We were personally acquainted
with deceased, and but echo the feelings of
all who knew him when we say that his
melancholy death is a great and irreparable
loss to Orange county.”
LETTER FROM M< INTOSH COUNTY
The Crop Prowpect — Bii»lue»* In
Darien-NeceMslty for Diversity of
Industrie*-Political.
McIntosh County, July 20. — Editor
Mominy Xeum: A few lines from this
county may be acceptable to some of
your readers. As to crops, so far as
my observatitHi goes, the farmers have
a prospect of gratifying returns for
their toil—at least, so far as provisions
are concerned. I suspect that the late
rains have been too copious for cotton,
though 1 have beard no particular complaint.
Business is reported dull in Darien. There
is very little shipping in port, and, as the
manufacture and shipment of lumber con
stitutes the bulk of business there, depres
sion in that industry means general dullness
and hard times.
The planters have been freely lectured on
the necessity pf “diversifying’ their crops
instead of directing all their energies to the
production of cotton. The advice is, doubt
less, goot|. Rut* would it not be iu order
just now to remind the cities, particularly
those on the seaboard, that a little diversifi
cation of industries might be helpful to
than also. The lumber business is impor
tant, no doubt, and so is the cotton shipping
and selling business. But the present dull
ness in Darien, from the depression in the
lumber busiuess, aud Savannah’s chronic
dullness iu summer after the cotton sea
son is over, lioth illustrate the precari
ousness of that prosperity which is
dependent on one single industry and
powerfully enforces the exhortation,
“diversify your industries.” As one who
has felt an interest in Savannah, as our
chief Georgia seaport, 1 am glad to know
that already there is more diversity of busi
ness there than formerly. Lumber and
naval stores, for instance, have come in to
relieve, partially at least, the dullness of the
“dull season.” If these interests should
develop and grow to greater proportions,
they will do much towards imparting a
healthy and continuous activity to business
in tue oiaqtiful Forest City.
Mention has already teen made in your
telegraphic columns of the primary meet
ing iu McIntosh to appoint delegates to
the Congressional Nominating Convention,
which is to meet in Savannah in August.
The delegates are understood to
be favorable to the nomination of
Tompkins. The meeting is said to have
been one of the largest held since the war.
And yet, I think there were less than one
hundred present, say about one-font th of the
Democrat* of the county. And the ex
pressed preference of this fraction of the
partv goes abroad as the sentiment of the
Democracy of McIntosh. It is plain that
such may not be the truth. We do not say
it i* not. I Ye do nut knot*. We are not writ
ing now against Judge Tompkins, but only
to call attention to the evils of the
caucus system a* usually conducted ;
for against the system itself, we are mak
ing no war. Here is a primary
ranging, blazoned abroad, and, no doubt
truly, *« «U) unusually large assemblage.
And yet for every Democrat f t that meeting
there w ere perhaps three who did not attend,
and even if the meeting had been unani
mous iu preferring a certain man—which
was not the ease—all that could be certainly
known from its action, touching the senti-
hieot of the McIntosh Democracy, would be
that the preference of one-fourth of the
party is as indicated. if this
be true, where the primary' meeting
was comparatively large, how very in
conclusive, as to the preference of the
people must be the action of primary meet
ings in tfioa* counties w here the attendance
is relatively smaller than tiii; '*n« in Mc
Intosh. How often does a little squad o*
.,*„* than a fifth, or an eighth, speak for the
whole part. . Now, if the caucus is to be
retained, it nce-ds io he b'-tter worked than
it is. Aud the remedy for the e«ii adverted
Uj Is largely hi the hands of the people
themselves />/ them turn out in tnam ai titc
primary nuctitufs. Then the action of those
meetings will be Anownio express the prefer
ence of a majority of the party, atod the
minority may more reasonably be expected
to acquiesce.
One of the darkest signs of these
evil times upon which we have fallen
ij the apathy of many of our best
uicu touUJng public affairs. So very cor
rupt have our ‘polUL-i become, that many
excellent men from sheer disgu»t vill «» a J e
nothing to do with such matters. And, yet,
this fs precisely the way to perpetuate the
evil of which tLfy complain. The ignorant
and vicious elements of our |Kipulzt?on will
surelv use the elective suffrage, and hence
*t j* all the more necessan that the intelli
gent anu iirtuou* shopld do the same, in
order that the country ii»*v have the benefit
of a counteracting force. Jt is uot patriotic
to content ourselves with merely declaim
ing against abuses, which It is in our power
to remedy. To boast of “having nothing to
do with polities” is to “glory in our shame.’
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
KXPOSIRE 0*F** "CABLE RE
PORTS” PREPARED IN NEW
YORK.
The Debate oil Lord Hartington's
Resolution.
SHOOTING
NInor flatter*.
EXPOSURE OF FALSE TABLE REPORTS.
London, July 23.—The Blue Book is pub
lished containing the detailed protocols of
the Berlin Congress and the official report
of its proceedings. They disclose nothing
of interest to American readers which we
have not already given in our regu
lar cable dispatches. Careful reading
of this Blue Book establishes the utter
falsity of pretended details published
in certain New York journals, and profess
ing to have been received In cable dispatches
to an opposition association, orac “specials.”
Among the frauds thus exposed may be
mentioned what purported to be Prince Bis
marck's opening speech, Mehemet All’s pro
test and Count schouvaloff’s speech about
selling arms to the Chinese. All these
were purely Imaginary, so also were
the reports pretending to give details of
the scene at the death bed of Queen Mer
cedes, the massacres of Jews in Russia,
Bismarck’s dog story, and the escape of
Vera Sassulitch.
The speech in the House of Commons on
the Nth inst., attributed to Mr. Cross, Home
Secretary, was not made. That gentleman
did briefly announce the conditional conven
tion between England and the Porte, con
cluded on the 4th of June, but he stated
that it provided for the occupation of Cy
prus, am! not that it stipulated for its ces
sion to England.
By examining the Parliamentary report In
the London Times of the 9th of July, he
noticed that no mention was made of a
highly exciting scene in the House on the
occasion of Mr. Cross’ statement, so
graphically detailed in the cable re
ports manufactured in New York, nor
does the Timet have a word about the
pretended statement by Mr. Cross
that the treaty had nothing to do with ques
tions that have been, or are to be, discussed
at Berlin. It may be communicated to
the Congress as a matte/ of courtesy, but do
representation concerning it, or any modi
fication of its provision will be listened
to. Neither does the Times report the
Home Secretary as closing his remarks
with the undignified declaration that the
treaty will be found well calculated to pre
serve and forward the best and highest in
terests of England and Turkey. Is it not
time that these fraudulent and baseless cable
reports should be exposed and checked?
CHAMPION PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH.
London, July 23.—A return match be
tween Captain Bogardus, the American
pigeon shot champion, and Mr. Chalmondely
Pennell, member of the Hurlingham Park
and Gun Clubs, who was barely defeated by
Bogardus in the international match on the
2Sth of last month, will be shot to-day.
They shoot at one hundred birds each for
one thousand dollars a side.
DEBATE ON LORD HARTINGTON’S RESOLU
TION.
London, July-23.—It is believed the de
bate ou Ford Ilartington’s resolution, which
comes up in the House of Commons on
Monday next, will last the entire week, and
that a division will take place Friday night.
The Conservatives will support Hon. Randle
Edward Plunkett’s amendment expressing
confidence in the Ministers with the whole
strength of their party.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
Cincinnati, ()., July 23.—The Fifth dis
trict Republicans have nominated Hon. Wm.
Allen, of Darke county, for Congress. Hon.
Charles Foster has declined a nomination in
the Seventh district.
'REEIKYM OF LON II
CON3FIELD AND
Loniion, July 23.—The freedom of the
city of London will be conferred upon
Beaconsfield and Salisbury ou the 3d of
August, immediately before the Ministerial
banquet at the Mansion House.
NEWS DELAYED.
London, July 23.—An interruption in the
telegraphic wires between Paris and Vienna
delays the receipt of news from Eastern
Europe.
SUSPENDED.
New York. July 23.—The suspension of
William IL Gladwin, an old member of the
Stock Exchange, is announced this morning.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
KEASSKMRLINO OF THE POTTER
COMMITTEE.
I.otrotlml of (Jiieon Yictoria’s Third
Son.
A FLOATING CHARNEL HOUSE.
THE S A RA TOGA RA CES.
Till-: CAPTURE OF KSCOHEDO.
General News Items.
REASSEMBLING Of T1JE POTTER COMMITTEE
Atlantic City, N. J., July 23.—The Pot
ter Committee, consisting of Representa
tives Potter, Butler, Hiscock and Springer,
met this afternoon at five o’clock at the
United States Hotel. Among those present
were ex-Senator Trumbull, Representatives
Kelly and Danford, aud of counsel Messrs.
Shellabarger and J. R. Sypher.
Representative Danford, of Ohio, testi
fied that he was a member of the Morrison
committee that visited New Orleans, and
there met James E. Anderson, whom he first
knew as a Washington correspondent of a
newspaper iu his district, lte had a full
conversation with Anderson about East Feli-
ciatia. It was voluntary on the part of An-
dersou, who spoke generally of the con
dition of the parish, and its being the
worst bulldozed parish of the State. He
also spoke of having made a protest on
which the vote of East FeUcana was
thrown out. He spoke of having put
in circulation the story' that during the
period of registration he came to New Or
leans ami informed the Republican com
mittee, including Kellogg, that his parish
was going Democratic, the colored vote
being largely on that side, and that he had
been advised by Kellogg aud the Republican
committee that he should either not return
to the parish at all or come away aud make
such * protest as would throw the parish
out.
The committee adjourned until to-morrow,
when Representative Kellv will be examin
ed iu reference to the Moorehouse parish
depositions. He coutradicts the statement
of a special dispatch from Washington, pub
lished in the Bulladelphia Evening Telegraph,
either that the committee have agreed to
make a preliminary report before the fall
elections or that he has made any statement
whatever as to the case expected to be
proved, or the effect of the electoral com
mission. Eugene Hale arrived this evening
to appear before the committee.
JOHN G. TAPPAN INTERVIEWED.
Boston, July 23.—John G. Tappan was
interviewed iu* Nurth Andover. Mass., and,
ou beiug shown statements of facts coining
from gentlemen who had been connected
with him in business, he expressed surprise,
and declined to say anything in explanation,
saying there could be nothing said that af
fected his character or standing in the
community. He declared the main
statements to be absolutely and un
qualifiedly false. Refeiring to the sum
of the liabilities occasioned by his losses, he
said it was out of all proportion; that no
such obligations had been incurred. His
losses had been heavy, but he could say
ilotbiug further tban that he made over to
the company all his property to secure the
stockholders’, being of value, more or less,
tban the obligations.
SARATOGA RACES.
Saratoca, July 23.—Ou the second day
of the Saratoga races the weather was beau
tiful and the attendance good.
The first r*£e, Alabama stakes ; for fillies
foaled iu 1875, oue mile and an eighth, was
won by Belle, with Balance All second and
Invermore third; time 1:59.
The second race, flash stakes, for two year
olds, half a mile, with twelve starters, was
won by Harrold four lengths ahead of Idler,
Lulu third; time 49%.
The third race, free handicap, mile and a
quarter, Wm vob PS*Uv by Garrick, Me
chanic second, Spring Branch third; time
2:13’*^. Oriole fell soon after she started.
The fourth race, free handicap steeple
( Base, was *on Ly Trouble, Derby second,
Frederic town third; All Right led over a
mile, and then went wrong. No time was
tagew.
BONDS CALLED IN.
Washington, July 23.—The Treasury to
day called for the redemption of an addi
tional five millions of 5-20s, upon which in
terest will ceaae October 28.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office or the Chief Signal Obsekveh,
Washington, *D. C., July 33.—Indications
for Wednesday:
In the South Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, light variable winds,
mostly easterly, stationary or higher pres
sure and temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, light northwesterly
Minds, becoming variable, stationary or
rising temperature aud barometer.
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather,
occasional showers, variable winds and sta
tionary or higher pressure and temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
clear or partly cloudy weather, light varia
ble winds, stationary pressure and tempera
ture.
A ROTAL BETROTHAL.
London, July 23.—In the House of Com
mons this afternoon, Sir Stafford Northcote,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced
the betrothal of the Duke of Connaught,
Queen Yictoria’s third son, with the Princess
Marie Louise, of Prussia, daughter of Prince
Frederick Charles. The Chancellor said he
would move, on Thursday, the provisions of
a grant for the Duke. Bir Charles Dilke,
Radical, gave notice that he would submit
an amendment reciting that there is no con
stitutional precedent for such an application.
MEETING OF THE MILITARY COMMISSION.
Green drier White Sulphur Springs,
Va., July 23.—The military commission met
to-day. Resolutions were passed to keep
the proceedings secret at present on the
ground that were they to be open a pressure
would be brought to bear onthem to change
their action as they progressed in their
work. They desire to keep the members of
the congress from being pledged to oppose
this cr that measure, and f hat ail may de
liberate unshackled. «
a floating charnel house.
San Francisco, July 23.—The schooner
Parallel report* that on the 7th Inst., off the
coast about one hundred miles north of that
port, she fell in with a Japanese junk There
was not a living person aboard, but a num
ber of Congo were found, some shackled
together. They must have been dead a
month at least. Some of the bodies were
dressed In costly material. There was no
food ou the vessel.
THE NEW YORK BELTING AND PACKING COM-
New York, July 23.—The New York
Belting and Packing Company have sus
pended and issued a call to their creditors
to meet and consider the situation. The
suspension was caused by the suspension of
the Boston house, of which Tappan was
treasurer.
SURVEY OF TIIE AMAZON.
Washington, July 23.—Naval dispatches
from Commander Selfridge, of the Enter
prise, dated Serpa Rio, Amazon, June 15,
distant 872 miles from Para, report the
health of the officers and crew excellent.
The survey is progressing satisfactorily.
The Enterprise will go as far up the Madeira
as possible.
Galveston, July 23.—A special to the
Amm from Austin MTS . “A committee com
posed of nine members from each wiug iu
the Democratic Convention met in confer
ence this morning and decided to withdraw
the names of both candidates and put up
men not yet before the convention.”
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Syracuse, N. Y., July 23.—The State Con
vention of the National party is well at
tended. The Committee on Credentials
will not be able to report until Wednesday.
The convention then adjourned until
Wednesday.
ESCOBEDO CAPTURED.
Galveston, Tex., July 23.—A special to
the News from Eagle Pass reports the cap
ture of Gen. Escobedo by Diaz troops un
der Col. Nuncio near Cuatro SlCnegas.
“ITALIA IRREDENTA.”
Rome, July 23.—Telegrams from Genoa,
Palermo and many other noints, describe
the meetings held yesterday in favor of
“Italia Irredenta” as large and enthusiastic.
Meetings are announced for several cities
on Sunday.
a church robbed.
Newburgh, N. Y., July 23.—St. Patrick’s
Roman Catholic Church of this city was
broken into last night, and the poor boxes
robbed of unknown amounts. No clue to
tfie mist-roar ti.
The Washington Monument, which
was originally' intended to be six hundred
feel in height, will be carried to four hun
dred and eighty-five, in order, it is said,
to exceed in altitude the loftiest structure
in existence in any part of this mundane
sphere. This would make the Washing
ton Monument five feet higher than the
pyramid of Cheops in Egypt, but would
leave it twenty six feet short of the great
Cathedral at Cologne, which, when fin
ishea; will be five hundred and eleven
feet. It is suggested that the plan to
make it the loftiest structure in the world
had better lie adhered to, and bring the
apex up to five hundred and fifty feet at
least, which would exceed the height of
any structure now in course of comple-l
tion, or in contemplation. The Tower|
of Babel, that early enterprise of our
progenitors, had reached, according to|
divers authorities, the extraordinary limit
of human energy an.I perseverance,!
six hundred ami eighty feet, when
the work was abandoned. But this
wonderful creation of man upon the re
mote plains of Asia Minor is but a thing
of history. Baalbcc reared its top to
500 feet Of the structures, ancient and
modern, extant, those which rank first
in height are ; Cologne cathedral, 511
(upward of half the height built j; Wash
ington monument 485 feet modified plan
(original plan 600 feet, at time of re
suming work 174 feet) ; pyramid of
Cheops, Egypt, 480 feet ; Strasbourg
cathedral. 474 feet ; St. Peter’s Sicilian
Basilica, Rome, 458 feet ; St. Stephen’s
cathedral, Vienna, 445 feet ; Salisbury
cathedral, England, 400 feet ; Antwerp
cathedial, 405 feet; St. Paul's cathedral,
London, 404 feet ; Milan -cathedral, 400
feet; Capitol of the United States, 307 4
feet from base line of the building to the
apex of the statue of Freedom.
Ilajes’ Distribution of Patronage.
Wushim/ton Dispatch to the Boston Herald.
Dennis, commonly' known as “The
Little Giant,” who failed to receive sub
stantial recognition for his services in
counting Florida for Hayes, is a close
observer of the distribution of patronage
by the administration. Talking on the
subject, he said he had reason to believe
that discharges made in the last two
weeks in various departments are for
the purpose of making vacancies to be
filled by' Florida politicians whom the
administration has occasion to fear. At
all events, it is a fact that a man from
Florida received an appointment last
week in the Treasury Department, and
that a man connected with Florida
politics was appointed recently to a
position in the land ofiice of the Interior
Department. He say's he has noticed
that during the last week there have been
at least a dozen appointments of persons
who were indirectly concerned with the
electoral couut. These persons expec t to
l>e called as witnesses liefore the Potter
Committee, and he thinks these places
are given them to seal their mouths
against giving truthful testimony or from
testifying at ail. He is under the im
pression that Shellabarger is at the bot
tom of this, designating persons for ap
pointment who are liable to be called for
examination by the investigation com
mittee, and who, if left alone, might give
testimony damaging to the cause he rep
resents.
A Bavarian mystery has been cleared
up thirtv nine years after its occurrence
by the discovery of a skeleton at Wurz
burg. which a sou has identified by a
defect in the teeth and by the spectacles
found with it as that of his father, a
Jewish peddler who unaccountably dis
appeared in 1839, with considerable
money’ on his person. Subsequent in
vestigation has shown that a servant in
the stable under which the remains were
found, who has sinoe died, knew of the
money the Jew carried, enticing him into
the stable, killed, robbed and buried him.
Jimmy Blanchard, thereat boy liar,
who palmed himself off for Charley
Ross, and was subsequently shut up for
theft, has been arrested again in New
Hampshire for burglary’. This is a
rising youth. He wHl rise to the gallows
some day.
They Uave IJeury Ward Beecher aud
Dennis Kearney on the Pacific coast,
sunstroke in St. Louis, Chicago, Wash
ington and Cincinnati, Yellow Jack and
the plague in New York. A remarkable
instance of retribution for the slanders
on the health of this city.—W. 0. Time*:
THE SEASON AT SARATOGA
The Throng; at the Popular Summer
Report How they Wanage to Com
bine BuKineMs, Science, Induration
and Art wIth t.ayety, Pentivity and
Social Enjoyment.
From an Occasional Correspondent of thefl
Morning Xetcs.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 19.—The]
past week has been a lively one at Saratoga.
The annual meeting of the magnates of the
Vanderbilt trunk lines has gathered a goodly
company of prominent railroad officials
around their chief, who this year, as usual,
makes Saratoga his summer head quarters^
While they have beeu discussing freights]
and many questions of great practical
interest to shippers over their Hue, and
ultimately to the .entire community, both
East and West, another company of Ameri
can citizens have been devoting brilliant
intellects to the spirited discussion of Greek
roots, offering to an impatient public
solutious of stirring problems, relat
ing to the proper formation of “The
Indicative, Subjunctive and Optative
Moods,” contributions to “The History
of the Articular Infinitive,” and in regard
to “The Pronominal Power of the Article,”
“Elisien iu Greek,” “The Homeric Philos,”
etc., thus exemplifying our many-sided
American life, which affords us these con
trasted groups of men wrestling with the
practical problems of the present and fu
ture, and men delving into the origin of
things and trying to extract the lessons of
philosophy- from the teachings of the past.
The contrast is almost a ludicrous one,
but one may be as needful to the welfare
and advancement of humanity as the other.
The American Philological Association may
be able, in time, through its researches, to
throw new light upon the history of the
past, which will furnish fresh inspiration to
the ethical and aesthetic life of the
present generation, and thus prove as
great benefactors to the intellectual
and psychical world, as the others in
their more practical sphere. At all
events, their line of investigation furnishes
an ample field for mental gymnastics, which
are as necessary’to mental growth and de
velopment as physical training to the devel
opment of the muscles, and as there must
be teachers, of these gymnastics they w ill
constitute the means of developing many-
great practical minds, with trained strength,
to grapple with the great problems of the
day.
The American white lead manufacturers
and the paper pulp manufacturers have also
held conventions here, and large delegations
from the State Teachers’ Association at Al
bany have made flying trips to Saratoga,
which, together with the regular arrivals of
summer guests, have placed the hotels on
their usual footing at this season of the year,
despite the large numbers who have been
enticed abroad by the attractions of the
iParis Exposition. The United States Hotel
numbers among its guests the Russian and
Spanish Ministers and their families, the
wife of the latter creating a great sensation
by her beauty and elegant toilets: William
II. Vanderbilt and t’ornelius Vanderbilt and
families; Rev. Dr. Mark Hopkii^, ex-
President of Williams’ College; Rev. 1). A.
('. Kendrick, of Rochester University; Ad
miral Livingston, ex-Gov. Morgan and fami
ly. Senator Chaffee, of Colorado, and many
others.
Ou Saturday evening last the initial hop
of the season was given in the grand ball
room. Stub’s celebrated orchestra furnished
the music, being engaged for the season,
and giving delightful programmes three
times a day—morning, afternoon and
evening—in the superb garden court of the
hotel, on which occasion the piazzas and
grounds are crowded with the guests of the
house, enjoying the music and the prome
nade, and affording a brilliant picture of
gayety ami fashion. In the early morning
the birds give a rival concert, filling the
grounds with their lively twitterings. Chief
among these are the English sparrow s,which
being imported but a few years ago in large
numbers for Central Park, New York, have
colonized pretty extensively all over the
country, and arc especially adapted to the
haunts of man, of whom they seem to
tertaiu no fear.
Some representatives from Australia and
New Zealand arc* distinguishing the Adelphi
Hotel by their presence just now.j
Among the smaller hotels, this takes
high rank, enjoying a goodly patronage. It is
a new house, last summer being its first sea
son, a revival of an old house of the same
name.
The Continental Hotel is an unique insti
tution, being a combination of sanitarium
and hotel, where one can have the benefit]
of special appliances in the way of electric
and other baths, together with the best]
medical attendance and advice from the
proprietors, Drs. Bedortha and Reynolds.
On last Saturday evening a fete was given
at Congress Spring Park, Hall's band fur
nishing a delightful concert, and the ground
heinjr illuminated with calcium lights,
GroeK fire and Chinese lanterns. The effect
of the latter, which were ranged
around the lake at intervals of twoi
three feet, and reduplicated in its lira-1
pid waters, was magical. .The weird lights,
the music, the gleaming waters, the
banks of flowers, the oriental pavilions and
the gay crowds wandering under the trees,
suggested to one’s mind a miniature vision
of the vale and lake of Cashmere during the
feast of roses, as sung by Moore. Night and
romance are ever linked. Imagination readily
takes wing, iu the uncertain light, and dreams
dreams and sees visions, and wheu artificial
lights lend their grotesque contrasts to the
scene, deepening the surrounding darkness,
a sense of unreality takes possession of the
soul, and one revels in an unknown w-oild,
among spirits of earth and air, and fabled
monsters seem to move about oue in the outer
darkness. They do not deter venturous
youths and maidens, how-ever, from stray
ing off into the dim alleys in search of sweet
communion with nature—and each other.
All pleasant things must er.d, and so did
the fete, but more are to be given, one every’
Saturday evening, and the usual concert
every evening.
The Society of Decorative Art, a branch
of the New York society of the same name,
under the Presidency of Mrs. Ellen II. Wal
worth, gave its first reception and exhibi
tion on Friday and Saturday last. Although
of very recent origin, the society’s exhibit
was a remarkably creditable one, evidencing
the industry’ and skill of both teachers and
pupils. Some pieces of decorated china of
original design have especial commenda
tion, notably one by Miss Walworth. A
slate table top, With bluebirds and haw
thorn blossoms, the work of Mrs. E. G.
Rawson'was very artistic ancj beautiful. The
charcoal sketches of some of the younger
pupils were very meritorious. In addition
to the display of the work of the pupils,
the society had arranged with great earc and
skill an elegant exhibition of articles of
virtu loaned for the occasion by soir,; of the
old, aristocratic families of the town, many
of them heirlooms, and otheis collected by
their present owners in foreign lands, com
prising also many antiques of historical as
well as artistic interest Among these was
a vase, five hundred years old, taken from
one of the Italian monasteries, closed by
Victor Emanuel; a very fine Louis Phlllipe
vase; a cup and saucer used by the Empress
Josephine; a beautiful cup of Japanese
work, decorated with figures in beaten gold:
an Egyptian table cover, embroidered in
gold, with the Sultan’s coat of arras in the
centre; a Xuremburg mug, rare Spode China:
a collection of etchings two hundred years
old; an olu jar of dell&rabia ware; an antique
fish dish, said to have belonged to the Ve
netian Doge, who built the Rialto, and many-
other valuable contributions.
Such societies will do much to awaken an
interest in art, and it is to be hoped that
ladies who have the leisure to devote to it
will establish similar societies all over Hie
land. There is certainly a yu*.* atuouut of
artistic taler.t ’jing dormant In this conn-
try craiy awaiting the quickening touch of
opportunity to assert Itself. The promoters
of the enterprise hire competent teachers,
open rooms, etc., where pupils desirous of
training in art can obtain It. The in
struction is not gratuitous, but a grand, point
is gained when an intern* is awakened
and whee pupils can find competent
Instructors without goiug away from
home. The machinery- is set iu mo
tion by the society, which constitutes
a sort of bqreau, between pupils and
teachers, Bringing them together, assuring
teachers their compensation, aud taking the
chances of obtaining pupils upon itselq the
individual risk to members being a small
one, losses being easily met by the fees
charged for admission to exhibitions, which
in themselves afford lessons in art to all
who visit them. In short, these societies
inaugurate a school of art wherever they
exist.
The moving spirit of the Saratoga enter
prise is Mrs. Walworth, who is always fore
most in every good work. Mrs. Governor
Bramlette, of Kentucky, a relative qf Mrs.
Walworth. *•; ho is spending Uie summer in
Saratoga, is also an ahle coadjuty, as well
as the charming daughter of the
former lady, Miss Ellen H. Wal
worth, who, although still In her teens,
has been round the round world,
and has given us the delightful pen pictures
of “An Old World as Seen by Young '
or “Travels Around the World, •’ a most en
tertaining book, in which the vivid im
pressions of a mind of quick perceptive
powers are given in an easy, natural and
flowing style, refreshing in its simplicity and
purity. Miss Nelly, as she is called, is petite.
plump, with a round face and fair complex
ion, with rosy cheeks, a pair of beautiful
blue eyes, intense in their expression of in
telligence, and a shock of short, brown
curls clustering close about her well-formed
head: a perfect type of a healthful, natural,
intellectual young girl, cheery and bright,
and full of interest in life, without a morbid
tendency.
The mother is a handsome wom&r
large proportions, with brown hair and
eyes, refined and cultivated, one who
has suffered and grown strong.
They occupy the historic Walworth
mansion, the oldest house in Saratoga. Mrs.
Bramlette, their guest, although the mother
of a grown daughter, is still a very hand
some and youthful looking woman just in
her prime, and as interesting and intelligent
as she is fine looking.
The Sunday School Assembly began on
Tuesday of this week at Bound Lake, the
great camping grounds, a few miles distant
from Saratoga, whence it is accessible by-
railroad train. A new hotel has just been
opened there by Collins A Armstrong, of
t'astleton, Vt. A new feature of Round
Lake, well worth a visit, is Palestine Park,
just completed, under the supervision of
Rev. Dr. Win. W. Wythe, which represents
in miniature, with perfect fidelity,
in a field five hundred feet long by two
hundred feet wide, the land of Palestine,
with all its physical features—rivers, moun
tains, lakes anil seas, as well as its cities and
towns—on a sufficiently large scale to admit
of one’s walking through it,and noting all the
polntsof interest. Thus is Palestine brought
to our very doors and without the dirty,
thieving Arabs to molest or make afraid
either. A model of the city of Jerusalem
and vicinity is also given on a larger scale
near by. It is sixty feet in diameter, gives
every street, public buildiug and private
residence of the city as it now is, with the
Ihills, streams and points of interest round
about it, all reproduced with perfect topo-
gr&phical accuracy.
I made a visit the other day to
the bottling establishment of Hathorn
Spring, and saw the improved method of
bottling the waiters, which involves no loss
of gases by pumping or forcing the water
up for the convenience of the work, which
is carried ou below the surface of the ground,
where the water flows directly into each in
dividual bottle without being exposed to the
air, the bottle being instantly corked wheu
full. The amount sold is immense, e«ses Be
ing shipped by the ear load to wholesale gro
cery and drug houses all over the country.
It is a favorite beverage with Savannahtans,
.is evidenced by the heavy orders from that
place, which are on the iuerease.
C. W. H.
FATAL MOUNTAIN ASCENT.
Two Young Kiigllnlkineu Loot on a
Volcano near Areqnlpa.
South Pacific Tima.
A letter from Arequipa gives particu
lars of a fatal accident to two gentlcmeu
who had made the ascent of the Misti, a
volcano about 12,520 feet above that city’,
and 20,230 feet above the level of the
On Saturday, lltli of May, a party of
three gentlemen started from Arequipa
to make the ascent—Mr. Stephen Ryder,
of the house of Fletcher & Co., Arequi
pa; Mr. Rotliwell, a young man of nine
teen, who only* recently arrived from
England as a clerk in the same house,
anu a Mr. Bulpctt, lately arrived per the
Cotopaxi on a tour to the west coast with
a friend. On Sunday, the 12tli, Mr.
Bulpctt returned to Arequipa alone, hav
ing made the ascent. He had gone on
ahead of the other two. He returned the
same way' he went, and having seen
nothing of the others aftor his first sepa
ration, lie concluded that they had given
up the ioea of going to the top and had
gone back to Arequipa.
On Monday, tho l3tli, Mr. Ryder’s
horse, which had been tied up at about
9,000 feet from the top, returned to Are
quipa without a bridle, which at once
aroused suspicious that something must
be wroug, and parties immediately went
in search of the missing pair. For sev
eral days nothing was heard of them.
They had taken neither provisions nor
blankets with them. It was evident,
however, that they had reached the top
of the volcano, as they had hoisted a
Hag, which was found Moating in t’;e
breeze. The Prefect of Arequipa sent
an officer and troops to scour the moun
tain. and innumerable private search par
ties followed.
At 10 p. m. ou the 17th of May news
reached Arequipa that the body of Mr.
Ryder had been found far down a preci
pice in a small recess, where the Indians
could hardly get to him, even by the
help of a rope and at the greatest risk.
He was found in a sitting posture, with I
his feet jammed into a small opening.
How' he got there is a mystery, ft was&
point where he (-Quid neither get down
further nor yet get up again. It is
thought he had been dead above tbreo
days when found. He had taken off his
coat, hat, watch and chain, and placed
them with, his pipe at his feet. His pants
were torn, probably in rolling down, for
he must have rolled a long distance, and
one boot was off, evidently in the effort
to get his foot froo. From the traces all
about, the poor fellow must have wan
dered about for days, probably at the
last raving mad.
Another expedition, with ladders, ropes
and all appliances, went out on the 18th
in order to recover and bring in Ryder’s
body, as the Indian who found it
could not move it, and had to leave it
covered over with stones until he could
procure assistance. The expedition re
turned on the evening of the 21st, bring
ing the body, and on the 22d it was
buried in Arequipa amid the general re
grets of both natives aL«i foreigners. Up
to the latest aucount the body of Roth-
well had not been found, but from tracos
it is believed that he must have gone over
a precipice in another direction. No
doubt Mr. Ryder met his death from ex
treme cold, and it is too probable tpat
Mr. Roth well shared the same sad fate.
This opinion is strengthened by the fact,
as stated ahoye* that the unfortunate
party w unprovided with blankets and
other necessaries for such a dangerous,
and. we might add, useless expedition,
The Le^eud of **E1 Dorado.”
lYrhea the Spaniards first discovered
[Guyana and established communications
with the natives, the Uttyr very soon
became aware of the anient affection
which their visitors entertained for gold.
They related to the now comers the his
tory of a great chief who in the interiur,
on the hanks of a vast lake called P&rime,
who possessed palaces with walls of the
precious metal, and who everyday pow
dered himself from head to foot with
[gold dust. The imagination of the ad
enturers w r as at once tired, and thpy de
termined to visit the Crmsus whom, in
their language, they allied “El Dorado,”
the gilded man. The tale TVas not wholiy
baseless, aa SQIPC &uch mysterious per
sonage diu exist, and daily performed a
toilet somew'hat resembling that de
scribed in the native account. But, in
stead g* using real gold dust for his
leooration, he employed a substance,
well known to miners, called golden
sand, which is. in fact, only an ore of iron
in minute particles, utterly valueless, but
which glitters like gold 'Many attempts
were fruitlessly made to penetrate to El
Dorado, and, among others, Sir Walter
Iialeigh. At last some adventurers
reached one of the palaces situated on
the Courou&pl, an alfiuent of the Yary,
hut which turned out to be nothing
more than a natural grotto, the walls of
w hich were formed of micaceous rocks.
Mica is one of the constituents of gran
ite. and has yellowish metallic glitter,
which, under a strong light, makes it re
semble gold. As for the famous lake
Farime, some foundation also existed for
the legend, as the region inhabited by
the Indian chief is situated on the allu
vial lands at the foot of a mountain
ange called Tumuc Humac, aud every
year, during the rainy season, the ground
is covered by au inuudatiou to an im
mense extent, and the natives are able to
navigate the vast forests in their canoes.
England’s Power in the Mediter
ranean.
Nashville American.
The advantageous position of England
with reference to the Mediterranean, and
to her trade iu Europe and the East and
to her Eastern Empire, is one of the
most wonderful monuments the genius
of a great people ever erected. While
Russia, from the days of Peter the
Great, has recognized the importance of
the Mediterranean, while statesmen,
philosophical historians, have pointed
out the influence of Mediterranean
nations upon the world's history, the
productiveness,, populousness, power and
wealth of the peoples bordering on that
great inland sea, and while Napoleon and
France have recognized the importance
of Egypt and Constantinople, England
has quietly, for a century past, made
herself completely master of the Medi
terranean. With the fortress of Gib
raltar she commands the entrance, with
Malta sixty miles from Italy and
one hundred miles from Africa.
She has a distributing point for ships
and troops in the very centre of the
Mediterranean. She possessed a large
pecuniary interest iu the Suez Canal and
the port of Aden, another Gibraltar near
the southern extremity of the Red Sea.
thus completely commanding that sea
and practically* the Suez Canal leading
into it. Now. she establishes a new
point of concentration, where she can
mass Indian troops from the East, while
die may use Malta as a point of concen
tration of English troops. From Cyprus
she commands the southern and lower
western coast of Asia Minor, ami lies
within easy reach of the Suez Canal.
From the mainland she is survey
ing roads to the valley of the
Euphrates and down to the Persian
Gulf, creating a new and nearer
route to India. Cyprus is several hun
dred miles from the mouth of the Durdu
nelles. but her great navy and her clow
relations with Greece enable her to com
mand that outlet against any power for
many years to come. Thus, with her
powerful navy, great resources of men
and money and her vast commercial ma
rine, England is, in a maritime*, com
mercial and military point of view, com
plete master of the Mediterranean aud of
its every outlet, while in Asia Minor
she has liecome a formidable rival and
barrier against Russian aggression. It is
no wonder that murmurs arise from the
great Mediterranean* uations, Italy and
France, on account of their commercial
aud military interests, hut it will lie a
matter uf more wonder if it amounts to
■uore than murmuring.
A Bloody Deed.
Nashville American.
In the southeastern part of East Ten-
icssee. adjoining North Carolina, is the
<unity of Blount, renowned during and
|ince the war as Loyal Blount. This
county is situated in the midst of the
I great illicit whisky distilling district,
and is widely known as containing the
most desperate and brutal outlaws ever
engaged in that traffic. Scarcely a week
passes without a murder or homicide,
bushwhacking being resorted to with as
much frequency as during the most tur
Indent limes of the war. I^ast Friday
the most deliberate and unprovoked mur
kier ever committed was perpetrated in
the lower end of the county, which will
1 Hitter illustrate than words the spirit of
lawlessness prevailing among a certain
class of its inhabitants. The particulars,
as given to an American reporter last
evening, are as follows:
Aceitain John Lakey, who h;ul been
known in the community as a hard work
ing but unintelligent farm hand, given at
times to drinking, visited the house of a
family’ of the name of Hall, which fami
ly consisted of a brother totally blind, a
sister nearly so, and the victim who was
both partly blind and half witted. While
at the house of the Halls, Lakey, coun
terfeiting drunkenness, drew a derringer
pistol from his pocket aud pointed it at
the younger Hall, at the same time tak
ing the hand of the half blind sister of
his intended victim and placing it on the
trigger, requesting her to pull it, that he
might soo whether it would shoot or not.
Hall sat all unconscious of his danger, but
the girl suspecting some design.refused to
do as requested, and informed her brother
of what was transpiring, whereupon
Lakey pretended unconscious drunken
ness, and prosontly requested Hall to go
with him home. Hall assented and
started with him, and shortly overtook a
couple of young men, who journeyed in
company with them a snort way. when
Lakey tired his pistol in tho air to see if
the horses would scar.o, as he said. Ho
then feigned sickness and lay down,Hall
holding uis head. Professing t lie greatest
friendship for Hall, and receiving assu
rance of the same feeling from the man
he was about to murder, he coolly put
his hand iu one pocket and drew his
pistol and took a cartridge from another,
and deliberately fitted it in the pistol,
auil then placing it to the head of his
blind and unsuspecting victim, fired,
blowing out his brains.
A tramp at Bennington, Vt, asked feu
work the other day, and was ‘p>kl there
was nothing else fo* 1 k,i*u to do unless he
gathered potato bugis at ten cents a quart.
“Very well, I’ll tiy it,” said he. The
first day he “picked” thirty quarts and
the next day twenty-five quarts—amount
ing to $6 50. Then his employer put
him to. doipg something else.
Hydrophobia from the Bite or a Dog
Not Mud
Ixttulon Telegraph.
Yesterday afternoon, July 4, Dr. Dip-
lock held an iuquest at the Osborne Castle,
Acton, touching the death of George
Kirby, aged fourteen, the brother of the
proprietor of the Princess of Wales
Tavern, Acton. The evidence given
went to show that a month ago the de
ceased was playing with a Scotch terrier,
when the animal hit him, or rather
scratched his hand with his teeth. The
abrasion did not heal, but no notice was
taken of it until last week, when the de
ceased complained of illness, and upon
Dr. Hurtling being summoned lie pro
nounced the case to be one of hydro
phobia.
Convulsions came on of such a violent
character that tw o powerful men had the
greatest dilficultmin holding him. and all
attempts to administer chloroform were
abortive. His agonies increased, and
after three days’ suffering he died. Dr.
Harding said that before death the veins
of the arm bitten by the dog stood out
prominently, the eyes were contracted,
and the deceased was unable to swallow
A post mortem showed the heart to l»e
empty, lungs and kidneys congested,
stomach empty, with dark patches on
the peritoneum. The brain had not been
examined. Death undoubtedly arose from
hydrophobia.
Mary Haynes stated that she had been
bitten *oy the same dog, but had as yet
had no symptoms of hydrophobia. In
reply to a juror, it was elicited that the
dog had been examined by a veterinary
surgeon, who had pronounced it to be
perfectly healthy, and it had not there
fore been destroyed. The juror expressed
hie opinion that it should be killed forth
with, hut the Coroner bad no power to
order its destruction. A verdict of
“death from hydrophobia” was recorded,
A queer case of fraud comes from New
York, where they generally refine ou
such things. I^ast September Wilson A
Greig, a Broadway dry goods firm, went
into bankruptcy Why, the house could
hardly tefi. There had been something
wrGUM. but the employers had perfect
confidence in their clerks, among whom
Acre Henry L. Phillips, the cashier,
William Hines, the bookkeeper, anil
Pearson Henderson, superintendent of the
cloak department. They were all fine
looking and apparently pious young
men. Captain Byrnes, of the i»olice,
became interested in what seem
ed to him an extraordinary case.
He watched Phillips and found that the
cashier visited places where money melt
ed in his hands. This discovery was
enough. Phillips was arrested on
Wednesday and made a clean breast of
his swindling game. By an arrangement
between Henderson and himself, put in
working order three years Fgo, the latter
would give the check on a sale to Phil
lips instead of to the boy, Phillips pock
eting the money. Hines and Phillips
agreed to destroy a portion of the C. O.
D. bills whenever parcels would be sent
out in the wagons.
A very remarkable incident is related
by an East India paper as having occurred
on the voyage of one of the ice ships
lately arrived at Bombay from America.
The vessel was struck by lightning, and
the electric fluid, passing iuto the body
of the ship through tbe foremast, pierced
a hole some ten feet iu diameter through
the ice, melting about thirty tons, and
setting fire to ai\d -lightly burning some
of the benitv# of the ship in its passage.
It is said that all of the Anderaon-
lenks letters have not yet been brought
out by the Potter committee, and that
in one of those not yet published Ander
son advises Mrs. Jenks if she has the
Sherman letter to give it to Senator
Conkling or to General Butler, as they
would place it where it would do most
good.