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ESTABLISHED 1850.
Georgia Affairs.
The charitable citizens of Augusta give
entertainments in that city on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings
of this week for the benefit of the fever
sufferers. From this it appears that the
whole population have taken the good work
in hand. The city’s contribution so far
amounts to nearly $6,000.
Everybody in Georgia wants “more
money.” A very natural wish. One likely
to be gratified, too, for the cotton crop is
reported as doing very well. That’s a much
surer source of substantial wealth than the
issue of irredeemable, absolute “fiat”
money can ever be.
Says the Hinesville Gazette: “Liberty
eounty has done nothing as yet for the
benefit of the plague-etricken of the Mis
sissippi valley. We ought to do something,
if it is but little, for the desolate aud
afllicted.”
Eggs ten cents a dozen, calico five cents
a yard, in Gainesville. Whereupon the
J&ujle remarks: “A healthy hen is calculated
to lay two dresses in a season.”
The Atlanta Sunday Funnygraph calls a
theatrical agent a liar because he promised
that paper an advertisement and then did
not keep his word. It is very indignant,
and even goes so far as to class said agent
with Eli Perkins.
The Carroll County Times thinks that the
steady and solid improvement of Carrollton,
notwithstanding the stringency of the times,
is a matter of satisfaction .as well as con
gratulation to its well wishers. It says :
“Year by year the town is gradually build
ing up, and its trade extending and growing
in importance.”
The Crawfordville Democrat wants to know
why United States Marshal Fitzsimons, a
Democrat, bestows the patronage of his
office upon the Atlanta Republican, the organ
of Radicalism in Georgia. It thinks he
ought not to give aid and comfort to the
State’s political enemies in that way.
The Macon Telegraph states that “ the re
cent breaks caused by high water ou the
Macon and Brunswick road have been en
tirely repaired. The bridge over the Pin-
holloway creek has been rebuilt, and the
whole line put in better condition than be
fore. Trains passed down the road regu
larly on Sunday morning to Brunswick,
much to the joy of that place, which had
been four days without its daily mails. All
the trains are passing over the road on th.
regular schedule time.”
Three little boys of Macon, 6ons of
Captain B. D. Lumsden, propose to donate
a pig to be guessed at for the benefit of the
fever sufferers. The guesses will be for
twenty-five cents each, the one coming
nearest to the weight of the animal to win
the pig. Quite a sum is expected to be
realized by this novel entertainment.
Ex-Treasurer Spinner is in Macon on his
way to Florida.
The Augusta Chronicle of Tuesday 6ays:
“The Georgia State Lottery ceased to exist
in Augusta ou Monday. The offices were
closed, and the places which knew the turn
ing wheels of fortune will know them no
more forever.”
Gainesville Eagle: “Certain persons in
Savannah purporting to be the National
Greenback Labor party of the First Con
gressional district, have nominated Capt.
Stephen A. Corker, of Burke county, as a
caudidate for Congress, upon Tittlebat Tit
mouse’s platform of giving everybody
everything. It is pretty safe to say that
Capt. Corker will not be elected by a very
large majority.”
The Henry County Weekly says : “A most
distressing accident occurred near Wynn’s
mill last Sunday night by which two young
ladies and a young gentleman came near
losing their lives. A party of young people
in the neighborhood had started to New
Hope Church to attend the night service,
and when nearly opposite Wynn’s mill the
mule attached to the hindmost buggy (iu
which were Misses Fannie Bostwick aud
Josie McKibben and Mr. Henry Bostwick),
Became frightened and started to run.
Wild with fright and wholly unmanageable
the mule made an attempt to pass the bug
gies ahead, and in doing so collided with
the nearest, the sudden and severe shock
upsetting the buggy and throwing its
occupants violently to the ground, except
Miss McKibben, who became entan
gled in-the reins somehow and was dragged
5 distance of thirty yards over the roughest
part of the road, before she could be re
leased. When picked up, Miss Bostwick
was insensible, while Miss McKibben was
found to have sustained serious internal in
juries, from which she has been suffering
intensely ever since. Mr. Bostwick also re
ceived injuries about the bead aud face.
Drs Wynn and Peek were sent for as soon
as possible, and all that medical skill could
sut- r est was done for the relief of the suf
ferers but at last accounts Miss McKibben
■was not expected to live. Miss Bostwick is
.also in a precarious condition, but hopes are
entertained for her ultimate recovery. Mr.
JBostwick’s injuries were slight.”
We learn from the Cochran Observer of a
singular and sad occurrence in that place on
Monday morning of last wee* ; The little
Jiov Duncan, son of Mrs. George \V . Brown,
while his mother was preparing breakfast
found a bottle of bitters on the sideboard,
made of cherry tree and dogwood bark, put
an in new lieaeh brandy, and drauk about
three gills of the mixture. By the time he
drank it, his mother being notified, was by
him and he was speechless : and in a minute
;vasso perfectly paralyzed that he never
moved a muscle in his body after
ward*-. Dr. Walker saw him in less
thin ten minutes after he swallowed
the braudy, and although he and all the
physicians in tile place—to-w-it: Dr Morgan,
Dr Lamb. Dr. Jordan and Dr. 1. D.
Walker, of Longstreet—did everything that
science could suggest, he died at 7o clock
■n m A post mortem examination was
held two hours after death, when the stom
ach was found entirely empty, and very pfile
Jn appearance, which the doctors say was
evidence of final paralysis produced b>
prussic, acid contained in the brandy. The
lungs were greatly congested, and a portion
of the heart presented abnormal sy raptoms.
The bitters were prepared for a younger
brother by Dr. Carroll, and directed to be
given in teaspoonful doses. >«o blame can
attach to any one. The little boy was about
Jfour years and six months old.
The Crawfordsville Democrat tells this good
story Oh one of its fellow-citizens : In the
first day* of the season one of ouz substan
tia! citizen* who had a peachy tree up-au
■which the fruit was the first to ripen, found
that ‘diabolical depredations .were. being
committed upon it, and determined to put
a stop to such nefarious proceedings: in fact,
there was blood in his eye. So arming him
self with a fine ‘central-fire six-shoo.e»,
in proper order to do effective execution,
he seated himself at the root of his
favorite tree, with the six-shODter ready
and handy. Our citizen is activfi and
industrious, and the breezes were balmy
and gentle, aud yielding to fatigue and the
pleasant breath of the summer-night’s
breeze, his eyes grew heavy, bis head sank
upon his breast, and slumbering he soon
forgot the cares and vexations of ££.rth to
wander with Morpheus in the land of dreads.
Hours passed by, and at length the guardian
awoke to find that old Lewis had been there
and there was no longer any use in guard
ing the tree—there was not a peach left.”
Macao Telegraph and Messenger: “On
Saturday last, after the beef shooting in
the Warrior 4Wrict, a shooting affair, which
was not on the bfils, occurred m which Mr.
John 'Mitchell was shot by a Mr Rogers.
As near as we could learn,the circumstances
were these; Mr. Mitchell was somewhat
tinder the influence of liquor and aopi e
words passed between the two men,.^r e R
Rogers called Mitchell a ——■ liar- ^1*?"
sstooped to pick up a rock and was snot ny
Rogers with a pistol, the ball taking effect
in the region of his waist. He was reported
•dead yesterday, but the report was untrue.
Rogers., we learn, has but one leg.”
Florida Affairs.
The Key West Dispatch, a Radical paper,
published we believe by a colored man,
utters an honest confession, which we
trust will prove good for the soul. It quotes
a remark from the Boston Fist to the effect
that Conover says “the party” is dead in
Florida, and 6ays: “If Senator Conover
speaks of the party that he has done so
much to destroy—the Republican part}’—he
for once tells the truth. Had he, however,
used the word 'party’ in the plural, he would
have come yet nearer to the mark.”
The East Florida (Ocala) Banner says that
though the Democracy of the Second Con
gressional district are not making much
noise, they are keeping up a “powerful
thinking,” and are determined Bisbee shall
never sit in Congress a representative of
that State again.
The Ocala Banna' urges it upon the farm
ers of that vicinity to cultivate tobacco. It
thinks the crop will pay well.
According to the Key of the Gulf \ the ex
port trade of Cedar Key is improving. Dur
ing the last month the estimated value of
these expoits amounted to $161,000, while
the month of July they were only $113,600.
The citizens of Ocala and Marion county
are sanguine on the subject of the railroad
to their section, and the promise is that
they shall have it. Says the Palatka Herald:
Certainly the road will be built this
winter as far as Orange Lake in time to
take off the orange crops from that place.”
The late storm played havoc in the neigh
borhood of Palatka. Hart’s Ocklawaha
steamboat wharf was entirely submerged
and carried away, and several of his new
orange trees were washed up. Thirteen
large oaks were blown down in the Palatka
park. A number of cabins were lifted from
their foundation, and nearly every house in
town was more or less damaged. The
orange groves generally suffered very much.
The Herald says it is impossible to estimate
the loss occasioned by the gale.
The first and so far only contribution
from Lake City to the fever sufferers is a
box of cigars to be rallied.
The first annual fair of the Gadsden
County Agricultural aud Industrial Associa
tion will be open at Quincy to the public on
Wednesday, the 30th day of October, 1878,
and continue until Friday evening, Novem
ber 1st.
Pensacola chicken thieves are entitled to
a chromo for their ingenuity. A party of
them surround a house and proceed to get
up a first-class serenade. While the musi
cal portion of the gang thus entertain the
family, the rest steal around to the chicken
coop and bag their prey.
The storm of last week seems to have
inflicted great damage throughout the en
tire State of Florida. A friend writing us
from Fort Dale, Hernaudo county, on the
13th inst., gives the following gloomy ac
count of the condition of affairs: “This
county was visited by a very severe wind
and rain storm on the night of the 7th inst.
which continued until the morning of the
11th. The damage to cotton, cane and rice,
and to oranges and other fruits was large;
I have not yet learned haw large. A great
deal of fencing was blown down, and in
some cases the rails floated away in the
lakes that were near the fields. The de*-
struction of timber was very great. I do
not think that any stock was injured by
falling timber. There were no dwelling
houses blown down, nor any person injured
that I have heard of. All of the prairies are
filled up aud are now lakes. There does not
seem to be any place for cattle and horses
to feed this winter, and old settlers and
stock owners predict that there will be
much heavier losses this winter from stock
dying than last. If such proves to be the
case, some men will be nearly ruined, for
the losses were very heavy last year. Some
eay that the acorn crop was destroyed by
the storm. If this Is true hogs will die in
great numbers this winter, foi there has not
been enough corn made to more than fatten
what will actually be needed for consump
tion next year.”
A correspondent writing from Archer,
Fla., informs us of the death, from a conges
tive chill, of Mrs. Margaret L. McDowell,
wife of Mr. Jos. S. McDowell, an esteemed
citizen of that place, w’hich occurred on
Friday, the 6th inst. The deceased was in
her fifty-fifth year. She was a most estima
ble lady and was universally esteemed for her
Christian virtues. She leaves a devoted
husband and affectionate son, with a large
number of relatives and friends to mourn
her loss.
Says the Palatka Herald: “We were not
aware until recently of the extensive im
provements and settlements about Lees
burg, in Sumter county. Sumter will send
two members to the Legislature this fall.
The prospects of that county are very prom
ising. It is not only a good ‘farming county,
but one of the best fruitgrowing sections in
the St te. Pineapples grow to perfection up
there and sell readily at good prices. Capt.
Haynes is very successful in the cultivation
of this fruit, and in fact, all the tropical and
semi-tropical productions. Others that we
could mention are equally successful.”
Lake City Reporter: “We regret to chroni
cle the sad death of Mrs. Chambliss, wife
of Mr. W. O. Chambliss, who resides about
six miles southwest of town. On Sunday
last about noon Mrs. Chambliss, with her
four children and a Miss Laton, were return
ing home from Welborn, when the wind
blew a large pine upon the buggy in which
the six persons were riding. Mrs. C. was
instantly killed, the eldest child, a girl about
ten years of age, was severely injured, and
Miss Laton had her collar bone broken and
received small flesh wounds. One child es
caped uninjured, notwithstanding the fact
that the buggy, except oue wheel, was de
molished. The accident occurred within
sight of their house. Dr. Hunter, who is
tending the wounded, feels confident that
the little girl will recover. She is the most
seriously hurt. He took several pieces of
pine bark from her wounds, and one piece
of a knot which had penetrated near the
spine. Later.—At dark last evening we
were informed that little Aunie could not
live through the night.”
The Gainesville Times is indignant over a
late disgraceful exhibition of rowdyism in
the streets of that city, and calls for the
prompt prosecution of the offenders. It
says i “ A crowd of djunfcen colored men
were on the streets jn front of Col. Scott’s
store, cursing and carousing, and blocked
up the sidewalk so that several ladies were
forced to walk around them in order to pass,
and suffered the mortification of listening
to their profanity. Such conduct should
not be permitted by the police, which, if
not sufficiently strong to protect the citizens
of the town, especially ladies, ought to be
increased.
Says the Sumter Advance: “Hundreds
come here with the visionary notion that
they can plant orange trees and in three or
fou* years sit down in quiet independence
and live with but little labor. This is a mis
take. 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread.’ This applies with as much force
to fruit growers and farmers as it did to
Adam when he was turned out of paradise.
The man that succeeds here in fruit growing
or anything else must work to advantage.
TEe Pensacola Advance mentions the fol
lowing display of rare heroism by a little
girl there. It says, “Thursday a little
child of Mr. Jasper Rand,' aged about a year
aud a half, fell from the back porch of her
father’s house into the bay, where it speedi
ly would have been drowned had it not been
for the courage of a fourteen-year-old sister,
who. seeing the fall, instantly jumped after
and succeeded in saving the child, r ortu-
nately, the tide was remarkably low, only
reaebipg to the older child’s chin, else the
little ‘tumblgr’ aud sister would both have
been drowne<l.* ;
Pensacola Gazette: “ Tuesday IJenry Hen
derson, a negro prisoner who had served his
time, was turned out of jail by Sheriff
Hutchinson. Cast upon the world without
a boarding Jipuse, Henderson immediately
cast about him to ma£e a living, and had
breathed the free air of liberty but a few
hours when he slipped into the store of y.
Rehfeldt, on Government street, aud slipped
out with five pair of pants, getting away
successfully. Wednesday the unlucky ras
cal was stupid enough to visit the neigh
borhood where he did the stealing, and was
recognized by Mr. R., who went for him with
the rallying cry of stop thief. Many joined
taking
him in charge and putting him in the lock
up. Yesterday morning he was turned o,*i
to Sheriff Hutchinson, and renewed his resi
dence in his old boarding house.”
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
THE STRICKEN CITIES.
Reports from New Orleans. Memphis.
Holly Spring’s and Grenada.
AID FROM FRANCE FOR THE
SUFFERERS,
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
BUTLER MEN RAISING A ROW.
A Dam Bursts and Submerges a
Town in New Jersey.
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC CONVEN
TION.
Worcester, Mass., September 17.—There
is a very large gathering of delegates to the
Democratic Convention. Butler’s friends
are present in large numbers, but are meet
ing with the most determined opposition,
aud show signs of weakening. If the Butler
ranks can be broken, Chas. Theo. Russell
will be nominated. The State Central Com
mittee deciding the contested case agaiDst
the Butler men, at 8 o’clock the Butler men,
having possession, placed L. Powers, of
Springfield, in the chair, and proceeded to
business. After a long wrangle, Mayor
Platt took the platform and said all per
sons in the hall might remain, but no others
wculd be admitted. A resolution thanking
the Mayor for his decided stand was unani
mously passed amid great applause. A re
cess for fifteen minutes was then taken.
At ten minutes past eleven o’clock, David
Powers took the floor and requested the
delegates to nominate a Chairman.
Mr. McDavitt, Butler’s Secretary, moved
that a committee be nominated to see that
only delegates bearing credentials be admit
ted to the hall. The motion was carried
and the committee was elected aud retired.
Before it returned, a rush was made for the
hall and an outsider forced the door. He
was closely followed by the mob, but the
doors were closed by the police. At this
juncture Major McCafferty entered the hall
and was received with cheers.
the stricken cities.
Holly Springs, September 17.—There are
more cheerful reports as to the number of
convalescents. P. R. Dunn, Miss Lewis
Thompson, Laura Deininy (nurse from New
Orleans), are dead. John Barton and J. W.
Athey are improving. Mrs. Warcrumphas
passed the crisis.
Grenada, September 17.—Four new cases
ami six deaths were reported yesterday.
Memphis, September 17.—Dr. Saunders
is improving. Dr. Jno. Erskine, Health
Officer, is expected to die. Robt. Hammond,
of the State Bank, is in a critical condition.
The fever is spreading in the suburbs sur
rounding the country. II. II. Hargrove has
recovered. Dr. Bankson, of Stevenson,
Alabama, is dead. Drs. Hicks and Green
are in a critical condition.
New Orleans, September 17.—John K.
Irwin, formerly of the Memphis press, is
dead. The Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion reported seventy-nine new cases yester
day and the Howards three hundred and
fifty-eight. Charles McCoy was married on
Thursday, taken sick Friday, died Sunday,
and was buried Monday. The fever has
again appeared at Bayou des Allemondes.
A BURSTED DAM—TOWN SUBMERGED.
May’s Landing, N. J., September 17.—A
special says the dam above Wood’s cotton
mills, on Egg Harbor river, burst last night.
Hundreds of persons narrowly escaped
death. The town was soon submerged.
Bridges, lumber, coal, and all movable
things were borne away by the
flood. Villagers were aroused by the
clashing in of the windows, doors and a
current of muddy water carrying sticks,
coal and stones through the houses. Several
persons are reported lost.
FENIAN CONVICTS DISCHARGED.
Portland, Eng., September 17.—Condon
aud Melady were discharged from Portland
prison this morning and ieft for Southamp
ton in charge of the deputy governor of the
prison and two wardens, who will attend
them until they embark on the Mosel, which
sails to-day for New York.
AID FROM FRANCE FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Paris, September 17.—Hon. William M.
Evarts has telegraphed Minister Noyes
thanks to himself aud subscribers for six
thousand dollars, the first installment of the
French contributions for the relief of yel
low fever sufferers in the United States, re
mitted yesterday.
EPIDEMIC ALMOST CEASED.
■‘London, September 17.—The yellow fever
has almost ceased in Senegal and Goree.
where it has been epidemic since July. One
hundred and fifty deaths occurred tn Senegal,
including six physicians and six nuns.
FIRE.
Boston, September 17.—A fire broke out
in the Merchants Bank building, corner
State, Devonshire and Exchange streets, this
morning. Loss $30,000.
EVENING TELEGRAM
DETAILS OF THE FROCEEDINGS
OF THE BUTLER CONVENTION
DISGRACEFUL C ONDUCT BY THE
-HOB.
The Massachusetts Democratic Con
vention Called for Sept. 25th.
THE YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATIC NOMI
NATIONS.
Ittinor Telegrams.
ADDITIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BUTLER
CONVENTION.
Worcester, September 17.—Hon. Edward
Avery stepped upon the platform and said :
“Bv request of the Democratic State Com
mittee, I am here to announce 7 ’—[Cat calls
and hisses followed each other in rapid suc
cession]. .
Avery maintained his position. A dele
gate moved that he be requested to leave
the platform.
The Chairman decided that Avery must
leave the platform, which he refused to do.
Major McCafferty said Avery was ambiti
ous for the honors of a martyr. lie wanted
to go out to the Blue Bloods and inform
them that he had served them. He wanted
to go out and inform the men who called
the members of the convention Communists
that he had performed that duty.
I am authorized, said Mr. Avery, again
commencing to speak. [Cat calls and
hisses again interrupted the speaker, who
was obliged to cease speaking.]
McCafferty again tri$d to speak, urging
the convention to hear what Avery had to
The excitement beggared description, the
delegates brandishing canes, hats, etc.
Finally Avery got the platform, and de
clared the convention adjourned until
Wednesday, September *25. He then left
the hall.
Further proceedings resulted in the elec
tion of Major McCafferty, of Worcester, as
temporary Chairman, followed by making
Richard S. Spofford, of Newburyport, per
manent President.
Ou taking the chair, Spofford made a
speech referring to the wants of the labor
ing classes and denouncing the bondholders.
During the proceedings previous to the
election of permanent Chairman, Dr. Kritz,
of Boston, declared the action of the Demo
cratic Committee an usurpation of extra
ordinary authority, and deserving of the
censure of the Democratic party of Massa
chusetts.
The convention was further organized by
the choice of Dr. A. K. Rice,Matthew Foley
and P. Mehan as Secretaries.
John L. Rice, of Springfield, said he
proposed to nominate a man who believed
in the good old Democratic principle and
would right the old commonwealth. He
therefore nominated for Governor General
Benjamin F. Butler. [Cheers and great
excitement, the delegates all rising and
cheering.] , , .. .
Mr. Cook, of Boston, seconded the nomi
nation. .. ,
The Chairman stated the motion, when
Jno. C. Galvan, of Stoughton, took the
floor and protested against the name of
Benj. F. Butler, and asked how in the name
of God a Democrat could consistently nomi
nate G[eh. Butler as a Democratic nominee
for Governor, For fifteen years Butler ha?
opposed every Democratic principle. By
his own declarations he is not a Democrat,
and vou cannot consistently nominate him.
The speech was received with hisses and
cries to put the speaker out. At the con
clusion of the speech three groans for the
speaker and three cheers for Butler were
^The Committee on Resolutions was then
appointed. . . , .
On motion a committee wa» appointed to
report candidates for the remaining officials
on the State ticket.
A recess was then taken.
When the State Central Committee fully
realized that the Butler faction had control
of Mechanics Hall, they appointed Messrs.
Geo. W. Gill, Geo. F. Avery and Everett Sal-
tonstall a committee to see what could be
done toward procuring a hall. They waited
on Mayor Pratt at about ten o’clock this
morning and informed him of the state of
affairs.
After the Mayor went to the hall he wrote
the following :
Worcester, September 17.—To Geo.
W. GUI and others, Committee, etc.: Gentle
men—Mechanics Hall was taken possession
of this morning between four and six
o’clock by some disorderly persons who
broke down the entrances thereto and at
10:45 o’clock are now in possession of said
hall. I demanded that said persons leave 6aid
hall at the request of the State Central
Committee, which they refused to do and
I am of the opinion that said hall cannot be
cleared without by violence and perhaps
bloodsned. Respectfully yours,
[Signed] Chas. B. Pratt, Mayor.
On receipt of the above, the State Central
Committee unanimously voted to adjourn
the convention till Wednesday of next week
to Faneuil Hall in Boston. This action was
rendered necessary from the fact that But
ler’s friends have secured all the available
balls in Worcester. The leaders also take
the ground that after the fnob’s proceedings
which have taken place here to-day, they
can go before the people and lead a move
ment that will crush Butler. Leading men,
such as Judge Abbott, Charles P. Thompson,
F. W. Bird, General Whitney and William
Aspinwall, have shown great moderation in
their action to-day, and their advice was to
their friends to use every effort to prevent
any breach of the peace. It is due to these
leaders that no serious trouble occurred, as
there were a large number of men who were
so indignant that they volunteered to take
possession of Mechanics Ilkll and clear But
ler’s forces out.
Later.—The convention have unanim
ously nominated Butler for Governor.
TIIE SEIZURE OF MECHANICS HALL.
Worcester, September 17.—The facts
are as follows relative to the seizure of
Mechanics Hall by the Butlerites :
At about 5 o’clock this morning some one
hundred aud fifty Butler delegates, headed
by Dr. McSheehy, of Boston, Mr. Power, of
Springfield, Mr. Tower, of Randolph, ami
others entered Mechanics Hall and proceed
ed to elect P. J. Hughes, of Boston, Chair
man, aud declaring their intention to re
main until the convention was fully
organized. At 5:05 o’clock a m.
Dr. Mc8heehy sprang to the platform
and nominated Butler for Governor.
Speeches followed, every delegate declaring
he would stay there till forcibly thrown out.
By 8 o’clock the regulars had all waked
up to the situation, and at 8:30 a. m. the
Mayor of Worcester arrived with a posse of
fifty officers. lie appealed to them to dis
perse, and told them if they would go out
he would protect them in all their rights.
A delegate asked what he meant by pro
tecting them in their rights ? The Mayor
intimated that the police of the city should
not be used to clear the hall.
When the convention was regularly as
sembled, J. J. McDavitt, Butler’s lieutenant,
appeared on the scene and asked the Mayor
if it was true that he had posted blue coat
ed policemen in the corridors and locked
doors to prevent ingress and egress.
The Mayor said no. Any one can go out
who choose.
Cau they come in again? asked McDa
vitt.
No, sir, replied the Mayor.
Then, said McDavitt, we refuse to leave,
and this declaration was answered with a
passionate peal of applause.
Dennis Kearney, the sand-lot orator, has
arrived in town, aud it is understood he
will speak on the common to-night. Iu
anticipation of the event, a large posse of
police will be in attendance.
At the afternoon session, after the
choice of delegates for members of
the State Central Committee had been
announced, Major McCafferty was called
upon. He said the ward from
which he had been selected instructed
him to vote for Butler and he had obeyed
instructions, recognizing the right of the
people to instruct him so to act. The men
who instructed him recognized the signs of
the times. They had seen a star iu the
East, and had made up their minds to be up
aud doing in the great cause of reform.
The committee appointed to nominate
the remainder of the State ticket reported
as follows: For Lieutenant Governor,
John F. Arnold, of North Adams; for Secre
tary of State, Chas. M. Strauss, of Iling-
ham; for Attorney General, Caleb Cushing,
of Newburyport; for Auditor, J. Boyle
O’Reilly, of Boston; for Treasurer, D. N.
Skilliugs, of Winchester.
The nominations were unanimously en
dorsed by the convention.
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
New' Haven, Conn., September 17.—The
Democratic State Convention met in Music
Hall this forenoon. Every town in the
State was represented. Francis A. Marden,
of Stanford, was chosen temporary Chair
man, who said the financial question
was the important one before the
country, and the people were expecting
such a platform from this convention as
would undo the financial legislation of the
last sixteen years. Various committees
were appointed. Francis A. Marden was
chosen permanent President, with a Vice
President from each Senatorial district and
a Secretary from each county. The Com
mittee on Resolutions are in favor of soft
money. Senator Eaton and A. E. Burr are
not in the convention, and it is reported
that they left town iu disgust when they
ascertained the complexion of the Commit
tee on Resolutions.
The old State ticket, Erhart D. Hubbard,
of Hartford, for Governor; Francis B. Loom
is, of New Loudon, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor; Dwight Morris, of Bridgeport, for
Secretary of State: Edwin A. Buck, of Ash
ford, Treasurer, and Charles C. Hubbard, of
Middletown, for Comptroller, were nomi
nated by acclamation. The declination of
Francis B. Loomis for Lieutenant Governor
was read aud the decliuation accepted, and
Charles Durand, of Derby, was nominated
for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation*
Durand has accepted the nomination.
Tbe resolutions reaffirm the principles of
the party and condemn the frauds by which
the people were cheated of their choice in
the Presidential election ; consider the re
sumption act in its inception as unwise, and
rely upon their representatives in Congress to
act upon this question by those principles
which underlie the best interests of the
peopit*.
THE BUTLER MOB DENOUNCED BY THE
DEMOCRACY.
Worcester, September 17.—At the Bay
State House, lion. F. W. Bird, of Wal
pole, has just addressed the crowd, and an
nounced that, inasmuch as a mob had
taken possession of Mechanics Hall, and
Worcester’s Mayor had no authority to re
lieve it, saying that a forcible attempt
might result in riot and bloodshed. The
speaker gave the decision of the State Com
mittee that the Democratic State Conven
tion be held in Faneuil Hall, in
Boston, on Wednesday next, September
25, where an ample police force
would be on hand to protect the conven
tion’s rights. He said the crowd in Me
chanics Hall would rue the day they took
forcible possession of the place.
This announcement was received with
deafening cheers, and cries were made for
P. A. Collins, John E. Fitzgerald and Judge
Abbott, neither of whom responded. The
crowd then dispersed, aud at about 11:40 all
the accredited delegates were admitted to
Mechanicville.
THE YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
New Orleans, September 17.—To-day’s
reports show' sixty-two deaths and two hun
dred and twenty-three new cases, of which
one hundred and twenty-one occurred prior
to the 14th instant.
Canton, September 17.—In the last twen
ty-four hours twenty new cases and twelve
deaths are reported^ Six or eight are re-
ported dying. Dr. A. F. Cage, one of our
best citizens and bravest w orkers, is dying.
The fever is worse than it has been at any
time yet. r
Morgan City, La., September 1<.—The
fever is increasing. There were three deaths
yesterday. . .
* Memphis,September 17.—Forty-six deaths
are reported up to noon, making one hun
dred and one since yesterday. Dr. John
Erskine, Health Office*, died this morning.
Also Father Riordan, Phil H. Lunn. W. B.
May and B. T. Plummer. J. W. Heath is
dying. W. B. Shepherd is also in a critical
condition. His wife is dead. Mrs. J. M.
Clarke, a volunteer nurse from Omaha, died
this morning. The weather is warm.
GRAND LODGE I. O. O. F.
Baltimore, September 17.—The Grand
Lodge I. O. O. F. elected as officers for the
next two years: Grand Sire, John B. Harri
son, of California : Deputy Grand Sire, Lu-
ther J. Glenn, of Georgia. The following
were re-elected : James L. Ridgely, of Mary
land, Grand Secretary ; Joshua \ ansant, of
Maryland, Grand Treasurer.
The Grand Lodge adopted an amendment
Changing the title of the Supreme body
from the Grand Lodge of the United States
to that of Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. The matter relative
to the establishment of a Consumptive Odd
Fellows’ Home in the South was postponed
to next year.
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION^
Woodbury, N. J., September 17.—The
Republicans of the First district have nomi
nated George M. Robeson for Congress.
SPEECH OF HON. B. H HILL
At the Democratic* Ratification Meet
ing in Atlanta.
The Unity of the Democratic Party
the Hope of the Country.
On Saturday evening a large concourse of
citizens of Atlanta assembled in the rotunda
of the Kimball House to congratulate Hon.
N. J. Hammond upon his unanimous nomi
nation as the candidate of the Democracy
of the Fifth Congressional district. Mr.
Hammond acknowledged the honor con
ferred upon him in a brief and appropriate
speech, in which he heartily indorsed the
platform of principles adopted by the
Barnesville Convention, and pledged himself,
in the event that his nomination was ratified
by the votes of the people of the district, to
devote his time and energy to the interests
of his constituency and the country.
Mr. Hammond was followed by Governor
Colquitt, w’ho, in an eloquent speech, ex
horted the Democracy to unity and har
mony, reminding liis hearers that “what
vri0 woo by union of action may be lost by
dissension,” and expressing the hope “that
the patriotic example of cordial harmony
displayed in our own central district will
aw aken a hearty response not only in the
rest of our beloved State but throughout
the whole broad Union.”
The next speaker w'as the Hon. B. H.
Hill, from whose timely and impressive
speech we make the following extracts,
heartily commending his unanswerable ar
guments and patriotic sentiments to the
thoughtful consideration of ever}- true
Democrat. After a complimentary allusion
to the Barnsville Convention, to the candi
dates before it, and the nominee of its
choice, Mr. Hill said :
Now, fellow-citizens, you will pardon me
if I digress from the ordinary course of con
gratulatory speeches on such occasions as
this, and say something more directly poli
tical in its character. We are living in a
very impoi taut period in our history; and
what I say to you I hope you will please re
member, for you will see it transpire. This
is au important period for several grave rea
sons.
First, I wish to say to this audience that
the Republican party is dying. He is blind
who cannot see it.
If we arise, it will soon pass aw'ay; and
the places which have known it so lon^ will
know' it no more forever. [Applause.] There
are philosophical reasons for the death of
the Republican party, which it cannot avoid
and which it cannot escape. Iu the first
place, the Republican party was always a
sectional party. It was formed in sectional
issues, and had professedly a sectional or
ganization. In the second place, it was al
ways an unconstitutional party. It had its
organization iu an avowed attempt to change
the Constitution of the country by force—
and it did it. In the third place, it is a party
which has been mainly devoted to the im
provement of classes. It is a sectional party
—a party unconstitutional in its principles,
and class in the character of its legislation.
It cannot live long in America. It would be
a reflection on the virtue aud patriotism of
the people to believe otherwise. The Re
publican party has accomplished all the pur
poses of its existence; and it would be as
foolish to suppose that a dead man could be
brought back to life as that the Republican
party could be restored to power when it
has accomplished the purposes of its ex
istence.
1 said to a distinguished Republican two
years ago, “ There will never be a Republi
can House of Representatives again in this
couutry.” Some say we will not have the
next House of Representatives. I tell you,
my friends, we will have one by fifty ma
jority ; and the time never will come w’hen
the Republican party will have a majority.
[Applause.]
I said to him, “In the course of time
we will have a Democratic Senate.” He
was startled. But it is so. The character
of the next Senate is fixed, and it will be
not less than six nor higher than ten Demo
cratic majority. [Applause.]
After the year 1880, there will never be
another Republican President of America.
Thank God for that. [Applause.] They
have a Republican President from 1876 to
1880 created by fraud, and w’e have submit
ted rather than break the peace of the
country. Then natqrally, philosophically,
the Republican party must die.
What party must take its place V
What party will be in power after the Re
publican party has passed away ? The in
dications are just as clear what the party is
as that the Republican party must pass
away. The party destined to control and
regenerate the interests of this country for
a generation to come is the Democratic
party. [Applause.] In the first place, the
Democratic party is a national party. In
the second place, the Democratic party is a
constitutional party. It intends to admin
ister the government according to the prin
ciples of the Constitution. You have heard
a great many definitions of Democracy. I
w'ill tell you the best definition. We have
the general government for general pur
poses, tbe local government for local pur
poses; we have the general government
from the Constitution, the local government
by inherent authority aud reserved powers,
which remain, and are not delegated. The
Democratic party is a party that keeps and
respects the rights of the Federal govern
ment and the State government within
their proper bounds, and administers
the State and general goyornuieni, not
for tne interest ’ of any section or class
of people. You cannot kill the Demo
cratic party, because it is the outgrowth
aud representative of our Constitution. You
cannot kill the Democratic party until you
kill tfieConstitution out of which it derives its
strength and existence. I 6av this, being
an old Whig—and to this I want to call your
attention a moment. Before the war there
w'as no difference between the Whig and
the Democratic party as to the character of
the government as it now exists. We
differed as to such measures of nullification
and secession. The Whig party has passed
away, and the Democratic party absorbs the
intelligence and patriotism which once ex
isted in the Whig party with perfect con
sistency, and e very man in our country who
is ip favor of the Constitution is, by the very
force of circumstances, a Democrat.
These two facts being established, it being
established that the Republican party is
going out of power, and the Democratic
party coming into power, what is our duty ?
It is plain. And it is for the purpose of en
forcing the remarks I am going to make to
you that I make this argument.
Fellow-citizens, you need not doubt it,
you need not question \i. The Democratic
party is going to control this government
for a generation. There is no party which
can control it; no nation on earth can con
trol it.
X begin to think that the Democratic party
can never be killed. [Applause.] Seces
sion did not kill it, the war has not killed
it, fraud has uot killed it, it has not killed
itself, and it will not die. [Applause.]
Here is the point to w'hich 4 want to di
rect the attention of my friends. It is
natural that after this sectional Republican
party has been in power eighteen years it
should have passed a great many things
that bear heavily on the prosperity of this
country. You hear of disaster, sorrow, de
rangement, confusion financially and other
wise, all over the country. That is true.
They are all results of Republican rule.
They are deep, wide-spread, terrible as I
consider it. A sectional, unconstitutional
class legislating party can not dominate
over this country eighteen years without
producing misery to the people, and the Re
publican party has produced these results.
We are all anxious to remedy these re
sults. We want to restore prosperity to the
country. But it is natural in seeking a
remedy for these great ovils that we among
ourselves should differ. Independent,
honest, thinking men on such questions as
this will differ. Take this financial ques
tion. The Republican party deranged it and
the trouble which sprung out of the war has
kept it deranged. When we come to remedy
this, one Democrat thinks that one rqeaps is
better than another. What do we differ
about ? Not in the belief that the evil
exists; not in the belief that the country is
suffering; not in the belief that a remedy is
necessary. All that we differ about is what
is the remedy. That being the case, what I
wish to say to you is this. The only power
in this country that can give efficiency to
any'of these remedies is me Democratic
party. You cannot expect it to come from
the Republican party, because it produced
the mischief. You cannot expect it to come
from third party, because to have any
strength it must be composed mainly of the
Republican party, and w'hat the Republican
party cannot cure in its own name, it cannot
cure under any other, and no party can give
relief to the country but the Democratic
party, f Ajiplause. i And here is my propo
sition; If you and I differ as to the remedy
for these evils let us agree in this, that we
will stick to the party. You cannot carry
out any remedy otherwise; you cannot hope
to accomplish it otherwise. If you do not
propose to do so by the Democratic party
how- will you do ? You must do it by some
other party. What other party must you
rely on ? As I said, you must go to the
dying Republican party or organize a new
party, to be composed largely of the Re
publican party and its controlling element
to be of that party.
Fellow' citizens, have you honest views ?
I have my views. I do not doubt what will
be the remedy for these evils. You and I
may differ. Then let us make the Demo
cratic party the arbiter between you and me;
aud let us both go to that arbiter. I say to
you that while 1 have my judgment as to
this remedy, if the Democratic party differs
with me on that subject I am going to
agree with the Democratic party. [Ap
plause.]
Now, my friends, you who differ with me,
who are you going to differ with ? Are you
going to differ with the party ? If you do
you will be as wise as a preacher who read a
text different from some previous comments
he had made, and said : “ I beg leave to dif
fer with the Lord.” [Laughter.] He neither
injured the Lord nor established the correct
ness of his position. I assure you that you
cannot correct the evils otherwise. What
ever mav be your views as to the remedy to
correct the evils of the Republican party, I
beseech you to-night to seek the accomplish
ment of your remedy in that party which is
tbe constitutional party, the national party,
the party which includes the intelligence
and patriotism of the country from one end
to the other.
It is going to call into action the organ
ized efforts of this country. If you refuse
to act with the Democratic party you fight
it, and if you put yourself against it you
weaken the party to that extent. If you ask
me what remedy that party is going to
adopt, I tell you I don’t know.
I could tell you what I think probable as
an individual, but the party has not gained
possession of the government, and you can
not tell what the party is going to do until it
gets possession of the government. I be
seech you, fellowr-citizens, to battle for your
rights within the ranks of the Democratic
party ; and when the Democratic party shall
come into power and determine, after calcu
lation, what is the best remedy for all these
evils, let us go with it aud accomplish that
remedy.
No man ever accomplished any good who
fought everybody that did not agree with
him. He is a schismatic.
But I will tell you some features of the
remedy which will be applied. In the first
place, the remedy which the Democratic
party will apply will be a constitutional
remedy. It will be within the powers
granted to Congress by the Constitution.
Do you agree with that ? If you do not-,
you are unconstitutional and a Republican.
The Democratic party, I tell }ou, is the
party of the Constitution, and it will be
false to itself if it attempts to adopt a
remedy unconstitutional in its character.
One of the great evils that affects this coun
try is the disregard of the Constitution by
the Republican party; and naturally the
great means to correct this evil is to return
to the Constitution. [Applause.] In the
second place, whatever remedy the Demo
cratic party adopts will be an honest remedy.
Are you in favor of that ?
You don’t want a dishonest remedy. Of
course you don’t. Now, you have heard a
great deal said as to what is an honest reme
dy. An honest remedy in the language of
the platform adopted by the Barnesville
Convention, is a remedy which will carry out
the intentions of the Democratic party ac
cording to the Constitution. The Demo
cratic party will legislate for all alike. The
difficulty with the Republican party is that
it has been legislating for sections. It has
been legislating foj- classes. If you insist
on class legislation you become a Republi
can; because sectionalism and class legisla
tion are among the sins of the Republican
party. They will build up an autocracy in
the countrv. The Democratic party are op
posed to that, and whatever they do will be
for all sections and all classes alike. It will
not have a different law for the rich and the
poor man, but they will stand under one
law. [Applause.] These are the great lead
ing features of the platform the Democratic
party will adopt, and I am sure there is not
a man here to-night who will differ with me
on either of these points.
Now, if the Democratic party is the party
of the Constitution, if it is in favor of mea
sures to promote the interests of ali sections
and all classes alike, then 1 conjure you, as
you love your country, as you love your wife
and children, as you will bring relief to the
starving people of whom we hear so much,
to unite your efforts to attain the success of
that party. [Applause,]
If you do not, you yourself will be en
deavoring to prolong the sufferings of which
you complain, aud you make for your ex
cuse your peculiar theory.
We cannot do otherwise wisely. Why
should people abandon the people’s party
to relieve the people ? Why should the
people be faithless to that party which, by
every indication of the times, is bound to
be the arbiter of the destinies of this coun
try for generations to come.
Then, my friends, remain with your party;
keep in the ranks. No one man can save
this country. Tho great cause, the great
underlying cause of all the trouble that af
fects this country has been the abandonment
of the Constitution. The great remedy, the
great overshadowiug remedy that shall bring
relief and restore prosperity, is a return to the
Constitution. Therefore, whatever remedy
you propose, whatever theory yen aavanee,
first of all inquire if it is in accordance with
the Constitution ; secondly, if it is honest in
itself ; thirdly, if it will promote the inter
ests of all people and all sections. If it fails
iu any of these points you are bound as true
men, honest men, and true Democrats to
abandon it. I believe tbe Democratic party
will have the wisdom to meet this crisis.
The Republican party is going out of
power—the party which dominated over
this country for eighteen years, leaving be
hind it its track of blood, its track of Mis
eries, and how great they ar* 1 Millions are
suffering bv t.h£*p wrongs. We are'suffering
by it. Millions of widows 33d orphans are
suffering to-night wlio would have hus
bands ana fathers had there been no Repub
lican party; and millions are wandering up
and down, starving and homeless, over the
face of this country, who but for this Re
publican party would have home and shelter
to-night. [Applause.]
Therefore, my friends, be willing to sac
rifice any of your personal views, your indi
vidual theories, fpr the purpose of giving
success and efficiency to the great party
which will give relief to the people.
I do not care what may be the peculiarity
of a man’s views if he will just come up
and eay “I will stand up to the Democratic
party to the last,” that man is a patriot,
that man is honest man, that mau is
really, earnestly battling for the relief of
the country. He is entitled to your fullest
confidence and respect, and he has mine. I
feel intensely on this subject. Geueral
Grant said on one occasion, on his tour
among the royalties of Europe, that his
hope was that the Democratic party
might lose its chance of regaining
power by doing something foolish.
Yes, and that is all the hope the old’
man has gqt. [Applause.] The only
hope of the Republican party to vitalize its
carcass is division in the Democratic party.
Will you help to vitalize that dying carcass?
If you wish to do so, be an unruly member
of the Democratic party. Would you help
vitalize that party which has brought on
you all the sufferings you endure ? Would
you disorganize the country and trample on
the laws of the country ? or would you help
to give that party its final death blow V
There is only one place in which you can do
it, and that is in the Democratic party. The
Democratic party will get control of the
country whether you help it or not, and you
had better help it ? We a re going to win!
Mark that.
We are going to triumph. [Applause.]
Every breeze that sweeps over the country
bears us the glad tidings of increasing
power of the Democratic party. [Applause. |
We are going to power. The Constitution
demands it; the people demand it; God
Almighty gives it his smile, and, I tell you,
fellow citizens, we are going into power.
[Applause.] And when we do succeed and
provide the remedy for all these evils, what
a sheut of victory will be heard all through
this country! How will you feel if you are
not along with us? How will you feel if
you go through the country earning about
your peculiar nostrums to save the country?
Oh, you will feel very badly. [Laughter.]
You will feel mean. My good friends
abandon your divisions. We have all had
common sufferings ; we have all had com
mon victories, and just as w'e are coming
out of our struggle, and just as the Demo
cratic party is coming back to. poWer, don’t
you abandon us. It is a bad time to get
out of humor. Give the Democratic
party time. You cannot expect all the
evils inflicted by the Republican party in
eighteen years to be remedied in an hour.
You cannot expect a man with a long, try
ing disease 10 be cured in an hot**. Give
this party time. I think 4 understand the
situation. \ tell you it is going to bring re
lief. I tell you when you are a few years
older that relief will come. I tell you all
these miserable scars inflicted by the Re
publican party will be rubbed out; i tell you
the starved will have bread and the naked
will have clothing. Every one of you will
be the citizen of a happy and prosperous
nation once more. This country is on the
eve of prosperity never before known, un
less some exceedingly great madness shall
seize upon her. I don’t mind how men talk:
I don’t mind how men differ. All I wish is
that men shall not break ranks. Let the
soldiers talk; let them differ, but don’t let
them break ranks.
I do not ask you to abandon any peculiar
feelings you may have, while you may in
dulge your views and convince as w«»ny
you please that you ar P right. All I say is,
keep iu ranks; keep in step to the order,
and I tell you victory will come, and it will
not make much difference as to our peculiar
theories. I have my peculiar views and I
believe they will be ultimately adopted, but
I believe that the Democratic party is wiser
than I am, and if they are not right I don’t
want them adopted. When they adopt a
remedy, that is going to be my remedy. It
is impossible for pen to picture or tongue
to describe the prosperity we shall see if we
wait and be true to each other. And why
shouldn’t we wait? Haven’t we suffered
alike—haven’t we been wronged alike ? And
after we have suffered all the privations and
misery of tbe half of forty years, shall we
break” ranks just as the eye falls upon
Canaan? Advocate your views with your
fellow-citizens, but go to the ballot box like
men and tell everybody else to go.
Fighting Over Recaptured Spoils of
the Late War.
New York Herald, 14ffc.
In the wake of the pirate ship Ala
bama has followed up to the present an
almost endless line of law suits, in one
of the most interesting of which a de
cision was yesterday rendered by Chief
Justice Waite in the'Circuit Court of the
United States in this district. The case
grew out of the destruction of the ship
Sonora, destroyed at sea by Captain
Semmes of the Alabama on the 29th of
December, 1863, in the Straits of Malacca.
After the destruction of the vessel a claim
was preferred by the owners, John M.
Cushing and others, of Newburyport,
Massachusetts, requesting the United
States Government to enforce against the
British Government restitution of the
value of the destroyed vessel, on the
ground that the latter government
had allowed the Alabama to
sail from one of its ports
under the British flag and manned by
British subjects. The value of the
vessel was fixed at eighty-nine thousand
dollars. In June, 1865, after the close
of the war, the steamer Wren was pro
ceeding from Havana to England, when
some of the crew rose upon the officers
and took the vessel into Key West, there
claiming it as a prize, and in one month
thereafter a decree of condemnation was
rendered. The Captain, who had been
employed at Havana to take the Wren
to England, interposed a claim for John
Laird, of Liverpool. After condemna
tion, Prioleau, one of the firm of Tren-
holm A Co., Confederate agents at Liver
pool, caused an appeal to be taken to
the Supreme Court of the United States,
where the decree of condemnation was
reversed and the vessel ordered to be re
turned. Thereupon, on the theory that
the property belonged to John Laird,
who, it was alleged, had fitted out the
Alabama, the owners of the Sonora at
tached the proceeds uf the Wren. For
convenience of parties the litip^tion
was then removed from Florida to this
city, and Foster & Thompson, who
claimed to act as attorneys for Prioleau,
having received the proceeds of the Wren,
a garnishee process was served on them.
It did not appear that the owners of the
Sonora had any notice of PrioJeau’s
claim for the money until after the com
mencement of the litigation in New York,
and they contended that the decree of
condemnation of the prize court and the
decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States had adjudged the property
to be that of Laird, and that that was con
clusive. The garnishees contended that
the only question decided by the prize
court was prize or no prize. Judge
Blatchford, after hearing the case on
these issues, decided in favor of the li
bellants, Cushing A Co,, to the effect
that Larid owner of the Wren. From
this au appeal was taken, which was tried
before the late Judge Woodruff, but l\e
died before rendering a decision. There
was another trial before Judge Johnson,
occupying a week, and the last trial be
fore him, and he also died before render
ing a decision. The third trial took place
before Chief Justice Waite, being the
first trial before him in this circuit, and
having livpci to vender a decision he did
so yesterday, reversing that of Judge
Blatchford, and holding that nothing
occurred in the prize decision w'hich pre
vented Prioleau asserting ownership of
the property, and that it was proven be
fore him that the steamer Wren belonged
to Prioleau, aud not to Laird, at the time
of its seizure. On the trials before
Judges Johnson and Waite the point was
raised as to the effect of the proceedings
before the Alabama Claims Commission,
of which Chief Justice Waite was a
member, it being claimed that the pro
ceedings before that Commission and its
award ana discharged the claim
as between English and American sub
jects. This question he held it unneces
sary to decide, as he was clearly in favor
of the garnishees’ right to hold the prop
erty as the attorneys of Prioleau. The
amount involved by this decision is
something over $30,000.
A SOLID NORTH AND SOUTH.
All tlie States of One Opinion on the
que»tiou of Relief.
Washington, September 16.—Contri
butions for the fever sufferers are still
being reported from all sections of the
country. The following list of contribu
tions have been revised by the latest dis
patches :
New York $215,398 08
Philadelphia 71,800 Wt
Chicago 57,838 00
St. Louis 39,958 00
Boston 43,528 00
Cincinnati 20,000 00
Pittsburg 20,000 00
Biltimonv 33,OO.i 00
Washington 15,000 00
San Francisco 47,200 00
Louisville, Ky 15,000 00
Charleston 9,075 80
Savannah 10,' 00 00
Galveston 9.000 00
Sprineffield, Mass 6,385 00
Brooklyn 14,147 00
Freemasons of New York State 6,u)0 00
Lincoln, Neb 5,000 00
Atlanta 5,000 00
Indianapolis, Ind 4,500 00
Columbus, Ohio 5,000 00
Cleveland, Ohio 5,000 00
Santa Barbara, Cal ' 4,000 00
Elizabeth, N. J 4,422 00
Mobile 7,600 00
Portland, Oregon. 4,000 00
Syracuse, N. Y 3,550 00
Richmond, Va. 4,446 00
Montgomery 6,000 0Q
Augusta 3.50ft 00
Chattanooga 3,XW0 00
Virginia City, Nev . 3,000 00
Evansville, Ind 2,700 00
Hartford, Conn 4,500 00
Jersey City 2,550 (X)
Little Rock, Ark 2,000 00
Shreveport, La 2,000 00
Newark, N. J 5,961 00
Jacksonville, Ill 1,600 00
Selma, Ala 1,100 00
Terre Haute, Ind 1,050 00
Dubuque, Iowa 2,139 00
Raleign. N. C 2,000 0J
Lancaster, Pa. 1,000 00
Orange, N. J , 1,000 00
Rochester, N. Y 1.000 00
Leavenworth, Kan 2,500 00
Indiana Odd Fellows 2,800 00
Albary, N. Y 2,000 00
Altoona, Pa 2,000 00
Mea iville. Pa 2,000 00
Troy, N. Y 1,795 00
Sacramento. Cal 1,780 00
Columbus, Ga 1,719 00
Auburn, N. Y 1,400 00
Wilmington, N. C ... 3,250 CO
Chester, Pa 1,200 00
Hudson, N. Y 1,000 00
Newhurg, N. Y 1,000 00
Toronto, Ontario 1,000 00
Beacoxsfield and Socialism.—I
should not be much surprised if Prince
Beaconsfield were before long engaged,
like Prir.cc Bismarck, in putting down
social democracy. Before me lies the
prospectus of a new weekly paper, which
will appear in London next month, in
French and Italian. It is called 1m Gurre
Sociale, and is designated as a journal so
cialist and revolutionary. It is to fight
againsi wages, inheritance and usury, as
the three constituent elements of capital.
It proclaims itself “an enemy of God,”
which it describes as “a monstrous meta
physical creation;” and in short, declares
itself revolutionary in every sense of the
word. I am informed that the editor of
this extraordinary sheet is one of the
most skillful foreign artificers in London.
—London Edo.
Lyonnaise Potatoes.—Put a pint of
milk in a frying pan; add a piece of but
ter the size of a butternut, some salt and
pepper; let it boil; take a heaping tea
spoonful of corn starch, mis with a little
cold milk, add, starring till it thickens;
have six ctr seven good sized peeled po
tatoes (boiled or baked the day before),
cut them in small pieces, put all together;
let cook fifteen minutes, stirring to pre
vent burning.
DRY ROODS.
Removal, Removal.
B. F. MEffiA & CO.
WOULD INFORM THEIR PATRONS THAT
THEY HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR
NEW STORE,
137 Broughton Street,
BETWEEN BULL AND WHITAKER STS
WHERE THEY WILL BE GLAD TO SERVE
THEM.
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BARGAINS!
JP'OR the balance of tbe Summer I will offer
my ENTIRE STOCK OF FOREIGN AND STA
PLE DRY GOODS AT GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES. I specially invite attention to the
following lines;
100 pieces choice PRINTED CAMBRIC, yard
wide, at 6$4c., reduced from 10c.
150 pieces BLEACHED SHIRTING, yard wide,
at 8c., reduced from 10c.
60 pieces PILLOW COTTON, from 10c. yard
up.
100 pieces PRINTED LINEN LAWNS, at 6$4c.,
reduced from 12}£c.
75 DOZEN
Completely Finished Shirts,
At 90c. each. These are made of Wamsutta
Shirting and Richardson's Celebrated Linen,
and consequently are as good as can be
bought.
100 DOZEN
Gents’ 4-Ply Linen Collars,
At $ 1 65 dozen, farmer price $2 dozen.
250 DOZEN
MEN’S FANCY HALF HOSE,
Striped and Solid Colors, reduced at least 15
per cent.
GREAT BARGAINS in Ladies’ and Gents’
NECKWEAR.
MATTING ! MATTING!
150 rolls fresh imported MATTING, in white
and red check. Will be sold much under
regular value.
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I IV IT!
A
MILLION YARDS HAMBURG EDGINGS,
at 3c., 5a, 6c., 8c., 10c. and 12}*a
A BANKRUPT STOCK.
3,000 yards WHITE SWISS MUSLIN, at 12^c.,
worth 26c.
6-4 WHITE ORGANDIE MUSLIN, at 36a, ;
duoed from 50c.
1,000 yards A4 FRENCH ORGANDIE, plain
white, at 25c., former price 50c.
100 pieces PLAIN VICTORIA LAWN, yard
wide, reduced from 20c. to 12^a
300 pieces CRASH TOWELING, at 5c.
300 dozen HUCK LINEN TOWELS, at $2, sold
at $3.
1G0 dozen GENTS' HEMSTITCHED LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS, at 25a each, usual
price 45c. to 50c.
200 dozen LADIES’ HEMSTITCHED HAND-
KERCHIEFS, at $2 50, reduced from $3.
10 pieces BLACK CASHMERE, this season’*
importation, at a great bargain.
10 pieces BLACK SILK, the richest and heaviest
ever offered by us, at 40 per cent, off cost
of importation.
100 pieces BLACK ALPACA, 25c. and 30a Ora
30a goods equal any ever offered at 50c.
Beantifnl Blue Black.
10 cases WINTER PRINTS, at 5c.
4-4 BLEACHED SHIRTING, at 6^c.
Gray & O’Brien.
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