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SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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orffla Affairs.
;«* Recorder is the name of a
gotten up paper, recently
riglitsville, Johnson county, by
Co., proprietor?, and W. A.
■. It is Democratic and favors
nor.
:he Summerville Gazette that
B. F. Dorsey, who lives near
L'hatt<»og& county, saw a large
r a root, and ran hfa hand in
id catch it. Instead of catch-
* as him&e.f caught hy a snake
bit him on the right wrist,
ri^ht side swelled and turned
in* very near dying, but at the
was improving.
Ipjn-al mentions a very slngu-
hieh recently occurred in that
l woman living there was the
i. When about four months
be children was taken sick and
eiy after its death, the other
•fore had been apparently
o droop, and in less than two
se. The interval between the
f the two was the same to a
■e students of the Cuthbert College
since walked about six miles to
bee tree about six feet in dlam- ter.
Migrations soon after dark, some
i:e the others worked. About la.
ers were awakened and informed
'i was about to fail. All gathered
ted and eager for a feast on the
’iimpound. Imagine their disgust
all their pains, they found out they
* victims of a practical joke,
iton Weekly says that two of the
st farmers of Henry county are
n that the wheat crop in that eec-
• almost a failure. The fly has got-
ind between the ravages of that in-
■ red mold—which made its appear-
*eks ago-it is believed that not
one-third of a crop will be made.
. \j says: “This is an important crop,
g I it does at a time when money is
Kt,nrt its failure would be a calamity to
rnffriends.”
CYRc County Gazette tells how a cat in
.n |ugh: a snake five feet long the other
! !i reptile was known as a “black run-
lie cat had hold • ( it a few inches
_d, and in that position brought it
\ 1 ho snake made every effort to
■ptor, but without avail. Finally the
(ice i to let go its hold, and t he snake
; of tbe room apparently unharmed,
kgtou Enterprise flies tbe Colquitt
It to thj action of the Democratic
jg men of Carrolton have devised a
mAsof amus-meut, which is guessing
g th- risus. Everybody wishing to enter
t .. Js to send his guetfies, aai ton con La
a rate guess made, enclosed in an
• to a certain party designated. When
i r-*sult is ofn *ially' published, tho envelope
r.::!,.» op-iied, an.l the one coming nearer to
:* truth in each case is to take the pile.
Less**# wiil mod.* on the population of
::t..droa Carroll county, Georgia, and the
mu Saturday the funeral of Mr. B. F. McCol-
. .. U bo was killed in Hampton by the Town
Urshal. McKneely, t.K»k place in Atlanta.
p> remains reached that city from Hampton
and were met at the depot by the Geor-
ps Lodge and Gate City Lodge of Knights of
P"U.>r. A delegation of Hampton Ix>dge of
Lights of Honor acted as an escort for the re
am* i • Atlanta. The body was taken to Oak-
M Cemetery, where it was interred.
Tlie ll'i.lisonian reports that on last Sunday
p.'ht a .-trange phenomenon occurred in Madi-
k n. It tays that about eight o'clock atremen-
i us roaring was heard in the southwest portion
pf tbe city, thought by some to have beena wind
knua storm prevailing bard by. The same
t'l se was heard ten miles distant in the same
tAvtr n. and yet no one has heard of a storm
>vailiug at that time. That paper thinks it
aost have been a cyclone careering its way up
• the air. which may have dipped down many
distant. It says: “We shall not be sur-
FUwl to bear that a fearful sterm struck some
pf 1 f the State southwest of us last Sunday
Col. E. W. Cole is expected in Atlanta during
animg week to confer with some of the
r -*'«a*r citizensthere in regard to the new rail-
pJ mbination of which ho is the head, and
p 1 m reference to a plan for building the
"■'•via Western Hoo>l from Decatur to At-
."ashington county sends instructed Lester
Negate to the Atlanta nominating convtn-
uov**rnor Colquitt, in response to a petition
‘ u tbe citizens of Dougherty, Mitchell, Ba-
Wai1 • 1 alhoun counties, wiil ad'lresa tho citi-
■' • these countiea at Albany on next Sat-
- Augusta Chronicle reports a decided ad-
• in '. utral ltuilroad stock in that city on
I ‘tulay because *»f the belief that the I»irectors
' the road, at their uitH.tlng to-day, would de-
‘W'* a 3 i»t*r cent, dividend.
• lir ^aedersvi;le Mercury raises at the head
tuns tho f'.ag-i of 3ayard and Lester
‘ President of the United States and Gorer-
‘ of Georgia, respectively. Ihe Sylvania
also displays the same ticket at the
e;*d -,f its editorial columns.
nwither Vindicator: “From all portions
■ - o- u.ty conies the newsthat last Friday 's
. ^ w d.s:i-u the fields worse than any rain
_ a!u ' jears. The floods swept acroea
turn rows, making gullies where
- ' w ^rc hit known before, while uplands
greatly ilnmaged. bottoms were almost
•“'• l. long, costiy and deep ditches being
") U P-au 1 the growing crop covered with
in!' - i: ‘ [ mu d lo the deoth of from n few
’" “ foot. Though the streams were
*ben. we have heard of but oom-
ttle damage to bridges and mills.
Q > mill dam. at Jones* Mills, «a#
n >t broken The dam of Judge
u sms. across Warm Springs creek,
washed off. The brie!go across
) I^ ul b’leek, near the residence of Hon. R.
nrndcr. was damaged, but has la*en re-
■'' I. Fencing in many places has be^n
J: away aud the cm*as show higher water
'**« than have been noticed tor several
The ram was a regular Maj freshet.”
Th# Berrien County .Vetcs reporta a regular
1 >f sheep and cattle thieves depredating
a large scale In Irwin couutv. It says:
‘■'in k>r. Thomai* B. Young, of Irwin, we
*r& that there have been some fifteen hun-
head of sheep and between a hundred and
and two hundred head of cattle in ssine
\h*» range in the vicinity of theiamlsur
J J. ifehderson. Elder Zara Paulk and the
^er boys. This stealing has been going on
5 " about the middle of April last, and has
1 a widespread feeling of uneasiness
^ >i g the people, not only in the section above
T- *i ned, but in neighboring counties. Mr.
ig informed us that Air. Mack Henderson
♦there detected that tneir brands h«»d been
riy changed. In one instance the o-iginai
was a ngur# 1’ extending from the fore-
nearly to the nose of tlie sheep. Th#
> ‘ r - ; was branded over this by the thieves,
their brand lucked half an inch or so of
i»r as long as the original brand, and so de-
1 >u followed. There were several unsuc
•ful attempts ma le to drive off eleven steers
t ,Q «ing to Elder Zara Pau k, and finally, in
“t'' -ave them until he could dispos* of
b<* had t** keep a man. armed with a
'•-barrel gun. patrol ing the wood*. The
' engaged in this highhanded thieving are
e.’U*-d, aU( j w jp doubtless, ere long, pay the
*UAity C f th eir crimes behind a net work
‘•-on bars. The jieople in the section
: ^re the stealing bus been carried ou look
brr their heras now with double-barrel guns
A l b«tr shoulders, and it is our opinion that
they should catch one of the cattle thieves
off their stock, the Judge and jury
ouid be there, the verdict would be ‘guilty,’
*'* Sentence would be ‘deatli,’ and no time
'Uul be given to carry the case to a higher
IIrt - The good citizens are thoroughly
•Used, and are determined to bunt down the
*' l J parties, even though they should have
fallow them bevond the confines of the
^ssful 8inceref y llo P e they may be suo-
®^*r the lieading “The Bursted Burt«u,”
Constitution says: “The recent
I "" a bicoveriea in ^urthe•st Georgia and the
Increased activity in the older fields of the
ttate has excited general interest among pros
pectors and capitalist# in the North and East.
as well as at home. That there is an abundance
or gold in cur 8tate, no one doubts, but its
exact location, where best to look for It. etc ,
are not things generally known and cannot
well 1* ascertained by the unscientific. A
large number of letters received by State and
county officials, by newspa]>ers and by promi
nent citizens, concerning this gold area in
Georgia and asking for definite Information,
demoni-trates how ustJeil and necessary
in the development of the mineral re
sources of *he State was the geological bureau.
It was stricken down by the last Legisla
ture through its refusal to appropriate the
small sum necessary to keep the bureau In op-
eratiou aud the geological survey in progress.
1 he bureau was just reaching a posit-on to be
or invaluable service to the State, and that our
interests have suffered from its overthrow is
beyoud question. As it is, the records, speci
mens, maps, etc., already accumulated by tbe
bureau are almostvaludeMforreference.with-
out gn at labor on tbe part of the searcher.
•N e believe it would bo wise economy, at least,
to put them in shape for use, even should the
bureau not be again established and operated.
Our mineral interests demand some Mich bu
reau. and there is a chance that the next Le
gislature will be wiser in this regard than the
last one.”
Lumpkin TmUpenttent: “On Thursday night
the two story dwelling of Mr. Ed. Bradley (for
merly ibe Robert Toombs' place), near Flor
ence, was totally destroyed by fire, it is sup
posed that the fire originated from tbe stove in
the cook room, though thi* is uncertain. The
cook assisted in getting the furniture out of
the house, and then returned to remove her
own effects from the second story. After she
got up stairs she was cut off from the lower
story by the rapidly increasing flames. Two
or three times she was .s -en at one of the win
dows, and was called upon to lump out, but
she refused, saying that she would be down in
a few moments. Finally the roof fell in and
the unfortunate woman was burned to death.
AVe learn tliar on yesterday morning portions
of her bones could be seen in the ruins of the
dwelling. This is Indeed a mo.-t horrible oc
currence.”
Florida Affairs.
The Ocala Banner remarks that there is not
entire harmony in the Radical ranks in Marion
county. On Friday last Burrell Dawkins, the
courageous colored Marshal, was equipped with
a horsewhip with which lie freely threatened
to chastise the colored nominee for the State
Senate of tliat county, and all connected with
the Republican newspaper published at that
place. The Dem<>cratic Mayor was implored
for protection, which be promptly rendered.
“Next week,” says the Banner, “wo may expect
to have this heralded over the country as ‘an
other Democratic outrage.’ ”
Tho Ma lison Recorder reports a severe storm
In that section on Saturday la-it. It says:
“The rain descended in torrents, the wind
blew a gale, and the thunder atul lightning
wore terrific. Tho crops were not Injured to a
great extent.*'
The young men of Starke, Bradford county,
are making an effort to organize a Zouave
company. The Starke Telegraph says: “As
this will be the only Zouave company in the
State, it will bo something unique, and the
boys may expect to create a sensation when
appear in their red pants, caps, etc , at
the next State Fair.”
A correspondent to the Tampa Tribune
claims to have discovered a sure remedy for
totally rumoviog the scale insect. It is os fol
lows: One and a hulf pounds of flour of sul
phur In thirty gallons of water, then mix in
lime until a thick white compound is formed,
let it stand for twelve hours, then apply to
trees affected, with a straw broom. It will kill,
he gays. In three days. From one to three ap
plications are sufficient.
1 he Pensacola Gazette calls the prospective
colored Congressional Representative from the
Flret Floi Ida district, George Wfthlogtou Wash-
aspoon.
7 he I'alatka Herald reports that up to the
1st Instant, during the entire-spring. tho night#
In that section have been cool enough to make
blankets comfortable.
A gentleman living In the Clear Water sec
tion of Hillsborough county recently gathered
ten orangea from a ten-year-old tree which
averaged one pound and a half apiece.
A move will soon be inado by its old com
mander, Gen. Wm. II. Miller, to reorganize the
old hirst Florida Regiment.
The Live Oak Bulletin says Geo. Marshal,
the colored man who had his hood sawed open
at Jackson's mill, near two weeks ago, is re
covering. His is a most remarkable caae. The
saw certainly penetrated the brain to con
siderable depth, and those present and who
dressed the wound say that there was a
quantity of the brain brought out by the teeth
of the saw. His physicians expected him to
die in a few hours at farthest, but are now in
hopes of his entire recovery.
The juveniles of Gainesville are rehearsing
Pinafore.
Tlie Pensacola Advance slates that Mr. Hen
ry Cooper, of Molino, was severely gored by an
ox last Monday. The horn of the animal pen
etrated the socket of the eye, tearing the ball
completely frem the head aud causing it to
fall in Mr. Cooper’s hand. Tlie Advance says
this is the second occurrence of the kind which
has come under its notice within tbe past few
weeks.
Gainesville Sum: “Mr. J. B. Brown has be#n
to Tallahassee recently In the Intercut of the
U., O. &. C. H. R. R. Company, and met the
truste«*M of the Internal Improvement Fund,
with whom he has made certain negotiations
which will allow the introduction into the
United States Court, week after next, of a mo
tion to sell to th# company certain lands which
were graat'd by the Legislature to the com
pany, but which were subject to the lien of
Ixmds secured by the lands. The amount, of
the consideration to Ik* paid for the lands is to
lx* as a security to creditors of the fund. It is
hoped that the court will allow the lands to be
#<dd. Even at a nominal price-such as would
be ample security t-> ii ndhokiere- Ute State
will be making hundreds of p-r cent, on the
sale hy the enhanced value which will be given
to the lands through settlement. 'J ho people
are looking with measureless anxi-ty upon the
progress being mode in this great enterprise.
Lei no obvtacle fr«mi any source_ prevent so
great a public good as that which would be be
stowed upon the larg«*sc half of the State by
the building of these lines of railroad.”
“A big double crime was committed lost
night,” says the Pensacola Gazetteot Friday,
“when unknown rascals seized the sloon yacht
of Captain Wm. Handfon, Jvmgoff Welsey
l.iade 1 her with a quantity or valuable good*
plundered from the large s:ore of Mr. J. O’Neal.
- .* Wolsey, and sailed away to parts unknown.
The robbery* was very heavy, comprising
groceries, dry goods, etc., and it is to be hoped
that the pirates will be caught before they can
make way with their booty. Vigorous efforts
for their capture are being made. The navy
yard steam launch has srone up tho Sound.
Captain Handlon aud others have gone up
Escambia, Rlaekwater and East bays, ar.d
Deputy sheriff Palmes ha> gone over to Per
dido bay. Later.—llandlon's sloop h-us been
recovered, am! towed to the city by the navy
yard steam launch Belle of Wolsev, Mr. Herron
In command. The sloop war found off China
Tree Point, sailing down the bav In charge of
Peter Schutz and a negro lad, who at daybreak
this morning dtMOvered her adrift in Escam
bia bay. near Garzon s Point, abandoned, with
all sail set—sheets f*st for before the wind—
and look charge to bring her borne. All the
goods had been landed, and as they are proba
bly hid away in S>anta Rosa county, we expect
to h» ar from Sheriff Benbow.”
• Information reached us on Monday morn
ing." says the Mariana Courier, “of the rapid
rise ot the Chattahoochee river. It was asserted
that on Saturday night it rose eighteen feet, in
undating all the low lands, and completely de
stroying the crops, which were in flue growing
condition. It is a *erious loss to many of those
cultivating ‘river bottoms,’ and the only
resort is to plant again in corn, after the water
recedes.”
Cedar Key Journal: “Mr. A. B Ward, a
well known farmer and citizen of I*«*v> county,
who, with a youDg son, came to Bronson Mon
day morning* to purchase some supplies, vns
instantly killed on his way home. Mr. Ward
was sitting in a cart, his son driving, when
about ten mi«o# from Bronson, the hack band
of the harness broke; th- lmr»e getting fright
ened ran away, dragging the cart, the shaft* of
which were broken abort off Mr. Ward was
thrown out violently, gettinr his head badly
cur. snd a sack of salt hurled from the cart
falling on his spine, broke his back Dr. J M.
Jackson, who was at obce summoned, found on
his arrival at the scene of the accident that Mr
Ward had been dead several hours. Through
this sal accident Levy county has lost a model
farmer aul citizen, and a widow and young
family are left to mourn their sad loss.’
Cnpt. S. 1). Bradwell, of Llbertj.
Editor Homing JYetrs; Feeling that to the
members of the “fourth estate”—the men who
have borae the heat and burden of the day—
some recognition is due by the people for the
part they have borne, we present the name of
this gentleman as one of the delegatee to tbe
Cincinnati Convention, to be convened on the
•i!d inst Captain Bradwell is well and favora
bly known all over tbe State, and, while more
particularly and intimately in the First Con
gressional district, we feel that his nomination
would be indeed acceptable. While no politi
cian in the ordinary acceptation of the term,
he has developed traits or character that pre
eminently portend him as on# who will in time
fill well and worthily high positions in the State.
Like the immortal Lee. since ‘ Grim-visaared
War hath smoothed his wrinkled front,” he has
devoted h's time and talents to the education
of the youih of the country, to whom, by pre
cept and example, he has led a weIl-ord#red
and beautiful life. A member of the editorial
fraternity also, he has steadfastly labored for
the good of the party and the perpetuation of
the grand old constitutional principles of Jef-
ferBor.iaa Democracy, the faith of fathers.
Savannah, June 1, ISSfl.
Thalian.
Mothers will grow wearj' and sigh over the
baby’s troubles, when Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup
would relieve the child and thereby give the
mother rest JeS-lt
THE PRESIDENT MAKERS.
the national republican
CONVENTION.
Bubbles from tlie Political Cauldron
-Tbe Temporary Chalrmanulilp—
Cameron’# statu# Tbe Compro-
Proposed —A Report Deuled—
Tlie Xew York Delegation Sustain
tbe Cult Rule.
By Telearaph to the Morning News.
jCuiCAGO, June 1.—At a meeting of the
Jvational Committee last nieht, a resolution
was offered respectfully asking Cameron In
calling the convention to order, in any vote,
to recognize Individual delegates. This
Cameron also refused to entertain or to
grant on appeal. Chandler, from the com
mittee appointed to name a temporary
Chairman for the convention, reported
Judge Hoar, of Massachusetts, and the re
port was agreed to without division.
A resolution was then adopted that should
Cameron, through sickness or any other
cau«e, be unable to present the name of
Judge Hoar to the convention. Mr. Chand
ler, as Chairman of the committee reporting
Lis name, should perform that office. After
the apportionment of tickets the committee
adjourned until to day. CoL J. II. Roberts
will be appointed temporary Secretary.
Thirty anti-Grant members of the Na
tional Committee this morning agreed to
depose Cameroa from the Chairmanship, If
he continued to decline to entertain their
motions, or to abide by the decision of the
majority of the committee. The committee
is now In secret session at the Palmer
House.
The report that Senator Edmunds had
written to the members of the Vermont
delegation in this city withdrawing as a
Presidential candidate and urging the Green
Mountain delegation to support Grant, Is
most emphatically denied. One of the dele
gates has received a letter from the Senator,
but It contains no recommendations except
that the delegation combine on the man
mort likely If nominated to carry the live
or six debatable States.
In the National Committee the Grant par
ty offered some sort of compromine for the
pending difficulty, and committses of con
ference from the rival parties were appoint
ed to consider the question. After a two
hours session this afternoon, the committee
adjourned. A member says the conclu
sions reached were that Cameron
should remain Chairman of the com
mittee, that tbe regular delegations
from Louisiana, Kansas, Utah and Illinois
should be admitted to tbe temporary or
ganization, that the contests in those States
should be submitted to the Committee on
Credentials, aud that the unit rule should
be enforced or not at the pleasure of ths
convention; that Conkllng, Logan and
Cameron have pledged themselves In no
way to interfere in regard to the action of
the convention respecting the unit rule.
The New York delegation held a secret
caucus to-day to discuss the question of
standing by the resolution of the New York
Convention. Mr. Conkllng presided. A
motion was made that the Chairman be in
structed to cast the seventy votes as one
vote. This was an amendment authorizing
thi Chairman to get the vote of each dele
gate and report the same to the convention.
M-. Conkllng said that if, as Chairman of
the delegation, fifty of them instructed him
to cast the entire vote for Grant he would
do it, and then if the other twenty wanted
to appeal to tbe convention they might do
so ami the roll call of States would be made.
The motion to sustain the unit rule was
finally passed by a vote of 45 to 2S.
Tbe National Union Veterau Clubs.
Chicago, Jane L—At the Convention of
the National Union Veteran Clubs,at Ilaver-
le3*’s Theatre to day, twenty-six States
were represented. General S. L. Woodford
was elected Chairman. A resolution ap
proving the nomination of General Grant
provoked great confusion, in which and on
the viea v<jce which followed, the audience
joined. No deliulte action ou the resolution
has yet been taken.
Mr. Bontelle, of Maine, Congressman
Burroughs and others opposed the resolu
tion declaring that Grant was the choice of
the meeting for tbe Presidency, as unwise
and tending to divide the Republican party.
After a long discussion a close vote was
taken, which the Chairman decided to be In
favor of the resolution.
THE NEW GEORGIA SENATOR
Hlakes Ills First Speech lit the Sea*
ate—Favoring an Increase lu Ap
propriation for Improving Savan
nah Harbor—lie Makes a Uoo«l Im
pression.
Special Telegram to the Morning News.
Washington, June 1.—Senator Brown
made his first speech In the Senate to-day.
It was In behalf of Savannah. He showed
the Importance of Improving the Savannah
harbor, in view of the railroads lead
ing thereto and the great shipments
made from that port. He was clear
and short. He urged that the amount In
tbe river and harbor bill which was UDder
consideration be increased from $65,000 lor
the improvement of 8avannah harbor to
$100,000. He made a favorable Impression,
but the Senate decided to retain the bill
almost unchanged as It came from its com
mittee. Savaunah’s $05,000 therefore re
mains unchanged.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION.
Harmonious feathering ot the Pal
metto State Democracy.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Columbia, June 1.—The Democratic State
Convention met at 12 m., in the House of
Representatives. J. H. RIon was elected
Chairman, and Keas Aldrich Secretary of
the temporary organization. After calliug
the roll, all the couuties being fully repre
sented except oue vacancy from Abbeville,
J. S. Cothraue was elected permanent Presi
dent by acclamation, and D. P. Duncan and
J. A. Simous, Secretaries. Mr. Monroe, of
Union, offered a resolution to go Into nomi
nation for State officers, ami that, the cam
paign be not opened before the first week
in September, which was referred to the
Committee on Resolutions.
A resolution by Gen. Harlee, to recom
mend tbe holding of another convention ou
the I0;h of August to nominate State offi
cers and members of Congress, was re-
f,*rred to the same committee. Senators
Wade Hampton and M. C. Butler, Major T.
G. Baiker and Gen. John Bratton, were
elected delegates from “the State at large
to the Cincinnati Convention.
THE “IRON CROSS” ARSON CASE.
Joliuson Remanded on Another
Charge of Arson.
By Telegraph to the Momtng News.
New Oki.ba.ns, June L—In the case of
Johnson aDd others charged with firing the
cotton on the ahip Iron Cross, bail was fixed
at $10,000 «*cb. Johnson’s ball was about
being arranged when special officer Hennesy
made an affidavit before the Recorder,charg
ing Johnson with having fired cotton on
the American ship Hectanooga, January
.'list. Johnson was brought before the Re
corder and remanded without ball until
June 10th, when an examination takes place.
This action prevents Johnson’s release until
after the trial of the Iron Cross arson case.
THE DOCTORS IN COUNCIL.
Third Annual Electing of the medi
cal Association.
By Telegraph to the Morning Ne ws.
Nkw Yokk, June 1.—Nearly one thousand
delegates representing every 8tate were
present to-day at the opening of the third
annual meeting of the Medical Association.
The President, Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, of New
York, made an address.
Attempt to Lynch a Negro Kaper.
Litteh Rock, Ahk.. Jane 1.—Governor
Miller received » dispatch from Tei.rkina
yesterday advising him that a mob had at
tempted to take from jail and lynch a negro
arrested for an attempt to rape. The friends
of Cromwell, the prisoner, fired upon the
mob. The tire was returned, aud eight per
sons are reported as wounded, some fatally.
Entered Upon Hi# Dutle#.
Philadelphia, June L—President Geo.
B. Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, formally entered upon the dis
charge of his duties to-day,agreeably to the
terms of 8cott’s resignation and the acolon
of the Board of Directors early In May.
MAINE POLITICS.
Democratic and (Greenback Con
vention.
By Telegraph to the Morning Newt.
Bangoh, Me., June 1.—The Democratic
State Convention was called to order by B.
F. Ferry, of Bath, who nominated S. J.
Andersou, of Portland, as Chairman.
The convention ratided the nomination of
the Greenback Convention. Previous to the
nomination of Plalsted, the Committee on
Resolutions presented a majority and mi
nority report. The minority report favored
the local option liquor law. This
created tntense excitement, so that
the President was totally unabl# to keep
order. After arguing the matter pro and
con. It was finally decided to lay it on the
table. The convention voted to leave the
election of Presidential electors in the hands
of the Democratic State Committee, who
ar# to act in conference with the Greenback
State Committee. Tbe convention then ad
journed sine die, without adopting any reso
lutions whatever.
The Greenback State Convention was
called to order by E. H. Gove, who intro
duced as temporary Chairman John B. Fos
ter, of Bangor, who made a brief speech.
Delegates to the Greenback National Con
vention at Chicago were afterwards elected.
At the convention of tbe delegates of the
Fourth district this morning, three delegates
were appointed to the Democratic National
Convention at Cincinnati, who were given
authority to appoint their own alternates.
General Harris M. Platsted, of this city,
was nominated by acclamation for Gov
ernor, and the resolutions were adopted.
THE PRIZE RING.
Brntal FIglit Between Goss and Ry
an—The Former Defeated—The
Champion Wrestler—The Usual In
cidents.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Colli bu s, W. Va., June 1.—The Goss-
Ryan prize fight took place here this morn
ing, and resulted in the defeat of Goss, after
a fight of eighty-five rounds, in one hour
and twenty-eight minutes. The ring was
pitched at 4:25 o’clock in a ravine near Col
lier’s Station, W. Va., about 300 yards from
the Pennsylvania boundary line. Some three
handred persons were present, Pittsburg
being well represented, with a slight sprink
ling from New York city and Troy. At five
o’clock two deputy sheriffs appeared
aud warned those present that the
Governor of West \ irginia said that
a requisition would be issued for the arrest
of the principals. The fight began at 6:15.
Ryan entered the ring first and was followed
soon after by Goss. Schell Fairchild was
chosen referee. The fight was closely con
tested, and but for the age of Goss would
probably have lasted still longer. In the
elghtv-flfth round Goss’ secouds claimed
a foul, which, not being allowed, they re
fused to fight their man longer, and the
referee awarded the fight to Ryan.
The latter was terribly punished about the
face and body, but held out. Goss was not
apparently much cut or disfigured, but be
came winded.
Boston. June 1.—Tbe wrestling match
yesterday between Michael Donohue of New
York, and Nat. Hutchins ot Marlborough,
Mass., for the championship of America,
was easily won by Donohue in three straight
falls.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Weak JTIarket- Downward Tenden
cy—A Decline at Close.
By Telegraph to the Mominq News.
New'York, June 1.—The stock market
opened weak, and declined slightly, but
soon became firm and advanced }{ to
per cent., the latter in St. Paul. About the
first board a depression airaln set in, and
during the afternoon speculation was weak
and unsettled, Erie, Western Union, Lake
Shore and Granger shares being tbe most
prominent In the downward movement,
a decltne ranging from }( to 3^ In tbe
general list, G In Erie preferred and In
Nashville and Cbattauooga. The latter re
covered per cent., but the rest of the
market closed at about the lowest figures.
Transactions aggregate 2S6.000 snares, in
cluding Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
21,000, Erie 07,000, Kansas and Texas 2,500,
Lake Shore 50,000, Northwestern 34,000,
Nashville and Chattanooga 6,000, New Jer
sey Central 30,000, Ohio and Mississippi
4 000. Pacific Mail 3,000, SL Paul 2,500,
Western Union 24,000.
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT TO
VISIT ATLANTA.
Preparations for tbe Event—Grand
Gathering of Citizen Soldiery—Me*
mortal Armory.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Atlanta, June 1.—Preparations are being
made here to receive the Seventh Regiment
of New York aud other organizations, next
October. The citizen soldiery from
Southern cities will be here to meet
the Northern organization and lav
the corner stone of the Memorial Armory,
to be erected bv the Gate City Guards of
Atlanta, to commemorate tbe reunion of
States and the return of peace. The friend
ly meeting or Northern and Southern sol
diers on the battle fields of Atlanta, will be
tbe first and most important event of the
kffid that ever occurred In Ute South.
Transporta’ion for soldiers and citizens
from all parts of the country is beiDg ar
ranged.
WASHINGTON COUNTY CONVEN
TION.
Delegates to* the State Convention
Instructed to Vote for Hon. R. E.
Lester—Washington County Solid.
Special Telegram !o the Morning Nows.
Sandeksvills, Ga., June 1.—At the
Washington County Democratic Convention,
held In Saudersvllie to-day, to elect dele*
gates to the Slate Convention In Atlanta,
the delegates were instructed for Lester.
It was a large and enthusiastic meeting, the
largest ever held In Sandersvllle. Washing
ton county will go solid for Lester.
THE U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY.
Annual Inspection.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Annapolis, June 1.—The Board of Vic
tors, Vice Admiral Rowan, Chairman, were
received at the Naval Academy to-day by
Superintendent George B. Balch and the
officers of the institution. The board in
spected the naval brigade of cadets, which
made a fine appearance. They then pro
ceeded to Inspect tbe buildings of the
academy. A large number of spectators
were DreacnL
New York Roughs Attack the Col
ored .flllltary.
New York, Juue L—As the colored com
panies composing the rear of the procession
yesterday were returning from Cypress
Hill Cemetery to the station of the
Rapid transit road, In East New
York, they were assaulted by a gang
of roughs, and a riot ensued, in which
a policeman named Hatfield received a
dangerous sabre cut on thefiead. The col
ored men are said to have charged on the
police and roughs alike, but being overpow
ered by numbers were compelled to run for
their lives. The streets were tilled with an
excited mob, and several persons were In
jured. The Captain and 8ergeant of the
Veteran Colored Guard were arrested.
Prince GorUchakoff.
London, June L—The St. Junes Gazette
has the following from Berlin: “Prince
Gortschakoff arrived here to-day from St.
Petersburg. He appears decrepid and almost
unable to walk. He continues to be Chan
cellor only in name, not even being officially
informed concerning the current business of
the Russian Government. It is stated that
the Czar continues his policy of conciliating
the Poles, and intends to abolish the op
pressive tax on landed proprietors.”
The Late Storm lu Texas.
Galveston, June 1.—The News has the
following specials:
“Savoy, May 31.—Two of the wounded
hive died and ten more will probably die
from injuries received In tbe late tornado.
“Columbus, May 3L—The Colorado river
stands nineteen feet above low water. Four
dead bodies were seen floating down the
river.”
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH.HOUSES.
Inter-State Caflunene-^lH* Deficien
cy Bill—Storage of Sliver Coin—
River and Harbor Appropriation
11111—Ineffectual Attempt# to In
crease the Savannah Harbor Ap
propriation— Senator JJR. Brou n’a
First Speech. O
By Telegraph to the MorUftg Netcs.
Washington, June 1.—Iff the Senate, Mr.
Vance, from the select committee on the
exodus of negroes from the Southern to the
Northern States, submitted the report of the
majority of the committee, which was or
dered printed, together with the testimony
taken bv the committee.
Mr. Windom announced that he would
hereafter submit the views of the mi
nority.
Mr. Ransom, as per previous notice,
moved to postpone all prior orders and take
up the river and harbor appropriation bill.
Mr. Morgau hoped this bill would not4>e
taken up in the morning hour. It con
tained many appropriations of doubtful
public usefumesi, aud would lead to mcch
debate. It could not drop through the
Senate as through the House, by its own
weight, but would be thoroughly examined.
He was in charge of a bill f-ffectlng the
safety of the whole country In the next
election, the bill to enforce the_£on5titu-
tioual provisions relative to the election of
President and Vice Preside*!, and he hoped
the Senate would now consider that bill,
which could not pass at this session unle s
it were considered speedily.
Mr. Ransom’s motion was agreed to—
yeas 45, nays 7. The river and harbor ap
propriation bill was thereupon taken up.
The river and harbor bill was taken np
and tbe bill was read for action upon tbe
committee’s amendments. On motion of
Mr. Withers, of Viigiuia, the amendment
reducing from $5,000 to $3,500 the appro-
tiou for Improving the harbor at Onancock,
Va., was disagreed to. The amendment
striking out the $10,000 appropria
tion for Improving the Bruns
wick, Ga., harbor was opposed by
Senators Brown and Hill, of Georgia, and
was dually disagreed to. The amendments
increasing the appropriation from $40,000
to $70,000 for improving Cape Fear river,
North Carolina: increasing the appropria
tion from $15,000 to $45,000 for Improving
the Neuse river, North Carolina; increas
ing the appropriation from $3,000 to
$0,000 for Famlico river, North Caro
lina, and for striking out the appro
priations of $2,000 for Little Roanoke
river, $2,000 for Tar river, N. C., were all
concurred in. The amendment Increasing
the Trent river, N. C., appropriation from
$5,000 to $10,000 was also concurred in.
The amendment reducing from $250,000 to
$200,000 the appropriation for improving the
Mississippi river between the mouths of tbe
Ohio and Illinois rival’s was opposed by Mr.
Davis, of Illinois* *nd Mr. \ est, and was
rejected.
1 be amendment striking out the appro
priation of $1,000 tor improving Ashley
fiver, S. C., was opposed by Mr. Butler and
rejected. The amendment reducing tbe
appropriation for Bayou Courtable, La.,
from $7,500 to $5,000, was opposed by Mr
Jonas, aud was rejected. Au amendment,
inserting $20,000 for Yadkin river, N. C.,
was adopted. The amendment striking out
the appropriation of $5,U00 for Pagan creek,
Va., was opposed by Mr. Withers aud re
jected. The same actiou was taken on an
amendment, striking out the appropriation
of $2,500 for Matlaponi river, Va. An
amendment, iacrearing the appropriation
for Waccamaw river, 8. C., from $0,000 to
$15,000, was adopted. The amendment
striking out the appropriation of $10,000
for the Freneh Broad river. Tenn., was
opposed by Mr. Bailey and rejected. Tte
amendmen,striking out tbe appropriation ol
$50,000 for an ice harbor at St. Louis was
opposed by Messrs. Cockrell and Vest and
rejected. The amendment striking out tbe
appropriation of $10,000 for Clinch river,
Tenn., was opposed by Mr. Bailey and re
jected. The amendment increasing
from $12,000 to $20,000 the appro
priation for the Savannah river
above Augusta was sdopted. Tbe amend
ment appropriating $30,000 for Improving
the entrance to Cumberland Sound, Florida
and Georgia, was adopted. The amendment
appropriating $75,000 for reservoirs at the
head waters of Mi« Mississippi was adopted.
The amendment striking out the clause re
quiring all works under this bill to be let by
contract to tbe lowest responsible bidder
was adopted, and an amendment making it
optional with the Secretary of War to con
tract when he thinks advisable, was adopted.
After opposition by Messrs. Vest and Mc
Pherson and advocacy by Messrs. Hereford,
Burnside and Jones, of Florida, amend
meuts providing surveys st the following
points were sdopted: For an ice harbor at
St. Louis; for opening tbe 6blp canal across
Charleston Neck, S. C.; for Boeuf river,
La.; for the opening of steamboat com
muuication from St. John’s river, Fla., by
wav of Topokalija Lake to Charlotte Harbor
or Pease creek, and for Pocuson river, N. C.
All the committee’s amendments being
disposed of, Mr. Butler moved to insert a
provision for a survey to determine the
feasibility of connecting the headwaters of
the Savannah river with tbe Tennessee and
lilawassee rivers by a canal, which was
adopted.
Mr. Morgan moved to Increase the ap
propriation for improving Mobile harbor
from $125,000 to $200,000, and rpoke in sup
port of the amendment urging the Impor
tance of that harbor not only to Alabama,
but the whole country.
Mr. Withers hoped the Senators would
stand by the bill as reported, and not
let it be loaded down by amendments
On motion of Mr. Random the amendment
was laid on the table.
Mr. Brown moved to increase the appro
priation for the improvement of tbe Savan
nah harbor from $65,000 to $100,000. He
spoke of the advantage of that harbor to
the whole country, as affording a nearer
outlet for its product* to the seaboard, and
appealed to Senators from all sections to join
lu the efforts of Georgia to build up flourish
ing commercial, manufacturing, agricultural
and mining industries. Mr. Brown’s first
speech was listened to with marked atten
tion.
Mr. Blaine said the Senator from Georgia
had convinced him of the justice of his
amendment, and he should vote for it with
out thereby seeking to violate any uude-r-
s’andiag that the bill as reported was to be
adhered to.
Mr. Beck spoke against the bill as a whole,
saying that the Democrats were making a
poor showing for economy by appropriating
between nine and ten million dollars, when
the department ouly estimated for five mil
lions. lie favored improving great harbjre,
aud might vote for Mr. Brown’s amendment,
but the bill in other directions was extrava
gant, and invited corruption.
Pending debate, at 6 p. m. the Senate ad
journed.
In tbe House, the morning hour was dis
pensed with, and a discussion arose as to the
propriety of limiting debate upon tbe gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill in com
mittee of the whole.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, desired to speak
upon the Inter-State commerce bill, but a
great deal of opposition was manifested by
the Republican hide.
The Speaker suggested that by unanimous
consent, after the disposition of the defi
ciency bill, a debate of two boors might be
allowed In the House, one hour to be occu
pied by Mr. Reagan, aud the other by the
Republicans.
To this Mr. F. Wood objected,stating that
when the deficiency bill 6hould be disposed
of, he would press the funding bill for con
sideration.
Finally the House, at 11:50, went into
committee of the whole, Mr. Whltthorne
In the chair, on tbe deficiency bill, the
general debate being limited to two hours.
Mr. Reagan proceeded to speak ou the
subject of Inter-State commerce, but was
interrupted by Mr. Valentine, of Nebraska,
who made a joint order that he must ad
dress himself to the question under consid
eration. It being evident, however, that the
chair would overrule the point, Mr.Valentine
withdrew it, preferring that Mr. Reagan
should proceed by unanimous consent, than
that he should do so by virtueef the chair’s
decision. Mr. Reagan then resumed his
speech, criticising the features of the Hen
derson bill, and advocating the passage of
what is known as tbe Reagan bill.
At the conclusion of Mr. Regan’s re
marks some further discussion ensued,
when the deficiency bill was read section by
section for amendment.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, moved to strike
out the paragraph appropriating $20,00u to
enable tbe Secretary of the Treasury to
provide storage for sliver coId, and said
the Secretary of the Treasury had entered
into an agreement with the New York
Clearing House by which he refused
to pay the government balances In silver
coiu. Tbe Secretary, he Sfid, had stated
that he bad not, and would not pay out sil
ver coin, except In such quantities as not
to disturb the gold standard. He now asked
Congress to back him up by appropriating
for the storage of coin. When the Secre
tary came confessing to the country and
Congress that he was violating the law of
tbe land, and asked Congress to sustain him,
it was time for the House to put a stop to It.
Mr. Dwight, of New York, moved to in
crease the appropriation from $20,000 to
$75,000, which was rejected.
Mr. Bland finaky withdrew his motion to
strike out the paragraph, and moved as a
substitute an amendment authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to relieve the
Treasury vaults of hoarded silver by paying
in standard silver dollars tbe amounts ap
propriated in the general deficiency bill, and
also appropriating $10,000 to provide for
the storage of so much coin as may be re
turned to the Treasury for silver certificates.
Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, favored the amend
ments, and in his remarks asserted that the
Secretary of the Treasury did not want peo
ple to get silver certificates, and justified
the assertion by pointing to the fact that
in more than a year less than ten mil
lion certificates had been issued, while the
amount of silver hoarded In the Treasury was
thirty-three millions. Considerable discus
sion followed, participated in by Messrs.
Warren, of Ohio, Kelly, of Pennsylvania,
Cox, of New York, and others, in which
the subjects of s single and double standard
and the effect of the remonetization of sil
ver were discussed, when the committee,
without disposing of Bland’s amendment,
rose.
Mr. King, of Louisiana, introduced a
resolution for the appointment of a com
mittee to investigate the expenditures of
appropriations for the Red and Wichita
rivers for the last ten Tears, which was re
ferred ; also, a resolution authorizing the
Secretary of War to enter into contracts for
keeping open the mouth of Red river for
five years, which was referred, and the
House adjourned.
The House Judiciary Committee today-
agreed to report favorably on Mr. O'Con
nor’s (South Carolina) bill to alter and ap
point the time for holding the Circuit
Court of the United States for the Fourth
Judicial Circuit.
DBCfSroN OF THE SECRETARY OF TUB TREAS
URY IN RSTEKENCB TO IMPROVED COTTON-
TIES.
The Treasury Department decides that
bands of cut hoop iron for cotton ties,
whether accompanied or unaccompanied by
buckles used, are liable to tbe duty imposed
on hoop iron.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
The President to-day sent to the Senate
the nomination of Mortimer M. Jackson,
now Consul at Halifax, to be Consul General
at that place; Luclo Tewkabury, of Califor
nia. to be United States Consul at San Sal
vador; Robert S. Gardner, of West Virginia,
to be Indian Inspector, and Angus Ford, to
be Postmaster at Laredo, Texas.
TURKEY AND THE BERLIN
TREATY.
The Porte*# Answer to the Note of
the Powers.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Losoon, June 1.—A Constantinople dis
patch say6 the Turkish Cabinet bos resolved
to reply somewhat as follows to the sum
mons demanding a complete execution of
the treaty of Berlin,which it shortly expects
to receive from the powers : That the Porte
has loyally executed its engagements in
regard to the Montenegrin question, and has
asked the powers to appoints commission of
inquiry thereon; that in regard to the Greek
frontier question the conciliatory disposi
tion of the Porte has been met by in
ordinate and inadmissible demands on the
part of Greece, and that in regard to the
reform for European provinces, the Porte
has drawn up regulations which will be
submitted according to the treaty to the
Eastern Roumelian commission.
THE PROTECTIONIST POLICY OF
RUSSIA.
What the German Presa Say on the
ftnbject.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, June 1.—The Berlin correspon
4cnt of tbe Times says the report that Rus.
siabas enacted a protective customs duty
on raw iron has caused much feeling among
the German protectionist#. Several jour
nals wfcich themselves advocate a pro
tectionist policy as far ms Germany
is coBcerntd point to the identical articles,
concluding «s follows: “It is of course
difficult »o exercise any Influence on the
decisions of the Russian Government, but
it may be affirmed that our neighbor’s trad-
« ig hostility is a bad means of promoting
ni7ersal peace.”
THE ASCOT RACES.
An American Horse i & the Field.
By Telearaph to the Mominq News.
London, May 1.—The weight# have been
published for the starters m the race for the
Royal Hunt cup, which will take place at
Ascot Heath ou Wednesday, the 9th inst.
Lorillard’s Parole will carry 126 pounds,
against Lord Hostings’ Master Kildare, 133
pounds.
Spring meeting ol the Queen Clt
Jockey Club.
Cincinnati, June 1.—This was the first
day of the spring meeting of the Queen
City Jockey Club at Chester Park. 1 ere
was a light rain all day and the track was
heavy.
The first race, a dash of one mile, was
won by Jim Malone, with Virgil Lear sec
ond aud Typbou third. Time, 1:52.
The second race was a dash of one mile
and a half. The race was won by Mary
Anderson with Brooklyn second, and Pat
Farrell, third. Time, 2:513tf.
The third race, mile heats
for all aces, resulted a* follows:
MDs Hardaway, 1, 2, 2. Little Reb, 3, 1.1.
Systova, 2, 3, 0. Jim Fay distanced. Time:
1:52, 1:53, l:57tf.
Public Debt Statement.
Washington, June 1.—The debt state
ment shows the decrease in the public debt
for May to be $15,928.033 87; cash in the
Treasury, $206,613,516 97; gold certificates,
$3,150,000; silver certificates, $12,224,270;
certificates of deposit outstanding, $12.-
815,000; refunding certificates, $1,413,100;
legal tenders outstanding, $346,631,016;
fractional currency, $15,592,934 37.
Opposition to the English Burial#
Bill.
London, June 1.—Vigorous opposition
wH be offered in the House of Lords to the
bill brought forward by the government to
permit the burial of dissenter# In all church
yards and cemeteries without the Church of
England service. Tbe rejection of the bill
will be moved on Its second reading.
Abolishing Special Contributions
Levied on Polish Lauded Pro
prietors.
London, June L—A St, Petersburg die-
patch says that tbe Governor of Wilnah rep
resented to the government the advisability
of abolishing the special contributions levied
on landed proprietors belonging to the Poles
in nine western provinces.
Aquatic Sports.
Boston, June L—In the race on th#
Charles river to-day between Ros# and
Frenchy Johnston, Ro»sdld not start, claim
ing not to have heard the word “go.” John
ston rowed over the three mile course in
22 minutes 15 seconds. The referee decided
that the race be called again to-morrow.
Hostile meeting of French Celebri
ties. _
Paris, June 1.—M. Henri Rochefort has
accepted a challenge of M. KoechliD,
brotber-ln-Jaw of the Prefect of Police An-
drieux, to a hostile meeting, and has named
MM. Zochroy and Clcmenceau as his
seconds.
victbodlst Protestant Conference.
Pittsburg, Pa., June L—In the General
Conference of the Methodist Protestant
Church to day a report of tbe Committee ou
Colleges was read and adopted,and trustees
for Adrlance College were elected.
Treaty of Peace Between Spain and
Paraguay.
Madrid, Jane L—The government has
authorized its representatives at Montevideo
to sign a treaty of peace and friendship be
tween Spain and the republic of Paraguay.
Brewers’ Convention.
Buffalo, June L—The United 8tates
Brewers’ Association meets here to-morrow
in its twentieth annual convention. A large
number of delegates arrived to-day and were
tendered th# hospitalities of the citj.
Knllroad Changes.
Ppiladelpuia, June L—A. J. Cassatt,
Third Vice President, has been promoted to
tbe First Vice Presidency of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
Conductors’ Convention.
Nashville, June L—The Conductors’
Convention selected Kansas City as tbe next
place of meeting. A. H. Cattlin, of New
York, was elected President.
General Hatch Bclnforcwd.
Washington, June 1.—Two Infantry and
three cavalry companies have been sent to
reinforce General Hatch In New Mexico.
THE EXODUS MOVEMENT.
DEPORT OF THE SENATE UOJI
MITTEE.
A Thorough Investigation— What It
Beveals—The Negro lu the South—
Compensation for Labor —Their
Political Bights Intact—Wages and
Bents — Landlord and Tenant —
Southern Court# of Justice — The
Bloody-Shlrt—Conclusions Beach
ed— minority Beport.
By Telegraph to the Mominq News.
Washington, June 1.—Senator Vance,
in behalf of the majority of the
Senate Exodus ^ Committee, to-day
submitted a report, which, after setting
forth the amount of labor devoted to the
Inquiry, and reporting that witnesses had
been examined from the States of North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, Kansas and
Indiana, say : “We think it clearly estab
lished from the testimony that the
following may be said to be
the causes which induced this migra
tion of the colored people from vari
ous portions of the South to Northern
State#, chiefly Kansas and Indiana; The
exodus to Indiana wan undoubtedly induced
in a great degree by Northern politicians
and negro leaders in their employ, and lu
the employ of railroad lines.”
The report, continuing, says: “The par
ticulars of the examination into the condi
tion of the colored men in North Carolina,
as disclosed by the testimony of both whites
and blacks, Republicans and Democrats,
showed that the causes of discontent among
the colored people could not have arisen
from any deprivation of their political
rights, or any hardship In their condition.
The testimony taken showed an
average compensation for labor in
that State quite equal, if not better,
than the average in any Northern State,
to which the exodites were going.
The closest scrutiny could detect no out
rage or violence inflicted upon their political
rights in North Carolina. It is also shown
that there existed societies in Washington
City snd in Western cities to promote the
exodus. Every member and friend of these
societies were Republicans, whose object In
promoting it was purely political, hoping to
remove a sufficient number of blacks from
the South to where their votes could aid in
turning the scale in close States in favor of
the Republican party.”
The report next mentions that the ques
tion of wages aud rent# and the share sys
tem of cultivating the land# were Inquired
into in all of the Southern States aud the
fact ascertained that the rates of compen
sation received by the colored people were
about as liberal as In North Carolina.
With regard to the landlord and tenant
laws of various Southern States, and the
system growing out of them, adopted by
many planters, for furnishing supplies to
their tenants and laborers, the committee
find they were urgently called for by the
circumstances in which the South found
itself after the war. The universal adop
tion of the homestead and personal prop
erty exemption laws deprived poor men of
credit, and the landlord class, for its own
protection, procured the passage of these
laws.
As to the alleged extortion by landlords
and country merchants of the South who
furnished supplies to laborers and tenants,
tbe committee admit that they found that
frequently bad and dishonest men would
take advantage of the ignorance or neces
sirles of the negroes and exact exorbitant
prices, but in justice to the planters of the
South, they feel bound to awert that this
abuse is not at{all general or frequent.
On tbe subject of the mistreatment of
the blacks in Southern courts of justice,
the committee aay they have ascertained
that in many districts the courts were under
entire Republican control, and that generally
there were as many complaints from such
districts as from districts under control of
Democratic officials. Taken altogether the
complaint# might be said to be such as are
generally made by the ignorant, who fall to
receive in the courts what they think Is jus
tice.
Educational advantages in the 8outh,'the
committee say, are insufficient and far infe
rior to those of most of the Northern States,
but 6uch as they are the same facilities are
afforded to the blacks as to tbt whites.
With regard to political outrages, which
(he committee say, “have formed the staple
of complaint for many years against the
people of the South, they find nothing
new. Many old stories are revived
by zealous witnesses, but few of whom
ventured to assert that consider
able violence or outrage had been
exhibited towards the colored people of the
South within the past few years, and still
fewer of those who testified on this subject
testified to anything happening within their
own knowledge. Their evidence, with rare
exceptions, was all hearsay.
In conclusion, the committee expresses
the positive opiuion that the condition of
the colored people of the South Is not only
as good as could have reasonably been ex
pected, but is better than If largi communi
ties had been transferred to acolder and more
inhospitable climate, thus thrusting them
Into competition with a different system
of labor; and while gradual migra
tion might benefit the individual
black man and his family, as It
does those of the whites, the committee
regard this wholesale attempt to transfer a
people without intelligence from the homes
of their nativity as Injurious to the people
and labor system of the State where they go,
and more than all injurious to the last de
gree to the black people themselves. That
there is much in their condition in the
South, the committee say, to be deplored,
no one will deny. That that con
dition is gradually Improving in
every respect is really tru.e
“Clashings,” the committee say, “between
the two races is neither to be denied nor to
be wondered at * But when we come to con
sider the method in which these people
were freed—at the result of a bitter and de
vastating civil war; and that, for purposes
of party politics, these incompetent, igno
rant, landless, harmless people, without
any qualification# of citizenship, with
out any of the ties of property or
the obligations of education, were suddenly
thrown into political power, and the effort
was made not only to place them upon an
equality with their late masters, but to ab
solutely place them in front and hold them
there by legislation, by military violence and
by every other means that could possibly be
resorted to; when we consider these things,
no philosophical mind can behold their pre
sent condition aud the present comparative
state of peace and amity between the two
races without wonder that their condition is
as good as it i#.” The report Is signed by
Seuators Vance, Voorhees and Pendleton.
Mr. Windom gave notice that he would
hereafter submit a dissenting report in be
half of the Republican minority.
Injunction and Restraining Order.
St. Louis, June 1.—In the case of the
Southern Express Company vs. the St. Louis
and Iron Mountain Railroad, Judge Treat
to day, In the United State# ClrcBit Court,
made the following order: That the de
fendant be enjoined and restrained until
the final determination of the cause
from preventing the plaintiff’s enjoying
the same facilities in the conducting of Its
express business permitted to anv other ex
press company or exercised by tfie defend
ant itself on payment by plaintiff therefor.
Argument on the merits of the case will be
heard some time ia July.
Grand Lodge F. A. Jt. of New York.
Naw York, June 1.—The ninety-ninth
session of the Grand Lodge of Free and Ac
cepted Maoone of the State of New York
opened this morning at Masonic Temple.
There was an unusually large attendance of
representatives.
Formal Opening of mining Stock
Kxch—
New York, June 1. new American
Mining Stock Excb ocated at 63
Broadway, was form led this after
noon.
Reformed Prea Irltn Synod.
Philadelphia, Jos ; l.—At to-day’# ses
sion of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod
of North America, the report of the com
mittees on national reform and on missions
were presented and adopted.
Prince Bismarck.
London, June 1.—A Berlin dispatch to
tbe Globe sav# Prince Bismarck does not
make his continuance in office dependent
upon the paaaage of the church bill.
Tbe Insurrection In Burrnah.
London, June L—A Calcutta dispatch
says that Intelligence from Burrnah states
that the number ot insurgents are increas
ing. and the movement has now extended
to Mandalay.
Fire.
New York, June l.—A fire occurred last
night in the bonded warehouse of W. C.
Casey, on Leroy street, and caused damage
variously estimated at from $29,0U0 to $60,-
000.
ENGLISH AFFAIRS.
International Polar Expedition—
Tbe Turkish Question—Nlr Bartle
Frere’s Removal — International
<opf rights *— N. dr Lesaeps lu
Loudon—The Panama Canal.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, June 1.—The British Foreign
Office ho# latel v had under consideration a
proposal laid before It that England should
cooperate lu the proposed international
Polar expedition, but no promise of support
has been made by the government.
The petition lodged against the election
of8lrJohn J. Ennis, Liberal ra-mber of
Parliament for Athlone, ha# been dismissed.
The correspondent of the Winchester
Guardian says: “It Is probable that after
Mr. Goschen, the British Ambassador to
Turkey, has iuforined^himself of all the cir
cumstances at Constantinople, he will at
tend the fcupplementary conference at Ber
lin, which will meet on the 15:h Inst.”
The Radical# in the House of Commons,
after presenting an amendment relative to
Sir Bartle Frere, Intend to await Premier
Gladstone’s reply before proceeding with
Mr. Samson’s motion relative to the recall
of Sir Bartle Frere from the Governorship
of the Cape of Good Hope.
Mr. Strohan, the well known London pub
lisher, has sailed for the United S.aies.
The correspondent says he understand# that
one of the object# of his journey Is to ascer
tain whether American • bllohors are not
willing to agree to some imlse
than any of the many wu.v i»»v sug
gested in America, relative to international
copyrights. It is hoped that at ibetrnext
se*mod a successful attempt wlli be mad# to
settle this vexed question.
M. deLesseps In his speech before the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday
expressed himself as being very confident
In the success of the Panama canal enter
prise. He aaid he proposed to offer to the
British public £166,000 worth of shares of the
stock, but did not care whether they were
taken or not, as he could get plenty of
funds. That he was not asklug for money
but offering it His speech was much ap
plauded.
Disastrous Fire.
Dunkirk, Franck, June 1.—A large fire
occurred here yesterday in some warehouse#
containing flax and maize. The property
destroyed was valued at one million francs.
Death of Connolly.
New York, June 1.—Richard B. Con
nolly, the Tweed ring fugitive and ex-Comp-
troller of thl# city, died in Marseilles Sun
day.
A Mother’s Devotion.
Capetown, June 1.—Ex-Em press Eugenie
arrived ou tbe 28th of May at Stoyozi, Zulu-
land, near the spot where the Prince Impe
rial was killed.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The Political Army Poarlas In—
Personal Collision# Between Grant
aud Blaine ITI#n— Browbeating Col
ored Sherman Delegates—Bum to
the Re»cae-P1ck pockets aud Bum-
mers-The Unit Buie to be Broken.
Sjtecial Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.
Chicago, May 30. — Republican politicians
from all point* ot the compos# hare poured
into the city yesterday aud to day, including
nearly a hundred member* of the Senate ana
the House. Tlie hotel lobbies have been one
#warming mas* of excited and loudir disputing
men tue entire day. Personal collisions be
tween the adherent* of Grant and Blaine have
been frequent, and the bitternes.s which has
prevailed for several days ha* become so in
tensified that Iherituation looks decidedly ugly,
threat# are constantly mode by the Blame
men that they do not intend to permit any
bulldozing by the Grant manager* or any half
justice through which they may lie defrauded
of their right*, and they will i nsist any such
attempts by force, if necessary. Friends of
both Grant and BUiue openly proclaim that in
cose of the nomination of one or the other
tli.-y will not support him, and that an inde
pendent candidate is inevitable. Some of the
more indiscreet Grant men have taken it upon
themselves to endeavor to browbeat the col
ored Sherman delegates into the support of
Graut. One of the**, a gentleman who had a
very profitable Federal office during Grant's
administration, stood up in the Shertuan House
Ui night and said in a loud voice to a knot of
colored delegates who surrounded him, “I will
organize a band after the adjournment of this
convention to hang every nigger who does not
vote for Grant.'
Rum ha* been flowing like water. The crowd#
around the liars are sometime.* in files of three
deep, and I do not remember, in a rather •liver-
si fled experience, to have seen a more noisy or
a rougher a-sembla^e than that which throngs
all tho public places of Chicago. Pickpockets
and bummers are thick. Among those who talk
h-udesi and longvst are a lot of Waahingtou
Judge#, Colonels and Majors, but it i* some
what of a mystery how they reached here, al
though tlie walking is said to have been good.
Wm. E. Chandler says he will sue the pro
prietor of the Palmer House for refusing nhn
accommodation* after he had made a written
contract for rooms. The proprietor, who 1#
a brother-in law of Fred. Grant, and who.
though a Democrat, is an enthualaxtic ‘’Grant
mau, say# he found that Chandler, whose
rooms were next to the Grant headquarters,
had made arrangements to spy into their se
crets. and for that reason he had refused him
rooms.
Some cocslderable feeling bos been created
among the colored delegates, from the fact
that two or three of the hotels have refused to
furnish them with accommodations. Tbe local
executive committee, of which Mr. John B. Jef
frey has been tbe moving spint, has been hard
at work for two months making arrangements
for the meeting of the convention, the payment
of expense*, etc., but after taking advantage of
the admirable work of the local committee and
grabbing at the money they had raised, the
still-committee of the National Committee, who
are Grant men, have thrown them out in the
odd, and now ignore them entirely, and men
who contributed hundreds of dollum to pay the
expenses complain very bitterly that they can
not even get a ticket of admission to the hall,
liecause they do not want Gen. Grant nomi
nated. Charlie Farwell, one of the leading an
ti-Grant men here, says he will spend one
hundred thousand dollar# to defeat Grant.
There seem* no room for doubt that the unit
rule will be broken, for dozens of delegates
have publicly announced t -day that, whether
the convention so decides or not, they wiil in
sist upon voting according to their owu indi
vidual preferences aud the sentiment of the*r
particular district*.
1- ive car loads of Blaine clacquers are among
the latest arrival*, and four more car load*
from Philadelphia will be here to-morrow.
They are well supplied with money, and Jay
Gou.d is said to be coming with more. A
Grant delegation from one of the Southern
States went into the tirant headquarters to
night. and. with charming frankness, raid to
ihooe in charge; "If you fellow# intend to
spend anv money it fa time you had com
menced.”
Gen. Garfield say# that th# unit rule must be
broken; that Don Cameron will be desposed #*
Chairman of the National Committee if he i*
not particular, and that many prominant Re
publicans of Ohio think Grant cannot carry
that State. The Vermont delegation say they
intend to stick to Edinuads to the last, and Uint
they have strong hopes that if the break up
comes he will be nominated. Tbe Blaine men
have made overtures to put Washbume on for
Vice-President.
The Blaine manager* pay they cannot sec
how the Grar.tpeople can talk so confidently,
when they know that so much of Grant #
strength fa lost by the refusal of delegate* to
follow instructions. To-night It is claimed that
not lees than hixteen of the New York dele
gates have determined to refuse to vote for
Grunt. At the Cincinnati OmvmNol four
years ago, there was much comment over the
pressure of government officials, but the num
her present waa not near so great a* it fa now.
Collectors of customs and or internal revenue,
postmasters, treasury agentn and others are
thick as Hies, and keep up quite as much buzz
ing.
.senator Bruce fa having frequent consulta
tions with the colored delegates, and it fa un
derstood that they will all give him a compli
mentary vote for Vice President. Fred. Domp
iaas is a conspicuous object of curiosity. He
talks much and always ha* numerous auditors.
He is very enthusiastic for Grant.
W. R. Holloway, brother-in-law of late Sena
tor Morten, ando Pst master of Indianapolis,
say* that if there is no nomination after three
or four ballot* it 1* quite likely timt Hayes will
be brought forward and nominated.
Of all the delegations, that from Pennsylva
nia seems to he tlie most vulnerable. Cameron
and his staff of young and bright and active
followers, who ha*e been here for several days,
hLow nervousness that cheers the Blaine pec
pie and correspondingly depresses the Grant
men. It was arranged that the delegation
should come here in a body, with baud playing
and colors flying, so a* to make an impression
of unity: but, instead, they come in by twos
and threes, an 1 are so scattered that it would
mvdi that there was no delegation at all from
that State. They have commodious parlor#,
with prominent sign*, but few people to oc
cupy them. All this indicates a more se
rious rupture in the delegation than
the Grant men had any idea of.
btiil Cameron proclaims that the dele
gation wiil be the next thing to solid, and ex
plains that the want of enthusiasm among them
comes from the fact of their desire to be re-
hev«*d from the obnoxious pressure that is be
ing brought to bear upon all delegates who are
supposed to be acting under arbitrary instruc
tion*, instead of their own individual judg
ment. When you get Cameron down to figures
he rays unit rule or no unit rule, he think# the
delegation will be solid, but if they should be
broken, only six will be found id the Blaiiie
column. The Blaine men, on tbe other hand,
say they have six of the ten from Philadelphia
alone, tbe stronghold of Grant in the State, and
before the convention meets they hope to have
a majority, especially on the vote for terai*>-
rary Chairman and tne Committee on Content
ed elections. F. A. K.
Faintness before eating, pain and distress
afterward, prevented by Malt Bitters,
je2-lt
0UB JACKSONVILLE LETTER.
A Bombshell Id the Radical Camp—
Nome stubborn Facia— ■ neon •lat
ency an«l Hypocrisy-A Good Cam
paign Document Gone to C hicago
Democratic Convention — bat
Mar be Done at UaluesvlHe—Tlaa
Man and Brother—He iVanta a Seat
at the First Table-Will Conover
Come Down?—Motes.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Jacksonville, May 31 —A recent letter from
Alex. Pt. Clair Abrams. State Attorney for the
Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, lias at
tracted much attention. It# pungent style in
dicates that hfa pen ha# not lost any of tbe ner
vous force that characterized hi# contributions
to the Atlanta i/rruhi.vrhea. in connection with
II. W. Grady and the lamented Alston, that
paper was a power in Georgia.
The article in question recites a number of
facta, of which little was known even by our
leading politician*, and fa a happy and crush
ing rejoinder to one of CoL Bfabee s Washing
ton manifestoes. In one of those classic pro
ductions which have rendered hi# came so fa
mous in literary circles, CoL Bfabee makes the
following serious charge:
“That the Stab* courts of Democratic pro
clivities do not enforce the State election laws,
or punish fraud# committed in the interest of
candidate#, no one will deny. They have
not done so, even when they have admitted the
fraud and the crime. '
With this Mr. Abram* takes Issue, and lets
in a Maze ot light upon a subject hitherto
veiled in profound darkness. Alter denounc
ing most bitterly the frauds in Brevard county,
in 1378, and excoriating J. H. Allen, ”the orig
inator and executor of the crime,” whoee evi
dence m behalf of the United Btates, while
establishing hfa own guilt, seut to the peniten
tiary his instruments, Lee, Wright ami Johns,
vr. A bra up very effectively the
true inwardness of the subsequent proceeding*,
lie states that it was hfa publicly avowed in
tention to prosecute the perpetrators of these
frauds, ana that as soon as the trials of the
three iuau who were convicted in the United
State# Court ha l terminated, he addressed a
note to Judge Settle, requesting th-* surrender
of the forged returns, that he might institute a
prose ;utioc against .Vilen and Uauideu. Neither
t. • ;his k tter. nor to a subsequent one addressed
to tbe Judge conveying the same reque# T . was
any answer returned.
“1 next saw District Attorney Stickney aocut
the matter. He told me tliat Judge Settle had
mentioned hearing from me, and -tat<*d that he
(Stickney > hud no idea what had become of the
papers, but supposed they were in the Clerk’s
office I next instructed Mr. Stewart, Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Brevard county, to write
Mr i’hil p Waiter, the Clerk of the United
States Court, and demand the papers. Mr.
Stewart did so. and Mr. Walter never replied.
The last time 1 was in Jacksonville, I saw Mr.
Walter in person, and asked him for the pa
per*. He then Informed me that Mr. Stickney
had them, and had taken them after the trial
of L«*e and never returned them.”
Mr. Abrams expresses hi# surprise at this
conduct, and is at a loss to understand why a
court of Republican proclivities should per
sistently checkmate the efforts mode by a
coutt of Democratic proclivities to obtain the
evidence required for the prosecution of these
criminals.
He next turn* his attention to Colonel Bisbee,
and very graphically and tersely show# up the
Inconsistencies of that gentleman. He goes on
to ray that while making tbe efforts above
mnutioned, to obtain the desired evidence, he
was notified that Colonel BLsboe “had made
some violent threats as to whut he would do,
or have done,” If Allen and Gaulden were
prosecuted. Mr. Abrams concludes as fol
lows:
“With a consistency peculiarly that of a Re
publican leader and the author or an aggressive
campaign, while he was writing to the press
that State courts of Democratic proclivities
would not punish election fraud# committed in
the intorest-or its candidate*, he was indulging
in threats of what he would do if Alien and
Gaulden. the two princij>al criminals, were
E rosecuted, and Republican officials were cie-
berately withholding from th# State authori
ty* the evidence needed to sustain a prosecu
tion.
“Altogether it Is a pretty story, and it fa a
pity that Mr. Bisliee did not include it in his
fetter to the Sun ami l*ress. I suppose, though,
tliat hfa gorge rises only at Democratic ini-
auities. Nevertheless, while he conducts hfa
‘aggressive cami>oign' with a posse of Unit*#I
States deputy marshals on one side, a platoon
of United States soldiers on the other, and a
lot of blank warrants in hfa i>ocket#. he might
find it worih his while to explain why a court
of Republican proclivities ns# prevented a
court of Democratic proclivities from punish
lng perpetrators of election frauds, and why
he ha* appeared in the role of guardian and
protector to the two admittedly biggest scoun
drels of the gang.”
Tins bomb-shell of Mr. Abrams will furnish a
firs trate cainpsigu document and should be
published in #J1 the Democratic papers of tho
Btato. It L* said by the few who are informed
of the facts, tliat all the assertions cun be fully
established.
Republicans may sneer at tho article, but not
a single one of them 1ms yet ventured to make
a denial in any of their organs, snd even the
Sun and Press, usually prompt to come to the
rescue of the stalwarus. when attacked, fa
strangely silent and reserved. The shot struck
tho bull's-eye. tuui ho# demonstrated in tbe
dearest manner tlie inconsistency and hypoc
risy of such preachers of morality as Colonel
Bishee and other# of hi* persuasion. As it
stan-fa it is a very pretty picture for the con
templation of the students of human nature.
Several of the Republican delegates and cun
ning manipulator* nave already left for Chica
go. From present appearance* It begins to
look very much a* if General Grant would be
the nominee. Such a result would b# very
acctptable to the Florida Democrats. They
are very much elat«*d with the composition of
the State *iate, and would find increased cause
for rejoicing should the third termer be select
ed a* the rational candidate of hi* party.
Most of tho countiea have held their conven
tions, and a very large array of Ability will be
asHecibled at Gaiaesvihe on tbe 10th of next
month. Several have elected three time# as
many delegates as the votes to which they art*
•utitled. The convention, when full, consists
or ‘&2 members, and as tbe time-honored two-
thirds rule will doubtless be adopted, 168 will
be required to effect a nominal ion. it would
be a happy presage of success if the same una
nimity could be secured at Gainesville, as was
attained four years ago at Quincy, when the
State ticket was nominated by acclamation.
Such a consummation fa not altogether im
possible. and the wise heads and prudent coun
cillor* of the party can do much to reconcile
any differences of Munion that now exi»t. Too
much depends on the coming struggle to per
mit personal preference# or prejudices to run
adverse to the genera- 1 welfare, and such en
cumbrances must be thrown aside, as the sol
dier casts off all extra weight when the line of
bat! Ie is formed.
Our political sky, already bright, ha* been
made brighter by the serious blunders com
mitted by the enemy. It fa our policy to profit
by these, and not to be guilv of any mistake*
that may dim or extinguish tlie brilliant beacon
light of victory gleaming in the distance.
Another Democratic victory in November wlJJ
fatally weaken it it doe* not utterly rout the
Republican party in Florida.
Year by year the negroes are showing more
and more restivene## and an increasing dispo
sition to rebel against the leadership of their
white officers. A* their young men, now being
educated, coin# into notice, their ambition and
love of distinction will only intensify this feel
ing. and the leading strings, hitherto found suf
ficient to guide and control these Sampsons,
ignorant of their own strength will Ire snapped
like threads of gossamer. It 1s the purpose of
the negro to pick ju*t as iruny of the jduinH
out of the pudding as his white allv. Let the
negro once reach the point of despfaiDg the
authority of his former white governors (and
to this condition they are fast arriving), and
there will soon be a mutiny, and those who
have walked the quarter deck will walk the
plank without delay and without remorse. The
nlack Hercules is becoming very conscious of
his Ktrength mid importance, and although
ouce content thankfully to gather the crumb#
of tatronage, now boldfy insists on sitting at
the table and claiming hi# full share of the
choicest dainties.
There fa a rumor to the effect that the Na
tional Executive Republican Committee have
refused peremptorily to expend a dollar in
F.orida, unless certain changes are made in tho
Suite ticket. Th* se contemplate the removal
of Conover ami Witherspoon, and the substitu
tion of other names of greater weight and
ability. It i» said that the arrangement will be
effe ted at Chicago. The Sun and Press, the
leading ltepubiu-an organ in the State, ha*
never hoisted th** ticket, has never heartily en
dorsed the nominations, and its altitude on tae
subje -t has occasioned much comment. Such
a shuffie of the card*, as at>ove referred to,
would not create much surprise among those
familiar with the peculiar tactics employed by
th.* average Radical Florida politician. A
lucrative foreign o* home appointment would
be a in< st euioHient salve to blighted hopes
and masted ambition, and to many of this class
money is more desirable than distinction or
honor.
How Conover’s negro friends would be
pleased wl*h such a bargain. I cannot say.
There are those who attribute to tb** ex-Sena-
tor a considerable share of political honesty,
an.l who claim that in this respect he stands
ou rather a high, r plane than many of his asso
ciates.
How the man ami brother will fancy such a
Napoleonic way of chiding their presumption
in venturing to act for themselves and in knock
ing down tbtur idol*, for the purpose of putting
up others tn«»re worthy of worship, fa a ques
tion for then? to determine. They are usu
ally a docile race, but their late spirit of inde
pendence may perhaps, in such au event, evoke
a recalcitrant disposition. Bruce, the only
representative of their race, now fn Congress,
will vacate hi* seat next March, and the rreed-
wen of Florida would be proud of the distinc
tion of seeing Witherspoon take hfa seat as
member from the first district. A few days
now will demonstrate whether or not there is
any truth in the rumor. Our Radical leaders
are cunning and tricky, and dollars are potent
and seductive.
The trial of Pino, the Cuban indicted for the
murder of of Toledo, came on this week, and
terminated Saturday in a mistrial, the jury be
ing unable to agree. It will be remembered
that the parti*-#, on the 21st of la*t month,
nought a secluded spot just outside of Ihe city,
and, according to popular belief, fought a duel
wii h pistofa, no f>econds being present. Toledo
was kilted. Tho jury was composed of ten
whites and two negroes. Tho Anglo-Saxons all
favored a verdict of murder in the second de
gree. while the dark element insisted stubborn
ly upon on acquittal. Pino, the prisoner, fa a
man of mixed blood, while Toledo was a Cau
casian. This question of race will rear its hy
dra head on ail occasion*, and will continue m
the future, os it has in the past, to give rise to
endless troubles. It frequently interferes with
the course of justice, and sets at defiance all
ordinary rules and usage#.
Thus .far. the month of May has b'en delight
ful. We have had but few u:irlcasantly-Lot
days, while some cover at night has been gener
ally required.
That splendid steamer, the St. John's, has
made her last trip for tbe season, and left a#
lust week, w th streamers flyiug and steam
whistle paying porting salute*, .to begin her
summer engagement at New York. She fa
deserve-lly popular, and will always retain her
grip on public favor as long as she fa under her
present excellent management.
Melons are coming in pretty rapidly, and will
soon be within the pecuniary reach of even tho
newspaper men. 1-arge shipments will noon
be made to Northern markets. Immense
quantities of vegetables stnl continue to go
forward, although the pri-res, of course, are
not as good os those obtained earlier.
W. H. B.
Vanderbilt was neatly shaved yesterday
with Caticura bhtvjDg iioap. jsS-lt