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J H K.-TIUL.
Savannah. Os.
-n- fksf OJht m AmnmmmA
am • kteJter.
UmftU Affasr*.
v. v aa* dr -wn* and on bandar at
-new Some one had
■ at M the opposite shore.
, r arrow the l)vr the
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a. wta* iif two mi e* from
jin,., * > mof aa unf.'ttuuate mi*
**• i ; - *'-s. hi* wife de
-ujrtfc ;■ a ~e of *4 litdoe, ga*e
j iwAhn' ** >v ro erphcne. Prompt mr-oi
* ttf V it! be h-ieg eery old. i*
.• - as fr • * tfcweffetts of the crwjr
-% • * Ah .b* county have just
f t . - , > - < irof Ik* !)*•*! oil Crops
•ST. aal i3hii favora
.-reaity improved th- condi.
-j I* **t tad (nUil c -opt.
% - : '! r>mi- r rwnsj moot
- tJuy. at Mt. Vernon.
.. * OB the CiJKIhC p dilical CUB
ng foun*jua will be put
a- t •* new rtad h uee is com
* i * f, th- ne Columbus
-creasing at the rate of oue
t at far nH the w >rk will
* - > -r,e f th- pioneer* of
> ■i*J as Taltot?on on M >n.Uy
• e.-;e'.i> >-f the war of 1312
* Wife rude to the place
-•* -.lands. then a ai’der
e>**te upon the barb of
, * • >rh i< a tree to make a
• • surf and wife. Hi* win
• , is • f.r-i shite child l*>m in Co
s . r m Muscogee county.
s . v -n .** of Atlanta bavepur
t t a* pU,-e of sepulture f*r toJi
s*mi | H'k-Ptn#®
t t x} v \hurj was run ar*c the
<• 1 nfc i-. an engine belonging
. t •.**-( -r *hi. a 1 i.-ktd 3.Jut) pound*
for . - ’• the accident happened
• * <e>t . • aor k, and a hen he *
st. ,r.gt e hast t a*~ 1 orer bit
•a- * . I tha' uo serious injury bad
hera w>uo*u by him
. - Uumpki i at fire cent* per
ay- r |.nce will prevail when
tl -a! rea Sir* that p dnt,
.1 * f ■# t nt;-yny of M lledgeTil’e
. ■ ■ ;r appra
y a ’it ire They had iieen in
■rtrelWi- At fftn.
ire a gran 1 street pageant on
i ir. h„-h she n Unary. the fire
-m draymen is fancy costume
- sey in the K.oyd county
r."lb me that al> >us six ihou
,-t year * taxes have not been
• t that the !itst Tennessee, Vir.
. a Ka r> i fr> ni Macon to At
* < 'a- hjr July 15. and the
i- ,3 hr September Ist.
nr. , m:sdngctt.X‘n of Coch
-a* df b BimiGfhtm, tia
- ** \i - -f cott. n ta one lot were
- ■ s tar Tloiutfille by Messrs
STTst.Rih. from A. I*. Wright
• r city, for shipment direit
1 • cotton was weighed and
;t\ right an 1 shipped on Sat
* * isr saty* this is ihe first
•til ever made from Thoniaa
* win mi be the last
iui aa* eiiCSed tlurf of the At
*:•!. st at the meeting of the
- y ■ i .ta Monday I*o.
•irk. the no el t-niperanc
*t - - exi-eci. i ilt to Atluita has
* •• n-.t be able to pa-- the con
> • ■..*•rttenceof umNMU
- . she throat, his pliys.cuns
fnrtsdiltnc the trip.
> ’v V*ir As*, c ation will hold
t - -iiwmrm the fi-si Monday
"i, at Vt aynewboro. Toe hak
-a in be p ibiished shortly.
TV- Bee Mate paper milts aul be acid at
**■- • *. - - V *aie -ay ia July.
a bsi at w *yu**torv> writes in
. t\'Unty Agricultural Fair
a- Ms “Our asaosia'ion is
■.c it* led*. W# hav ..ruanu-d
a , f <d(tcers that mean WCJM.
M*v.~ w H WUfetoa, who i*
seesn* a< any n.an in the
ty shins, Mr. 8. A. Gray.
* ’ • v see ! n .aits, he* UtM twenty
’s !. .'e :< share*already taken,
■•of Ksttina a working
- Th* Aupusta merchants are
v. and i caano: **e why Ba
a urcott m, can t eut*r our
■ik its* ‘f. untatu i ity.’ ”
• • iof the urgro Jim Jones.
• * red Cvv pr at Waynesboro, on
t- slat—d in this column, tuck
r.iar kul with what result is not
* a the following plaint from
f the lirmid. etideot y neeos
a. ,n <e to compUm, but it
that * nee th- <r*ani*tio of
• *ad the election of a Maohal
* better "reel*, safer b-biires and
-:4ere The cdonfer,-os(?< odor
-- ? v .war street bridges, cau ed
ha-rea j *> is t'iwasant uwleet to the
•* ' t*au and average pedestr.sn.”
v - -r aoi tmar. for the i. neatatee
i •-4aU<r mitiernaae last week
n ta, • senv a foot or more
* --ead Mr Helton undertoos to
—MBfee the fang’, of tbs serpent wi:h a *h > y
* - - * ti Hy th. snati.% or armt
’**• <4 u. ano * fa ng ,-aun* m c utaet
. - a1,,• , hid ihe bard h*
• - er, 4■ a ~-g Mr. Helton
• " * TANARUS: .ee . • -ta* . i.ince for the lute
•* r*aah fh*a%-
. • c—e, "At five o’c'ock yes
e •a. osr -f tn. new r.<* t be
aan t • ma as ftnt.-he I Th-re
* ast :• •- out to (It i*h laying
m* tea,-a. *4 make pWe schedules Trains
c i.Uiss Atlanta and Macon by
*of Ju ~4,1 !. In the man time
, : , ,t,r -a, idly fiatsheo on tbe
- |Ve .i-tetWe betseen the
*■“ and the l horn -s heney road is
" - > an- - • and the (ie -ryta Ha
-a i c psi-be* auh a iarge force of iun
a i t oe An Mined, and then
•><'* Hiaata pia."
• •• '•••■* '!* <■ N Mth art* 13
>. *!'*,** ' n!h* to Hit* report*
‘•■eel none*. |blnk<M ia l*M* Itah
• * At * l -ap ihe fljuu* iin*
• ora * ;s m about rintshed,
* * ** tw iw( >v air it the ern
*’ ‘ h*4 fa hMuther. t*w on account of
* * aim fvaiee*> quarter it is urpon
* - .i. > a nun,"*'*** a* rMtltif a* thev
* t*e th* rwulier C* t* it the min
gm.*eeey tffeatttaM*, **r rt* iv for ae'loo
at Hai-totr roas i • r*itari>. and the
~ *kw titeaam*- from nv.nth to tuocin.
■' " r*r of ore put
** At loi tar oat a ti Arced
' ■tf tte tof- low U Um* jt fivni
. wt Vf usmiK of ore me •
' ***' t K tee i b.it v up matt, uni the
*• Hat'S ory. tbearorhat Ihceoa Roost
*" , > am* -**4} for tcin* h prorrl(r
' ‘ area Hr. Hail i< rzattkCtTrfy
—t-t i. ret the nt.,i at Oaiboaa oompiete at
* ***• ' oaaa, and tf the mar* *ves ot as rap
' *' at rffwat, the company nl
* r N. to report lbe-,r weetltr c ut |*
* * rot **> a<ce<tiia*orer 8 loot
f**i •** from sr to IA tear la afclth. and new
• tract* a-4 room < n Use | (apart y to
-t RMR t a act
* *’ t* • Hiu * it van be widened.
*- - *a be aortted at means of eat* r
a me V 'feet termer the outcrop The null
'■'*** ‘ * • ar tsaae amt us sopp.trd in ore by a
* ‘ eof n*a Toe ote hsja brti.it •*
-a-sr-4 f- * a* -real pun * aioa* I be entire
•eeauaaai* a The j toi l i equally
~*— m nsael t% tar** mbi at Lotshart
e able h make fyuUi tuna foe the
:?* “* * *a* mv- t of toe lacs o* fue l .
*s are to Mtwe the !* foot ?(,
K > * c foal *ttow*h rt< am to keep
***** an<3 ete oat of the shatt ua
-7 *** *et these eater p eer fr> nt the
* *sr.*ee, the hem at tery nearly c m
pam The c—ad ta he.a* msaba* aery rapidly.
*' *•- art a# fh teet Crushed and tbe
***-■* a .m to yrad \ Tae fie **an p null
*■* teaAT tor operattoa Jet, tat Ih- nr a
r* me, u 4 the *tk of repair as* u
* “* * Tha l air (mat has at o 0 )*. ana
' * yet mwt hsa the yteU at bimrie
* • mia*m**y, aa crny Juag U going Oh
fiWimmili ittotmnn lews,
• ’-s J V J
,J. 11. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
very smoothly. At Columbia the plates are
locking exceedingly well, and the general out
look is good. The fi ame line to the se:ond lead
above the mill is not yet complete, but will be
in a very short time.
Florida Affairs.
The Palatka and St. Augustine Railroad is a
certainty. The line has been permanently
located and the work of construction will be
commenced at once.
Work it progressing on both ends of the
Jacksonville, Bt. Augustine and Halifax Rail
road.
Lumber is rapidly accumulating on the Flori
da Central and Western dock, and but few ves
sels in port to carry it away.
The Auditor's books of Leon county show
that the entire debt of the county amounts to
which comprises the fi*>ating debt of
scr.p. stV*&2 and the bonded debt sf 9 6 JO.
laborers are wan tel on the Jacksonville and
?t Augustine Railroad.
Georgia contractors got the work on the
Bain bridge and t'haHahooohe-' Railroad, and.
it is reported, will put on Georgia convict labor.
Members of the Florida Southern Railroad
are now in Furore making such negotiations
a* will conduce to pushing their railroad for
w .r.i to completion It is proposed to put five
hundr-1 miles of road under contract in the
near future
The s->el track of the Tropical Railroa 1 from
OcxU to Wild wo >d is said to be oae of the best
new roads ever built in the S*ate. The road
be 1 is broad, well ditched, and its grades only
thirty feet to the mile. Much h-avy aork was
encountered during its construe i in.
Kigineers are now in the field locating the
r.e iy proj cted road from Hart's road to the
Georgia c >r,ne -tion with the Brunswick and
Mai-on Road. Icisthe intention of the com
pany to push the road to an early eomo'etion
Th-y expect to have the cars running through
in November.
Several vears ago the steamer Alice sunk
ner Ric e’s btuff.cn the Apalachicola river,
wi*h ix hundred barrels of whisky in her
hold. There is talk of snorgtnizUion to search
f rit Also, it is p*opo*ed to recover the
$-*.,ilo> sunk with the Indian, about twenty five
nn rs above Apalachicola.
Col. Charles A. Boardman. the Land Com
missioner of the Florida Southern Railroad,
has recently returned from Boston and the
West lie is agitating the question of alineof
light-draught steamers between New York,
Jacksonville and Palatka He is an active busi
ness man. and knows how to get what he
wants.
The Uni'ed States steamer Ta’lapo r sa has
gone to Chester. Pa, to take in tow one section
of the rec*ntly constructed dry dock intended
for ihe Pensacola N*vy Yard and wiilprccjed
with it lo its destination. The other secticn
w i.l he towed here by the United Btates steamer
Powh -tan. Oae or the oilier of these ships
returning, will probably tow the ironclad ( a
nomeus to the Gosport Navy Yard for further
repairs.
The Florida Southern Railroad will shortly
build, at Palatka. a inatman’h building to cov
er its wharves. The lower rt lor will be simp'y
the wti vrf. the upper floor will be devoted to
Ui- office* of the company, of which there are
many. The Land Irepartiuent of he comp my
i* a large one; the Auditor's Department em
pi y< ten clerks, and the rtpid extension of
the I ne of road mikes the engineering de
pvr.ment a bulky one. Toe new building will
be about 175 by over 400 feet.
Dr. C J. Kenwortny. of Jacksonville, has
•ueeeeled in producing dwarf orange trees.
He buds any variet' into tne O’.aheite orange,
an ! the result is a dwarf orange tree or bush
It has the same relation to the stsndard that
dwarf [wars and apples do to the standard.
Tne fruit is as Urge and flue, the bushes be ir
heavy crops, but being and warfs they are set only
live feet apart. Dr. K-miworthy’s trees, twenty
in number, are less than two years old aud yet
thirteen are h-aring, and have on them Jl9
oranges This is a very fine ‘bowing, and since
1.743 may be set on an acre of land, they will,
without doubt, prove valuable
Another route to Jacksonville is in prospec*.
Applicati >n has been made by L. M La nmis,
Samu I Thomas and others, of New York, to
build a line fro-n Buff alo, a station on the Ma
con am Brunswick Railroad, about eigh'eon
miles from Brunswick, to Hart's load, bieh
connects with the Morida Railroad. Hart’s
rosd runs from this point cf connection to
Jacksonville This line, when comnlrted. will
be known as the East Georgia and Florida
H ulroad, and wdl pass through St. Mary's. A
charter was granted a 1 mg time ago for a road
from St Mary s to Doctortown. but the new
hoe will be twenty five miles ghorier.
UoL Hart, of l’alatka. and Capt. Joe Smith
wiil place a nic ‘ s’eamer. cap able of ac'om
mmlAting fifty passengers, on the Indian river
in time for the next season’s business. They
have been running the steamer M arion 'lie past
winter from ft'antord to Lake Poinsett, on the
Ho -k I.edge route. They will put on another
steamer to run in connection with tne .Marion
f oin Fauford to Lake Poinsett, which is but
three mil's from Sock Led. e. on the Indian
river. 'I his will give almost a daily boat The
Indian liver boat will rut! from Rock Ledge
north to Titusville, Dummi l s Grove, etc., and
s uth to Fort Uapr>n. Jupiter and fniiau
•t'er inlet-, and to within live miles of Lake
Worth.
The Jacksonville Union, in a respmeof the
crop prosp. ct thri’U-hotit the Slate, fays:
* Tne c >rn crop is fine throughout ihe State;
the oat crop is generally good where good rust
proof seed was planted, and a failure where
comm m seed was used. Uane is very promis
ing lh- grfttifi ing fact is apparent that the
people are paving greater attention to pro
v-iou crops and planting less cotton. Py this
- Florida can so n become independf lit
of Northern and Western markets, except for
her supply of flour. The orange yie’U will not
i* so large, t kirg the whole State over. In
proporti n to the number cf bearing trees ns
it was last year, but as there will J-.e more
trees in hearing, the crop will he in excess or
that of lost year. Up in a survey of the whole
state, the outlook for a prosperom year in
every section Is most encouraging.”
INDIAN SPRING.
The Flrat Train— Fast and Present
4 Boom for (he Town—The
Fountain of Health.
Indian Springs. June 16. Klitor Mornivij
.Vow: With the beginning of the running cf
traits to this point on the Macon and Bruns
wick extension, the summer season has in
gooj earnest b*gun. The first of th-j schedule
trains reached here on Men lay last at 11:17 a.
m., and since then they hare come erery day,
with the adlitim of an excursion train on
yesterday. This train brought a special
party of excursionists, who, under the
auspices of the Social Thalian Club,
of Macon, inaugurated the and racing of the
sea .>n. The Mclntosh House was ablaze with
w fic >me and good cheer when more than
ninety repre-ientativ-s of Macon society arrived
about eignt o’clock in tbe evening. Ihe danc
irg hail was beautifully decorated with calla
ii ies, magnolias, white roses ai.d jasmines,
which clothed the wal's and pillars
in rich and graceful prorurion.
Tne "glowl-g fret” cf the dancers
chased the “flying hoar*” until past midnight,
um the revelers sought their rooms to pre
pare for the return trip, which was not many
hours away. By seven o’clock th- next morn
ing the omnibuse*, hacks and carriages were
again called into r* quintion to convey the par
ty. by a fifteen minutes’ drive in
the cool morning air, to the lo
nian Spring depot. This event passed
so delightfully that it seemed like a dream,
necause interest suceeels interest to rapidly
in the events that tne crowding reason is bring
ing on this popular resort. Toe old days of
looking for the steaming horses that drew the
luincetiog coach to our door after a jaolng,
tiresome ride cf sixteen miles, are succeeded
by the regime which brings the city 'bus wi*h
Its fresh horses prancing through our streets
And wh tt of the passengers? How can you ask ?
The bus rule is a relief to the traveler ou the
rail, notwithstanding that it is said that the
river scenery along nearly the whole of the
mntefrohi Macon is beautiful,picturesque and
rver renewing one's interest ia its variety
Also. Indian Spring has risen to the dignity of
:he occasion, aud on all sides thowj the hand
of progress and improvement. Its iner
hat.ts have the bustling air of business
men while In the appearance if its
hotels tbe e is a complete metamorphosis. Tae
[.aint brush and hammer have net merely re
touched things, but have remodeled and revo
lutionized them Its grounds, its walks, its
drive*, and In terd every thing give the villare
a look of rejuvenescence that is enticing in the
extreme. What must be the future
of a resort which, having heretofore
maintained its place as a favorite de
-pue so very, very many drawbacks
aud disadvantages now that it is the most se
crtsible of any watering place lu the State, re
mains to be seen, though one would suppose
there should te little doubt on the question.
Ihe water—glorious for its virtues aud cares,
and m the love of so many benell *icries—is,
for the flret time in its history, being
intelligently and profession dly handled.
Dr* Bryan at-d Whitehead are alive
to th situation, and a>e giving it in its
feature* of bathing ad drinkicg careful
and cjnscieotious study. Our traius bring us
every day gentlemen who come prospecting
for residence and business lots, ai.d if our
cat xea* know how to give proper encourage
meat in this direction the boom of the town
w ill not be an evanescent expars.on that will
collapse when the summer heat will have
paMied, b t will remain with us tn tbe winter
*Thr> livery business of the town is full of Irfe
and vim.and competition secure* for the visitor
flr-t class teams at moderate rates. The
n*-*nery around Indian Spring is diversified
and of more than ordinary attractiveness, the
c untry being rolling, the forest growth vari
ous, and the villejs pleasaut and abounding in
streams. The fruit season is, as It promtseJ, a
success, and our country friends have ever ap
predated the advantaged ot a market like la
•lian Spring for vendiug thetr luscious 1 lads,
muting. Mr Kditor, that yourse.f or some of
jour staff will see tor yourself before the sea
son Is over, 1 bring this letter to n close.
Anon.
IMruro Patummili Am tug IMa rJ -
laud Csl'le.
Washington, June 21 —The Treasury
Comuitsstou to Investigate ihe subj-ct of
pleuro-pneutuonU publish* s a statement
that the disease exists in the neighborhood
of Baltimore, and has existed there for six
mou; ha, tbe denials of Maryland tfficlals to
the contrary notwitbs anding.
We feel bound to proclaim to the whole
world cur actual belief that Huai’s Remedy
is tbe mly known cure for nil kidney and
urinary j)lseuM. , ,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Internal Hevenne Redaction
Rill-Mslwne Scores a Point—Bank
Charters Extension lmportant
Amendments Senator Brown’s
Amendments to tbe River and
Harbor Bill.
Washington, June 21.—The Speaker
being absent this morniDg, the House was
called to order by Mr. Burrows, of Michi
gan.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, arising to a ques
tion of privilege, stated that the bill passed
on Monday last “To regulate Immigration,”
was not in the shape in which it was intend
ed to pass it. The Committee on Commerce
had intended to pass a substitute
for the original bills, but by mis
take the wrong draft had been sent
to the Clerk’s desk. On his motion a reso
lution was adopted requesting tbe Senate to
return the bill to the House. Tbe main
difference between the bill as passed and
tbe eubni ute Is, that the former charges
tbe cost of returning paupers, criminals, etc ,
to the uit‘on to which they belong, while
the la'ter charges it to the steamship com
pany bringing them ever.
The House resumed consideration of the
bill for the erection of a Congressional Li
brary tulldiog. After a long debate the
bill was p istponed until next December.
M-. Robeson, from the Committee on
Approp'lattons, reported back the naval
appropriation hill, aud it was referred to
the committee of the whole.
The House taeawint into coramittea of
the whole on the bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, Chairman of
the Committee of Ways and Means, ex
plained the provisions of the bill. The
financial condition of tbe government to
day presented a epectacle such a* had never
before been seen in the world’s history.
The bill in question proposed to make
a reduction in revenue of not
less than $17,000,000, to take effect
immediately, and oue of not less than
$00,000,000, to take effect May Ist, ISB3
Lari year the government had a surp’ns of
$100,000,000. It had then collected s:>o
- 000 from a*l sources. This year it would
collect over $400,000,000, and its expendi
tures had been greatly reduced, lie then
compared the tinauclal condition of the
government for tbe first six mouths of the
present year with its condition for a similar
period last year to show that there had
been an increase of receipts from each of
the three sources of revenue customs, inter
nal tsx and miscellaneous sources. A> the
. end of the first nine months of 1882 there
had been exhibited h reduction in Interest
charges fr< m $06,490,000 to $50,863,000,
while : n 1881 the government had expended
$304,f0 1,000 Ia 18S3 it had expended but
$194,000,000 for nine months, and the net
surplus, which at the end of ihe first three
quarters of last year had been $63,483 000
wa-> at the end of three quar
ters of the present year $104,000,000,
an increase of $14,000,000 The bill, to
which be was presvmg the attention of the
HotPC, d‘d not deduct from the revenue
much more than one fourth of the increase.
The government had $100,000,000 surplus
last year, and when tbe revenue should be
a at-d bv these $17,000,000 it would have
this year $135.000,000 -urplut.
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, whlls advo
ca ing age leral 6yst m of reducilm of
taxes, complained of the pending bill be
cause if toek ihe tax oil tbe wealthy and
did not relieve the poor laoorers iu the
slightest degree. It was shaped arid framed
wholly in the Interest of bankers aud capi
tal ss. Other things were put in merely as
a mak'.-shift tc carry it through. After a
dtc’arxtlon of his opposition to reducing
tbe taxes upon the luxuries of life, he
passed on to a discussion and dcnur.cla'ion
of 'he existing tariff
Mr. Thompson spoke for over an hour,
arid elicited a good deal of laughter by his
criticism of the civil service of the Republi
can party. In conclusion he said that what
ever Democrats voted for this bill voted
agaii s', the interests of the people, and
might as well subscribe themselves as Re
public ns from this time on.
A large number of amet)dmp,nts were fub
mtt ed ad read for nf irmatiop.
The amendments off red affact every pro
vhion in the bill, either as an ameudmant or
a ‘ubs'i.ure.
The cummittte finally rose without ac
tion.
The confererce rpp*rt on the military
aesdsmv bill was presented and agreed to.
Tne House then ad j rurned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
It the Senate, Mr. Brown submitted
amendments which he intends to offer to the
riv r and harbor bill, appropriatings3s,ooo
for the Savannab river above Augusta,
$35,000 for a navigable channel through Rom
ci y marsh, near Savannah, and $40,000 for
Brunswick harbor, Georgia. Referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Mahone c.riled up the Sena'e bill for
publ'c buildings at Lvnchburg, Washington
and Harrisonburg, Virginia. The bill had
been amended by the Public Buildings Cim
mittee to provide for only one butldiug at
Harrisonburg, at a cost of $53,000.
Mr. Mahone moved to insert $50,000 for a
building at Abingdon.
Mr. Cockrell otjecteri to this as an at
temp’ to restore the bill in defiance of the
committee’s actions.
Mr. Morrill, of the committee, said only
one building had been recommended be
evuse It was not customary for the commit
tee to report more than one public building
for a State at one session.
Mtf.-srs. Mahone aud Johnston occupied
some time In advocacy of the amendment.
Mr. Vest, of the committee, 6aid that a
SIOO,OOO building at I.yucnburg, and one at
D ttiville, had already be?n given to Vir
ginia. lie thought that State had received
her full share.
Mr Beck complained that his appeal for
a building at L“Xington. Ky , had been re
fused by the committee because they bad
made some little provision for Louisville.
He demanded the yeas an i nays.
Mr. Vest said that if the amendment pre
vailed he wou’d vot6 in committee for a
new building in Kentucky and for one in
his own B'ate.
Mr. Mabone’s amendment was carried by
a vote of yeas 30, nays 21. Three of the
members of the Public Buildings Commit
tee who responded voted “no..’ The bill
then passed.
Mr. Morgan called ud his resolution for a
committee of Investigation Info labor
strikes, their causes aud remedies, the com
mittee to sit during vacation, to visit
different places, to send for persons and
papers, and to examine persons under oath,
elc.
A dlscus-lon, participated in bv Messrs.
Morgan, George, Morrill, lloar, Davis of
West Virginia, Garland and Sherman, de
veloped a general unanimity of sentiment in
favor of the early passage of the resolution.
The only diversity of opinion was to the
method In which the investigation should
be made, whether by a special or standing
committee.
The resolution was finally referred to the
Committee ou Eiucation anti Labor with
instructions to report upon It within one
week
The Senate resumed the consideration of
tbe House bill to enable national batiking
asscc ations to ixtend their corporate exist
ence. The section before the Senate was
the one authorizing the issuing of gold cer
tificates. The pending amendment, to al
low silver certiiicati s as well as new gold
c-rtlticat.es to be.coun ei by national banka
as part of their lawful reserve, aud to tie
used In tetilement of ciearlug house bal
ance*-, was adopted without debate. An
amendment adopted prohibits the issue of
gold certificates whenever the cash of the
redemption fund falls below oue hundred
million of dollars. An amendment offered
bv Mr. Coke and amended by Mr. Pugh was
adopted, providing that no national bank
shall become a member of any clearing
bouse in which silver certificates shall not
be received lu settlement of clearing house
balances
A provision was added forbidding certifi
cation of checks in excess of deposits, un
der a penalty 0 f $5,000 fine, or five years Im
prisonment, or both. Au agreement was en
tered in'o that debate on the bill will close
at five o’clock to morrow, when voting on
the bill and amendments will begin.
Mr. Allison submitted a copy of the bill
recently reported from the Commerce Com
mittee tor the construction of waatts known
as the Hennepin canal, which be intends to
offer as an Amendment to the river and hir
tor bill.
After au executive session tbe Senate
adjourned.
THE PROPOSED MISSISSIPPI LEVEE RAILKOAD >
The House Committee on the Pac fie Rail
road to day heard an argument ou Repre
sentatlve Lynch’s bill to aid in the construe
tion of a projected railroid and levee of the
Memphis and New Orleans Railroad and
Levee Company. This bill is based on a
proposition made by the Memphis and New
Orleans Railroad and Lsvee Company, incor
porated under the laws of Tennessee.
Mississippi aud Louisiana, to build and
operate a railroad from the city ot
Memphis,in Tennessee, by way of Vicksburg
to tbe city of New Orleans, in Louisiana, and
for this end to build from Higb Land in
Tenuame to tbe west bank of the Ohio
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1882.
river and along and as near to the west bank
of the Mississippi river as is consistent with
convenience, permanence and safety a levee
upon which to lav its road. It provides that
upon the completion of t he line of connected
and compact levee alorg tbe route which
will protect the country from overflow by
the waters of the Mississippi river, and the
construction and equipment thereon of a
first class standard gauge railway of steel
rails, the United States shall pay the semi
annual interest accruing for the first five
years, and guarantee the payment of In
terest to accrue thereafter upon first
mortgage bonds, to be Issued by
the company to the amount of $50,000
per mile upon that portion of the road
built upon said levee, said bonds to mature
fifty years after date, and to bear Interest
from date, payable seml-anDually, at the
rate of 4 per cent, per annum, provided
that the location of tbe line of the said
railroad and levee, and the dimensions
thereof, shall be approved by the Mississippi
River Commission.
Arguments to-day were made by C. P.
Huntington, Gen. Thomas Eving and J.
Hale Svpher in favor of the passage of the
bill. Tney asserted that the butldli g and
maintenance of such a levee will diminish
the expenditure now required for channel
Improvements between Memphis ard
Vicksburg, and earnestly Indors'd tbe
nreamble of the bill, which states that
“the levee will redeem from ove rt iw
the great delta between the Yaz ju river and
'he Mississippi, thus removlug an obstruc
tion lo commence between the adj tcent
States, which are now to a Urge ex cent cut
off from direct interior communication by
railroad.”
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Gladstone and Scottish Tenant*
Tlie Debate on tbe Repression Bill
—Davlti Denounced.
London, June 21. —Mr. Gladstone, re
ceiving a deputation of Scottish farmers to
day, spoke strongly in favor of compensa
tion for improvements made by tenants and
tbe abolition of entail, though be despaired
of legislation on the subject this year.
In committee, on clause 11 of tbe repres
sion bill in the House of Commons last
evening, Mr. Gladstone stated that the
government proposed to Introduce words
limiting the power of police search at night
to occasions when there is reasonable sus
picion that a secret society is actually holding
a meeting. The Irish membtrs accepted this
as a reasonable and important concession.
Clause 11 was adopted by a vote of 259 to
45
In the House of Commons to day, Mr.
Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, In
opposing various limitations to the right, of
search, appealed to the members to expe
dite the repression bill, Every day, he said,
gave the Irish executive fresh teason to
regard the position of the country with 3e( p
and incieadog anxiety, and added seriously
to the responsibility of those who prolonged
the dls<uslon.
The OM>! says there is every reason to be
lieve that Thomas Walsh, who was arrested
last Saturday in connection with the seizure
of arms and ammunition in Clerkeuwell,
will be tried for high treason.
The police precautions for the safely of
Mr. Gladstone, which were recently allowed
to lapse, have again been resumed
Dublin, June 21. —Mathew Harris, a
P’*omlneut Lend Leaguer, has written to tie
Freeman's Journal deuouncirg the land
oa'ionallzrtion scheme of Michael Davitt,
and accusing him of outraging the feelings
of the Irish nationalists throughout tbe
world, and of sowing discord and disunion
among the Irish.
It is stated that an extensive seizure of
B'itß and ammunition has been made in
James street in a low part of this city.
THE LOST RODGERS
Particular* of Hie Burning of the
Steamer—Tlae Crew Ku Route to
Nan Pram-lsco.
Washington, June 21.—The Navy De
partment to-day received by mall the re
port of Lieutenant Berry upon the burning
of the Arctic search steamer Rodgers. Lieu
tenant Berry attributes the fire to tbe
charring of the timbers under the dot. key
b filer. He had steam up In the doukey boiler
when the fire broke out, and there was
nothing stowed in that part of the vessel
which could Igni.e spontaneously. Tne de
partment also to-day, almost simulta
neously with the receipt of
the ahove report, received a telegram from
Port Townsend, British Columbia, announc
ing the arrival there of the r venue cutter
Corwin, having on boaid the entire crew ot
the Rodgers, en route for San Francisco.
All were well. They had experienced no
greater hardship than a little scurvy. Lieut.
Berry’s report by mail had beeo carried
through Blberia by Mr. Gilder, the pay clerk
of the ehlp, until mall facilities were
reached.
GALA DAY IN HALTIMORE.
Reception of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Baltimore, June 21.—Baltimore has out
done even its Oriole celebration in the dis
play of to-day, on the occasion of the Grand
Army of the R;pub'lc gathering. Over
25,000 men were iu the line of the proces
sion, and the display of decoration on build
ings was profuse. President Arthur, Sec
retary Lincoln, Postmaster General Howe,
Secretary Cbaudler, G jueral Saermau and a
host of minor officials from Washington
were present. The day was fine, and noth
ing occurred to mar the general enjoyment.
A NORTH CAROLINA TRAGEDY.
A Woman Mint While Stonli g the
Residence of Her Rival.
New Yohk, June 21.—A Charlotte, N. C.,
special says: “Some time since Wm, Wade
deserted his wife and became infatuated
with another woman. All attempts to re
claim him proved unavailing, and his wife
became disconsolate. Last night sne heard
that Wade was at the house of her rival, aud
proceeded there, where she was denied ad
mission. She then began stoning tbe house,
when George Dean, the owner of the bouse,
shot her through the head, killing her in
stantlv.”
A Fatal Negro Kuallade.
Galveston, June 21. —A special from
Houston ssy*: ‘ Early yesterday morning,
on the Emancipation Grounds, Charles F.
Wetbam was fired upon by negroes and in
stantly killed. As Deputy Marshal Glass
was llfring the body of the dead man he
was fired upon, a bullet entering his right
shoulder and coming out at the side of his
neck. A col ired boy was killed by a stray
bullet, and a negro named Spencer was
shot fit the back of the neck. John Glass,
a brother of the Deputy, went to his assist
ance, but was finally disarmed and ejected
from the grounds. The notorious negro
politician, E 1 Jamieson, has been arrested
as one of the murderers of William, and
Frank Bufford as being a party to the shoot
ing of Deputy Glass.”
Mexican Smugglers Captured.
Washington, June 21.—Gen. McDowell,
commanding the Department of the Pacific,
forwards the following dispatch from the
commanding officer of the Department of
Arizona: “Lieut, llauna with his company
struck the tratl of fifteen persons and forty
five animals, south of Camp Price near Ban
Bernardino, and supposing them to be In
dians followed them to within two miles of
Charleston, when he found them to be
Mexican smugglers. They acknowledged to
him that they had been playing Indians to
avoid the cuatom house ofljeets.”
-
Weather indications.
umci Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., June 21.—Indications fer
Thursday:
In the South Atlantic States, partly cloudy
weather, light local rains, easterly to south
erly winds, stationary and slight rise In tem
perature, stationary or slight rise in barome
ter.
In the Gulf States, fair weather, southerly
winds, stationary or slight rise in barometer,
no decided chauge in temperature.
D nth oI Col. T. W . Brevard.
Tallahassee, Fla , June 21 —Col. T. W.
Brevxrd, a gallant ex-Confederate, and the
leading criminal lawyer of the State, died
suddenly ot apoplexy at his home
last evening. On the announcement
of his death the Supreme Court adjourned
out of respect to his memory. His funeral
will take place this afternoon.
fflllla Burned In Virginia.
Charlottesville, June 21.—TheChar
lottesvliiS steam sassafras oil and grist mills
were destroyed by fire last night. The fire
was accidental. The loss Is not yet known.
Tbe mills were partly Insured.
THE OUTLOOK IN EGYPT,
A NEW MINISTRY FORMED.
A French ’ Official’s Suicide—'The
British Cabinet and the Crlala—
Fresh Instructions for Lord Dal*
ferin—Arabl Gone Back to Cairo—
A Possibility of|9lr. Bright’s Res*
Ignatlou.
Alexandria, June 21.—Tbe nevr Ministry
is composed as follows: Ragheb Pasha,
President of the Council and Minister of
Foreign Affairs; Arabl Pasha, Minister of
War; All Pasha Ibrahim, Minister of Justice;
Falaki Pasha, Minister of Public Works;
Su’eiman Pasha, Minister of Public Instruc
tion; Ahmed Raschid Pasha, Minister of the
Interior.
The Prefect of Police, who is suspected
of being one of the prime authors of the
riot of the 11th inst., and who, it was re
ported, had died suddenly, is not dead, but
is paralyzed.
M. Holde, the French Secretary of Con
trol, ba6 comitted suicide here.
Arab! Pasha, Rtgbeb Pasha and Abm and
Raschid Pasha.-members of the new Minis
try, returned to Cairo last evening.
London, June 21 —A dispatch from Alex
andria says tbe new Ministry is comvrsd of
prominent leaders of tbe National party and
devoted adherents of Arabl Pasha. Another
dispatch says the programme of the Ministry
Is general amnesty except to participants in
the recent rio's, relations with foreign pow
ers to be carried on between them and the
Minister of Foreign Ralatlons only.
The Cabinet to day settled uoou instruc
tions for the guidance of Lord Dufferin at
the conference. These will be dispatched
to him to-night.
A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram Com
pany from Alexandria savs that, owing to
a considerable falling off of the customs
revenues and railway and telegraph re
ceipts and the susp -neb n of laUd revenue,
combined with increased military expendi
ture, the condition both of the budget of
revenue, specially assigned to the service of
tbe debt, aud tbe budget of general reve
nue, not so assigned, is causing great
anxiety in circles connected with the Eu
ropean control.
The Times corre‘pindent at Alexandria,
discussing the history of tbe members of
the new Minisirv, says that Ragheb Pasha,
President of the Council, was Mlnts er of
Finance under the Khedive. Rucbdi Pasha,
who is now Minister of Finance, is a son of
a renegade Maltese. Ahmed Ri&chld Paiha,
Minister of tbe Interior, was for
merly a sul -Minister of the Interior. ILtssan
Pasha Cn -rei has been nominated for Minis
ter of Works.
The Press Association believes that the
Cabinet, at its meeting to day, resolved
upon more tc ive and energetic measures in
reference to tbe Egyptian crisis.
London, June 21.—The Standarl this
morning says there is r.ason to believe that
there are differences in the Cabinet in re
gard to the Egyptian q testion, and that the
retirement of John Bright is probible,
should active Intervention ba decided upon.
THE FLOWERY KINGDOM.
No Very Good Feeling Towards tile
IJnited States
San Fkanci co, June 21—The following
advices from Ilong Korg and Shanghai to
May 26th htve been received. Serious dis
cussion is reported as progressing in Tsung
Liyamen upon the course to be pursued
respecting the American anti Chinese
action. One parly is said to welcome it as
affording an opportunity for sever
ing all relations with the United
Slates. The majority propose to
await further developments, but all agree
in declaring that Chlua's rights have been
ruthlessly disregarded aud that the Ameri
can Government has op nedilself to ratafia
tory action, if such be deemed expedient
At Tien Trin, the question is raised wbeth r
China’s assistance in the Corean negotia
tions should not be summarily withdrawn,
as it Is believed that Commodore Saufeldt
could not proceed convenient)v with
out China’s co operation. la ad
dition to the ill feeling caused
by the emigrant lew, muen irritation Is
felt over the of a letter, at
tributed to Commodore Snu'eld', in wnlch
the Empress is accused with immorality,
and but for China’s known slowness to act
suddenly on provocation troublesome con
• equeuces might be apprebeuded. In the
best view of affairs it is plain that dlplo
malic intercourse at Pekin will require very
cautious handling.
THE COUPON KILLER,
A IMece of mahone’* Laiv Jinking
Declared Void.
Richmond, June 21—Judge Christian,
of the Hustings Court, this afternoon de
livered an opinion in the case of Smith vs.
Greenlaw, City Treasurer of Richmond, on
a petition for a writ of mandamus to
compel said Treasurer to receive past
due coupons, cut from Stat.-* bonds
issued uuder the act of Match, 1879, known
as the McCullocn bonds. Tae Judge de
cides that the law passed by the L‘ glslature
last winter known as “The Coupon K’ller,”
is uncons'iiuilonal as to the class of cou
pons mentioned ( McCulloch), and orders
the mandamus to be issued.
WOOLEN MILLS HURNED.
ThreeCblldren Hum* tl inn Factory.
Hartford, Conn., June 21—The Eagle
Mills, at Glastonbury, were burned this af
ternoon. They were owned by A. L. Clark
& Cos., manufacturers of knit goods. Loss
SIOO,OOO. Charles Roberts, aged 14; Lulu
aged 12, and Gracv King, aged 13, were
burned, the latter probably fatally.
New Work. Stuck market.
New York, June 21.—Share speculation
opened generally weak and prices were
to 1 per cent, lower than yesterday’s closing
quotations, the latter for Northwestern. In
tne ear y trade tbe market was weak and
recorded a decline of to cent, In
which Lake *hore, Wabash comm m and
preferred aud Louisville and Nashville wwe
conspicuous This was followed by a re
covery of % to % per ceDt., Like ?*hore
leading, after whlcn the market was again
weak and sold off %to 1% per c->nt., Louis
ville and Nashville, Denver and Rio Grande
and New Jersey Central being prominent In
the downward movement.
In the early afternoon the list became
stiong and prices advanced from to
per c- nt., Delaware aud Hudson, I. lUlsvllie
and Nashvl le, Reading, Lake Shore and
Wabash preferred being conspicuous In the
upward movement, but the market subse
quently became weak and again sold down
H to l'% ? cent., Loultv lie and Nashville,
Denver and lilo Grande, Wabash preferred,
Reading and Lake Shore beiDft most promi
nent lu the decline.
In the final dealings some shares recovered
a fraction, but the gmeral list closed weak
and to 2 % per cent, lower than the clos
ing figures oi yesterday, the latter for Louis
ville uud Nashville Delaware and Hudson,
however, was I }{. Boston Air Line preferred
and llanoloal and St. Joe preferred 1%
per cent, higher. Transactions aggregated
355,000 shares.
The Frlniera Strike at Hufl’slo.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 21.— The dally
newspapers Issued their full number of
copies a* usual yesterday and this morning.
The strikers remain firm in the position
taken by t.heiji, and are very peaceable. The
Courier in its t dition this morning published
a double column advertisement forcomposl
tors at the prices demanded by the strikers,
thirty-three and thirty five cents for day
and n’ght work respectively, and announced
that none of the strikers need apply, and
editorially announced that tbe Courier will
not be coerced Into engaging men and pay
ing prices by &Dy foreign organisation. The
Express voices aDout the same sentiments,
and advertises for compositors, offering
thirty-three cents. Tbe publishers of the
Express feel confident that they can fill the
places ot thetr dissatisfied employee during
the week.
■■■■.
4’ottou Futures lu New ITork.
New York, June 21. — The Jbsl’s cotton
report says; “Future deliveries in our mar
ket advanced slowly, but at 1;55 p. m. June.
July, August and September had gained
8 ICOe. At the third call June brought
12 27c., July 12 30c , August 12 40c., Sep
tember 13 ÜBc. and 12 09c , October was held
at 1164 c., November 11480., December
1149 c., January 11 62c., February II TSc.,
March 11 89c.”
Print Works to Skat Down.
Fall River, Mass , June 21.—Owing to
the large and constantly Increasing stock of
print moths, there is talk of shutting down
tbe mills for a brief period, and thus relieve
the market.
OUR JACKSONVILLE LETTER.
Biebee on the Defense—How Jinny
White Voice He Gets—Tli General
Color of His Audiences—Hl* Un
popularity and the Cause—Demo
crats Would Rather Fight Bubee
than Any O.her Radical—Bose
Blebec—First aud Second Districts
—Davidson and Finley—Crop Re
ports General Littivfield— Billy
Hicks—Here and There.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 20.—50 hot and
heavv an attack has already been made on
Colonel Bisbee, the champion Congressional
contestant, that he has found it necessary
thus early to prepare a defense, which ap
peared last week in the Times ot this city.
St. Paul Bisbee commences his epistle by
casting some of his venom at the Bourbon edi
tors, and in his usual pleasant manner stigma
tizing them as babblers and simpletons. It
must first be understood that the party to
which Colonel Bisbee belongs has not a single
organ In the entire district, and that with the
exception cf two or three Independent papers,
the entire press have already assumed against
him an attitude of positive and determined
hostility. Never, even in his best estate,
having won the respect of the people cf
Florida, he has. by his recent course, conceD.
trated upon himself their open and expressed
contempt and odium.
Of the 86,(00 votes in this district, Mr. Bisbee
may, by a liberal estimate, claim 1.000 from tbe
Caucasian race. The rest of his votes come
from the most ignorant class c f the nt-groes,
the majority of whom can neither read nor
write, and have not sufficient intelligence to
know, alter voting for him, whether they have
expressed a preference for him as Governor or
member of congress.
The “Bourbon” editors will accept the taunt
of Coi. Bisbee, as to their ignorance and stupidi
ty, and expect to repay it during the campaign
with ten fold interest. They and their speakers
have greatly the advantage of him in this re
spect, that they can always address themselves
to whites, while Col. Bisbee’s harangues are
delivered to Ethiopians.
He has himself to thank for the position in
which he stands to the white people of Florida.
From the time he first placed his feet on its
soil he has been a bitter and relentless pers -
cutor of the Southerners. During his official
career, he neglected no opportunity of show
ing his malice. Austere and cold, and intense
ly selfish, he is altogether destirute of pe sonal
magnetism, and is entirely without those quali
ties by which meu are attracted to each other.
His friends he can number by units—his ene
mies by hundreds.
In his own party he is regarded as an incu
bus, as a load grievous to bear, and yet diffi
cult to get rid of, and many, even of those who
voted for him two years ago,sincerely regret his
success in the lace contest, as they had secretly
cherished the hope that a failure would have
had the effect of causing him to fold his tent
and steal away silently and permanently.
Col. Bisbee prates flippantly of persons of
foreign birth voting against him, when he is.
in his own person, a greater alien and foreigner
than any of those to whom he alludes. Ir is a
well known fact tbat not a member of his
family has resided in Florida in six or more
years, that they have not been within the Htate
during that period, and that it is a subject of
much comment and great wonder by what
legal right he claims to repiesent Florida.
His renominatiou will be the opening gun of
au active and aggressive campaign. It can
never be otherwise so long as he is a candiiate.
His name at the head of ihe Republican ticket,
at once crystallizes all of the fiercest elements
of opposition, and brings out the last voter in
the ranks of the Democrats. No man in the
State is more generally and cordially disliked.
He talks glibly of an honest election aud
fair count, and has much to say of the purity
of the ballot. Those who know Col. Bisbee,
when they hear these stereotyped expressions
fall from his Ups, stick their tongues in their
cheeks, and indulge in an audible chuckle.
He is quite as great a hypocrite p ditically. as
is his friend and admirer, Rev. (?) Billy Hicks,
religiously.
if the Vepublican party in this State could
throw off such excrescences as Col. Bisbee,
and a few others of the same character, cam-
P' Igns would lose much of their rancor and
bitterness, and there would be far less of per
sonal ili-feeliug. But this man has done so
much to irritate, annoy and persecute the
whites, when in the insolent hey-day of his
power, that the very sight of him evokes the
recollections of numerous wrongs and out
rages. He is, perhaps for this very reason, the
best candidate for the Democrats, as a won
derful unanimity prevails among them when
ever he is in the field. They oppose him as
instinctively as they will attempt to kill a rat
tl-snake.
As Don Cameron is boss of the stalwarts in
IVnnsv Ivania, so Colonel Bisbee bosses his
white and negro troops in Flori a. His white
legionaries fear him, while his dollars have a
potent influence over his negro followei s. A
thousand or two judiciously invested will se
cure him the nomination he covets, and it is
generally conceded that his money will win at
tne approaching Republican Convention. The
Bourbon editors and the Bourbon speakers
prom se to make it very lively for Mr. Bisbee
when he is fairly set up as a target
i he general sentiment of the Democrats in
this district, so far as can be judged from their
papers, is in favor of the renomination of Gen
Finley, and there is now a strong probability
that there will, be no real opposition to this
movement.
In the First district the chances of Colonel
Davidson appear to be growing and gaining
strength daily, and it looks now as if he would
be his own successor. He is an able and effi
cient public servant, and has given very gen
eral satisfaction
While the people of Georgia are luxuriating
in cheap ana fine peaches, and thousands of
bushels are rotting in the orchards, our mar
ket is bare of the fruit, and few of us
will enjoy that delicious compound, milk and
peaches. Why do not some of your planters
divert some of their surplus crop in this direc
tion ar and gratify a great want? There has been
an utter failure in this crop, and we would
willingly exchange oranges for peaches. Mel
ons are cheap and abundant, but inferior in
flavor to the ordinary average of this fruit.
Considerable portions of vacant lands on the
suburbs have recently been purchased and run
off into lots, streets, etc., and offered at auc
tion. r J he prices brought were very satisfac
tory and show a steady increase in the value
of real estate. Indeed one can’t go wrong now
to put his spare change in Florida lands. They
are going up in all sections of the Btate, and
markedly so in those sections whete transpor
tation facilities are or will be afforded. The
day of cheap lands has gone in Florida, and
tbe growth of the State and greed of specula
tors will not suffer prices to decline.
The Union this morning contained crop re
ports from eleven counties, which are gratify
ing. These come from all portions of the
State, and are generally of the same import.
Corn, cane and cotton are all good a fine crop
of oats has been harvested, and if no untoward
injury occurs during the summer, Florida will
be iu fine condition financially this winter.
Oranges along the river do not promise a heavy
yield, although the deficiency in the old groves
may be compensated by the coming into bear
ing of young trees.
General M. S. Littlefield is again in the olty
on important busiiess His brother, Calvin
Littlefield, of New Jersey, has brought suit in
the United States Circuit Court for this dis
trict against the trustees of the Internal Im
provement Fund for the payment of certain
bonds of th * Pensacola aud Georgia and the
Central Railroads, amounting to sf(is,ooo. The
suit will come up for hearing during the pres
ent term, which commenced yesterday, 'i hese
bonds are said to be a portion of the $4 000,0 0
issued by the Jacksonville, Pensacola aql Mo
bile Railroad and turned over to the State,
which issued the same amount, holding these
as collateral. They were disposed of in Ger
many and in this country. Ex-Attorney Gen
eral McVeagh will appear in behalf of Sir Ed
ward Reed, one of the defendants
I am inclined to think that Billy Hicks will
make a good thing out of his connection with
Guiteau. Aside from the notoriety that the
affair now gives him, and the eclat he will ae
?iuire should he pluck his cheit like a brand
rom the fire, he oan gather enough material
from his daily interviews with the wretch to
afford the basis for a half dozen absorbing lec
tures. Billy hasn't had such a chance for im
mortality iu a long time, and he is shrewd
enough to make the most of his advantages.
Billy will get up a tip-top prayer for the rnel
anenoiy occasion, and the scaffold should be
made double the usual size to allow Billy
ample room to spread himself.
Paiatka is to have a celebration on the com
ing fourth of July, and offers a tempting pro
gramme of amusement. The old fashioned
schedule, reading the Declaration, and the
oration, followed by the dinner and toasts, has
been voted too slow, and there is anew order
of the day. Jacksonville will not honor the
day in any manner.
It has been hot enough for the past few days,
and many who are unable to go North are
seeking Fernandina, bt. Augustine, Mayport
and Green Cove Springs.
The quantity of heavy freight for the up
river has necessitated the construction of sub
stantial and commodious barges, which take
up lumber, brick and building material in tow
of steamers. This mode of transportation
promises to become popular and convenient.
(Juite a number of our Jacksonville young
lames have distinguished themselves at the
recent commencements throughout the coun
try.
The woods of South Florida are still filled
with prospector*, provided with a compass and
surveyor’s chain, on the lookout for any de
sirable vacant lands. Some of these are actual
settlers—some speculators. W. H. B
American Pork In prance.
Pabjs, June 31.—The Senate has com
menced the discussion of the bill for read
mission to Prance of American pork. Baron
Delarclnty charged the supporters of the
bill with being disregardful of the health of
the working classes. M Wurt*, the reporter
of the committee, stated that the formalities
now In force were 60 vexatious that com
merce would prefer entire prohibition of
the trade. M. Tlrard, Minister of Com
merce, said the government accepted the
bill as it then stood, reserving, however, the
right to apply microscopic inspection if ne
cessary. fhe clauses of the bill will be dis
cussed on Thursday.
Fatal Hollar Explosion,
Cleveland, June 21— A Wllliamsfl.-ld
(Ohio) special reports a boiler explosion
there to day, which wrecked a saw mill, in
stantly killing Thomas Thompson and Chas.
Dunham, and so wounding Aimon D.
Brooks and Frank Chamberlin that they
disd soon afterwards.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
A -HASS OF DEAD LEGISLATION.
Defect* of the Anti-Polygamy B II
The Penalon swindle—A German
Orator In tbe Honse —Arthur and
Cameron Scared.
Washington, June 80.—There has been intro
duced in the House and Senate during the ses
sion so far 8.982 bills and joint resolutions.
This is a fair specimen of the extent of the
Congressional mausoleum. But very few of
these bills and joint resolutions have become
laws. But this does not deter the introduction
of schemes even at this late day of the session
They come in at every opportunity. These
are much smaller in number each time that
the opportunity for getting them iu comes up,
but it is evident that the supply is inexhausti
ble. Congress might remain in continuous
session for fifty years and the supply of bills
would not even then be exhausted.
in congress.
The Independent Republican element, which
is opposed to bossism and consequently to
President Arthur, has for the first time openly
shown itself on the floor of Congress Repre
sentative Tom Bayne, of Pennsylvania, was
the m&u who made the demonstration. Bayne
is a very good man and an active Representa
tive. He is an anti-Cameron man, which, after
the introduction I have made, goes without
saying. He attacked the bill limiting the term
of Collectors of Internal Revenue to fouryeats
as one to build up the stalwarts, and princi
pally President Arthur, by giving him more
patronage. At present the term of a Cohector
of Internal Revenue is indefinite during good
behavior. Bayne properly characte- zea the
proposed limitation of the term to
four years, when he said it
was simply to give Arthnr further power. He
attacked the administration as an administra
tion ot spoils to the favorites and without re
gard to the party as a unit. Somebody asked
him derisively duriog his speech if he were tha
mouthpiece of the administration. He repl ed;
“I am not, thank God!” Biyne. be it re
peated, is one of the Republican independents.
He talks for many people in his State. The
fact that a Republican upon the fiozr of the
House has attacked the President of the stal
warts and bossism is a sign politically for good,
and one in which Democrats can take some
comfort to themselves
OUENTHKR’B DIALECT
Representative Guenther, of Wisconsin, is
German, as his name would indicate. He is a
good member of the H iu<e, and only on the
most rare cases makes a speech. Perhaps his
value may lie in the extreme paucity of his
remarks. But when Guenther does make a
speech he attracts attention. He is a small
man, and has a small voice. His attraction is
the rich German dialect. It is with difficulty
that he can be understood. He talks so very
German that to follow h m you have
to be near, accustomed to the dialect
Of the newly arrived German immigrant,
and very attentive. Guenther made a
speech yesterday, and was surrounded
very soon after he started out by a crowd of
listening members. He has not been much
longei in the country than to be natural z *d.
It was but appropriate that his speech should
have been in behalf of the newly arrived im
migrant at Castle Garden, New Y’ork. There
was nothing funny about the speech, but it was
very suggestive of “the institutions” of the
United States, and could not but suggest the
thought that manv of the newly arrived immi
grants in whose behalf Mr. Guenther spoke
may follow him, and in a few short years
be talking broken Eqglish on the floor of the
National Legislature.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
The gentlemen who have been selected as
members of the Mormon Commission have
been studying up the anti-polygamy bill. The
best informed men of them see defects of
that bill and are already making efforts to
have them corrected. In fact, the bill as at
present does not amount to near as much as is
generally thought. For instance, it may be
stated generally that while the bill directs the
doing of a number of things no provision for
carrying out what is enacted is made. Again,
there is no provision made for the payment of
the members of the commission. Nou may
easily imagine that the lack of such provision
is considered of vital importance by the mem
hers of the commission, aud then while the
bill declares certain offices now held by Mor
mons as no longer to be held by them there is
nothing enacted as to how these necesstrv
offices—they are election offices—are to be
filled. An attempt to remedy the deficiencies
of the anti polygamy bill will be made before
the session closes. As these deficiencies are so
very glaring as to seriously interfere with the
intention of the bill, the attempt will probably
prove successful.
HOW THE PiNSION BILL WENT THROUGH.
The annual pension bill has been put through
the Hou-e, and put through, too, without any
delay or any debate. It was whip j'd through
and men set there and saw s9?,uot>,ooo of the
public funds—an amount greater than the ag
gregate of all the other appropriation bills—
appropriated to pay the pensioners of the gov
ernment for one year; and it does not include
the payment of any pension other than th se
which grew and are still growing out of the
late war. Next year Congress will be called
upon to appropriate an additional couple of
millions for this same purpose, and at the same
time Congress is almost every day enlarging
this pension list, and pension agents are work
ing up new classes of people—army Durses for
instance—and calling upon the government to
grant them pensions. Perhaps at some tim
there will be called a halt in this plundering of
the Treasury, but it is very doubtful the way
things look now.
A SAVANNAH BRIDAL COUPLE.
Capt. E. A Smith and his pretty little bride,
of Savannah, Ua., are spending a portion of
their honeymoon here, sight-seeing before
going to Saratoga. As Mr. Wil iam Lay and
Mr. Hugh Waddell, former citizens of savan
nah, are acting as pilots for them, they will
not fail to see all that Washington can afford
of distinguished persons, etc. Potomac.
Coney Island Hnei.
New York, June 21.—At Coney Island
the first race for a purse of SSOO, one mile,
the Stoneberg colt won, Barrett second, Fel
low Play third. Time I:43>£.
The second race for two-year-olds, three
quarters of a mile, Corona won, H. Murray
second, Doubtful third. Time I:L7>£.
The third race, the Coaey Island Derby,
for three-year-olds, one and a halt miles,
Runnymede won, Forrester second, Corley
B. third. Time 2:37.
The fourth race, a handicap sweepstakes,
one and one-fourtn miles, Fair Count won,
Blue Lodge second, Little Buttercup third.
Time 2:11^.
The fifth race, a handicap steeple chase
over the regular course, Frank Short won,
Fonadlne second, Daister third. Time 5:28.
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Striking Iron Wo.kert In a Bad
Plight.
Chicago, June 21 —The coqilltioc of the
strikers at Irondalf, who struck against
wages ranging from $1 50 to $2 per day, is
becoming pitiable. Their boasted re
serve fund does not hold out, aod
many of them are actually suffering.
They only grow more stubborn, however,
preferring to depend on the town for sup
port to yielding their point. The Hyde
Park authorities have given notice that thty
will not, ou any condition, give the strikers
any aid, for wMch declaration the strikers
hold the Calumet Iron and Steel Company
responsible.
A Texas ITlall Itobber Caught,
Galveston, June 21.—An Austin special
says; “Ei. R. Pierce, a mail route agent on
the Palestine aud San Antonio route, was
arrested at San Antonio this morning, and
brought here by Postal inspector Bevy. He
has been In the service six years. His de
tection was effected by means of prepared
packages. More than Qfty packages have
been robbed by Pierce since bis location
upon this route.”
A German Traitor’s Suicide.
London, June 21.—The Berlin corre
spondent of the Daily Telegraph states that
the Prussian studeut tmough whose help
the Russian Government obtained maps of
the coast defenses of Germany has com
mitted suicide. It is reported that Meilling,
who was arrested on the charge of supply
ing Russia with a copy of the plana for tie
German cost defense, has made a full con
fession.
Five million Feet of J,utiber
Burned.
Tkenton, lint., June 2i. —A fire at QII
- A Co.’s mill yard to-day destroyed
five million feet lumber and six houses, oc
cupied by mill hands. The loss is over
$ 100,000. Insured- The Ore Is supposed to
have originated from a lighted pipe, left In
a lumber pile,
<-.
Ttoe mexican Cable Spliced.
Galveston, Juue 21.—At 5:30 to-day the
final splice of the Mexican cable was made
by the steamship International off Brazos
Santiago, placing Galveston In direct com
munication with Vera Cruz and telegraphic
communication with the whole of South
America.
Help for the lowa Sufferer*.
Chicago, June 31—Hon. J. D. Grlnnell,
of lowa, la here to sollcL aid for the cycloue
sufferera in lowa. He visited a number of
cLizsns and received great encouragement.
J. V. Far well announced that his check for
$l,OOO was ready for the committee.
murder and Suicide In Canada.
Hamilton. Ont., June(2l.—‘ To-day George
Roeton, caretaker of the Central School, of
this city, and his housekeeper, were killed
by Aleck Forbeß, who then killed himself.
The housekeeper was Forbes’ wife, from
wtyotp he had been separated several years.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
NOTES FROM AUGUSTA.
Impression* After a Ten Year*’ Ab
■ence.
Augusta, Ga., Jme 19. — Haring left Darien
on Wednesday, 14th. at the early Tiour of 2
o’clock in the morning, instead of at 8 p m on
the 13th instant, according to our expecta
tions, it was inconvenient to stop in the Fore >t
City, for the anticipated day there was already
past when we touched the David Clark’s wharf
at 7p. m. Wednesday. The Health Officer be
i; g promptly on hand we landed, hurried iato
a hack and were driven with all speed to the
Central, barely in time to check our baggage
and secure a seat in a sleeper before
the train started. The detention of the
Clark at Brunswick, where she took on
six hundred barrels of rosin, in addition to her
other freight, made her late in reaching Da
rien, where, of course, there was something
waiting to be shipped. Anyway, the clatter
even was pleasant and novel, and the speed of
the train, in pleasant contrast to poking at a
snail's pace all the hot day on the river, where
scarcely an alligator felt energy enough to
show his head, has increased the railroad fever
1 had caught long ago. until enthusiasm cries
for it, whether it be built from Walthourville
or No. 1. We had a quiet night on the cars.
Nothing more exciting nappened than the run
ning off of one freight car about 3 o’clock in
the morning. This was soon righted, and we
reached Augusta somewhere between six
o’clock and brrakfast time.
Avery few years bring about great changes,
and “au fait,” as we Darien people are to
rapid and sudden shiftings of matters and
things, tbe stride of this city during the last
ten years make it difficult to remember any
thing, and I soon fouud myself bewildered in
the attempt to keep ti e turnings, and see the
sights at the stme time Of tnese, as yet, 1
bave seen few, owing to the heat of the morn
i n< sun.
The very first night after my arrival, how
ever, we went to a weddit.g at St. Johu's
Methodist Episcopal Church, which was
thronged with guests to witness the solemn life
vows There was considerable delay in the
arrival of the bridal party, and tbe lady who
presided at the organ had played many and
varied selections from wedding marches, with
goo 1 pauses between, before the time actually
came for striking the opening chords of Men
delssohn’s bright composition, which reminded
me of a late wedding at St. Andrew’s Church,
Darien, when the organist for the occasion had
to blow a reed organ, ani having begun to
pity too soon, thought the bride would never
come Two electric lights were displayed
on Green street in honor of the biide
on Thursday night, I suppose; and
the line on Broad street being lighted, made it
like walking in fairy-lan >. Differing from all
oth-r lights—sun, moon or lamps—this is real y
more like sunlight reflected from a mirror
than anything else, though rather whiter, and
in its effulgence tbe gas lamps burn with a
sickly, tallow candle, yellow feebleness. This
light of the future, as it must eventually be
come, shows beautifully the natural tiut of
grasses and foliage; the deep green and blue of
the Derby hats worn by young men about
t >wn, and tbe lovely shades of ladies’ and chil
dren's costumes were brought out with a clear
ness and beauty that was true and yet unreal,
The street on all sides was as light, and yet
without the glare and beat of day, and it may
be this lack of heat and glare that render. it
so sweetly illusory. Of course, on my first
visit, after so long, I attended services at St.
Paul’s, and listened to an earnest sermon from
the Kev. Chauncey Williams, on a selection
from chapter xiv. of St. Luke’s Gospel, lli'h
verse, being the gospel for the day—endiiig:
•'For I say unto you that none of thofe men
which were bidden shall taste of my supper.”
Referring to the many v leant pews chargeable
to the heat of the weather, and deploring the
listlessness and apathy of church people, as
the clergyman so feelingly aid, carried me
back a few months to winter and empty pews
at home.
The music was good—the Te Deum especially
effective. Of the,voices separately I would not
dare speak, and will bo-row the general ve -
diet that “St. Paul’s is the finest choirin town ”
The memorial window to Miss Louise King is
so touchingly beautiful in its simplicity as to
start tears In the dryest of eyes, and although
it lias been often described, and probably seen
by you, many a time, one mention more will
not be supetfluous of the loveliness of ch rac
ter reflected in a face fud of tenderest woman
ly sympathies, in whioh the little lamb beside
her seems to have found shelter, as it ifts its
plaintive face to hers, so full of love. The
figure is full length, and the likeness is said to
be a good one, the one line written below ex
pressing the fullness of promise;
“AMD AGAIN HIKV SAID ALLELUIA.”
Beside tbi*, and nearer the chancel, is anoth
er memorial window to her sister, Mrs. Con
nelly—also a full length figure of a lovely lady
—a beautifully des gned and executed bit of
work. In front, and yet on the left side of the
chancel, is the brass leeturn present and by the
Sunday school at Easter, a tribute to the mem
ory of their late rector, Kev. Mr. Clark, a
graceful trefoil twines around a light shaft
rising from a square base, on which is the ii -
scription, and supports by its branches the ta
blets at the top, on which rests the Holy Bible
from which the lessons for the day are read.
There are a few marble tablets on tbe wall.
One to the left of the chancel attracted me p r
-ticulrly, being dedicated to the memory of
the beioved Bishop Polk, who was also a be
loved General in the late Confederate army.
Tbe obancel window itself, bac* of the super
altar, is in memoriam of the late Dr. Ford, and
represents the Good Bhepherd with a tender
lamb >n his arms. The side windows and su -
roundings are beautiful, the Kyrie being
among the many emblems of Christ used in
the border embellishments.
l ast r ight we went again to St. John’s M E.
Church, and on the way we passed the “Cen
tral” trjin, stationary on Washington street,
an i quite an excited crowd gathered about the
passenger and smoking cars. Just as we got
abreast the smoking car some men ran out
and tff tbe platform to the street, where pii'i
ful cries filled tbe air. We were told that they
were try ing to arrest a man, and he had cut
several persons One of our party stopped,
and on inquiry found that it was an unfortunate
gentle nan connected with the cAronfpfc Qn<t
Constitutionalist, who, from overwork or
some cause, had temporarily lost his mind. He
was begging piteously that nobody would come
near him nor open the door, lest he kill some
one. From some symptoms, days ago, it was
thought best to give him a rest, and leave of
absence was granted. He went to Charleston,
and had only returned from that city, where
he escaped trom his guard and boarded the
Central, taking possession of tbe smoking car,
iu which he cornered a passenger and was
pressing him close with a knife bought jn
Charleston, when the first attempt fit arrest
was made, and the passenger escaped. The
car doors were then locked on him
until arrangements were perfected for th*
capture, which was finally effeoted by
springing on him. when hig back was turned,
jn his walk up and down the oar, and he was
overpowered and the large bowie knife taken
from him. He was taken in custody and re
moved, and the train went on its way. The
circumstance seems to excite general c mails
eration. Rest and quiet, let us hope, will soon
restore him. He seemed much troubled to-day,
I hear, about what happened last night, teg
gif g to know jt he had killed any bod*, and
wbrn told not, wanted to know if any one was
seriously injured and would die of his wounds.
Being reassured on this point, he got quieter
at once..
Peaches, plums and early apples, plenty of
vegetables and the usual small fruits are cried
morning and evening, ft is late, but I hope yet
to know once more the delights of strawberries
and cream.
Major Joseph B. Cummiegs was pointed out
to me on the sir. et as oqe whose name was on
the list for the Gubernatorial nomination —a
very fine looking man, with that firm,elastic step
loosed upon as indicative of fine, clear mental
qualities. Everybody says politics are at a
stand still—tbe furnace is not sufficiently heat
ed to start the engines working. We cling to
the Lester train for Congress, ar.d would not
mind boarding it for Atlanta, too.
The Pqrien post office, you will remember.
Changed hands a few days before we left
home, and things must have been a little com
plicated, for a postal sent to Savannah the day
before leaving home was not matted until the
day after we had come away.
Warm are the words of congratulation given
QUr people on their good fortune in securing
the services of Mr. Byron Holly as future rec
tor. Mrs. Holly Is an Augusta lady, and both
of them are well known and highly esteemed
in church and social circles.
Sunflowers, natural and artificial, are seen
everywhere —in front gardens, in the hands of
thp boys and girls, on ladies’ left shoulders,
aud in their helts. Artificial calia lilies are alto
much used for large decorations with the sun
flower.
The weather here is pretty warm, but now
and then a right good breeze springs up even
on this beautiful but heavily shaded street,
where the interlacing boughs overhead some
what shut out the air. We have had one or
two pretty copious thunder showers, whic h
laid the oust after the late hot and dry spell
There is some fever in the city. owing to de
fective sewerage, bqt as usual there is much
exaggeration ip this matter, and it is not bv
apy means so bad as reported outside.
It is said that an express agency would not
pay at Darien, but it would. Think of the
trouble and expense of getting expressed par
cels from Net Ito Darien. Now why wouldn’t
that efitra money warrant a small agency *
Gu:si e people think too little of our import
ance there, but when we get all we want, rail
road, harbor improvements, and river opened,
we II go right out into the world so fast that
deep regrets wtt follow tbe grudging denials
W>w. H. S. B.
Main of the Jewels.
Paris, June 21.— The bill for the sale of a
portion of the crown jewels and diamonds
has passed tbe Chamber of Deputies by a
vote of 345 to 90, with an amendment of the
committee that tbe proceeds shall be ap
plied to a fund for disabled artisans.
The Visit to Corea,
Ban Francisco, June 31.—Advices from
Japan are to the effect that twelve foreign
ships of war, British, Russian aud Am* rl
can, are now In rendezvous at Nzgas. ki,
aud others are expected preparatory to the
visit to Cores.
Midshipman Henry M.- Finley, only son
of ex-Congressman Finley, committed sui
cide at Bucyrus, Ohio, a few days ago. He
resigned his commission in the navy
cently, and It Is supposed he hfij flared
that he would be unable tp stand the ap->
preaching examination. He was twenty
to\\T years of age and engaged to be married,
Jn countries malaria la prevalent,
or where the climate Is subject to sudden
changes—should be found tn every house
Jirowu’sJron Bitters, *
A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.
The ,VI order of a Ablp’a Cap tat a by
Vluilnous Seamen.
One of ibe most frightful stories of mur
der on shipboard made known within recent
years was told in New York by the officers
and crew of tbe ship Freeman Clark, which
left Calcutta on Februarv 9.h, and arrived
in Brooklyn Saturday morning. The trag
edy took place on the morning of May 27th,
whlie the vessel was off the Island of St.
i bourns, and resulted in tbe death of the
Cvptaln, James 8. Dwight, who was mur
dered by two CnlDatnen, and of his assail
ants, who were thrown overboard by the
enraced crew. Tbe second officer of the
ship was James M. Lowry, of Baltimore, a
nephew of James D. Lowry, steamboat
Inspector, and brother of Wm. P. Lowry, of
the Baltimore City Court. Mr. Lowry gives
the f allowing account of the affair:
”1 went on duty at half-past four o’clock
on tae morning of May 27, It being Same
day. About bait an nour la'er I saw two
of the seamen run aft toward tbe ethln. I
ran to see what was the ma"er. A I parsed
Mate Wm. Williams’ room I glao e t io and
saw him engaged in a desperate s ruggle
with the Chinese cook, who had a hatchet
in one baud and a carving knife tn the
other. The ma*e was shouting ‘murder’’
and endei.wicg to defend himself aa beat
be could. I saw rii as I dashed by to the
Cap aiu’s ro.-tu
"As I opened IW door of the room I saw
the Captain on Lis knees, with his heal
covered with wouuds uflicted with the
hatchet. I ran out to the man at the Wheel
and cried out to hloi, “My God, they’ve
murdered the Captain!” meaning by ‘they’
the steward and cook, both Cbloaraen,
whom we had shipped at New York. By
this time the two flends were on deck, each
armed with a hatchet and a large knife.
They were perfectly Infuriated, and
looked like wild Indians. They ran
amuck through the ship, striking
b ows at every one who came on deck.
No one of the crew bad any weapons, but
p eked up whatever was at band, and en
deavored to get a blow at tbf Chinamen. I
ran around the deck, with tl e steward In
purmi’, and suddenly thought of the Cap
tain’s revolver. 1 ran into bia cabin, pur
sued by one of the Chinamen, but one
glance showed that tbe weapon was gone.
It was <he only pistol on the ship. I grabbed
a sword as I ran through tbe cabin and made
a slash at the Chinaman with it. I cut him
only slightly. For twenty minutes we were
fighting and dodging blows from tbe fiends.
“The scene was a fearful one. Finally I
got a slash at the steward with the sword
and cut open his shoulder. Before he could
regain his feet one of the seamen, Andrew
Jansen, hit him In the head with a capstan
bar and crushed his skull. Previously an
other seaman named Johnson, bad got a
blow at him with a pump handle, as the
steward dashed past. The Chinaman cook
was ch< pped in the head with an axe by
‘Frenchy,’a sailor. As the cook struck at
him with his knife he dodged, and before
the hatchet could be brought Into play
‘Frencby’ brought down his axe on the
cook’s head. Both Chinamen died before
noon and were thrown overboard. Toe Cap
tain was buried in the ocean at sunset.”
At the office of Vernon 11. B'own & Cos.,
agents of the vessel in New York, H was
stated that the t.enlble sfftlr grew out of
the fact that the Captain deprived the stew
ard and cook of their usunl allowances of
opium. One of the angry Chinamen went
to the Captain’s berth and killed him with a
hatchet. One blow of the hatchet split the
Captain’s head open and another blow cat
a very deep gash in his face. The China
man. after killing the Captain, went to a
berth where the mate was sleeping, and
struck him on tbo head. The mate was
stunned somewhat, but he arose and grap
pled with his assailant.
James 8. D sight, tbe murdered Captain,
was a native of Springfield, Mass. He waa
forty-five years of age and unmarried. Ha
was a large man, weighing over two hun
dred pouuds. His disposition was genial,
and Messrs. Vernon 11. Brown & Cos. state
that he was one of the last men who would
abuse any members of his crew. Captain
Dwight has oeen in the employ of the line
lor about ten years.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
A revolution has broken out In Uruguay.
Seventeen year locusts are reported In
‘ mvrlads” In the Oaondaga Valley, New
Yoik.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nominations for members of the Utah Com
mitsion.
The National Division Sons of Temper
ance of North America and the Provinces,
will meet at Concord, N. 11., on the 12 h of
July.
The striking type founders of Conner* A
Cos., of New York, went to work yesterday
1 1 advanced wages, but not at the rate*
a*ked.
The Vermont Republican State Conven
tion met yesterday. Hon. Luke P. Poland
presided. John L. Barstow waa nominated
for Governor.
The Pennsylvania Republican Supple
mentary Convention met yesterday at Har*
ri-burg and nominated Martin Brosstus, of
L ncaster,forCongressman-it-large, In place
of Marshall, declined.
At Sardip, Miss., early yesterday morning,
sn armed mob forcibly entered the county
j *ll and took therefrom Nathan Lucid, col
ored, charged with indecent assault, and
hang* and him. The lynchers are unknown.
The American fchonner Massasoit, under
full sail, crashed Into au Immense iceberg
aid sank almost immediately on Monday,
off Newfoundland. Five of the crew went
flown with the vessel. Fog prevented the
lookout from seeing the berg.
Loo Voo, a Chinaman, aged twenty-eight
years, died in Bellevue Hospital, New York,
r. cently, from the •. fleets of opium which he
had taken to excess, as would appear In
const quence of the refusal of a young Irish
girl to favor his suit for her affections.
Two tanks, one containing 15,000 and the
o’her 30,000 barrels of coal oil, at Clean,
N-w York, were tired recentlv by lightning.
The lass was expee’ed to reach $60,000.
About thirty tigs and small tanks In differ
ent puts of the oil region were B'ruck by
l’ghtLlng, and several thousand barrels were
destroyed.
The New York police have c&ptared
Michael Dowdell by name, aged forty. Dur
ing the past two or three months he has
managed to commit a multitude of larce
nies at the residences of many people on
Murray HOI, obtaining entrance thereto by
falsely representing to the servants that he
was a workman that had been sent to do
some painting, or plumbing, or something
of the sort. By this process he was enabled
t > make away with a vast amount of prop
erty of one kind and another, Including an
tique clocks, vases, gold watches, diamond
rings, bracelets and other jewelry.
The Size of Great Lakes.— The
greatest length of Lak.u Superior is 885
miles; its greatest breadth is 100 miles;
mean depth, 088 feet; elevated, 627 feet;
area, Bs,ooo square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Michigan
is tKXI miles; its greatest breadth, 108
miles; mean depth, 600 feet; elevated,
500 feet; area, 25,00fQ square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron is
200 miles; its greatest breadth, 169 miles;
mean depth, 000 feet; elevation, 274 feet;
area, 20,000 square miles. ?
The greatest length of Lake Erie is
250 miles; greatest breadth, 05 miles;
mean depth, 300 feet; elevation. 261 feet;
area, 6,000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Ontario it
180 miles; greatest breadth, 65 miles;
mean depth, 800 feet; elevation, 261 feet;
area, 6,000 square miles.
The length of all five is 1,268 miles,
covering an area of upward of 135,000
square miles.
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