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~ J. 11. ESTILL,
Savannah.(ia.
‘ at the Pon Ohice Sa*
y*rr.t> m Sreonfl f!ar Matter.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Mrs- Garfield continues to improve
slowly-
The trial by court martial of twentv-six
, eiders of the met-Jewish riots at Kfcff,
p se! j for the 30th inst.
The entire I) -moeratic ticket is elected at
\!exiudria, Va., by a larger m&joritv than
w. espied, ranging irom 400 to 600.
miLV vears the most intimate friend of
'\braiaai Luc-Jr, is dead, aged seventy-
Seven students of Phillips’ Academy, at
Eifter, N i'V Hampshire, have been expell
ol, ami three sur-pended, for insulting the
Professors.
The Boston and Providence Knlgbt6 Tem
plar spent yesterdtyon an excursion down
L t . J.iinis river They leave Richmond for
home th's morning.
The Frankfurter Zeiinng has again been
rrosrcuttd for di-respect to Prince Bis
mart k, and its editor has been seuteuced to
one month’imprisonment.
The * inter wheat in Central Illinois is re
;ritd to be suffering from the chinch bug
and Ilrfaian fly. Thous.mi of acres have
been plough’d up to plant corn.
The Central Union Republican Club, of
Cincinnati, Wednesday night adopted a
resolti'i r. indorsing President Garti -Id and
denouncing the action of ex Senators Conk
line and Piatt.
Electric lighting is in successful opera
tion > n more than sixty steamers on the
Vi ~?i-dp pi river and its tributaries. It is
believed to add much to the safety of that
kind if traffic and traveling.
Robert 8. Reynolds, a wealthy farmer,
aged 70 year?, was killed by his sor, who
struck fciru on the head with a stone, at
Anna, Illinois. Reynolds himself killed a
man named Fraz -r a year ago.
A special from Dallas, Texas, says: “The
report that the Texas Central Railway had
b,light the D imases and Wichita Railroad
is a hoax, a? the Guuld combination owns a
two third interest in that road.”
A back clerk in Boston Was accidentally
locked up in the vault-a few afternoons ago.
His frantic cries bronchi no release, but,
fortunately, a book that bad been carelessly
left out caused the reopening of the door.
The statement of the business of all lines
of the Pi-i riejlvarda Railroad, esst of Pitts
burg and Erie fur April, as compared with
the same month last, rear, shows an increase
of cet of $160,228; all lines west,
8314,693.
A colored desperado named Cook was
shot and kided a few days ago by a mer
cbiEt named Himel at a store on the Dixie
plantation, on Bayou Lafourche, La. Cook
had visited the store with the avowed inten
tion of killing Himel.
The Census Bureau reports the total as
sessed valuation of veal esfa'e in New Jer
sey for 1880 to be #136 03*2.633, and of per
sonal property $126,215,985. The total bond
ed and floating indebtedness, county and
municipal, is $53,828,*247.
While workmen were hoisting a Jarre
joist at the new round house of the Ptdia
tleipbla, Wilmington and Baltimore Rtil
road, at Bawiew Junction, near Baltimore,
the roof fei! in, injuring five men. One,
named Charles Jackson, of Baltimore, is
not expected to recover.
The trouble in the Choctaw Nation be
tween the white renters aud the natives con
tinues. Intel se excitement exists through
out the nation. There is a rumor that the
Sheriff, who was attempting to collect
taxes, had been killed. The whites ate or
ganizing for protection, and a conflict is im
minent at aDy moment.
In New York, Mrs. Fanny Mordaunt, wife
of Frank Mordaunt, the actor, becoming
alarmed by a noise on the prem'ses of her
residence, went to the door to call a police
man, when a man sprung up and threw a
quntity of red pepper in her eyes, nearly
blinding her. A police sergeant, who was
r flf duty at the time, has been arrested on
suspicion.
A Chicago bound trrin over the Kankakee
line struck a drove of cattle near Temple
ton, Ind. The engine was ditched, the en
gineer saved himself by jumping, but fire
man Teddv Rvan was caught under the
water tank and roasted and s.-alded to
death. The postal, baggage and smoking
tars were thrown down the embankment, but
no other persons were injured.
Mayor Shakspeare, of New Orleans, has
ordered the Chief of Pokes to close all
gambling places in the city not within cer
tin prescribed limits. He also calls for an
early report of any gambling houses where
minors are permitted to enter, where dls
order occurs or troni which come complaints
of unfair dealing, and says that it is his in
tention, on being satisfied of the truth of any
such charge, to cause f uch house to be im
mediately and Irrevocably closed.
The Mansion House Committee for the
relief of the Irish famine, by a report just
published, have received 'from Europe
A 11,153, and from Asia £20.516 8s 9 1., from
Africa £1,407, from America £26,875 4s. 2d.
and from Australia £94,916 6s. 9d , mak
log, together with unclassified foreign sub
scriptions and grants from the American
funds remitted to the Archbishop of Tuaro,
t total of £181,655 7s. Id. The Uuited States
also sent the Constellation to Ireland with
relief provisions.
An item is in circulation to the effect that
15.000 have been i ff-red for the delivery ill
New York city of a fligstoue measuring 15
by 25 feet. Such a stone has been cut at
MaterviPe, but the problem how to get it
to New York is still unsolved. It is too wide
to pass through railroad bridge?, and, if
placed edgewise, would be too high.
Equally great difficulties ate in the way of
bringing it on the Erse canal. The largest
Higi-tone ever cut, it is said, was laid In
Ccieago before the great fire. It measured
16 by 25 feet, and was 12 inches thick.
Ia a hut on an empty lot in the vlclni'y
°f Tenth and Spruce streets. WilmiDgton,
p • , lives t,he oldest inhabitant of the
Mate. He claims lo be 150 years old, but
cannot hi- much over 110 according to the
■host available calculation. His davs are
fa* being numbered. He suffers greatly
**°m a ci-mbination of the dropsy and
Bright’? disease of the kidneys. His form
!s very much bloated, and his skin has
t'icked under the pressure In some places.
His arms and legs are swollen to twice
their usual size. ' He has lost none of his
fscuitles, and talks freely. Until the pres
et* attack, under which he is prostrated,
he ha never been sick. He was born some
Ijnie back in the last century, near Buck’s
Tavern, Delaware, a small placs about
-w tn *y miles from Wilmington.
Weather indications.
o*ric* Chief Signal Observer, Wash
®OTos, May 26.—Indications for Fri
day:
In the South Atlantic States, slightly
w ?rmer ana partly cloudy weather, north
erly to easterly winds, and local rains in
“e southern portion, and In the northern
portions lower barometer.
Tt the Middle States, warmer and fair
leather, eat' to sou h winds, and stationary
or failing barometer.
In the Gulf States, Tennessee and the
valley, slightly warmer and fair
•father, *xcept in the southwest, local
tains, winds generally from east to south,
and slight changes in barometer.
Wouten Mi Ibragim* in Connell.
Boston, May 26 —The thirteenth annual
vonventiou of the National Women’s Suf
"Age Association opened in Tremont Tem
{** this morning, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Sian
>n presiding. Besides prominent local ad
vocates of the cause delegates were
?rtsent from nine State?, Includ-
Louisiana and Tennessee. The
/“dress of welcome was delivered by
** r * H. H. Robinson, ot Weldon, after
t:ch the opening addrees was delivered
“T Mrs. Stanton. The remainder of the
‘ruing st-s-lor was occupied with addreea
from Mrs. Elizabeth Saxton, of New
Jusane; Mrs. Ebzaheth A. Merriwether, of
‘fonessee, and others. ? *"T
Eaintness before eating, pain and distress
*^* rw ard, prevented by Malt Bitters.
Savannah morning News.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
FOLLY'S AWFUL PENALTY
THE CANADIAN STEAMBOAT
HORROR.
How ttie Dreadful Disaster Hap
pened—** Let Her Sink, We’ll Only
Have to Wade”—Statement of (lie
Captain—Seven Hundred Person*
on tbe Doomed Craft.
London, Ont., May 26. —The number of
passengers cm board the Victoria at the
time of the disaster i3 now estimated at
seven hundred—a burden out of all propor
tion lo the strength and capacity of the
vessel. Shortly after passing Woodland
Cemetery, and when the boat began to
rock, the crowd surged from one Side to the
other with each oscillation, rather
eDjoying the motion instead of being
In any way alarmed. Oae of the pas
sengers stated that a cumber of
youths on the upper deck took delight in
keeping up the recking motion by moving
from side to side, while others shouted
gleefully, “Let her sink, we’ll only have to
wade ashore.” It is said by some, though
denied by others, that the officers in charge
endeavored to induce the passengers to re
main quiet, but their efforts were unavail
ing. ihe crowd surged from side to side,
and with each movement the vessel took lu
an increasing amount of water on the lower
deck to the terror of some and delight of
many more or those below. Few seemed to
foresee the danger.
Suddenly the position became alarming.
When nearly opposite the Cave bridge
water to the depth of a foot or more rushed
in on the south Fide of the boat, and the
crowd surged again to the north, the boat
slowly following the movement by listing
over to that, side. Thl* time the vessel al
most turned on her edge, and the deck
fl.ior became elevated to an angle not far
from the perpendicular. Ail at once the sup
ports of tbe upper deck gave way with a
terrible crash ou account of the
uunatural position and the great weight
imposed over the ratlings. People tum
bled In hundreds headlong Into the
deep water, and to mike the terror more
terrible the whole of the upper deck and
the supports went crashing down upon the
wretched victims, tearing and bruising the
struggling mass and engulphing them in a
dreadful watery tomb. Many of the bodies,
when they were afterwards taken from the
water, were found to be terribly bruised
and mangled from the crash of timber,
which came down from the upper deck, and
in many cases the features bore evidence of
the desperate struggle which must have
taken place.
A visit to the scene shows the Victoria to
be a complete wreck, the illy constructed
vessel being literally broken iuto pieces. It
is said on good authority that her boiler
was cot properly secured to the deck, and
that it shifted with the rocking of the boat.
Hardly any portion of the vessel is visible
above the water.
Captain Rankin, who was in command of
tbe Victoria, says he believes tbe vessel
would have recovered herself only for the
boiler going over, and as it went It carried
away the main deck and that let down the
upper deck with the crew on it. There were
not one hundred people on the lower deck.
The after part of the boat went down, but
tbe fore part came to the surface and the
boat was spread about six feet apart.
The result was that many of
the passengers were imprisoned
between the water and the top deck, which
came down above them, but they had a
breathing space of a foot or so, which would
have saved many had not others persisted
in climbing on the floating deck, thus
crushing it down and smothering those un
derneath. The Victoria was a flat bottom
scow, sharp at both eDds, and registered to
carry four hundred passengers. Capt. Ran -
kin does not thiDk there were more than four
hundred and fifty on board. He attributes
the disaster to the fact that the vessel leaked
badly, and says that a boy sent down
to the engineer just before the acci
dent reported half an arm’s length of
water in the hold. Captain Rankin says he
was praying earnestly that the boat might
reach the sand bar, where he intended to
beach her.
Two more bodies were recovered to day.
No one speaks or seems to think of anything
except the great calamity, which has had a
paralyzing effect on all classes of citizens.
At no time to day could one walk a block
without meeting a funeral procession.
CHARLESTON FLASHES,
Knight* Templar and A*cen*lon
Dajr-Tbe South Carolina Railroad
—The Beanfort Decoration Day
Orator En Route.
Charleston, S. C., May 26. — Ascension
day was celebrated here to-day for the first
time in many years by Soath Carolina Com
mandery of Knights Templar, who had a
public parade and attended services at the
Huguenot Church, where an address upon
Masonry was delivered by the acting Pre
late, the Rev. C. S. Vedder. Tbe services
were attended by a large crowd, and the
celebration was altogether a happy and suc
sessful one.
The Bouth Carolina Riilroad will com
plete its track to the river front on Satur
day next. The railroad will be sold at auc
tion on the 28th of July, and will probably
be purchased by the Sloan-Taylor syndicate,
of New York. The first mortgage debt of
the road amounts to about $3,100,009, and it
will probably bring about this amount.
The Hon. Cbas. Cowley, of Lowell,
Mass., who i to deliver the oration at Beau
fort on Monday next, upon the occasion of
the decoration of the graves of the soldiers
in the Fed.eral cemetery there, passed
through here to-night on his way to Bean
fort.
BRUNSWICK’S BLAZE.
An Entire Business Block Swept
Away—Heavy Losses.
Brunswick, Ga., May 26.—A disastrous
fire occurred here last night, consuming the
entire block of buildings opposite the cus
tom house.
The sufferers are O’Connor A Wenz, gro
cers and general merchandise; D. J. Dillon,
hall aud buildings; P. B. Holzendorff A
Bro., grocer?; W. B. Burroughs, general
merchandise, and G. A. Macon, household
effects.
O’Connor & Wenz lose three thousand
dollars in stock; insurance fifteen hundred
dollars. P. B. Holzendorff <fc Bro. lose fif
teen hundred dollars in building and stock;
insurance on the building two hundred and
fifty dollars; nothing on stock. W. B Bur
roughs loses twenty five hundred dollars;
fully Insured.
The fire originated in the rear of O’Con
ner & Wecz’s store. Two fine pups and a
pig were cremated in Holzendorff’s store,
there being no time to rescue them.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Opening and Closing Strong.
New York, May 26 — The stock market
opened generaUy strong and higher, but
speculation soon became weak, and prices
declined }£ to 2 per cent., Houston and Tex
as, Lake Erie, Western Union, Lake Shore,
Michigan Central and the coal shares lead
ing tbe downward movement. Subsequent
ly a firmer tone prevailed, and duriDg the
afternoon an advance was recorded ranging
from \i to 4 per cent., Chicago, Burliugton
and Quincy, Houston and Texas,
Bt. Paul. Western Union and Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western being
most prominent therein. Elevated Railroad
shares were conspicuously strong, and ad
vanced on the day’s transaction 3 i for Man
hattan, 214 for Metropolitan aud 2 X for
New York Memphis and Charleston fell
off SU per cent, to 79, but recovered 6 per
cent at the close, bur., C. R. & N. ad
v&Dced 8 per cent, in the morning, but gud*
$e quently reacted 3 per cent. The market
closed generally etrong. Bales aggregated
429,096 shares.
American Hehrewa In Russia.
N*w York, May 26. —Mr. Simon Wolf, of
Washington, a member of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations, has had
an interview with the Secretary of State on
the subject of the Jewish persecutions in
Russia. The Secretary of State informed
Mr Wolf that instructions In the matter, so
far as regarded American subjects, were
heine nrepared for transmission to the Min
ister of the United Btates at Bt. Petersburg.
Stocks In Augusta.
ADGCStA, Ga, May 26 —Stocks ace quiet.
oS lS), Central 160, Memphis and
Charfeston 87, CharloUfl nod Columbia 62*
63.
BUTLER AND STEPHENS.
M bat They Think ot the Situation
—The South Carolina Senator Op
posed to Free Trade—Tbe Geor
gian’s Opinion of Garfield—The
Movements of Stocks—The Edge
field and Aiken Railroad.
Augusta, Ga., May 36. —Senator Butler,
of South Carolina, Is in the city. He says the
National Democratic party is greatly
strengthened by the recent Senate resist
ance, and encouraging assurances come
from all over the country, especially in Vir
ginia, where the party is strong and confi
dent. He Is a supporter of Presi
dent Garfield in the present compli
cations, and thinks that wherever
he acts in a purely administrative
capacity the Southern Senators should sup
port him. He had been trying to influence
the President to make respectable appoint
ments to the civil service in the South, not
only for the sake of the public and govern
ment, bat because it would etrengtnen De
mocracy to have &u opposition of some de
cency and force In the South. Senator But
ler is opposed to financial agitation and to
free trade doctrines. He says the South is
rapidly becoming a manufacturing section,
and is interested in the tariff restrictions.
Mr. Stephens is still in the city. He has
not yet given any view- for the public, but
Is understood to be of the opinion that
Conkling could not have done otherwise
than resign. He thinks the administration
is inspired by Blaine, and characterizes
Garfield as the most Intellectual President
since Jefferson, but a man of but little
stamina.
Tne committee of the Edgefield and
Aiken Railroad wa3 in town to day, confer
ring with the South Carolina Riilroad au
thorises. The latter will iron and equip
this branch. When it is graded and open to
the public it will sei ve as a feeder to their
line. This branch is an important link in
the Savannah Valley Road from Anderson,
S C., to Edgefield, and was the original, as
it is said to be the shortest, line from the
seaboard to the West.
There was nothing new in the stock mar
ket to-day, except that Memphis and
Charleston broke in tbe morning and sunk
to 80. Quite a panic was produced among
holders, but toward evening it revived and
went back to 87, at which point it closed.
The break was caused by heavy sales in
New Yoik, several large Augusta holders
having gotten rid of their stock during the
past two days.
■
THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTE
RIANS.
Protest Against the Fraternal Greet
ing—Retrenchment and Reform
Defeated—Tbe Revision of the
Book of Tt orshlp—Rev, Mr. Tur
ner’s Case.
Staunton, May 26.—At the session of the
General Aseemblyof the Presbyterian Church
South to day Dr. Mullaly, of Lexington, Va.,
presented a formal protest to the action of
the Assembly in sending a fraternal greet
ing to the Northern Assembly. The pro
test insisted that the Northern Assembly
should have taken the initiative, Inasmuch
as that body had wronged the Southern
Church, and that the wrong was as yet
unatoned for. Another of the rea
sons given was that the signers
opposed any tendency to surrender the dis
tinctive independence of the Southern
Church. The protest was signed by Drs. S.
Mullaly, Patterson, Fletcher D L. Young
and George W. Hite, and was admitted to
the record. The Moderator appointed a
committee to prepare a reply.
The retrenchment and reform question
was decided against the reformers by a vote
of 120 to 8. The protest against the action
of the Assembly was entered by the Rev.
Taylor Martin on the ground that the free
dom of debate had bef-n denied.
The Committee on Revision of the Book
of WorshiD, Dr. Adger, Chairman, pre
sented its report. Of the many alterations
made in the revision the most important is
the omission of all the forms except the
burial service used when no minister is
present. The report elicited considerable
discussion, but no df flaite action was had.
The judicial case of Rev. W. G. Turuer was
decided In favor of the appellant by a vote
of 90 to 22. Adjourned.
THE MOONSHINERS.
Raids in South Carolina and Ken
tucky.
Washington, May 26.—Internal Revenue
Collector Bray ton, of Columbia, S. C., re
ports to Commissioner Raum that on tbe
18:h inst. Deputy Collector Jellson, J. P.
Looper, W. F. Gary and L. R Fisher left
Pickens C. 11. on a raid to Rocky Bottom.
Early on the morning of the 19th
they came upon the distillery of Joab Alex
ander. They destroyed an 85 gallon
copper still, cap and worm and thirteen
stands of mash and beer, containing about
1,700 gallons. They then went to Alexan
der’s house to arrest him. Looper took po
sition at one door with Fisher at the other.
Gary watching the windows. An old man,
supposed to be Alexander’s father.came out
and was caught and held by Fisher. Tbe
door opened again, and Alexander fired at
Looner with a pistol. The fire and smoke
blinded him for a moment. As soon as he
recovered, Looper fired at Alexander with
a shotgun. Fisher pursued Alexander
two hundred yards and caught him. The
charge from Looper’s gun had lodged In his
back. He was helped into the house but
not taken to jail. Alexander is an old of
fender, and was one of the party which
raided the jail at Pfckens when the Stansils
were released in 1878.
Internal Revenue Agent Atkinson, at
Louisville, report* that a successful raid was
made on an illicit still in Edmondson coun
ty. Two copper stills, caps and worms, with
a quantity of beer mashes and whisky, were
destroyed.
PRISONERS OF THE SEA.
Serious Peril of tbe Duke and Duch
ess uf Edinburgh.
A London dispatch of the 24th says; “A
curious incident happened at Sidmouth to
day ip which the Duke and Duchess of
Edinburgh narrowly escaped destruction.
Sidmouth is a seaport town on the coast of
Devon, not very far from Exeter. It Is
a very picturesque spot, and is frequented
by large numbers of visitors late in the sea
son. At present the visitors are few, and
this, perhaps, led the Duke and Duchess to
spend some few days there. They incau
tiously went to a spot on the coast which
at high tide was inaccessible, save by a
boat, and, the tide coming in with great
rapidity, they were at the mercy of the
waves, when they were happily discovered
by the officers of a vessel lying off the har
bor. They sent their lifeboat to the rescue
of the royal pair, who were thus taken off
safely. One man in the lifeboat narrowly
escaped drowning, so violent was the sea.”
ATLANTA’S HEALTH.
The Rumors in Regard to It Em
phatically Denied.
Atlanta, Ga., May 26.—The Board of
Health assert that no contagious, infec
tious or pestilential diseases prevail in this
city; that no case of yellow fever ever origi
nated in this city, and that the cases of yel
low fever brought here during the epidemic
in the Mississippi valley three years ago and
during former epidemics elsewhere, did not
propagate the disease. There have been
less than a dozen sporadic cases of scarlet
fever here this year, but It is not known
that a single case now exists In the city.
The sanitary condition of the city is bet
ter than It has been for twfnty years, and
the record of the mortality, as well as the
testimony of the principal physicians, attests
tbe unusual healthiness of the season. Tbe
absurd reports to the contrary that have
been In circulation are utterly without
foundation.
Derelict Bark.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 26.— The
■hip Norwhale, at North Sydney, Cape Bre
ton. yesterday, from Havre, passed on May
15th, in latitude 48:11, longitude 84:32 W.,
the bark Sophie, of Christiana, abandoned.
The crew bad apparently left her not long
beforq abe was sighted by the Norwhale.
Some of her sails had blown away, and oth
ers were furled. The abandoned vesael was
on a voyage from Sand Jefjord, Norway,
for Ship Island, in command of Captata-
Christle.
SAVANNAH, FKIDAY, MAY 27, 1881
THE CENTRE OF POLITICS
THE OUTLOOK AT ALBAKY.
The Democrats Won’t Trade—Thur
low Weed to McCarthy—'The Rosa
Read* Arthur a Lecture—“ Ton
Don’t Know Enough ot Politics to
Run a Set of Village Trustees”—
Conkling ou High moral Ground
—Nlaklng It 17p—Various Surveys
oi the Situation.
Albant, May 26.—Leading Democrats de
clare that they have their own party work
to do, and feel they would deserve and re
ceive punishment If tney did not vote for
two of their best partisans. They indig
nantly deny that there has ever been the
least intention or thought of helping either
section of their opponents. The Democratic
caucus committees of both branches of the
Legislature met last night and agreed to
i3ae a call to-day for a caucus, which
will be held Monday evening In
the Senate chamber. Everything ißdi
cates that there will be no caucus
of the Republicans. Efforts have been made
to learn just where Governor Cornell stands
in the contest, but without success. He had
a lengthy interview with Conkling and Ar
thur, but will not talk to any one else.
Conkling and Arthur have 6bown a change
of demeanor since they have been in the city.
Those who claim to know say that Conkling
feels he was induced to come here ou false
information. That he was not here more
than half an hour before he 6aw that a great
mistake had been made. A telegram was
received here yesterdav from Republican
members of the New York Produce Ex
change urging the return of Conkling and
Platt. A large number besides giving the
STme advice were received from individual
signers.
Also, the following from New York to
Senator McCarthy:
‘‘Your letter covers the ground admirably.
It is a faithful and fearless response to the
pronounced sentiment of the Republican
press and people.
“[Signed] Tuublow Weed.”
The stalwarts do not 6how this morning
much progress in securing signatures for a
caucus. It is said by those who claim to
know, that thßy have only forty-seven sig
natures. Others say they have only thirty
five. The paper is not shown to any one in
a way to exhibit the number of signatures.
So no one can Eay positively how many have
signed.
In the Senate to-day, Benator Woodin
presented several remonstrances against the
return to the United States Senate of Conk
ling and Platt. These remonstrances, he
said, were from citizens in various parts of
the State. Oae was signed by one thou
sand citizens of his own district. He moved
to refer them to the committee of the
whole, and supported his motion by a
lengthy speech, reviewing the action of the
two Senators, and showing why, in his
judgment, they should not be returned.
New Yokk, May 20. — Tue Evening
Albany correspondent telegraphs that jour
nal as follows: “The story about CoDkllng
denouncing General Arthur last evening, is
strictly true, although a great effort was
afterward made by the two to
Bive another Impression by parad
ing through the corridors arm in arm.
Conkling, Arthur and some others were in a
room with the window wide open and the
shade up. A thin door was the only sepa
ration from another room In which were
several persons, who were on the watch for
news. Mr Conkling upbraided Arthur for
not ‘fixing’ McCarthy and Wendover, of
the Senate Caucus Committee, ia his in
terest. He also blamed him for having
promised the votes of more Senators and
members than he could deliver, saying,
‘You have brought me up here to do the
dirty work of a ward politician. You don’t
know enough about politics to run a board
of village trustees.’ I
“The story having spread, an effort was
made to correct it by a scenic effect, but it
did not succeed JThe story lsstrieTy true.”
The Commercial Adverlieerh correspondent
says: “The friends of Conkling are doing
their work quietly and well. You may dis
credit all reports as to the failure of the
Republicans to obtain a sufficient numberof
signatures to their call to compel a caucus
in spite of the Senate Caucus Committee’s
revolutionary action. They will show the
paper to no one until they are ready to pub
lish it and issue the call. They have already
gotten more than enough signatures, but
they de6tre to leave the 'half breeds’! with
only a corporal’s guard at their backs. A
caucus will most assuredly be held under a
regular call.”
The Telegram's Albany special says : “The
prospect this morning is not very hopeful
for the stalwarts. After working with
might and main all day yesterday and all
last night, they have been unable to secure
the necessary 54 votes to go into caucus.
They say they have 49, and that in the
course of to day they will secure the re
mainder, and then a call for a caucus this
evening will be issued. There is good reason
to believe that they will fail to secure the
required five votes.”
PIMLICO RACES.
Third Day of tbe Spring meeting.
Baltimore, May 26.—The third day of
the spring meeting of the Maryland Jockey
Club was a success. The weather was fine
and the track all that could be desired. But
few of the favorites warranted the confi
dence reposed In them. The homebred
stakes showed the power of Crickmore and
he won in a gallop. The attendance was
very large and all the races were well con
tested, except that of the homebred 6takes,
for which there was no contestant against
Crickmore.
The first race was a selling race, for all
ages, one and one-eighth miles. The race
was won by Bellona, Vagrant second, New
York Weekly third, Suinnanoa fourth,
Rosalie fifth, Dodette sixth, Rochester
seventh, Boardman last. Timal:s7.
The second race was the annual homebred
stakes, for pools of 1878, one mile. Crick
more finished an easy winner, two lengths
ahead of Compensation, Jack of Hearts
third, Hermit last. Time I:43]^.
The third race was the free handicap
stakes, for all ages, one and a half miles.
It wa? won by Wai field, Ventriloquist sec
ond, Krupp Gun third, Jerry last. Time
2:38#.
Tne fourth race was a two-mile heat, for
all ages. The first beat was won by Ferida,
Oatcast second, Tom Klnsella and Laureole
distanced. Time 3:37#. Tbe second heat
and the race was won by Ferida beating
Outcast by ODe and one-half lengths. Time
3:38#.
The fifth and iast race was a steeplechase
over the regular course for horses that had
never won a steeple chase race at Baltimore.
It was won by Frank Bhort by half a length,
Joe Hunt second, Turfman third and Paw
nee last. No time taken.
There will be four races to-morrow, the
first of which will be the Preakness stakes.
In the pools to night Brickmore sold for
#6O; George Lorillard’s entries, Della and
Saunterer, $8; Catoctin, $5; Jack of Hearts
and Compensation, each $2; Baltic, sl. The
second race will be the Baltimore Cup;
George Lorillard’s Monitor and Grenada
sold for $25; Elias Lawrence s2l, and Ella
Warfield $6. The third race will be mile
heats, for which Oriole sold for $25; Eiel
weis and Vagrant $7 each, Bruno and Roch
ester #6 each, Judge Murray and Bounce
$5 each; and Jerry $2. For the steeple
chase D<y Star sold for #25; Derby #23; Joe
Hunt, SB, and Surprise $5.
An Austrian Legislative Problem.
London. May 26.—A Vienna dispatch to
the Daily News says : “It is believed that a
majority of the Upper House of the Reich
rath is adverse to the bill reducing the legal
school time from eight years to six years,
and that the nomination of twenty new Peers
is imminent in order to force the measure
through that body. The bill is regarded
as a concession to the Ultramontane and
Tyrolese parties. It only passed the Lower
House of the Reichsrath with difficulty,
and amid scenes of the greatest excitement.
On the last day of the debate the demon
stration of the public galleries in favor of
the opponents of the bill were uproarious,
and the galleries were cleared by order of
the President.
Shameless Treatment of Emigrants.
London, May 26—The White Chapel
(London) District Board of Public Works
has felt compelled to take measures to
check the over crowding of emigrants there
en route to America from the continent.
They are consigned by the hundred at a
time to agents in London, and sleep crowded
together on straw in low lodging houses,
without any regard to health or decency.
Tbe Good Templars.
Topxka, Kansas, May 26.—The Interna
tional Grand Lodge of Good Templars is in
session here. The reports ot tbe officers
Bhow the order lo be in a prosperous con
dition. There are 78 Grand Lodges and
31,014 members. It was decided to hold its
next session at Charleston, South Carolina.
BOSTON TO RICHMOND.
Tbe Touching Tribute Paid to tbe
Memory of Stonewall” by tbe
Visiting Knights Templar—me
morial Day in tbe Old Confederate
Capital.
Richmond, Va., May 28.—The Boston
and Providence Commanderies, escorted by
the Richmond Knights, paraded this fore
noon through the principal streets In the
eastern part of the city, visiting en route
the historic St. John’s Church and other
places of interest, including the old Masonic
Hall, which is said to be the oldest
edifice of its kind in this country. At the
latter place a fine collation was partaken of,
after which they retnrned to their quarters
and were dismissed.
One of the most beautiful and touching
incidents connected with the present pil
grimage, and which had been kept a secret
by those participating in it, occurred before
the parade. Tbe Boston Comtnandery at
an early hour marched from their quarters
to Capitol Bquare, and forming around the
statue of Sconewall Jackson, stood With
heads uncovered and with swords at
“present,” and while their band played a
memorial overture, arranged by Prof. Hall,
the Knights in command moved forward
and placed at the base ot tbe monument
most beautiful evergreens and rare flowers.
This tribute from tbe brave New England
ers to the great Confederate General, oc
curring as it did on Memorial dav, was
deeply affecting and moved some of the
spectators to tears. A leading Virginian,
who was present, remarked: “This will do
more to restore complete fraternity among
the people of the North and Bouth than all
the platforms tbe politicians will frame
during the present year.”
The Com mandery then marched to the
Washington Monument, within the same
grounds, and decorated it also with flowers.
The music here, while equally appropriate,
was not ro solemn as at the Jackson’s
statue. To-ulgbt the general programme of
entertainment will be concluded with a
double banquet, one at the theatre to the
two visiting Commanderies, and the other
at Pizzine’s saloon to the ladies accompany
ing the pilgrims. Both affairs are to be on
the grandest scale.
Memorial day is beiDg observed here to
day with the usual ceremonies, including
the decoration of the graves of the Confed
erate dead at Hollywood Cemetery. Busi
ness is generally suspended this afternoon,
and thousands of people are tsklng part In
the annual tribute to tbe fallen braves of
the Lost Cause.
BRITISH TOPICS.
Salisbury’s 91 uch Talked Of Conver
sation—Prof. Robertson Smi ill’s
Case.
London, May 26.—1n the House of Com
mons to-day, Sir Charles W. Dilke, Under
Foreign Secretary, replying to Mr. O’Don
nell, said the government had no Informa
tion that Russia had annexed the Tekke
territory.
Mr. Arnold, Liberal, asked whether any
reccd existed of the reported conversation
of Lord Salisbury relative to an Italian oc
cupation of Tripoli.
Sir Charles W. Dilke excused his reti
cence, but said that all tbe information the
government could give was contained in
the published papers relative to Tunis.
Tbe Times' correspondent at Edinburgh,
discussing the case of Professor Robertson
Smith, before the General Assembly of the
Scotch Free Church, says: “There has been
no case in recent times which has pro
voked such an intense feeling of
resentment on one side, and an equally
strong enthusiasm on the other. The reso
lution adopted by the General Assembly,
declaring that it no longer considers it safe
or advantageous for the Church that Prof.
Smith should continue to teach in one of
her colleges, did not deprive Prof. Smith of
his chair. It merely said that he ought to
be deprived of it. It was simply a
very strong vote of no confidence in
Professor Braitb, and this form was adopted
in the belief and hope that Prof. Smith might
feel constrained to resign. But I believe
he does not intend to do so. The Assembly
therefore will be obliged to take upon itself
the responsibility of giving practical effect
to its own censure. Dr. Adams, of Glas
gow, has give notice of a motion to this
effect, which will be discussed to morrow.”
Two Brothers Killed.
New Orleans, May 26.—A special to the
Democrat from Floyd, La., says: “A difficul
ty took place on the street yesierday even
ing between E. L. Bade and H. R. Lott, Jr.,
son of Co'. 11. R. Lott, in which Lott was
instantly killed. T. J. Lori, brother of H.
R. Lott, Jr., became engaged in the difficul
ty and was shot down, his wounds being
probably mortal.
Elizabeth Cltv’s Rig Day.
Elizabeth City, N. C , May 26.—The
Elizabeth City aud Norfolk Railroad was
formally opened to-day by an excursion of
the stockholders aud guest* from Norfolk
It was a general holiday here. Flags were
waving and cannons fired. Speeches were
made by railroad and town officials.
Timber Ship Burned.
Mobile, Ala., May 26.—The Italian bark
Vedremo, Captain Comarata, loaded with
lumber and timber, caught fire to day in
the lower bay and was burned to the wa
ter’s edge. The vessel is a total loss. The
fire was caused by the explosion of a kero
sene lamp.
The Greek Frontier.
Athens, May 26.—Cabinet councils are
now held daily. It is asserted that the
government has decided to assume the ro
sponslbillty of ratifying the boundary con
vention with Turkey without convoking the
Chamber.
Mina Muller’s Murder.
Jersey CiTY r May 26 —The Coroner’s
jury in the Guttenburg murder case, gave &
verdict at 10 a. m. that Mina Muller died
from injuries inflicted by the prisoner, Mar
tin KenKowsky.
Why He Percolated.
Detroit Free Press.
When Henry Longfellow Townsend
put in an appearance things looked de
cidedly agaiust him. His clothing was
torn and covered with mud, his hair was
full of straw, his boots were tied en and
he had the air of a man way down at the
foot of a hill. His Honor gave him a
good looking over and then said: “Th
charge against you is vagrancy.” “What’s
dat?” “Having no home, no friends, no
wealth—wandering around without em
ployment—beating the public out of your
bread and butter.” “Kin 1 defend my
self, sah?” “Yes.” “Kin I make a
speech?” “Yes.” Henry removed his
ragged old coat and laid it carefully on
the floor, drew his belt a notch tighter
and then waved his right arm in the air
aDd began: “Why do I percolate?” There
was dead silence as he slowly looked
around the room. “Did Gawge Wash
’ton alius have an axe or saw in his hand
when he met the perleece? Did Na
poleon feel obliged to take his meals at
any one place? Did Julius Caesar alius
sleep in the same bed? Did Henry Clay
alius walk aroun’ with his Sunday clo’es
on? Did Dan’l Webster alius have money
in his pocket?” He looked at His Honor
for an answer, and the court room was
so still that one could hear a pin drop.
“Why do I percolate?” demanded the
prisoner* at last. “I don’t know,” re
plied the court. “At first glance I took
you for a vagrant, but the speech con
vinced me that I was wrong. I shall
suspend sentence and let you go, and I
presume you will have the sagacity not
to come back here on the same charge.
You can now percolate out doors.”
The Student Burglar Sentenced.
—Luther Foster, the Phillips Academy
student, who, with his twin brother,
broke into the dwelling of Abiel Wilson,
and whose brother met bis death from a
bullet fired by Mr. Wilson, was called in
the Superior Court at Newburyport,
Mass., for sentence, Friday last. When
arraigned in the Police Court here, the
day following the shooting, he pleaded
guilty to the charge, and since his arrest
it appears that he has been actuated by
no feelings of sorrow for the rash ana
criminal act which cost his brother his
life and has placed him in a felon’s celt
for years. When called, the District
Attorney alluded briefly to the facts of
the case, and Judge Allen sentenced
Foster to seven years in the State prison
at hard labor.— Lament* (Mas*.) Ameri-
COLE'S MIGHTY SCHEME.
THE PURPOSES OF THE NEW
COMBINATION.
His Syndicate Recked by $16,000,*
000 of Capital, and Controlling
1,400 Miles of Road-Far-Resch-
Ing Plans for tlie Development of
tlic South.
Aashvtlle American.
Learning that. Colonel E. W. Cole retnrn
ed home from New York on Sunday, a re
porter of the American called on that gen
tleman yesterday, when the following hasty
interview took place, Colonel Cole being
about to take the train for Atlanta:
Reporter—Have you seen wbat has been
said in the newspapers with regard to the
syndicate formed by you in New York for
the purchase of roads and the construction
of new ones*
Col. Cole—l have been too busy in the
last two or three weeks to read much In the
newspapers.
Rep.—Have you any objection to giving
to the public what occurred in New York,
the extent of purchases already made,
and roads soon to be built ?
Col. Cole—None at all. I learned from
my friends who held a controlling inteiest
in tbe East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad system that they were willing to
sell their stock. I also learned that nego
tiations were being prosecuted by another
party for its purchase. HaviDg determined
to control this line, I formed the syndicate
which purchased the four fifths of
the stock in the East Tenmsw,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad
system, the syndicate expressing a willing
ness to-take the other one-fifth at the same
price, if desired by those holding it. About
the came time the purchase of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad was effected, and
capital sufficient to extend t.ha4 road to At
lanta, and from Atlanta to Rome, was sub
scribed, which connect the Georgia system
with the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
eia system, and Chattanooca with the Geor
gia system by a short cut-off of eleven miles
between Ooltawab, on the Chattanooga
division of the Eist Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad, and the State line,
on the Dalton division of the same road.
By 3 p. m. on Monday the amount required
to accomplish all that the syndicate have
at present in hand, #16,000,000, was sub
scribed. From the applications made sub
sequently, doubtless the subscription could
have been doubled if it had been wanted.
Major Wilson, Colonel McGhee and Mr.
Walters, among the gentlemen who sold
out, retained an interest in the new syndi
cate, and will co-operate in the future in
the more extended development of this
very important property. The new combi
nation has great strength, which will ne
cessarily be of advantage to tbe territory
through which the systems will run, as it
is our purpose to finish putting all of our
lines, in all about 1,400 miles when com
pleted, in first class order, and
speedily finish the road from Knox
ville to the State line, connecting with
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
to Louisville, as well as to comnlete the
road from Morristown to Paint Rock, on the
North Carolina line, there connecting with
North and South Carolina’s system of rail
road?, which will give the shortest line from
the Northwest to the large territory lying
east of and between the mountains and the
seaboard. Tbis will open up for all East
Tennessee a largo local business into that
territory. The formations of anew line from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, and the Atlantic at
B unswick and Savannah must be of great
advantage to the commercial prosperity
of the whole country as well as of Georgia.
It will be our policy not to un
necessarily antagonize any existing inter
ests, while developing what we believe to
be the best interest of the whole country.
Our aim will be to harmonize with our con
nec’ions and rival interests. We believe
that the construction of our new roads will
add to the business over cur Eistern lines
and the Norfolk and Western, through the
Important port of Norfolk, as well as from
the Memphis line, the natural outlet of
which is believed to be Norfolk.
Rep —ls not, Benatcr Jos. E Brown Presi
dent of the Western and A’lanilc Railroad
and pecuniarily interested in that road?
How will he feel toward your new enter
prise, and the cementing of your systems?
Col. Cole—Senator Brown is President of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and
peculiarity interested in that property. I
am also Vice President of that road, and
own about the same amount of stock in the
lease company as Senator Brown. I have
not bad the pleasure of meetlne with the
Senator since my plans have been matured;
but I know enough of that gentleman’s
broad and liberal views, and bis devotion
to the best interests of the State of Georgia
and the whole South, to warrant me In be
lieving that he will not oppose what I am
proposing to do for his State. On the con
trary, I have strong hopes of receiving his
co-operation. Senator Brown is one of
the most able, conservative, fair-dealing and
far seeing men in the whole country, and
his desire for the promotion of the interests
of the State of Georgia is not surpassed by
any of her sons. Besides, I do not think a
new line will materially affect the Income of
the Western and Atlantic R)ad. During
the last season it had more business than
it was possible for it to do with promptness,
and the new line I have arranged for runs
for a great part of the way some distance
from the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
and will secure a very large amount of new
business that the Western and Atlantic
Road does not now get. In very many
ways I shall add business to the new line
which the Western and Atlantic could never
secure. I shall not part with my interest in
the lease of the Western and Atlantic road.
Rep—How do you think Governor Cos!
quttt will feel towards your new enterprise?
Col. Cole—l have not as yet had an inter
view with Governor Colquitt on this sub
ject, but expect to fee him in Atlanta on
next Wednesday. The G ivernor is an able
man and a representative of thisprogrefslve
age, and, I am sure, that what we propose
to do for Georgia will meet with his hearty
approval and co-operation.
Rep.—There are several very large New
York capitalists in your syndicate, are there
not, and, among them, Mr. George I. Seney?
How long have you been acquainted with
Mr. Seney, and what are his general char
acteristic??
Col. Cole—Yes, there are several of the
most prominent capitalists in New York in
the syndicate. I have known Mr. Seney
for several years, and my acquaintance with
him has been Of the most pleasant charac
ter. While possessing immense wealth, Mr.
Seney is a Christian gentleman, and most
liberal and broad in his views. He is also a
philanthropist, having lately given away
several hundred thousands af dollars to
public institutions. He gave SIOO,OOO some
months ago to two colleges in Georgia. He
is a very able financier, and has the entire
confidence of every person who knows him
or comes in contact with him. His heart is
greatly enlisted in the enterprise I have in
hand. He believes that the Sou'h has a
great future, and he proposes, next winter,
to visit the South, and look for himself par
ticularly into the interests of Georgia and
Tennessee.
Rep.—Most of the miles of road proposed
to be constructed at once lie in the State of
Georgia, do they not ? Don’t you thick
that capital could be secured to develop the
Important agricultural and miuera! Interests
of Tennessee as well as of Georgia ?
Col. Cole—Yes, the roads to be at once
built are almost entirely in Georgia. We
expect to have tbe road from Macon to At
lanta running by January, 1882, and from
Atlanta to Rome by the same time, if possi
ble, but there is tome heavy work between
Atlanta and Romegyvliich may delay us a
little, but all will be oullt as quickly as men
and money can accomplish it. Yes, now
that our own Tennessee has s*epped upon
the high plane of public credit, I have no
doubt that capital will be readily secured to
develop her immense resources, and make
her one of the greatest S.ates of the Fed
eral Union.
Colonel Cole arrived in Atlanta on Tues
day, and at once set about putting under
contract the construction of the new road
from Macon to Atlanta. A corps of engi
neers is to be immediately organized and
set to work upon a survey of the line.
Cotton Culture in Eastern Caro
lina. —A farmer subscriber in Mecklen
burg, N. C., having read the report of
Mr. George Allen, of Newbern, upon
the premium cotton crops raised in East
ern North Carolina last year and request
ing information as to the method of cul
tivation in raising said crops, we sent
his letter to Mr. Allen, and the following
is his reply: “In reply to your inquiry
we would state that a ten-acre crop was
planted with garden peas the latter part
of January, 1880. The crop was sold
during April. We then hated the same
rows and planted with Dickson cluster
cotton, which was cultivated entirely
with the Allen steel sweep. The crop
commenced to open the latter part of
September, and yielded six hundred and
seventy-five pounds of lint per acre.
The sales of peas, forage, cotton and
cotton seed amounted to over one thou
sand dollars, and the net profit was $622
oo four acres,”—‘Aw York Cotton,
ON THE CITY OP AUGUSTA.
My Lord Rowoe’s Charge on the
Windmill—A Bonanza In a Trunk
-The Surfeit of Cotton-The Re
vised Testament Craze—lmpres
sion* of the New Version’s Merits—
A Gallant Ship and a Splendid
Fleet—The Profits of a Voyage.
Steamship City of Avgusta, May 84.- Editor
Morning Fetes: Your correspondent parted
with the readers of the New3 on the quay in
New York, and after a week’s sojourn in busy,
noisy Gotham, finds himself en route for home
once more, a passenger on another ship of the
same line, and the staunchest, largest and most
splendid of them all—the City of Augusta,
Captain K. B.' Nickerson commanding. His
stay in the great metropolis of the Union was
marked by but few salient events.
The attempted
coup d’etat,
hut in reality miserable faux pas ot the New
York Senators, Boss Conkling and his pliant
tool and shadow, Platt, formed the principal
sensation. It was not only edifying, but
amusing to witnesj the profound surprise,
amounting to consternation, produced in the
ranks of the stalwarts, by the resignation of
the Ajax of their party and his colleague.
Some, in the exaggerated state of their feel
ings, compared it to the opening fire
upon Fort Sumter, and declared
that the effect upon the government
and Republican rule, unless crushed in em
bryo by all the enginery of Garfield and his
faithful henchmen, will prove equally as disas
trous as would have been the triumph of the
Confederate arms.
Others lauded “my Lord Roscoe,” and vow
ed that he never was so grand and glorious as
when engaged in some desperate encounter,
wi'h couched lance and visor down.
The opinion as to bis
return to the senate
by the present New York Legislature, how
ever, is pretty evenly balanced; albeit, it is
conceded that the vox populi of the Republi
can party is against him. The struggle at Al
bany will be fearful. If the Garfield faction
stands firm, and the Democrats place in the
field a “straight” ticket, then a dead-lock can
be tbe only result. To break this, a fusion of
the Democracy with one or the other side will
be necessary, provided tbe jeopardy to Repub
lican supremacy in the benate, if action be
delayed until after the next State election,
does not in the last extremity bring
about a compromise between the
Conkling wing and the administra
tion. This every good Democrat should
labor to prevent by any possible means. Bet
ter that they should unite with the Garfield
members and elect two full-blooded Republi
cans of their persuasion than permit Conkling
to regain his prestige ar.d foothold in the
party by sending him back to the Senate.
THE BOOM IN STOCKS
also still continues, and begins to assume the
form of the>enseless furore. Railroad shares
that two years ago found but few purchasers
at ten per cent, are now in eager demand at
200 per cent.
One of your most astute and successful
merchants, a fellow passenger, gives the fol
lowing practical illustration of this sudden in
flation :
An aged capitalist two years ago, who was
about to be married to his second wife, con
sulted a New York broker as to what settle
ment he should make upon the dear girl who
had kindly responded to his affections. It was
agreed between them that shares to the
amount of $5,000, at a par valuation, in New
Jersey Central Railroad stock should be pro
cured for her benefit. This was duly done at
a cost of but nine dollars per share, and the
securities, not much more valuable than wall
paper when delivered, were safely stowtd
away.
It came to pass recently that the doting o'd
husband was gathered to his fathers, and bis
buxom widow, when searching the contents
of an old trunk after the funeral, came across
the bonds which had been carelessly thrown
into It. They were handed over to her lawyer,
and under the late rise turned out to be a
regular bonanza. But let the too confiding
danblers In stocks remember that “it is a long
lane that has no turn,” and that the ebb tide
will most certainly succeed the Hood.
With a crop of
EIOHT million bales OF COTTON
this year, and the heavy consequent decline in
the staple which may be expected: the pres
ent high prices and scarcity of provisions; the
immense guano bills to be met, and the mania
for speculation, somebody is bound “to be
hurt.” Let the farmers make a note of it and
begin in time to retrench.
One other topic of interest only will I men
tion, and that is the
REVISED EDITION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
Nothing could more forcibly exemplify the
truth of the sacred oracles, and the fast hold
they have obtained upon the hearls and con
sciences of the Cbristain world, than the in
tense interest manifested in the recent publi
cation of the New Testament, which was pre
pared by a committee of learned divines under
the auspices of the universities of Oxford and
Cambridge.
In an inconceivably short time, the immense
edition was exhausted, and hundreds of deal
ers left unsupplied. No dime novel Or sensa
tional story ever went off more rapidly. On
our good ship quite a number have been dili
gently engaged in reading and comparing the
revised with the ancient 'translation in the
reign of King James. So far as the writer has
read or been informed, the laborious and elab
orate work of the savans of “Jerusalem Cham
ber,” Westminster Abbey, and their distin
guished American coadjutors, is entitled to,
and will receive, the commendation of
the Christian public. New and unpub
lished manuscripts of ancient date
have thrown additional light upon the
subject, and the improved scholarship and
acumen of modern times have been judicious
ly employed to interpret more accurately and
gracefully the text of the original Greek. That
some of the changes are open to criticism and
smack of pedantry, cannot be denied. But on
the whole, in the opioion of the writer as far
as he has examined, the present is a decided
Improvement upon the version printed during
the reign of King James. It is more full,
perspicuous and elegant, while at
the same time the most hypercritical
censor cannot impugn or call in question the
correc f ness and orthodoxy of the new transla
tion. Long years may elapse before the latter
will wholly succeed the former, but of the
final result there can be no doubt. The work
of the divines of the nineteenth century will
be accepted as authentic and become the
only true and best exponent of the word of
God under the new dispensation.
THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY AGAIN.
In his last missive, the writer dwelt at length
upon the speed, appointments and manage
ment of the good ship City of Columbus. But
his present voyage in tho Cits of Augusta calls
for still further notice.
This majestic ship is the finest ever engaged
in tbe carrying coastwise trade of the United
States. Her length over all is 32) feet; ton
nage 2,870 tons, draught when loaded 17)4
feet, and she can comfortably accommodate
one hundred cabin passengers, and twenty
four additional in the steerage. Five thousand
bates of cotton can be stoned away in the
hold, besides an immense amount of lighter
freight in the shape of fruits and vegetables.
No le:-s than
TWENTY ENGINES
are required to load, steer, navigate and per
form all the functions of the ship, aside from
her crew of fifty-four seamen and officials.
The principal officers are,
COMMODOBX, KINGSBURY S. NICKERSON,
First Officer, H. C. Daggett; Second Officer,W.
D. Crowell; Purser, Robert Saussy; Clerk,
John Barie; Steward. William Cook, and Chief
Engineer, 8. J. Savage. A more gentlemanly,
capable and efficient corps of officers never
trod the deck of any ship.
Captain, by courtesy styled Commodore
Nickerson, has been in the service of the com
pany ever since 1867. His first command was
the steamship San Salvador, to which he was
assigned in January of that year. This vessel
bad but one-third the carrying capa< ity of the
City of Augusta, and after the fisrt of May
seldom went North with more than two-thirds
of a cargo. Now, every ship of the line goes
FULL FREIGHTED,
and the business has increased more than four
fold.
At this time the Ocean Steamship Company
own no less than eight ships, which ply be
tween the ports of Savannah, New York and
Philadelphia. All of them get as much as thev
can do. The City of August* carried 2,400
boxes of vegetables on her last trip, and a full
cargo of rosin, cotton, lumber, etc. She has
more than once discharged 5 000 bales of cot
ton at her dock in New York inside of seven
hour?. It requires no less than two hundred
and fifty tons of anthracite coal for a single
round trip of the ship. Her fastest recorded
time from dock to dock between the two ports
is fifty hours and ten minutes.
THE LUMBER TRADE
of the company is rapidly increasing. Each
ship, by special contract, is bound to deliver
to the master builders of New York during the
coming summer 200,000 feet of lumber, which
is immediately taken away from the dock.
This is a virtual transfer of the lumber yards
of t avannah to the wharves of New York.
THAT MONOPOLY INIQUITY.
It Is charged that the Central Railroad is a
monstrous monopoly, which is mercilessly
used to the ruin of the merchant and farmer.
But this allegation is best answered by the
mere statement from the records that several
years since the freight on all measured goods,
save show cases and window sashes, was twen
ty cents per foot, while now it rules at six
eight aud ten cents only, according to the clas
sification of the articles. This certainly does
not took like oppression.
The gross receipts for freight and passage of
the City of Augusta on her 13th voyage, the
last but one, foot up $11,202 22. leaving a clear
profit after deducting $5,000 for expenses, of
$6,202 22. A handsome showing in
deed. In conclusion, the writer
cannot too strongly recommend the ships of
the Ocean Steamship Company to ail who
wish to go North on business or for pleasure.
The difference between traveling by sea and
rail is that in’ the former the passenger ar
rives at his destination well , while the dust
bespattered, worn-out voyageur by land starts
in good health, but arrives half sick and unfit
tor business. Verbum sat. H. H. J.
Austrian Crop Prospect*.
London, May 26.—A Vienna dispatch
?aye: “According to the official returns up
to the 15th instant, the crops in Bohemia,
Lower Austria, North Tyrol and Dalmatia,
have suffered somewhat from frost. The
prospects in the central and southern zones
are good. In the north wheat promises
well. Excellent results are expected from
the vintage of the fruit harvest,’ 1
ESTABLISHED 1850.
CORRUPTION’S CARNIVAL.
A. NETWORK OF ROTTENNESS.
Systematic Stealing In the Depart
ments—fhe Worst Days of Grant-
Ism Rivalled—Purchasing Agents
that Have Grown Fat Were
Hayes* Eyes Shut?—Rev. W. W.
Hicks In the Odor of Sanctity-A
Scion of the House ot Garfield
Taken Dp Short—Why Sherman
Did Not Want Daylight Shed on
His Proteges.
Washington, May Ss.— The stealings and
scandals in the Treasury Department, an ac
count of which was given in this correspond
ence some days back, hare found their way
into the Washington newspapers. They have
become the staple of conversation, superseding
the Conkllng theatricals, and for the time the
star route frauds. That such peculations
should have gone on for over six years is the
principal cause of surprise. People have been
In the habit of regarding Hayes’ administra
tion as at least pure if nothing else. To wake
up and find that pilferlngs. If not as open, at
least on a scale as extensive as those
of the Grant regime, were go
ing on under Hayes, is calculated
to startle those who regarded him as a sort of
a man who would not brook crookedness in
any place over which he had the least con
trol. The developments made In the Treasury
business continue to be as rich as those here
tofore given, and will embrace many more
than those yet mentioned. It is stated that
the exposure in regard to the stealing of the
contingent fund of the Treasury Department
will induce inquiries as to that fund in the
other departments. If it does, the same state
of affairs or worse will be uncovered. This is
especially the case with the Interior Depart
ment, where “M*j.,r” Lockwood has
charge of all the disbursements for
furniture, carpets and the many other articles
necessary In a big department in which there
are thousands of c'erks. There is a ring there
with Lockwood at the head which annually
defrauds the government of thousands of dol
lars and puts the money in their own pocke’s
and in the pockets of the ring dealers from
whom they purchase their supplies. That
such is the case has been notorious for years,
but the ring is so well fortified that nobody as
yet has been able to touch them. The same
state of affairs exist in the Treasury Depart
ment, where “Colonel” Crosby, the chief clerk,
and a coterie of h* own selection, run
the purchases and ard rich
It is notorious that Cr by * cijo wo hoe been In
the habit of selling appointments ‘n t.> de
partments and to first “put up” to u;.i i is
always with some act pti ms b
not da, necessary before an ap]
be obtained. In the Stale D j t r ;-e
is a small ring, b it it dot
money. That department is too eomr ■
size to allow many advantages. The stealing
also goes on in thr Demrtmenf
on a small scale, for the same reason tu., * j
are not big in the State Department. In the
Post Office Department there is much fatten
ing. It has never been stated, I think, that a
ring exists there in the purchase of supplies,
but it is notorious that “Col.” Burnside, who
does the buying,manages to gather unto himself
much that is good in this lire. He started In a
poor man on a small salary. He now has
plenty of money and manages to keep as good
a stable as most wealthy men in the city. Mr
Stickney, the purchaser of supplies ror the
Navy Department, manages with a large fami
ly to live very well on SI,BOO salary, and to get
richer and richer every year. He keeps his
carriage and horses and is a leading member
of one of the churches here. To show how
thoroughly corrupt this particular part of the
government's management has become it may
be farther stated that the fraudulent practices
referred to extend even to the White House.
There “Col ”Croo <—they all have military titles
—isdisbursing clerk aud purchasing agent. His
salary is $2,000 a year. He keeps four or five
of the best horses all the tim and lives in
splendid sty e, with a somewhat numerous
family. He has quieted down somewhat since
the Treasury scandal began to leak out, and
does not have his conveyances drove to the
White House to take him there in the morning
and come for him in the afternoon. He is
afraid it might excite suspicion. All of tbe-e
facts have been known for years to those inti
mate with the running of the departments.
Each one of the men and rings mentioned have
a contains set of favored dealers. These
only can bid to furnish what
is wanted for the departments and have
their bids accepted. Ail others are barred out.
Exorbitant prices have almost invariably been
paid for what was ordered, end then the mu
tual “whack-up” went round. Articles for
which there is no earthly necessity in the differ
ent offices are bought and given to the favored
ones. It is to be hoped that a wholesale in
vestigation will be ordered all around—not an
investigation by committees organized tc
whitewash, but by committees organized to
find out facts. Such inquiries will pan out most
admirably.
THE REV. W. W. HICKS AGAIN.
Most people in Georgia and Florida have
heard of the Rev. W. W. Hicks. He has trans
ferred his field of operations to Washington
He tried hard enough to get an office, but fail
ing, he has fallen hack upon the ministry for
a livelihood. His true character Is known to
but very few here, but cannot remain hid for
ever; and then he will go, accompanied in his
going as he has so often been heretofore, by a
scandal. He has managed to Ingratiate him
self with anew congregation of the Methodist
Church which has just been formed and wor
ships at Kendall chapel In this city. There
he preaches eloquent sermons every
Sunday,and conducts meetings during the week
in the most approved manner. His plausibili
ty and ready command of language has fully
deceived all of his listeners. They think there
never was such a man as brother Hicks, and
that his sermons are the best they ever bat un
der. He is in high popularity. Ido not know
from whom he is now cribbing his discourses.
MACVKAGH VERSUS GARFIELD.
The President has a solid little youngster
named Irvin, who is really about the worst boy
for his age that it has ever been my lot to col
lide with. The President is in the habit of
using freely Solomon’s rod on the
boy, but it does no good. He is Dot only mis
chievous, but vicious. Attorney General Mac-
Veagh also has a youngster. He is about the
same age as young Garfield. He i- a solid
st ecimen of the coming man. The other day
young Garfield was permitted to go to Mac
Veagn’s house to play with his boy. The two
got along very well together until the visitor
began to act ugly. He finally went so far that
his young host could stand it no longer. He
ordered his visitor to leave the house. The
latter refused. After some excited and angr.
talk,young MacVeagh got the son of the Pres
tfent of the United States outside on the ter
race. He then kicked him down the terrace
and put him out of the gate. Mrs. MacVeagh
saw the latter part of the transaction, and
called her boy into the house. Subsequent pro
ceedings were shut off from an interested pub
lic by the closing of tne door,
treasury apfo::ntmentß.
A resolution was adopted by the Senate just
before it adjourned calling upon the heads of
the different departments of the government
for the names of the officers and clerks em
ployed therein, whether white or colored, if
they served in the Union army, of what State
residents, and where appointed from. The
passage of such a resolution was
very timely. If it had been passed last year
these answers would have been very unsatis
factory, because they would have been so
manipulated as to screen the then heads of de
partments But the new Cabinet officers have
not had the opportunity, if they desire to
make many changes. They will have no
delicacy in sending in correct
answers. It was particularly noticeable
that Senator Sherman, just from
four years in the Treasury Department, op
posed the adoption of the resolution very
stoutly. He did not want his appointments
put under daylight The law in regard to ap
pointments has been violated aga.n and again.
The Revised Statutes require that, all things
being equal, the ex-Union soldier shall have
the preference. He has not even had a decent
chance. It has been the political striker who
has always secured the places. Again, the
colored people have been discriminated
against, which is a violation of law. But few
of them have received places, and only then
as messengers, workmeu and other positions
of the most subordinate character. A handful
is all of them that have been given clerkships.
The law requires that the clerkships shall
be distributed pro rata among the states
aud Territories. It has been complied with.
Men from one State have been credited to oth
ers which they had never seen. Even this pre
tense of keeping within the bounds of the law
by a sort of rehypothecation of persons was
abandoned a couple of years ago, and no at
tention paid to where a man hailed from. If
he was a political striker who had to be taken
care of, he was taken care of without any re
gard to law. The answers to the Senate reso
lution will be prepared this summer, and be
ready for transmission to the Senate early next
session. They will bring forth “developments.”
Potomac.
Leadville three years ago was a min
ing camp in which tne rough element of
the population was held in check rather
by a wholesome dread of lynch law than
by the moral restraints and legal appli
ances of organized society. There could
be no more suggestive Illustration of the
progress that has been made since the
days of the mining camp than is found
in the picture of the High School build
ing in the Leadville Herald of May 17,
which has just been completed at a cost
of $40,000. In architectural design and
finish, as well as in the completeness of
its appointments, it will compare favor
ably with the best school houses m Bal
timore, or in any other Eastern city. The
“log school house,” which we are accus
tomed to associate with frontier civiliza
tion, had a brief existence at Leadville,
if, indeed, it was ever built at all. This
marvelous mining town seems to have
overleaped the ordinary processes and
stages of development, and to have burst
into a busy, prosperous, well organized
city, as if touched by the wana of an
enchanter.
Vanderbilt was neatly ahaved yesterday
with Cuticura Sharing Soap.
A Welsh Opinio t of Loyalty.
London Figaro.
It is, we think, to be regretted that the
■ Prince of-Waiee has declined to allow
his name tp.be used in connection with
the National Eisteddfod of Wales. The
loyalty of the Welsh £eop]e is beyond
question, but .when they ask a little favor
it ought, it possible, to he granted. As
there must have -been -reasons why His
Royal Highness declined to have any
thing to do with the Eisteddford, it
seems a pity they were not stated. We
make these remarks ..because the refusal
of the Prince to patronize the Eistedd
ford has not only created a sore feeling
in the Principality, it has also exposed
him to vulgar abuse, and has given the
enemies of the monarchy the opportu
nity of attacking not merely the Prince
himself, but also the Queen and the
Royal family. .
Thus, a contributor to a Welsh newspa
per elegantly declares that the Incident
has “shortened royalty’s life in'this
country fifty years.”
“Already,” he continues, “the Welsh
press have been heard to grumble, not
only loudly but angrily, at this ungra
cious conduct of him who’ some day
hopes to be called his most' Gracious
Majesty. In the columns of an English
daily last week appeared an article
which, though not (because Of the old
absurd veneration for royalty so long
prevailing) so outspoken as it might
have been; may yet be considered the
first mutterings of a storm which will
one day burst as surely as it is now
brewing. Men who, if you had spoken
to them sneeringly or slightingly of the
principle of royalty a few months back,
would have turned away from you in
disgust, are now beginning to see
through the mists of prejudice, and to
question the use of the thing. When
not only the utter uselessness, but
the positive evil, ol that which they have
to pay so dearly for shall have become
apparent, then will it aud other fooleries
and sins be sent packing. Asa begin
ning in the right direction, allow me to
suggest the dropping from all toast lists
of the insane custom of drinking the
healths of the Queen, the Prince of
Wales, and the rest of the royal family.
Welshmen have (although not for the
first time) received proof positive that
none of them are of any use to Wales.
Even the musical and literary members
of that family—the fiddling Duke of
Edinburg and the studious little Leo
pold, whom the irreverent believe to be
m training for the Archbishopric of Can
terbury’—have thought themselves above
patronizing Welshmen of like pursuits
with themselves.”
Mosquitos in Burmnh.
Chambers' Journal.
The Burrnah varieties of mosquitos
are numerous, and all eagerly thirst af
ter human or animal blood. Elephants
and buffaloes suffer from their attacks
almost as much as humau beings, but
— *nft. thf"”-drives |n a measure by wal-
I lowing in mini, c r covering their bob
! with mud and dust. At night, when
1 cattle are tied up. tließurman eultivatqr
! usually makes a fire of green wood; and
1 the sin. ke to a certain extent protects
; the animals from the attacks of insects.
] A? Mnoiiiw-Dg. wfcic’i bas the reputation
cl :< _th mosquito haunted sta
tion of JBritisn h t\ .i an
residents, after four p. m., hayu tc
sort to mosquito rooms—large frames
covered over with net—and thus pass
their time as best they can until the fol
lowing morning. In some parts of the
Bassien district, humane owners of cat
tle and ponies have mosquito curtains
even for their beasts. The Irrawadi
river, on which Rangoon, the chief
town of the province, is built, is also
celebrated for the large size of its
mosquitos and the venom of their bite.
At Dallah, opposite Rangoon, they are
particularly bad; and residents here are
mostly provided with mosquito rooms
similar to those used in Maoobeng.
There was a story current at the last
Burmese war that a sailor on board one
of Her Majesty’s vessels lying in the
river deliberately jumped overboard to
escape the torments which he suffered
from those tiny pests.
Drinking the Body of Caius Septimus.
There has just occurred in South
France the most absurd blunder of anti
quarians on record. Some savants, while
exploring an old Roman burying ground,
opened a grave which contained ancient
weapons and amphora. The largest vase
was covered with inscriptions and filled
with a thick red liquid. From the al
most illegible inscriptions the delighted
archeologists at last learned that the
grave was that of Consul Caius Sep
timus, and they declared “ that thd
liquid must be the famous Falerian
wine that Horace sung. Bottling
the ruby liquid, they hastened
to Paris with their prize and gave a din
ner to a select few of the Academy of
Inscriptions. Here the historic Falerian
was produced, with much ceremony the
wine of nearly two thousand years ago
was poured into tiny glasses. The
learned men then drank the rich nectar
to the memory of the ' jovial Caius.
At this juncture the- following
telegram was received: “Marseilles, 7
p. m.—Don’t drink contents of am
phora; not Falerian at all. Having ci
phered other inscriptions find red liquid is
body of Caius Septimus, liquefied by old
Boman process.” But it waa .too late —
they had drank him up.
fatraw.
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. Bold only in
cans by all grocers.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,
feb7.ly New York.
(Established 1840.)
Steamboat and Mill Supplies
TUCK’S PISTON PACKING.
ABBESTOS PISTON PACKING.
ASBEBTOS BOARD PACKING.
GUM PACKING.
ITALIAN HEMP PACKING. -
eagle packing.
SOAP BTONE PACKING.
OLIVER'S PAINT AND OIL STORE
NO. 5 WHITAKER STREET.
novl7-tf
JOHN e. BU-TLEK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
White Lead, Oils, Colors, Glass, Etc
HOUBE AND SIGN PAINTING.
SOLE Agent for the GEORGIA LIME. CAL
CINED PLASTER, CEMENTS, HAIR, LAND
PLASTER, etc. Sole Agent for F. O. PIERCE
A CO.’S PURE PREPARED PAINTS. One
hundred dollars guarantee that this Paint con
tains neither water or benzine, and Is the only
guaranteed Paint in the market,
leltt-tf No. 22 Drayton street;. Savannah. Ga.
Busby’s Antl-Electrfc Alarms and
Fail Bells
CAN be attached to any door knpb, and ad
justable as .n or call bell. Every
housekeeper in thr community should have
one. It is a protection against sneak thieves.
JAMES McGINLEY,
Ah. „ exhibition jgg i’”*
mhfiMf ..to, 1.... f Lr
KIESLmC’S MUHSERY
WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
PLANTB, ROSES and OUT FLOWERS. All
orders left at Savannah New Depot, oar
ner Bull and York streets, promptly filled
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