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Lost and Found, 10 ~ '' V ' ‘ \\, advertisement inserted -t-' ” ‘" , ..jjitigs for lessthanSO i-ents. v Post Office Order, V..;vr or * xpress. at our risk. insertion of any adver . v specified day or days, nor jtor®' number of insertions with •tiired by the advertiser, jtt' : . .c; will, however, have their ■ f insertions when the time ;i , tsut when accidentally left of insertions cannot be jjts E< \’ I for the omitted in o- returned to the advertiser. ‘ „io addressed, J. H. KSTO.Ii, Savannah. Ga. - .as SiM oiui lax Matter. _____ -•*♦ —— KIVUt OF TIME, OR THE * LONG AbO. BY W. P. TAYLOR. r f ii .--ream is the river of time, !’/- through the realms of tears, v- .|bss rhythm and musical rhyme, I 1 ..... - *eep and a surge sublime M. ", j.. ,:h the ocean of years. * nrers are drifting like flakes of p uir - miners life** bu*s between; i* ' y.ar is the shea', so they come and .- breast with its ebb and its flow, [C tll> . shadow and sheen. ,ina. r al isle up the river of time, --t of airs are playing; Vi,.’’ .<skr and a tropical climo ' as as a vesper chime. o with the rotes are staying. li“ , jj W : the isle is “the long ago,” *, , r |. ; v our treasures there; c ‘ ... ..vs of beauty aud bosoms of ip ’ f . a( ,s of dust, but we love them so; * ev ire trinkets and tresses of liair. „ Kt fragments of songs that nobody kji part of an infant's prayer; Vs afire uuswept, and a harp without ~ tea vows and pieces of rings, - :i- 1 irments that she used to wear. ... Bre hands that waved when the fairy e •iu rage is lifted in a'r: and , . ,;ime hear through the turbulent p,- .s we heard in days gone before, r. :L h- wind dowu the river is fair. wrc-iilered for aye be the blessed isle, i jays of our life till night— t-e evening comes with its beautiful ,< - rye- are closing to slumber awhile, jo ihi; 'Greeuwooi of soul" be in sight. Georgia Affairs. i, :• chatined with her new water ’- "i ci- works are now turning out o.ai blocks of one hundred and fifty [-.j., :n ev--y respect as good s the natu . - Iji-: year the blocks weighed only icy pounds. J&sitttea have teen appointed and ar ik rents are being made fortheentertain £ if the .National Educational Convention and the State Teachers Association These : - nidi hold sessions in Atlanta, beginning su Av afternoon Jeff. Williamson, the nine c-jid -n of Thomas J. Williamson, of was drowned in the Oostanaula river, fcout swimming. sse P‘ ft App*al learns that the old Hayden ; - r , i, M irietta street, Atlanta, is to be '-•ted into a large hotel in time t j accom fee i.e visitors to the Cotton Exposition. *o. Fay dt Eichberg are the architects. It a ‘err good location, and to judge from if the draw ings will be a very attrac 'and imposing building. r J. L Miller has disposed of his interest a rr.ffiu .Von to his former partner, Mr. L Siles. i of the young men of Greene county who tel down the river in a canoe, about six ids ago, to try the novel business of trap : beavers, returned home last week. He rts a successful and pleasant voyage, his if the skins nett ng sruo. The trap had several narrow escapes from being fr Hardy, of Laurens county, reports to F an Gazette that he has lost neai\y two > 1 head of sheep recently, which were : >y dogs. Three curs recently attacked cs and killed thirty head. They were Ached, however, but attacked their pur i&nd were ki.ied with difflculty. nee thriving city of Oglethorpe is tak ® new life, tjuite a building boom pre * M utnuma Weekly reports that peaches ripening rapidly in that section, an 1 tha 1 n-.rket will soon be well supplied. . r has be°n circulated in Macon that k !y of a colored woman was found in the f swamp a few days ago, in a briar patch, t-dy was of a color almost resembling s. It was supposed that she had been uor bitten bv snakes, from the fact that a w r uf -nates were found in the neighbor 1* Americas Recorder states that four years | Judge D. B. Harrel, of Webster, paid Mthree dollars for twenty-one sheep. *time he has sold two hundred and ■: dollars worth of wool, eighty dollars r -ii of sheep, ate a dr*en, gave away as L ; m re. and has sixty-seven head on hand. *K besides, that the manure fully pays ®eir wintering. ** right last week in Lahlonega some par >exploded a pound or two of powder near - -F- st F'hur. h which made the noise of a 61 Mr. Hope was awakened and went to r-.-y -:i '-and found Dr. Jones’ horse i"-eer. He and several others made ist i at inc“. The horse was tracked to * Asberry's mill in White county, thitt took to the woods with the rifthe horse mufflod. A number of citi htiied in a general search, which resulted - vpture of the horse near by in a dense 'fethed and well fed. The thief had fled ‘*snot discovered. 1 Meeting of the citizens of Schley county • held on Saturday for the purpose of dis *-? the matter of tue new railroad to B,r ’cu J and to elect delegates to the convea - riuch meets in Americus oa the 14 h. * ilowicg named gentlemen were appoint- M the Chair to represent the interests of in the convention: Capt. Robert Bur -IJr J A. Parks and Dr. W. J. Sears. "trrai Robert Toombs lectured in Colum ‘soeday night to quite a large audience. , his famous “Magna Charta” -'Columbus Times reports that Mrs. J. J. of Macon, met with a most painful ‘" a! on the steamer Rebecca Everingham , While the boat was coming up *• ‘‘vlow Bainbridgc, it became neces • some reason, for Mrs. Flanders to -l n a camp s'ool, and while in this , stool turned over and she fell to , " x ‘ r - breaking her arm just above the * r Mitchell, of Eufaula, was on board ; wounded limb and rendered all the wedica! aid. She suffered intensely, ' ll of the boat and a number of ladies *'fe on board. - -ay ,a-t week near Senoia, a negro man with two white men about a 'l*-a of com owned by thejnegro. Each of ’fee men offered him twenty five dollars ** hatch, which price the negro refused to biir.n? the conversation Mr. Hensler *^ n P. and upon being told what had remarked that three fools had me*, replied; “I think I hare as much s* you have.” From this a quarrel en *rich brought on a difflculty, in which r *oeived a Uck, from which the doc i I wiu die. He has not spoken since "ted the wound. lbe Tax Collector of Worth •!■ Heni 7 Rouse, deposited the pub ti3 Possession as Tax Collector In &t A ‘oany, receiving in return a Some time since the check I. ‘ ‘ au * mistake had been made in writ* t-, and tha' Mr. Rouse had depoai • three thousand dollars. The latter f 'sterts that the check is correctly exe ***** he iovned over to the bank “•--aud dollars, the amount named in J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. the check. The matter wUI be taken to the courts for adjustment. Mr. Rouse is a gentle man of unexceptional character and high standing, and his bondsmen, Messrs. Jas. M. Rouse, S. M. Hunt. Thomas Harris, and John B. Odom, will contest the matter to the end. The Americus Recorder reports that while returning front Americus, Mr. J. B. Rouse and his daughter. Miss Maggie, met with a serious accident. One side of the buggy body gave way, precipitating both to the ground, the wheel running over aai badly bruising Mr. Rouse, and the fall dislocating the left arm and shoulder of the lady. Mr. Monroe Hardin found the horse a mile distant; went in search and found both lying upon the ground. Dr. Westerbrook was called in, and the patients are doing welL Speaking of the consolidation of the Georgia Western and the Atlanta and Alabama rail roads, under the title of the Georgia Paciflc.in the interest of the Richmond and Danville the Constitution, remarks: “While General Gordon a original stockholders were strong enough to push this road through of them selves, while the Richmond and Danville was strong enough to have built an Individual line for itself, and while Atlanta would have liked to haTe had two roads to the coal fields, and both would probably hav been dividend payers, we can best think that the combina tion of these two forces is a good thing for all concerned. Atlanta will get a well budt and finely equipped road to the coal fields and be yond, as fast as money can build it.” The Atlanta Constitution rep >rts that on one of its representatives asking President Berry, of the Atlanta and West Point Road, whether there was any water in the stock of that corporation, w hich recently declared a scrip dividend of l(ju per cent., that gentleman replied, “No, sir. There is no water in it. It is the best Jersey milk and with plenty of butter in it. We simply wanted to let the holders cf the stock know what it is reatly worth so that none of them could sell uader a misapprehen sion of the value of their stock. We have not placed any fictitious value on the stock. We are supposed to be well acquainted with the condition of the road, and it is nothing but right that we should give the benefit of that knowledge to the stockholders. In issuing the debenture certificates to the amount of the original value of the stock we simply express its value and will continue in future to pay our re- uiar semi annual 4 per cent, dividend in ad dition to the 8 per cent., which these bonds wiil bear for the stockholders. There is no w..ter in it. You see the road has earned this money, and the increased value of its stock belongs to the stockholders. There is no rea son why we shout 1 not tell them of it and give it to them.” Lublin Gazette: “Last Thursday morning we saw in front of this office and surrounding i the store of Jones & Cos., nineteen wagons and carts We paid close attention to this, and saw the nineteen wagons carry off Western | corn bought on a credit. The Colville arrived the previous evening, with nearly its entire cargo compose lof corn Such was never seen in this coun'y before.and it must surely lead to something bad. There will be more broken farmers in this county this fall than she has ever witnessed.” Cuthbert correspondence Atlanta Constitu tion: “At the public discussion of the ’fence or no fen e’ question, quite a number of the be--t farmers and most substantial men of the county were present, and the oiscussion was entered into by several of them. Most of the speakers, in fact all except ene, favored ’no fence,’ and many good arguments were brought forward to substantiate their position. It was shown that there was enough fencing in Ran dolph county to feuce in and connect the capi tal at Washing’on with Randolph county, and that there was enough rails in this county to build a fence from Savannah to San Francisco and back; that the aggregate value of the fencing was worth s7ou,oou. and th tt it cost s7').ol>J annually to keep the fences in repair. When this amount is contrasted with the aggre gate value of stock in the county which is estimated at S;SU,OCO, it will be readily seen that it will be true economy to abolish the fences and adopt a better method of providing for the stock. The question v, ill doubtless be fore long be submitted to a vote of the county, and from the present indications the fences will be abolished.” Noticing the June number of the S ’uthern Farmer's Monthly the Montezuma Weekly says; “This magazine has grown to be one of the most popular iu the Southern States, and is before us, containing its usual amount of interesting reading matter to direct the poor farmer The current number contains an in teresting ‘History of the Georgia State Agri cultural Society,” by Malcolm Johnson. The Farmer's Monthly will be sent to any address for two and ollarg a year, postage paid. ’ Address J. H. Estlll Savannah, Ua.” An ex-soldier, writing from Macon, Ga, to tlio Chicago Tribune of Andersonville pjison, says: “The former strong walls of upright pine posts are rabidly decaying, and in m ost places a ridge of rotten wood is the only sign remain ing of the once fonnidab’e barricades. Young oaks ail i pines have sprung up rapidly since the war. and many of them have attained a height of fifteen or twenty feet. The numerous wells dug ny the prisoners for water still exi-t. The caves and burroughs which they dug for shelter have mostly been changed into slight furrows or ridgis by the wear and tear of tim£. The memorable ‘Provi dence spring,' at the foot of the hill, which suddenly burst out one night in the midst of a very dry time, when the prisoners were praying for water, still ex sts; its cool clear waters tre the sweetest and freshest to be found in all that region. It is a matter of romance that the main part of this historic ground is now owned by a colored man who was a former s'.ave in that vicinity. He is a very intelligent and industrious mulatto, named G. W. Kennedy. He bought four hun dred and fifty acres, including about two-thirds of the stockade, for twelve hundred dollars. When I was there, a few days ago he had cleared up ten or twelve acres of the under growth, and was about to plow it up for a co'- ton field There were two car loads of wood cut off that ground sold for $1 50 per cord.” Florida Affair*. Jethro Roberts m, colored, of Madison, has been sect to the chain gang for ninety days for larceny. A large spreading adder, five feet long, was killed in Ward & Co.'s store, in Quincy, last week. Some miscreant recently shotjthrough the window of Dr. Roberts' house in Cedar Keys. The doctor made a narrow escape. A citizen of Quincy had a growth of four hundred plumes from four bunches of South American pampas grass, which he sold for twenty-five cents each, realic'ng one hundred dollars. Dr. Fordham, of Pensacola, was called last week to attend a sailor on the British bark Grant, who had sustained a very bad frae ure of the nose by the fall of part of a derrick. A horse belonging to Dr. Hawkins, of Live Oak, broke down while he was en route to see a patient, and died in a short while. The Pensacola Gazette reports that “aunt” Silvery Hamilton, an old colored woman, who occupies the northern portion of the market house, received a painful wound in the foot one day last week Policeman Cook was lean ing upon the stock of his gun—muzzle on the floor—when the old woman walked by and in cidentally kicked the weapon down, striking the hammer upon the brick fl tor, and causing it to explode. The weapon was loaded with turkey shot, the whole charge of which passed under the bottom of “aunt” tilvery’s foot and swept away the flesh from the bones. Arteries were severed, of course, and copious hemorr hage ensued. The Quincy Herald reports that a rumor prevailed there last week that Jeptha Qrezny, living some miles front town, had locked hint self up in his house and set it on fire. The building was destroyed, and it is thought he perished in the flames. Rain has visited several portions of Liberty county, but around Bristol none has fallen. The contract for dredging the channel in Apalachicola Bay, Fla . was entered into with W. A. Alexander, of Mobile, Ada,, who was the lowest bidder, on November 24, 1880. by thp terms of which work was to commence on May. 24, 1881. On account of difficulties en countered by the contractor in constructing his machinery, he has made application, w hich has been forwarded to ttie department at Washington, for an extension of four mouth* in his time for commenciog work. The Pensacola Gazette reports that the sloop Cliff, Captain Faust, wi h a cargo of corn for Mr. Williams, at Point Washington, was struck by asq tall and capsized wm e off Town Point, in Santa Rosa Sound. The crew clung to the vessel until the arriyal of the quarantine mail boat, which took them aboard and brought them over to the city. A tug went to he assistance and brought her to Pensa cola. whers her damaged cargo was unloaded. The Tallahassee states that a cen tury plant in the ground* of Mr. 4- Hopkins, about one and a half miles east of that city, i now about to bloom. The growth of the stalk is something wonderful it is now about ten inches in diameter at the base, and from twen ty to twenty five feet in height, still growing rapidly. Key West Democrat : J“Captaln H. S. Duval, United States Deputy Surveyor, end party, reached Key West last Thursday, May They went into the field on the 2id of February, and have been constantly in the unexplored Tewion* since. The survey they made extended of ranee 27. townships 51. 52 and 53 south. The survey was conucuxij forty miles from the Tr noast eastward, to whit ii.s been looked and south U, VRfain whiles of Cwucvliskee. ote of the Manes bV f* x the Thotujapd Isles He states thgt L on hlo K tTflda Use land all lowaSd Saw apd there f.ls?hnstes of hammock Und, which ®®SSSSSjp £h. 9 i?l fertili . t ,£? f , th , e Boil “id of its high, dry character. Why. I could not believe that a L in f ?* r Y? a ’ es Pecially where I had been taught and fully believed was a mo rass and an impenetrable swamp. Mv idea of l ? that tbey are Partially a myth. Ao doubt there is something of the kind, cov ering very little ground, immediately south of the great Okeechobee Lake; but you see (showing a map of the surveyed country) that 1 surveyed thirty-six miles east and west of what is laid down as the Everglades, and the further part I went, higher, drier and more beautiful the country became I acquainted myself with the bays around Cape Sable, and find a {rood harbor there ar and ten feet of water only sixty miles distant from Key West, and you might say it is an inland route as it is pro tected by the Keys the entire distance.’ ” Columbus Enquirer-Sun: “Col. W D ChiD ey. Superintendent of the Pensacola and At lantic. Is in the citv engaged in making prepa rations for furthering work on his road. He purchased wagons teams, etc.. and sent them to Chattahoochee for the engineer corps under the charge of Mr. J. G Gibbs. This corps will locate the bridge at Chattahoochee and will then survey the line from that point westward M ntl ir tl il y the .frps under charge of Mr. W. H. Y\ elis, making the eastward sur vey. Apalachicola Tribune: “On last Monday evening, as Mr. T. A. Maccavoy was engaged iu c *r*T g ium , ber / or the Cecelia, two posts that-had been p aced in an upright position for the benefit oi some of the workmen engaged#, upon the Hudson Pet, were pulled to one side, and fell wuh crushing force upon Mr. Maeca voy. Mr. Labatute and Mr. L. M Johnson sprang to the assistance of the unfortunate man, and Mr. Labatute, „by a superhuman effort, lifted the encumbrance from off of his body. An examination showed that the fall ing tltubers had broken one cf the legs of Mr. M.. and bruised up his face in a horrible man ner. Water was thrown upon his face, which had the effect of bringing him to a state of consciousness, and he was then conveyed to his boarding house and a physician sent for.” Fpeaking of the Indian River Railroad the Palatka Journal remarks: “This road wiil run through and open up some of th? choicest lands in the State, and afford transportation facilities for a large number of settlers. Along the proposed line of the road are some of the largest orange groves in the State. The num ber of trees now bearing and seon to come into bearing may safely be set down at 75 >,CC<), the crop from which, when tearing, will ag gregate fully 135.000 tons. This is for oranges alone. Add to this tha freights on other fruits, vegetables, lumber, etc, together with the supplies consumed by the producers of such enormous quantities of produce, and it wiil be seen that the road will become at an early day one of the first roads in point of import ance in the State.” Appalachicola Tribune: “On Monday even ing air. Samuel Ingram, a peaceable and law abiding citizen, was in the store of Captain John Cook, on Water street, seated iu a chair and bothering no one. when Thomas W'ilburn, a notorious negro desperaio. entered in a state of intoxication and oommenced cursing him. without any apparent provocation. Mr. Ingram thereupon sprang to his feet, picked up a hatchet aud struck Wilburn over the left eve with the instrument, inflicting a painful though not dangerous wound. At the time the hatchet was descending a bystander threw out his arm, and, luckily for the negro, broke the force of the blow, a shot-gun was discharged on the occasion of the row, but who discharged it or what it was discharged for we have been unable to learn. Suffice it to say, that the only damage done by the gun was to make a hole in the ceiling o verhead.” Fernandina Mirror: “The contract for the erection of the Beach Hotel has been giveD out. and the work will he pressed to comple tion with aif possible dispatch. The location selected is about four hundred yards south of the end of the shell road, and will be immedi ately on the beach, so that, the foundation will be washed by the waters of the Atlantic. The hotel will be two hundred and sixty feet in length. The great dining hall will be in the centre in the form of a St. Andrew’s Cross or the letter X The dining lia l will be very spacious, and will be convenient and ample for large excursion parties. Adjoining the dining hail, on the south side, will be reception rooms and parlors, and the remainder of that end of the hotel will be devoted to bedrooms. On the north side of the dining hall will be gentle men’s reading, sitting and smoking rooms, with suites of bedrooms. A broad veranda will extend entirely around the building.” BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY. Count De Douhet, a life Senator of Franc?, Is dead. The Turner’s festival at St. Louis closed Tuesday with a picnic at Forest Park and a grand ball at Masonic Hall in the evening. A retired Colonel of the Russian army has shot and killed, in the streets of Sebas top l, Captain CostomarclT, a hero of the Crimean war. The Grand Circuit races open at Pitts burg on the 12th inst., where $20,000 is hung up in purses. St J alien and Maud S. are j booked for the 14; h. Atelesr&m from Vienna, published in I Paris, asserts that the European powers are conferring with a view to secure complete ntutralitv in the Panama Canal. It Is reported that Brady, Gorham and A. C Bu>-11, the editor of the Washington Capital , are about to start an anti ad ministration afternoon paper in Washing ton. Gen. Behoßeld has written a letter, which Is published in the Chicago Irilune, claiming that he fought the battle of Franklin against General Thomas’ or dar?. The steamsh'p Chong, manned and off! cered entirely by Chinese, sailed from Hong Kong for Victoria, British Columbia, on the Ist inst., with five hundred Chinamen to work on the Canada Pacific Railway. A terrible storm occurred at Gatscbina, Russia, on the 4th lost., killing a policeman, overturning the granite column of the rnonu meut of the Emperor Paul, and otherwise doing an enormous amount of damage. The storehouse of W. L. Burton, at Lewes, Del., was entered by tneaus of false keys, and a iarge fire-proof safe was blown to pieces and Its contents, consisting of five thousand dollars in checks, notes and bonds, were taken away. There Is no clew to the perpetrators. Mrs. Catharine Crave, who on January 30 was shot by William Stieman, a boarder whom she had shown the door, died at her home in Charlton street, New York, a few davs ago. The bullet had lodged In Mrs. Grave’s skull, and it. was a wonder to the physicians that she lived so long after the assault. That portion of the building of the Robin son Wagon Company, tn Cincinnati, which was saved from burning whea the other buildings were destroyed two or three months ago, was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday night, with a large quantity of property and machinery. Loss $30,000. Insurance s’o,ooo. A Detroit woman of seventy covered her hair with a wig, put on a close mask, and went to a fancy dress ball in the costume of afl iwer girl. She enjoyed the fun of fool ing the young fellows, and kept it up vigorously half the night. Then she fainted from ever exertion, and had to be taken home, where she died before morning. Lewis Helmer, aged twenty-six years, quarreled with some boys in a butcher shop in Cincinnati a few nights since, and one of them, named Mahoney, threw a piece of window glass at him, which struck him in the head. Next morning Helmer was found in the shop lying in a pool of blood, and he died while being taken to the hospttal. Lee Chin, a Chinaman, and Mrs. Eva H. Lee, a white woman, have been indicted at Cheyenne, Wyoming, for marrying each other, a statute of that Territory forbidding such marriagts. They went to Denver to get married, there being nothing prohibiting it in the laws of Colorado. The Chinese Consul at Denver, by direction of the Chi nese Ambassador at Washington, will con test the indictment. Meanwhile, the Chi nese Ambassador Is preparing a fyll state ment of the case to be presented to the Sec retary of State. i man n&iped John Soard Is serving a life sentence in the Kentucky penitentiary under conviction of the murder cf L B. Whitney, who, It has jaet been disco Voted, is living and serving as & Constable in Cleve land, Ohio. Soard was convicted five months ago op circumstantial evidence, a deal body having keep fpand in Casey county, Ky., and "falsely wom t<? bp Whitney’s. Whitney was employed for some tliße in the government secret service, with head quarters at Cincinnati, and Soard had been hie assistant, but he knew nothing of his trial and conyicticp until the other day, when he received a letter front l;i!p ? ■*♦•■* - Weatuer iudlcatlon*< Oxncx Chirp Signal obsbrvrb, Wash ington, June 8. lndications for Thurs dain the South Atlantic States, partly cloudy and occasional rain, winds mostly west, stationary or lower temperature and barometer. In the Middle Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather and occasional rain, varia ble wife*®, mostly northwest, and higher pressure. In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weath er and occasional rain, winds mostly south west, stationary or higher temperature, in east dlstrists stationary and in west dis tricts stationary or higher barometer. In Tennessee and the Ohio Faliey, partly cloudy weather and occasional rain, fol lowed by clearing weather, sou hwest gene rally veering to northwest wind', stationary Or'qigbCv temperature and barometer. —r-r—? U>*< Another Trap fpr tHe C**r. LUFDON, June B.—The Standard's corres pondent at Berlin reports that a dynamite mine has been discovered under the metals Close to the Gatschlna railway station con nected with a battery In the railway tele graph office. All the telegraph officials have been arrested. SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1881. SHERMAN’S VINDICATION. HIS REPLY TO THE CIIARUES OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. He Ha* Not Read tbe “Rite and Fall”—Traversing the Ex*Presl> dent’* N late menu a* to Atlanta— ITlojor Clare’s Report tbe Baal* of Ht Defense Tbe Burning of Columbia Confederate Cavalry Saddled with the Blame—What Logan’* Troop* Did to Save the City—He Wonld Have Burned It Had He Deemed ft Necessary- Some Extravagant Praise for Grant and Not a Little for Himself. Hartford, Conn., June 8. —At the banquet of the Bociety of the Army of the Potomac to-night, General Sherman replied to the toast “The Army and Navy.” In the course of his speech he alluded to Badeau’s History of Grant's Campaigns and to Jeff Davis’ Jttise and Fall of the Southern Confederacy as follows: “I did cot have the privilege of sharing in the operations of the Army of the Potomac, but I have been over the ground, and was person ally acquainted with nearly all your army corps and division commanders, and I say publicly and emphatically, Davis to the con trary notwithstanding, that I approve of Geuet&l Grant’s movements from Washing ton to Richmond by land instead of by water. War is an awful game and demands death and destruction. A certain amount of fighting aud killing had to be done, and the banks of the Rapidan and Mattapony werejas good places for it as those of the James and the Appomattox. So far as I am capable of judgtog, General Badeau has told his story of the battles from the Wilder ness to Appomattox Court House clearly and well. I know that heart burnings are gen erated by allusions to personal traits of character, but 1 do not see how General Badeau could otherwise have accounted for the actual results. I as-uredly rose from the perusal of his volume with a higher es timate of tho great Army of the Potomac than I had before, and am now better pre pared to unite with you in celebrations of its perseverance, its might, courage and heroism. To have your names inscribed on its roils is an honor that your children will value more than you do. “As to Mr. Davis’ ‘Rise and Fall of the Southern Confederacy,’ I confess I have not seen the volume, only copious extracts in the New York Herald, of June 31, and hardiy know whether to treat them serious ly or jocosely. It was not expected that he would feel kindly toward those who awak ened him so tudely from his dream of empire. But surely in stating facts he ought to have approximated to the truth even as to his enemies. Assuming th t the quotations published in tbe Herald are au thentic, I wish to say that it was lucky for Mr. Davis that Gen. Johnston in May, 1864, did not obey his orders and assume "the of fensive srom Dalton to the north side of Tennessee river. Oae would suppose that after the experience of both Johnston and Hood, whose courage and skill no man disputes, even Mr. Davis would be convinced that the aggressive campaign, foreshadowed in his several gen eral propositions of April 16, 1864, was the veriest nonsense. Johnston did not have at Dalton 7,000 men, and Mr. Davis ought to have kr.owu it, and Johnston on the spot was better qualified to judge than Mr. Davis at Richmond. “As to the removal of the non-combatant population from Atlanta, Mr. Davis savs that since Alva’s atrocities in the Nether lar.ds, iu the six’eenth century, there has been uothieg to compare with it for cruelty. He had a right to publish such words in 1864, when extraordinary language was needed to arouse ihe sinking energies of his people (as be calls them). But at this late date it is simply absurd. Not a man, woman or child was harmed in that re moval. Major Clare, of the Confederate amir, appointed by Gen. Hood and Gen. Willard Warner, of my staff, now residing In Tecumseh, Cherokee county, Alabama, certifitd jointly to me this fact.” Gen. 8 lerman t hen read Major Clare’s report in full, and said he thougat Mr. Davis would hear from Gen. Warner Id good time. Major Clare’s report was to the effect that all available transportation was placed at the service of non combatants to evacuate Atlauta, but that those whom it was in tended to benefit were slow to avail them selves of it, aotwithstanding his warnings against delay, and that out of this circum stance arose a great deal of hardship, which might have been avoided. The list of per sons removed, enclosed with Major Clare’6 report, shows the following totals: Men 98, women 395, children 605, servants 70; grand total 118. General Sberman here exbib ited an eriginsl report of Colonel Was. G. LeDuc, United 8 atee Quartermaster Twen tieth Corps, late Commissioner of Agricul ture, showiDg that the number of persons sent South was 7i5 adults, 79 servants, 867 chi dren, total 1,651, with the full names of each, with the number of packj ages for each, aggregating 1,651, all of which was transported by United States troops twenty miles, and not a single piece was broken or molested. “Again,Mr. Davis recordsjthat the officers and men sent to escort and convey the non combatants to Rough and Ready Station robbed them of the few articles of value they had been permitted to take from their homes. This is simply untrue, and Mr. Davis ought to have known it to be so, for Major Clare, of the Con federate army, bore public testimony to the kindness of the escort, and General Warner, since a Senator from Alabama, well known and universally respected, who is still living in A'abama, was then and is still reiyjonsible, and is far better qualified to tis’fry to the fac:s than Mr. Davis, who was s thousand miles away. I am responsible for the order of removal, and it was right. It w&g eminently humane to remove the non oembatant population from the theatre of war. It produced the effect 1 intended and hastened the conciu - sion of the war, a bloody war, which Mr. Davis, according to his own account, would never have terminated as long as he could have saved his own life. “As to the burning of Columbia, he inti mates that I have endeavored to escape re sponsibility for that, act, and refers to the excesses of Wallenstein's army in tbe Thirty Years’ War. Mr. Davis was not ia Columbia during that flre, nor was Gen. Hampton. 1 was, and so was General O. O. Howard. So were Gen erals John A. Logan, Wm. B. Wools, now a Justice of the Supreme Court, and hi* brother, Charles Woods, and 14,000 honest, good, true Union soldiers. Mr. Davis ig nores all these and adopts the solitary state ment of Wade Hampton, who got away and was not there at all after his troops had set fire to the bridges,depot and the cotton in the streets of his own city,all of which were burn ed down or were burning when our troops entered the city. Tbe house occupied by me, Blanton Duncan’s, was still standing when tbe army left the city. The house known as the Hampton Mansion, occupied by Gen. Logan. ws still standing, and the college where Gen. Howard was quartered was not burned. The fire originated in Richardson street, near where I saw with my own eyes burning cotton bales, wbiph had been set on fire by the Con federate cavalry. I was supreme in command inside of Colum bia during tbe night of the conflagration, and I allow no man, not eyen Jeff. to question my statement of the facts as seen by myself. The fire in Columbia on the night of February 17th, 1865, in my judgment, then and now, was caused by particles of burning cotton blown against q fence and sheds, which spread to the houses and finally consumed the centre but not the whole of the town. The cotton was unquestionably set on fire by Confederate cavalry, which fire was partially subdued by our trooop in the da g tipe xvl)flst tjie trains of Gen. Logan’s corps, the Fifteenth, were passing. But after the trains had passed and the night begun tbe men ceased to carry water. The fire spread anew and finally reached a shed or fence, and the houses, built of pitch pine, bathed 'With rapidity and fury under a tornado of wind. Wbat of Columbia remained the next morn ing was wholly due to Gen. Logan’s troops. Without them not a house would have escaped. Almost identically the same thing occurred in Richmond. (See Badeau, yol.riU., nage 538.) j made a repor’ of thp facts' to %ty governiuent, which' was ac cepted, and there toy responsibility ended. Still I cheerfully admit that history may go further, provided the actual truth be sought fer, I want to know th? truth as much aj any Dtan.' hid i lftteuaea tb ourn bolDin bia I would have done it just as I would have done any other act of war, and there would have been no concealment about It.” Singular Frealv of Llghtnlu|f ( Richmond, June B.— Richard Thompson, colored, was struck by lightning and In stantly killed this afternoon at five o'clock. A remarkable feature of the affair was that there wu uo storm prevailing, and only small cloud* were passing oyer Ybe city st tbe time. From only one a hash of light ning Issued, accompanied by a moderate re port of thunder. The man was engaged on the river loading a cart. While standing resting on his 6bovel he was killed, the lightning striking him in tbe forehead, THE FIWHT OF THE FACTIONS. Another Fruitless Ballot—A Stal wart Deaerter—Conkllne Inter viewed-He Will Fight tt Out II It Takes all Summer. Albany, June B.—The joint convention met at 12:05 p. m., with Lieutenant Gover nor Hoskins in the chair, for the first time since the meeting of the convention. The convention proceeded to vote to fill the va cancy in the United States Senate for the short term. The Benate voted as follows: Jacobs 61 Wheeler. 4 Conklin? 9’Cornell 3 Rogers 6 Folger i Bradley 1 LapUam 2 The Assembly voted as follows; Jacobs 41 Lapham 7 Conkling 25 Tremaine 2 Rogers it Hamilton Harris 1 Wheeler 17 Dutcher l Cornell ]6 Crowley 1 The following is the combined vote: Jacobs 50! Folger 1 Conkiing 34| Lapham 9 Rogers 15 Tremaiae 2 Bradley 1 Harris ..i 1 Wheeler 23 Crowley 1 Cornell l9|Dutcber J la the Senate to day Mr. Winslow pre sented a remonstrance from Watertown, Chenango county, against the return of Messrs. Conkiing and Platt, and spoke at length with reference to the Senatorial ques tion. He predicted the rt-alection of Mr. Conkiing to the United State*Senate by the present Legislature. When the name of C. H. Ruosell was called he said: “On each vote I have thus far voted for the return of the late distinguished Senators. They were my choice, and mv judgment at that time led me to give them tny support. Without desiring to make any d:stinction between these two gentlemen, I regarded Mr. Conkiing as an Ideal Senator. I have, however, just, returned from my constituents aud am convinced by such evi dence as should satisfy any fair minded person that nine-tenths of the Republicans there are opposed to tbe return of the late Senators. I have a duty to perform to the Republicans who sent me here, and that, is to give voice to their sentiments, and I therefore vote for Mr. Cornell.” There was no choice. Tbe convention then proceeded to ballot for a successor to Thos. C. Piatt as follows: In the Senate the vote was: Pl&tt 7lKernan 7 Depew 14 Folger l Cornell 3| la the Assembly the vote was: Platt 221 Folger 3 Kernan 44 Tremaine 1 Depew 37 B. F. Tracy. 1 Lapham 4 Crowley 4 Cornell 7\ The combined vote was: Platt 29 i Folger 4 Krnan 511 Tremaine 1 Depfw 51 j B. F. Tracy 1 Lapham 4 Crowley 4 Cornell io| ’’ The presiding officer declared that no choice had beeu made. On Motion of Mr. Splno’a the convention adjourned to 12 tn. to morrow. New York, June 8. —The Telegram's Al bany special correspondent says he bad a conversation with ex Senator Conkiing this morning, and was agreeably surprised to find him In a most genial and saDguine mood. He expressed himself in hopeful terms of the outcome of the prevailing struggle, and,not wishing to be interviewed, simply said that he was going to stay here and see the issue out to the bitter end, even if it took all summer. A CRISIS IN IRELAND. Insurrection In the Countv Cork— The People Rise,Cat the Telegraph and Destroy a Police Station and a Bank—Troop* mowing to the Scene —The Road* Impeded by Broken Bridge*. London, June B.—The rumor that Fathar Muiphy, of Schull,had been arrested, proves to be unfounded, but it threw the people into a violent state of ferment. Thousands of men and women crowded into the village of Bchull, wrecked the police station and post office, tore down the telegraph wires and cut up portions of the ro*d. The excitement was taken up by the people of Skibbereeu, who at last accounts were engaged in a fearful riot. They wrecked the house of a car owner who had supplied cars to the police. Their Indignation be came unbounded when they discovered that a special train with three thousand military had beeu sent from Cork, and they tore down the telegraph wires to Ballydehobe. The Standard's dispatch from Cork says : “Ballydehobe and Schull are inaccess ble by the ordinary roads, which are broken up and the bridge pulled dowu. Five hundred foot soldiers, twenty dragoons and seventy service corps men, with one gun, have been sent to the scene frem the west.” A dispatch to the JJai'y News from Skib bsreen says: “Father Murphy has given no definite intimation of his arrest to the pub lic, fearing a collision with the police, but the grounds for suspecting that he Is under arrest are very stroDg. He was een with the police several times on Monday, when a document of some kind was handed to him. A force has been sent Into the disturbed district fully provisioned for a month. Great preparations are making for the re ception ofj Archbishop Croke in Tipperary oa Thursday.” Lord Carnarvon (Conservative), formerly Colonial Secretary, speaking at Burton yes terday, strongly condemns tbe policy of the government, who, he said, were responsible for tbe civil war In Ireland. They would find that the question was not one of land merely, but that every class of property would be menaced. He did not think Eng lishmen would long be hoodwinked by the reckless rhetoric of demagogues, or the plausible nostrums of political quacks. Sir Richard Asbciou Cross, Conservative member of Parliament for Southwest Lan cashire, and former Home Secretary, speak ing at St. Helen’s, ventured to say that no government had ever made so many serious mistakes in so short a time, and be said he had no doubt in regard to the result when ■they came to be tried at the bar of public opinion, unless they much altered. Mr. Joseph CbamberialD, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Birmingham, said it is perfectly evident that the cause* of the di-orders in Ireland are more deep seated than was supposed, and that they are not to be found in the action of this or any previous government. They are to be found Id the condition of the people them selves, Force, he said, was no remedy, but a certain amount of force was neces sary to uphold the law. Referring to the land bill, he said the government had s’aked its existence upon It. Mr. Parnell and his followers have never concealed the fact that their chief object is not the removal of Ireland’s grievances, but the separation of Ireland from England. Hundreds of thousands of tenants are fol lowing the baneful advice of the leaders of the Land League, to pay no rent, Mr. Chamberlain concluded as follows: “The government is striving to steer an even course between extremes- I believe the land bill is the maximum which any Eog lish Parliament will pass." A dispatch from Skibbereen to tbe Times this evening states that tbe Skibbereen branch qf tbe Rank of Muuoter has been wrecked by the mob WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVER sm. . meeting of tbe Centennial Endow ment Organization—Col. Clinch, of Electe<| a Tlembej-, Philadelphia, Pa./June B.—There was a meeting here this afternoon of the cen tennial organization for the better eqdqw ment of Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va. The object of the meeting was to fill the vacancies caused by the death of President Morton Me Michael and Vice President A. E. Borie. Hon. Sam’l J. fjaßdol* wa* chosen perma nent chaiimah, and delivered an address upon the history of the University. Speeches were also made by Senator Jones, of Florida, W. A. Royal, of yirgtnia, and Among the largp ntjgjhft*: oi new members 0* the organisation elected was Col. Hous ton Clinch, of Savannah, Ga. On motion of Col. John W. Forney, Mr. W. \V. Corco ran, of Washington, was elected President of the association, and H. H. Huston, of Philadelphia, Vice president. An advisory boat'd aha commute* were toen elected; filter which the association ad journed. A Deputy Sheriff Murdered. Danville, Va., June 8 —Frank Baker, a deputy Sheriff, was Sjiot and kffled in Btoxes eounty’laat Thursday bight by a des perado named Jesse Bmith, whom he was tiring to arrest. Smith, who has shot several other men, made his escape, and seven hundred dollars reward is offered for bis apprehension. FLASHES FROM AUGUSTA. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ROAD TO KNOXYILLE. Wbat tbe BlebmonA aud Dan- Title Offer to Do—An Equally Favorable Proposition from tbe Baltimore and Oblo—Tbe City to Make Its Choice In a Few Days. Augcsta, Ga., June B. —An Important railroad conference was held here to-day between the officers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad and the Mayor and City Attorney of Augusta. It is known that the Baltimore and Ohio are preparing a propo sition to obtain control of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, and the Clyde syndi cate are anxious to keep that company out. At the conference to day a very liberal proposition was made by President Buford, of the Richmond and Danville. It In cludes the following terms: The city to transfer its stork in the Au gusta and Knoxville to the Richmond and Danville, but not until the necessity shall arise for issuing bonds upon the consolida ted road. Satisfactory security to be given the city for the completion of the line to Knoxville via Etberton, within two years of the com pletion of the route to Greenwood by the present management. Stock in the consolidated road to the amount of fifty thousand dollars to be giv en the city. Suitable provision to be made for the pay ment of the bonds of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. No unjust discriminations against Augus ta in regards to freight or passengers. All the contracts of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad to bo carried out in good faith. The proposition of the Baltimore and Objo, it is said, will be very liberal and will include the building of the road to Elber ton. Both propositions will be considered by the City Council next Tuesday, and one of them will probably be accepted. A meeting of merchants will be held here to morrow to hear an address from H. I. Kfmball in the interest of the Atlanta Cot ton Exposition. Not much interest is taken in the matter here. Subscriptions to tbe stock of the Klne Cotton Mill amount to $220,000. The com mittee will go North soon. NOTES FROM*BRUNSWICK. Olrnn Comity Fair—A Good Attend ance and Creditable Display—The Yacht Race —A Cale Spoils the Sport—Oue of the Boats Capsized— Dwelling Burned -A Runaway—A Lady Harr. Brunswick, Ga., June B.— The fifth an nual fair of the Glynn County Agricultural Association was opened yesterday under favorable auspices. Hon. A. Pratt Adams, of Savannah, delivered the opening address, which was chaste, interesting and eloquent. The attendance,although not large,was very good for the first day. The income thus far has been very satisfactory. Tbe display of vegetables is very good. The Irish potatoes, beets and cabbage are very fiae. J. M. Couper has a fine display of oats and rice. The floral display is ex ceedingly fine. In the absence of rain the race track is in very bad condition aud the races are not up lo those of other years. The stock display, although limited, em braces some fine animals. The fowl exhi bition excels anything ever seen here before. The greatest interest was manifested in the yacht race. Ouiy three boats were en tered for the first race—the and the Orilla, of B unswtek, aud the Quickstep, of Bavanm>h. At 2:30 o’clock the start was made. Tbe Annie, Captain Kempt, took the lead, the Quickstep second position. When the Annie, on passing the starting poin% was some two miles in advance of the others, eom!ng in, the Orilla ahead of the Quickstep, at 5 o’clock a heavy gale and lain storm struck the boats just below the city, making all further effort vaffi. The Annie capsized. The Orilla and Quickstep cast anchor, and are coming up to the city now. The crew of the Annie were picked up by the steamtug Crescent City, and the boat was towed up to tbe city. A small residence belonging to Mr. Tol. Munday, an employe of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, was consumed by flre to day. There was no insurance. Two horses attached to a carriage ran away, injuring slightly Mrs A.T. Putnam. Two other ladies in the carriage were not hurt at all. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. The Reunion at Hartford, Conn. Washington, June B.— A special to the Star to-night from Hartford, Conn., says: "The meeting of the Army of the Potomac here to-day was the largest of all its gather ings. General H. G. Wright, of Washing ton, now its President, called the meeting to order. General Sherman will deliver the annual address this evening. It is under stood that it will be of unusual interest, as he will reply to fone of the criticisms made upon him by Jeff. D ivis in his book just out. In this book he refers to the burning of Columbia, 8. C , and General Sherman’s campaign In and around Atlanta, and com pares him to the wicked and notorious Duke of Alva. Gen. Sherman says there is no more sense in the comparison than there would be in the claim that he was tqual to Cuesar and all his Commentaries. The day is bright and the city is crowded.” Hartford, Conn , June B.— The public exercises this afternoon were held at the Opera House, which was densely crowded. The bo ly of the house was occupied by veteran soldiers and guests and the galle ries by citizens, including mauy ladies. Over the stage was a representation of military camps with tents, Gatling guns, flags, etc. Tbe procee lings were opened with an address by Mayor Bulkier, which was briefly responded to by Gen. H.. G. Wright, President of the Society. A poem was Fead by Col. S. D. Bumner, of Bridgeport. The oratiou by Dan’l Dougherty, of Philadelphia, was read with frequent enthusiastic applause. After the oration brief speeches were made by Gen. W. T. Sherman, Secretary of War Lincoln, Generals Burnside, Franklin, Hawley, Sickles, Devcns and Slocum, and George Bigelow. A committee was ap pointed to arrange for a general reunion of the societies of the several armies. The of the socthty will be held In Detroit next year. THE miller's’*'DONVENTloN. Action With Reference lo Important Suits— Regulating .Tlembernplp tn Itae Association. Chicago, June 8 —At the Millers’ Con vention yesterday the Cochrane Patent cases, representing claims for damages to the amount of $36,000,000 against members of the association, were settled by a com promise, the terms of which are private. It was stipulated thst na millers In the country; except those who are mem bers of tbe association, shall profit by the settlement, and that hereafter no millers shall be admitted to membership except by a majority vote of the Executive Committee. In the matter af the E(en<ffi fleld patgpt, op account of whjch suits have been begun in Minnesota against mil ling firms, the convention decided to stand all the expense of defepdjng fha suits. The Brewers’ Strike, New York, June 8.-Ne*r!y one thou sand of tbe brewer* who are out on a strike assembled this morning at the headquar ter* of the striker*, where addresses were made advising the men to remain firm. The assn declare that they will stay out until all their demands have been complied with. At a meeting of the employing bjewsrs this aftetnoon it was stated that all the Brooklyn breweries wfere in foil operation, and that all sive five In this city were run ning a* usual. The Btaten Island breweries are also said to he in full operation. A telegram was sent to Germany to-day ask ing for experienced brewers. The strikers stopped the wagons of Claussen’s brewery this afternoon and compelled the drivers to leave their teams. Polipe aid wa* sought fur the protection or the drivers. —— Senator Kollln*’ Seat. Boston, Mass., June B—A special from Concord, New Hampshire, says, ”Yhe State fconftte passed ft yesolutlod to d'sy, asking the jfupretue Court for Its opinion as to tht legality of an election of a United States Senator at tbe present session to fill the seat of Senator Rollins, whose term em pires In 1883; The Democrat)} vot*u solidly against it. A full bench and An early opin ion be expected." OUR JACKSONVILLE LETTER. A Railroad mania—Southern Invest ment* Fashionable— OafaldeiTloney Coming In—Florida’s Map Will Soon Look Like a Checker Beard— The Present Governor and tbe Past Brother Hicks Tries the Pulpit for a Change -The Street Cars Mak ing Monejr— An Ancient Belle— Theory—Building lo the City and Suburb*-The Poisoned Belle in the Gulf—Brudder Whlerspoon— Sawdust. Jacksonville June 7.—A half-dozen or more various railroad enterprise* are now occupy ing the attention of the people of Florida, and are being pushed with greater or less purpose and energy. Great liberality was displayed by the last Legislature in the granting of charters* and if all the projected routes are constructed this State will need no others for the next half century. It is a remarkable feature of them all, that each passes through the finest portion of the State, and develops a perfect garden of Paradise. Each locality contends lustily that it is the veritable Eden, and that those who seek Us blissful retreats will have most of their earthly wants supplied. There is, however, a huge railroad boom now in progress in Florida, and internal im provements are manifested in every direct tion. Money is abundant at the North, and much is seeking investment at the South. The distrust of this section that prevailed so long after the close of the war is giving way to a feeling of confidence and security, and capital, proverbially prudent aud cautious, has discov ered that money caa be safely and profitably invested in the land of Dixie. It is coming, aud is being put into railroads, canals, orange groves, hotels and many other descriptions of property. It bears good interest also, <*d beats United States tour per cent, bonds out of sight. A few years hence the map of Florida will show a perfect network of railroads in opera tion. '1 be two backbones, east and west, from Jacksonville to Pensacola, and north and south, from Fernandina to Tampa, will have their short ribs reaching out to every locality of importance, and linking every portion into one homogeneous whole. Harmony of interests and sentiments will spring from such close and frequent inter course, and the general welfare will be pro moted. Local jealousies will be crushed out. and sectional prejudices will disappear. Among the roads that will probably soon be commenced are the Jacksonville aud St. Au gustine, the Palatka and Indian River, the Gre-u Cove Spring and Melrose, a branch of the Transit Road to Suwannee river, the Live Oak and Rowland’s Bluff, aud perhaps others. These enterprises will furnish work for those industriously disposed for months to come, and will put a large amount of money into cir culation. Roads can be built here more cheap ly than in any other portion of the country. The grades are low, timber is abundant, and little or no rock is to be encountered. Those who have secured charters for railroads should strain every nerve to effect organizations and commence operations while the present mania for investments of this character continues. “Strike while the iron is hot.” and “make hay while the sun shines.” Let not the golden op portunity slip by, but grasp it with manly vigor and the firm determination to succeed. Among the pedestrians upon Bay street, this morning, were Governor Bloxham and ex- Governor Stearns. The former gentleman is on his way to Sumter county, to look after a young orange grove on Lake Panasolkee. His appearance denotes health and cheerfulness, while hope and encouragement tinge his views as to the future of Florida. Like many of the prominent citizens of Middle Florida, the Gov ernor has cast an anchor to windward, in the shape of an investment in South Florida, which will be worth more in ten years than the net profits of ar>y three cotton plantations in Leon. Ex-Governor Stearns looked cool and sub dued. His former avocation as a factor in Florida politics has completely played out, and he is now without either local or general in fluence. Many of his old associates have sought other fields, and the quondam dignita tary is a comparative stranger. Whether he will ever again appear on the political chess board remains to be seen. He can flatter him self w.th having been tha very last of Florida’s Republican Governors. Brother Billy Hicks is announced as the pas tor of a Methodist Church in Washington. That unfortunate flock deserve sympathy. Rev. Hicks will perhaps deliver orthodox dis courses for the ensuing year or fifteen months, but so soon as the next election occurs, the pulpit will bs abandoned for the stump, and the political document will take the place of the Bible. If the task of revising the scrip tures had only been delegated to Brother Hicks, wouldn’t he have gotten out an extra ordinary version? As an instance of his views, the sacrilegious parallel that he drew last sum mer at Gainesville, on the occasion of the Re publican State Convention, wherein he com pared the Saviour and General Grant, will be remembered. It is sincerely to be hoped that Rev. Hicks, in tha self sacrificing spirit of a broad and noble patriotism, has permanently abandoned Florida. Contrary to general expectation, the street cars have been a financial success. At first only two cars were placed on the line. It was soon found necessary to double this number, and still another increase is demanded. For the first few days every negro gamin who could raise a nickel had his grinning visage framed in a window of the cars, and the sable bootblacks were steady patrons. A business man told me that the stock was good for a six per cent, dividend at least. This is a good promise for the future. Colonel Hopkins, who has just returned from South Florida, has handed me for inspection a silver medal exhumed from one of the Indian mounds near Lake Okeechobee. The relic is of tbe size of a half dollar, and convexo concave in shape. Upon the convex surface appears in has relief the rudely embossed bust of a female. Long tresses flow over her shoul ders, and a crown with four points surmounts her head, while her neck is encircled with a carcanet. Upon each side of the figure is a flower. Upon the concave surface are stamped the letters “B. P.” This relic was probably worn around the neck as an ornament, as the rim has been pierced for the passage of a string. My own theory is that the figure is dasigned to represent Queen Isabella, and that the relic was obtained from a Spanish soldier and buried with its Indian owner. This may conflict with tha generally conceived opinion as to the great antiquity of these burial mounds, while tha letters B. P.. above mentioned, would indicate that the relic at least, was of comparatively modern origin. The savants may reconcile these incongruities. Much building i* going on in and around the city, and the new structures are large and handsome. Mechanics of all descriptions are employed constantly, and a considerable ad dition will be made to the taxable property of the city duringthe present summer. That the resident population is steadily increasing i< shown in the small number of houses offered for rent, which is an unusual feature at this season. East Jacksonville. Brooklyn and La Villa, three of our flourishing suburbs, are feeling the influx, and the sound of the saw and ham mer awakes the echoes within their borders. Real estate is advancing within their lipiits. and many are seeking homes, as they thereby escape the city taxes, while enjoying many ef its advantages. Some interest was given last summer to the existence of belts of poisonous water iu the Gulf, which caused the ae&th of numerous flsh. An analysis by the Smithsonian Institute detects a mass of shapeless slime, in which are numerous eggs, erustacii and vegetable mat ters. The presence of pine pollen would seem to indicate that the deposits had drifted into the sea from the mainland. Future research will doubtless determine its origin. Brudaer Winderspoon has abandoned the very doubtful prospect of a seat in Congress for tbe more certain position of an inspector in the Pensacola custom house. Three dollars h day sure Is much better than “ *sptainin de k 'SPil’' or “stumpin’da deostrick,” and Geo. vv., if he ij as t,ri a ht ng he is considered, will unit for tfie nonce his theological and political pursuits. George was pretty well strapped at the close of the campaign. He was “out” at least a dollar and a half, his Sunday suit of clothes and two pair of brogans. Ha ia to be congratulated upon thi; opportunity of re pairing his shattered fortunes. Nothing has been heard recently of Dr. Con over's prospects. * Pub'te Schools of the city have closed ror the summer, and teachers and pupils will doubtless enjoy the vacation. For greater convenience the convict camp hg* been removed to Callahan, about twenty miles from the city. Twenty-one deaths in Jacksonville during the month of May estab lish the city’s reputation for health. Only half of thjs number were native* of the State. Fernandina is about to build a large hotel en the beach of Amelia Island, two miles from the depot. We predict a success for this en terprise, and a large list of guests from Jaok sonvide. Fernandina will pqw be able to compete wPh Mayport. Senator Call has returned, looking hearty and speaking cheerfully. W. H. R. THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Opening Feverish and Closing Firm. New York, June B.—’XUc eLtcfc market was feverish ged in the early deal in##, and speculation was very heavy in tone, so that by noon a decline of to 2>£ per cent, had been recorded, U. C. j. 0., Northwestern, New York Elevated, Dela ware and Hudson, Wabash Pacific, Union Pacific and trunk line shares being scat prominent therein. The market continued dull and unsettled during the fixate* pact of the afternoon, hut in tbe late dealings speculation as sumed a strong tone, and the market closed firm at a recovery of Vto cent, in the general list while Texas Pacific sold up and Louisville and New Albany 2 per cent. Norfolk and Western preferred was weak and declined %% per cent. Rate* ag gregated 355,370 shares. -■ ZB V An Irish Tffeatro Burned. London, June 8 —The Theatre Royal, in Belfast, Ireland, was totally destroyed by £2O 000 mornln *’ Tbe Idas la estimated at mujt ■ ssed Bag*, Roaches. Hats, mice, ants, flies, vermin, mosqui toes, insects, etc., cleared out by “Rough oa Rata." lie. boxes at drqggiftta, ESTABLISHED 1850. WAR IN THE HOUSEHOLD. THE UNHAPPY REPUBLICAN FAMILY. The Workers** Chagrlned-Ig uored in the Cabinet and Unfed With Good Thlncs—Grier’s Par ticular Grievance What Jere Rusk Wanted—Soared Roosters— The Virginia Foundling In a Bad Way—Garfield and Blaine to be Smirched—Rud as a Weapon or the Grantltes—Bose Shepherd to Peach-Tllden’s Prophecy. Washington, June 6.— President Oarfield does not seem to be at all anxious to thrust Into the hands of the politicians who claim to hare done the work that elected him, nor to reward individuals for conspicuous services in his behalf at Chicago. If he is anxious in either regard, he is certainly most unfortu nate. He has neither rewarded the politicians who say they did the work, nor has he satis fied the conspicuous individuals. The Qrant- Conkling crowd claim that had it not been for them Garfield would never have been elected. What have they received t They have been kicked nigh unto death by the administration. Dorsey, Brady, et al., were confident of much influence, on account of ‘'campaign work," with Uarfleld. What has been their portion ? The doors of the penitentiary stand ajar for their reception and Garfield is push ing them in as rapidly as he can collect evi dence against them. Then the Indiana Republi cans thought that as their State in October was the turning jJßint of the election they certainly could have offices galore, and big ones too. They wanted to supervise the construction of the Cabinet, and had not the slightest doubt but that there would be at least one Indiana man in it. How have they fared t About three of them have been given minor offices, while those who have been turned out or reduced to lower positions under the par rolls will foot up some twenty. In the f ice of all this, men who did no campaign work at all have been put into the Cabinet and other big places. The Cabinet is headed by Blaine, a man who sulked'during the heat and burden and lost his own State. There is not a man in that body who aid what we call “work” during the campaign. And so it has been down the length and breadth of offices filled by Garfield. The "worker” and the “prominent politician" have been ignored. Then there are the men who aided in turning the tide at Chicago and those who swelled it after it was turned. These people expected much. Grier, of Pennsylvania, it will be re membered, voted for Garfield on the first and upon every ballot taken. He wanted a good place. Everybody supposed he would get It. He was nominated for the position of Third Assistant Postmaster General, but declined it. He wanted the place of Second Assistant from which Brady was bounced, and which offers “opportunities” to the incumbent Garfield of fered Grier several other places with pretty fair salaries none of them would he take. It was very plain that he wanted a position with not only a salary attached but with possi bilities for personal perquisites. He is now in the picturesque valleys of Pennsylvania howl ing mad. Another example of the Chicago Garfield man will suffice. It was at a critical moment when Jere Rusk, of Wisconsin, threw the vote of that State for Garfield. His action started the stampede which resulted In Gar field’s nomination. Rusk had just failed of a return to Congress. When Garfield was fairly tn the White House, Rusk put in|his claim for something good. Without his knowledge he was nominated for the position of Charge d’Aflaires at Paraguay and Uraguay. He had no idea of going out of the country. He refuses the position. He thinks he has been badly treated. All the rest of those mentioned in the above feeble lines think the same. Though Republicans, they do not bend their necks in rallying to the support of the administration. President Gar field is honest in this matter. He sees no rea son for putting a gold collar on the word poli tician because that specimen was unusually expert in repeating aid bruising on election day. He is honest in what he does, and wants to make an examplary administration. But that is not what the great Republican party is accustomed to or wants. By no manner of means. Exactly contrary treatment ar and re sults are what it has been fed upon. It shocks the party managers. It divides the party. It puts the better element of it in support of the administration with the “managers” on the other side. President Garfield’s course Is simply too honest tor his party. He is making breaches in it that may split the concern amidships. The funeral, If it should come, will sot be Democratic. There fore we will not crowd the mourners. VIRGINIA POLITICS. A great deal of interest is felt among politi cians as to the result of the State elections in Virginia next fall. This interest ig due to the fact that Mahone will be forever buried then, and politicians on both sides are anxious for the funeral. The recent ticket nominated by the Mahone convention does aot at all meet the views of the Readjusters or of the Re publicans. It was intended for mixed pap to be fed to both to their entire satisfaction. The result, |as I learn from reliable men in Virginia, who wander among usj here, Is that the Read justers are dissatisfied and the Republicans disgruntled. The leading Republicans in the State, with Representatives Dezendorf and Jorgensen at their head, have taken upon themselves not to submit to the Mahone ticket but are working in a way that will insure su> cess to effect the holding of a regular straight out R-publican ticket, and let the Mahone mob slide. They are most materially strength ened in their fight against Mahone in the fact that the administration gives him no sort of support. Of couise the Democrats will nomi nate their ticket. My advices are that even with a coalition by Mahone with the Republi cans—which is almost an impossibility— the Democrats will carry the Btate by a handsome majority. With a straight out Republican ticket also la the field—which is almost an assured thing—the Mahone party will sink for ever. Get the hearse ready and hire the band to play the “Dead March in Baul.” A RUMORED PERSONAL WARFARE. A certain rumor has bean floating around the city for the past few days. It is an interesting rumor, but cannot be hunted down. It is that Conk'jcgand Grant, and the rest of that mob, are to institute a personal warfare upon the administration. The Pre ident and Secretary Blaine are to be the persons attacked, accord ing to report. The attacks are to be of a most personal character. They are tq show the re cords of the President and bis Secretary of Srate from what is known within their own party It Isa well known fact that both Presiden Garfield and Secretary Blaine have been Charged time and time again with official corruption And tli® taking to themselves of money for unlawful and dishonest services rendered as members of Congress This is what rumor says the Urant-Conkltuß crowd is going to show up. Boss Shepherd, who is now in Mexico, is to return to this oountryfto help in the fight. Ha knows all about the De Goll ger contract fee received by President Gar field. If this rumor should prove true, it would then seem that the lips of the Honorable Samuel Jones Tjlden were touched with the spirit of prophecy when he said that the present administration would be the most stormy in the history of this great and alori nous Republic. Potomac. A TERRIBLE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. Cold, Grim Logie of Brady’s Organ- Secretary Blaine Seriously Tron* bled-The Star Bonte Expose Mak ing Many Bepubllcana Unhappy, Etc, A Washington special to the Boston Ibst, dated June stb, say*: ‘-Star route Brady’s Sunday organ, the Capital, makes a furious assault on the President to-day, apropos of the employment of A. M. Gibson to aid In the sar route investigation. Mr. Gibson was, until recently, the Washington corres pondent of the New York Sun. The Capi tal concludes as follows a two column edi torial addressed to the President: ‘The issue is the simplest one that could be framed In language. If Mr. Gibson Is not a libeller you are a bribe taker, thief, perjurer and suborner of perjury and forger. If you are cot a bribe taker, perjurer, thief and suborner of perjury and forgery, Mr. Gibson is a libel ler. Under the criminal statute one of you ought to be in the penitentiary, and that upon your respective showings of the record. Both of,you cannot be at large without an outrage upon the first principles of justice, and yet we are told by the New York Times that Mr. Gibson has been re tained with your approval in a capacity the most reponslble,mos!; delicatAapd reoulrtoe the highest type a$ bßor, Integrity A trustworthiness. Sorely. Mr.PresWcm,there ma.4t bn some rnHUke about tills; but if there is a mistake it is a dreadful one—a mistake that will haunt you to your dying day, and damn your memory long after you are dead —as the only President of the United States who ever voluntarily certified to the honor, integrity and trustworthiness of a man who for nine years had steadily branded him bribe taker, thief, liar, perjurer and suborner of perjury and forgery.’ The inference from the above diatribe is that the the star route fellows ait afraid of Gibson, and they have adopted this method of frightening the President into dismissing him. It will probably not succeed, although there Is a deal of cold, grim logic in the utterances of Brady’s organ.” A, SEVERE RAIN STORM. A Whole Family Swept Away. Wheeltmo, W. Ya., June B.—A rain storm of unusual severity occurred in this region about midnight last night, greatly damaging crops, roads, bridges, etc. A family named Straub, living en Glenn’s Run, were swept away In the night, the mother and five children drowned, and the father carried on a log to the head of one of Sisters Islands, where he was found to-day in an insensible condition. OHIO REPUBLICANS The State Convention—Garfield In dorsed Foster Renominated -speech of John Sherman—A Throat at GonkJlng. * Cleveland, 0., June B.—Senator Sher man was elected permanent Chairman of the Republican State Convention which assembled here to-day. On taking the chair he said Gov. Foster htd earned a renomination by his brilliant canvass of two years ago, which had result ed In the election of Gen. Garfield. He then briefly gave the history of the achievements of the Republican party, and con gratulated the Republicans of Ohio upon the fact that there was no room in that State lor a leader who commands and'dic tates. “There never has been,” he said, “and there never will be room here for a primacy or a boss. The man who attempts It had better make his will beforehand.” [Applause.! Senator Sherman then reviewed the finan cial policy of the present administration, and congratulated the people of the country upon its great success. “The tax on whisky alone,” he said, “will now pay the Interest on a public debt which frightened brave men fifteen years ago.” In conclusion, be said: “I believe I can say in advance of the resolutions, which have been or will be I offered, that Gen. Garfield has the emphatic approval of the Republicans of Ohio in the course he has thus far pursued.” [Applause ] The full ticket put iu nomination is as fol lows: For Governor, Charles Foster; Lieutenant Governor, Judge Richards, of Jefferson county; Treasurer, Joseph Turney; Judge of the Supreme Court, Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati; Attorney General, George K. Nash. The temperance plank of the platform, about which there was some difference of opinion, is as follows: Resolved, That public interests re quire that the General Assembly should submit to a vote of the people such amend ments to the constitution of the State rela tive to the manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating liquors as shall leave the whole matter to the Legislature. The platform adopted indorses the adm tnistration of President Garfield and of Gov ernor Foster, and congratulates the latter on the skillfull refunding of the S’atc debt at a rate less than per cent. Matters In Washington. Washington, June B.—The Star to-night says: “Marshal Robert M. Douglass, of North Carolina, sr>n of the late Stephen A. Douglass, is in the city to retain, if possible, the position he now holds. He says he came here to be introduced to his successor, but has not been able to find him as yet.” Secretary Hunt has accepted the resigna tion of Commodore Jeff-rs as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, to take effect June 30. Commodore Jeffers will then visit Europe to examine and report upon foreign ord nance and the torpedo service of the several navies. Commodores Simpson and Temple and Captains Breeze, Ramsey, Sicard and Biddle, are the most prominent candidates for the position thus made vacant. (Exfiirgiott ffateg. ATLANTIC COAST LIKE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Excursion Ticket Arrangements FOR THE SEASON OF 1881, TO THE Health Resorts and Attractive Ex cursion Points OF Eastern North Carolina, Old Point Com fort, Western North Carolina, the Virginia Springs, etc., over the Charleston and Savan nah Railway, Northeastern li&ilroad of South Carouna. and their connections, commencing June Ist. and expiring October 31st, 1881. Round trip tickets will be on sale at Savannah until October 1, 1881; and passenger transport tation facilities will be perfect to meet the de mands of. and lender comfortable service to, all intending tourists and the public generally to the various points reached bv said lines. For tickets, timetables, etc., from Savannah, inquire of W. BREN, Special 1 ickt Agent No. 22 Bull street, Ticket Agent Union Depot, or 8. C. BOYLBTON, General Ticket Agent Charles ton and Savannah Railroad. J „ A. POPE, je2lm General Passenger Agent. pikdmyi' mum, VIA AUGUSTA AND CHARLOTTE, OR VIA ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE. Passenger Department, I Richmond, Va., May 81,1881. J Excursion Ticket Arrangements FOR THE SEASON OF 1881, TO THE Health Resorts and Attractive Ex cursion Points OF Northeast Georgia. Upper South Caro lina, Western North Carolina, the Virginia Springs, etc , by the way of Augusta and Char lotte. and also by the wav of Macon, Atlanta and Charlotte, commencing June Ist and ex piring October 81, 1881. Round trip tickets will be on sale t Savannah until October 1, 1881; and passenger transportation facilities will be perfect to meet the demands of, and render comfortable service to, all intending tOl o - —Kile to the various poiatu reached t tin • For tickets, lime sables., t St%%nnah, inquire of Ihe City and Dept ■ • ncies of the Central Railroad, , A. POPP. *e2-lm Genera] Passenger Agent. Summer floods. AT COST ! ONE DOZEN SMALL SIZED Family Ice Cleats. FOR SALE BY PALMER BROS. my2B-tf SUNDRIES! Rubber street hose. HOSE, REELS and SPRINKLERS. LAWN MOWERS. WATER COOLEhS. ICE CREAM FREEZERS. • For sale low by PALMER BROS. my2B-tf 148 CONQRESB STREET. IN SEASON! IMPROVED FLY FANS. Ice Cream Freezers, Patent and Plain. Porcelain Lined and Other Styles of Water Coolers. Wire Dish Covers. Patent Fly and Roach Traps. Refrigerators. And the very best Kerosene Stoves. —AT— CROCKERY HOUSE -OF JAS. S. SILVA, 140 BROUGHTON STREET. mylft-Tel&Ntf Matting, Matting! NEW ARRIVALS OF ALL SORTB OF BATTINGS! Mosquito Nets, Baby Carriages, Migrators & Ice Boies. ALLEN & LINDSAY’S Furniture and Carpet House, wyl2-U 162 AND m BROUGHTON BT,