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SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 81, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
OFF M tKHOUOI I.ll.
.'•KiMKMMKK, 1770.
"HAve a care!" the latiliffs cried
From their cockle shell that Isy
Off the frigate's yellow side.
Tossing on Scarborough Kay.
tVIdle the forty soil It convoyed on a bowline
stretched away.
"Take your clucks beneath your wings.
And your daws and feathers spread.
Ere the hawk ujxiti them springs:
Ere around Flainliorough head
Swoop* Paul Jones, the Yank is- falcon, with his
beak and talons red."
How we laughed' -my mate and /
On the lion Homme Kichani * deck
As we saw that convoy fly
Uk« a snow mjuail: tdi each fleck
Melted in the twilight shadows or the coast line
And M'uilliiig IMick to chore
The Ke Art*.rough l>ailiiT« sped
As the Richard, with a n«r
Of her cannon round tlie head.
Crossed her real yards and signalUd to her
consort: "Chase ahead ''
In the offing - nor a broadside flred save
When tumbling to the tan.
With his battle lanterns set.
Host- Hie burly Englishman
‘(•ainst our null as black as jet —
R.sle the yellow-sided Nerapix, and all al
All ah-ne though far at sea
Hung his consort, rounding to;
All alone though on our lee
Fought our Pallas staunch and tm
Vor the first hr.iadslde around us both n
And, like champions in n ring.
There was cleared a little »|>aoe
Scarce a cable's length to swing
Ere we grappled in embrace.
All the world shut out around us and »
fats- to face 1
■ i* hi ring, fearing
And as dumb we lay. till through
Smoke and flame and bitter cry,
Hail.-d th- her apis: "Have you
Struck rouf colors- Our reply.
— * it iM^fiin to tqpit' ' wen
mg i
> the i
Roux of Itresf old fisher lay
Idke a herring gasping here;
Wanker of Nantucket Bay.
Kk.trn from out the port, dropped sheer
Half a « abb' * length U> leeward; yet we faintly
raised a cheer
A*. » ith lus own right hand.
The foemau’M head gear and
The Hlclinnl's mliken inaxt.
And in that death look .-lingliig held us there
from first to last:
. Yet tlie fiM-man. gun on gun.
Through the Richard tore a road
With his gunners' rammers run
Through our ports of every load—
Till clear the blue beyond us through .s
Yet
itli eutrn
nljera shot
e the Spartan to
And on deck no cowar
Wailed the enemy's
rd.
clung
■i iinjwuiy to hide o
That a i
Jf the
Freedom f<
..ught t
■hards
might <1
ik shape as I
sunr-
might a ^
cheering si
t lingered just *
rnUky
Then 1 crept out in
1111 I hung above
Of the Seraph, an
And a hand grenade, j
At the lighthouse on the mil'
At the harvest moon on high:
And our pine flag fluttering still'
Then tvrned and down her yawning throat I
launched that deal's pill'
Then a Wank was all between
As the flame* Around me spun'
Hal I fir.si the m*j.'a.
Nor knew I til*
’er but half my
deal.
f An
ti New
For 1 lay among the
In the cockpit of our ioc.
With a roar atiove my heal
Till a trampling to and fro.
Amis lantern showed my mates face and
knew whit now you know '
Hrrt IJarte. in Scribner's Monthly
Georgia A Hair*.
The .Van wants the city olllciali
gusts to keep a lynx-eyed watcl
Orleans, and be very careful.
A negro woman of Augusta, named Betsy
King, died suddenly in that city Sunday
aftem.Hin of heart disease. She had fin
ished her dinner and got up to get a drink
•of water, when suddenly she gasped and
fell, and before anything could be done for
her alie was dead.
The work of rebuilding the freight depot of
the Chat lotto, Columbia and Augusta Kail
roaJ In Fenwick street, Augusta, lias been
begun. The whole building will be put in
drat class order, aud made a tine depot.
Mrs. Antoine I’oullaln, a well known Indy
of Augusta, and daughter of the late
tieorge W. Lamar of that city, died sud
denly at the residence of Col. John M<-
Kiuue in Emanuel county, Sunday after
noon.
A correspondent of the Macville South
Ueoryuii» u very complimentary It) the
Weekly News. lie says: “Truly the peo-
jof tieorgia ought to be proud of that
paper; it lot* no equal iu Georgia, aud few In
the I'uitcd States.”
At a special term of the Telfair Superior
Court, held last week, David Wells, charged
with poisoning the well of Mr. John D.
Wynn—the circumstances of which crime
we hare already detailed—was found guilty.
The evidence against him . was purely cir
cumstantial. and motions In arrest of judg
ment and for a new trial were made. They
will be beard on the Slat last. At the same
term of the court Harrison Webb, charged
with obstructing the railroad near MucvtU-
in April laat, was also found guilty; as were
Frank Webb, John and Bill Walker, charged
with stealing sheep. Wells and Harrison
Webb were sentenced, the former to seven,
and the latter to eight years In the peni
tentiary. The people of Telfair county
*eem to tie determined to mete out swift and
stern justice to their criminals.
The barbecues so common In this State
just now are not, as might naturally be In
ferred, political gatherings by any means.
They arc, iu a majority of cases, merely so
cial reunions, gotten up to bring neighbors
aud farmers together to discuss all matters
and things of general iuterest. One Is to be
held on the ?tb proximo lu Monroe county
for the benefit of a church, at which twenty
lire cents admission to the tables will be
charged.
It is reported that there is an old resident
of Baldwin county who has been married to
Id* wife for sixteen years, and doesn't know
her name **et. He couldn't tell, to save bis
Ufa, whether It was Elizabeth Frances or
Frances Elisabeth.
Cameron, the man charged with the Ea-
toaton safe burglary, who gave evidence of
his guilt by forfeiting his ball and running
away, and who haa l«?en captured and will
be brought back for trial, has adopted the
old cry so muck lu vogue among rascals in
this section of late years. He claims that
he is a much injured and terribly persecuted
Northern man.
The Timm la In good spirits over the bust
wees outlook in Thomaavllle.
The subject of organizing a Lowndes
lc some portions of Calhoun county it
has not rained for nine weeks.
A Mr. Perry, of Dublin, who died last
May, had buried in tbc ground, near hi*
place, according to the /lw, four thousand
dollars. No one knew of the whereabouts
of the treasure but bis wife and himself.
He gave this sum by will to hi* children
by bis first wife. After Ids death the mouey
■uld not be found, and now bis widow has
■en arrested charged w ith having abstract
ed it.
Thomas Williams was arrested in Macon
on Saturday for cow stealing. The crime
was committed two years and a half ago.
lie w as taken to Perry county jail to await J
trial.
The third annual convention of the Geor
gia State Horticultural Society will begin
Macon to-day, and continue two days.
Southwestern Georgia, Richmond, Bibb and
Fulton counties will be represented.
The Macon Telegraph *ays: “The wood*
across the river abov-s the cemetery were
again observed to lie on fire Saturday, al
though the fire was not as extensive as tb(
one uotieed a few days since. The burn
lug mentioned was caused by the firing of
a hornet’s nest by some negroes, who care
lessly allowed the flames to get among the
undergrowth, burning over about one hun
dred acres of land and destroying much
valuable timber. It was ou the place of
Mr. A. U. Wilburn.’'
Augusta CArunkls, 30th: “The Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company sold yester
day $35,000 of its G percent, bouds to a Con
necticut capitalist at 1*5. Outside parties
sold $5,000 of the same bonds at the same
figure, making $40,000 in all. The price
will lie advanced to '.*5 and accrued interest,
or ilB 1 j, on the 1st of Augu*
Telfair Smith (iraryian: "Cn last Sunday
the citizens of Baxley were startled by the
report of a pistol, which was quickly fol
lowed by another. John Watson and Gw.
Smith were engaged in playing a game of
cards, when a dispute arose. The latter
drawing his pistol, the former hastily re
treated and procured a pistol, with w liich
he shot Smith, who is now weltering in liis
life’s blood. His suffering is intense, and
it seems impossible for him to recover from
the wound, received with a No. 'J cartridge,
iu the lower part of the abdomen. Wstsou,
though pursued aud iired u|*on, has made
his escape, tieorge Smith, It is said, was
not by any means a peaceable, but rather a
dangerous, negro, who frequently sought
difficulties with other negroes who were
engaged with hint as a hireling on the tur
pentine farm located at this place. The
negroes are becoming very iusolent and un
controllable here. They do not hesitate to
lire tlielr postols at all hours of the uight.
This is often done to unnoy the Marshal.
We hope that Watson will lie apprehended
and justice meted out to him. Since be
ginning this article Smith lias died from the
effects of his wounds.”
vrfinrr publishes the fol-
umitted in the vicinity of
Forsyth by a youthful criminal. It says :
" < in’ last Wednesday, tilth inst., a negro boy
named Will Brantley, about twelve or four
teen years of age, was killed by another
negro named Reuben Edge, sixteen years of
age. These tw o boys hail had a dispute the
day previous about a tish hook which be
long! d in the younger boy. On Wednesday,
Will was at the spring iu a piece of wood
land belonging to Mr. Brantley, when Keub
eame up with a stick iu his hands. Tic
other boy picked up a rock aud proceeded
tow anln bis assailant. Keubeu struck him sev
eral blow s with the stick, literally beating
out his brains. After doing his bloody
work, Reuben escatied, ami lias not since
been heard from, since writing the above
Dr. Turner, who was called to see the woun
ded boy, informs us that death bad taken
place before be reached him. < inly a small
fracture wA* made in the skull, seemingly
by a knot on the end of the slick w ith which
be was si
The Mot
Vet of the drought in Baldwin
county, the oh! t 'apUal says. “Much of the
upland corn iu the county is already too se
riously injured to be revived by rain, and in
some sections a very short crop will be the
result. The cotton bolds its own, but old
farmer* say that rain now will ‘start’ it and
cause It to shed. The creeks and branches
are lining Up. Two weeks of white sun
heat has caused a very large stream, Buck
creek,to disappear, and Lattliner's mill pond,
situated thereon, is dwarfed into agnate
puddle. The Oconee is very low. Ou I'ues-
day we noticed workmen blasting the sluice
head <>f the arm that drives Trcanor’s mills,
opposite the ulty; the water was so low that
this work had become necessary.”
ThonuurlUc Tunes: “We learn that a seri
ous affray took place between Carlton Low,
a young white man, and a colored man
named I.evl Warren, while working the
Duncanville road on Tuesday. Young Low
was struck on the head witit $ heavy hoe,
crushing in the front portion of tb*i ikull.
We learn tit at several piece* of the skull
have been removed Ilia recovery is very
doubtful. We know nothing of the origin
of the difficulty. It will of course be legal
ly investigated. I p to the time of going to
press Warren had not been arrested.' 1
lllnesville Gazette: “Friday James, a col
ored youth,whom the last grand Jury of this
county thought was too fond of beef be-
I longing to others, and therefore fouud a
true bill against him for simple larceny,
took leg ball some time ago. much to the
regret of his securities, (ieo. B. Snowden
hearing of hi* whereabouts, wenf alter him. [idol
He found James near Albany, where he *as JWhe
passing under an assumed name, and bad
entrapped a blooming colored damsel into
the matrimonial noose, bhe now wears
widow’s weeds, aud ho takes Ills meals at
the public hotel In this place, kept at tl»C
expense of the county."
The Madison //<«;* Journal is very gi
lt says: “The late unprecedented
weather ha* played sad havoc with crop
prospects. Three weeks ago there never
w as a more glorious prospect; now corn is
literally burning up. Should it not rain
next week there will not be a half crop
cotton raised. Early corn has made all It can
make; later crops may possibly be benefited
by rain, but the outlook is gloomy, y
dospondeiitiy so. Should it rain soon
advise .oil' farmers to put every spare »•
they have iu turnip*, which, as food for
cow s and hogs, may enable then, to breathe.
We never felt more despondent in our lives
than now.”
A terrific bolt of lightning struck and set
fire to a building mad workshop on the
place of a Mr. Haman In Ocala last Wednes
day, and iu a few momenta everything was
consumed. Fortunately, Mr. Merrhun, the
proprietor of the shop, was at home sick, or
he would probably have been killed. His
sickness was, according to the Banner, In
every way, a Messing in disguise. In leas
than two hours after his loss became known
a subscription was taken up for him, and
he was given almost as much as he had
lost. This speaks most highly for the
charitable spirit of the cltliens of that
| town.
The .Sanford South Florid* Journal wants
a daily mail the year round. It says that
this is demanded by the importance which
that section of the State is assuming.
The Montieello Constitution says that
Conover only paid one hundred and twenty
dollars for his nomination by the Radical
Congressional Convention lately held there,
and it reasons therefrom that the price of
Republican votes has fallen. It says when
carpet-baggers ran the State Legislature the
price “ranged from a bottle of whisky to
one hundred dollars. This was considered
cheap enough, but the Montieello Conven
tion reduced the price, and Conover’s ser
vant is entitled to the credit for the same, if
any attaches thereto.”
Tampa Tribune: “The oldest daughter of
Mr. L. Masters was on Monday last severely
burnt by using kerosene oil to kindle a fire
in the stove. Her recovery is doubtful, be
ing burnt nearly all over. Her mother, Mrs.
Ma-ters, had her bands burnt very severely
iu her efforts to extinguish the flames from
around her unfortunate child. This sad af
fair should be a warning to all those who
are iu the practice of kindling Are by the
means of kerosene oil.’'
Snake editors of tieorgia ’ Look to your
laurels or a sister .Stale will snatch them
from your brows. The Fort Read Crescent
makes a desperate bid for the champion
ship by relating the following: “A tew
days ago a negro man on Mr. Cloud's place
saw a large snake lying near the home ap
parently asleep. lie sJipiied up, aud at one
blow cut the snake completely in two, when
the head crawled off unuer the house, Ieav—<
Ing the tail half lying in the yard. After
an absence of about fifteen or twenty min
utes the head crawled hack to the other
portion of the liody and died. Our in
formant vouches for the truth of this re-
markal.il' 'snake atory.’”
By way of inducement to immigration to
come to Florida, the New York South says:
“In the itemized estimates of quite a num
ber of the counties for the ensuing year, we
find provision made for an increased num
ber of schools over previous years, and in
others more liberal appropriations to those
already organized. Those counties have
fallen behind in thisrespect. The cause is to
be traced, iu almost every instance, to the
vy obligations which the boards of pub-
instructlon are already under. Alto-
icr, the prospect is most encouraging,
ul school officers are alive to the im
portance of maintaining the system, and
although fully imbued with the spirit of re
trenchment, and a determination to meet
obligations already incurred, they are un
willing to abridge the advantages to be de
rived from supporting their public school,
in other words, though they feel the burden
of taxation, they are not disposed to reduce
it at the expense of the educational iuterest
of the country. This Is as |t should be, yet
we only sec hi such action of county I .cards
the sentiment of the people reflecting upon
this subject.”
Falatka Herald: “So far as we can learn
the orange groves promise au abundant
crop. \Ve occasionally notice tlie estimate
of orange crops,but it Is a difficult matter to
get anything like a correct estimate. Diving
to the Increase of new groves, this fruit
business is increasing rapidly ever)- year,
and yet the prices seem not to diminish. It
will be a Jong time before the supply will
equal tlie demand. < if late years preference
is given to Florida oranges.’ They are con
sidered far superior to all foreign fruit, for
one reason among others, that our fruit is
not pulled uutil fully ripe, aud the care and
safety that is given to packing, insure it
against damages.”
Key West ItispatcA: “Some boys who
went bathing near the Marine Uaspital on
Saturday evening last found the body of a
colored Cuban boy some eight years of age,
entangled into the wreck of a vessel that
had been burnt there. The first discovery
made was that of a hand whose finger cuds
were but just protruding alffive the water's
edge. The boys thinking it was one of
their companions who was playing some
[.rank, tugged at the hand and made every
endeavor to pull him to the surface. Be
coming alarmed, they ran ou shore and in
formed two young men who were passing
and who immediately went to their assist
ance. So secure was the body wedged in
the wreck that it required the united efforts
of the entire party for fully an hour to ex
tricate it. It proved to be Uie remains of a
Cuban boy named Pablo, son of s
BY TELEGRAPH
NOON TELEGRAMS.
LORD HARTINGTOVS RESOLE
TION-A SPIRITLESS DEBATE.
Sharp Pergonal Discussion in the
House of Lords
REPORTED DUEL OS THE TAPIS.
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS DE-
. FEATED
THE FKA NTO*.tMERICA.Y 4
ffEKd tL TKKATY.
Cave Spring Enterprise: “Mr. Henry Bo
il a ti, of our town, uufortunately had his
wo mules killed aud his wagon’ consider-
bl> torn up last Friday evening as the train
passed here. Me aod fils little boy were in
•* c wagon, coming down the Jjill iu the road
>t far above the water uffik. Ills llith; bo\
held au umbrella, w hich prevented Mr. ti.
from seeing the train, an<l no one ou the
tram saw the wagon, till the train and wagon
both met on th-' r > *d at the head of the lane.
Just as the mules' supped on the railroad,
Mr. H. and his little l.ov jumped wqt a.-d
escaped, but the mules were both killed and
the wagnu considerably torn up. Mr. B.
ajvl bis son saved their lives by jumping out
at the tin:" they did. The railroad, for about
three milt# tn-ur the tank, Is dow n grade,
and tlie locomotive, ttlfh * full head of
steam, had Just started on tin. gtav. before
it reached the crossing of the two r6adj, i
toj of course could not he stopped sudden
ly”
Florida Affairs
A Jacksonville dispatch says a mob of
negroes tried to release a prisoner at Batton-
vllle, Alanbna county, Sunday. In the riot
two negroes mere k.’U"d and another fatally
wounded.
The Oninj/e County Reporter ti iiown on
independent movement*, and conveys a
word of Wisdom in this one little sentence :
“Were we to accept u tjtje that ’the Re
publican party in the South ti as dead (tan
Egyptian mummy,' we fail to see that this
is any reason yhv we should kill the Demo
cratic party also.” Heen* one for the /ia»
porter.
The Tampa Tribune says that the prospects
are good for a fine orange crop in that sec
tion of tbc State this season.
The Marianna (Jackson county) Courier
■ays: “From every portion of the county
come* the cry of bad roads,and those we have
had occasion to travel are In a most de
plorable condition. The roads leading Into
town and within one mile of It are impas
sable without the grittiest risk to loaded
wagons."
Messrs. Jared Fatcbin, of Crescent City,
aud Augustus Munroe, of West Putnam,
have b*cn nominated to represent Putnam
county In the next Gtner>) Assembly.
A movement is on foot in fit. Augustin"
to establish a board of trade.
The St. Augustine Pres* is getting despe
rate, and want* to know “why can't we
have a horse race, dog fight, homicide,
bloody murder, a case of jlm jams, or a
snow storm—anything to relieve the mono
tony of this dull, hot weather, and give the
reporter a chance to apread himself V
Watermelons are so plentiful in pernan
maker, who it was ascertained had
been into salt water for the first time that
day. Justice Del.ono held an inquest on
the body, and the jury rendered a verdict
in accordance with the facta.”
fianford Journal: "The voting wife of
Harry Smith, living out in the Fine Apple
Ridge neighborhood, ha* the true grit lor a
•ioneer’s wife. A few weeks ago. during
absence of her husband, she discovered
*U aUlgiitor after her chickens. She quietly
’!* her husband'* revolver aud empties six
. »ds into his ’gatorabip, making him
squirm every shot; thon brings oijt the
double-barreled shot-gun and pepjwrs him
I with that, and ends up the little tight by
chopping the last spark of life out of the
ugly **r:::int with a heavy grub hoe. The
’gator measured *4 f""t and eleven inches
long.”
The Montieello Constitution records the
following “Woodless duel:” “A couple of
colored gentlemen became Involved in a
•war of wotd*’ ou Wednesday of last week
at Simkins' livery stable, when that fun-
provoking gentleman suggested that they
retire beyond the Incorporate limits and
•light it out,’ in accordance with the code.
Tlie suggestion was promptly acquiesced in,
aud in a few minutes all preliminaries were
arranged for a terrible death struggle. The
local ton selected was the grove west of Dr.
Taylor's residence .'fessrs F. B. B. and W.
D. 8. volunteered their acrvlkcs a* jetonds-
Mr. J. F.. provided with a carpenter's saw
and rule, was selected a* the surxeou; Mr.
J. L. was to provide breech-loading rifles,
and Mr. T. B. S. was chief director. The
principals were posted, the seconds and
surgeon assumed their respective sta
tions. bO'} the rifles, loaded with blank
art ridges, ’Wert H> 4<\ v l in the hands
ninor .Hatlerw.
THK FRANCO - AMERICAN COMMERCIAL
TREATT.
Paris, July 30.—A preliminary meeting of
delegates to the congress for the considera
tion of the commeiclal treaty between France
and the United States, waa held yesterday.
The draft of a treaty was submitted, and
will be discussed at a future meeting. It is
proposed that the French Government shall
eugage to admit all American productiona
at the same rates as are imposed on produc
tions of the most favored nations, and that
the United States shall make the same en
gagement regarding the productions of
France ; that if either nation impedes
dffinestic duty upon its own production..
the same duty may be imposed upon the
productions of the other party of the treaty.
I1CLL AMD SPIRITLESS 11EBATE.
Losoon. July 30.—The debate in the
House of Commons last night is described
on all sides as dull and spiritless. It
adjourned at an early hour. Home persons
have even expresed the hope that the debate
would be concluded to-night, but It ia gen
erally expected to close ou Thursday. Du
ring the speeches of Mr. Bailie Cochrane,
Conservative, and Hon. Mr. Ashley, Liberal,
only three or four members were present,
and there seemed to be considerable Indif
ference as to the contest.
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS DEFEATED
Galveston, Tex., July 30.—The -V
Brownsville special says that on the -
inst. Jose. M. Amador, Miguel Palae
Pedro Martinez and Estimali Martinez,
revolutionary leaders, with three hundred
men, attacked the town of Real de
(,'atoroz, Mexico, and were defeated. Ami
dor, Palacios and Estimalio Martinez wet
wounded. Escobedo arrived at Monterey
on the ‘-23d. He is well treated.
HONORED.
Paris, July 30.—On account of their
ncction with the Berlin Congress, Hoben-
lohe and Von Billow have received the
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. MM.
Kadowitz Holstein and Busch received
minor grades of the order. These appoint
ments are regarded as an indication of good
feeling between France and Germany.
REPORTED DUEL ox THE TAPIS.
New York, July30.—A special from Wash
ington says: “Private letters from Moutgom
cry, Ala., state that ex-Congressman Chas.
Hays has challenged IV. tv. Screws, editor
of tlie Montgomery Advertiser, to fight
duel. Hay* seeks redress for allusive arti
cles which"appeared in Screws’paper.’
SHARP PERSONAL DISCUSSION.
London, July 30.—lu the House of Lords
last night their was a sharp personal dis
cussion between Grauville and Beaeousfield
relative to the latter’s attack on Gladstone.
Beaeousfield defended bis conduct. Salis
bury incidentally expressed the belief that
the Russians would evacuate Turkey within
the ailoted period.
MADE ASSIGNMENTS.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 30.—The Union
Irou Works Company have made an assign
ment. Liabilities $215,000 ; assets $100,000.
They employed a thousand hands.
O. A. Brook* iV Son, crockery and glass
ware dealers, have also assigued. Liabili
ties $00,000; assets $15,000.
STRIKES COLLAPSING—FIRES.
Paris, July 30.—The strikes in the north
are collapsing.
The damage by tire in the timber yard
situated in the district of the LaYiliette is
$350,000. A large caudle factor)' in St.
Denis has been burned; loss $300,000.
reform in surPT.
Alexandria, July 30.—Nubar Kasha,who
was summoned from Paris by the Khedive
to assist him in the establishment of reform
in Egypt, has accepted the post of Minis
ter with a **-"~
port/olio.
voluntary bankrupt.
Chicago, July 30.—J. H. McVlcker, for
many years proprietor of Me Vickers’ Thea
tre, has filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy. Liabilities $050,000.
brio afloat.
Washington, July 30.—The Signal Ser
vice Station at Smithvflie, N. C., reports the
Spanish brig Dos Cunados is afloat. She has
been towed to Wilmington for repairs.
PUT IN FOR SUPPLIES.
Charleston, July 30.—The steamer
Kruutera, from Wilmington for Mexico, put
in here to-d4y for supplies.
TUB BERLIN TREATY ItAflFIBli RY Tt KKRY.
London, July 30.—A special from Con-
stautinople amouuccs that tbc Sultan has
ratified the treaty cf llurlIn.
LYNCH LAW IN LOUISIANA.
Monroe, La., July 30.—A party of masks*!
men, variously estimated at from four to
five hundred, rode into Monroe at one
o'clock this morning and forcibly took from
the parish Jail four negroes, charged with
murder, and took them to the court house
square and hung them to the limbs of an
oak tree. Three of the victims were impli
cated in the killing of W. C. Fitzgerald last
May, a white constable at Trenton, who had
attempted to arrest them for disorderly con
duct. Due hail been sentenced for lire and
two others remanded fora new trial. The
fourth victim was charged with waylaying
and murdering another uegro in cold blood,
and had been sentenced by the District
Court to tbc penitentiary, but had obtained
* new trial.
WASHINGTON NEWS ITEMS.
Washington, July 30.—A dispatch to the
Post Office Department announces that in
consequence of the quarantine of Galveston
against New Orleans the mails between
those point* are interrupted.
In the Cabinet to-day a letter from the
Mexican authorities was read by Secretary
Evarts, charging that Americans had been
stealing cattle from Mexico. There was a
brief discussion but no action.
The TreaaorY to-day made another call
for five millions of 5-30s, principal and In
terest to belaid October 30th.
A national bank has been started at Dead-
wood, Dakota, with a capital of $50,000.
A heavy rain fall during the'past twenty-
four hours did considerable damage.
AN INCIDENT CONNECTED WITH GEN. PRIM'S
ASSASSINATION.
London, July 30.—The Times' Santander
correspondent relates a recent incident
hlch occurred in the court at Madrid,
here the prisoners connected with the
assassination of Gen. Prim, against whom
riminal proceedings have been draggiug
along for five years, were arraigned. Jos.
Perez stated that if be were placed where
he could be thoroughly protected against
attempts on his life, he would reveal well
authenticated, though secret facts, which
ould bring to light the real assassin of
ritn. The incident causes much excite
ment, and probably there will be an investi
gation.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVENUE TROUBLES.
Washington, July 30.—Seuator Patti
son said yesterday he believed the adminis
tration would back out of the position which
it ha* assumed with reference to the revenue
agents imprisoued in South
liua. He says the President told him
hat there would be no use in
distance If the State courts refused
give up the agents, because the army could
not be used as a posse comitatus, and * he did
not believe there could be a posse raised in
South Carolina, in opposition to the deck
ion of Its State courts. Patterson added:
"I told Haves he would yet see the necessity
for troops in the South.”
OUTRAGE BY BOBBERS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Leaves from a Private Correspondence
Lb Put, Haute Loire. France*
Dear *****: We were ten days itdfca
between New York and Havre, and for six
dreadful days 1 was seasick—oh, how sick 1
was. And during all that time 1 bad noth
ing to amuse me but my thought*. Think
of it! six days alofle with my ow n thoughts.
I never before found out what tiresome com
pany I am. I thought of everything that
happened while I was in New York, and re
enacted in my own mind scenes that had
been forgotten in the whirl of the excite
ments of the great city. And every
thought came with a faded, sickly hue. Oh.
how I blamed you and Mrs. R. for persuad
ing me to come. I could excuse her,
A LOVE TKAUEDY IN TEXAS.
A Voting Ctrl, Forced lo Marry the
Mail She ne*p|*ed, Shoot* and Mor
tally Hound. Herself.
.. . I knew she had never crossed the oce
But you ! I could not understand how you
could treat me so ; how you could persuade
me to come, knowing what 1 must suffer.
For I naturally thought you had suffered as
much as I was then suffering, and ought to
have learned by experience how dreadful
Habuishuku, Pa., July 30.—Last night
ro men entered the residence of John
Basehore, of Cumberland couuty, knocked
him down and bound him. They also tied
Mrs. Basehore aud a lady living with the
family. Basehore was compelled to point
out where his money was placed, and it
was secured by the robbers. Mr. Basehore
is uinety-three years old, and is thought
to be fatally iujured. The robbers
supposed to be members of a band ’
lately committed similar depredations in
this neighborhood.
SENTENCES AFFIRMED.
New York, July 30.—The general te
of the Supreme Court affirmed the judg
ments of the Oyer and Terminer court in tlie
matter of Robert L. Chase, the convicted
and sentenced President of the Security Life
and Annuity Insurance Company, and of
Dr. Lambert, the convicted and sentenced
’’resident of the American Popular. The
•asea probably will go to the Court of Ap
peals.
THE STRANDED STEAMER LAKE MEGANTIC
Montreal, July 30.—The steamer Lake
Megantic, from this port for Liver]>ool,
stranded on Monday at Otter river, an island
off Autieosti, and is badly damaged. She
rescued by the steamer Earl King, and
ill be taken to Glasgow. About one hun
dred head of cattle were saved.
POISONED BY MILK.
Cincinnati, July 30.—Fifteen girls em
ployed in Madame Somers’ dressmaking es
tablishment, Cleveland, were poisoned by
milk which they drank for dinner. Mary
Nevitt died in great agony. Another is iu
a precarious condition. 'An analysis ha:
been ordered.
BOLD SAFE BURGLARY.
County Fair Association is being generally | dina that they are selling at two for fire
received.
| cent*.
carmugo, I. .
of the belligerent*. Principal 1
cool and determined and evidently ihe*nt
mischief, but No. 3 w as nervous and excited.
a:.<! ” h"i> his eyes rested upon the glittering
barrel of ris gnu, lu- exclaimed: ‘Look here,
gcuttuen, dis are gun’s too bright fur me I’
aud attempted to leave the field. He was
brought back and notified that unless he
•stood up like a man’ his second would shoot
him down, w hereupon he dropped his gun,
celred E. B. B. (hissecond) around the waist
and held him between himself and his an-
' tagonist. The barrfc&ilj *-*8 sfuredUy re
moved, when the eourogeou* uegto tied from
the field likea racehorse, and thus prevented
•a murder most foul.’ Those who witnessed
t?ic burlesque on the code duello describe it
as rich beyond description, and at least one
of the princ ipals is cured of his bragging
propensities.’
Ocala (Fla.) Banner “As Dr. and Mrs.
McCall were out riding last Wednesday
aitevnvGR. tfc" horse took fright at some
object 1 soon beestuu unmanageable, lu
his efforts to stop the animal the doctor
was pulled over the dashboard, and would
K bablv have fallen under the horse's feet
it not been for the heroic exertions of
IP* Fife, who pulled him between the cross
bar aiid ti)e buggy, and be fell to the
ground, sustaining hqt flight injuries.
After the doctor's fall the &nve ».i<hWi}ued
to plunge madly forward, and Mrs. McCall
mined her'seat in the boggy until the
wheels »uil.L 3 fence with great violence,
which threw her ofi top of the fence, strange
to say, almost unhurt. The escape vvas an
exceedingly narrow one, and the parties
may veil congratulate themselves that it
was not at tend iid with »« serious con
sequences.”
We have at last run'down the little
poem on "Love and Opportunity," which
has so long evaded our pureuit. It may
be found in Thomas Love Peacocks
“Headlong Hall,” and is imitated from
MacLi4ve,’li's Capitolo delT Occasions.
The lesson in each verse !9 Goe that will
bear faithful study, as well repay the
learner:
“Oh' who art thou so swiftly flying?
Hr name is Lore, the child replied;
8wi>t«r I pass u»an south winds mithintr.
Or stream* through summer igles that glide
And who art thou, his flight punjuiog-
Ti* old neglect whom now you
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
ATTEMPTED fAPTI'RE OF A
NOTED HOON.NUlNfcH'
The .Maine Itepublican Convention.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVENUE
TROUBLES.
icident Relating to general
Print's Assassination.
LYNCH LAW IN LOUISIANA.
OUTRAGES BY ROBBERS IN PEXN-
8YLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY.
N EH ORLKANS 1’KLLOW FEY Lit
HKPOHT.
General Biewa lien*.
Bordentow n, July 30.—On Sunday night
• early Monday morning the office of the
Narrow Gauge' Railroad at South Camdeu,
N. J., was entered by three masked bur
glars, who overpowered aud gagged the
night watchman and blew open the safe,
taking the contents, $1,500.
THE MONTREAL ORANGE PROSECUTIONS.
Montreal, July 30.—The Orange prose
cutions have been adjourned to the 6th
proximo with the view of getting up a test
ease for the English I’rivy Council. This
was the arrangement between the counsel
on both sides.
REDUCTION OF WAGES.
Philadelphia, July 30.—The employes
in the Dexter and Eagle cotton mills at Man-
yank, about 000 in number, were yesterday
notified of tvyeuty per cent, reduction of
The hands being dissatisfied left the
:ir
•Oh' who art thou an fast proceeoinr.
Ne'er glancing back thine eyes of flame*
Mark'd hut by few. through earth I'm speeding.
And Opportunity's my name.
What form ia that which scowl* bes.de* H»ee»
ia the form you ~
« wlsfiseUenoime. "
SHOOTING A MOONSHINER.
Cincinnati. July 30.—A special from
gprinirfield, Mo., states that a uumberof
Deputy Marshals fiotp Missouri »nd Arkan
sas came upon Torn Msilihee, a noted
moonshiner, in Taney county, Mo., on Sat
urday, a* he was lying upon the floor of his
cabin playing wit|j fits uhild. Malllm-e ran
out of the back door, and finding two Mar
shals stationed there, flred upon them with
out effect. The fire was returned,
woundiug Mallinee in the arm. He then
ran toward a sugarcane patch. One of the
Marshals flred, dropping him, but he im
mediately arose, and, secreting himself
among t*e thick stalks, escaped. Mallinee
is the head of ths illicit dUilliug lu that
part of the county. Their operations are
so systematised as to be almost impregnable
to them. He made all persons par-
chasing whisky from biin take an
oath to stand by him to the last against the
officers. The result is every citizen within
an extended radius not only refuses to be
come a witness against hitn, but will not
afford food or accommodation to the Mar
shals,
MAINE RADICAL CONVENTION.
Portland, Me., July 30.—The Republi
can Convention was called to order by
Blaine. Lewis Barker, of BaDgor, was
chosen Chairman. The counties are repre
sented by nine hundred and three delegates.
The. Yh^utlon* invite a rigid scrutiny into
the manner ID tftdth Utah reipoftsltljities
were discharged during twenty -two years'
control of the State government; endorse
the principle of prohibition In aid of tern-
pcr#nce: call upon the nation to protect
all citizens iu ih.lr rivil, political and
public rights: declare oar currency
must be made as good as cofn. &B&
redeemable In it: arraign the Democratic
party on the ground that should it come
Into power it would pav hundreds of mil
lions of war claims to disloyal men, and say
that as the Senate will soon be Democratic,
the next House should be in Republican
control.
Governor Connor was renominated.
After several addresses the convention
adjourned
WASHINGTON WEATHER FROFHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observes,
Washington, D. C., July 30.—Indications
for Wednesday :
In the South Atlantic and East Golf
•lutes, paitiy cloudy weather and occasional
rains, wind* mostly southerly, and station
ary or higher temperature and pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic States, rainy,
followed by clearing weather,variable winds,
higher temperature and pressure.
In the West Gulf States, Tennessee and
the Ohio valley, clear or partly doudy
weather, with variable winds, mostly south
erly, and stationary or higher pressure and
temperature.
POISONED WITH OXALIC ACID.
New Orleans, July 30.—A family of four
have been poisoned by using oxalic acid by
mistake for sugar in cooking. C. A. W.
Miltback has died. It is believed the others
will recover.
Lord uaktington’* resolution,
London, July 30.—The debate in the
House of Commons on Lord Harrington's
resolution was resumed to-day by Lord
Laudou (Conservative), who defended the
government policy. •
TUB CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERALSU IP.
Toronto, July 30.—The newspapers of
the Dominion continue u, comment satisfac
torily upon the appointment of the Marquis
of Lorne to the Governor Generalship of
Canada.
WHOLESALE ARREST OF TRAMPS.
Buffalo, July 30.—The races were post
poned on account of rains.
The (toliee, within the last twelve hours,
have arrested twenty tramps, all of whom
will go to jail.
SHOT FOH A BURGLAR.
New drleans, July :«j.— J. K. Gauthier,
aged seyenteen, being mistaken for a bur
glar. Was shot and killed by Chas Hernan
dez, it) whose hi.use Gauthier was rooming.
TWENTY-rOUB NEW CASES or YELLOW FEVER.
New Orleans, July 30.—The Board of
Health reports to noon twenty-four new
cases of fever during the past twenty-four
hours, and one death.
ANOTHER KNIGHT OP TUB GARTER.
London, Julr 30.—The Duke of Cumber
land, son of the late ex-Kit*g George of
Hanover, has been gazetted a Knight of
the Uaru..
THE ECLIPSE IN HAVANA.
Havana, July 30.—Yesterday the eclipse
was visible in this latitude. The sky was
perfectly clear and complete observations
were made.
NEWS FROM THE NAUTILUS.
London, July 80.-TJ»e little craft Nauti
lus, from Boston, forty-five days out, passed
the St illy Islands yesterday. AH wtdi.
SALISBURY'S GARTER.
London, July 30. — Salisbury went to
>»borne this morning to receive from the
Queen the insiguia of the Garter.
POSTPONED.
Riverside, S. B., July 3<'.—The Ijaplou
4-tt boat mls am postponed again on ac
count of rough water.
LETTER FROM CLINCH COUNTY.
Col. John C. MrholU for Congress —
Fine Crop*-Peraonal Rencontre.
Dr Pont. Cltnch County. Ga.. July 2D.—
Editor Mormng Sites: Crops in Clinch are
better this year than for many years past.
An abundant harvest is now assured, and
our farmers and merchants, and, indeed,
eVf-ry class, are looking forwaid to increased
prosperity.
The mass of our people are aow anxi
ously looking aud hoping for the nomi
nation of Hon. John C. Nicholls for
Congressman from our district, by the
approaching Savannah convention. \Vh0e
we feel that the Congressman should
come from the wiregmss this time, yet we
believe that the nomination of Colonel
Nicholls would give allsfactiou laroughotu
the district.
In my stateroom were two other young
ladies, neither of whom could speak a word
of French; and the waiters could not speak
English, so 1 had to order and explain every
thing in my unpracticed and very seasick
French. One of my room-mates was a
blue-eyed, fair-haired girl, w hose father was
a round, rolling, funny German,
member the play of “Struck Oil.” Well,
one would suppose the author must
have been acquainted with my friend
and her father, a:id taken then
for his models, lie was a nice, good ojt
Dutchman, and when we were sick he wotMff
come in with a bottle of brandy, aud eve
time he gave Mary some he insisted that
should “try a leetle bit too—eh? ” One day
he came to the door, as usual, with the bot
tle, and he seemed to be in a very good hu
mor. He gave Mary the brandy aud tbei
laughed heartily, and said to me: “Mary’i
tnodder doles me to bring Mary init
and ven 1 am sick Mary vill vait ou ine; but
Mary get sick, and her ladder have to vait
ou her; dot vos so fonny—eh ?” and he left
us after another hearty'langh at the absur
dity of the result of his experiment.
But we could not be sick always. Afte
the sixth day I could wal
deck, or staud by the rail, and
watch the steamer’s graceful motions as she
rose and fell with the coming and going of
the never ceasing waves. Ana iu my walks
and musing* 1 made the acquaintane
bright, pretty girl, a New Yorker. And our
aequaiutaiiet- terminated so suddenly and
strangely, that I cannot help relating to you
the circumstances. Ou Wednesday after
noon she told me of an attack of naraiys
she had had two years liefore. Ana she w»
very happy and talkative, for she was no’
going to accomplish the dream of her life—
to travel iu Europe. Thursday afternoon
we were walking again, and when we stop
ped she went into the cabin. A few minutes
later 1 followed. As I entered, she looked
at me so strangely that 1 went to her and
asked if she was ill. Her lips moved and she
made sounds, but could not articulate one
word. I repeated my question, aud w hen
she found that I could not understand her
she looked at me w ith such a despairing
look and dropped her head on my breast
and cried like a baby. 1 called for Assis
tance, and she was borne away and tenderly
cared for. aud the ship’s physician used hi*
almost skill, but all in vain—she never
.‘poke again. And now tlie rolling waves
that follow one another ou and ou forever
1 forever—the w aves that she had watched
auil counted and wondered at—are singing
their ceaseless dirge over her cold remains.
I did uot mean to tell you anything so sad,
but you said I must tell you everything just
.* it happened, and these are my experi-
nces. I hope this incident wiF
affect you as it affected uie.
that night l did not sleep at all, but
laid awake, disturbed and nervous, until
daylight came to dispel the visions of the
darkness.
But in traveling, every day brings some
new- scene and new impressions. On the
w ay from Paris 1 made au amusing acquaint
ance. The day was dull and dark aud
dreary. Our party was quite large, so there
ere only two strangers in the compartment
e occupied. One was a middle aged lady
of edueatiou aud refinement, the other au
old peasant commercial woman. As soon
ve entered the carriage l as they call the
here), she told us bow it was that she
happened to be riding in that class. She and
her husband had worked very hard in their
young days, and haring been successful
in affairs, he now always made her
travel comfortably. They had plenty
as jus! as well to enjoy it. All thh
tailing to one of our party who sat
next to her. I always try to sit by the
window, and it aeeiued the old lady liked to
do the same, so she w as at one end of the
compartment, and 1 at the other. Presently
' noticed that she was in close converse
ith iuy fritfud who sat near her. 1 naturally
looked at them, and caught the old lady's
Ye. Have you ever noticed a person who
•es a child for the first time aud is imme
diately interested in It? Yes. Well then
>11 know how the old lady looked at
We were obliged to lean forward to see
each other, aud after our first bow and
smile we reclined in our seats, Rut being
ixious to observe my new acquaintance
unobserved, I leaned forward, and fouud
the old lady looking at ine with that
same patronizing air. So 1 smiled ns sweetly
a* I could retired. Still, the
leslre to see the old lady while she was
not looking at me, impelled ine to lean for
ward again, feeling sure I could accomplish
my object, without being observed. But
she was on the wateh for tne, anil appa
rently expected me: for, as soon as tny eyes
met hers (with some confession of guilt on
my part, 1 must confess,! I found her more
smiling than ever, aud ready with the cus
tomary bow. It seemed so ridiculous to see
this old lady and uie playing at bo-peep,
that I laughed outright. She joined in tin
laugh, ana then the whole company fol
lowed our example. And so we became
quite a merry party.
How pleasant ft is traveling with the
French. They are so sociable, so kind, aud
especially to strangers. They ali want ta
talk to me, and to be of some service to me,
aud not because they wish to make use of
ine, but because they evidently enjoy the
opportunity of being useful to me. They
may have been more attentive and kind to
me because I was so unwell, but they were
too polite to give that a* a reason.
And now here I am at 1« J’uy. The ex
citement of traveling being over, my
etrcugtb gave way after my arrival, and I
was compelled to succumb aipl go to bed.
But I am better now, and up again. Every
body is s<> good and so anxious to help me,
and yet so cheerful and encouraging. When
I was in bed the younger members of the
family catne to have a peep at La pauvre
pttde At 1 ter koine, and they all condoled with
we upon the effects of my fatiguing voy-
I know you will say I ought not
give way to such fancies, but you
seem to understand that in such
cases it la the readiness—the ir-
resiatable impulse—with which my mind
seize* the ludicrous. Well, I wa* going to
say that while I was lying sick and weak
aud spiritless; when I looked in my little
glass, and saw my thin and pinched and
sallow features, I could uot help thinking
that 1 looked like that poor little chic,pan-
zee, which we saw at the a^uanum, tiying
to cover hfs piteous, suffering little face,
with his little piece of blanket.
But I do really look twice as uld as 1 am,
apd I believe people take me for forty.
They call me, very respectfully “dfodtone;"
and I suppose the next thing, they will take
Mrs. G. for my daughter.
Bnt enough of this. The doctor says all
I require is good air, good food, ar.d treaty
of wine; and I shaM l ecum# a* Well ** ever
I y~s. vp course, 1 caunot tell you any
thing about France yet. When I am strong
enough i am going with Mrs. G. to the
Pryrennees; and we will visit Lourdes,
which famous place you have, no doubt,
heard of. And I will write you from there,
and try to give you a more cheerful account
of my adventures.
With love to Mrs. R. and M., and your
self. Yours sincerely. i,.
•San Kiifonio 1 Texas' Correspondence of the
Chicago Times. July !K.
About two years ago a Mexican youth
of this city became attached to a young
lady whom he had known from child
hood. and recently engaged himself to
her for marriage, against the will of her
parents. His name is Jose Madrid, and
hers Jesusita ('have/.. Jose is train mas
ter, and, shortly after theapgMgement.
departed with a’train for ajBestern post.
While absent, a rival fOtjTier hand ap
peared in the person of a well to-do coun-
t rynmn by the name of Jesus Zepeda.
The latter, having the advantage of
Jose in age and wealth, was encouraged
by the girl's parents, who protested
strongly against her marrying Jose.
Jesus went to the girl’s parents, assured
them of his lore for their daughter,
asked that she. be given him, and was
cheered by a faYorite response. The girl
declared Utat' she loved Jose and not
Jesus, and vowed that she would marry
whom she pleased. For her persistency
in her love for Jose, last Thursday she
was severely punished by her father.
Saturday evening last was appointed
as the occasion for the wedding. Jesus
made extensive preparations, and the
parents of the girl devoted considerable
money to their side of the programme.
Thursday evening, however. Jose return
ed frt>m his Western trip, and as soon
as he reached the city, Jesusita sought
sought him out and told him the whole
story of what had happened during his
absence. Seeing that he had not only a
strong competitor, but the parents of his
inamorata to coutend against Jose and
Jesusita arranged an elopement.
The girl would escape either by the
front or the rear of her home and l!nd a
hack awaiting her to convey her to the
aims of her lover, but Jesiisita's parents
suspected the arrangement and guarded
her all night, defeating the elopement
scheme. The next morning the father
»f the girl, after a caucus with the rela
tives on both sides, agreed to brin^ the
two rivals face to face with Jesusita, iu
the presence of witnesses, that she might
decide between them which she pre
ferred. The meeting occurred. Every
thing was silent, when the father arose
and informed the daughter that she could
now make her choice. At this juncture
Jesus, the eldef of the two lovers, his
eyes sparklin' with determination,
stepped forward, confronting Jose.
Looking him squarely in the face, ex
posing a bright, new revolver stowed
away in his uosoni, and then stooping
down and pulling tho right log of his
pantaloons over the top of his boot, ex
posing another revolver. Jesus said,
"Jose, I bought these pistols, one for
. hi and one for myself. I bought them
lo be used in the settlement of tb;:i tiis
pute. If Jesusita detcruiiues here to
marry you, and discards me, I shall in
sist on your meeting me as a man for her
preference. If you will not end this
matter with me, if she accepts you and
you decline to meet me, as I demand, 1
shall shoot you for being u ooward. ”
Jose made no response, and not being
armed, nor caring to fight, permitted
himself to be completely bulldozed Je
susita, fearing that Jesus would hurt Jose,
aud under the momentary fright and
consternation following Jesus’ speech,
ran to the arms of the latter and cried!
"I will take you. ” This ended tl;c mat
ter for the time being, hut the girl de
spised the aiau she had chosen. Jesus
and Jesusita were married Saturday even
ing last at the Cathadral of Sanfert\ando,
the affair proving quite interesting; but
the girl wrs unhappy, and after the mar
riage refused to recognize her husband
She spent the whole night upon her feet,
tearing herself from her husband's era
braces, and keeping distant from him.
Yesterday morning the troubled woman
■btained one of her husband's pistols.
lhl8 Stepping out in the yard she placed the
muzzle near her heart anil fired, the ball
passing through her body, leaving an
“glv wound. She now lies at the point
of death, while her husband, who sits by
her bedside, is fully penitent of his fpj^y.
A PRODIGALS DEATH
NquanderlSHK a Fortune of $3,00,000
and Dying by Poison.
PVtrm the Lea rentes,rtk Times.
_ Yesterday Henry Orecn. or the '‘Crazy
Englishman.” was found dead in a ravine
on Twentieth street. The freaks and
eccentricities of Green have formed the
basis of many a newspaper story, and
his career, or at least that portion of it
connected with the earlier period of his
residence in Leavenworth, is familiar to
every one. Possessed of a memory co
extensive in its grasp with scope of a
hundred alwtruse subjects, he fascinated
those who came near him when he chose
to exert himself in the delightful art of
pleasing; ami then, in the short space of
a few hours, transferring himself from
the polished gentleman, the traveled
scholar and the man of science
ami letters into a wild and reck
less devotee of sin, whose sole aim
seemed to be to set at defiam e the code
of morality and goodness in the mad en
deavor to satisfy au insatiate thirst, an
inordinate craving for tlie notoriety of
an altandoned debauchee. He waa a
graduato-of one of the first of England's
universities, but during his college life
ami succeeding that period he led such
a wild and reckless life that he estranged
bis family, and being too stubborn to
yield, he" departed from home, friends
and kindred and became a wanderer.
From a source which may bo accepted
reliable is gathered the information
that his property was estimated at $(,-
<*00.000, the estate originally of the fam
ily being $0,000,000, and divided equally
between three heirs, of wbt 111 he was
A sister is said to be somewhere
in Germany, and a brother, Hugh Percy
Green, in England. Not lieing able to
competently aud judiciously manage the
estate himself, it was taken out of his
hands and a certain sum allowed him
for living, about $10,000 a year.
One night while disordered faupy was
holding high revel in his brain, he hired
a hearse, a coffin and several mourning
carriages anil proceeded to have a funeral
all by himself. He placed the coffin in
side the heatse, got into tlie coftin, at
tended by a bottle of whisky, and with
the hired carriages following the solemn
procession took its course througli the
principal streets of the city.
Green was found silting upon his cof
fin in the hearse drinking ami having the
best time imaginable, and loo much
under the influence of liquor to realize
what a sacrilegious piece of mockery it
really was. Green’s one great mania w-.gs
ruling in hacks. He would hire a hark
in the city by the month, paying a fabu
lous sum for it, and would rarely ever
Ik- seen walking. He was uneasy when
seated in any description of vehicle and
there are hundreds who have doubt-
less, noticed this same peculiarity. He
was generous to a fault, never looking
twice at a bill when tendering it in pay
ment for anything, and thus it was that
he was continually imposed upon aud in
continently robbed of thousands. It
seems that he had continued his old
<b inking habits, though in a somewhat
modified form, devoting hi* time mainly
to the study of chemistry', of which he
was passionately fond. It would appear
also that tlie failure of the usual remit
tance from England, together with the
load of accumulated debt, weighed so
upon him that, in a weak and unguarded
moment, with the libers of his lieing all
but unstrung by the indueucc of deep
potations, he prepared the fatal done
which was the cause of the unveiling to
Hairy Green of tho mysteries of the
silent land.
WASHINGTON a SPLENDID ME
TROPOLIS
The Capital VV'dl Situated and a Dr*
Alrable Place to Live In.
The Hank or Franck and Cocntku-
frits.—The Bank of France has lately
resolved not to pay counterfeit bills. A
great deal of objection is made to this
measure by the French pres3, which see
in it au attack oh that confidence which
is requisite for |*apcr circulation. It is
objected that even should there be con-
liuerable losses now and then to the
bank, it at the same time lienefits by the
large number of bills which are lost or
destroyed in one way or ftnethet. and
which are never p^iii.' it is tlie business
of tlu) hank tit have iu notes so made
that counterfeiting is impossible, and
- — | only experts can tell a genuine kjR,
„nVii aften,OOD 1 “ t our usually There is already a kind oi panic among
“’“J “ f wl ”> m "=('■* tS
over a rencontre dsIswd Colonel J. L, 1 , » ..n.
Sweat, of Homeryille, and C.pUin J. V. JLl j»* e bQla, alleging that they are too
DuPont, of the tdetfenoieun. Colonel
ffllt himself aggrieved by an editorial in
Oktfenokean, and attacked Captain Du Foul
the author of the editorial iu question. A
few blows were passed, when the belligerents
were separated by gentlemen present, and
quiet once more restored. It is hoped now
S ail oar people that this will be an end
the difficulty between these gentlemen,
and that the same may net be renewed.
The Mornuio News is as popular here as
ever. Citizen.
>y to examine their geuuinercaa.
’• Injured Burglar " writes as follows
ton street, you say I overlooked a tuady _
diamonds vor,^ Uousandh, the statement
U incorrect I saw examined and left
them l hey were paste. Your account ifl
no complement to me."
Providence Journal.
If the absurd idea of removing the
national capital to St. Louis had not al
ready been exploded, it would have
melted down in the recent heated term,
during which that city has more* than
sustained its reputation as the hottest in
the country; aud not only the most tin
comfortable, but the most dangerously
atul fatally hot. The project of estab
lishing the Executive departments, and
of Congress meeting in that torrid tern
perature, would deter even the ambi
tion of statesmanship and the greed of
office seeking. The famous declaration
of Jefferson touching the office holders,
that "few die and none resign," would be
contradicted, fur many would die and
multitudes of the survivors would resign
rather than endure a summer in St. -1 ~
Louis. The contest over the original | eventually
site of the capital produced a serious Wherever fret;
crisis in the young republic, The selec
tion was. on the whole, wisely made.
The climate of Washington, although
oppressively hot in the summer months,
and although subject to malarial influ
cnees, which will gradually disappear, is
a luulthy erne. Considering the number
of people gathered there from all parts of
the country, many of them without their
families, and many of them compelled to
greatly change their order and habits of
life, and considering also the badly venti
lated halls of Congress, the sickness and
mortality are less than might be ex
peeled. The vast investments of the
government in public buildings, which
vie iu splendor with the stateliest edifices
of European capitals, would of itself be
sufficient to retain the seat of govern
ment where It was originally fixed. As
the city grows in magnitude uuti In ele
gance, the wisdom cf the fathers in its
peculiar Ipji&g out is vindicated. It
used to be laughed at as “the city of
magnificent distances;” but these dis
tances are fast filling up with superb
buildings, public and private, while the
open spaces of refreshing green, at the
angular intersections of the streets, and
the squares and circles reserved for
public use, add immensely the Iteauty
of the pity. Many of these are
adorned with statutes in bronze and
marble; and other works of art
commemorative of great events and
great men in o.ur history are pro
jected. The scientific and literary
attractions of the Congressional Library,
the Smithsonian, the Observatory, the
Coast Survey, draw and detain many
visitors, while ’ r Uc Art Gallery, founded
by the. munificence of Mr. Corcoran, con
tain* one of the finest collections in the
country. Altogether, Wwhtngtoi, in
its transition from a straggling, over
grown village (0 a splendid metropolis,
has become a desirable place to live in,
apart from its political character and the
traditions that cluster around it, and the
American people would not consent to
its removal; and if they would, they
could never a^rec upon the new location.
Even if any State would cede- exclusive
jurisdiction over q *aige city, the oppo-
nert 1 ; ti any one location would out- |
Wisdom or Party Rule.
XashviUe American.
If we are to be free in our politics
from the personal scramble*), the faction
politics which degrade republican gov
eminent in Spanish American countries,
it will be*only by holding the offices and
the government as the sacred property of
society to which individuals have r.o
right except to be commissioned by so
ciety to do its will. It will be only by
maintaining the party government which
society ordains in every free country, the
only orderly method 0/ carrying on gov
eminent. Through one or the other of
tfie orderly organized channels of every
free, wise and conservative government
the app.icant most submit his claims.
The reason why protests are so fre
quently, although fur the most part in
effectually, made against this orderly
Party government, is to l»e found in the
fact that it is opposed often to individual
interest. It is t he same reason that leads
protest against law. The individual
interest revolts against a wise restraint,
and society has to demaud that the indi
vidual shall lie ramie subservient to the
well l>emg uf society.
^r. Mexico the individual is everything,
the pqblic is nothing. Its interests are
made subordinate to the thirst of rival
aspirants, anti every conflict is a race for
individual promotion. In all free and at
the same time conservative governments,
society ordains party rule as » prevert
tive, and effectually preserves itself from
the rule of faction by prescribing the
conditions of office holding, the way to
office. If these means, like all things,
however, have their defects, and are
sometimes liable to abuse, they are the
deliberate judgment of society in its
choice of means. As compared with
personal scrambling for office, party rule
is as the order of the United States com
pared with the anarchy of Mexico.
It is for this reason that we find party
government prevail as the rule of action
in all free countries. In England as in
the United States party is the authorized
regular method. In Russia, where there
is no free thought nor free government,
and where the will of the autocrat is the
rule of action, there is no party govern
ment. In Mexico, where society has no
rights and the ambition of the individual
runs riot ami produces anarch)', in which
the longest purse and the strongest arm
fir - — ‘ , there is no party.
government and free
thought spring into being and bear fruit,
is the liberty and security of the people,
there men elevate office and government
above the individual and prescribe or
ganized party method as the way to ad
vaucement.
Blackmail in the Treasury Depart
ment.
H’lisAiitylon special to the Philadelphia Record.
A savory attempt on the part of gov
ernment clerks in the Second Comptrol
ler’s office of the Treasury, to levy black
mail on a claimant from Nebraska, leaks
out to-day. The sundry civil appropria
tion bill, as it paased Congress, contained
an appropriation to pay P. C. Birkett,
qf Omaha, the sum of $82,500, the
amount of a claim that accrued when he
was an Indian agent. Of course it
is understood that the payment of
all the sums thus specifically or
dered by Congress is mandatory,
the only step required being merely the
routine transfer to the proper account
ing officers and the interchange of
vouchers. B.’rfectt called in person far.his
money, but was put off temporarily, sub
sequently, Senator Sounder*, his friend,
called to inquire of Hhennan why there
should be any delay in the payment of
the claim, and Sherman replied that the
money could be collected at once. Tlfr
matter was then transferred to the ofthw
of the Second Auditor, and fiually got
into the Second Comptroller's office,
where i» now hangs fire. To-day Birkett
received information from two clerks
in this office to the effect that his claim
would “go right through" if he was
willing to pay two thousand dollara
to expedite it. One of them repre
sented that he was building u bouse
and must have funds. Birkett replied
that it was impossible for him to raise
any such amount except from the money
he expected from hia claim. One of his
friends advised him to compromise with
the blackmailers on $1,000, as they could
pigeon hole his claim if they were dis-
P >sed to l»e ugly for an indefinite time.
pon reflection Birkett has decided not
to pay the blood money demanded, but
, to lay the facts before Secretary 8her-
number tbe friends of a removal. Tho j tnau. He intend* to go to biiermun
capital is very well situated, and is per- when he geU back from Atlantic Citv with
fectiy safe where it is.
German Ivy.—One of the moat service
able trailers is the plant commonly called
German ivy. It is of most rapid growth, 1
With light-green leaves, studdea with
peilueid dots and never troubled by in
sects. As a screen for a window or
covering for a wall, it is mc$t valuable.
to a Saratoga newspaper : “ Mr. Editor : It is easily propagated, every joint root
In reading your account of the burglary ing if placed in the earth. T< e flowerg
at Knowe s boarding house, on Washing
ing ir placed m the earth. Tae flowers
straw-colored, tu>s often produced
In greatest profusion. The plant is a
native of the Cape of Good Hope, and
has l»een introduced many years. It is
admirably adapted for haskeU.—Boston
7r«ce«cr.
when be geu back from Atlantic City with
liis grievance, prefer charges and demand
an investigation. The names of tho
clerks be declines to give at present, but
there will probably be two vacancies for
Ohio men to fill within a few weeks.
Among the British Indian troops n.vw
uuarti^ed at Malta there are some black
Jews, mcinliers of the community of the
Binai Israel, existing on the coast of
Malabar. They claim to fie descendants
of the Jews sent by King Solomon to
India to collect ivory and precious stones.
They differ very materially from other
Jews in many of their religious ceremo
niea, and only observe the Jewish Sab
bath and the Passover.