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.3,6 r« second C1m« Mutter.
WHEW t or * « EKE VOVNG.
W
>n the star of love was shining
the goLien summer ere,
, maiden. softly smiting »
On the garland she did weave,
Stood in the dewy lijjht,
watched the coming night,
i-or the star of lore was bright,
Wfct-a you and I were young.
And the gentie smile grew softer.
And the fingers idly more.
Fcr the knew the voice beside her
Had no other tone than love;
And the hcppy tears would rise
la the maiden's pleasant eyes
8 he turned tuem to the skies—
jfy lore, so fair and young:
I.ong years have cast their shadow-
Since you and I were young,
hut th'- untried lore I pledged you
lg:rue a- when it sprung;
And your wriniled brow as fair.
An i your pleasant eyes as clear
And your wifely kiss as dear
As when our years were young.
The sun is fast declining.
And the autumn leaves are sere.
Vod the «intry twilight gathers
Oc the silver of your hair;
But our wrinkled hands entwine.
And still lore’s star doth thine
Upon us, heart of mine'
\cd in its light divine
We evermore are young.
It. J. Philurick.
Georgia A flairs.
H.e negroe3 cf Chattahoochee county de-
ir*. they will vote for Colquitt because he
. is been abused, villlfled and bemeaned for
iranng bis offl:- and preaching to them. They
, t bey nee-i good preaching and good advice
more than anything else, and that during Col
our/’» administration crime decreased US
per cent, among them.
Tta matrimonial market was booming in
Hoi -■- last Wednesday. Teree wedding** were
. e i<.i rated there on that day.
Republican Congressional Convention
for the Fifth district, recently held in Griffin,
.Jonathan Norcross made a fierce onslaught on
the . om cratic party, and advised the Repub
lic -oft I.-State to aid and encourage the split
in t-, • I>emcK ratic party in every way. To ac-
, :u;,h li this he advised hia party to support
Norwood.
Th - Columbus Times, heretofore anti-Col-
; has come over to the support of the
(, w n r. It thinks the will of the Democracy
• <;... rgia. a^ expressed by the overwhelming
, ra ; >r v j ;i Atlanta Convention, should be
\ correspondent, writing on business from
SiUi lersvllle. reports “crops good and Colquitt
G-ia-ral Lon^street will rail for Constantino
t...* next wcek.° He will hardly get there be-
rorc Hancock will be inaugurated ami he will
When the Gubernatorial campaign is over,
then we will again be able to get some items of
general new*> from our State exchanges.
Th.- Georgia Railroad runs a “school train "
between !•< itur and Atlanta for the special
acc »nim«>-a:.- r. cf children residing in the for
mer and ntt-ling school in the latter place.
The Quitman R porter will no longer be pub-
• sh* • at Quitman. The entire outfit will be
rem-r. ed t * Waycross. It will still have a Quit-
man deportment in it* however. It will be
known hereafter simply asThc Reporter.
T • Quitman Reporter learns that a most
atrocious murder took place last Saturday eve
ning at Mr Aaron Jones’ place in Lowndes
county, umler the following circumstances:
-.VI!-n Jones went home from Valdosta
mi.-.; to his neck with ‘run-mod' whisky, and
-tt -mpted to shcot his father. His brother
Mar- interfered to prevent it, and he turned
up .n him and shot all of his forehead, from
i..< -yes out. entirely off, killing him instantly.
\V e have no: heard,*’ says that paper, “wheth
er Alien ha3 been caught or not. It Is thought
he las committed suicide, as he was last seen
nia'- ing for a secluded place with a rope in his
A new steam cotton mill is to be established
Th- Cov.ngton Enterprise says: “The corn
crop of Newton county this year will yield
mor - than f r any two former years known to
th history of the county. This is good news,
aad that Newton county has raised her
bread at l-ast for one year. The wheat crop
r H*> pred a failure, a miserable failure,
but th- cotton and corn crop will bring the
farm- rs all right once again, and then all will
be ready to start life anew.”
T . Svrainsboro Herald says the wind and
rain the first of the week greatly damaged the
Litton crops, and caterpillars are also doiDg
lava*, damans to the young cotton. It also
ay- ill- farmers are experiencing difficulty in
pre curing hands to gather the crop.
Under the heading “The Latest Charge”
and. by th- way. it is about on a par with
erery oth-r charge against Governor Colquitt;,
the CarPrsvill- Ecprexs says: “A friend in
forms us that as he was coming to Cartersville
the other day, he met an old gentleman a few
iai!e> from town who seemed very much in
terested in the Gubernatorial race, and when
asked how he stood for Governor, replied with
vehemence: ‘I am agin Colquitt.’ ‘Why are
you against Colquitt?’ inquired our informant.
‘Why. sir, I hearn down at Cartersvill- to-day
that Colquitt took 5375,003 of the State's money
and lent it tj s-xe fellows down in Atlanta,
and that them fellows there took the home
stead. anil that the State lost every dollar of
that money That's why I am agin Colquitt. ’ ’*
We learn from the Hartwell Sen that Mr.
Middleton Guinn was found in the road near
Gloer's mill, ia Elbert county, on Monday
bridle rein of his mule upon his arm. lie had
Parted to his home, near Little Holly Springs,
from a nejghbor’s on the previous night about
ten o'clock. lie was taken to his home, where
he died at cine o'clock, without returning to
toosciousnes--. The cause of his death is un-
The Irwin’ a S-Juthemer and Appeal statci
that the rain of last Wednesday was a very
bwvy one and general throughout Wilkinson
county, as far as has been heard. The hail,
wai ;h i; was accompanied, was severe,
but the damage done was light.
T;:- tax in Laurens county this year will be
ia- d jllar on the hundred. This, remarks the
Imbiin Pont. is lower than the rats has been
for several years past.
A large and enthusiastic meeting'' was
bari-n W-dnesday last in the interest
°‘ Morw od, at which there were about
f'ttr persons present. After the speaking, a
proposition was made to organize a Norwood
clur. aad nine remained to form it. A gentle-
raau * rom Sr.tosh says we can put the county
*• vr. as certain for Colquitt. Verily, if this
Steeps on. the minority will be as badly
r-isUxeu as t hey were daring the canvass for
u ”'gates, v hen. according to their account,
•OoTTior Colqi. itt stood no chance, and would
>* beat-u on the first ballot.
^correspondent ftom Perry's Mills, Tatnall
•a*}', writ. - “i consider Governor Col-
. V recent letter a grand refutation of the
^ ercus i.:-.arges made against him, and
-n*. it in the Lands of the masses in general,
‘ i i the hands of ‘the gallant minority’
Z^olly. Colquitt will, I think, carry the
oouity by a large majority.”
lo tbe cotton crop from the
' cannot kV' ,- the Quitman Reporter,
' : l1x5 *'-'tunated. It will not only
h/'‘anUty to rot In the field, but
aa iDf-ri^^ r ^ ch Ih> gathered will be of
s ' '' ra <leand bring a very- low price.”
Hr ( v , r ® ^ldtuiicc ; “The wife of
^ a town on ?’ livea about four miles
tak-n wit*, J*P wmh nver > suddenly
tJhtof tL SvWfi?® lu ugs on the
v as co’,«i m iVf'i lDst i in forty minutes
' , -Li th ' bercivA-fT' sympathize
of fliildren iShl? h, .^ baild and large family
Bay. , u thlS sudden bereavement.”
ffanev Dispatch: “Mrs.
Cturch in [a! r J linn * near Poplar Spring
vearTof county, was^ ninety-one
v i °<u:S«i? 1 f2S r i lart * .® he bas a nephew
K. - !• 1V- 113 ^ 1 aild informs us that
'■'"Wroid sprigbUy as a six-
' to her bJSSaSS frequently walks four
lic ias frur-' .V.f'-qoaugliter a. She used spee-
^ U P to SrSti , me 8 “® was forty-five years
t i r eutv-nu-\-ar- J ^ r ? a b r °- but for the lat-t
. e bas been able todispenso
J ^-il. tr. t irl^ectacles, and can thread a
• ^nmchease as she ever could,
fct and rai eTer since she v. as a
•a.>es her own tabocco.”
John r f <£'? er: ,“ 11 turn s out that the
juuie Haul iinlfY-? ho • tol ° Mr ' Ht ' ni *F Giles'
t rr ^ the Lun?Sa 8 ? ,c V is nn escaped luuaUc
Afylu® in Tennessee. His
tot cf i a:i the l ,ur Pose of retting him
i’i ” returning him to the asylum.
J! i *,!i taken his case In hand
-‘S^orto obtain his release. He
Al
KZD
e. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
has documentary evidence of his lunacy from
the Governor of Tennessee, and the clerk of
the c*>urt. undtr his official seal, where he was
adjudged to be a lunatic, which he will present
to Judge Ilansell, together with a j -etition
feigned by a number of our most intluential
citizens, praying tliat he be released and turn
ed over to his brother for the purpose of being
returned to the asylum. If ne ia a lunatic,
under the law he is not guilty of theft."
Albany Advertiser: • On Monday afternoon a
colored woman who was Iving ill in her house
in the western portion of the city, was alarmed
at hearing unusual noises at her window, when
turning her gaze in fcuat direction she saw a
hand and arm projecting into the opening, the
owner evidently endeavoring to enter the
room. Her screams alarmed the would-be
thief, who thereupon deliberately proceeded to
the adjoining room <it being a tvo rc-med
cottage , and tried to effect an entrance
through the window. The occupant of this
room, a young colored woman, the Wife of
Henry Davis, promptly captured the bur
glar, who proved to be “Babe ' Ely. a notorious
voung thief. There being no officers In the
vicinity, after a good talking to she was re
leased’ This young reprobate belongs to a
family noted for thieving propensities. Her
brother is now serving a sentence in the peni
tentiary for breaking into a city store several
years ago.”
Says the Elberton Evict: “We took a trip
through the lower part of the countv one day
Laet wr-ek, and from What we could b-e. the
upland corn crop is almost a complete failure
in that section. With but few exceptions, ti;at
which we saw was hardly worth gathering.
The failure was caused by the long continued
dry weather. We were informed that on bot
tom lamls the crop was much better. The
cotton crop throughout that portion of the
county is also sorry, nnd will nut make more
than half an average crop, according to pres
ent calculations. It is opening rapidly, aca the
people ar** picking it out as fast as pojsible.
(fuaco ba« not paid those who have ueed it in
that section the present year, and we fear that
many of them will come out behind. In other
portions of the county where they have cot
suffered for rain, crops of all kinds are said to
be as good as the land Is capable of prodne-
ing.”
•Mrs. E, II. Adcock, living near Little Prairie
in this count\." says the Cartersville Express,
“has »>een an invalid for nearly twelve years,
during all of which time she was confined to
her h©d end never walked a step. Several of
the best doctors of the county attended her,
but failed to affect a cure. About five weeks
ago her husband. Mr. E. II. Adcock, sent for
Mrs. N. A Lockridge, au elderly lady, living
near this city, who lias considerable reputation
for her skill ia the treatment of chronic fe
male diseases. Mjs. Lockridge at once took
charge of the case, declaring her ability to af
fect a perma r.ent cure, aud in ten days Mrs.
Adcock was able to ris»» from her bed and walk
about the room, and is now almost entirely
well, nie above facts were given to us by Mr.
Adcock himself, in whose veracity we ha^ e the
utmost confidence.*’
Calhoun Times: “A man L>y the came of
Johr. Nevils, of Kingston, was in the county
last week hunting hands, and on his return
home he was found dead near Kingston. The
cause is not positively known, bat it i* sup
posed that he either accidentally shot himself
or was murdered by his nephew, with whom
he had had a difficulty not long previous. Since
writing the above, we are informed that he was
killed in the county, about four miles west of
Adairgville.”
The Columbus Times says: “The Savannah
News does the good people of Columbus only
justice in the following refl etions on‘person
alism.’ No people in the State more thorough
ly deprecate such exhibitions of "bad man
ners’ as a few persons here Indulged in on the
occasion referred to, than do the ptople of
Columbus. But we must learn to make some
allowances for the >ush' of young blood. It
will get older: * ‘Personalism.’ as Mr. Hill calls
it, must indeed run high in our politics, when
a distinguished and honored citizen like Gen.
John B. Gordon is greeted with hisses from nn
audience he liad been invited to address. We
cannot believe that respectable citizens of Co
lumbus had any part in such disgraceful eon
duct, but the boys of our sister city should be
admonished against such an exhibition of bad
manners by the reflection that the Creator has
endowed only two animaD besides man with
the power to I iss—the serpent for its venom,
and the goose for its stupidity.' ”
Under tin* caption “A Painful Scene,” the
Dublin Tost says: “On last Saturday about 4
o’clock there came up a sudden and violent
gust of wind, which brought us quickly to the
window of our office to lower the sash. But,
on reaching the window our attention was
riveted on the most agonf/.ing scene we ever
witnessed. Some sixty feet from where we
stood, and in full view, was the new two-sfeory
building of Mr. Lee Ferry. The frame was up,
the roof partly on, but no weatherboarding.
Two workmen. Mr. Elijah B-nton anil Mr. R.
R. Jones, were standing by the work-bench on
a ternpornry floor laid on the sleepers. The
building began to yield to the wind, and the men
made a start to run out. But as quick ns
thought the building was a pile of ruin’, and
the men beneath it. No one who saw it enter
tained the remotest idea but that both men
were crushed to death. But in a few minutes,
to the glad surprise of all. they both crawled
out, with only a few slight bruises. Mr. Ben
ton had the presence of mind, when he saw he
could not get out. to throw himself down be
tween the sleepers. Mr. Jones was knocked
nolens volens by some falling timbers, into u
similar position. The falling house struck the
rear cf McDaniel's bar and broke oft some of
the weatherboarding and did other slight
damage."
LETTER FROM MACON.
WRECKED IN A HURRICANE
A Good Crop Pronpcct—Good Advice
to Planter#—Cami» Meeting Near
Griffin—A Tall* from Governor Col
quitt—Tlie Political Excitement.
Macon, September 2.—Editor Morning
Ketcs: The late rains in Middle Georgia have
revived the droDping spirits of the planters
very much. Indeed, the majority will make
more. In almost all the produce they raise,
than for years. In Spalding and Fayette coun
ties, through which I have recently traveled,
they assure me the rains have been more gen
eral. The average production will be greatly
increased above other years, and once more
there will be the sound of plenty in the lund.
If our people would live within their income
a few vears.and not run recklessly in d*>bt.soon
a cash basis would be established and every
thing would run much smoother. The spirit of
the people would not only be better, but
morses would be healthier.
That was a wise advise of Paul's, ‘ Owe no
man." Happy is he who is in that state, and
why not be a year ahead and not alwa> s a year
behind? There is such a thing as catchiDg up
with one's self. The merchants hive run the
planters about long enough. Let them now in
the flush of a prosperous year strike for
liberty. . „
I fell in at a big camp meeting eight miles
from Griffin. There were twenty tents, with
half as many more families encamped, and
fourteen more tents promised another year.
Fourteen hundred dollars was subscribed to
build a new arbor by another year. Rev. J. 'V.
Heidt lifted the collection. He is a growing
man, a flue preacher. ^ .
Dr. Scott, of Scott * Monthly notoriety, was
present as representative of North Georgia
Conference Orphan's Home. His health is
poor. He says the Horne is prosperous, with
twenty live children. It has turned out some
flue specimens as citizens— young men and
women who reflect great credit on their prty
ceptor3. Governor Colquitt was on the ground,
and at the earnest solicitation of the clergy
and friends gave a talk Sunday afternoon.
His theme was the cultivation of homo piety.
He gave a beautiful picture of a happy home,
where husband and wife walked in the fear of
God. nnd the children after them were taught
the commands of God.
He then gave a glowing description of a
home made miserable for the went of piety,
many of wliich are often found iu our State,
made so by drunken husbands and lawless
fathers. Many men not Gov. Colquitt’s ad
mirers heard him gladly, lion. J- D. Steward,
of Griffin, who is a Baptl-t minister, closed
with prayer. The influence upon the three
thousand'persons present was for good. The
Governor Is not a preacher, he is cnly a lay
worker iu the church, and speaks as any other
lavman. He did this before he was Governor.
Why not now, when opportunity serves. Our
country would be a great deal better off in
every respect if all our officials, from Presi
dent down, were walking in the fear of God.
I heard but very little politics diseased on
the grounds. But while in Griffin and Fayette
ville, most every group cf men we I»*sseU
through were fiercely discussing the contest
for the Governorship. The anti-Colquitt men
are very fierce and noisy, but as far as I could
learn, are largely in the minority. It is very
strange that good friends and neighbors will
fall out and almost come to blows about a mat
ter of such little consequence.
Either Colquitt or Norwood would make
Georgia a good (Governor. Both are true men
to their native State, and have, end doubtless
would he. t rue to their constituents. They art-
each other's friend. Why then all this abuse:
Why so much vent of bad passions, profanity
and lying?
I fe’ar it is but an index of the universal pre
valence of human depravity. It is certainly
revolting to every food man; and every paper
and speaker that indulges in such low slang
and falsehood ought, as they most likely do,
lose two votes where they gain one.
Th* question is left to the vote of the popu-
Jance. and let the sober judgment of the voter
decide it, as thev certainly wi:l. Let there be
no schisms permanently created among our
noblo Georgia citizenship in this merely per
sonal cont«->
Adolph Bo6que,
E. Fuentes,
Rafael Anue.
Walter Betckte,
J. Ravensburg,
A. R. Martinez,
Mrs. R. Arrue,
Geo. W. Cole,
O. P. Siloa,
H. Glashof,
Miss Sadie Fay,
A. K. Owen,
West Marvin.
The midnight marauder should not be
banished from our dwelling any more quick
ly than should a cough or cold of any kind
be driven from the system. Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup quietly yet positively places all
colds under Its control. Price 2o cents.
sep4 It
LOSS OF THE STEAMER “VERA
CRUZ.** WITH ALL ON BOARD.
Fall Particulars ol (be Terrible Dl»-
anter as Far as Received—Supposed
to Have Foundered During the
Gale of Monday Night—A List of
the Passengers — Bodies of the
Drowned, Malls and Wreckage
Washed Ashore on the Florida
Coast—What is Tbougiit of the
News In New York—'The Vera Crnz
Pronounced One of the Strongest
Steamers iu the World—The Ex
perience of the First Officer ol (lie
Steamer New Orleans During the
Gale.
Special le leu ram to the. Morning Eetes.
St. tdPOCBflift, FLa., September II.—The
beach north and south of St. Augustine
light, and as far south as Matanzas inlet, is
strewn with wrecked stuff, dry goods, pro
visions, and every description of merchan
dise. The first evidence of a wreck was
discovered near the light house on Tuesday,
and on following the coast to the north and
southward, the story of a terrible disaster
was revealed.
Ten miles below Mantanzas trunks and
a mail bag were found. The latter, which
was marked with a tag “Return to New
York,” was opened and found to contain
letters dated “New York, August 25,1SS0,
per City of Vera Cruz;” also bills of lading
for goods per steamship Vera Cruz.
Near the place where the mall bag and
trunks were found, the bodies of three meD,
a woman and a child were discovered, and
buried by the people in the neighborhood.
All valuables and jewelry were taken from
the bodies, so that the remains could be
identified.
All the wreckage shows that the steam
ship Vera Cruz, which sailed from New
York on the *25th for Havana, either went
ashore on, or foundered just off, the Florida
coast on Monday night or Tuesday morning,
during the heavy storm, and all on board
had peribhed.
[The steamship City of Vera Cruz was one
of the ships of the Alexandre Line, and was
commanded by Capt. Van Sice. She left
New Yo:k last Weduebday for Havana and
Mexic&u ports, with ao assorted cargo and
a large passenger list, among the latter a
number of ladie3. She probably encoun
tered the full force of the cyclone which
was reported to have prevailed In the lati
tude of Florida on Monday and Tuesday,
and was blown ashore on the coast and went
to pieces. The following is a list of the
passengers who left New York on the ill
fated steamer:
T. St. Mamer,
Felipe Hernandez,
John Gledhill,
Mr. Mrs.J.A.Gareia,
John Gombay,
Miss E. Burns,
Miss A. Clark,
E. Littlefield,
Mrs. F. Hernandez,
A. Wallendge and son,
Miss T. Rubio,
General Forber,
Mr. aud Mrs. M. Welsh and child. ]
additional particulars.
Jacksonville, September 3.—The crew
of the wrecked brig Caroline Eddy, ashore
at Matanzas inlet, have arrived here. They
report a large steamer having passed them
Saturday, bound south. A sack of mail
matter, post marked, “France via
New York for Cuba,” was washed
ashore at 8t. Augustine. It is feared
that the steamer of the New York and
Havana line is lost. She Is thought per
haps to be the Vera Cruz The bodies of
two women have been washed ashore. The
steamer was wooden, and laboring heavily
when seen. Casks of bacon, lard, etc., are
drifting in.
Great damage was done by the storm up
the river. Many buildings are prostrated.
The loss of oranges i6 estimated from a third
to one-half the cfop.
By the Associated Press.
New York, August 3.—A special from
St. Augustine, Florida, gives the following:
“There is very little doubt that the steam
er City of Vera Cruz, of the Mexican line,
which tailed from New York on the 25th of
August for Havana and Vera Cruz, went
down in-thc recent hurricane which has
already strewn our coast with
wrecks. Only the faintest hopes remain
that any of her passengers have
survived. This terrible discovery was made
here yesterday, when portions of the mail
carried by the ill-fated vessel were washed
ashore some miles south of this city. One
mail bag contained the letters for Cuba and
Mexico, which had been posted in Paris,
France, on August 13, and another lot was
found with envelopes bearing the postmark,
New York, August 25. This at once indi
cated that the lost vessel was a mail steamer
bound for Southern ports, aud the surmise
was that it must have been the City of Vera
Cruz, as -he left New York on the day last
named.”
A special to an evening paper from St.
Augustine, Fla., saj-s of the supposed wreck
of the Vera Cruz:
“Thus far eix bodies have been washed
ashore, together with a large amount of
miscellaneous merchandize. One of 1bc
bodies was that of a middle aged lady, but
there was nothing about her that would
lead to her identification. Another body
was that of a child four years old, name not
known, but probably that of Mr. and Mrs.
Welsh, as they were the only family that
had a child with them. The others were
eailore, with the exception of one, who was
dressed like a well-to-do business man. He
looks like a Spaniard.
“It is feared that the terrific gale that has
raged here for the past week made it Im
possible for any of those on board the ill-
fated steamer to save themselves, even were
they ablo to do so. The shore for miles is
strewn with pieces of timbers, boxes, bar
rels and other debris. Wrecking parties
have been organized, and everything of
value is being 6tored in the storehouse on
Mala street.”
A telegram received at the postoflice to
day 6ays: ‘ * The letters in the mail washed
a&hore on the Florida <-oast are postmarked
New York, August 25, and Paris, August,
S.” This indicates that the mall arrived
here by the Batavia from Liverpool, and
was dispatched by the City of Vera Cruz.
At the office of the Alexandre Line, at
noon to-da}*, no farther information as to
reported loss of the City of Vera Cruz has
been received, though an answer to a dis
patch to St. Augustine, Fla., askiag for de
tails, Is momentarily expected. Some do
not believe the steamer is lost, but think
she encountered a hurricane, durin:
which the mail and baggage went
overboard. She fc pronounced to be
one of the strongest steamers in the
world. She was on the dry dock previous
to hor last trip. The vessel was worth
1*200,000, and was insured in London and
America. Man v relatives and friends of the
passengers are at the office awaiting infor
mation. Capt. F. Harrif, who commanded
the eteamer on her previous voyage, was on
board. The Chief Engineer is named Miller
and the Purser Burke.
First officer James Hinckley, of the steam
er New Orleans, which encountered the gale
in which the Vera Cruz Is supposed to have
been lost, said that his vessel ran into a hur
ricane on the 2Sth of August, at S p. m., off
the coast of Florida, between Capes Jupiter
and Carnaveral. The storm was from the
north and east. The vessel was struck on
the port tide and heaved over on her beams
end. Four men were at the wheel all the time.
It was impossible for a man to stand on
deck. The vessel for a long time was at
the mercy of the wind and 6ea. The .-torm
abated on the 29th of August. Three boats
were sto*. e in and one lost, and the deck
rail was carried away. He knows nothing
about the Vera Cruz, though he thinks she
mu6t have encountered the fame gale. One
person on board the New Orleans thought
he saw the Vera Cruz during the cyclone,
but his fetatemeDt Is not credited.
Washington, September 3.—The Post
Office Department received telegraphic ad
vices to-day from Gainesville, Fla., stating
that a severe storm 6wept over the central
portion of that SUte on the 1st and 2d inst.
Po6t roads were flooded, bridges washed
away aud mail communication was inter
rupted between Ocala and Tampa on the
west coast.
New York, September 3.—Among the
passengers cf the Vera Cruz was Major
General Alfred T. A. Torbcsr, who distin
guished himself greatly daring the late war
as a cavalry commander.
EN ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC.
Jlr. Hayes makes a Speech at Bar-
llnffloQ, loiva—He Refuses to I>J»-
cass Politics lie Favors Universal
Education by the General Gov*
eminent.
By Telegraph to the Morning Keuu.
Burlington, Iowa, September 3.—Last
evening the President was led to the plat
form near the depot, around which over
five thousand people had gathered. After
being introduced by Mayer Stone, he ex
pressed hi6 gratification at the welcome he
had received from the grand State of Iowa,
and remarked in fact that the welcome came
from all political parties aud from every de
scription and rank of life. “I am circum
scribed,” said he, “as to topics
on which I may taik. I can
not discuss politics, the. all-ab
sorbing topic of the day, and you will
pardon me If I refer to the fact that there
was a time when it was somewhat doubtful
which party would have received me most
heartily in Burlington. To the Democrats,
who about three years ago would have been
glad to see rue, I thank you for this greet
ing. To the Republicans, who arc row
glad to sec me. I thank you.
I have a hobby which I have talked
on of late: That in this period
of universal prosperity, with the most pros
perous government of the globe, wc might
inaugurate our policy on one important
subject. Iowa need be told as little as any
State that knowledge Is power where
universal suffrage prevails; there must be
universal education. But why eay
this to Iowa? Because this coun
try is ull tied together, aud the
ignorance of one 3ectlou is detrimental
or perhaps even dangerous to the others.
There should be everywhere free schools
that will fit every man to vote. Mere voters
are simply powder and balls for demagogues.
Let the means of education be provided by
the General Government. You say, “Why
shall not Maine and Georgia take care of
their own educational matters, and uot put
it on us.” This has some force as
an argument. But there is another side.
There is much for the General
Government to do before some of
the States can educate themselves. The
people who have never known the benefits
of education are those who never will until
it Is brought to their doors. Some sections
of the country never had any education.
We have cast on the colored people of the
South the duty of citizenship, and wc can
not complete that great work until we give
them the means of becoming as great as
they may with education. If we would
make reconstruction complete we must also
give every Southern white the same means
of becoming a power and not a machine.”
The President closed amid hearty ap
plause, and General Sherman, who stood by,
was introduced by the Mayer.
STEAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF
NAVIGATION.
Close ol lire Ninth Annual Session—
Recommendations for a Surrey of
the Inland Route from New York
to NexvOrleans -The Tenth Annual
Session to be Held In Washington.
Bv Telegraph to the Morr.ir.g Eeic*.
Norfolk, September 3.—The National
Board of Steam Navigation closed Its ninth
annual session this morning. The follow
ing business was transacted to-day before
final adjournment:
The Committee on the Falls of the Ohio
River reported that Gen. Weitzel,*who| s in
charge of the improvements of the canal
aud falls of the Ohio, has given the neces
sary funds to blast out the Indiana channel
from forty-eight feet to seventy-five feet,
thus enabling a number of boats to descend
that could not do so before.
A committee of three was appointed to
solicit Congress to order a survey of such
portions of the inland route on the Atlantic
coast from New York to New Orleans as
have not been surveyed.
The following resolutions were adopted :
• That the Board of Steam Navigation con
template with sentiments of patriotism and
individual gratification the proposed cen
tennial celebration of Yorktown, Va., and
in acknowledgment of the invitation so
kindly presented by the committee, here
with return their heartiest assurance of co
operation.”
A resolution to appoint a suitable man to
represent the interests of navigation and
commerce,who should reside permanently at
Washington, was referred to the Executive
Committee, with full power to act.
The tenth annual session will be held at
Washington, D. C., on the first Wednesday
in October, 1SS1.
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS
Federal and Mexican Troops lor the
State of Durango — Volnntecrs
Against Victoria,
By Telegraph to the Morning Sexes.
Denver, Col., September 3.—A special
to the Tribune from Santa Fe says: “The
latest news from Chihuahua is that Col.
Valle has gone South with all the available
Federal and Mexican troops to intercept the
revolutionists and suppress the revolution
in the State of Durango. Col. Joaquin
Terassas, with two hundred mounted vol
unteers, has taken the field against Vic
toria’s Indians,and the different towns of the
border have been called upon to furnish vol
unteers for the campaign/’
Tlio Lancashire Weavers.
London, September 3.—Shop meetings cf
the weavers were held throughout North
and Northeast Lancashire last night, at
which a very strong feeling was manifested.
Resolutions were passed to bring the opera
tives of Blackburn or some other town out
on a strike, to support the plan of emigra
tion, and In favor of stopping the mills for
a week In each month. The meeting of
delegates at Blackburn will Inally decide
the subject.
Q Uer y—Does the note shaver shave with
Cuticura Shaving Soapr
A TROPICAL HURRICANE.
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY IN JAMAICA.
I Graphic Description of She Terri
ble Storm—Vessels Sunk aud Driv
en Ashore—The Reach Strewn with
Wreckage—Several Lives Lost.
By Telegraph to the Morning Sexes.
New York, September 3.—The following
particulars of the recent hurricane and
earthquakes at Jamaica reach U3 via Pana
ma. Tbe wind raged with such fury at the
beginning that the 6treet cars had to cease
rnnning. It was a battle between the wind
and rain. Branches of trees were tossed
about, and, with the boards, shingles, etc.
ripped off by the force of the elements, it
was hazardous to venture out to view the
disaster which prevailed.
At 8:30 the fury of the storm was at its
height. The hissing, creaking, whistling,
roaring sound of the wind was fearful.
Vessels had been 6unk and driven ashore,
wharves destroyed, roofs blown off, trees
uprooted, and a catalogue of other dam
ages pustained which It ia impossible now
to est imate.
A 1 list is given of twenty-five vessels which
sustained more or ’ess damage, home of
thorn being driven ashore and broken up.
Two or three vessels are ashore on the Pali
sades. Every wharf except one has been
blown away, including tbe harbor head
wharves. Tbe sea beach is strewn with
flour, rice, fish and other articles of food.
It Is believed several lives were lost, as many
persons from the different vessels are miss
ing. Those saved from the ehipping could
uot secure anything in the way of clothing
or effects.
The heavy tiles which pave the Victoria
Market wharves have been all blown off,
leaving the market a mere 6keletou. All
the penitentiarj- vessels have foundered,
aad those at Port Royal have sustained con
siderable damage.
The harbor present - a dreadful appear
ance, as there fs not a sound vessel or wharf
to be seen.
.The. damage on land is roughly estimated
at £100,000. The roof of the custom house
is entirely bare, all the tiles having been
blown off. The villages of Allman Town,
Brown’s Town, Passmore Town, Hannah’s
Town, Smith’s Village and Fletcher’s Land
sustained considerable damage. The lunatic
asylum suffered severely, as also the general
penitentiary. All the churches and
chapels have suffered more or less from the
destructive visitor. Three severe shocks of
earthquake are said to have been felt during
the storm. The barracks at Up Park Camp,
beiDg on an elevation, have been demolish
ed. A large number of cocoanut trees have
been blown down, and the banana crop is
entirely destroyed. Communication with
country ports has been cut off. No tele
grams can be sent from Kingston Station.
The wires are all snapped.
THE EBRO DISASTER.
Additional Particulars—One Hun
dred Jlen aud OUlcers Carried Into
the River—Seventy-live Bodies Re
covered.
By ’Iclcgraph to the Morning Sexes.
New York, September 3.—A special from
Paris gives the following particulars of the
accident on the river Ebro: “Logrona is a
beautiful town, built on the right bank of
the Ebro, where the river is deep. A regi
ment of the line was crossing on a pontoon
bridge, the band plaxlng gaily, when the
bridge gave way, carrying Into the
river more than one hundred
men and officers. The scene that
followed was one of indescribable
horror. The panic stricken soldiers on
shore were unable to assist their drowning
comrades, who were clinging to tbe debris
of the bridge The result was that most of
them sank, all being in marching attire and
armed with Remington rifles and a supply
of cartridges. The authorities procured
boats and had the river dragged with nets
and hooks. The search was proidneed by the
aid of torches until late in the night. The
bodies of five officers and seventy men have
been recovered, and others have been found
by the villagers lower down the river,
where they were carried by the stream.
The pontoon bridge had been erected to
enable passengers to cross the river while
the stone bridge was being repaired, and
had been pronounced safe by the engineers.
Seventy-nine persons in al! are known to
have been drowned. It is feared the full
extent of the loss of life has not yet been
ascertained.”
Madrid, September 3.—The official re
port of the disaster on the Ebro states that
the total number of men who were drowned
is ninety-six. The Lieutenant who laid the
pontoon bridge was among the lost.
THE AFGHAN B AIL
Propoxcd Annexation ol Caudaltur—
Ayoob Khan’s Forces Dispersed.
By Telegraph to the Morning Sexes.
London, September 3.—Lord Hartington,
replying to the delegation which waited
upon him to urge the annexation of Canda-
har, said the government was 6till consider
ing the matter, but expressed strongly the
opinion that the difficulties and injustice
of such a cours2 would much
more than counterbalance the advantages.
London, September 3,5:30 r. >:.—An offi
cial dispatch from Quettah, dated to-day,
6ays : “Gen. Roberts • attacked and dis
persed Ayoob Khan’s force, and captured
twenty-seven guns. The Cabulecs have re
treated up Argandab Valley.”
THE MARKETS ABROAD.
Dullness Generally Prevalent -Little
CViauge During the Week.
By Telegraph to the Morning Sexes.
London, September 3.—The Manchester
Guardian this morning 6ays: “There Is
little change in the state of business. Buy
ers continue to act cautiously, aud
India merchants are all but ab
staining from making purchases. There
is some inquiry for goods for China
at low rates. For other' foreign markets
and for the home market trade is quiet, and
there Is but 6low demand for small quanti
ties at previous prices. Yarns are dull.”
THE SUPREME ( HURT.
Judge James Jackson Appointed
to the Chief Justiceship.
THE POLITICAL CAULDRON.
Agreement Between the Irving Hall
and Tammany Democrats as to
Congressmen—The Iowa Demo
cratic Convention—Joint Discus
sion Between Democrats and Re
publicans in Indiana.
By Telegraph to Hie Morning Sexes.
New York, September 3.—The Demo
cratic committees yesterday agreed that
Tammany Hall should first select two Con
gressional districts, then Irving Hall two,
and the remaining three should be drawn
for, with the understanding that whichever
should draw the Eightieth district should
also take the Eleventh district. Tamma
ny Hall selected the Sixtieth and
Ninth district, repre«entcd by S. S. Cox
and Fernando Wood. Irving Hall selected
the Fifth and Tenth districts, represented
by Nicholas Muller and James O'Brien.
Tbe remaining three numbers were put in
a hat, when Tammany Hall drew the Sev
enth, represented by Edwin Einstein. Irving
Hall drew the Eighth, represented by Mc
Cook, and, as by agreement, took the
Eleventh, represented by Mr. Morton. The
conference was harmonious throughout.
DesMoines, Iowa, September 3.—The
Democratic State Convention assembled
here yesterday, with eighty-eight out of
ninety nine counties represented. Daniel
T. Miller was chosen permanent Chairman.
Resolutions were adopted which endorsed
the national platform and the nominees of
the Cincinnati Convention, as giving an as
surance of a pure and careful administra
tion of national affairs; favored a judicious
license law, and applauded the action of the
Democratic State Representatives iu op
posing sumptuary legislation. District elec
tors and State officers were chosen.
Chicago, September 3.—A special from
South Bend says: “The first of a series of
joint debates between A. G. Porter. Repub
lican candidate for Governor of Indiana,
and Franklin Landers, his Democratic op
ponent, which came off here yesterday, suf
fered in the matter of a crowd in conse
quence of the rain deluging the country for
miles around. Undaunted, however, by
mud and rain, from 2,000 to 2,500 of both
parties gathered round the stand in
the court house yard from which
the orators spoke. Everything in
the way of preliminary demonstration was
dispensed with, the meeting assembling
without the aid of a procession or brass
band:;. The only decorations were a Garfield
and Arthur banner flying from the club
headquarters near by, and another banner
bearing the names of the Democratic nomi
nees, stretched across the street from the
court house to the hotel.
Dr. L. J. Ham, Mayor of South Bend, In
troduced Mr. Landers, who, la an hour’s
speech, arraigned the llepublican party of
the State and nation. When he had con
cluded, the Hon. Lucius M. Hubbard pre
sented Mr. Porter in a brief speech, and he,
in a speech of an hour and a half’s dura
tion, discussed the issues between the Re
publican and Democratic parties in Indiana
and the United States. According to ar
rangement, Mr. Landers closed the argu
ment in a half-hour’s speech. Both speak
ers were frequently interrupted by applause,
which was about equally divided.
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
The Registration Hill a Boue ol
Contention—Tlic Burials Bill—Dis-
ftuliMlactlon In the Commons Over
the Action ef the House ot Lords.
By Telegraph to the Morning Sexesu
London, September 3.—In the House of
Commons, last night, the Marquis of Uar-
tington said he presumed Mr. Parnell would
revert to his proposal to tack the registra
tion bill to the appropriation bill, which
passed its second reading last night. If Mr.
Parnell adheres to the above courbe his
motion will take the form of an instruction
to the committee to tack the clauses of one
bill to the other.
It is said the government will abandon
the burials bill If the House of Lords per
sists in the amendment proposed to that
measure.
In tbe House of Commons last night,
Lord Hartington refused to accept Mr. Par
nell’s resolution condemning the House of
Lords for rejecting the registration bill, and
expressing the hopelessness of looking to
that body for a redress of Irish grievances,
because Mr. Parnell had made It a Home
Rule manifesto. The consequence will
be further obstruction to-night.
All sections of the Liberals and many
Conservatives strongly condemn the Lords’
rejection of the registration bill. The prin
cipal motive of that rejection was to protest
against the course of the government ma
jority in forcing the bills through the House
of Commons and sending them to the House
of Lords at the fag end of the session,
when there is no possibility of die-
cussion and deliberation; but It Is
pointed out that the registration bill,
being merely intended to assimilate Irish
procedure to the English, did not require
much consideration, and the Lords are ac
cused by the Irish of assaults in their Ilou^e
ia consequence of the rejection of the com
pensation for disturbance bill. If the Lords
persist in their alleged determination to ad
here to their amendments of the burials
bill, which the Commons struck out and
which the government will not accept, the
Liberal dissatisfaction with their attitude
will be greatly increased.
It is stated that in the House of Lords
the Conservative Peers will resist an exten
sion of the period of the operation of the
employes liability bill to seven years, but
should they not insist upon tbe other
amendments proposed by them, which
affect the principle of the measure, the
government will not insist upon this point.
A French ITllnisterlal Crisis Fend
ing.
London, September 3.—The Paris corre
spondent of the Manchester Guardian says:
“The organs of the Republican Left, the
BepuUitpic Francaise and the Siede, flatly
reject the proposed letter of compromise,
while the Conservative journals support it.
A Ministerial criBls seems more than ever
inevitable al the late opening of the session
of tbe Chambers.”
Raid on a Lottery Office.
New York, September 3.—The police to
day raided tbe office of the Louisiana State
Lottery Company, 319 Broadway, and ar-
restcd’three clerks who were selling tickets.
Aiter the police left other clerks resumed
the sale of tickets. The police, at intervals,
warned them to stop. No attention was
paid to the warning, and other arrests are
expected.
By Telegraph to the Morning Sews.
Atlanta, Georgia, September 3.—
Judge James Jackson, Associate Judge of
the Supreme Court of Georgia, was to day
appointed Chief Justice of that court by
Governor Colquitt, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Judge Hiram Warren.
The New Y’ork Mock JIarket.
New York, September 3.—The stock
market opened firm, but prices soon fell off
H to per cent., Hannibal and St. Joe
shares leading the decline. At the first
board spcculationlbecame 6troDg, and under
good buying an advance of from % to lj^per
cent, was recorded, the latter in Lake Erie
and Western t nion. During the afternoon
a decline set in, which ranged from V to
2% per cent., Hannibal and St. Joe showing
tne most weakness. In the final sales there
was a recovery of from to P er cent.
The transactions aggregated 257,000 shares.
Rumored Attempts ou tbe Czar's
Lllc.
St. Petersburg, September 3.—Reports
are current here and in Moscow that pre
parations were discovered to lay a mine
under the railway near Charkoff, through
whish the Emperor passed on his way to
Livadia. It is also said that explosives
[ were found near SimpheropoL No con
firmation of these reports has so far been
I obtainable.
The Fad of a JIurdcrer.
Wilmington, N. C., Septembers.—Steven
Richardson, colored, was hanged here to
day for the murder of his mother-in-law,
Lucy Phlnney, on the night of July 19. His
death was almost instantaneous, the physi
cians pronouncing him dead at the end of
twelve minutes. He was cool to the last,
and from all outward appearances, met his
death fearlessly and resignedly.
Congressional Nominations.
Galveston, September 3.—A dispatch to
the Sews from Jefferson says: “The Demo
crats of the Second district yesterday re
nominated D. B. Calbereon for Congress.”
St. Lotis, September 3.—The Democrats
of the Fifth Missouri district renominated
R. P. Blaml for Congress yesterday.
Obituary*
London, September 3.—William Henry
Wills, OLe of the originators of Punch, and
afterwards associated with Charles Dickens
in the establishment of Household Words, of
which he wai ths working editor, is dead.
He was in his bziJity-first year.
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
The Weatlier—Business—An Operat
ic Star In Georgia- Tlinor Topics—
Personal and Geueral—City Elec
tion-Senatorial Rotation System-
Cotton Exhibition—The Fifth Dis
trict— Mammoth Apple—The .Horn
ing Newt Publications Final Para
graphs.
Races -n Augusta.
Augusta, 6i, ?»t**ruber 3.—The Citi
zens’ Association wi i : i four days races In
Augusta, beginning a -a 23d of Novem
ber, for $2,500 ia ca*’ i • vs. Noentrancs
fee v.ill be charged. Tt entries will be
open until the evening be' ? the races.
Another French Duel * the Tapis.
London,September3. — A • - s dispatch to
the Daily News says: “Ccki <' ung, of the
War Office, has sent ackalln » *o M. Ivan
de Worsteyne, a writer?or tit . u ’ois, for
accusing him of selling ^ ”ft* j *r f c r matlon
In tVio Tlneclans ’*
Special Correspondence of the Morning Sexes.
Atlanta, September E—For two day.-, past
we have had a heavy wind storm with light
showers, not heavy enough to keep down
clouds of dust. No damage has been done
in this immediate section. The wind has
subsidtd to-day. yet it is damp and c’oudy.
with only occasional glimpses of sunshine.
Atlanta commences the business season
under the most favorable auspices. Her new
cotton warehouses and compresses are first
class, and she proposes to greatly increar<* her
receipts the present year. Her leading whole
sale houses are in flue order, many of them
moving into new and more commodious quar
ters, or enlarging their old buildings.
Messrs. James P. Harrison & Co., of this
city, have laid on my table a book that I have
frequent use for The Ct orgia Gazetteer, which
they are now selling at four dollars 1 formerly
five i per copy. It is a complete record of the
towns, cltie*. business houses, manufacturing
interests, farmers and professional men or
Ueoraia. 1 shall spea;; more fully of its value
in a future letter, a> it is a guide and reference
book that is indispensable to a lar^e proportion
of active citizens.
Miss Annie Mays, a stepdaughter of Hon.
Henry W. Hilliard, ii reported to be preparing
for the operatic stage, fcdie is a beautiful and
bewitching blonde, and one of the most popu
lar society ladies in Georgia. Her musical
gifts are really wonderful, taken in conniption
with her fascinating and natural dramatic ac
quirements In comic opera she would rival
Lotta or Maggie Mitchell in the ease and viva
city of her manner on the stage. I paid her
this compliment eight years ago at Athens,
where she charmed her hearers by her rare
vocal powers.
MI Non TOPICS.
It is not Joseph H.. nor Joseph E . nor Joseph
A., but plain Joseph Whi-eier. who has been
nominated for Congress in Alabama to defeat
ex-Congressman Lowe, the Radical Green-
backer. Lieutenant General Wheeler is a native
of Augusta, Ga., is small of stature, nervous in
temperament, and a fluent and forcible
speaker. He will honor the Democratic party
and do good service for his country in Con
gress.
Senator B H. Hill nnd General Robt. Toombs
met in the Fulton Superior Court on Tuesday,
Judge Richard H. Clark presiding, and argued
the railroad tax case of the Western and At
lantic Railroad. Judge Clark decided that
Attorney General Ely and General Toombs
were wrong in their claim for the Mate, and
that Senator llill aud Julius L. Brown. Ej*«i..
were right In their j lea that the road had paid
all the taxes legally due.
The relatives and friends in Savannah of
Rev. J. W. Heidt, formerly of your city, but
now the beloved pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church in this city, will be glad to know that
he is doing noblo service here by his faithful
pastoral labors and eloquent pulpit • Torts. I
was at his church Sunday night and heard him
deriver a most impressive and earnest dis
course. The large edifice was crowded in every
part, and extra seats were placed in the aisles
to accommodate the throng present.
A prominent railroad man from the North,
whom I met at the Murkhatn House on Mon
day, said Savannah can scarcely form any cor
rect idea of the increased amount of travel
that will pa vs through her borders on the com
pletion or the Waycross and JacZsonville Rail
road. It will form a marked era in the history
of your city, and give a new impetus to your
hotel and other enterpri-cs that are developed
and fostered by winter travel from the North.
He also paid a high tribute to the skill, energy
and ability of CoL H. S. Haines, the General
Manager.
OUR CITY ELECTION.
Our municipal contest opens early. The
election takes place in December, and despite
the intervening exciting elections ot t)cto-
ber and November, th*- canvass fcr Major H
already actively in operation, ami the friends
of English and Kimball are hard at work in
augurating a bitter and severe contest. It has
been suggested that a compromise candidate
would stop all this wrangling, and the name of
Councilman Andv P. Stewart is mentioned.
He is one of Atlanta's most successful mer
chants. is popular with all classes, ami has
proved himself a very efficient and faithful
public official. As Chairman of the Street Com
mittee he has done noblo service, and has be
come quite familiar with the immediate wants
of Atlanta. No man has been more successful
ia his private business affairs, and only such an
on** can new properly manage the municipal
affairs of a great and growing city like Atlanta,
where so mary reforms are demanded.
-SENATORIAL ROTATION SYSTEM.
There is a dead lock in our State Senatorial
Convention no.v in session here. Fulton lias
had the Seuator for several terms, and Clayton
county claims it under the rotation system.
John B. Goodwin. Esq., of this city, however,
is a candidate, and after two days' fruitless
balloting he stands six, while Hon. J. T.
Spence, of Clayton, has half a dozen. Cobb
county is unwilling to vote for a Fulton county
man, and also against an adjournment without
a nomination. The contest will be renewed
again this afternoon, but the result is in doubt.
Spence is at tbe Markham House, and is work
ing with his supporters in a determined man
ner for what be claims belongs to his county.
The rotation system is causing an unusual
amount of trouble in many fcenatorial conven
tions throughout the State, aud should be
abandoned or made more binding and effecti . e
in its operations.
THE PROroSED COTTON EXHIBITION.
If Boston claims everything as the “Hub” of
New England, it is also true that Atlanta
claims everything as tlie “Hub” cf the South.
Mr Atkinson having suggested a cotton exhi
bition, we are at once informed that Atlanta is
the proper place to hold it, nnd yet this city
has no cotton exchange, nor any proper cotton
organization to manage properly such an exhi
bition. b'avannah might, wnh some propriety,
claim the right to have th** exhibition there, as
she has all the facilities for such a display.
Her immense cotton yards at the railroads,
her grand ."'nipping d«*ck.--, her magnificent
cotton compre.-ses, her fine steamships, and
her prosperous Cotton Exchange—all these
point to Savannah as the most suitable place.
THE FIFTH DISTRICT,
The Republicans have nominated Hon. J. (’.
Fr**oinau. formerly of Griffin, but now of this
city, for Congress from th.* Fifth district. He
was a member in I'iTS, and made himself fa
mous by appointing Henry O. Flipper, a col
ored boj'. O'- a cadet to West Point Military
Academy. Sir. Freeman is a middle aged man.
slow' and heavy iu action, and will make a poor
canvass. He is engaged in mining, and fs
partner in the jewelry house of J. P. Stevens A
Co. Hon. F. D. Dismuk**. of Griffin, is ruiHiiiig
as an independent candidate, and wiil divide
the Republican vote with Freeman, and also
pick up scattering Democrai :*• votes from H< >n.
N. J Hammond. The re-election of the latter
gentleman seems certain, as be has a much
stronger support than ho leceived two years
ago.
A MAMMC/TH APPU:
Professor P. W. Johnson, formerly of Quit
man, but now of PeiTy. passed throuen
lanta on Monday, on his way home from North
Carolina. He presented your correspondent
with the largest apple I ever saw in all my
life—in fact it was a perfect beauty, and os de
licious as it was handsome. It weighed ever a
pound and a quarter, and excited great surprise
even among fruit dealers and fruit growers in
thi3 section. This “mammo*h pippin” was
raised by Robert J. Boggus. Trap Hill, Wilkes
county. N. C. He if compelled to tie each twig
containing an apple to the limb above ami then
brace the limb. In no other war can the
apples be ripened, os the great weight of tb**
fruit would tear off the twigs or break down
the limbs. The “mammoth pippin’’ is nice for
a fancy apple, but its culture is too difficult for
ordinary purposes.
MORNING NEWS Pi OUCATIGNS.
Although I referred to this subject in ray U*t
letter. I am compiled to again call attention
to it, and congratulate the Morning News es
tablishment on a still larger increase in the sale
and circulation of its popular publications.
1 have today mailed additional orders from
Atlanta newsdealers for an increase in their
list of publications, including the Daily Mohn-
ino News, the sale of which is steadily im
proving at all the prominent news stands. 7 he
reading public know a good paper when they
see it.
The appearance yesterday of the thirl num
ber of tne Morning News Library, entitled
“Through the Years.” was eagerly taken ad
vantage of. and liberal orders forwarded for a
supply. “JSombra Monde ” and “Muffit” are
still having a floe sale, both Stories bein?? quite
popular. It gratifying to see the Morning
News Library so successfully compete with
similar publications of New York and Chicago,
all of them older and more extensively adver
tised.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Tbe Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway
has created quite a sensation in railroad cir
cles by its new route to Charleston. S. C., via
SenacaCity, five hours in advance of the old
Augusta line. This Is only one of tlie many
“short cut' and * fast time” surprises in store
for the traveling public during the coming sea
son. None of them, however, will fail to bene
fit Savannah's travel.
H. Vi. Grady's account of Gov. Joseph EL
Brown's preparations to fight a duel with Gen.
Robert Toombs, does that gentleman great in
justice. Gov. Brown did not prepare for a
duel, but he gave Gea. Toombs to understand
that be was not going to retract, even if h«* had
to fight a duel And when Col. R. A. Alston
demanded ^t is faction of Gov. Brown, he too
was met w itli the same firm resolve. Although
seeking no difficulty with any man, Governor
Brow:: L^ver allows bimse’f to be bullied
For the past ten years or more Lieutcnaat
General James Longstreet has been permitted
to come to and go from Atlanta without any
notice being taken of his movements. Next
week, however, during the meeting of the
Republican Convention, he will pass through
Atlanta eu route to New York, from whsk
port he sails as Minister to Turkey. At kt*
reguest, prominent Republicans are to meet
him here, and the Mayor and citizens also pro
pose to give aim a reception. It is rather a
strange and mixed performance, and has foroe
political significance about if.
I have failed to speak of General Henry R.
Jackson's grand and beautiful address before
the Young Men s Library Association, at its
recent anniversary, because I proposed writ
ing a sketch of the new building in connection
with the anniversary. This I find I cannot do
at present, as the edifice is stiff in an unftn
ished state, so I will merely assure your
readers that General Jackson fully sustained
his high reputation as a polished and eutidite
orator. Captain Karrv Jackson, hm son. was
one of the founders of the library, and this
fact gave General Jackson a heartier welcome.
But his masterly address fairly won nil heart.**
to him, and added new laurels to his wreath of
fame. Chatham.
Flashes from the Wires.
A Paris dispatch to tbo London Tones
■Bp: “ The Sedan proclamation of the
German Emperor is doubtless in reply toM.
GambetU’s fepcerh at Cherbourg?’
A Constantinople dispatch says the Am
bassadors on Wednesday officiary notified
the Pcrte of the intended naval ucraoni.tr*-
tion.
In consequence of tlie mediation i f Italy,
Frac< * and England, tbe governments ot
Chill and Peru ha7e opened uegotia.lcns.
Capt. Leopold Victor Swaine, British mili
tary attache to the legation at Constanti
nople, has just returned from a visit to tbe
Greek frontier. He says the reports of
military preparations on both sides are
much exaggerated, aud that the Turkish
troops arc far superior to the Greek, both tn
physique and equipment.
A grain warehouse at Washington Corners,
Alameda county, California, containing
about 150,000 sacks of wheat and barley,
was burned yesterday morning. Tbe loss is
probably about #250,000. It Is believed it
was an incendiary fire.
Dalclgno Ceded to ^VoBtetiegro.
Constantinople, September 3.—An Irade
was issued to-day authorizing the immediate
surrender of the town of Dulcigno to Mon
tenegro. Four thousand Albanians have en
tered Dulcigno, and it is believed the Porte
wll have difficulty in effecting the cession.
Two First Bales.
Petersburg, Va., September —The
first bale of new cotton raised in Virginia
and North Carolina were received here to
day. They were classed middling, and sold
at ll- .c. per pound.
Congressional Nomination.
Syracuse, N. Y., September 3.—Hon.
Frank Hiscock, Representative in Congress
from the Twenty-fifth district, was to-day re
nominated by the Republicans by acclama
tion.
The Republicans who Would Not
Have Iilaine.
Froxu a Speech in Boston by Albert Palmer.
What of the cry for purity? What of
that gallant band of sturdy purists who
went out to Chicago demanding “a can
didate without a btain,” and returned
home swinging their hats for Garfield?
The shield of public purity is a knightly
thing, but who shall hide from the gaze
of the American people the black bar
sinister of Credit Mobiiicr and DeGolyer
corruption? Surely, the skiit3 of their
Ctesar were whiter than the bedraggled
mantle of the man whom his own party,
through the mouth of a Congressional
committee and the columns of its own
press, has pilloried in the same pillory
with Schuyler Colfax? We may even be
pardoned for believing that the grim Mul
ligan and his lettei' would not have cast
a darker shadow upon the man of maj*
netism than the ominous memorandum
book from whose leaves Oakes Ames,
though dead, yet speakelh with convinc
ing truth and eloquence. Small wonder
that they tell U3 we must not discuss the
candidates, but wbat they represent.
Time was when their candidates could
bear discussion as well as their platforms.
To day they beg us not to consider Gar
field at all, but think of what he stands
for. This is quite in the vein of the old
parson who knew that his practice was
not equal to his precept, and who got up.
with his eyes full of tears, his heart full
of contrition, and his pockets stuffed
with the proceeds of his peculations, and
blubbered out to his congregation. “My
beloved brethren, don't think of me,
don't pay any attention to me, don't do
as I do, but do as I tell you.'
Such is the last ditch of the once proud
Kepublican party!
A Tragic End.—In a proceeding in
New Y'ork sometime ago to recover pro
perty, Mrs. Anna M. Newell alleged in
her complaint that her husband had com
mitted suedrj* acta of infidelity with
Miss Candace M. Olney, the proprietor
of a fashionable millinery establishment
in New Y’ork. The allegation had the
effect to greatly injure Miss Olney s busi
ness, anti early in the year she sold out
and went to Europe on the steamer
France, taking passage direct for Havre,
where she landed on June 20, and pro
ceeded directly to Paris. Informal ion
has been received that Miss Olney com
mitted suicide in the ancient town of
Pau, under tbe shndow of the Pyrenees.
August 3. From a letter written by her
just before her death no other cause for
the act appear' thun that she was lone
some, and that life bad nothing left for
her to enjoy. It was a short letter, and
said only thi-: “I am weary and want
rest Let me be placed in my coffin in the
<iress I happen to have on when I am
found.*’ The body of the woman was
found in her room’ on the inorniDg of
August 3, at the Hotel de France, under
circumstances that indicated suicide.
A negro juggler recently came to grief
in England. He was exhibiting his skill
to an admiring crowd on a stand iu the
market place at Leighton Buzzard, lick
ing red hot iron, bending heated pokers
with his naked foot, burning tow in
his mouth, and the like. At last he
filled his mouth with benzoline, saying
that he would burn it as he allowed it to
escape. lie bad no ,-ooner applied a light
ed match to his lips than the whole mouth
ful of spirits took fire, and before it was
consumed the man was burned in a fright
ful manner, the biazing spirit running all
over his face, neck and chest as he dash
ed from hi3 stand and raced about like a
madman, tearing his clothiDg from him
and howling inmost intense agony. A
portion of the spirit was swallowed, and
the inside of his mouth was also terribly
burned He was taken into a chemist's
shop and oils were administered and ap
plied: but afterward, in agonizing frenzy,
he escaped in a state almost of nudity
from a lodging house, and was captured
by the police and taken to the workhouse
infirmary in a dreadful condition.
Arrest of a Cousin of Gen. Grant.
—A Pittsburg (Pa.) dispatch to the Phila
delphia Ti/ue* states that Captain C. C.
Tompkins, a cousin of Gen. Grant, and
formerly United States Marshal for
Colorado when it was a territory, was
arrested at Dublin, Y’irginia, a few days
ago, by a United Suites Marshal, nnd
taken to Colorado, charged with being
short in his accounts as Marshal to the
extent of $18,000. Tompkins, who was
at one time largely interested in the Dis
trict of Columbia pavement contracts,
disappeared, it is alleged, from Denver
in 1677, coming East to dispose of a
mining claim, but never returned. He
was afterwards, it is said, confined for a
time in a lunatic asylum. He is a native
of Kanawha county, West Virginia, and
served with credit as a cavalry officer in
the Confederate army.
-Costly Eggs.—Wra. A. Welsh, a love-
smitten youth of Philadelphia, imagined
that Miss Georgie Parker, an actress,
“had not treated him right,’’ so last
week, whilst the young lady was enact
ing her role on the stage of tlm Walnut
Street Theatre, young Welsh ungallant-
lv threw a couple of spoiled eggs at her.
Miss Parker had Welsh arrested, and he
has just compromised the matter by
paying her $500 for the insult.
Speeches that were never delivered in
Congress nor printed in the Recortl are
being franked, in large numbers, by the
Republican Campaign Committee “ This
is a gross fraud, and those who perpe
trate it are liable to severe penalties.—
Washington Post,