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Georgia Affairs.
The contest in the Fourth district for the
Congressional nomination is mainly be
tween Messrs. Harris, the present member,
and Hon. \V. O. Tuggle. Mr. Harris has
won an enviable reputation as a faithful
worker and honest representative of his con
stituents, and his opponent is also highly
spoken of. If either receive the nomina
tion, therefore, the Fourth will have no
cause to rear fur Its reputation in the Forty-
sixth Congress.
The times and places for holding Con
gressional conventions in the different dis
trict of the State, so far determined on, are
as follows: First district—Savannah, August
2*th; Second district—Camilla, September
5th; Third district—Macon, September 4th;
Fourth district—Columbus, August ‘21st;
Fifth district—Barnesville, September 12th:
Sixth district—Milledgeville, not yet deter
mined; Seventh district—already held;
Eighth district—Thomson, August 15th;
Ninth district—Gainesville, August 1st.
A little boy, twelve years old, was so un
fortunate as to have his right hand'caught
in the machinery of the Enterprise Mills,
Augusta, Monday, and so severely injured
the two first fingers, that amputation of one
was necessary. The little fellow bore the
pain of the operation with heroic fortitude.
The Augusta Boat Club have decided to
hold their regatta on Tuesday, August 20th.
It is to be hoped the heat will have moder
ated by that time.
The Georgia Railroad depot in Augusta is
to be reconstructed and Mexicanized.
Stephens delegates have been elected with
out opposition in McDuffie county. This is
claimed to be Stephens’ gun No. 6.
The annual convention of the stockhold
ers of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
will be held in Atlanta to-day.
The first shipment of the Leconte or
Chinese sand pear was made on Monday
last from Thomasville by Messrs. Vamadoe
and McKinnon. Forty-five crates were sent
on to Boston. Many speculations were in
dulged in as to the probable returns. Other
shipments to other markets will soon fol
low.
The Montezuma Weekly is of the impres
sion that “there is but one Democratic party
in the State of Georgia, and that is the plain
‘Democratic part}.’ There are two Repub
lican parties, viz : The Radical Republican
party and the Independent Democratic (?)
party (so called). No use to gloss it over,
for without the Radical vote no Indepen
dent can he elected to Con ress.”
The Talbotton Register says that a war
rant has been issued against Andrew C.
Irvin, of Upson county, for killing his wife,
who died suddenl}* on February 28. As we
have.already noticed, the body was disin
terred last week, and a post mortem exami
nation held, when it was ascertained that
the deceased had. been foully dealt with.
The Ree/ister says the conduct and talk of
Irvin before and after the deed directed
suspicion to him. The Coroner’s jury was
in session all day on Monday, the 15th, and
recommended the issue of a warrant against
him. The Sheriff failed to find the accused
however, for he left shortly after the result
of the investigation was made known. He
passed through Pleasant Hill and, it is sup
posed, Talbotton,on Monday night, en route
for Geneva, where lie hoarded the cars.
The heated term is pronounced over in
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. White, of Griffin,
celebrated their silver wedding on Friday
last. Many rich and beautiful presents tes
tified the esteem with which they are held
by their friends in that city.
Amateur theatricals is a favorite source of
amusement in many cities of Georgia. A
troupe in Dalton will soon produce “Too-
•dles,” and another in Atlanta will essay
“Ingomar.”
It remains for Ellijay to present the cham
pion natural curiosities of the State. The
Courier asserts that a pig with eight legs and
two heads has been rooting around about five
miles south of that town lately. It lived
only a few days. Its loss, however, Is well
:eu DvacmcKenw
still lives, Is as lively as a cricket.
The Swainsboro llmid ventures the asser
tion that Emanuel county has more pretty
girls from twelve to eighteen years of age
than any county in the State, in proportion
to population.
Georgia T’s sold in New York on Satur
day at 108. Pretty good for a State which,
according to the organs of the investors in
the disowned Bulloch bonds, has lost her
■credit.
The woods in the neighborhood of Macon
are reported in flames.
The City Council of Macon lias passed
resolutions opposing repudiation in any
shape or form.
Mr. Robert J. Lightfoot, who resides in
Monroe county, about twelve miles from
Macon, died on Monday from injuries re
ceived from the accidental discharge of a
blast in a well he was engaged in digging.
Milledgeville Union and Recorder: “Ten
days ago the prospect for good crops in this
section was never better. The absence of
rain, and the continued and excessive heat
of the past week is rapidly changing the
condition of things. Under the fierce rays
of the sun vegetation is parching, in fields
as dry as an ash bank. It is hoped a fair
corn crop is already made—but late corn is
suffering terribly. A few more days of such
dry, hot weather as we have been having,
Will do irreparable injury to unmatured
crops. In this city for a week the thermom
eter has ranged from ninety to one hundred.
We hire had no such weather since 1800.”
From the Georgia Courier of August IS,
1828. the Milledgeville Union extracts the
following prophesy. It was headed “Rail
road Through*Georgia,’' and signed “W.:”
“Columbus, Milledgeville, Augusta and Sa
vannah are the destined great cities of the
S«ffith; in them the commerce Gf the coun
try discovers new sources of enterprise, and
it looks forward with a hope that a founda
tion will he laid at the s r ery offset with such
permanent materials as will ensure success
to its exertions. A railroad from Augusta
to Columbus by way of Milledgeville would
speedily crown with success the wishes of
commerce.” The Courur was published in
Augusta by J. G. McWhorter and Heury
Mealing.
Thomasville Enterprise: “Tbe rattlesnake
crop seems to be on the increase in this sec
tion. Mr. D. J. Hall reports the killim: of a
large one recently right in front of his front
<loor step. On Thursday last Mr. Hall and
a colored man were engaged in taking up
some fodder in a patch of early coni. Mr
Hall had passed along some twenty feet
when he looked back and saw that he had
passed one handful of fodder, turned
and walked back to get it, and was reaching
out his hand for the fodder when he heard a
noise. Looking down be saw a large rattle
snake coiled up ready to strike. The snake
immediately shook his rattes, and Mr. Hall
jumped out of the way. The suake was killed
and measured about six feet and had ten
rattles. It was a very narrow escape for Mr.
Hall, as the snake must have been under the
stalk of corn when he passed by it.”
The Sandersville Courier learns that a
murder was committed in Scriven count}'on
Tuesday of last week. The following are
the details of the crime: ‘ Henry Verbers
on the evening above mentioned went to
Lanier’s store, near Perkins’ No. 2 Mill, for
the purpose of making some purchases. In
his company were Charles Jenkens, Mart
Karington, James Joiner and John Shaw.
At the store they imbibed pretty freely of
whisky and then started ou their return
CLANDESTINE STATE PAPERS.
A Letter that Cost Cbarle* I. If In
Head—Victor Huso'* Hlntory of a
t’riroe.
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
home. When about three-fourths of a mile
from home Shaw remarked to his compan
ions that Verbers, who was lagging be
hind, had some whisky, and that
he would go and get it from him.
He went to Verbers and asked for
the whisky. Verbers told him he had none.
Shaw returned to his companions and said,
T did not get the whisky this time, but I
will bring it the next time I go.' He then
went hack and met Verbers, and immediate
ly a fight ensued. When the parties who
were in advance reached the spot Verbers
was dead, being cut in several places. Shaw
claims that he did it in self defense, hut
the evidence before the Coroner’s jury* was
to the contrary, and Shaw was arrested.
Manv of the citizens believe all the parties
with*Shaw at the time were connected with
the murder, and that it was a premeditated
affair.”
The Crawfordville Democrat states that
“ an estimable lady living in Wilkes county,
was, a few days ago, found drowned, her
head and upper portion of her hod}' being
overwhelmed in a large gum spring near her
house. There was also a watermelon in the
spriug. It is supposed she stooped to get
the melon and, losing her balance, fell, head
foremost, in and was drowned.”
Saturday last, the vicinity of Peachtree
creek, Fulton county, was the scene of one
of the most devilishly brutal outrages ever
committed in Georgia or other State.
It was the whipping to death of a little col
ored boy of only ten years, bv his father,
Ilenry Jones. The particulars of the blood
curdling affair are thus given in the columns
of the Atlanta Corutitutum: “ Henry Jones
is a planter on the farm of Mr. Daniel Plas
ter. His boy, Bradley, ran away from him
some day last week, and the father failed to
come up" with him until Saturday last, when,
hearing of his whereabouts, he dispatched
some one to catch Bradley and bring him
home. The ten-year-old youth was captured
and brought to the house. The father re
ceived him with open arms, and in one of
his outstretched hands he held a white oak
split about two feet long, three-quarters of
an inch wide, and oue-quartef-thick. Bradley
was carried into a small building, and the
father at once proceeded to undress him,with
a view of having nothinginthe way between
the stick, which he proposed to use, and the
skin upon which he proposed to use it. Henry,
while undressing his son, gave him a lecture
about running away, and stated that, by the
help of God and the whiteoak split, he
would either cure or kill him. When he
had removed the last vestige of clothing,
the boy was hound hand and foot and put
together like a pig being carried to market.
With all of his strength and power, Jones
then plied the merciless lash until the blood
commenced to spurt out of the cuts and
trickle all over the body. The heavy blows
fell thick and fast for about fifteen minutes.
The child cried to his father for mercy and
called upon the neighbors for help. The
pleadings to his father were entirely un
heeded by him, as he never listened to
them. A few of the neighbors in the
vicinity expostulated with the father
with reference to his action, and told
him that he would kill the child.
To none of their advices did he lend an ear,
hut turning to them told the party that the
child was his and he had a right to kill it if
lie pleased. One of the witnesses to this
most brutal affair says that the whipping
lasted about one hour and a quarter. The
father would stop ut intervals for a few mo
ments. During this time, with a view to
add more pain to the punishment already
inflicted, lie threw quantities of water upon
the perfectly naked and bleeding body of
his son. He would then commence flogging
liis son again, if possible, more severely than
ever. When he concluded that his child
had been punished enough he stopped whip
ping him and untied the knots that had held
him hand and foot. It is said that
the body was perfectly raw and bleeding
from every inch of flesh upon him. When
the child was raised from the ground a
flood of blood ran from liis person, and he
was a sight most horrible to behold. The
torture that he must have suffered cannot
be described, but can only be imagined.
About twenty minutes after this the child
commenced to show signs of becoming weak
and losing his strength. Before an hour had
elapsed from the time the whipping was
concluded, the child died in perfect agony.”
The brutal father was arrested on the charge,
of murder, and, after a preliminary hearing
of his case, committed to jail to await trial
at the October term of the Superior Court.
Democratic Meetiug in Scriven
County.
Sylvania, Ga., July 22.—A meeting of
the Democratic party of Scriven county was
held this day at the court house, in pursu
ance to a call previously made, for the pur
pose of selecting delegates to represent the
county in the Congressional Convention to
assemble in Savannah on the 28th day of
August next.
The meeting was called to order by Col. J.
Lawton Singellton, Chairman of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of the county.
The following resolutions were offered by
II. C. Kittles, Esq., and adopted.
Resol ceil, That the Chairman of this meet
ing, Col. J. Lawton Singellton, appoint six
delegates to cast the vote of this county in
the Congressional Convention to be held at
Savannah on the 28th of August next.
Resolred, That our delegates are instructed
to cast the vote of the county for Col.
George R. Black, and to stand by him as
long as there is any hope of his nomination ;
that we tender the name of Col. Black to the
convention, through our delegates, with the
.utmost confidence" in his ability and integ
rity, and with the firm conviction that if the
convention, in its wisdom, should see fit to
nominate him, his name will poll the full
party vote of the district.
Jimh'ed, That we guarantee the full party
vote of this county to whoever the conven
tion may nominate.
MmlJHik Secretary of tbis meet-
pies of the proceedings of this meeting to
(lie Democratic press of the district, with
request that same be published.
The following named gentlemen were
rieu appointed by the Chair as delegates:
Hon. John C. Dell, Hon. V. II. Burns, T.
W. Oliver, Jr., Esq., lion. E. B. Gross, II.
C. Kittles, Esq., I>r. John W. Johnston.
On motion of Hon. John C. Dell, the
name of the Chairman, Colonel J. Lawton
Singellton, was added to the list of dele
gates.
On motion of John II. Me/cer, Esq., it was
Resolved, That a meeting he called by the
Chairman at some future day for the pur
pose of reorganizing the party.
On motion of Judge E. *B. Gross, the
meeting then adjourned sine die.
J. Lawton Singellton,
Chairman Democratic Executive Committee.
W. L. Mathews, Jr., Secretary.
A
Fight in Which Seventj-live Tur
tles Took a Part.
New York Sun.
The seventy-five turtles in the fountain
basin near the Fourth avenue entrance to
Gilmore's Garden had a battle yesterday-
morning. Such a sight was never seen
before. At least seventy- five* turtles lay-
together in an apparently inextricable
mass on the bottom of the basin. Two
dead turtles floated on the surface of the
water.
“Stir ’em up,” said Gilmore, and
taking ex-Judge Dittenhoefer's cane he
plunged it into the centre of the mass.
Seventy five long necks craned upward;
seventy-five great mouths opened wide;
seventy-five little snake tails stood up
right—but for a moment only. Then
the fight was resumed. A queer hiss
escaped from each.one. Then with head
cautiously peering from the shell, the
turtles rammed at each other. Now and
then one seized another by the leg and
chewed it.
“Stop ’em!" shouted Hamilton, “the
things cost a dollar apiece.”
“Nonsense,” said Shook, ‘let’em fight
it out; its worth more than a dollar apiece
to see ’em. ”
Presently it seemed there were two par
ties led by two extra large turtles. Each
party quietly moved toward a side of the
btisin. Then they plashed the water with
tlieir snape-like tails, and then, with a
volley of hisses, tip entire phalanx from
either side pushed rapidly toward the
centre. The two bodies came together
near the base of the fountain, and for
two or three minutes there was a lively
mouth to mouth and shell to shell fight,
at the end df which nil sank together to
the bottom of the basin.
Tbis went on nearly for an hour, in
which time half a dozen little fellows
were killed, and the leader—known to
many frequenters of the garden as "Big
Bliss”—of one of sides lost one of his
claws.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
FOREIGN TELEGRAMS.
THE
INTERNATIONAL
TOURNAMENT
CHESS
Tlie Vatican and the Church in the
United States.
PROPOSED GRANT TO THE DUKE
OF CONNAUGHT
RECTIFICATION OF THE GREEK
FRONTIER.
EVACUATION OF SHUHLA.
General Foreign New*.
CON-
Bij Cable to the Morning News.
PROPOSED GRANT TO THE DUKE OF
NAUGHT.
London, July 34.—The amendment to he
submitted by Charles Dilke, in the House
of Commons, Thursday, to the notion of
Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, for a grant to the Duke of Con
naught, whose betrothal to the Princess
Marie Louise, of Prussia, was anaounced
yesterday, does not impugn the constitu
tionality of the application, but proposes to
postpone consideration of the subject until
the government lays before the House a re
turn showing the number of Princes and
Princesses thus endowed, and other infor
mation on the subject, since the accession of
William the Third.
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT.
Paris, July 24.—The international chess
tournament was concluded to-day. M.
Zukertort, of Berlin and London, receives
the first prize, he having gained sixteen
games with one drawn. McKenzie, of New
York, takes the fifth prize, being the winner
in twelve games with one drawn. Wina-
wer, of Russia, takes the second prize, hav
ing won sixteen games;’Blackburn, of Lon
don, the third, having won fourteen games,
and Bird, of London, the fourth, having
won thirteen games.
THE VERNACULAR PRESS OF INDIA.
London, July 24.—In the House of Com
mons last night, Gladstone moved that the
action of the Indian authorities in regard to
the vernacular press of India be placed un
der Parliamentary control. A long debate
followed, and closed with a division, in
which the motion was rejected by 208 to 152.
Edward Stanhope, Under Secretary for
India, declared that the law concerning the
vernacular press would be applied only in
urgent cases.
SALISBURY GIVEN THE GARTER—BOSNIA VS.
AUSTRIA.
London, July 24.—The Queen has con
ferred the Order of the Garter on Lord
Salisbury.
A Reuter telegram from Constantinople
declares that mpnerous petitions have been
received from Bosnia asking protection
against Austrian occupation. The Porte
demands that it be permitted to retain the
civil administration of the province. Ne
gotiations with Austria are at a stand-still.
The Porte Intends maintaining its objec
tions.
RECTIFICATION OF THE GREEK FRONTIER.
London, July 24.—A Constantinople dis
patch to Reuter’s says that, the Greek
Minister has not communicated his views to
Greece about the rectification of the fron
tier. It is believed Greece will ask the me
diation of the powers, and the latter will
^ubmit the question to arbitration.
EVACUATION OF SHUMLA.
London, July 24.—A Constantinople dis
patch to the Manchester Guardian says:
“The evacuation of Shumla has commenced.
Nearly all the Turkish officials formerly sta
tioned there are now at Parna. Several
Russian battalions have already entered
Shumla.”
CONFIDENCE IN THE BRITISH MINISTRY.
London, July 24.—A correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian 6ays: “It is ex
pected that the government’s majority on
Mr. Plunkett’s amendment, expressing con
fidence in the Ministry, will he between 120
ami 130. It is probable that Parliament will
not adjourn before the middle of August.”
RELIGIOUS PEACE TO GERMANY.
Paris, July 24.—The Defence, a clerical
journal, publishes a special from Rome an
nouncing that the Papal Nuncio at Munich
will go to Berlin to conclude an arrange
ment which will restore religious peace to
Germany.
THE VATICAN AND THE CHURCH IN THE UNI
TED STATES.
London, July 24.—A dispatch from Rome
reports that the Vatican is elaborating a pro
ject with relation to the Church in the Uni
ted States, similar to that in regard to the
Church in the British Isles, placing it un
der the immediate authority of the Pope.
THE FIRES IN THESSALY.
Athens, July 24.—The great fires in Thes
saly are supposed to be of incendiary origin.
They continue to devastate the country.
Three French ironclads have arrived at the
Piraeus division and the Italian fleet is ex
pected there.
ITALY EXPRESSES REGRET.
Vienna, July 24.—The Italian Government
has expressed regret at the demonstration
against the Austrian Embassy.
TROUBLES IN THE NEW YORK
mmm labor con-
flSfll
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.
DEATH OF MINNIE WARREN.
Failure* iu New York,
A Neapolitan priest won near live
hundred thousand dollars in a lottery a
few months ago, and has since received
several hundred begging letters a day.
The superstitious Neapolitans watch all
his actions with a view to obtain hints
as to combinations of numbers. His
church is crowded, and people wait out
side to get what are in turf phrase called
the latest “tips.”
TROUBLES IN THE GREENBACK LABOR PARTY.
Syracuse, N. Y., July 24.—The Shupe
and Hanlon factions which were excluded
from the National Party Convention last
night, and who organized a separate conven
tion in the Syracuse House, adjourning
until nine o’clock this morning, have aban
doned the idea of holding a convention.
Shupe has prepared an address to be
presented to the convention which accepts
and approves the action of the convention in
excluding all delegations from New York.
It asks for an investigation of the charge?
that he is acting in the interest of John
Sherman, and proposes the union of the
three New York factions and the election
of Blair and O’Reilly as leaders of the joint
body, while Shupe himself will settle into
the ranks as a follower of whichever is
elected leader. Telegrams have been re
ceived from Peter Cooper stating that he
recognizes Shupe in endeavoring to carry
out the letter and spirit of the platform
of the Greenback party.
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 24.—Before
the Potter Committee Representative Kelly
was on the stand and testified. He M as re
quested by President Grant to go to New Or
leans to witness tlie count, and he was
merely to go as a looker-on to see that
nothihg improper occurred. IJe started en
tirely alone, but on the way found himself
in company with Secretary Sherman, and
arriving at New Orleans found there a num
ber of visiting gentlemen Republican in
politics.
Witness said there was nothing in the
purpose of the Republican Committee to
indicate any course to be pursued by the
canvassing board as to what votes should
be counted or as to any means of intimida
tion. In answer to the question whether
the Republican committees discussed any
question involving the interference with the
official duties of the returning board, wit
ness gave an emphatic negative, and added
if any one of the delegation had attempted
such a thing,, it would have been treacher
ous to his associates as well as a violation of
duty.
THE TEXAS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Galveston, Texas, July 24.—A special
to the Neics, dated Austin, says Stephen H.
Darden, present Comptroller, has been re-
Domiqated. The convention is still in
session.’
FAILED,
New York, July 2L—Biyce A Smith,
wholesale liauor dealers, have failed. Lia
bilities $250,000.
Ketchum & Belknap, stock brokers, have
failed.
DEATH OF MINNIE WARREN.
Fall River, Mass., July 2i-jMinnie
Warren, the well known dwarf, died here
yesterday in childbirth.
SAJLBP.
New York, July 34.—Ex-Governor B. E.
Fenton sailed for Europe in the Bothnia,
“A colored man living in Allegheny.”
remarks the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Commercial
Gazette, “says that he had a vision the
other day. The vision was to the effect
that after this heated spell is over we will
have first a tremendous storm, and then
the millenium”
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
PLATFORM OF THE NEW YORK
NATIONALS.
New York
Belting and
Company.
Packing
GAMBETTA ON THE
TREATY.
BERLIN
Cgly Statements Concerning Captain
Eads.
NOMINATIONS OF THE'
DEMOCRATS.
TEXAS
WaNblugton and General Notes.
GAMBETTA ON THE TREATI*.
London, July 24.—The Times' Paris cor
respondent gives an account of an interview
with Gamhetta on the treaty of Berlin.
Gamhetta being asked if he was an adver
sary of the treaty and disapproved the work
of the Congress, said he could not be an
absolute adversary of the treaty, see
ing that whatever may be its defects
it procured for Europe in general and France
in particular the greatest boon to which we
can aspire—peace. He and others may have
thought ill of certain concessions of prin
ciple which appeared contrary to the rules
on which the international law of Europe
reposes, hut from the first he 6aw too clearly
the difficulties of the undertaking to
imagine it would be accomplished in
a perfectly blameless manner. Gambatta
continued: “I thiuk at the same time Euro
pean public law received a great mark of
homage when Russia, notwithstanding the
disunited state in which Europe then was,
and notwithstanding her own victorious po
sition, submitted the entire treaty of San
Stefano to the judgment of the powers, will
not now examine the triple alliance estab
lished in 1873. I will not say that
it was exclusively directed against France,
but I think that when three governments
come to such an understanding those who
have been left out of it are entitled to as
sert that not in favor of their interests has
the agreement been made. France, there
fore, is entitled to ask whether the Congress
at Berlin has left intact the triple agree
ments, and I think it would be difficult to
reply in the affirmative.
“The position attained by Austria, with
her preponderating influence amid the new
Slav States, of which Bosnia and Herzego
vina have been called to form the centre,
make of that power something entirely
different from an ally of Russia. Austria is
placed as a sentinel at ' one end
of the Eastern area, while at the
other end England has been called upon
to mount guard, and this parallel situation
establishes between the interests of Austria
and England a connection which impels the
former towards her natural and logical
policy, and which to-day or to-morrow will
inevitably deprive the tripe affiance of its
bond of union and one of its most important
elements. In my opinion, therefore, it may
be affirmed that the Congress at Berlin has
modified in a very essential way the basis of
the understanding of 1873, and I think
France has every reason to approve a
change which modifies a combination
formed apart from her, if not against her.
“The change brought about in England’s
policy is anotheV consequence of not less
importance resulting from the Congress, on
which France cannot hut congratulate
herself. In establishing herself at Cyprus
as an adyanced guard and in constituting
herself the protectress of the Asiatic in
terests of Turkey, England has abandoned
that policy which I shall call
insular, to resume her policy of
watchfulness on the continent. She ceases
to be a mere spectator of continental events.
She no longer remains as far, as so long
unhappily she has done, apart from the
political combinations of Europe. That I
think is a very fortunate circumstance for
England herself. Europe was beginning
to regard her as a stranger to its
political transformations, but now
England’s brilliant fashion has returned
withiu the European circle. Whatever oc
curs in Europe directly affects her, and her
interests exist wherever political equilibrium
and civilization are at stake.” In concluding,
Gamhetta said he could not be classed with
those who are adversaries of the work of
the Berlin Congress.
PLATFORM OF THE NEW YORK NATIONALS.
Syracuse, July 24.—The National Party
Convention, after an excited discussion,
adopted a platform to guide them in the. gov-
era ment of the State and nation, “should
Providence permit them to attain to the
same,” demanding that “the greenback be
full legal tender for the payment of all debts;
tlie immediate calling in and payment
of all bonds in absolute paper money
repeal of the national bank act;
equal taxation on all property; adop
tion of land limitation; laws asserting
that it is the duty of the Legislature to limit
the growth of railroad monopolies; favor
ing a protective tariff; demanding the
establishment of a labor bureau and the
abolition of labor contracts by prisons ; de
mandiug an income tax on all salaries over
one thousand dollars , the reduction of one
half of all salaries in the State of over one
thousand dollars; recommending a sys
tem of internal improvement and reform in
public school education; demanding that
trafficing in votes or interfering with the
right of political suffrage be punished by
incapacitation for voting, or holding office,
and lastly opposing Chinese labor importa
tion.” Tlie convention nominated Gideon
J. Tucker for Judge of the Court of Ap
peals, and appointed a committee to reor
ganize the party in New York city. It
also appointed a State committee^ and
adjourned me die.
LETTER FROM OUR TRAVELING
CORRESPONDENT.
Fleeing to tlie .^fountains — The
Kimball House — The Air-Line
Railroad — Gainesville and Sur
roundings-Dahlonega College.
NEW YORK
New York, July Mr, Job H,
ver, President of tlie New York Belting
and Packing Comprny, which was com
pelled to suspend yesterday, said to-day
that the business of his company would go
on as usual on the basis of cash payments.
The statement of the condition of the com
pany would not, he said, be ready before the
beginning of next week. He said no money
would be paid out except what was abso
lutely necessary to keep the work of the es
tablishment erolng. The company has issued
a circular calling a meeting of their credi
tors for July 31st, when a statement will be
submitted.
TEXAS NOMINATIONS.
Galveston, July 24.—Judge O. M, Roberts
yesterday was nominated for Governor by
acclamation, Joseph D. Sayres for Lieu
tenant Governor, and George McCormack
for Attorney General.
New Orleans, July 24.—A Galveston
News special from Austin says the conven
tion, at one this morning, nominated ex-
Treasurer F. R. Lubbeck for State Treasurer.
This morning was spent in balloting for Land
Commissioner.
a $64,000 forger.
Cincinnati, July 24.—Dr. Connell and
Col. Austin, of New York, this morning ob
tained an interview with John Doe, who was
recently convicted of presenting forged
checks on the Commercial Bank of this city,
and partly identified him as one of the par
ties concerned in a $<>4,000 forgery on the
New York Trust Company some time ago.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, July 24.—Senator Thur
man leaves Washington in a day or two to
commence the campaign in Ohio.
The President and Attorney General have
returned. Evarts has also returned.
No information has been received at the
War Department as to the crossing of the
Rio Grande by McKenzie.
A PROSPECTIVE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST.
Chicago, July 24.—It has been discovered
from certified returns in the office of the
Secretary of State, that on last election for
Congressman in the Second district, Geo. R.
Davis had a majority over Carter Harrison,
the present incumbent, and Davis now in
tends to contest.
INCENDIARIES KILLED.
St. Paul, July 24.—A report was re
ceived here last night that a farmer near
Faribault shot and instantly killed two
tramps whom he caught in the act of setting
tire to the harvesting machine in bis wheat
held. He gave himself up and was instantl)
released.
UGLY STATEMENTS AGAINST CAPTAIN EADS.
St. Louis, July 24.—Some ugly statements
were published this morning regarding
Captain James B. Eads, and the disposition
made of the last instalment of money re
ceived from the government on account of
jetties at the mouth'of the Mississippi.
A DEFAULTER AND FORGER.
Cincinnati, July 24.—A dispatch from
Batavia says J. H. Sharp, Treasurer of
Williamsburg township, has been detected
in a forgery and has disappeared. He is
stated also to be short in his treasury ac
counts.
NATIONAL GREENBACK LABOR PARTY OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
Cresson Springs, Pa., July 24.—The
National Greenback Labor State Central
Committee met here to-day. The session
was held with closed doors.
A hoax.
Memphis, July 24.—The report sent by
specials from this place of the murder of a
family of eleven persons, named Sample, in
Tippah county, Miss., is a hoax.
Gainesville, Ga.. July 23.—Editor Morn
ing News: Debilitated from a short but
fierce struggle with the bilious fever, I
found that it would be impossible to re
cuperate in the low country, so I took my
way towards the mountains, and here, after
a few days of rest and nights of sleep
under blankets, I begin to feel like
myself again. This climate has a wonderful
invigorating effect upon the human system.
The people in the low country are just be
ginning to realize this fact. There is no
need of Saratoga or White Sulphur Green
brier Springs when we have their equals in
our own mountains and valleys. In North
ern and Northeastern Georgia we have all
kinds of springs and aU species of mineral
water. The seekers of health or of recrea
tion need not go abroad to have their most
cherished desires gratified. Audno one sec
tion affords greater facilities in this direction
than Gainesville and vicinity.
In passing through Atlanta I stopped over
long enough to obtain a most excellent din
ner at that most excellent hotel, the Kim
ball House. It has been greatly improved
since the Press Convention was feasted
there, and Mr. Campbell, with his popular
assistants, is restoring this house to its old
time popularity with the traveling public.
It certainly deserves well.
Our party concluded to try this section of
the State, and hence secured tickets by the
Air-Line Railroad. We found the "most
luxurious coaches, the road bed in perfect
order and freer from dust than any road we
have been on. Capt. Branon is a new man
but a most courteous conductor. We took
the New York fast train and made the best
time possible.
We found large crowds at most all the
springs in this region, Porter Springs taking
the lead, they having nearly about as many
as they can accommodate. Four coaches
weU tilled left this point on yesterday for
that place. There are a number of Savan-
nahians here, hut as I could not get a com
plete list of them 1 refrain from calling any
names. Gen. Toombs and Bishop G. F.
Pierce are at White Sulphur, six miles dis
taut; Senator Hill and family are at New
Holland; Capt. Peacock, Representative
from Washington county,is at Tallulah Falls,
•and Col. Camp, of Swainsboro, is at Por
ter. Col. J. B. Brown, of Gainesville, Fla.,
has been spending some time here, but has
left for the West.
1 have met here Colonel W. P. Price,
President of the Board of Trustees of the
Dablouega College. He represents that
institution in a most flourishing condition.
While the main university at Athens has
only one hundred and seventeen scholars
the Dablouega branch has over three hun
dred students. If more of the money spent
at Athens was devoted to this branch, it
would be a wise investment, and prove
great blessing to hundreds of young men
seeking an education and to the State gen
erally. It is well officered and the military
department has brought the whole school
under the most admirable discipline. Gen.
Ale Laws, of Savannah, was of the board of
visitors this year, and was exceedingly well
pleased at what he saw of this institution.
Among the many good places to spend
the summer in this region the Richmond
House is one of the best. A person at very
slight cost, say ten cents, can have the
benefit of Gower and New Holland Springs
and stay in the hotel too. And to meet the
pressure of the hard times, the proprietor,
J. B. Craig, has reduced his board to $7 per
week and $20 per mouth. The table is sup
plied with everything the market affords,
and his rooms are all plastered and many
of them carpeted. He deserves patronage
and is getting it.
One of the grandest excursions of
the season is to pass over the Air-Line
Road to-day. They carry passengers from
Atlanta to Charlotte, N. C., and return for
$4. This is nearly five hundred miles—the
cheapest ridiug in all the country. The
cars will be crowded.
The weather here has been the warmest,
during the past week, ever known. The
thermo^ter was up to 04 during the day
but the nights have been pleasant. It is
down to 78 to-day.
I find the Savannah NEW&^cattered even
among the mountains here, and it is highly
appreciated by those who are fortunate
enough to have possession of it. A lady of
culture and refinement remarked that the
“Image of her Mother” was the most charm
ing serial you have yet published. The fair
authoress may well he proud of a compli
ment coming from such a source.
Jack Plane.
JAPANESE WONDERS.
The Statue of Dia Hoots/ at Kama<
kura—A Colossal Work of Beauty.
Philadelphia Press.
If there were nothing else to mark the
skill, genius and artistic workmanship of
the Japanese, the great bronze statue of
Dia Bootsz would be sufficient to make
their name imperishable. Dia Bootsz
would be worthy of a place among the
wonders of the world, equally so with
the Colossus of Rhodes, Cleopatra’s
Needle or the Sphynx of Egypt. This
sacred image wa3 not only built of
bronze, but the joints were so exact in
their fit that they were barely perceptible
to the closest observer. Its base rested
on a dais of masonry about 5 feet in
height, Tlie elevation of the hod/ was
o jios, or 50 feet; between the cage of
the iiair of the head and the legs crossed,
42 feet; from knee to knee, seated cross-
legged, 36 feet, and the circumference of
tlie body was 98 feet. The following
were the minor dimensions Face,
feet long; circular spot on forehead, H
feet in circumference; eyes, four feet
long; eyebrows, four feet two and a
half inches; ear, six feet seven
inches; nose, three feet nine inches
vertical and two feet four inches
horizontal measurement; mouth,four feet
three and a half inches wide; shaved
portion of head on top, called kik kokee,
two feet four inches in diameter. The
spirally curled locks of hair on the head
were nine and a half inches wide and
eight hundred and thirty, in number;
each thumb measured three feet in cir
cumference. These figures will convey
some idea of the dimensions, if not the
magnificence of this almost superhuman
exhibition of Japanese art. The interior
of the statue formed a beautiful temple,
in which were gilt images of Buddliist
saints, with croziers and glories and
other appropriate objects of worship or
reverence. In front and at the foot of
the statue was an altar, on which were
incense pots and urns to receive the
votive offerings of visitors attracted
thither by sentiments of religious fervor
or curiosity. Near by was the residence
of the priestly custodians of the sacred
place. Here also were pictures of the
prophet, and refreshing potations of tea
were purebaseabje at low rates. The
scenic effects of the immediate surround
ings of the place were in keeping with
the statue. The hack ground consisted
of a mass of green and towering trees,
tlie broad way leading up was raised
at regular intervals by small steps,
and on either side, growing iu all
the luxuriance of the country, were
azaleas and flowering plants. The
magnificent statue itself out of this
scene of beauty rose in all its magnitude
and symmetry of proportions. Before it
at a short distance could be seen the
rolling indigo blue waves of the ocean.
The ancient magnificence of Kamakura
was attested by tlie numerous ruins
which strew the plains. Here are hun
dreds of temples and shrines; the Hachi-
man-giu (temple of Hachiman) a defiled
hero of the bushi(military) class; several
tori (stone portals), supposed to have been
the remains of some sacred vestibule; the
Aka-bash (Red Bridge); Niwoomou
(gate of the two Kings); a belfry (shin-
rooi in which was a large bronze bell,
made to resound on religious occasions
by striking with a piece of timber swung
on ropes. In this temple, said to have
been the oldest in the empire, was the
famous stone resorted to by the feminine
part of the Mikado’s subjects for the
property of curing barrenness. It had
from time immemorial been visited for
the purposes in view. This extraordinary
stone was a boulder about four feet in
length, railed in so as to prevent too
ardent a rush for its offices, and near by
stood an urn for the offerings of the de
vout and credulous. In the rear, reached
by a long flight of steps, was a small
temple, in which the renowned Taiko-
samo, the first of the Shiogoons, wor
shipped the divinities of his country.
The Plot and Purposes of the ln<le
pendents.
Atlanta Constitution.
In connection with the rumors of an
Independent organ which we have pre
sented and commented on elsewhere, it
is curious to note the sudden interest
which the Republican journals in all parts
of the country are manifesting in the so
called Independent movement in Georgia.
The comments of these journals are full
of significance. They are simultaneous
thev are all written with the same intent,
and their general drift is the same. Read
in the light of the extracts in regard to
the letter of a “prominent Georgia Dem
ocrat ” to the Postmaster General, they
are suggestive of something more than
appears immediately upon the surface.
To our mind, they indicate that if the
leaders of the movement in Georgia have
not been in direct communication with
the Republican leaders, there is at least a
mutual understanding between the Geor
gia Independents and certain members
of Mr. Hayes’ Cabinet, and that tlie ulti
mate result will be an attempt to es
tablish a sort of emasculated Republi
can party in Georgia, we have not the
slightest doubt. This is what the open
letter of Mr. Key meant and this is what
the confidential letter of the “prominent
Georgia Democrat” means; and the two
together place the attitude of the so-called
Independents in Georgia in their proper
light before the voters of the State. They
outline clearly and unmistakably the re
sult that is to he expected from the suc
cess of the “Independent” movement.
The Republicans are in full sympathy
with the movement because they know
that it affords them the only means of
breaking up the solid South, and they
look to Georgia because they feel reason
ably sure that suceess in this State means
success in the other Southern States. It
is the old story of the Trojan horse over
again—only, in this instance the design
ing men who are heading the movement
have hung out a placard setting forth
their plot in all its details.
The New York Times, the leading Re
publican journal of the country, and by
far the most sagacious of the organs, has
devoted a good deal of its space lately to
nursing Independentism in Georgia." A
recent issue of the Times contains a long
letter from Augusta detailing the politi
cal situation in Georgia so far as it is af
fected by the Independent movement,
and going into a history of its growth—
if it can be said to have had any growth
since the success of Dr. Felton in the
Seventh district. The Times accompa
nies the letter of its correspondent with
a lengthy editorial, which is mainly de
voted to wholesale abuse of the organized
Democracy and expressions of sympathy
for the struggling Independents. ’ The
disinterested attitude of the Times
is exceedingly touching, to say noth
ing of its suggestiveness. It shows
to what Independentism inevitably
leads, whatever may be the sins of those
who are now engaged in fostering the
movement in Georgia. We have here
tofore given the Independent leaders in
this State the benefit of a charitable in
terpretation of their motives, attributing
their attempts to disorganize the De
mocracy merely to eccentric and mis
guided ambition; hut the letter to Post
master General Key from a so-called
“prominent Georgia Democrat,” puts a
new phase upon the matter. It is the
most unlikely thing in the world that
this letter was written without the
knowledge of all who are prominently
identified with the Independent move
ment. We have been aware for some
time that the disorganizes contemplate
the establishment of an organ, but that
the project would take its present shape,
that a Republican administration would
be so confidently appealed to for patron
age and. support, we never for a moment
dreamed. -
By means of this letter the whole plot
becomes apparent at once, and we are
authoritatively given to understand what
Independentism3means and the methods
by which its leaders hope to achieve
success.
The correspondent of the New York
Times, to whose letter we have already
alluded, somewhat dolefully asserts that
but for a misunderstanding among the
Republicans of the Ninth district where
by one of their number became a candi
date, Mr. Emory Speer would have de
feated Bell for Congress at the last elec
tion. It may be stated, however, that
the Republicans do not propose to make
a sindilar mistake in the present cam
paign. They have already been in
structed by circular and otherwise that
they are expected to give their support
to the Independent candidates. This
attempt to divide the Democratic party
of Georgia and of the South is one of
the strong points of Mr. Hayes’ weak
administration. This was the excuse he
made to his party when called upon to
explain and defend his Southern policy,
and to this end he has bent every en
ergy. The solid South is dangerous to
the Republican organization, and there
fore it must be broken up. The Demo
cratic majority of eighty thousand in
Georgia is dangerous, and therefore it
Ml I* mind Hern* tlie tender
cooings of such sagacious organs sjilit
Tim, and its savage attacks upon the
Democratic organization, while engaged
in petting and caressing the Republican
foundling known as Independentism.
Hence the letter of the “prominent
Georgia Democrat,” so-called, who, less
cautious than his coadjutors, goes di
rectly to the core of the matter and
begs the patronage and support of a
Republican administration in order that
the plot against the political peace
and " safety of the State may be
made successful. It is all made very
clear now. No intelligent Democrat—
no patriotic citizen can make a mistake
in regard to this matter. The intention
of the Independents is not to be misun
derstood. The alms of Independentism
are not to be mistaken. The name is to
be used as a snare for unwary voters,
while the new party, if successful, un
der the fostering care of the Hayes ad
ministration and the efforts of a few
whose greed for office will lead them to
any point of the political compass, will
embrace, in a revised, corrected and
modified shape, the very essence of that
Republicanism that has brought ruin to
the South and all maimer of calamities
to the country.
We marvel greatly that “the promi
nent Georgia Democrat” should have
taken the trouble to implore the Repub
lican administration to patronage and
support. The tone of the leading organs
of that corrupt organization ought to
have assured him that patronage and
support would be forthcoming—forth
coming at least until Mr. Hayes and his
wonderfully constituted Cabinet per
ceive how impotent, how inoecuous,
how weak and foolishly flabby such an
organ will be when confronted by the
strong common sense and sturdy patriot
ism of the people of Georgia.
RUSSIA'S ADVANCE IN ASIA.
Between the t'anplan and the Oxai
—Capt. Butler**, ftteeent Expedi
tion.
Colonizing the Jew-s.—The Union
of American Hebrew Congregations,
lately in session in Milwaukee, had
under consideration a project of great
importance io the Jews throughout the
world, and of possible great benefit to
the United States. This is a proposition
to purchase lands in the Western and
Southern States, with a view to afford
ing a place of refuge and a means of
livelihood for the oppressed Jews of
other lands, It is proposed by this
means to encourage the immigration to
America of the Israelites of Russian
Poland, the Danubian principalities, and
other countries where they now labor
under heavy civil and political disabili
ties. The suggestion finds much favor
already, and the Reformer and Jewish
Times says that the example set hy the
Russian Mennonites might be followed
with advantage by the Russian and East
ern Jews. The plan before the Milwau
kee convention also suggests the settle
ment on these lands of the children
brought up In the Jewish orphan
asylums, who now on leaving the institu
tions too frequently serve only to swell
the" already large army of the unern-
ploved in our chief cities.—New York
World.
London Times.
Before we receive from the lips of the
gallant explorer himself the narrative of
his travels in the little known regions of
the Turcomans it may be possible to say
something in explanation of the impor
tance with which Capt. Butler's journey
must be invested. This topic hinges
upon the presence of England and Rus
sia in Asia as conquering, and, to a cer
tain extent, in consequence, as rival
powers.
The Russian acquisitions in Central
Asia have hitherto been directed to the
Jaxates in the first stage of their opera
tions, and to the Oxus in the second.
With the fall of Tashkend in 18C5 the
Russians completed the first part of their
programme. and with the annexation of
Khiva in 1873 the second. With the
consummation of these conquests, and
the subsequent absorption of Khokand.
Western Turkestan was converted into a
Russian province. But, as these acqui
sitions were valueless in the present, dis
content rather than contentment tided
the bosoms of the Russian conquerors.
Before them lay a desert tract separating
them from theHindoo Koosb, and be
yond the two hundred miles of moun
tain country lay the seductive plains of
the Punjab. But the difficulties they
had overcome, severe as they were,
were as nothing to those that appeared
ahead in the mountain passes and intri
cate valieys of inhospitable CabuL
At this moment, too, when some among
the Russians were beginning to perceive
that the conquest of Western Turkestan
was a profound mistake, our government
felt compelled to take what may be term
ed a step of remonstrance against Rus
sia approaching too closely the borders
of India. Lord Granville in 1873 entered
into negotiations with Prince Gortscha-
koff for the definition of a neutral zone,
hut these diplomatic overtures only re
sulted in our government declaring that
it would consider Afghanistan, including
Afghan Turkestan, as neutral territory.
Russia's path south of the Oxus is, there
fore, barred not only by the difficulties
of nature, but also by the declaration of
the British Government made five years
ago. In short, if Russia were to cross
the Oxus into Balklt it would be tanta
mount to a declaration of war against
England.
There remained to Russia the route, if
any such could be found, through the
region held by the Turcoman tribes. To
resume operations in this quarter was
hut the due result of the inroad made by
General Goovatchoff into the Jomult
country m 1873, and it was also in strict
accordance with treaty right, for the
Russian frontier line is drawn considera
bly to the south of their advanced pick
ets, and no British guarantee intervenes.
Bearing these facts in mind, the im
portance of Capt. Butler’s journey is self-
evident. Some months before he set out
from India a Russian expedition left tho
harbor of Krasnovodsk, under the com
mand of Gen. Lomakine, and proceeded
as far to the southeast as K’zil Arvat, a
position of considerable strength and
importance. The Akhal dan, who hold
it, in conjunction with some of the
Tekes, opposed the Russian invaders ;
but, according to the most authentic ver
sion, in vain. Gen. Lomakine retained
possession of«t for a few weeks, and his
advanced guard even got so far as Beur-
ma, on the road to Abiverd. There it
appears that the Tekes gathered in force,
and Gen. Lomakine, defeated at Beurma
and Kizil Arvat, was glad to find safety
in Krasnovodsk. The Russians still claim
Kizil Arvat, and we may expect before
long that another attempt will he made
to secure it.
There can be no doubt that these ope
rations between the Caspian and thq
Oxus have a much greater significance
for us than any Russian movements in
Western Turkestan. Moreover, up to a
certain point we can say nothing against
them. The Russians have a perfect right
to chastise the depredators beyond their
borders, and we certainly can no more
question their claims over Kizil Arvat
than we can over Samarcand, although
their occupation of the former little
known place will infinitely more closely
concern us than their possession of the
latter city docs. Were the Russians at
Kizil Arvat, in possession of a double
line of communications in Tchikischlar
and Krasnovodsk, with the Caspian and
thence with Europe, Herat would he
greatly menaced.
The blow would have been struck but
for Captain Butler, almost without at
tracting our attention, for Herat has been
considered vulnerable only from Merv or
Astrabad. Between these two places
there can now be no doubt that there lies
the best way of all, and in the future de
velopment of the question Kizil Arvat,
Abiverd, and Sarakhs will he the nations
round which discussion will wax hot.
OI the country round Sarakhs Captain
Butler will give us ample details, as may
be judged from his discovery of a gorge
practicable for artillery through the J\u-
ren Dagh. Peteraiann srals tlie ex-
Pall Mall Gazette.
Historical instances are numerous in
which State documents of great impor
tance have found their way into tlie
hands of people who had no business with
them. and sometimes the course of the
world’s affairs has been materially influ
enced by such accidents. But for a haz
ard which placed under Cromwell’s eyes
a letter in which Charles 1. stated that" he
had no intention to fulfil the promises
which he had made to secure peace, the
negotiations ltetween the King and the
Parliament might have come to an issue;
as it was Cromwell refused to treat, and
it may be said that Charles’ unlucky let
ter cost him his head. Similarly the
breach between Louis XVI. and the
French people was rendered irreparable
when a blacksmith revealed the existence
of the famous iron closet at the Tuile-
ries. which, having been broken open,
was found to contain the damaging evi
dence of the King's negotiations with the
Austrian Court in view of an invasion of
Franco.
In 1794 Tallien. having read his name
on a piece of paper which Robespierre
let fall from hjj> pocket in pulling out his
handkerchief, concluded he was marked
down for execution, and at the instiga
tion of his high-spirited wife immediately
took measures which resulted iu Robes
pierre's downfall ou the 9th Thermidor.
To come to more recent times, Louis
Napoleon's coup <f etat was within an ace
of falling, owing to the officiousness of
a lady in communicating the plans to
Prince Napoleon (the future Emperor's
cousin), who forthwith tried to put sonic
of the Republican leaders on their guard.
Victor Hugo gives an account of this
affair in his “History of a Crime,” and
he furnishes some details as to the nit
nute precautions which were taken to in
sure secrecy at the National Printing
Office, where Louis Napoleon's procla
mations were printed. The place was
guarded hy soldiers and detectives, and
not a workman was allowed to leave the
building until all the copies were struck
off aud in the hands ot the bill-stickers.
M. Hugo might have added that the
original manuscripts of these prwlama-
tions were all in the handwriting of
Count de Momy, and that no one save
that able conspirator anil his master was
permitted to see them before they were
consigned to the printer. St. Arnaud.
Maupas, Mocquard and Pet-signv had
been favored with a sight of proclama
tions worded quite, differently, and they
grumbled by and by at not having been
trusted. But De Moray trusted nobody.
In 1870, on the outbreak of the Franco-
German war, the world was startled bv
the publication in the tones of a draft
treaty drawn up by M. Benedetti, and
proposing the annexation of Belgium to
France. M. Benedetti pretended that he
had been entrapped into writing this
draft under Count Bismarck’s dictation;
hut, anyhow, its disclosure had a marked
effect in drawing away British sympa
thies from the French side, and it com
pelled the Gladstone administration to
sign a treaty binding England to protect
Belgian independence.
Three years later the fortunes of the
Monarchist factions in France were terri
lily damaged hy a confidential circular
of M. Beule, the Home Minister, which
somehow fell into the possession of M.
Gamhetta, In this document M. Beule
suggested a plan for the wholesale cor
ruption of the provincial press out of the
public moneys; and when M. Gamhetta
had read this strangely cynical paper in
the tribune, such a storm of indignation
arose, both in the Parliament and in the
country, that the Broglie Cabinet became
hopelessly discredited. Moon afterward
M. Beule was obliged to resign, and with
in a twelvemonth from his resignation
he committed suicide.
GREEK DRESS.
Ill
be mentioned.
It can be no pleasing news to English
men to knoiv that Russia possesses a third
road leading up to the gates of Herat,
and that it behooves us to follow Russian
movements not so much in the Atrek
\ alley hut in the more remote country
lying north of it. By declaring Afghan
Turkestan neutral territory we afided an
additional buttress to the defences of
Cabul. It must he the object of our
policy to discover some similar plan with
regard to the Turcomans. If Captain
Butler traveled on this occasion among
these Nomads as an Englishman, he may
have been intrusted with the confidence
of their chiefs. Bat for the exact in
formation necessary to decide what can
he done to free Herat from all risk of sur
prise, we must await the return of Cap
tain Butler either home or tft his regi
ment in India.
A Bov Pinched to Death.—Charles
C. Michael, the little boy who was so se
verely pinched by Mrs. Christine Meyer
on the 9th of last October, died yester-.
day morning at his home, 273 Aliceanna
street, from the effects of the injuries.
On the day referred to, Michael, who at
tended English Grammar School No. 3,
ou Trinity street, had a quarrel with a
son of Mrs. Meyer, and the latter becom
ing much incensed against him came to
the school during recess and gave him
what she termed “a shaking.” A tew
days afterward he became Suddenly ill,
his arm was greatly swollen, and it was
necessary to send him to the Maryland
Uni versity Hospital. He was subsequent
ly taken back home and placed under the
care o; Dr. Evans, but the parents refus
ing to have the arm amputated the swell
ing extended to the shoulder, and finally
caused his death. The prints of Airs.
Meyer’s fingers were plainly visible all
during bis sickness, on the arm. Sb,e
was arrested soon after the pinching oc
curred, hut was adjudged guilty of a
commoif assault and subjected to a small
fine.— BcMmore Gazette,
What a St. Louis Paper Says About
Whisky and Sunstroke.—The mortali
ty from the heat is, with a few excep
tions, directly traceable to intemperance
and vicioas habits of Jiving. The heat
is not injurious, and people who know
how to take care of themselves are not
tipt to suffer from its effects. Of course
there are cases of illness which are ag
gravated by the heat, and the infant
mortality is always larger when the
thermometer is up m the nineties, hut an
examination of the list of deaths shows
that at least ninety per cent of the mor
tality is the result of alcohol, while the
other ten per cent. Is due to an unfortu
nate imprudence. If we had had no drunk
ards in the city the increased mortality
would not have been noticeable, and the
lesson of the heat is a lesson against in
temperance in eating and drinking. It
has been a dreadful and an expulsive
lesson, and its warning js worth needing
by all ; hut it u disaster so clearly and
so eaoi.y preventible that it ought not to
cause any apprehension or alarm, but it
ought to make us more temperate and
more careful.—St. Louis Evening Post.
Picttirexqucnoa of tlie Oontstme*.
How picturesque, writes a contributor
to London St/ciefy. in an article on
Greece, are the (-ostumes that greet the
eye! In Athens it is daily more and
more rare to meet with anything but the
ordinary European dress; in these small
towns the inhabitants preserve their old
traditions. Let us walk into the streets
on Sunday to see the Greek dress in its
brilliancy. there is a variety and luxury
perfectly astonishing when it is consid
ered that all the riches of many lie in
what they wear. The fustanelhi, a sort
of white cotton petticoat, fastened around
the waist in a thousand folds, is the same
for the palikari and the peasant, and is
unornamented. The belt, always of silk,
is wide an 1 long, embroidered with gold.
The waistcoat is of the greatest variety
of black velvet or any colored silk with
round buttons to match, and braided
in the most fantastic patterns—as a wit
remarked: "A ball of string gone into
fits.” A very short vest sometimes
leaves the neck open, or is fastened by a
double button. This is the richest part
of the costume ; the sides and haek arc-
covered with embroidery of silk mingled
with gold and silver. In the dress of
some rich people the original stuff is en
tirely hidden, under a mass of gold braid,
such an article costing about £70, and
wide open sleeves, also embroidered,
show the silk shirt. Gaiters fall over a
patent leather hoot, meeting the silk
trousers below the knee, where they art-
fastened by silk garters, which are gen
erally a chef d'our re of exquisite work
manship. The fez is the head-gear for all
alike, only varying in the richness of the
black, bluo, or gold tassoi, sometimes
fastened by a diamond clasp. Few
women have preserved Greek attire;
they iiavc bowed down to ihe fashions of
Paris ill ni^t of the towns, l/ut at Delphi
and around Mount Pernassus some pea
Hants retain the distinctive character.
Richer even in ornament than those of
their husbands, they are a family trea
sure, transmitted from generation to
generation. The young women, with
the lopg plaits of black hair falling over
their shoulders, adorn themselves on the
days of great religious solemnity. At
the occasion of a marriage a very long
silk chemise is bound round the waist
with a belt and silver clasp; the mantle,
open in front, falls straight down, with
out sleeves, showing the neck; and a
bright colored apron descends to tht-
aukle. Buckles of precious stones or of
chased metal and other rich ornaments
fasten the chemise, while necklaces of
antique coins ornament the neck, the
brow, and the hair, fastening back an
exquisitely embroidered veil.
Yearning for Paternal Government.
New 1 ork Tribune.
The Congress of Humanity, a small
body of persons with advanced views, of
whom G. W. Madox is President and S.
Myra Hall Secretary, has addressed a
memorial to the Committee of Congress
on Education and Labor. It says that a
State must provide for all its people,
either as laborers, paupers or criminals.
Under the competitive system the coun
try has become filled with paupers, beg
gars, tramps and criminals. To provide
for these as paupers is a useless expense;
to provide for them as criminals is still
more expensive and more demoralizing.
To provide useful industries for them
will save them and add wealth to the ag
gregate.
The Congress suggests that great works
of industrial improvements, such as
canals, railroads, the improvement of
rivers, etc., be at once begun, and then
carried on in the interest of the United
States. It urges that all great lines of
railroad should be built and operated by
the government by the direct employ
ment of the workmen without the inter
vention of the contractor, and be carried
on at such charges as will cover expenses
and leave a margin of profit to cancel the
money or credit advanced for their con
struction.
It also suggests the colonizing of 100,-
000 families on the public lands bv the
United States Government, and an" issue ,
of money to put them in a self-support
ing condition, taking a lien for the re
turn of the money in a term of years.
It also suggests the issue of such money
to States, cities and towns desiriojito
employ idle persons, taking similartfens
on the results of their labor. All such
moneys should be full legal tender, pay-
no interest, as they are only an advance
of credit, and be canceled when returned.
In Des Moines, Iowa, last Thursday,-
some boys while bathing in (loon river,
Dallas county, Iowa, discovered a box
floating down the river, which they tow
ed ashore. On being opened a horrible
sight was disclosed, it being the body of
a girl of about fourteen years, ierribly
cut and mangled. There is intense ex
citement, and officers are working up th«
case.