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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah. Ga.
Kc „, a tere<l at U*e I’om O.tne lb Ba
yinaafi • Second Has* Matter.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Ir is =fa‘ed that the Missouri Pacific Rail
rra i will be built to the mouth ol Brazos
river.
Opposition i apers at Athens attack
the Turco-Gretk Convention as a national
jjegrace.
Mr. Safer, the Englishman captured by
brlusmis near Salonlca tome 6ix weeks ago,
j-jg pern liberated.
Ex Senator Conkling is said to be worth
v„ i w.-cn $‘300,000 and 400,000, and ex Ser.a
--t, r putt bout $300,000.
The late Count Henry Von Arnlm is said
to have left papers which will entirely ex
cu"' ite him from the charges of treason.
T , Citv of Berlin brought 1,418, the City
0 f p ;l .is 1,558, and ’he Citv of New York
1 ■ *') migrants to Castle Garden recently.
Wm. Durban was shot dead Wednef-dav
niortiipgat Somerset, Kv., by James Muia-
It .y Thty Lad quarreled about a woman.
.Jsmes Mc Kean, sged ninety five year',
WaS fiitatly burned ly his pipe settlcg fire
to l kclothing while smoking, in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
M ti imbet*a has started for his birth
..jac-e C*h- r, where he is expected to
v. r several speeches during the fetes In
his boner.
A P.irto U'co newspaper professes to
have inf. roiati n that the United States
s l ! Denmark have agrei and to the alienation
of the Danish Islands for 40.000.C00 francs.
Mi** Pinneo, of Greeley, Colorado,has de
fea’ed M ss Curtis, of Topeka, Kansas, In a
twenty-mile race on horseback. Time
50:37. About 15,000 persons were present.
Irr;e is Bradkops, who was arrested for
btiiiir tirunk and locked in a cell at police
Da- quarters, at Newark, N. J., was found i
next morning haugtng to the cell door dead. !
Reuben Whittaker, aged four rears, while !
gathering flowers at Fall Creek Gorge, near
Ithaca, -V Y , fell over the precipice, tiash
ire hi- brains out on the rocks thirty feet
below.
The Danish Supteme Court has confirmed
the sentence of dtaih passed by the West
Irnliau Commission on the thirty nine ne
groes convicted of participation in the Santa
C'rez revolt.
J.ff.rson Davis has gone to Canada in
order to be on British soil ou the day that
bis forthcoming history appears in London,
and thus have the benefit of the English
copyright laws.
Patrick Lyons was found dead in the
western ou'skirts of Ban Antonio on Thurs
day last. Parlies arrested on suspicion of
murder have been discharged, leaving no
due to the case.
David Newscm, white, was killed by Ben
New rim, colored, in Haywood county,
Trtn. Tb- men quarreled, and Beu New
som spilt David’s head open with an axe.
The murderer is in jail.
A somewhat astounding assertion is made
hy a French paper published at Vienna, &f
tor a long genealogical disquisition, that
Prince Rudolph, in marrying Princess Ste
phanie, married his own aunt.
Cbri'fophtr G. Mould, a prominent citi
zen of Montgomery, Newt York, was at
tacked with hydrophobia a few days ago.
He was bit’en "by a dog, which had shown
symptoms of rabies, nine months ago.
The Paris Eaenment states that a manu
factory of explosives and bombs has been
discovered at Montreuge, in the Depart
ment of the Seine, and that three persons
connected with tt.e establishment have
been arrested.
The gold mines in San Domingo are re
ported to be working admirably. Paris
tankers have advanced 30,000 francs to the
miners, and are willing to make further ad
vances. It is reported that $1,500 was
offered for one mining share, but the offer
was rejected.
The oldest Postmaster in the Union is
Eiwsrd Stabler, of Sandy Spring, Mont
gomery county, Md. He has held that office
fifty one years, and has t>een under eighteen
Postmaster Generals. He is eighty-seven
years old, and stili lives in the house in
which by was bora.
8. K Hatton, Patrick O’Hara and J. W.
St. John were teiriblv burned at an oil well
tear Bradford, Pa. The well made an un
ex; cud flow of oil, and the gas. which
to; k lire at fhe boiler, enveloped the derrick
aci men in flames in an instant. O’Hara's
it juries will prove fatal.
In Scott county, Arkansas, two young
rn-n, named Austin and Brennon, quarreled
About a ylrl they were both in love with.
ar.il measuring off five paces, began shoot
fcg at each other. Five or six shots each
were tired, when Brannon fell mortally
w> utidtd. Austin escaped.
Tbe steam saw mill four miles west of
l a* aid, Md , was biown to atoms by the
; run of the boiler. Marshall Butler,
the fireman, was’ instantly killed. William
Bn wiling was eaneht under falling timbers
Kill seriously injured. Eight or ten other
persons were slightly injured.
At tk-iD Bros.’ circus performance In Mil
waukee, Wis., in an act where Butler shoots
po'aio from the head of Baughman, But
;*r inbred bis mark, and the bullet struck
Baughman in the head, just above the right
*. The ball penetrated the bone.
The injury is not mcessarily fatal.
A netro lives on the plantation of G. M.
Kay, near Fayetteville, N. C., who has re
main and with his old master since the war.
he ha* never asked for money, has never
mirred a day’s work, has never left home,
h-.s t:rver arsociated with bis own race, and
tiscever been known to do a dishonest or
•ror.g act.
Arrangements have been made at the In
| oiait Office to t ff*-ct the removal of about
trv,uy of the X ,rth Carolina Cherokee
Indians to the Indian Territory. Tois, It is
thought at the Inttrior Department, is the
t’ep toward the removal of the entire
"the, cumbering about two thousand, to
that Territory.
A farmer living in Markham township,
-wetitv miles from Toronto, Canada, has
, * 1 ' Kertd a pit on his farm containing five
hundred tkuds and five times as manv leg
arm bones. Dr. Wilson, of the Uul
'"r'i‘y. ;s of the opinion that it Is an Indian
aud that the remains have been
s hdtr ground 200 years.
iGe preliminary trial of Cagna, Rowley
Jtd Humphreys, for robbing the United
m;i 'l between San Antonio and Oak
last March, ended at the former place
® Tuesday, each belt g held over for the
: °f the grand jury in the sum of
- >.m. j. ip TinniD. as accessory, was
m the sum of $5,000.
of Viticultural Commissioners,
'r nl 5 l^e present value of vineyards
Restate is about $35,000,000, the in
r. ?r,l, n which amounted last year to
-of tbe opinion that with
v ,“,' r ee years the vineyards will be yleld
rJ 0 tij e owners $5 000 000 a year, or ten
WCent - cn $50,000,000 valuation.
5 Hh annual reunion of the Murray
‘ir 1 u r -‘ e Association, composed of Com
■ * m > and Company A, Second Ma
■ H.I 11, *f ail-r y, C. S A., will take place at
I Md , on June 21, the day of the
■ '. e j‘, iEe °f f hc Confcdtraie monument at
Bp*,*'' 4ee ‘. The nucleus of these coropa
fi t l* tr e in ante beiium times known as
■ v. y 1), Fifty-third Maryland Guard
I terir Captain and all who fell
■ j ' ‘‘.’i-e late war are buried at Loudoun
■ ‘ Lemetery, BAitimore.
I w. Boom lor the Bonds.
I b;,,\ BINGTON ’’ iIa >’ 25 —The Treasury of
■ j- *' > that if the revenues continue
■ > r ' Present average the entire series of 5
I atn oUDtlng to the sum of
I , °W), not converted into 3% per
■ winds, will be well in hand, If not
■ covered by the calls before the con-
I next Congress. If this pre
■ v t-MA proves ,rue there will bp no bonds
I tea-, a . n the recently converted 3H P er
10 b e cared for until 1881.
I Be< * Bug, Roaebet.
■ ’ Bjice i ants, flies, vermin, mosqui-
Itt ib 5^ Ci ' 11 ’ elc •• c *e*r®d out by “Rough
■ **• lAc. boxes at druggists.
Savannah morning News.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
A WHOLE CITY IN AGONY.
AN EXCURSION STEAMER PARTS
IN TWAIN.
The Crowded Vessel a Total IT reck
A Thousand Families Represented
Amouic the Victims—Searching for
the Drowned by Torchlight-Over
Two Hundred Corpses Recovered—
Heartrending Scenes Shameless
Overcrowding.
London, Ont., May 24 —This evening,
at six o’clock, the 6teamer Victoria, with
over six hundred excursionists on board,
was returning from Spring Bank, and when
near the Cove Railway bridge, one mile be
low the city, the boat suddenly collapsed
like an egg shell, and became a total wreck,
level with tha water’s edge. All the passen
gers were instantly plunged Into the stream,
more than one-half of them being under
neath tbe debris.
The first news of the disaster which
reached the city was brought by the sur
vivors, who struggled through the streets
wet and weary. The news fell like a
thunderbolt, and a stampede took place for
the spot. Arriving there a horrible sight
met their view.
Fifty or sixty bodies had already been re
covered and were lying on the bank. Those
arriving from the city from every direction
crowded around anxious to see If any rela
tives were on board. About ore thousand
families were represented on the excursion,
aud the wails of anguish that arose at the
sight of the victims were heartrending.
Fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters
rushed about panic-stricken, endeavoring
to identify their friends.
By 7 o’clock about eighty bodies were
recovered from under the wteck. Almost
every minute some victim was brought to
the surface and conveyed to the
bark. The steamer Prltcess Louise was
early brought to the spot and the victims
placed on the upper deck. Fires were
lighted on the bank overlooking the river.
Petroleum torches were brought, and the
search was continued until night.
About 150 corpses have been secured.
Among the dead aie James Robertson,tnana
ger of the Bank of Biitish North America;
J. C. Meredith, clerk of the Dividend Court;
Win. Mcßride, Assessor and Secretary of
the Western Fair Association; Mrs. Wm.
Ashbury, Wm. Millmao, of Montreal, a
eomtnercial agent, and his two sons, and J.
Rogers, plumber.
All is confusion at the present, moment.
The landing at the foot of Dandas street is
now crowded with people all waiting in
breathless expectation for the arrival of
the steamer Princess Louise with the
todii s. Tbe total loss will aggregate 175.
Mr. Matthews, night editor of tbe Advcrtiner,
lost his wife and two children. Harry
Smart, of the Fret Pres a, lost his wife, two
children and sister In-law ; J. Siddons, of
the Customs service, lost one boj ; Dr Or
onhyatekno lost a boy aged ten. Miss Bay
ley Is alto lost. Among the missing are
a ? so Alice Deadman, of New Brighton; Miss
Griffiths, of Bucks street; and Alfred Triin
bell is probably lost. A lull list cannot yet
be obtained.
Everything is In the deepest confusion.
Tbe newspaper staffs, like all else, are sadly
dt moral zed, all having friends Involved In
the calamity. The whole city seems almost
demented to night. The accident was cer
tainly due to gross carelessness. The boat
was overcrowded to a disgraceful extent.
Manager George Parish was expostulated
with by several at Spring Bank and was
urged not to let the boat go out in that over
crowded condition,but he is reported to have
replied: “Ail right; I know my business,”
or something of that sort. Samuel Stewart,
a stove merchant, one of those who pro
tests and, left the boat at Spring Brnk with
his family. Several hundred more remained |
there unable to get passage, and had to
walk home, a distance of four miles, to
night, no conveyance of any kind being
available. The telephone was in con
stant use between the water works
and the city by friendly Inquirers.
This disaster will put an end to the pleas
ure steamer business, as hereafter people
will not venture In them. The river, wtich
has been the subject of many jokes and puns
on account of Its supposed shallowness, Is
in reality in many places twenty or thirty
feet deep.
London, Ont., May 23, 3:20 a. m— The
work of recovering the bodies at the scene
of yesterday’s disaster Is still going on ac
tively. Up to this time one hundred and
seventy have been found, and most of them
were brought to this citv. All the under
takers’ shops are besieged, and coffins are
going out by tbe score. The crowds at the
river banks and at the steamer landing have
not diminished. Among tbe bodies identi
fied are those of two daughters of James
Burns. The excitement seems to increase.
A large number of bodies remain on the
grouud at the Sulphur Spring baths await
ing claimants.
Further details of the scenes at the time
of the occurrence of the terrible calamity of
yesterday have been received. The vessel
was so heavily laden that she shipped
water in small quantities occasionally when
tbe crowd would happen to surge to either
side of the boat. On the return
trip, when more than half the
way home, a slight commotion
on the boat, 6aid by some to have been
caused by the playful pranks of numerous
youths on the lower deck, and by others
ascribed to the boat striking on a snag,
caus'd tbe crowd oat of curiosity to rush
to one side, aDd as the side of the boat
sank with the additional weight, a volume
of water a foot or two in depth poured in
upon the lower deck, which was crowded
with passengers.
Instantly the crowd on both decks rushed to
the rppostte side, and their weight, together
with that of the water shipped by the boat,
caused a lurch In the opposite direction.
Then It w-as that the disaster occurred. The
side of the boat sunk in the water to the
depth of two feet, and while the crowd on
the lower deck were struggling to save
themselves from slipping down into the
river, tbe stancheons supporting the upper
deck suddenly gave way and the whole
structure, with its load of human beiDgs,
came down on these who were below.
The scene that followed cannot be de
scribed. The boat continued to settle on
its side deeper into the water, taking with
it many passengers, who were stunned by
tbe fall of the upper deck, and were there
fore uoable to help themselves, while many
who were precipitated into the river uuhnr ,
rent the air with their vain appeals for suc
cor, which those of the passengere who were
ssfe were powerless to extend to all in a
moment.
TweLty-two more bodies were recovered
to-day from under the lower deck of the
vi ssel, making about two hundred in all re
covered. It is not known how many more,
if any, are lost. Almost all business Is at a
stand still, and crowds line the streets dis
cussing the sad calamity. A solemn still
ness prevails ta the ci y. Flags are at half
mast, and the belle are tolling
Later—Up to the present time, 10:30 p.
m . 238 bodies have been recovered. It is
believed that there are several yet beneath
the wreck.
CHARLESTON SOLDIERY.
The Competitive Drill- The Winners
or tbe Prizes.
Charleston, May 25—The competitive
drill of the Fourth Brigade to-day was wit
nessed by over 5,000 spectators. It result
ed as follows:
Infantry—First prize, $l5O, Bnmter
Guards. Second prize, SIOO, Company B,
Carolina Rifle Battalion. Third prize, $75,
German Fusiliers. Fourth prize, SSO, Com
pany A. Carolina Rifle Battalion.
Artillery—First prize. $l5O, the German
Artillery. Second prize, SSO, Lafayette
Artillery. .
GEORGIA MOONSHINERS.
Ten Stills Sel*ed-1 3,000 Gallons of
Huh and Beer Destroyed.
Washington, D. C., May 25.—Internal
Revenue Collector Clark, at Atlanta, Ga.,
telegraphs to-day reporting the seizure of
ten illicit distilleries, three In Habersham,
four In Rabun, one in White and two in
Cherokee county. About 13,000 gallons of
mash and beer were destroyed.
Excitement In tbe Cblcago Grain
market
Chicago, May 25. —The wheat market was
excited and higher this morning, advancing
over 2c amidst great Uproar, confusion and
irregularity in rates. Other articles on
’Change were weak and lower, except oats,
which were a trifle firmer for deferred
optiont. The continued dry and sunny
weather was considered unfavorable to the
wheat crop, and there was considerable
manipulation and tossing about by the
bulls J 3 who had command of the situation.
The market closed with considerable anima
tion and t somewhat lower prices.
FLASHES FROM AUGUSTA.
One Thousand Shares of Memphis
and Charleston Changing Hands—
movement! of Stocks—.%n Inven
tory of Georgia Railroad Property
!■* Progress—New Cotton and Pro
duce Exchange.
Augusta, Ga., May 25 —Large transac
tions were made to-day In Memphis and
Charleston. A block of one thousand
shares sold at 87 to 88. The stock Is weak
to-night.
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta stock
closed firm at 63 to 64. Fifteen hundred
shares of Central sold at 160 to 162. There
Is still a firm feeling in this stock. Georgia
Railroad stock is quiet and nominal.
Wm. M. Wadiey is in town to day on the
lease business. He says the matter is all
arranged now, and his committee of ap
praisers are now taking an Inventory of
Georgia Raiiroaa stock. They will be
through in about four weeks.
Augusta is tirred up to day over the es
tablishment of anew Cotton and Produce
Exchange, which will be In operation on
Monday. It will be a general speculation
exchange, and as there is plenty of spirit
and money among the operators now, the
establishment is booked for a big business.
It Is said to be a branch of J. F. Cummings
& Cos., of Atlanta.
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS.
Tbe Assembly at Staunton—Tbe
Synod of Sontb Georgia Recom
mended.
Staunton, Va., May 25—At the meeting
of the General Assembly last night the
establishment of anew synod was recom
mended, to be known as the Synod of South
Georgia. In answer to an overture of the
Montgomery Presbytery, asking for lnfor
mation as to whether the deliversnee of the
Assembly of 1877 on dancing had been re
pealed or affected by subsequent action, the
committee stated that it had In no wise
been altered.
At the session to-day reports were made
approving the accounts of the various per
manent committees. The Committee on
Seminaries made a report indorsing
the election of Dr. Palmer, of
New Orleans, to the chair of Pastor of
Theology In the Columbia Seminary. It
also recommended the restoration by the
assembly of the ownership and control of
the Columbia Seminary to the Synods of
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
A long and animated debate ensued on
the propriety of Dr. Palmer’s leaving New
Orleans, which was participated in by Dr.
Girardeau, Dr. Wilson and other prominent
commissioners. No definite action was ar
rived at. Dr. Schenck, of the Presbyterian
Historical Society, of Philadelphia, and Dr.
Hoge, of Richmond, addressed the Assem
bly on the importance of Us coope
ration with the Historical Society
In the preservation of the records
and statistics of the church.
At the evening session a resolution, draft
ed by Dr. Dabney, was Introduced, setting
forth the duty of the Assembly to put an
end to dlviDlty students attending Northern
institutions instead of Union and Columbia
Seminaries, was adopted.
The judicial case of Rev. W. S. Turner,
of Georgia, was discussed, but no vote was
taken up to the time of adjournment.
“ FREIHEIT’S ” EDITOR.
Herr IVEoat Convicted—Sentence De
ferred.
London, May 25.—The prosecution of
Herr Johana Most, the publisher of the
Socialist journal, Freifieit, on the charge of
Inciting to murder, was opened at the Cen
tral Criminal Court to day. A. M. Sulli
van, M. P., appeared for the defense. Sir
Henry James, on behalf of the Crown, said
there was not the slightest desire
to check free discussion In the
press. Oa the contrary, this prose
cution was brought to preserve that free
dom. The article published in Freiheit,
on which indictment against the prisoner
was founded, must be, be said, regarded as
a direct threat to the present Emperor of
Russia of his father’s fate. He referred to
other articles in Freiheit as showing the
auimus of Herr Most. Among the papers
fouud upon the prisoner was a memoran
dum that “Trieste is a safe address for the
storage of dynamite.” Mr. Sullivan raised
a number of technical objections relative to
the jurisdiction of the court.
Mr. Sullivan’s argument, that the persons
whose murder Herr Most was charged with
instigating were outside of the protection
of the British courts, was overruled by Lord
Coleridge, the presiding Judge. Mr. Sulli
van further argued that the statute against
Inciting to murder did not apply to vague
newspaper Invective. He said if Herr Mo6t
were guilty then the works of Shakespeare
and Byron ought to be indicted for inciting
to tyrannicide.
The jury was absent from the court room
twenty eight minutes, and returned with a
verdict of guilty on all the counts, but
recommended the prisoner to the mercy of
the court on the ground that he is a for
eigner. The sentence of the court is de
ferred pending argument on the second
point raised by Mr. Su’livaD.tbat the statute
against inciting to murder does not apply to
newspaper Invective.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Opening Strong and Closing with
Upward Tendencies.
New York, May 25 —The stock market
opened generally strong and higher, and
after a fractional decline speculation as
sumed a strong tone, and an advance of
to 4 per cent, was recorded, In which Lake
Erie and Western, Northern Pacific pre
ferred, St. Paul, Union Pacific and Trunk
Ltne shares were most prominent.
This was followed by a reaction of % to
per cent., the latter in Lake Erie and West
ern. The depression was of brief duration,
and prices again took an upward turn, St.
Paul preferred selling up to % per cent.,
and the general list %to 1 per cent. The
dealings were on a targe scale, and, at
times, were attended by considerable buoy
ancy. Sales aggregated 503,909 shares.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, May 25.—Indications for Thurs
day:
In the South Atlantic States, north to
east winds, local rains and partly cloudy
weather, a slight rise In temperature, and
stationary or slowly falling barometer.
In the Middle States, northeast to
southeast winds, partly cloudy weather,
local rains in the northern portions, a slight
rise followed by falling barometer, and sta
tionary or a slight fall In temperature.
In the Gulf States, easterly to southerly
winds, generally fair weather, a 6llght rise
in temperature' and slight change in pres
sure.
In Tennessee end the Ohio valley, light
local rains, with warmer and partly cloudy
weather, easterly to southerly winds, and
stationary or slowly falling barometer.
A Virginian in Trouble Over la
hone,
Alexandria, Va., May 25. —John Car
michael, of Loudon county, Va., who was
arrested yesterdav for sending a postal card
several weeks ago to Benator Vance, on
which was written, ‘ Please send me your
speech on that d—n dog Mabone,” was
brought before United States Commissioner
Fowler here te-dav. After an examination,
he was held for the action of the grand
lury for a violation of the statutes which
prohibit the sending of scurrillous matter
through the mails.
Brace Besieged.
Washington, May 25 —Since ex-Senator
Bruce entered upon his duties as Register
of tbe Treasury on Monday last he has been
overwhelmed with applications for office.
Mr. Bruce says It is a mistake on the part of
these applicants to suppose that bis office
gives him any power of appointment; that
In fact his recommendation for a clerkship
would have no more weight now than when
be was a private citizen, and that if it had
It would be manifestly improper for him to
be the medium of pressing applications
upon the Secretary of the Treasury.
A Denial From Cortl.
Constantinople, Mav 25 —Count Corti,
the Italian Ambassador to this court, posi
tively denies tbe statement of the London
standard, that among tbe unpublished cor
respondence on the Tunisian question, is
tbe record of a conversation between 3s.
WaddlDgton, Count Cortland Lord Salis
bury, of thejpurport that Italy might, if she
chose, take Tripoli as compensation for the
French absorption of fanis.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1881.
THE BIG RACE AT ALBANY
WHO ARE THE HALF BREEDS'
DARK HORSES?
Tbe Senate Declines to Enter the
Caucus— Both Houses Attending to
Business Conklins and Platt
Holding Levees Humors that
Platt will be Sacrificed—A Poor
Show lor the Plan.
Albant, May 25 —The following letter
was sent to Speaker Sharpe at 11:30 this
morning:
“State of New York,Senate Chamber,
Albany, May 25,1881.—7 b Hon. George H.
Sharpe, Chairman of the Assembly Caucus
Committee: Dear Sir— The Senate Caucus
Committee have given the question of call
ing a caucus, the earnest deliberation which
the gravity of the situation demands. The
United States Senators from this State have
resigned and thrust upon the Republican
members of this Legislature the alternative
of supporting or antagonizing the national
administration. This issue involves the
integrity of the party. The resignation of
our Senators has left the Senate of tie
United States in the control of a Demo
cratic majority. The Republican party of
this State cannot submit its relations to the
party of the nation to the decision of a
majority of a legislative caucus. No mem
iter ought to be excused by caucus action
from individual responsibility, but In a joint
convention of the Legislature, and iu the
solemn exercise of his duties as a legislator,
each man should cast his vote according to
his conscience and the wishes of his con
stituents. We do not, therefore, deem It
wise to unit In a call for a joint caucus.
“We remain, dear sir, vours truly,
“L. McCarthy,
“George H. Forster.”
“While I do not fully concur in the above,
I deem it unwise and inexpedient at the
present time to join in or recommend a call
for a caucus. W. W. Rockwell.”
B >th sections, the Conkling and ant>
Coukling members, talk confidently to-day.
The refusal of the Senate Caucus Commit
tee to call a caucus was not unexpected. A
paper circulated yesterday for signatures of
Republican members, calling a caucus, was
still in circulation this morning. The stal
warts say It will contain the names of a
majority of the Republican members. At
noon the stalwarts reported that they had
fifty signatures to their call for a caucus.
Fifty four is a majority of the Republican
members of the Legislature.
From appearances here to day no one
would think there was such an important
question pending as the one before the
Legislature. The members were in their
seats in both houses amending closely to
business, and when spoken to regarding the
Senaiorial issue answered promptly and de
cisively for or against Conkling, as the case
might be.
At the Delevan House Conkling and his
associates held levees, entertaining mostly,
however, persons who are not members of
the Legislature. All sorts of reports have
been in circulation all day. Some evidently
set afloat &s feelers, and others entire fic
tion. Among those given out this evening
was one to the effect that the friends of
Conkling say if he is returned to the Senate
he will abstain from attacking the adminis
tration, and, further, that if it is demaded
in the interest of harmony Platt wiil with
draw as a candidate, and the administration
section may name a Senator to take his
place.
It was also reported that President Gar
field has approved of such an arrangement,
and that he urges his frleDds to accept the
proposition. It was added, however, that
the proposition was received with not a
little distrust, and had no effect upon those
who are determined not to go into caucus.
If accepted, they 6ay, the election of their
man in place of Mr. Platt must first be
consummated before they will cast a
vote for Mr. Conkling. This report was in
dustriously put forward, but a little investi
gation set It at rest. Tbe administration
men said that If President Garfield urged
anything of the kiud his friends would be
the first to be notified of his wishes in the
matter, and they have not been so notified.
There is a growing anxiety to know whom
the opponents of Mr. Conkling will support,
not only for his place, but for that of Mr.
Platt.
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ON AND ABOUT THE ISTHMUS.
Trouble Over a Treaty—The Work
ou the Caual.
Panama, May 17.—Some excitement ex
ists in Bogota over the terms of the proto
col to the treaty of 1840 between Colombia
and the United States, recently signed by
Senor Santo Domingo Villa and Mr. Evarts
in New York. It Is said to cede to the
United States privileges which are unaccep
table to the Colombian Congress In the mat
ter of building forts, establishing naval
stations on the isthmus, the passage of
American ships of war through the canal,
etc. Tbe information on the subject here
i9 still unreliable, but it seems the President
is deposed to make many concessions to
the United States and to yield to American
influence in the matter of the canal in a
way quite exasperating to the majority in
Congress, who are decided partisans of M.
De Lesseps.
In canal matters all is quiet. The surveys
are being prosecuted slowly, but the ab
senceof M. Blanchet, the movlngsplritin the
enterprise, has thrown a decided damper on
the energy and spirit with which operations
were formerly pushed. Quantities of mate
rial constantly arrive—machinery, etc., as
well as laborers from Carthagena, Port 81-
moD and Jamaica—and as soon as tbe work
ing plans are ready the men and the tools
will be on the ground. There is a total
lack of enthusiasm concerning the affair
and these people, always quick to take Im
pressions from what they see on the surface
of such enterprises, are much disgusted
with the slow going, painstaking, economi
cal Frenchmen. They admit that if it were
a Yankee company which had the under
taking of the job, much more would have
already been acomplished, more money
spent and five times the amount of work
accomplished.
PIMLICO RACES.
Second Day of the Spring meeting.
Baltimore, May 25 —The second day of
the spring meeting of the Maryland Jockey
Club was a greater success than the first.
There was a very large attendance. Fol
lowing are summaries of the five races to
day.
The first race, a dash of one mile, for all
ages that had never won a race of one mile
or over, was won byf Hermit, Marathon
second, Kitty Clark third, Dodettl fourth,
Bhadow Dance fifth, Kate Long sixth, Bride
Cake seventh, Jake White eighth, and Soda
last. Time 1:44%.
The second race was the Vernal sweep
stakes, for three-year-olds. Bir Hugh won,
Catachln second, Hella third, Potomac
fourth, Sportsmau fifth, Baltic sixth, Bliss
seventh. Ada eighth, Standoff ninth, and
Clyde Hall last. Tl ne 1:44%.
The third race was a dash of 1% miles,
for all ages, to carry 100 pounds, fillies and
geldings allowed three pounds, for a purse
$350. It wa6 won by Monitor, Glenmore
second, Janet Murray third, Boardman
fourth, Victim fifth, New York Weekly
sixth, and Vagrant last. Time 1:57.
The fourth race was the Pryton handicap
stakes, for four-year-olds, one mile heats.
The following is tbe summary of the race:
Grenada 1 2 1
Oden .2 1 2
Bounce i 3 dis.
Cinderella. ... .4 dls.
Ela Warfield., ,5 4 0
Judge Murray.,.., .6 dls.
Elias Law-ence, .7 3 0
Time 1:43%, 1:43%, 1:47%.
The fifth and last race was a steeple chase
of about two and a half miles. Disturbance.
Derby and Frank Short started. It was won
by Derby, Disturbance second aud Prank
Short last. No time was taken.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Memphis, May 25. —Yesterday afternoon
the boiler In the foundry of T. L. Risk &
Cos. exploded, killing W. H. Holder and
Edward Hopkins, and seriously injured
Frank Cubbins, John Adams and John
Hoyle. Tbe engineer in charge at the time
of the accident was a youth of fifteen years.
Ihe Torch in Arkansas.
Cincinnati, May 25.—A special from
Little Rock, Ark., says; “The business part
of Harrison, tbe county seat of Boone
county, In that Btate, has been destroyed
by an incendiary fire. Loss, $25,000. The
Mayor has offered five hundred dollars re
ward for the arrest of the incendiaries.”
—
Commodore’ Unit Dead.
New York, May 25.—Commodore Nutt,
tha well known dwarf, died here to-day, af
ter wi Ulnes* of eight week#.
TENNESSEE’S DEBT.
Point* of the Injunction Laid on
the Funding Board.
Nashville, May 25.—A bill was served
on the Comptroller yesterday by the Bherltf
ef this county enjoining the Funding Board
from carrying out the requirements of the
par and 3 per cent, funding act.
The bill alleges that the Mineral Home
Railroad bonds, Issued for war interest and
war purposes, were illegally issued; that
the funding act was procured by bribery;
that members of the Legislature were specu
lating in Tennessee bonds when the act
passed, and that one member received
SIO,OOO, aDd another $15,000 for voting for
the act. The bill further charges that the
act is unconstitutional because it appro
priates revenue for ninetv-nlne years, while
the constitution prohibits appropriations for
longer than two years. Also because it confers
judicial powers on executive officers to pass
upon the legality of bonds. That by the
coupon feature the school fund Is diverted
from Its legitimate purpose. That it pro
vides for funding bonds held by certain
bondholders, but excepts bonds held by
charitable and educational Institutions.
That the act fails to recite in its caption or
otherwise the title or substance of the law
repealed, revised or amended. That it re
peals the section of the act of March, 1873,
prohibiting the reception of anything but
Treasury warrants, gold and sliver United
Biates Bank notes and old issue of tbe banks
of Tennessee for taxes, by making the cou
pons receivable for taxes.
The bill further alleges that the act is am
biguous, and asks for a construction of
act by the courts. The bill of Injunction
was presented to Judge Williams, at Win
chester, and a fiat granted on the 20th of
May. Comptroller Nalan, one of the mem
beis of the Funding Board, says no action
will be taken to dis=olve the injunction until
the return of State Treasurer Polk and Sec
retary of State Nunn.
LOUISVILLE KALES.
Last Day of llie Jockey Club’* meet*
log.
Louisville. Ky., May 24.—Following are
the summaries of the seventh day’s races
of the Louisville Jockey Club’s spring
meeting:
The Association purse, $350, mile heats—
Boulevard I 2 1
Una 2 3 0
Frank Cheatham 3 1 2
Time 1:46, 1:45%, 1:46%.
The Merchants’ stak s, a mile and an
eighth, Lielex won, Gabrlelle second, Ban
croft, the favorite, third. Time 1:56
Iq the mile dash for a purse of S3OO, Jack
Haverly won, Duke of Kent second and
Mary Anderson third. Time 1:44%.
The two mile dash for a pur6e of S4OO,
Getaway won, Surge second and Cash Clay
third. Time 3:38. A foul was claimed in
this race. Callao was first under the wire
and was dsltanced by the judges.
Louisville, Ky., May 25.—This was the
la6t day of the spring meeting of the Louis
ville Jockey Club.
The first event, a dash of five eighths of a
mile, was a walk-over for Cottrell’s en
tries.
Tbe second race was a dash of one mile,
which was won by Duke of Kent, General
Pike second, Wumpee third. Time 1:44
The third race, three quarters of a mile,
was won by Knight Templar, with Duke of
Kent second, Alarmist third. Time 1:16%.
The fourth race, one and one quarier
miles, was taken by Übert, Belle of tbe
Highlands second, Valeria third. Time
1:58%.
The last race, one and one sixth miles,
was won by Gibriel, Pope Leo second, Vici
third. Time 1:51.
Carl Scknrz to Edit tbe “Evening
Font.”
New York, May 25—The Evening Ibst
has passed under control of Carl Sehurz,
Horace White and E. L. Godkin. To-mor
row Bchurz will assume editorial direction
of this journal.
Tbe Health of Havana.
Havana, May 25—There are very few
cases of yellow fever, considering the sea
son. Physicians explain the fact by the
prevalence of typhoid fever, which is epi
demic now, and first attacks persons precis
posed to yellow fever.
IVlrs. Garflid’e Condition.
Washington, May 25.—Mrs. Garfield’s
condition has Improved during the past
twenty four hours. Her progress toward
recovery is considered satisfactory by her
attending physicians.
Should Gladstone’s Land Hill He
Accepted by the People?
Editor Morning News: This is the absorbing
question which now exercises the minds of the
people of Ireland, and in which the people of
America have an interest. The Ameri an peo
ple are periodically called upon to feed the
people of Ireland in the famines of which the
Irish landlords are the cause. They are, there
fore, entitled to a voice in the settlement of
the Irish land question. “To be, or not to be”
—to accept, or not to accept—“that is the
question.” The timid and conservative, and
those who have a lingering regard for landlord
aristocracy, say accept; “half a loaf is better
than no bread.” This class lam happy to say
are in the minority. The vast body of the
people, who form the cohorts of the Land
League, led by Mr. Parnell, say a thousand
times no. They cheer for Davitt, Dillon, Bren
nan and Daly, and their compatriots in prison
cells, and inscribe upon their banner “Now or
never; down with landlordism.”
This sham land bill. or. proper'yTspeaking.
landlords' bill, has nothing to recommend it 10
the people. It is pre-eminently a landlords’ bill,
conceived and natched by a government of
landlords for landlords, as the following figures
relative to the members th .t form the British
Government will show: Gladstone owns 7,0'0
acres, Dodson 30,000, Lord Kimberly 11,000,
Lord Northbrook 10,0t0, Lord ?penser 27,000,
l*ord Huntly 00,000. Lord Hartington 200,00 c,
Etrlof Kenmare 106,000; total 481,000 acres.
How absurd to expect from this pack of land
thieves a bill that in any way will conflict with
their own interests, or those of the class to
which they belong. Thebillisa delusion and
a snare, cunningly devised to protect and pre
serve the landlords. It contains three princi
pal clauses, viz:
First. A land court, composed of landlords,
or their defenders, to fix a fair rent—fair for
themselves—which, when so fixed, must be
paid by the tenant, good season or bad season,
for a term of fit teen years, or out he goes in
sianter.
second clause. A land commission to ad
vance to’ tenants three-fourihs of the pur
chase money of their holding to the landlords
—that is, when the landlord chooses 10 sell,
which he nee i not do till the crack of doom, as
far as the bill is concerned, unless he gets such
a handsome price as ill induce him to sell—
which sum, with five per cent, interest added
thereto, will be saddled on the ten
ants, back for a trm of thirty
five years, making his last state worse
than the first. If the tenant be unable to ad
vance h's one fourth, he can derive no benefit
from this clause. Let us for a moment figure
up his chsnces so to do. Suppose his holding
to be twenty acres, at $5 yearly per acre for
rent, which makes one hunured dollars annual
rent. Twenty years rental has been the isual
avei age price of the fee simple of lano, which
would give $2,010. Five per cent, interest add
ed wou and anno t double the principal. Thus
the poor tenant would have to advance at the
outset $750 or sl,ooo for hip one-Uurtn. How
many tenants would be able to do it?
Third clause, Emigration wholesale to any
Bart of the British dominions, to Manatobia or
ieli, as the London Times once said, to get rid
of the Irish with a vengeance. And this while
there is plenty of the finest land in the world
lying idle, as the following facts wid shew:
Ireland has twenty million acres, twelve
million acres cf which, the fine t land in Ire
land, is laid down in grass to fatten bullocks
for the English market, three and a half mil
lion acres only under cultivation to sustain
five million people, which Ireland now c n
tains, four and a half million acres, most of
it reclaimable, lying waste. Where is the ne
cessity for enforced emigration with laud
enough lying idle to support ten million more
people (n addition tp tfie present population?
This is tha character of the land bill: A land
court to fix a fair rent, a land commission to
aid tenants to buy their holdings, ana also to
help tnem to “get,” to clear out of the coun
try, the land of their birth: said courts to be
manned and legislated by landlords You
might as likely expect cats to )egi>late favor
ably for mice, or wqlyes to so legislate lor
lambs, as for landlords to legislate favorably
fpc the Irish tenants
Mr. Parnell sees this, and has decided to re
ject the bill ana accept whatever consequences
jtmayinyolve—which may ne imprisonment
death, confiscation if property pf hjmself and
followers Let us reflect for one moment upon
the propriety of his course. To compromise
now would be to disband; after this grand agi
tation has been brought to such a pitch that it
has united the Irish race- Orangemen Protest
ants and Catholics—at home and abroad as
never before, it would be suicidal, disastrous
and base, and would be saddling the landlords
upon Ireland's back perhaps for a another
cen'ury. Mr Paruefl ’as 44 io lose Und noth
to win in tills contest, except the reward
that ever crowns the patriot—the bleeslngs aud
admiration of posterity. He is a pure and dis
interested patriot, of cool judgment and spar
tan chivalry. Heseems to be, as Father O’Brien
said in his lecture before the Land League, a
beaven-appointeddaaflgr.' Heanfl hiscdUeligues
bare take* a position from which they cannot
now recede, they have risked their all upon the
issue. They are worthy of our sympathy and
support, such as George Washington received
in battling with this same power in the crisis of
tbe American revolution. Shall we support
Gmm? Land Lea§css.
TIIE REVISION.
What Professor David Swing, of
Chicago, Sara About It.
A reporter of the Tribune called Satur
day afternoon on Prof. David Swing, of
the Central Church, Chicago. The Pro
fessor said he felt no hesitancy in saying
that the new work would be accepted by
the people.
“Professor,” asked the reporter, "what
is your opinion of the change in the cel
ebrated passage in the thirteenth chapter
of the First Corinthians; that is, the
substitution of the word ‘love’ for
‘charity’?”
“I think it perfectly proper and right.
‘Charity’ means the application of love
to the lower classes, to beggars, for in
stance. The Greek word from which it
was translated ‘charily’ represents the
universal love of man for hia neighbor.
That is the reason I approve of the
change. I think it gives it a broader
and more significant meaning, less ob
scure than we get from the word ‘chari
ty.’ It may not be as rhythmical, but I
think the people will soon get used to it.”
“There have been objections made to
the substitution of ‘hades’ for ‘hell.’
What is your opinion of that change?”
“Well, that is unimportant. I like the
change, however, as ‘hades’ means death
or the grave—a meaning more appropri
ate than we get from the word ‘hell.’ ”
“Do you think this revised edition will
be accepted by the church, Professor?”
“Yes; I think it will, gradually. Of
course, some will object to its accepta
tion, but the opposition will be compara
tively small.”
“What is your opinion regarding the
changes made as a whole?”
“1 think the work defective in points,
but very acceptable ou the whole. It
was translated long ago, and was subiect
to baste and errors. The informati
not so abundant or clear as in the
version. The works of Shakspeare
Dante have been revised, corrected aud
greatly improved, bringing out points
that had been obscure and meaningless,
and I do not see why a revision by com e
tent men would not do the same thi > r
for the Bible.”
“Do you think the revision of the Old
Testament will be as acceptable as this
work?” *
‘,l think it will be more so, as I am
sure the greatest advantages will be
found in the Old Testament when the
meaning of the Psalms is made clear.
The significance of some of the Psalms
is often sadly mistaken, and especially
is this the case in the nineteenth, which
is invariably missunderstood.”
“What changes do you think should
be made in the Old Testament, Profes
sor?”
“Well, in the first place, I think it
should be condensed. A great deal of
indelicate and vulgar matter should be
thrown cut. Many portions ot it are
inapplicable, as, for instance, the Mosaic
Laws. These Mosaic Laws have no
more to do with Christianity than have
the Blue Laws of Connecticut.”
“What do you think will be the re
sults of the revision of the Bible?”
“I do not think that any important
results are to be expected. The King
James Bible was compiled so long ago
from the manuscripts of the ancients
that I think this revision should have
been undertaken before. Ido not mean
to say that the people have suffered on
account of errors m the Bible, but we
need the best of everything, including a
Bible. The King James Bible is too
large and bulky. What the people need
is a popular Bible, one that is portable,
is printed in large, clear type, and, to
make this possible, a large portion of the
Old Testament should be omitted from
the editions of the future.”
The following from an advance sheet
of to-day’s Alliance gives more fully the
Professor’s views on the revision:
No very important results are to he
expected from the new translation of the
Bible. Such anew study of the ancient
manuscripts, and of the meaning of the
writers who belong to a period so differ
ent in mental habits from the present,
should have been made long ago. not be
cause the human race was suffering on
account of any error in the King James
Bible, but because all need the best of
anything, be it water or food, or clothes,
or government, or money, or Bible.
What is worth having at all,
is worth having well. It so hap
pens, however, that all modern difficult
ties of any moment, in the direction of
the Holy Scriptures, are not difficulties
with a rendering, but with the subject
matter, however interpreted. There
should be in the new versions elimina
tions of whole chapters and whole books,
on the ground that they make the sacred
volume too large to be printed in good
type and still be portable. A small Bible
always means that the type is almost
microscopic. A popular Bible should be
at once portable and of fair clear type,
and to make this possible a large part of
the Old Testament should be omitted
from the editions of the luture.
Not only are tbe laws of the Mosaic
state repealed and dead, and therefore
unworthy of a place in this guide of the
public, but they are the laws of a semi
barbarous age, and cast no little of their
imperfection over upon the fair pages
of the New Testament. Not all readers,
young or old, are discriminating enough
to note at once that a Mosaic law js not
to be considered as a Christian law, but,
on the opposite, the law of association
leads many to imagine that the Church
of to-day looks upon Leviticus anri Deu
teronomy as being books of common
law for all who believe in inspiration.
The New Testament has suffered much
from thus being found in bad company.
Those treaties are valuable, as being a
part of tbe history of the Jewish state,
but not as being a part, much less a valu
able part, of Christianity,
Many of the Hebrew laws were so un
i'ust that their presence in the popular
iible makes it essential that each
clergyman and each Sunday school
teacher shall spend much time in ex
plaining the relation of Mosaic things to
Christian affairs—an explanation to be
made easier by a withdrawal of the
cause. The laws about women and
slaves are particularly unjust, and their
presence in the good book will always
complicate the inquiry: “What is
inspiration?” If, as almost all Chris
lian scholars admit, those laws were
the temporary statutes of a na
tion, temporary compromises between a
horrid epoch and a kinder one in com
parison, that legal literature should have
lapsed into quietness along with the He
biew, and the Amorite, and Jebusite, and
not be spread out to-day before our
youth, as forming some part of the di
vine truths to be believed. Besides the
savage injustice in some of those laws,
there is much that offends against the
refinement of our more civilized times.
No minister, no family dares read ajoud
all of the Old Testament.
atar-off titpe and jars lifle a discord upon
the madcvfl heart.
Qf course there are human beings who
will accuse the age of having a false or
sham modesty, and who will say that
the Bible is all perfectly elegant, and
that only infidels can in it indelicate
words and statements, but the numbers
of persons who have this oversensitive
modesty is small compared with the
number qf qlergympn ‘wfiQ are over
cowardly about the qualities of the
Mosaic law. The Bible has already been
so deeply injured by the timidity of its
friends that now, since the rage for a
new version has come, it is higfi time a
demand were made that the best of all
books be set free from eojue oi the
weights which so impede its progress.
The new version will bring oat some
hitherto unseen beauties. The?e will be
beauties of words, and of paragraphs,
and of whole ly, lUp Psalms
and in Job tome hew charms will ap
pear. In 4oh a poem on mining will
be found, showing that in his day men
went far underground after gold and
silyer, and carriid torches to and fro
along “paths which no wild fowl ever
9aw, and where no lion’s whelp had ever
been.” In deep mines man “binds
the flood* from overflowing, and
then the bidden things he bringeth forth
to light”—a poem not to be surpassed
in our age, full as it is of this
search in the depths of tbe earth. Aside
from those additions to the minor de
tails of the Bible, the New Version will
bring nothing to mankind. It is a house
cleaning rather than the rebuilding of
the house. It will be a good, but not a
great good. Other leaders will come
along after a time to make changes of a
more radical nature, and from their
hands the Bible will come, ready to be
the hand book of the Christians of the
next century. The Bible will always
live, and always lead man.
HESSEY HELFMANN DEAD.
A Horrible Tale or Torture In a
Bnaatan Prlaon.
The Paris Intranigeant,on the strength
of a letter from St. Petersburg, announces
that at 7 o’clock on the morning of the
16th inst., just four days after the birth
of her child, Hessey Helfmann, whom
everybody supposed to be alive and
awaiting the pleasure of Alexander lIL,
was dead. It is said she had been
tortured daily in the most flendisu
manner to wring confessions from her.
Night after night she was awakened
and warned that the hour for her execu
tion was near. For several days in suc
cession she was literally strung up, and
cut down only just in time to keep her
alive. On the morning of the 16 th the
hanging process is said to have lasted too
long, and when Hessey was cut down it
was discovered that she had been stran
gled to death. The Intrarmgeant adds
that the indignation and excitement in
St. Petersburg is immense. The troops
have been forbidden to leave the bar
racks on any pretense, and a revolu
tionary movement is antiHnated.
lin i b ctric Hallrofld
Tnc ‘electric railroad” reported by
cauk to be in successful operation at
Berlin is the invention of the electrician
Siemens, who Las made $20,000,00*0 >
of various inventions, owns the cahl ,j
'/y'... Firad* , .y, .nu mases
quantities of cable in England and Ger
many. Mr. Brooks, a prominent elec
trician of Philadelphia, explains the
Siemens electric road as follows:
“The way he runs his road is some
thing like this: The only insulation of
the rails, I suppose, is by wood tires,
which is enough for what is called a
‘quantity current;’ that is to say, a cur
rent which does not overcome resistance
and jump from place to place like light
ning. Steam engines stationed along
the road run the motors. One rail
is charged by one pole and the opposite
rail by the other. A machine on the car
gathers up the electricity by brushes
touching the tracks, and the wheels are
turned by the positive and negative cur
rents coming into play alternately. The
great trouble has always been that there
is so much waste of power, owing to
the want of delicate adjustment in the
machine. They have never been able to
get more than about forty-five per cent,
of the power. If Dr. Siemens has been
able to get eighty or ninety per cent, it
is a great thing, and, on a small scale,
will do away with all the noises, much
of the wear and tear and no little of the
danger now attending steam railway
travel. On the electric railway there is
no dirt, no danger of explosions and no
noise but the rumble of the wheels on
the rails. The only successful applica
tion of electricity to this purpose in this
country has been in toy locomotives
for children run by magnets, but the
idea and principle are exactly the same
in both cases.”
The Marriage Question.
Pall Mali Gazette.
It is significant of the change which is
passing over the European conceptions
of life and of morality that at the present
moment nearly every Legislature in Eu
rope is more or less preoccupied with the
marriage question. In Hungary they
have just legalized the marriage of Jew’s
and Christians, and are discussing
the introduction of obligatory civil
marriage. In Denmark the Folke
thing has been discussing the re
marriage of divorced persons. In
Spain the Sagasta Ministry is busied
about the re-establishment of civil mar
riages. M. Naquet’s bill for legalizing
and ivorce was defeated a short time ago by
the French Chamber, which is now call
ed upon to deal with proposals legalizing
the marriage of brothers in-law with
their sisters-in-law and the marriage of
priests. In Italy the divorce question
has been brought before the Legislature
by a proposal to sanction divorce
when either the husband or the wife
has been condemned to penal servi
tude for life, and to convert a legal sep
aration into a divorce when three years,
in the case of childless marriages, or five
years, if there are children, have elapsed
without a reconciliation after the judg
ment of separation was pronounced. By
this proposal every “separation de
corps” would ripen into divorce by lapse
of time. It will be interesting to see
bow so drastic a proposal will bs receiv
ed by the Italian •Chamber.
Locusts iu North Carolina.
The Charlotte (N. C.) Observe 7 an
nounces the appearance of tbe seventeen
year locusts in that vicinity by millions,
and that they are eating up everv green
thing. It says they cover the landscape
over with their yellowish brown damask
wings like summer duster* ou parlor fur*
niture. They come, millions upon mil
lions, they come. From every direction
they call to each other, “Come over and
help us eat them up.” The woods are
filled with them; the ground alive with
them. Farmers from every section of
the country bring reports about them.
They do not seem to be alarmed, how
ever, the only expression of uneasiness
being the remark, made by one of
them, that the noise they make
annoyed him. It is like the sound
of escaping steam. There are con
flicting opinions, however, in regard to
their destructive tendencies. One man,
who has observed their effect on a for
mer occasion, predicts that in several
days the trees will begin to assume their
late aspect of wintry barrenness, but
that the crops will not be hurt by them.
Some few say they will eat up every
growing thing. The majority view them
with curiosity merely and anticipate no
damage whatever.
Gen. O. O. Howard, the new head of
West Point, has always been known as
the “Christian warrior! has already
stopped music and saving on Sundays.
When £§hiing Ne? Percea Indians,
he became quite famous for pursuing
them during the week days so fast as to
wear out their ponies. But on Saturday
night he would invariably stop aud go
into camp until Monday, thus giving the
Indians a fresh start of some forty miles.
Gen. Garfield Is extremely fond of him
oa account of the similarity of their re
ligious yiews. ]jt is asserted in Washing
ton that .Judge .fQlgqr was not appointed
to a Cabinet position solely because Gen.
Garfield had heard that the Judge had
once continued a game of poker after
Saturday midnight to give a chaDce to a
heavy loser to recuperate.— The Hour.
An Oriental Jewess.—Mrs. Mackay
represented an Oriental Jewess at a re
oeut bail in Parts, and her dress is de
scribed as follows: O.verdtfaperiea of
pale yellow silk thtcrwoyqn witla gold,
and looked with a, of large dia
monds,'a bodice of pale blue velvet em
broidered with gold, together with a
pale blue satin caftan profusely em
broidered with tropical flowers and birds
in natural hues; a toque of blue velvet
embroidered with gold, with a diamond
chain passing under the chin, diamonds
braided ipto nqr hair, a necklace of dia
monds and another of Oriental pearls;
sapphire earrings with pear shaped pearl
pendants, and brooches and bracelets of
diamonds and turquoises.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
THE COFFEE WE DRINK.
When Title Popular Beverage Came
Into ll*e and tne Struggle It Had.
We all drink coffee, says an English
society paper, and yet probably few of
us know, or are curious to learn, how
and when this popular beverage came
into use. But, as in the case of other
things in general demand for the
table, it is worth while to have
some acquaintance with their introduc
tion and history. As regards coffee,
it seems ever to have found
a place in England during the
reigns of Elizabeth and the first
James—reigns so prolific in discov
ery, and so marked by additions to
what we eat and drink. It had been
heard of, for Lord Bacon, in a passage
which Dr. Johnson quoted in his dic
tionary, says: “They have in Turkey a
drink called coffee, made of a berry of
the same name, as black as soot and of a
strong scent, but not aromatical, which
they take beaten into powder, in water,
as hot as they can drink it. This drink
comforteth the brain and heart and
helpcth digestion.” The earliest account
of its actual use in this country is said
to be that given by Anthony A. Wood,
who tells us that “one Nathaniel
Canopius, a native of Crete," and
resident in Balliol College, Oxford,
which he quitted in 1648, was in the
habit of using a beverage called ‘coffey,’
which he prepared for himself, being
the first of that kind, as the ancients of
the house declared, that was ever drank
in Oxon.” We learn from the same
author that “in 1650, Jacob, a Jew,
opened a coffey house at the Angel, in
the parish of St. Peter-in-the-East,Oxon,
and there it was, by some who delighted
in noveltie, drank. In 1624 Cirques Job
son, a Jew and a Jacobite, born nctr
M . r jjf .. in O .....
> j Artii irTdlyard, apothecary,
, unholy in his bouse against
a . Soules College. The coffey
house continued till His Mvjestie’s
return'* and after, and then, became
more freotient and had an excise
put u on coffey.” An English work,
* *1 **Hft tory of In
ventions,'' mentions some of the pre
ceding details, and adds from “A New
View of London,” published in 1708, the
record that “one James Farr, a barber,
who kept tbe coffee house which is now
The Rainbow, by the Inner Temple Gate,
one of the oldest in England, was, in the
year 1657, presented by the inquest of
St. Dunstan’s-in the-West ‘for making
and selling a sort of liquor coffee, to
the great nuisance and prejudice of
the neighborhood.’ Who could then
have thought London would ever have
had near three thousand such nuisances,
and that coffee would have been, as now,
so much drank by the best of quality
and physician? It is further stated that
the first mentioned coffee in our statute
books occurs in the year of the restora
tion of King Charles 11., 1660; but this
proves how rapid and great had been the
increase in its consumption. There is
ample evidence of its having been in
common use very soon after the date
just mentioned.
Arab Humor.
Temple Bar.
Many of the most amusing stories in
Arabic literature turn upon verbal quib
bles, which are of course, in most cases,
untranslatable. Sometimes, however,
the jest goes equally well in foreign
languages, as, for instance, when a man
with a harsh voice was reading the
Koran aloud at a mosque door, and a
passer-by asked what he was reading for,
“I am reading for God's sake,” said the
fellow. “Then for God’s sake hold
your tongue 1” was the reply. A story
is told of El Mebdi, that being out hunt
ing one day he came upon the hut of au
Arab, who set some Bimple fare before
him, but supplemented it with a bottle
of wine. The Caliph drank a glass aDd
said: “Oh, brother of the Arabs! do
you know who I am?” “No, by Allah!”
was the reply. “I am one of the
personal attendants of the Com
mander of the Faithful.” “I congratu
late you on your post,” said the other.
Tossing off another glass, El Mehdi re
peated the question, and the Arab re
minded him that he had just told him
he was one of the Caliph’s suit. “Nay,”
said El Mehdi, “but'l am one of his
principal officers." “I wish you joy,”
said the Arab. After a third glass the
Caliph again began: “Oh, broth' ".f
the Arabs 1 do you know who If
“You say you are one of the Comm: ui
of the Faithful’s chief officers." answer
the Arab. “No, sir.” said El Meb )■:,
“I am the Commander of the Faithful
himself!” The Arab, on hearing ai ,
quietly took the bottle of wine from
table and put it away, with the sen ten
tious remark: “If you were to drink
another glass you would declare that
you were the Prophet himself I”
Andrew Johnson’s Estate.—At
Greenville, Tenn., Friday, in the Chan
cery Court, a final decree was rendered
in the case of the widow of Andrew
Johnson, Jr., vs. the administrators and
heirs of the estate of the late ex-Presi
dent and R. W. Johnson. The decree
was an agreed one with the understand
ing on both sides that after taking of
the accounts the case was to be taken to
the Supreme Court. Several interesting
legal questions are involved as between
the claimants, one being whether the
cotton factory at Union, Tenn., is to be
regarded as personal or real. The net
estate for distribution will amount to at
least #IOO,OOO.
There is a precious metal named
iridium which is as indestructible as
gold, aud, although little known to the
general public, is largely in use for
makiDg points to gold pens. This
metal, whieh is of a silver gray color, is
harder than steel; in fact, is only third
from the diamond in hardness, being
next to the ruby. If this metal could be
fashioned into tools and weapons, its
superior hardness would make it ex
tremely valuable, as suoh tools would
never rust and would cut almost aoy
material without being dulled. Until
now no means of working this metal
have been known, but a gold-pen maker
of Cincinnati has discovered a process,
and most important results are expected
from his inventions.
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Mahone voted for the confirmation of
Chandler, and claims to have thereby be*
coque an administration Senator and con
sequently entitled to a share of patron
age.
Call on your groeer for Magnolia Hams.
They are perfect in cat, care and flavor.
Every Ham guaranteed. Bee advertisement.
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jfrpmarujs.
DIAMOND SPECTACLES.
THESE Spectacles are manufactured from
“MINUTE CRYSTAL PEBBLES” melted
together, and are called DIAMOND on account
of their hardness and brilliancy.
Having been tested with the polariscope, tht
diamond lenses have been found to admit fif
teen per cent, ldn heated rays than any other
pebble. They are ground with great scientiflt
accuracy, are free from chromatic aberra
tious, and prodeoe a brightness and distinctness
of vision not before attained in sm*<*taciee.
Manufactured by the Spencer Cp..cal Manu
factoring Company, New York.
For sale by responsible agents in every city
in the Union. 8. P. HAMILTON, Jeweler and
Optician, is Sole Agent for Savannah, Cla .from
whom they can only be obtained. No peddlers
employed. Do not buy a pa<r unless you ae*
the trade mark ♦ CELLULOID EYE
GLASSES a specialty. mhl-Tu.Th.BAwir
Busby’s Anti-Electric Alarms and
Call Bells
CAN be attached to any door knob, and ad
justable uan alarm or call bell. Every
housekeeper in this community should have
one. It is a protection against sneak thieves.
James Mcginley,
York near Bull street
Also on exhibition at PALMER BROS’.
mMHt
— jg
Vaw ltt. I
ill
POWDER
Absolutely Pure*
MADE FROM GRAPE CREAM TARTAR.—
No other preparation makes such light, flaky
hot breads, or luxurious pastry. Can be eaten
by Dyspeptics without fear of the ills resulting
from heavy indigestible food. Sold only la
cans by all grocers.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,
feb7 ly New York.
Miocenes aaU frrortsiong.
What Ate the Wild Waves Saying
PICNIC (IDS!
HUB PUNCH.
BRANDY PEACHES.
ANNESETTE SUPERFINE.
CREME de MONTHE GLAUIALK.
BRANDY CHERRIES.
FRENCH CORDIALS. Assorted.
PINEAPPLE SYRUP.
LEM< >N SYRUP.
LIME JUICE.
SARDINES
Anu la*. I tik . least, soma of
THE OLD THING ITSELF !
HSiori 5 HUMM.
I WILL try and please all the pleasure loving
people that will favor me with an order.
Before you fill your basket call on me and see
if I cannot make an addition to it.
A. HIRSCHMAN
21 BARNARD STREET,
REEDY’S OLD STAND.
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CHAMPAGNE.
FIFTY Baskets PIPER HEIDSICK CHAM
PAGNE.
Ten casks BASS’ ALE.
Ten casks GUINNESS’ STOUT.
Five casks GINGER ALE.
JAS. McGRATH & CO.
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600 Bales Eastern Hay.
Ofift BAi.ES WESTERN MAY.
AUU 40,100 pounds BRAN.
s.ooobushels WHITE COR*.
3,000 bushels MIXED CORN.
10,000 bushels WHI PE and MIXED OATS.
CORN EYES. GRITS, MEAL and FEED.
50 boxes CHOICE LEMONS.
100 bushels CLAY Pi- A*A
E 0 bushels BLACK EYE PEAS.
For Bale low at
T. I*. BOND’S.
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Orange Blossom Syrup,
ORANGE BLOSSOM CORDIAL.
BITTER ORANGE SYRUP, delicious with
Ice Water.
Orange and Guava MARMALADE, mixed.
SWEET ORANGE MARMALADE.
BITTER ORANGE MARMALADE.
LEMON M UiMALALE.
These goods are j ist received from Florida,
where they are grown and prepared.
V"- vn\ by
4. M. & C W. WEST.
my.'t-tf ÜBET.i Y A WtUi’AfTERriTS.
Pastry Wafers.
/ BEAM MU Xar / HYB.-i.
V LUiff .uu lime JUICE PUNCH.
CHIPPED HEEF.
CHOICE TONGUES.
HAMS and SH- ULDERS.
ASSORTED JELLIES $1 per dozen.
5 pound palls PRESERVES and JELLIES
only oc.
For sale by
0. M. & H. W. TILTON,
my2l tf 31 WHITAKER STREET.
LIONS, LIE JUICE!
KAA BOXES PALERMO and MEBBINA
OUU LEMONS.
50 cases MARTINIQUE LIME JUICE.
For sale by
P. H. WARD & CO.,
Importers of Fruits and Dealers in Produce.
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VIRtiMA PEANUTS.
MAPLE SYRUP.
DlllKD CORN.
BONELESS F. M. BEEF.
SWISS CHEESE.
BAP SAGO, EDAM, PINEAPPLE, MUNBTKB.
NEUFCHATEL and CREAM CHEESE
—at —
NICHOLAS LANG & BKO’S.,
ap29 tf 19 BARNARD.
MACK EIIKL.
Barrels, Half Barrels and Kits
For sale by
C. L. GILBERT & CO.
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faints, ©U$,
(Established 1840.)
Steamboat and Mill Supplies
TUCK’S PIBTON PACKING.
ABBEBTOS PISTON PACKING.
ASBESTOS BOARD PACKING.
GUM PACKING.
ITALIAN HEMP PACKING,
EAGLE PACKING.
SOAP STONE PACKING.
OLIVER’S PAINT AND OIL STORE
NO. 5 WHITAKER STREET.
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JOHN G. BUTLER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
WMte Lead, Oils, Colors, Glass, Etc
HOUBE AND SIGN PAINTING.
SOLE Agent tar the GEORGIA LIME, CAL
CINED PLASTER, CEMENTS, HAHS?LAND
PLASTER, etc. Sole Agent for 9. O. PIERCE
& 00.*SPURE PREPARE© PAINTS. On.
hundred dollars guarantee that this Paint con
tains neither water or benzine, and la the only
guaranteed Paint in the market.
lelSLtf No. 22 Dravtnn arrant S.nnnuh. 9,
frofrsftUmat (TaragT^
CHARLES 0. IAMOTTE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
WILL practice in the Courts of this State
and of the United States. Will also give
prompt attention to Notarial business. Office
Room No. 10 Commercial Building, over Poe*
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