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All letters should be Addressed, J. II. ESTILL, Savannah. (1a. J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. 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.
