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“THROUGHOUT LIFE'S SPAN.”
BY “VICTORIA REGIA.’’
Through all dividing space--through ether
dim—
A spirit's wings have cleft the airs of night,
A meerage bearing from afar, from him
To whom I once my heart's true lore did
plight.
And blindly worshipped as my very lire- my
light.
And on the winds the fateful message fell;
Twas but a whisper from a world afar.
Yet in my ear 'twas like a fearful knell,
Outsweiling from some empty funeral car
Whose closing doors dark angels hold ajsfr'
Twas but an echo of the word I spoke.
l.ong years ago when on the slender chain
Which bound our souls we laid our hands—it
broke.
And that after-word my mem’ry will retain.
As bearing all I ever knew of pain.
“Gone!" wil.l -pirits hovering in the air
Caught up my c y with many a startled w&ii.
As though it w. ■■some falien angel’s prayer
And shrieked it out to every passing gale
Until it seemed a word of very bale!
And through the years that slowly wane
away
And find me here in life, unloved—alone—
Whenever I dare for his return to pray.
His voice through space but sadly echoes
“gone!’’
Which spirits bring with many a s'ghing moan!
Across the starlight's holy hush to-n'ght,
An unseen presence parts the ether rare.
Obscuring half the pure empyreal light.
And in these words his voice floats sadly clear,
“In God's fair home, I must await you here'."
Monticello, Fla., August 18, 1831.
bfdrsia Affairs.
The prisoners in Fulton county jail planned
and came near executing a general jail deliv
ery the other day. With a small rod of iron
they broke the chains from a criminal in a
dungeon, prized off a plank from the floor, and
had but to dig through two feet of brick and
mortar to mak a bold dash upon the keeper’s
office. But he heard the noi-e, and their hopes
vanished.
The Atlanta Post-Appeal says the east end of
Kimball's cotton show house was run into the
other day by a tart of a loaded train of cars
and knocked down. Not a timber was left
standing in 160 feet. The damage is estimated
a’ $5,000.
8< me of the railway companies are said to
be short of telegraph operators, as many of
the old operators have gone into other business.
The New Orleans Democrat will erect a
handsome office at the Exposition grounds at
Atlanta.
Fourteen miles of telegraph wire and poles
were blown down on the Central Railroad by
the storm of Sunday.
Commissioner Henderson, of the Agricul
tural Department, has been ill for several days.
Captain John C. Calhoun, of Arkansas, was
in Atlanta on Wednesday list. He is a grand
t> n of the great John C. Calhoun.
Mr. Ed. Toury, of Atlanta, has purchased the
Craw ford ville Democrat.
Governor Colquitt and wife attended Salem
camp meeting in Newton county the other
day.
A little thickness is noticed in Senator Hill’s
utterance when he raises bis voice.
A muie in Atlanta the other day was chased
and hemmed by a small boy. when it kicked
the boy in the side, breaking two of his ribs.
Tom Biner, colored, of Atlanta, was thrown
from his high seat on a two-mu’e dray the
other day, and his head struck a rock, stun
ning and bruising him bad y.
The Comic Advertiser, anew paper, has
made its appearance in Atlanta.
The McDuffie Journal savs Mr. H. A.
Thomas was thrown from his horse the other
day. the animal coming down on his arm and
bip with liis fore feet ‘from a rearing position,
and bruising him severely but not fatal y.
The FrackUn .Yeirs says there is not a liquor
shop in Heard county, the last one having
closed for the want of patronage.
Athens is in mourning for the death of Capt
E. P. Bishop.
The Butler Herald says George B rtlet. a
colored boy, driving a team for Mr. Jihn Chil
ders, met his death on Saturday by tlie mules
running away with the wagon. George got
tangled in the traces in falling from the wagon,
in the displacement of some wood with which
it was partly loaded, and, with his head down,
was mangled and killed in the runaway.
Dave Wofford, co'ored, was committed to
jail in Cartersville Tuesday morning for as
sault with intent to commit rape upon a young
white lady living about ten miles from town.
Dave is seventy-five or eighty years old, and
has heretofore borne a good character.
Painters are at work lettering the engines on
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, and the
new legend. E TANARUS., V. and G„ is being put on.
The Fust Appeal says: ’ Fourteen members
out of the forty-four Senators were absent yes
terday when the vote was taken on the bill
creating a Board of Convict Commissioners.’’
The Athens Banner says: ‘Two young men
direct from Germany have arrived in this city
They are from P. sen. the same province that
Mr. Moses Myers came from. They cannot
speak English at all.’’
Atlanta Constitution: “Late yesterday even
ing. Dora Mackey, a colored girl, living on
Butler street, was badly lutten by a large bull
dog belonging to Dock Ferguson, a negro man,
residing near Dora’s home.”
Says the Augusta Chronicle: “An extra ses
sion of the Legislature again next summer
will probably be necessary to reoistrict the
State in accordance with th reapportionment
to be made by the next Congress ’’
Albany Xeirs: “A terrific wind storm, ac
companied with rain, passed over our city on
Saturday night, and all day Sunday a soaking
rain fell. We learn that much damage has
been done to the cotton, and that much of the
crop open was knocked out and ruined.”
Macon Telegraph: ‘“Henry McAlpin’ is the
name of anew locomotive engine built by the
Central Railroad in Savannah. It is a beauti
ful piece of machinery, and an honor to the
Master Machinist, Mr. D. D. Arden. The en
gine is in charge of Mr. B T. Cole, one of the
best engineers on the road.”
The Richmond and Danville Railroad, by
their purenese of E. Benson A Co.’s interest in
the Hartwell R-ai, having acquired the con
trol and management of said road, the Presi
dent and Board of Directors of the road filed
their resignations at a meeting held in Hart
well on Wednesday last.
Athens iUafcAman: “We learn that our vigi
lant police force succeeded on Sunday in cap
turing a ’colored troop’ with a lot of stolen
goods, and another one who was charged with
an attempt at rape. Both of them, we under
stand, were committed to jail.”
Covington Star: “A colored man, named Joe
Baker, was found dead on the track of the
Georgia Railroad, about one mile west of Cov
ington, on last Sunday morning. Coroner
Freeman was notified of the fact, and a jury
was summoned to investigate the cause of his
death.”
Atlanta Post Appeal: ‘Two car loads of
mules passed through here the other day for
W. D. Grant, on their way to Old Town. Jeffer
son county. The mules cost SIBO a piece.
Forty-*IX head of mules passed through here
yesterday for Savannah, they belonged to Mr
John W. Riiey, a leading drayman of Savan
nah.”
Americcs Recorder: “Mrs. Lewis, of Bottt
ford, in this county, rose early, washed her
face and hands, an 1 went to the cooking stove
for the purpose of lighting her pipe. In this
attempt she fell down and immediately ex
pired. Mrs. Lewis, the mother of Mr. Joe
Param, was a most estimable lady in every re
spect, and her death is deeply lamented.”
Americus Recorder: “On Wednesday night
|of last week, after all of the hands connected
■with the steam saw mill of W. B Heys A Bro ,
■lad retired, gome one discovered a large pile
Pi seasoned lumber on fire. Before the fire
mould be stepped, which was done by moving
t* lot of lumber, over seventy-five thousand feet
R>f seasoned heart lumber was destroyed—being
Is lots of over five hundred dollars. The mill
I was saved by the hands and help rendered by
Savannah pnvninti - lim
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
Columbus Times: “Monday night a mob of
negroes went to the bouse of Ed. Bryant, col
ored, in Northern Liberties, and attempted to
force an entrance, threatening to kill him.
Bailiff McMichael was summoned, but when
he reached the scene the mob had dispersed.
He procured their names, and y ester ay war
rants were issued for six of them, but they
have ‘skipped’ the city.”
Mr. Cather, of the Ash ville AZgis, works out
September weather as follows; “Area—From
the 1-akes to the Gulf, and from the Atlantic
to the Mississippi. Bouth—l-2, rain; 34, thun
der storms, variable weather: 5-7, fair or varia
ble; 8-10, fair, thunder storms, storms in the
Middle Atlantic States; 11-12. cooler, fair, per
haps thunder showers or rain: 13-14, fair, hazy
ana warm, rain or thunder storms; 17-19,
heavy dews, clearing after rains.”
The Georgia Legislature has a committee to
investigate the Western and Atlantic Railroad
lease, which has been in session two weeks.
The Atlanta Post-Appeal, August 30th, says:
• last night the committee had before it the
editors of the city daily newspapers. Few
questions were asked them, and the drift of
the examination seemed to be to discover the
owners of the lease shares, and whether there
had been any discrimination by the lessees.”
Mad son Madisonian: “Hon. Eleazar H. Co
hen. Mayor of Madison, died iast night. Mr.
Cohen enjoyed considerable local popularity
and was elected witho it any opposition Mayor
of our town last April, this being his second
term. He was a generous man and true to bis
friends He was sixty-two years old.—Mr.
Hiram Awtry died last Sunday night. Mr.
Awtry was, at the time of his death, a very old
man, and had lived in Madison for a longer
time than any one.”
Americus Reptiblican: “Messrs. Hawkes &
Usrv received their self-propelling road engine
on Thursday of last week, and went out in the
neighborhood of Mr. Dolly Hawkes’ on Satur
day to test its qualities both in the wav of
navigation and ginning cotton. Being the first
of the kind ever received here, crowds of our
citizens went down to the depot to see it make
a stark Steam was raised and It moved out of
town, taking a back street, without any
trouble.lguided by two mules.”
Atlanta Constitution: “Ahout four o’clock
yesterday evening Mr. M. M. Blount, who is
engaged at the Central depot, was c tiled hur
riedly home by a telephonic message, saying
that his child had fallen from a second-story
window. After reaching home he learned that
the child was sitting on the see ing machine
near the window, when it became frightened
and tumbled out. The child was about nine
months of age, and the distance to the ground
was about twelve feet, but fortunately tte fall
resulted in no injury. The escape was a
miracle.”
Atlanta Post-Appeal: “There are eighty-two
prisoners now confined in the Fulton county
j ill. among them ten females, all negroes.
There are five for murder. Eiz: John D. Cox
well, white, of Wilkes county; John Betts,
colored, Clayton county; A. B. Doyle, white,
Spaulding county; John W. Rogers, Pike coun
ty. William Gilden and Ike Thomas, both col
ored, are from Fulton county, and are charged
with attempted murder. The jail has accom
modation for 150 prisoners, though it has con
tained as many as 190.
The Post Appeal says rows were frequent
Wednesday in various parts of Atlanta One
of them reached the Recorder’s Court, which
developed that the watchman at the com
press was assaulted with stones by a negro
raob and hit in two or three places. Whisky, as
usual, appears to have played a leading p-.rt.
On Broad street, near Peters, somebody
rammed a cheese box over the head of another
somebody, both colored, but the party said, as
he pulled a nail outof his head, that he sup
posed it was a joke. There was another row
between two white men at Bradley’s store on
IVcatnr street, and they landed in the Re
corder's Court.
Atlanta Post-Appeal: “A Mr. Ford, an aged
gentleman who has been boarding for some
time with Mrs. Edward Cox at Decatur, and
had been acting strangely for some days, was
found at 2 o'clock this morning in the yard,
having jumped from the uj stairs verandah,
some twenty feet. He was taken up uncon
scious and Dr. A. S. Maon sent for. but his
services were unavailing, the unfortunate
man's injuries being fatal, and from which he
died at san’ ise this morning. Various causes
are assigned for his death, one that he fell
from the verandah, another that he jumped
with ths intent of committing suicide, and still
another, that in a fit of temporary aberration
of mind, superinduced by some days of ex
cessive Indulgence, he threw himself to the
ground.”
Of the Covington fire, a dispatch to the Au
gusta Evening News, of August 31st, says:
‘This morning about 2 o’clock a fire was dis
covered issuing from the stores of Thos. Camp
and S. N. Stallings, on the weßt aide of the
public square in this place. The alarm was
sounded, and the citizens were soon upon the
grounds to find the fire under such headway as
to be impossible to save the buildings. The
flames spread rapidly, and the entire block was
soon enveloped by the devouring element The
following houses were burned: l bomas Camp,
hardware; 8 N. Stalling*, groceries; B C. Al
bea. saloon; N. Anderson, dry goods; Latimer
Brothers, dry goods; W. 8. Brown, drugs;
Dealing A Gwmn. dry goods: the beautiful
residence of the late Dr. Hendrick, opposite
Cox's Hotel, the Enterprise newspaper office,
and a negro cabin in rear of Bearing &
Gwinn’s.”
Americus Recorder: “Nothing has transpir
ed in our county in a long while of a sadder na
ture than tbe sudden drowning on Saturday
morning last o( tbe little son of Mr. Bid K Jor
dan, of Schley. Going by the Parker, or old
Kamsev mill, on return home from Americus,
the father left his little boy in the bug.yand
went in to get a seek of meal. The miller, Mr
Billy Parker, came out to hold the mule, when
he took fright, backed off the dam.precipitating
tbe boy, buggy and mule into the deep water.
Though unable to swim. Mr. Jordan sprang in
to save his son. It was some moments before
the miller could rescue Mr. Jordan, during
which time the child sank. Unsuccessful at
tempts were made to obtain the child by diving;
one party felt the body with his foot and
brought it up. Life was not quite extinct, but
all attempts at resuscitation proved unavail
ing. the body having been under water for near
ten minutes. The mule was also drowned.”
Florida Affairs.
Our Luravilie correspondent, August 30th,
writes: ‘The farmers of this county are very
despondent over the outlook in cotton. They
were late in planting, but seasons were favor
able, and the plant was doing well, but not so
well fruited as last year. The caterpillars
have made their appearance earlier than
usuaL They have devastated a great many
farms, and will soon finish th< ir work
of destruction. Those best posted in the mat
ter say there will not be over a half crop made.
The crop is almost entirely planted of long
staple, which is later in fruiting than upland,
c >ns quently they will sustain a heavier loss
than if they had planted of the latter.”
Nearly all our Georgia and Florida exchanges
have this paragraph: “Our town la in need of
a large number of neat cottages to meat the
demand for houses ”
A thief “went through” Governor Bloxham's
larder on the night of the 25th ultimo.
Mr. Frank Russeli was severely injured at
his mill, in Columbia county, last week.
Marion county is out of debt, and has bright
prospects for a good cotton and orange crop.
The caterpillar and other worms have folded
their tents and stole away from Columbia
county. .
The Mexican clover growing in Columbia
county is said to be an excellent forage and of
large yield
The Reporter says every white boy in Lake
City above the age of fifteen years is employed
in gome business.
Mr. Bailey, an English divine, is now enter
taining Pensacola on the three Ws—“Wages,
want and work.”
Pensacola has organized a building and loan
association.
The Pensacola lunatic, robberjmd frightener
of women and children is stilt at large.
Mr. Stephen C. Gonzalez, aged fifty-four
years, died in Pensacola on the 27th ult., and
>he Gazette savs no death has occurred there
for many years which has caused more general
sorrow.
A negro boy. Wade, In the employ of Capt.
Hutchinson, of Pensacola, has been arrested
for stealing the Captain’s watch and clothing.
Not a single criminal ease was tried at the
late special term of Orange county Circuit
Court, and but one prisoner is in the countT
jail, and he is only to serve out a thirty days’
sentence.
Key West fishermen complain that Cuban
fishing smacks intrude themselves into Ameri
can waters, and, on the sly, catch fish and put
back to Havana and other ports with them.
The strictest kind of laws ara enforced by
Spain against Americans fishing in Cuban
waters.
Mr. Charles Maloney, of Key West, bas sev
eral thousand cocoanut tre s growing on Stock
Island. The Keg says that Dr. J. V. Harris
has about seven thousand plants already set
out, which is the largest number yet planted
by any one individual. Mr. E. O. Locke and
Judge Locke have about ten thousand. Lieu
tenant Governor Bethel and Mr. U. B. Patter
son are also having extensive groves planted,
and there are others to hear from.
Jacksonville Union: “The manliness dis
played by the corps of compositors employed
in the Morning News office last Ssturlay
night, in standing up bravely to their work
ankle-deep in water, with the roof blown
away, and a furious hurricane raging, is
worthy of all commendation. We congratu
late Colonel Estill upon having the command
of such a reliable and efficient body of printers
and attaches." This news-clipper takes occa
sion to say that while the above waa going on
in the News office, the proprietor was bravely
saving the lives of his family amid the inde
scribable horrors of Tybee.
A Justice of the New Yoik Supreme Court
has granted an injunction restraining the pres
ent owners of the J., P. A M, Railroad from
selling or disposing of the road until the final
hearing and judgment of the court, to an ap
pheaUon to reopen the order confirming the
The Feasacola Qazet e says: ‘There has
never been a time since the establishment of
the Pensacola Infirmary when there were no
inmates in that institution until now. The
wards are all empty. Tie last patient was dis
charged yesterday morning ”
Tallahassee Floridian: “Wiley Jones, a col
ored limb of the law of this county, is now in
the Umbo of the law, sojourning at the jail, in
default of a SSOO bond, charged with the em
bezzlement of two steers which had been hired
to him to make a crop with, and which he
otherwise utilized by turning them into beef,
so-called, for the city market.”
Jacksonville Union: “On Monday evening
the 8:40 train from Savannah did not arrive
here until after 11 e'cicck. The same train,
due here at 8:40 last night, did not arrive until
after 2 o’clock this morning. The delay, we
understand, is due to the necessity of using
salt water in the boilers of the locomotives, it
being impossible since the storm to get fresh
water at Savannah for this purpose.”
Tallahassee Floridian: “State Senator Wm.
H. Sharpe, of Brevard county has been en
gaged in a controversy with another corre
spondent of the Titusville Star on the subject
of tax assessments, in which he has exhibited
a familiarity with the principles of good gov
ernment, and a soundness of judgment and
clearness of expression which must commend
him *o his constituents and to his fellow -citi
zens all over the State.”
Ocala Banner of Friday: “Mr. Frank Eichei
berger showed us this morning some specimens
of anew looking variety of orange which he
found in Mr. Adam Eichelberger’s borne grove.
These oranges are covered with darx green
stripes, lengthwise and rregular. resembling
those on what is best known as ‘ribbon gra-.s.’
Someof these oranges look lice base balls All
of them are very pretty. Mr. Eichelberger in
forms us that all the fruit on the trees from
which the specimens were taken are similarly
marked.”
Jacksonville Union: “Thomas S. Eelis,
agent for the A merican and Foreign Under
writers, has returned from Indian river. He
reports that while he wm there the wind blew
almost a hurricane. It was impossible for a
boat of any description to go up the river.
There was no communication with the coast.
He fears that there are wrecks on the coast
He has appointed as his deputy for the Indian
r ver country, Mr. John M. Dixon, of Titus
ville, who acts in the place of Col.|H. T. Titus,
deceased.”
Pensacola Gazette: “On Friday last a very
painful accident occurrel to a young man
named Joseph Brown, of this city, which had
well nigh crippled him for lire, lie was en
gaged in repairing the telegraph line near the
two-mile post, on the railroad, and had ascend
ed a post, when his ‘climoer,’ coming in con
tact with a rotten place in the wood, gave way
with him. and he came to the ground with
lightning like rapidity. He was severely lace
rated and painfully bruis'd, but in no manner
to endanger hi* life. He went to Dr. Blount,
who, with needles and bandages, patched him
up thoroughly, and he is fast recovering.”
The Columbus Enquirer publishes the fol
lowing: “The people of Apalachicola were
considerably excited a few days since by the
report that there was yellow fever on board a
brig which was lyiDg in East Pas j . It was also
reported that there were several eases at Rio
Carrabella, and Apalachicola quarantined
arainst that place. They also refused to allow
the brig to have any communication with the
town. Guards ware placed on the water front
to prevent ’he approach of vessels which re
fused to recognize the health officers. A
few days since one vessel was fired upon by
the guards hi and required to return to the quar
antine station. The brig was also ordered to
leave the pass At the time the Everingham
left Apalachicola there was a brig and a bark
in the harbor waiting for cargoes All the
mills at Apalachicola have contracts for fur
nishing crosstits for railroads in Mexico. They
are shipped to Galveston, Texas, amt Vera
Cruz, Mexico. The lumber business of the
town was never better, and all the mills are
represented as having as many orders as they
can fill.”
An Ocean Mystery.
A Heraltl special, da'ied St. Johns, N.
F., August 29, says: The sailing ship
Heather, Capt. David Decoste, laden
with cattle and general produce, arrived
this morning from Antigonish, after a
fine run of four days. On Friday, the
26th inst., at eleven o'clock a. m , the
Heather sighted and bore down on a dis
masted and, to all appearance, a gener
ally disabled vessel. On approaching
the wreck Captain Decoste observed,
with the aid of his telescope, that she
was called the Cortie, which name was
printed in large black letters on the white
ground of her starboatd bow rail. The
name was not reproduced on the stern
of the vessel nor on any other portion of
the hull observable on board the Heather.
The vessel, which was evidently of
United States construction, was of about
120 tons burden, and was probably
schooner rigged. Her spais and masts
were completely gone, not a vestige ot
them attaching to the hull. The lower
masts were sawn off close to the deck.
Her rigging was totally shorn awav from
the denuded vessel, not a rope’s end
being pendant from her sides. The
chains and anchors, t.nd all hawsers,
lines and loose deck gear had also dis
appeared. The cabin was smashed
upon on two sides, but, strangely
enough, the hatches were completely
closed, and bore no evidence of recent
disturbance. No boat, or boat’s gear
was seen around any portion of the dis
mantled vessel. The rail was smashed
in several places, and the bulwark on
both sides of the ship showed numerous
apertures and abrasions, as if wrought
by the violent application of a crowbar
or some other instrument of destruction.
Captain Decoste had no hesitation in
boldly affirming that all the evidence
present, and every indication he saw,
impressed him with the conviction that
the vessel had been boarded by pirates
and had been pillaged and stripped. The
schooner was cut up in piecemeal
throughout some portions of her hull,and
the apparent violence of men’s hands was
everywhere visible. Nothing remained
completely whole except one large water
cask, which was lashed to the port side.
The ill-starred Cortie has her hull
painted black with a white streak run
ning around her waterways. Her top
gallant forecastle was painted white and
her cutwater terminated in a gilded bil
let head. Her stern was of the half
elliptical order, but was sunk too far
under water to allow Captain Decoste to
discover her name, if there, and port of
registry. When passed by tbe Heather
the Cwrtie was about forty-eight miles
southeast of Scatteree, Cape Breton, and
was in latitude 45 deg. 40 min. north,
and longitude 58 deg. 54 min. west.
Captain Decoste would have made an
effort to tow this mysterious ocean waif
into port hut he had no towing gear on
board his ship and the water at any rate
was too rough to permit him even if he
possessed all the necessary requirements.
Young Women of “Beastly” Taste.
The taste of someof the young women
in this country is beastly. Only a few
morniDgs since, while traveling by tram
way, I saw a fellow trave'er pass a young
lady a copy of a daily newspaper. “Are
there any murders in it ?” she asked.
“Yes, two or three,” replied the gentle
man. “Are they nice ones ?” earnestly
asked the young woman. And, without
watting for a response, she clutched the
newspaper and eagerly scanned its re
port of a horrible butchery in Georgia,
and another murder in a Western State.
The idea of a young woman, whose gen
eral appearance gave evidence that she
had been accustomed to move more or
less in society circles, reading a news
paper only for the accounts of crime
which it might contain! And the idea,
too, of asking if the newspaper had ac
counts of “nice murders!” Does not
the editor agree with me that the tastes
of some of the young women in this
country are too awfully beastly for any
thing ?— A Londoner in the Boston Post.
Attacked by Alligators. —A col
ored farmer, named Frank Woods,
residing in the eastern part of
Harrison county, Texas, says that a
neighbor of his, while crossing Caddo
lake, last week, in a skiff containing a
quarter of; beef, was pursued by a
school of alligators. When about a
quarter of a mile from the shore, eight
of the monsters attacked the skiff,
seizing and endeavoring to overturn
it. By hard rowing tbe boatman
reached a cypress tree, which he seized
and ascended, abandoning the skiff to
the alligators. He remained in the tree
until next day, when two fishermen,
who were crossing the lake, heard his
cries and went to his assistance. The
alligators attacked the rescuers, but by
the dexterous use of their oars and a
double-barrelled shot gun they suc
ceeded in keeping, the enemy at bay
until the unfortunate man, more dead
than alive, could be gotten out of the
tree and rowed safely to the shore.
The supremacy In flavor of Hub Punch
with hot or ice water, milk, etc., is a fact gen
erally admitted by connoisseurs. Taken
hot tt will dissipate chills and colds. Sold
bv all Grocers, Wine Merchants and Drug
gists at $125 a bottle.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1881.
NO MARKED CHANGE.
THE PRESIDENT HOLDING HIS
OWN.
Tbe Question of His Removal—Tbe
Cabinet and tbe Succession Mr.
Blaine’s View of tbe Cane—Dr. Bliss
on the Symptoms and tbe Treat*
meat.
Washington, September 1. Public
confidence In the permanent charac
ter of the President’s recent improve
ment was much shaken this morning by an
unfortunate wording of the first official
bulletin of the day. In referring to the
slight febrile rise which took place last
evening, a rise which, if it had not been
officially commented upon, would probably
have passed unnoticed, the surgeons in their
morning bulletin said: “This condition was
unaccompanied by rigors or sweat
ing.” Tbe use of the much dreaded
technical “rigors,” the surgical iquivale t
for the more familiar and less ominous
word “chills,” seemel to cause everywhere
a vague feeling of apprehension, and from
the fact that rigors were mentioned at all,
the Inference was generally drawn that rig
ors must have been expected in conjunc
tion with last night’s fever, or at least that
there were foreshadowings of rigors thla
morning, and that the bulletin was
intended to prepare the public mind for
them. “Why,” it is argued, “should they
have said that thg. fever was not accompa
nied by rigors unless they had expected or
had some reason to expect that It would be
so accompanied ?” The explanation given
by the surgeons to day of the wording of
the bulletins and the reasons assigned for
their reference to rigors are briefly as fol
lows:
Once or twice in the history of this case
it has happened that after a good day, a
day in which no febrile rise occurred, fever,
accompanied, or speedily followed by rigors,
came on late in the evening, as tbe first
warning of an unfavorable change. The
President yesterday had an unusually good
day until after the appearance of the evening
bulletin. There was no appreciable rise in
temperature and no reason to suppose that
there would be any. Later in the evening,
however, the fever came on unexpictediy*
The febrile rise was not very great, nor did
it excite any apprehension in tbe minds of
the surgeons, but it occurred at rather an
udusuhl time, and Ur. Woodward remem
bering that the fever, wfcen it came on at
this hour in the evening, bad ouce or twice
been accompanied by rigors, and followed
by the development of anew complication,
thought it would allay apprehension and
show that no evil consequences were to be
feared from this particular febrile rise, if it
were stated In the bulletin that no rigors or
sweating accompanied it. Especial atten
tion was, therefore, called officially to the
fact that these alarming symptoms were
absent. The good intentions of tbe sur
geons, however, were defeated by the form
of expression given to them, and, Instead
of allaying apprehension, the well meant
bulletin excited it.
Notwithstanding the febrile rise, how
ever,the patient had a fairly good night, and
his condition this morning was at least as
favorable as It was yesterday morning. Tbe
range of his pulse was rather higher through
out the day than yesterday, but unlit four
o’clock there was no appearance of fever,and
his general condition showed a further
slight Improvement. He chewed a piece of
beefsteak this forenoon and swallowed the
juice, and at intervals later in the day had
a little chicken stewed in milk and a plate
full of soup, besides the usual quantities of
beef extract and milk porridge.
AN INTERESTING TAI-K WITH DR BLISS.
In an Interview with a reporter of the As
sociated Press this evening, Dr. Bliss gave
the following details with regard to the
symptoms and treatment of tbe patient, to
day, and they may be taken as a comprehen
sive statement of the present; aspect of the
case:
“What ie your j -dement to night, doctor,
with regard to the pi ogress made by the
President since morning?”
“The President has h id a very excellent
day. The range of his pulse has been rather
higher than ytsterday, but not high enough
to cause uneasiness, and hfs general condi
tion has, I think, slightly Improved. He
continues to take his nourishment well, and
his whole expression and appearance are
better than yesterday.”
“What about the gland?”
“There is more Improvement, perhaps. In
the glaDd than in anything else, The (well
tog has decreased very much in size, and
tbe gland is fast assuming Its natural ap
pearance and dimensions. There is hardly
any distortion now in the configuration of
the face.”
“Have you made any change in the treat
ment. of the swelling?”
“Yes. We have discontinued poulticing.
When a swelling of this charac’er reaches a
certain point, continued fomentation is an
injury to it rather than a benefit. It soft
ens and weakens tbe integument, and has a
tendency to cause sloughing. Of course,
all the dead cellular tissue will eventually
come away, but it Is unnecessary to destroy
the vitality of that which may still be living
by too much poulticing. We therefore dis
continued that part of the treatment and
applied for a short time a stimulating oint
ment. We are now putting nothing on the
gland but lint and simple cerate.”
“How many openings has tbe swelling
now ?”
“Six, including those into the mouth and
ear. Four of them were made by incision,
and two were spontaneous. The last cut
was the largest and deepest, and it is
thought that most of the pus Is now dis
charged.”
“Is the dischrge of pus continuous ?”
“It orzes out more or less all the time,
but we have pressed the gland gently twice
to day to iDcsease tbe outflow We ihall
repeat the operation once during the night
in or ter to avoid the febrile rise, which the
retention of pus causes. The presence of a
single ounce of pus in the gland is suffi
cient to cause a good deal of febrile dis
turbance.”
“Is the opening from the gland info the
mouth an opening through the duct or
through the cellular tissue adjacent there
to?”
“We cannot tell yet with certainty. I
am inclined to thlDk that it is through the
cellular tissue close beside tbe duct.”
“Would not an opening in'o the duct be
difficult to beal on account of tbe continu
ous flow of the saliva through it ?”
“1 might be.”
“Will there be any distortion of the Presi
dent’s face after the gland heals up?’’
“I think not. The right eyelid has been
slightly affected, owing to the fact that the
fifth pair of nerves run directly through the
parotid gland, and they have been badly
squerzed by the inflammation, but this
slight affection of the eyelid shows an im
provement to-day, and 1 don’t think you
would notice it at all.’’
“Upon the whole then the condition of
the gland to-night is very much Improved?’’
“Yes. It has never looked better. ”
“Is the wound doing equally well?”
“The wound has not changed much in
appearance. The quantity of pus dis
charged from it this morning was not as
large as expected, although the pus Itself
was healthy in character.”
“To what Is the diminished outflow at
tributable?”
“It may be due to the fact that the sup
purating surface Is now comparatively
small and growing smaller, while the granu
lating surface is increasing. If such be the
case,the diminished secretion and outflow of
pus are natural.”
“To what depth is the wound now open?”
“I could not get the catheter in this morn
ing to a greater depth than eleven Inches.”
“The wound has been open heretofore,
has It not, a distance of twelve Inches and a
half?”
“Yes; and I am Inclined to think that the
inch and a half of difference Is due to heal
ing.”
“Has the process of granulation been fully
re-established?”
“Well It Is going on slowly. That pro
cess was the last to give way during the
partial Inanition of last week, and it will
probably be the last to recover. It will,
however, go on rapidly as soon as the
glandular complication Is disposed of, and
the system begins to feel the full influence
of the Improved assimilation of food. Upon
the whole, the wound is doing as well as
could be expected.”
“Is there anything to be said about the
stomach?”
“Nothing, except that It Is performing
1U functions fairly well. The patient takes
all the food now that he ought to bave, and
It seems to be pretty well digested. He
had a good movement of the bowels this
afternoon, and all the indications afforded
by it were favorable.”
“You say that you think the patient has
made a slight gain to-day; in what is it
manifested ?”
“Principally in the improved condition of
the gland and in the patient’s general ap
pearance and expression. His face has now
an expression of ease, quietness and repose,
which it has not bad heretofore, and which
Indicates a better state of the entire sys
tem.”
“Has there been any further discussion
to day of tbe question o’f his removal ?”
“Yes. We have talked it over some, but
nothing has as yet been agreed upon. We
shall move the patient, of course,
as soon as we can do so with
safety, but in what way and to what point
we have not yet decided. I chink my own
preference is for his removal by rail, but
I have not given the subject full considera
tion, and have not heard all that may be
urged in favor of transportation by water.
I give my opinion therefore with reserve.”
“Would not the noise and jar of railway
travel be injurious to the patient ?”
“I think we can to a great dejp-ee escape
both. We have received from a civil engi
neer, who bas evidently gives a great deal
of thought to the subject, a number of sug
gestions with regard to movement by rail,
which seem to us pertinent and
valuable. He suggests ' that we
get one of the best railway
coaches which can be obtained, remove the
seats from It, and suspend a bad-in the cen
tre by four ropes fastened at the top to
strong spirals or springs, which should be
firmly bolted to tbe roof of the car. Tbe
springs, if properly proportioned in strength
to tbe weight of the patient and the bed,
will so soften all the jarring as to make it
almost imperceptible. He suggests further
that the car be ballasted with bars of rail
road Iron, so that It will run more smoothly
and with less jumping, and that It be put
In front of the traio, with the surgeons’ car
next, a palace car third and the
engine last. By this arrangement
the President’s car would escape all
the dust and smoke and most
of the noise. We should not, of course,
run very fast, say fifteen miles an bour,
and, if our destination were, for in
stance, Long Branch, it might be necessary
to stop somewhere on tbe road over night.
This, however, could be easily managed.
We could take care of the patient in a prop
erly fitted car as well as anywhere else.”
“Can you express an opinion as to tbe
time which must elapse before the patient
can be safely moved In this way?”
“Not, at present. If, however, he con
tinues to do as well as he has done during
tbe past two or three days the time will not
be very long.”
In conclusion, Dr. Bliss said that the sub
jct will be more fully considered and dis
cussed to-morrow. Up to this hour (mid
night) there has been no report from tbe
surgeons’ room of any change in the Presi
dent’s condition since Secretary Blaine’s
telegram to Minister Lowell.
DR. BOYNTON’S VIEWS.
In conversation with a reporter of the
Associated Press, this forenoon, Dr. Boyn
ton said that the President is doing as
nicely as they could wish to have him. The
slight fever which occurred last evening, and
which is referred to In this morning’s
bulletin, was not, Dr. Boynton thinks,
a matter of any great consequence. Its du
ration was transient, and it was nothing
more than one of the fluctuations wbfch are
to be anticipated as long as the patleDt re
mains in his present weak state.
“Has he gained any in bodily strength ?”
inquired the reporter.
“Not a great deal. I think he made a lit
tle progress In that respect yesterday, as
much as we could reasonably expect. His
general appearance, however, has improved
considerably.”
“What is the condition of the gland this
morning ?”
“It looks very well.”
“Is there any danger to be apprehended
from the opening into the mouth ?”
“Not the least.”
“How Is the wound doing ?”
“I should be a little better satisfied if it
discharged more than it does. But its con
dition has improved. The pus which comes
from it now is much better In character
than heretofore.”
“How soon do you think the President
can be moved ?”
“I cannot say definitely. It depends
upon the progress which he makes during
the next few days If he continues to im
prove as rapidly as he has during the past
thirty-six hours, it will be safe to move him
before long, say within a week.”
“How do you think he can best be car
ried ?”
“I think he can go either by water or by
rail without any suffering. He is not sub
ject to seasickness, and could stand when
he gets better a good deal of gentle swing
motion. He could also be moved in a
specially fitted railway car without any
injury.”
“Would not the sudden roar of a pas
sing train be likely to give him an injurious
nervous shock?”
“No, I think not. He isn’t very nervous.
The movements and noises in his room do
not disturb him as much as they would a
well person. Ev< n the falling of an object,
suddenly to the floor does not startle him.”
“What is the particular danger to be
guarded against, in moving him?”
“Overtaxing his strength. He is not very
likely to be injured In any other way.”
“Where do you think he will flist be
taken?”
“I have no means of knowing. Possibly
to Long Branch, or one of the Northern
seaside resorts. The question has not yet
been decided. It will be fully considered
and discussed when Dr. Agnew returns to
morrow.”
“Do you think,” asked the reporter in
conclusion, “that the patient is as well to
day as yesterday?”
“Quite as well, if not better.”
ALL UIS SYMPTOMS FAVORABLE.
11:15 a. m. [Unofficial Bulletin.] —Tbe
President is having thus far a quiet and
comfortable day. He chewed another
piece of beef steak and swallowed the juice
early this morning, and since then has had
a little chicken cooked in milk, besides tbe
usual allowance of beef extract and por
ridge. All his symptoms continue favora
ble.
NO MARKED CHANGE.
12:30 p. m. [Official Bulletin.]—At the
morning examination of the President, the
abscess of the parotid gland was found to
be discharging freely. It looks well and
continues to diminish in size. The state of
the wound remains the same. His general
condition is not materially different from
what it was at this hour yesterday, except
that tbe pulse is somewhat more frequent.
Pulse 108, temperature 98 6. respiration 18.
D. W. Bliss, J. K Barnes,
J. J. Woodward, Robt. Reyburn,
Frank H. Hamilton.
AN EXCELLENT DAY.
Dr. Bliss reports that the President has
had an excellent day. His pulse this after
noon has ranged from 104 to 108. He has
continued to take nourishment well and
frequently, and ate this afternoon with in
creased relish a plateful of soup. His gen
eral condition to day is better than yester
day.
A MISUNDERSTANDING CORRECTED.
6:30 p m. [Official Bulletin]. —The con
dition of the President has not materially
changed since the last bulletin, except that
there has been a moderate rise of tempera
ture this afrernoon. It having been repre
sented to us that a portion of this morning’s
bulletin has been misunderstood, we would
state that the President has bad no rigors
for several weeks. At present his pulse is
108, temperature 99 4, respiration 18.
D. W. Bliss. J. K. Barnes.
J. J. Woodward. Robt. Reyburn.
Frank H. Hamilton.
QUITE AS WELL AS YESTERDAY.
The surgeous report that up to this hour
there has been no material change in the
President’s condition since the noon bulle
tin. They think that with the exception of
a somewhat higher pulse be is doing as
well to-day as yesterday.
“NO SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS.”
At half-past nine o’clock Secretary Blaine
sent the following dispatch to Minister
Lowell: “The President continued to do
well lu his eating and digestion, and the
swollen gland steadily improves, but in the
past twenty-four hours he has made no sub
stantial progress in bis general condition.
In the judgment of his physicians, how
ever, be still holds the ground
gained on Sunday and Monday la6t.
His pulse and temperature tc-day
has shown a marked Increase over the re
cord of yesterday. Tbe weather has been
exceedingly warm and sultry, and this nny
account in part for the adverse changes
noted. Even in September, in tbe climate
of Washington, such an oppressive day as
this has been ie rare.”
THE QUESTION OF THE SUCCESSION.
Now that the President’s eventual con
valescence seems assured, the subiect of ex
ecutive business is again being discussed,
and in connection with it the probability
and feasibility of General Artbur being
called upon to set as President
until President Garfield sufficiently
recovers to warrant his re-assump
tion of active duties. The fact canpot well
be overlooked that In every department of |
tbe government there are matters in statu
quo that require the attention of the Ex- I
ecutive. How loog they can remain so j
without positive detriment to public in
terests, is a question that must soon be met.
The Constitution of the United States,
article 11, section 1, says: “In ease
of the removal of the President from
office, or of his death, resig
nation or inability to discharge
the powers and duties of said office,the same
ehall devolve upon the Vice President.”
Although it is positively known that no
Cabinet meeting has been held or called to
discuss this subject yet, it Is acknowledged
by Cabinet officers that several informaf
exchanges of opinion have been indulged
in, and it has been found that grave differ
ences exist as to the wisdom of such a step,
not the least; consideration being the possi
ble effect upon General Garfield in his pres
ent weak and, perhaps, precarious state, if
as it must necessarily be, the matter
is called to his attention. It is
well known that even now, notwithstanding
the assurances of his physicians and friends,
that public business is in no wav suffering
through his continued disability, he, never
theless, thinks much upon the subject, no
better evidence being needed than the fact
that during his recent delirium his incoher
ent utterances were constantly and entirely
in relation to public matters, and it is fear
ed that his recovery might, be seriously re
tarded by the knowledge that it was deem
ed necessary for Vice President Arthur to
perform his constitutional duties, with the
added possibility of a general policy in
their administration at variance with his
views and wishes. It is safe to say that
this step will not be advised by the Cabinet
at present.
GERMANY AND THE VATICAN.
Likelihood of an Understanding
Being Reached.
London, September I.— A Berlin dispatch
says: “It is generally remarked that the
official announcement of Dr. Kourum’s ap
pointment as Bishop of Treves makes no
mention of the oath of allegiance and obe
dience.”
The North German Gazette says: “Dr. Von
Bchiozer was able, while temporarily so
journing in Rome during the summer, to
open confidential relations with the eccle
siastics with whom he was formerly ac
quainted. This has caused both par
ties to hope that It will be
possible to arrive at a modus vivendi without
renouncing tbe principles imperatively de
manded by their relative positions. With a
view to further pursuing the path opened
towards an understanding, Dr. Von Bchlozer
has returned to Rome to confidentially dis
cuss the points, which admit of further
mutual concessions. It may be presumed
that the negotiations wiil serve as a basis
for an ulterior decision with reference to
filling the vacant sees, and for legislative
measures analagous to those submitted to
the Diet last year.”
FLASHES FROM CHARLESTON.
Rumored Impendlug Strike of Long
shoremen and Cotton Draymen.
Charleston, September 1. —There are in
dications of a general strike along the
wharves here. Committees of the Long
shoremen’s Union waited upon the steve
dores to-day and demanded an advance of
wages from four dollars and four and a half,
the present rates, to five and six dollars. As
the work along shore has hardly yet com
menced there may be a settlement of the
troubles without a strike,and an advance in
wages will probably be conceded by the
stevedores.
It is rumored, too, that the cotton dray
men are contemplating a strike for an in
crease of wages from $1 25 to $2 per day,
with extra pay for night work.
TIIE WRECK OF THE TEUTON.
A Boat Load of Survivors Landed.
London, September I.—ln regard to the
wreck of the Union Company’s steamer
Teuton, near Quoin Point, the company has
received a telegram announcing that an
other boat with the second, third and fourth
officers, three seamen, two firemen and one
cooley has arrived at Simonstown. The
occupants believe that another boat with
thirty women and children may still arrive.
The steamer Danube goes in search of the
survivors. The company hope that the lo6s
of life is not so great as was at first esti
mated. They believe that about fifty pas
sengers for Knysoa were landed at Cape
town to proceed to their destination in a
smaller steamer. Most of the passengers
were Immigrants.
A Big Blaze In London.
London, September I.—The warehouse
No. 45 Cheapside, In this city, was com
pletely destroyed by fire to day. It was a
five story building. The basement was
used as a wine and spirit store, where the
fire originated. The flames caught to Nos.
46 and 47, occupied by P. W. Cowhill & Cos.,
and an India-rubber house on the other side
of Broad street. These and seven houses
on Broad street were almost entirely burned.
The firemen are doing their utmost to pre
vent the spread of the flames.
The whole ot Broad street is more or less
damaged by the fire. The salvage corps
estimate the loss at £200,000. Seventeen
engines, besides hydraulics, are still en
gaged. but the fire is now completely under
control, though the smouldering premises
nearest to Cheapside occasionally break
inlo flame in consequence of the fracture of
the gas pipes v Workmen are now digging
in order to plug the main. The fire was
originally caused by an explosion of gas.
Postal Indebtedness— A Change of
System.
Washington, September I.—The Post
master General to-day Issued a general or
der directing that on and after the Ist inst.
the system, now in operation, of paying
certain classes of postal Indebtedness by
drafts on what are knowu as depository and
draft post offices be entirely discontinued,
and such payment will thereafter be made
by warrants on the Treasury of the United
Btates and its branches. The postmasters
at present depository and draft offices will,
after October Ist, continue to receive de
posits from other offices and to give certifi
cates therefor, according to existing regu
lations, but instead of holding the money
thus deposited subject to draft, they will re
mlt it in full,together with the surplus reve
nues of their own offices, weekly, by regis
tered mail, to the Treasurer or nearest As
sistant Treasurer of the United States.
Tbe New York Stock market.
New Yokk, September 1. — The stock
market opened weak and %to 2 per cent,
lower, the latter for Houston and Texas,
Norfolk and Western preferred being \%
and Missouri Pacific 1 per cent, lower. In
the early dealings a pressure to sell prevail
ed. and before midday prices declined to
\% per cent., Denver and Rio Grande, Texas
Pacific, Union Pacific, Northwestern, Cleve
land, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis
and Northern Pacific preferred being most
prominent in the downward movement.
During the afternoon speculation was
vfery dull, with frequent slight recoveries
and reactions. The market continued un
settled up to the final sales, closing heavy
at a decline on the day’s transactions of
to 1% per cent, in the general list. Pullman
Palace Car was noticeably weak, and de
clined 5 per cent, from yesterday’s figures.
Sales aggregated 207,394 shares.
Tbe Doterel Inquiry.
London, September I.—After evidence in
the Doterel court of inquiry tending to
show that the point of explosion was the
coal bunkers, Lieutenant Pitt, who per
sonally inspected the wreck, was examined.
In spite of the questions put to him by tbe
court, showing that its opinion was similar
to that of the previous witness, Lieu
tenant Pitt adhered to his opinion
that the bunkers were only blown up by the
effects of the explosion originating in the
magazine. A letter from the Captain of the
Turquois wag read, who, after summarizing
the evidence be collected on the spot, be
lieves that the explosion orlgina'ed in tbe
magazine. One hundred and forty-six
steamers had anchored on tbe same spot
previous to the visit of the Doterel, and
subsequent to any possible laying of torpe
does by the Chilians.
Kahoka, Mo., February 9,1880.
I purchased five bottles of your Hop Bit
ters of Bishop & Cos. last fall for my daugh
ter, and am well pleased with the Bitters.
They did her more good than all the medi
cine she has taken for six years.
Wm. TANARUS, McClure.
The above is from a very reliable farmer,
whose daughter was in poor health for seven
or eight years, and could obtain no relief
uutll she used Hop Bitters. She is nowin
as good besltb as any person in tbe coun
try. We have large sale, and they are
making remarkable cures.
W. H. Bishop & Cos,
THE STATE CAPITAL.
LEGISLATIVE PROC EEl>I NS.
Both Bonnes Hard at Work—The
c New Capitol Defeated-Bllls Signed
by the Governor—The Question of
Adjournment.
Atlanta, Ga., September I.—ln the
Honse the first special order was the new
capitol bill. Commissioners L. N. Whittle,
J. W. Roberts and C. C. Kibbee reported
the valuation of the old capitol at $55,625.
This amount Atlanta proposes to pay to
wards anew building.
The House, in committee of the whole,
discussed the bill and the various amend
ments for two hours, when, on motion of
Mr. Miller, of Houston, the committee rose
and reported the bill back with the recom
mendation that It do not pass—yeas 73,
nays 53.
The debate In the Bouse was renewed by
Mr. Barrow, of Clarke, the author of the
bill, in a strong and lengthy speech, review
ing the necessity for anew building.
Mr. Garrard, of Muscogee, replied and
endeavored to show that there was no im
mediate necessity for anew capitol. The
bill was lost—yeas 59, nays 88.
The second special order was the bill to
prevent the sale, delivery or receipt of seed
cotton between 6unset and sunrise. Sev
eral amendments were offered and speeches
made for and against the bill, but It was
finally passed unamended—yeas 97, nays 18.
The colored members opposed the bill, as
they thought it was aimed especially at
their race.
At the afternoon session a resolution was
adopted thanking Judge Wm. M Reese, of
Wilkes, for the donation to the State of
copies of his work on “The Law of Execu
tives and Guardians,” to be distributed to
Ordinaries.
The session was devoted to reading bills a
second time.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate passed the bill providing a cal
endar for the Northeastern Circuit.
The Committee on Early Adjournment re
ported in favor of September 20tb.
The session jvas devoted to reading bills
a second time.
The Governor has signed the bill trans
ferring Bulloch county to the Middte Cir
cuit. Also, tbe bill prohibiting the sale of
liquor in Stockton, Clinch county. Also,
the bill fixing the liquor license In Clinch
at $1,500.
Kuln In tbe Carolina Bice Fields.
Charleston, September 1. —Reports re
ceived yesterday from forty seven rice plan
tations on the Combahee and Ashepoo
rivers, Rantowle’s creek, Edisto river and
the eastern and western branches of the
Cooper river, show that the damage from
the storm to both plantations and crops has
been very serious. Out of the whole num
ber mentioned three places only escaped
with slight loss. The others have been en
tirely or almost entirely covered with salt
water. Breaks are reported at over thirty
places, and the young rice planted in May
and June is considered a total loss. Tbe
March rice, which is nearly ready for har
vesting, has suffered from 40 to 50 per
cent. As many of the fields are still under
water no definite figures of the loss can yet
be given.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., September 1. —Indications
for Friday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair weather,
winds mostly westerly, stationary barome
ter, stationary or lower temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, cooler;
partly cloudy weather, possibly local rains,
winds mostly westerly, station* ry or higher
barometer.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather,
variable winds, stationary barometer and
temperature.
In the West Gulf States, fair weather,
winds mostly southerly, stationary barome
ter, stationary or higher temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy weather, with local rains, variable
winds, stationary barometer, stationary or
higher temperature.
Coney Island Races.
Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island. Sep
tember 1. —The first race, one mile, Hindoo
won, Bir Hugh second, Edinburg beaten
off. Time 1:42.
The second race, a selling race, three
fourths of a mile, Knight Templar won,
Cridge second, Ediiy third. Time 1:16)^.
Tbe third race, one and one-fourth miles,
Eole won, Greenland second, Gen. Monroe
third. Time 2:11%.
The fourth race, gentleman rider*, five
furlongs, Ohio Boy won. Time 1:08%.
The fifth race, a handicap sweepstakes, a
mile and three furlongs, Bouncer won,
Girofle second, Wildmoor third. Time
2:23*.
The sixth race, an extra B‘eeplechase,
short course, Kate Long won, Deyen second,
Frank Short third. Time 4:12%.
Fierce Drought In Virginia.
Fredericksburg, Va., September I.
The unprecedented drought prevailing in
Northern Virginia has been disastrous to the
corn crop. In some portions rain has not
fallen for three months. There is no food
for the cattle, aud in some cases the
people travel thirty miles for breadstuffs.
Along tbe upper Rappahannock water Is
hauled from the river for household use,
and the supply from the river Is so reduced
that the large mills are unable to do more
than custom work. Other establishments
have been compelled to suspend operations.
Ruulaand the Snez Canal.
London, September 1. —The corres
pondent of the Manchester Guardian writes:
“Russia, within the last few days, has con
firmed the instructions In force during the
threatening troubles with China, that all
reinforcements for her Pacific possessions
are to proceed via the Suez Canal instead of
by the tedious route through Siberia. It
is asserted that this change will form the
basis of a claim for a share in the control of
the Buez Canal by Russia, which France is
disposed to favor as a counterpoise to Eng
lish Influence iu Egypt.”
Manchester Market.
London, September I.—The Manchester
Guardian, in Us commercial article this
morning, says: “The sales durtog the month
of July in this market hardly exceeded the
average production of a single fortnight,
and certainly the business of August has,
to eav the least, shown no improvement.”
The Guardian adds: “We are informed that
some hundreds of copies of the list of Liver
pool firms, who are connected with the
cotton corner, have been distributed on
’Change. This has already had some
effect.”
A Turkish Insurrection.
London, September I.—A Paris dispatch
to Reuter’s Telegram Company says: “A
telegram from Ragusa states that the In,
habitants of Nicka, near Ipek, have risen
against Dervlsch Pasha, Turkish command
er, and killed some of the Turkish soldiery.
Dervlsch Pasha has asked for reinforce
ments.”
A dispatch from Vienna says: “The in
habitants of Nicka resisted corapalsory
military service and repulsed three Turkish
battalions.”
Tidings from Panama.
Panama, August 24.—1n the elections
held last Sunday for President of the State
of Panama, Dr. Rafael Nures, it is said, has
been elected. He is now President of the
republic and is an intelligent, active and
enlightened chief magistrate. Ministers
Christiancy and Osborne, from Peru and
Chili respectively, leave to day for New
York per steamer Acapulco.
Threatened Grain Blochade In Bal
timore.
Baltimore, September I.—The wheat
and corn markets were both demoralized
by a notice from the Canton elevators, that
in consequence of the large accumulations
of grain In the elevators and on the track,
notice will be eiven of the Increase of tbe
rates of storage if relief Is not immediately
sfforded.
A Heavy English Failure.
London, September I.—Speaknan A Bon,
stock brokers, of Manchester, have failed.
Liabilities estimated at eighty thousand
pounds.
Colonel A. Wood. Merryweather, whom
everybody in Scranton, Pa., knows, writes
and says; “I had long suffered from a de
rangement of the bladder and kidneys; it
had made my general health poor. I also
was troubled with severe indigestion; pills
gave me only temporary relief, and I ex
perienced great anxiety of mind, as well as
physical distress. A friend recommended
Brown’s Iron Bitters. I have used it with
most gratifying results, and just now my
health never was better, and I feel that the
cure is permanent,’’
ESTABLISHED 1850.
THE RISING EMPIRE IN THE
SOUTHWEST.
Thonunda of TOllea of Railroad
Built—marvelous Spread of In
dustry-The Splendid Showing of
a Year.
Galveston, September I.—A special sta
tistical edition of tbe Nem, to be published
to-morrow morning, proves conclusively the
raDid development of Texas. It shows that
1,634 miles of railways have been eompleted
within a year, that within two years forty
one additional towns of comme:cial import
ance have been reached by rail, or have
sprung into existence, and that the value of
the Btate’s products has increased from
$57,820,141 in 1878-’79, to $95,960,930 in
18SO-’Bl. The cotton crop of the State, its
chief staple, reached the magnificent total
in the year 1880-’Bl of 1,260,247 bales.
The following is the exhibit based on
exact figures and calculations of the amount
and value of Btate staples for 1880-81. Cot
ton, 1,260.247 bales: value, $56,711,115.
Wool, 20,671.839 pounds; value, $4,754,525.
Hides, 12.262,052 pounds; va1ue,.51,471, 446.
Cattle, 781,874 head, including drive; value,
$15,923,018. Horses and mules, 28.175
head; value, $1,408,750. Grain, 39.665 car
loads; value, $6,941,375. Lumber, 278,609,-
542 feet; value, $5,572,191. Cotton seed
cake and oil, $1,242,815. Miscellan
eous products, $1,344,728. Sugar
and molasses, $591,370. Total value, $95,-
960,930. No data are at hand by which to
reckon the amount of money brought into
tbe State by immigrants and others, and by
investors in real and personal property, al
though the amount from these sources
must be very large.
St. Louis Cotton Trade.
St. Louis, September I.—The receipts
and shipments of cotton at and from this
city for the year ending yesterday, as fur
nished by the Secretary of the Cotton Ex
change, are as follows: Receipts 398,559
bales; shipments 411,077 bales.
Rain* in the Northwest.
Chicago, September I.—Dispatches re
ceived here show that rains fell last night
all over the northwest end in Southern Illi
nois, greatly benefiting the corn wherever
the crop was not yet wholly destroyed by
the drought.
Political Complications in the
Senate.
Washington Special to Cincinnati Commercial
Senator Pugh, of Alabama, has been
reported as having said that in order to
settle the impending dead lock when the
Senate is convened in extra session, he
would be willing to vote for some con
servative Republican Senator, like Mr.
Anthony, of Rhode Island, for Vice
President and President pro tempore of
the Senate. In conversation with the
Commercial correspondent, Mr. Pugh
said that he had never made such a state
ment.
“In the presence of such a calamity as
has befallen the nation,” said the Sena
tor, “I do not think that the public
mind should be disturbed by a protract
<sd controversy about the organization of
the Slenate. The political power in the
Senate is evenly divided, and I have no
doubt that the subordinate positions in
the organization of the body will also be
evenly divided. It requires no great ef
fort i>f the imagination to see, however,
that before any organization is effected
or any newly elected Senators are
sworn in, that a Vice President
must be elected. The Senate will be
without a head as soon as General
Arthur is sworn in as President, and it
cannot transact any business until after
that vacancy is filled. Hence it follows,
as a matter of course, that the President
of the Senate pro tempore to be chosen
must be a Democrat. Ido not for a mo
ment lielieve that Senator-elect Miller, of
New York, will be allowed to take his
seat until the circumstances of his elec
tion are investigated by the Senate. The
charges of bribery made before Depew
withdrew from the canvass in New York
State do not appear to affect Mr. Miller’s
claim to a seat in the Senate. The ques
tion to be considered will be as to the
manner of his election, or, in other
words, as to whether a majority of
a quorum of the Legislature, or a ma
jority of the entire Legislature, has
the right to elect. Mr. Miller was not
elected by a majority of the Legislature.
In the Kellogg case the Republicans
claimed that a majority of a quorum of
the Legislature could elect, and the
Democrats controverted that assumption.
The question is just as important in the
case of New York as of Louisiana, and
it really hinges upon what the Legisla
ture of a State, under the State constitu
tion, really is. I think probable that
after the Senate meets caucuses will be
held by the parties, at which a joint
committee of conference will be appoint
ed to consider the question of dividing
up the committees and the Senate offices.
I have no doubt a satisfactory agreement
can be reached. ”
Fatal Fall of Electric Lamps. —On
Saturday, while Superintendent Robert
Sheehy, of the Brush Electric Light
Company, with a gang of men wa3 pre
paring to test the four lamps on a 150
feet high pole, which are destined to il
luminate Union Square, New York, the
hoisting gear at the top of the pole broke
just as the lamps had reached the top,
and the lamp3 and their carriage, a heavy
mass of iron, weighing over 600 pounds,
fell with a crash, a hundred feet down
to the platform upon which five men
were tending the hoisting apparatus.
Two of the men were fatally injured,
one of them having died since, and the
other is in his last throes. Three were
seriously injured. Superintendent Shee
hy, who was on the platform, saved him
self by jumping to the ground. He is
reported to be slightly injured.
From the German: In a village ap
peared once a man, who the people for
money told fortunes. A peasant, who
himself often about it merry made had,
went one day to him in order something
about his future to learn. After the for
tune teller him various probable and im
probable things foretold had, would him
self the peasant without more ado again
depart. “Well, how is it with the pay?”
asked him the fortune teller. “Pay
ment?” replied the peasant, and looked
him surprised on. “Indeed, yes,” said
the other, “shall I then nothing for my
trouble get?” “If you all beforehand
know,” answered him the peasant, “the
past, the present and the future, then
must you also know that I no money by
me have. Now wait only till all hap
pened is, that you to me announced have;
then will I you pay.”
Three Men Dead in a Well.—A
terrible accident occurred on Saturday,
at Wild Cherry, Fulton county, Askan
sas. Dr. J. D. Hutchison was cleaning
out a well on his premises when he be
came overcome with foul gas. He cried
for assistance, when the man who was
hauling up the refuse, in his haste to de
scend, fell in the well and broke his
neck. The doctors wife screamed for
help, and James Bearens came in re
sponse thereto. He started to descend,
to rescue the men, when he, too, was
overcome by gas and quickly became
unconscious. Other people had mean
while arrived and after an hour or two
the bodies were grappled with hooks and
taken out all dead.
Mr. E. WeDE, St. Boniface, Pa., writes l
"I must recommend Bt. Jacobs Oil. I had
a hone with Sweeny in tbe shoulder, and
used this Oil three times a day, when the
ailment was cared.”
Experimental. —“ Whew!” said the
minister, as the barber put the bay rum
on a tender face. “Powerful, ain’t it?”
“Well,” says Moses, “I just put it on
for an experiment.” “How so?” quoth
the parson. “You see,” said Mose, “I
put some on a chap the other day and he
yelled out: ‘“Damnation! that would
make a minister swear I’ So I thought
I’d try it”
Exhausted and enfeebled constitutions
suffering from dyspepsia, nervousness and
general weakness cured by Brown’s Iron
men.
SHE CAME TO FIND THE BULLET.
A St. Lout* Electrician Sent Vor by
Nr. O. E. Rockwall.
Washington Post.
Mrs. E. E. Sargent. M. D., of St.
Louis, a widow lady fifty-five years of
age, arrived at the Arlington yesterday
morning on the Baltimore and Ohio train
at 6:30 o’clock. She uses electricity in
her practice, and said she could locate a
ball in a wounded person’s body to the
point of a pin by the use of an electric
battery which she brought with her. She
said she had been very successful in so
fixing the location of balls. She had
been called in many cases when
the patient had been given up
by their physicians, and cured
them by transferring blood from a
healthy body. She was telegraphed for
late Saturday by Mr. O. E. Rockwell,
brother in law of Mrs. Garfield, to come
on at once. She was recommended by
several parties, among them the Collec
tor of Internal Revenue at St. Louis,
who gave her a pass to Cincinnati. She
made the acquaintance of a Kansas gen
tleman on the train, of stout build and
healthy appearance, who, upon learning
her mission to Washington, readily
agreed to allow a transfusion of his
blood to the veins of the President.
With that intent he went also to
the Arlington. After breakfast yes
terday morning the doctor sent over
to the White House for Mr. Rockwell,
who immediately went to the hotel and
saw her. lie said that as the President
was a great deal better, perhaps her ser
vices would not be needed, but he would
see Dr. Bliss and find out whether or
not she could see President Garfield.
Later in the day she saw Mr. Rockwell,
who told her there was no necessity for
her services. Thereupon she returned to
St. Louis, Mr. Rockwell kindly
purchasing her ticket. She has
kept for some time an electric
bathing establishment at her home, to
which she devotes herself. She stated
yesterday that she would fix the precise
location of the ball in the President’s
body in less than half an hour, and that
she could certainly cure him if allowed
to see him and take charge. She seemed
very much disappointed at her fruitless
trip, and considered that the doctors had
made a great mistake in declining her
valuable services, as now he was liable
to have a set back, while she had some
thing in her box (referring to the electric
apparatus) which would work a speedy
and certain cure.
The Heroine of the White House.
Washington Post.
According to Captain Henry, of the
Presidential household, the first stam
pede of Jhe doctors occurred on Friday,
a little after noon. The symptoms then
were so extremely alarming that they
held a hasty consultation and made one
more effort to struggle against what ap
peared to be the inevitable decree of
fate. In spite of every effort they could
make, it seemed that the patient was
rapidly sinking and his tenure of life
only a question of a few minutes or hours.
The greatest crisis of all bad apparently
arisen. Another consultation, and it. was
decided that Mrs. Garfield should be imj
mediately notified to prepare for the
worst. Having come to this determina
tion,two of their cumber visited Mrs, Gar
field in her room and plainly laid before
her what they believed to 'be the real
terrible facts in the case. They said that
it was useless to struggle longer, that
even what they could do was little, and
the limitation of surgery had been reach
ed. They stated the situation as ten
derly as possible, and asked that she no
longer delude herself with the idea of
there being any hope of recovery. This
was really the first time that they had
formally given up the case. It was
then that the, pluck of this brave little
woman came to the surface. Every
feeling of love, and duty, and tenderness
of the wife and mother came uppermost
in an instant. Rising erect before them
and firmly setting her lips against the
expression of the emotion that struggled
for utterance, she bravely said:
“Gentlemen, you shall not give him
up. He is not going to die; lie is going
to live. I feel—l know it. Go back to
your post every one of you, and leave it
not until every remedy is exhausted—
until death itself has set his seal upon
him, for I will not believe that he is
dying. Go back and do what you can.
You cannot do more, but don’t give up.
I am his wife, and I say that we will not
give up until the end itself is upon us.”
“In this style,” says Capt. Henry, “she
met the firsts tampede of the doctors.
This is not, perhaps, her exact language,
but it conveys tbe idea. There never
was such a woman. She has never
given way longer than a minute or two
at a time to the display of the grief
which at times well-nigh consumes her.
As soon as these short paroxysms pass
away she would return once more to
her post, and seemed to inspire those
around her with tbe same indomi
table spirit, with the same limitless
will, with the same supernatural energy.
All along she has borne herself with the
most remarkable grit I ever saw in a
woman. It beats all. While the rest of
us were weakening and trembling be
tween hopes and fears, she, a weak wo
man as you would call her, seemed in
spired with this wonderful stamina of
mind and body. If Garfield owes his
life to anybody, it is to Mrs. Garfield.
But for her I believe he would long ago
have succumbed to tbe icy hand of death.
To her the nation owes it for the preser
vation of his life. This seems extrava
gant, but 1 tell you we cannot give her
too much praise. ”
"A Sterling Newspaper.” The
Journal takes much pleasure in receiv
ing daily the Morning News from Sa
vannah, Ga. It is one of the most ably
conducted papers in the country. Com
mendable life and vigor are noticeable in
all its reading departments, while its ad
vertising columns denote pleasing activi
ty among the business men of the city
where it is published. Its politics being
Democratic, of course we do not in
dorse, but we are glad to have an oppor
tunity for expressing a high admiration
for the Morning News as a sterling
newspaper, and to say that its political
opinions are of much interest, as they
represent the best type of Southern De
mocracy.—LaCygne (Kanban) Journal.
Avery curious and original idea has
entered into tbe brain of a sculptor, of
Chicago. It is to idealize that city in a
statue. He has just returned from Paris,
and has gone to work to develop his sin
gular but characteristic idea. He will
represent Chicago as a woman wearing
a crown composed of grain elevators’
She will hold in one band a stalk of
corn, and in the other a horn of plentv.
To cap the climax, she will rest her left
foot on the head of a hog!
Terrible Lon of Lite*
Millions of rats, mice, cats, bed bugs,
roaches, lose their lives by collision with
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faking fmrtfer.
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