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ON THE Post I A LN
-p>r rly inscrib'd to Georgia’s dead Sena
. r by Jot.n vV. Campitt, of Illinois ]
I am weary of my burden.
And fain would ret;
f r the sombre winds are sighing,
yr my fondest hopes are dying,
Au i like autumn leaves are lying
On eartn’s cold breast.
Ao ! 1 hear the voices calling.
Sweet, soft and low;
i'll their plaintive tones are pleading,
\\ lie the day of life is speeding,
And worldly scenes receding.
For me to go.
Come with us across the border—
seek rest profound;
Where no sombre winds are sighing,
' Wbre no hopes and joys are dying.
Where no dream of love is lying.
Dead upon the ground.
WV will show a light bright ourniug.
Like a golden star;
Tis a hope you one day buried,
I the busy world all hurried,
Bu became the re-urrected.
To shine thus afar:
W> will show you heaven's morning,
A never ending day;
Where the softest ravs are shining
And the blossoms sweet entwining—
re the angels are divining
Every thought upon the way.
Every leaf upon its shore lines
Is a gem;
Sot a withered one is drooping.
W: " the hand at love is looping
And into garlands grouping
All of them.
In that world there is no sorrow,
Not a tear;
vVvrr comes the broken-hearted
Kr in whose eager life departed
i'ne hopes that once had started
Fond and dear!
S, ,t a storm c’oud ever gathers
On the air;
Onlv summer clouds are drifting
And su mer breezes sifting.
And sweetest perfume lifting.
From gardens fair.
Only music soft and melting
Boothes the soul:
And its bitlows mild and wooing,
With a gentle hand undoing
Ail the c*res that were bestrewing
Each earthly goal.
Lead me to that land of beauty,
Sol may abide;
Iwal me where the flowers are blooming,
Wh-re the music wil 1 is wooing,
vt here the hand of love is moving
On every tide!
Like a little child I’ll follow
Swift after thee;
To the land of never weeping,
Where my father’s love is keeping
Mortal souls who failed in reaping
Earthly ecstacy.
i will take my burden for a pillow.
And He down to rest:
Lid's love shall dwell beside me.
And no clou's shall ever hide me
From th“ loving ones tha’ guide me
To the portals of the blest..
Washington Capital.
Georgia Affairs.
A Are occurred Tuesday morning in the paint
&nd oil estaolishment of F. W Hart, on Broad
strw' Atlanta. The Are was quenched by
vigor' us work of the department, but the stock
of pamt and oils was considerably damaged.
Cotton of the new crop is beginning to come
is Atlanta.
At Eatonton fruit is very abundant and
cheap. Peaches were in market and sold for
Bfty cents per bnshel. Many thousand bushels
hare rotted in the county, the farmers refusing
to bring them to market at the low prices
offered.
The total number of marriages in Putnam
county h r the past year has been 59, of which
54 were colored and 5 whites. In order to en
courage the niatrimonal spirit, the Ordinary
has reduced the fee to $2, and the Magistrate
wUi tie connubial knots at a reduced rate. In
Eatont n there have been no marriages this
year. Neither has there been a death among
the white population.
Putnam county ships annually from its
depot at Eatonton from ten to fifteen thousand
bales of cotton, and it is expected that the
coining season tne amount will be increased to
eighteen thousand.
There is u ,t a barroom in Putnam county,
although the prohibition law is not in opera
tion. The citizens of the county have been
educated to live without the stimulus of the
ardent and are a prosperous and happy peo
ple. The population of the county is about
Travel over the 8.-unswick and Albany Rail
road is on the increase.
The artesian well at Leary has proved a great
bore literally. The reamer has become fasten
ed under a projection of rock near the bottom,
an] the contractor has concluied to iet well
enoucu alone until he can devise a plan to get
it out.
The Albany Setts and Advertiser appears in
its last issue as a very bright and newsy daily
journal Its new press has Anally got in work
ing order, and the issue before us is a sample
of good work, both In typographical clearness
and general make up.
By a recent ordinance of the City Council of
Albany it is made an offense, punishable by
fine and imprisonment, to sell cigars or keep
open a shaving establishment on Sunday.
The friends of prohibition in Monroe county
will meet at Forsyth on Saturday next to take
iat. moderation the question of nominating
candidates for tha Legislature representing the
prohibition sentiment.
Th. candidates for the Legislature in Hous
ton c unty declare that neither the fence nor
the. luor question shall enter into the contest.
Houston is already no ferce and no liquor.
- r .ig;j<een bales of new cotton was received
is Al ' any last Saturday.
The colored academy at Macon for the blind
s rapidly nearing completion. Mr. W. C. Wil
ton. the contractor, says that the academy
ui •- ready for the occupants by the 15th of
September.
Over one dozen steam engines for farm use
ere received by rail in Americus last week.
Americas has received its fourth bale of
the new cotton crop.
Th- value of taxable property of Bumter
county, by recent returns of the Tax Receiver,
wl .i" ,173, showing an increase of valuation
9f $— 719 over the returns of 1581. The num
her of polls in the county is 2,758.
The total amount of the t- wable proper y in
Tn utu- county, as per the returns of Mr. 8. T.
the Tax Receiver of the county, is
-w. showing an increase of va ue, above
‘At returns of 1881 of $177,630. The number
*hde polls in the county is 1.380; colored
*93.8 I,;::. The total value of ail property re
ioraec ,y the colored people is 8110,489.
Th* art*-s,an well now in process of being
' w< ‘and m Thotnasville progresses slowly. The
■roa pipm s was put down on Wednesday last,
the rk progressed pretty well until, at
* .f lit, feet, it was discovered that he
*"Dng had become foul, which ne.essitated
wi t. truvai, when it was found that it wss
i into threads near the bottom. Work
, *4 re> .lied without the piping and continued
QB “ * of 110 feet was reached. The
’ thSc: ,r contemplates putting in the six
**** Pip -g when he has reached the depth of
2JO feet.
A ui&,. 0 f t he Democratic voters of
*-t>ty has been called by the Kxecu
_** to meet at Thotnasville on
ttrvid August 81, to select delegates to the
"*tor,a‘ Convention, delegates to the Con-
Convention and two candidates for
r—ives from Thomas county.
* *- McGregor is the Democratic*nomtjj
. ' or He, resentative in the next LegtsiatuM
: M
F Thompson. ~~
tij r**.*
U of several weeks. He waM bora in
Hwatittsilt purnitig Scm
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
Wilkes county, entered the composing room of
the Constitutionalist as an apprentice, and ten
years ago became foreman, which position he
held at the time of his death. For nine years
he was a member of the City Council, and was
a useful citizen and a kind husband and father,
■de was buried on Tuesday afternoon.
Hod. a. H. Stephens arrived in Augusta from
Was’-.r-gton at 10o’clock last night. He soent
tde night in his special car at the depot, and
left this morning for bis home in Crawfordville-
Macon Telegraph : “Yesterday morning Mr.
M J. Baer, the well known bookkeeper for 8.
waxelbaum & Bon, wag preparing a whisky
bsrrel for some wine he had just received. He
threw a quantity of sulphur into the bung of
.v J* arre * a f dan explosion followed, which tore
the barrel all to pieces and buri.ed his face and
bands so badly as to lay him up. The sulphur
reacted on the alcoholic vapor, and produced
the explosion. ” *
Tuesday morning Bheriff English, of Greene
99 uri Ff- arrested an escaped convict named
Mose Thomas, colored, on the farm of Warren
and Rows. The negro attempted to escape,but
was collared by the Sheriff, when he threw the
Sheriff down And attempted to take his pistol
from him. Barnhart fhed’v-puty, came to the
heli* of Engi sh. and the negro attempted to
hr-iin Barnr,art with a club. In the fight both
officers fired at the negro, anu he died in a few
minutes from the effects of the shots A Coro
ner’s jury justified the killing.
Mr George Rittenterry, fireman for Mr.
Robert Poule, on his way from Montgomery to
Macon, and when just beyond Columbus, fell
from his seat on the engine and became sud
deniy deranged It required several men to
hold him, and but for the greatest efforts
would have fallen from the engine. The train
was stopped, and another engineer put on the
engine Mr Poule sta> ing with Mr >stttenberry.
Opiates were administered, and from a tele
gram received late yesterday afternoon at Ma
con, it is le-trned that he had so far recovered
as to be brought home this morning. It is
thought that he had a sudden attaek of brain
fever, or had been too much overheated by the
sun.
Monroe Advertiser: “Last Monday, just be
fore the Adoerttser went to pre<s, we heard
that Mr. Jethro Williams, who lived a few
miles from Forsyth, had committed su'eide.
The particulars of the sad event we did uot
learn at the time. It seems from all that we
gather, that Mr Williams committed the act
with deliberation. They had been keeping
watch over him for some weeks, having reason
to believe ilia his miod was somewhat im
paired. He was missed from home and his
family thought best to look after him They
soon found that he had gone through a skirt of
woods not far from the house, and that he
took pains to mark the path he had taken, by
breaking twigs and bushes as he went along.
Following these traces, they soon came to a
shallow creek and saw the walking cane of the
unfortunate man sticking in the water, and
a search resulted in the immediate finding of
his body, in the shallow water, with life ex
tinct. He had walked into the water with a
rock fastened to his head, had stuck the cane
into the creek bottom, and then de.iberately
placed his head uncer the water until he
drowned. Such was the conclusion that was
arrived at by those who had been searching for
him.”
The following bold burglary and robbery we
find in the Carteraville American: “Expert
rubnens. by means of a ladder from the resi
dence of J. H. Wikle, Esq., near by,reached the
second veranda at Col. Crawford’s on Satur
day night The upper hall door on that veran
da being habitually open through the summer
The rude visitors examined all the rooms of the
building, taking, only such valuables as
might be carried in as tchel or pockets Col.
Crawford himself in feeble health recently
was sleeping in the room known as
the library, adjoining that of the family;
his clothing was taken out into the
lawn and rifled of his watch, pocketbook. etc
From a dressing case drawer—the only drawer
unlocked— * package of numerous papers was
also taken out and examined with the clothing.
The family retired as early as usual. An ad
joining neighbor observed a light in the dining
room about midnight Colonel Crawford is
-atisfied he was chloroformed, and is strongly
impressed that all the sleeping rooms were
thus fumigated, as none of the family awoke.
The intruders were doubtless professionals—
using a dark lantern and wax tapers, one of
which was left with the clothing and papers
under the trees in the lawn.”
Th-* following is the letter of reply of Hon.
James H. Blount to the committer appointed
by the Democratic Convent on of the Sixth
Congressional district to inform him of his
nomination as the Democratic candidate for
Congress at the ensuing election. It has the
ring of the true metal:
‘ Micjv. Ga., August 11, 1882.
Messrs Andrew J. Milter, Washington Des
sau. E. E. Pound and others, committee:
GEBTLF.itE8 —1 am in receipt of your com
munication of the 9th instant, informing me
that the Democratic Convention of the Sixth
Congressional district, on that day. had nomi
nated me as the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the ensuing electi .n.
•T accept the honor tendered with a grateful
heart, and shall e deavor to meet the duties
and responsibilities pertaining to it with a
spirit, energy and pride born of the generous
confidence of brave and intelligent constit
uents A long career in national affairs has
not left them ignorant of my views on all im
portant questions interesting them. I need
not. therefore, in this place, present them for
information or approval. I may be permitted
to say that our greatest public wanes are
economy, reduced taxation and as little of gov
ernment as consists with peace and order. A
kind providence and the manhood of the
American peo-. le will then fill tha measure of_
earthly aspirations m
••With kindest regard for each of you, I no,
gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
James H. Blocst.** -
Florida Affairs.
The aggregate taxable property of ColWWfi.
county last year was 81,000,003 this year i t
has increased 850,000.
The Chat ahoochee steamers have reddeed
the rates of freight from a.l pointfj oa the
river from Columbus, Georgia, to Apalachl*
cola, Florida.
The people of Crystal Lake, l’utapa county.*
are all in favor of holding a county fair at
Palatka this fall. fj"’ •IS&.A
The Columbia Light Infant y, of Lake City,
are making extensive pr*q mrattona for enter,
taining the Suwannee Guards, of Live Oafc,
whom they have invited to pay then a visit t>n
Tuesday, the 15th. There will be a prise daftl
in the afternoon, and a grand ball at nlght,'.?S*
The largest shipment of honey ever Maude
from Florida, was shipped from Jacksonville,
forCia innati. Ohio, Monday, uver the Way
cross Railroad. The honey was from Mr. fJnw
itt, of New Smyrna, and consisted of J* bak-rela
containing 1,28 gallons. It was teatWf;by.
eraUg oo *! judk es of honey, who said tnaflt' was
as fine as any they have ever eateu. We uo
der-tand that Mr Hewitt has, at New Smynsa.
several thousuid gallons which he eooOKm
plates shipping soon.
The first dirt was thrown on the Deneaeola
and Atlantic Railroad August 22, 1881. Thte
22d August, 1882, finds the road nearly con%-
pleted.
The contract for building a portlou of thjb
shops of the Pensacola and Atiantl-*allroaci
at Pensacola has been awarded ti Mr. A. W.
Llubbs for tde sum of 819,580. The contract
does not inc ude the roofing, whiclf work the
company itoeK will do. . j
The new outfit for the post Ocela j
has arrived and was put up last Tuaedfiy. It ,
was manufactured by the Yale LockCoCopaXjy
of Stamford, Conn., and is in every
handsome piece of workmanship au.4 Ocala
can now boast of having—not the arfMfi—hut *
the finest post office in the State. //. ’
there will soon be water enough fkthe Ock
lawaha river for the boats to rt-suniethUto trip*
to Leesburg.
The steamer City of Jacksonville, now being
built at Wilmington. Delaware, <s progressing
space, and will be launched in about two
weeks.
According to the report of Dr. A. W. Knight,
Health Officer of Jacksonville, thoUU were
sev- n deaths in the city for the week ending at
noon Saturdav— three white and f- urCliyuy;
three un,:er five years of age Twp pf the
seven were non-residents.
Tampa tribune: “The Alabama took t
cargo of NX) head of cattle at Ballast Point Bat
urday The Lucy Miller took a earfo of 3g>'
head Tuesday night. There are
head s ill to be shipped from this *
then the shipping will be over for thiahpfcMVP*
On Sunday morning as the North bouudgMa
senger train was nearing Madison stuttqu-the
cow-catcher ft ruck a Mr.
mason, who wa in the employ of J- L. ,iEgtte
As soon as it was found out that had
beenatruck the tram was stqgpjef |fi m
ductor. engineer and in a) s Tams. ““H
picse • him up and placed him*, and
carried him to Madisou, wbUUU&hyhHPBU* ks®
was ca'led The doctor rsgpUfk #kau ribs
br >ken with other iujurie.-nS S'.
Mayor Tarble of tVn-*aaifl
uf Health t ommiss oners of MkJT.ty are at
i g.eriieads judging from HhJpßrMnuaauon
of the Board at e rec-nt BSMMK• *“*kKfKA*.
J M Tarble. Mayor of the CiW. ••
lias iffUed a pr.x-:a:o atioe, ln-VvlfA Jps*3ara
of Health is conde nugotof ■ioeSMSeahy,
proclamation is caicUUUM to cr sate unneces
sary alarm, and iblfvjalhi* Ike t • r*.-t
-of the city; and *efaA, v*|kpK>
character and W l *, r.sucn
•"Sr
Mayor, b s have .onw-r.^ht
he the said J M. Tai-
U ” .iuwknewringl? and malicious j false
aifd gratuStHfi-W iejurioosto the city of l’ensa
cola.” -
• f •£-Jk MnMoualre
. and tven my life
t ja of Simmons
~w K rMMi I would not takesl,ooo,-
tufSukfr- in that medicine.
“W. H. Wilson,
L * Florida Sta’e Grange.”
\ a® are bilious. We are a bUi
of ue are born bilious, wl’h
'"~ v * .yjw >IB to dyspepsia. The best
Ob **Ve biliousnecs and indiges
<* Nfyer Eegulato.. It has
i htolft • • *
BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL
TH E UKUIT (. I OKI. IA N NOXOBf.
Hla Agony Ended at Last— Dying
Whhout 1 remor with HU Loved
One* Around Hint-Hit Last Honri
“Atlanta In Gloom—The Funeral
Fixed for Natnrday—The Feeling
•* Waahlngton.
Atlanta, August 16—About 2 o’clock
this morning Benator Hill was found to
be rapidly sinking. He breathed with much
difficulty. He continued to sleep, however,
and at a few minutes after 6 o’clock bis
death occurred, without a struggle. He
died from exhaustion.
Several hours before the Senator’s death
it was evident that the end was near. Soon
after daybreak his family were summoned
to his bedside, and there were present at his
death the following persons: Mrs. Hill, his
wife, B. H. Hill, Jr , and wife, Dr. R P.
Ridley and wife, Benator Hill’s danghter,
Charles D. Hill, his son, two nephews of the
Senator, and Dr. Wright, the attending sur
geon.
Four hours before passing away he made
a sign for a hypodermic injection of mor
phine, which was administered. He ap
peared to be awake and conscious several
times, but could not speak. At 6:15 he was
apparently awake. He then closed his eyes
gently and died without even a tremor.
Almost all business is suspended in respect
for the memory of the dead Senator. The
Mayor and Governor ordered the city and
B’ate buildings to he draped and fligs to be
put at half mast. The fire and church bells
were tolled to announce his death, and deep
and universal sorrow prevails. The City
Council, Board of Trade and the A’lanta bar
held meetings and appointed committees to
participate in the fuueral services on Satur
day, at four o’clock, at the First Presbyte
rian Church Rev. Clement A Evans will
officiate. During the services the stores will
be closed and business suspended.
Telegrams from various parts of the State,
and from other States, gave assurances of
hearty sympathy with the bereaved family
and a large attendance at the funeral.
There will be a meeting of citizens at Re-'
presentative Hall to morrow noon.
Washington, August 16.—The death of
few living pu.iiic men could have caused
deeper and more genuine regret than W
caused by the announcement of that
of Senator HU'. He was aimlred
by friends and foes alike. The psopWi
of Wasbingtou, from his long s-rvlce in
Congress, especially appreciated him even
as much as the people of Georgia,
and have but one thing to ssy:
They are all deeply sorrowful over
his death, and all by their expressions of
regret contribute to the laying of
upon the bier of the dead, Mr. IJiU w*
widely known and appreciated in. WasMnir
*on for bis remarkable qualities. And attajn
ments.
Sena'ors Lamar, Morgan, Beck and Sauls
bury, accompanied by Colonel Sneed, As
sistant Postmaster of the Benate, and
Mr DiKon, Superintendent of the folding
room, will leave to-morrow morning for At
lanta, Ga., to attend the Auieral 6f 4 #Bfctor
Hill. The south front fnt}?- SehMLgpßm
brr was draped in moußUßgto-imyfsSitl the
flg over t’e Senate Chamber placed at
half mast, in which ppaJUqpJt will remain
unttl after the funeral.' *--*•
PALMETMftfQI^Xjra.
Democratic Congressional Nomina
tions.
Columbia, 8. C., August 16 —The Con
gressionnl Convention or the Fourth district
met at C nldfi yesterday:**X'ter numerous
ballots thh'*Beadlbck tffe > ■ tuen at 12:30
o’clock und this morning John H. Evins,
Democrat, was renominated.
('HAiumeTOWfAugust 16 —The Democratic
Convention of the Fifth Congressional dis
trict met at Chester yesterday. John J.
H mpWii, of Chester, was nominated to day
on the 68* h ballot.
Mn H>-mphlll is only thirty-three years
old 6ut has oeen prominent as a lawyer and
in State politics for some years His op
ponents in the campaign will be Col. E B.
C. Cash, the noted duelist, and Judge
Thomas J. Mackey, both of whom are In
dependent candidates '
Wa B=iattv, a delegate to the convention
from Grenvll!' died at his hotel of heart
djfSM—i r
At the Fourth district convention, W.
. Evans was nominated on the 62d ballot.
* ATLANTA FLASHES.
; A Tribute from Hie Railroad Com
- uaMsloii to (he Late Colonel Had
. ley- Fdllor Thornton Quits the Trl
August 16—The Railroad Com
mission to day forwarded to Mrs. Wm. M.
Wadley a tribute of respect to her deceased
husband, expressing their esteem and sym
' pat hy.
I Mr M. E Thornton’s name disappears
/rom the Post-Appeal this afternoon. There
is a change In the management, which
is announced under the Post-Appeal Pub
lishing Company, who proposes to conduct
It as anewsp'ptr and on business principles
No mention is made of the mythical Liberal
convention and party. With its new press
4tnd new type It is intended soon to issue a
‘■tooming edition with press dispatches. It
still supports Mr. Stephens.
AMERICAN BANKERS.
The Annual Session Opened at
Saratoga.
| Saratoga, August 16. The Bankers’
Convention began its annual session here
to-day. The attendance was much larger
than ever before. The opening address was
delivered by George 8. Coe, President of
the association. A committee was then ap-
Lpiointed to consider and report upon the
of inter-State commercial paper.
7# Addresses were made by Professor Atwa
ter on “The Currency of the Future,” by
Col. Grosvenor, of New To k, on “Clearing
Houses,” by John Hempson, of New York,
K’The Financial Situation,” and by A D.
ch, of Indiana, on “Banking in the
LiWeet.”
lOWA DEMOCRATS.
j* • *
The State Convention— Sympathy for
Senator HilPa Family.
MlUarshalltown, August 16.—The Demo
icYalic State Convention assembled here to
iday. Seventy two counties were represent
led* T. O. Walker was nominated for
! Secretary of State, John Folev for Treasurer,
[ Mhr. Th* mpson for Auditor, and J. H.
. Bremmerman for Attorney General.
A telegram was read announcing the death
of Senator Hill, of Georgia, and a committee
was appointed to draft resolutions to for
ward to the bereaved family.
;i . Weather indication*.
OWicb Chirp Signal Observer, Wash
marcs. D. G., August 16 —lndications for
Thursday:
{a the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
local rains, partly cloudy weather, winds
’ most] v from south to west, nearly stationary
tewperature, and stationary or Slight rise iu
barometer
In the Middle Atlantic Btates, local rains,
followed by partly cloudy weather, south
wagtto northwest winds, stationary or slight
fail In temperature, and slight rise iu ba
reWeter.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, light
rains and partly cloudy weather, southwest
to northwest winds, slight changes in tem
perature, and slight rise in barometer.
Cotton Futures In New York.
New York, August 16 —The Ptrt's cotton
market report save: “Future deliveries
opened 2-100 c to 3100 c. higher, advanced
another 3 100 c. for near months, but.lost; the
entire gain later in the dv. At the third
call September brought 12 61c. and Feb
ruary 11 90c. Bids were refused of 12 tc.
•or August, 11 95c. for October, 1171 c. for
November and December, and 11 7c. for
January.”
After a severe test of twelve years by
many leading physicians and thousands of
females, it has been thoroughly demon
strated that E/ngUsh Female Bitters has cured
and relieved more sickly females than all
other remedies combined. All monthly de
fects, excesses or weaknesses, affecting
married or single ladies, are promptly re
lieved by its use.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1882.
BRADY’S DEFENSE.
Counsellor Chandler's Plea for Ike
Arch-Jobber.
Washington, August 16.—Judge Carpen
ter concluded his argument in the star route
cases at an early hour to day, and was fol
lowed by Jeff. Chandler, Eeq , for the de
fense and particularly for defendant Brady.
Mr. Chandler said t he jury might,perhaps,re
member that there was an indictment in this
case, al'hough they had heard much about
it. The theory of that indictment was that
every person mentioned therein was guilty
of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Fraud meant getting something out of the
government without returning an equiva
lent. in value. His first point was that a
good trade was uot fraud. A man had a right
to make the best bargainhe could at any time
If these ontractors had made $400,000
or $1,000,000, thty could not be called to
account fer it,. Mr. Chaudler then re
viewed the allegations of the indictment,
and said the conspiracy charged therin must
be proved by separate criminal acts. The
prosecution could not put a number of
separately Innocent acts together, and out
of them collectively, make a crime. They
bad not, however, proved a single act for
which a man could be punished.
In the second place, a conspiracy having
been proved, It must be shown that the de
fendants made false representations; that
the money paid on the expedited routes was
paid by reason of these false representa
tions, and in the third place, it
must be proved that the means
made use of actually defrauded
the government. These things, he asserted,
had not been proved. Nothing had been
sh <w against, anv one of the defendant
which would warrant his conviction, if on
trial alone. Strong suspicion or probability
was not sufficient. The jury must feel a
clear and positive conviction of the defend
ants’ guilt.
Mr. Chandler was here about to quote
some authority on a point of law, when Mr.
Merrick objected on the ground that the
jury could not pas* on a point of law.
Mr. Chandler replied that, he should ask
the court to instruct th® jury that they were
judges of both law and fact.
Judge Wylie said that if that were so he
might as well retire
Mr. Chandler insisted that he should ask
fcfdlPHri hereafter on the question. Con-
WiHting.. Mr. Chandler said conspiracy must
be proved tjDUnst every one of the defend
ants; nr ever-. one of them must be acquitt
ed. They were so united by the Indictment
that they could not be separated in the yer
diftt. Trie jury could not fiad two or three
guilty and acquit the remainder.
( Along colloquy followed between the
oourtAod counsel on this point, the court
Mcefiaatlng the opinion that any two of the
defendants might be convicted and the re
mainder acquitted.
Air. Chandler maintained that all must be
found guilty or none, and that the alleged
fraudulent expedition of routes must be
shown to have re-ulted from the unbroken
and united influence of all the defendants
together, exclur-lve of other causes.
Mr Chandler further maintained that the
government had received an equivalent for
money spent in expedition and
had not been defrauded.
Upon this point another colloquy took
place between the court and prunsel, the
former expressing the opinion that, if con
spiracy were proved, the fact that the pub
lic received benefit from the expedition and
Increase of service was no defense.
At this point, argument was suspended
and the court adjourned.
YELLOW FEFER.
The Scourge lu the Southwest.
Galveston, Tex , August 16.—A Mata
morasspecial says the yellow fever infec
tion is gradually dying out, and has almost
disappeared from the centre of the city and
is confined to the suburbs. The cases among
the foreign population are generally Im
proving.
Brownsville, Tx., ’August. 16.—There
were seventeen new fever eases to-day,
twelve Mexicans and five Americans. Three
deaths, all Mexicans. The publication of
the dally papers is suspended, the hands
being down wi>h the fever. Ten patients
are in the hospital, all are doing well.
At Matamoras the fever cases are decreas
ing. Four daaths have been reported for
the twenty-four hoursending at 9 a. m. The
weather is clear.
Washington. August 16 —The Marine
Hospital bureau has received a request
from the Mayor of Pensacola, Fla., to de
tail the surgeon of that tervice stationed at
Pensacola as city physician. The Mayor has
is*ued a proclamation, condemning the
quarantine service at that point as insuf
ficient.
The Mayor of Galveston, Texas, has ap
plied to the Treasury Depariment for $3,000,
reimbursement for funds expended by the
local authorities in sending the schooner
Henrietta from Galveston to the National
Board of Health quarantine, at Bhlp Island,
in the Gulf, a distance of nearly 700 miles,
on the 31 Instant.
WHISKY DISTILLERS IN COUNCIL
A Redaction of the Product Agreed
Upon.
Cincinna I *’. August 16 —Last November
the whisky dealers of the West formed a
temporary association for reducing the
amount distilled to half their government
capacity. This agreement terminated May
lof this year. Since that time the distillers
have been running at will. Yester
day a meeting of the Cincinnati and
neighboring distillers was held and an agree
raent was unanimously reached that the
distillers reduce the production of high
wines to forty per cent, of their govern
ment capacity. The distiller went to Chi
cago last night to attend a meeting there
to day to ratify this arrangement, which has
already been agreed to in detail in distilling
centres.
BISHOP PAYNE.
Disinclined to Mae for Damages.
Newport, R. 1., August 16—At a meet
ing of colored citizens to-night a letter from
Bishop Daniel Payne, of Florida, in relation
to his ejection from a first-class carriage on a
Florida railway on account of his color
was considered. The letter affirms the
injustice of the railway employes’ action,
but evinces a disinclination, owing to his
advanced years and feeble health to engage
in a legal contest. The sum of money raised
for that purpose will be given to the widow
of John Brown.
The New York Stock market.
New York, August 16.—Share specula
tion opened generally weak, with prices %
to 1 per cent, lower than yesterday’s closing
quotations, the latter for St. Paul, Min
neapolis and Mannatoba. In the early
trade the market was heavy and the general
list fell off % to 2 per cent., Northwestern
preferred and common, Memphis and
Charleston and St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba beine conspicuous in the down
ward movement, but. subsequently the tone
of the market became strong, Memphis and
Charleston selling up 5 per cent, to J 64, and
the remainder of the list to -2 % pel cent.
Canada Southern, Reading, New York Cen
tral and Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ert being prominent in the improvement.
In the early part of the afternoon the list
again became weak, and a decline of to
3 per cent, took place, In which Memphis
and Charleston, Northwestern, Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, Union Pacific,
and Oregon and Transcontinental were the
greatest sufferers.
In the late trade, aided partially by the
low rate of money, which Induced pur
chases, the market sold up gradually to the
close, the advance ranging from to 3 per
cent., Central. North western common, Mem
phis and Charleston,Reading and Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western being prominent
in the recoverv, while Northwestern pre
ferred sold up 6% per cent, to 175, and the
market closed strong.
As compared with the closing figures of
yesterday prices are irregular, tne principal
changes helng an advance of 4% per cent,
in Northwestern preferred, 3% in Memphis
and Charleston, and 2 in Reading, and a de
cline of 2% in St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba, and IV P r cent, in Richmond
End West Point. Transactions aggregated
265,000 shares.
Colonel Hammond Renominated.
Atlanta, August 16 —At the Democratic
Convention of the Fifth district, held at
Griffin to-dav, Hon. N. J. Hammond was
renominated for congress.
All who lead a closely confined life are
more frequent subjects of constipation,
headache and indigestion. If you will use
Bosley's Saline Aperient it will cure ybu
entirely. Pleasant ass glass of soda,
cheaper than pills, and never tails.
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
THE SULTAN’S ORDERS COUN
TERMANDED.
Hl Troops Resting at Soda Bay—
The Report ot HU Deposition
False—The Terms of the Conveu*
tlon Unsettled Arabl'a Latest
Trick—Refugees Flocking to Alex®
audrla—The Khedive Serene.
Alexandria, August 16 —General Sir
Garnet Wolseley, the Eaglish commander,
with the authority of the Khedive, ha 6
issued a proclamation to the people of
Egypt representing the sole object of the
British to be to restore the authority of the
Khedive. It says all peaceful natives will
be kindly treated, the mosques will be re
spected and all supplies paid for. General
Wolseley adds that he will be glad to re
ceive all chiefs who are disposed to assist in
repressing the rebellion.
London, August 16.— Apprehensions re
garding the safety of the Suez canal having
been removed, business in the insurance of
ships against war risks has ceased.
The Khedive yesterday -ent 5 telegram to
Nice requesting the presence of Rlaz Pasha
at the palace. Rlaz Pasha is expected to
sail from Marseilles to-morrow, and it is
hoped to form a combination Ministry under
the leadership of Cherif Pasha. Hundreds
of people arrive by steam r daily
without visible means of sub
sistence. Provisions are dearer, and
apartments are almost unobtainable
at double rents. Tuesday being the last
day of the feast of Balram, the Khedive
held a reception at the Ras-el-Tln palace.
The Khedive appeared to be in good spirits,
and referred to passing events in a light and
happy manner. Genera! Adye, Admiral
Seymour and many other British officers
visited the Khedive. The commissariat ser
vice is working smoothly.
Constantinoplb, J ugust 16 —The draft
of the military convention proposed by the
Por a to Eogiand is as follows:
“The Turkish army undertakes the paci
fication of Egypt without foreign assistance.
They wish the British forces to remain in
their present positions and not to partici
pate in operations. The Turks shall be
allowed to use Alexandria as a base of
operations, and Turks and British both to
withdraw after the pacification of the coun
try.”
Lord Dufferin rejected this draft and
submitted another, stipulating that the
Turks should not undertake operations
without the previous consent of the British
commander, that. British officers should be
attached to the Turkish headquarters, and
that the question of evacuation should be
the subject of aepeclal Imperial convention.
It is believed that there is no probabii! y of
the Porte’s accepting the English conditions.
A few officers and soldiers have returned on
leave from Suda Bay, where 4,100 Turkish
troops are assembled.
London, August 16.—A dispatch to Reu
ter’s Telegram Company from Constantl
nople says: “Tne report that the Ulemas
have deposed the Sultan is untrue. On the
contrary the Sultan, at the feast of Biiriam
yesterday, received several congratulatory
’elegrams from Cairo and other psrts of
E*vpt.”
The correspondent of the Times at Con
stantinople says: “A small body of Turk
ish cavalry, which embarked for service in
Egypt, landed at Suda Bay instead of at
Alexandria, and the Albanian infantry bat
talion, which waß ordered to embark at
Scutari has received countermanding orders
This i* a significant token in connection
with the fact that the Porte has not yet
fixed a day for the discussion of the militar,’
convention.”
The Times in an editorial article says with
reference to the foregoing dispatch: “We
cannot profess to regret this sign that our
troops may be spared the co-ODeration of
their inconvenient ally.”
The Dailg News has the following dispatch
from Constantinople. “It is stated- in
Turkish circles thar the hesitation to Issue a
proclamation against Arabi Is owing to the
fact that a telegram was received from him
five days ago, expressing his readiness to
submit to the authority of the Caliph, but
stating that he could not leave his soldiers
without a head until the arrival of Turkish
troops In Egypt, when he would Instantly
hand over his command to the Turkish
General. The military convention is still
for the same reason.”
Plymouth, England, August 16—A
special from Alexandria to the Western
Morning News says: “Belief in the hope
lessness of the struggle is spreading among
the Egyptians. The British commander at
the Ml-ks forts has reeeived overtures for
t he surrender of an eutfre infantry battalion,
if it can obtain favorable terms.”
HARLYND, THE DUELIST.
Testimony for the fommonwealili
Concluded
Lunknburg, Va , August 16.—The Gar
land murder trial was resumed this morn
ing, when the prisoner was brought into
court looking somewhat pale. On opening
court Judge Hinton gave notice that he
would ask for the production of all three
of the pistols used by Garland, Boswell and
Roach. Counsel for the defense stated that
he would also ask for the production of all
the weapons used by Addison and his friend.
The examining of witnesses was then com
menced.
E. 8. Johns was examined. He gave a de
tailed account of getting Miss Hatchett’s
letters from the Wattsburn post office ad
dressed to Addison,with the request that he
forward them to Garland, Also of
Addison’s saying that he was going
to indorse them; of his witness
beine present at the duel and seeing Bos
well hand UarlaQd a pistol. Also of his
going after a physician to attend Addison
after being shot. A representation of the
hickory tree, one foot eight and a half
inches in circumference,behind which Addi
son got after being shot, was produced in
court and Identified by witness, who ex
plained Addison’s position while behind it
John J. Banes was next called. He testified
to being in Wedderburn’s saw mill when
Boswell called and Informed Addison that
Garland was down the road waiting to see
him. Witness also testified to Addison’s
going to meet Garland, taking three of his
friends with him. Eanes gave a detailed
account of the introduction of Addison and
Garland by Boswell and the subsequent
duel. He also testified to Boswell’s handing
Garland another pistol after he (Garland)
had emptied his pistol; also to the wound
ing of Addison and his position behind the
tree (which was again produced before the
jury) after being shot.
The wltnees, in reply to questions of coun
sel for the defense, testified that
Addison was very strong and ac
tive, and a good boxer. He also tes
fled to loaning Addison a dirk knife (which
was hf re exhibited in court) the day before
the difficulty. Wl ness had loaned it to the
deceased a number of times before. This
closed the tesrimony for the commonwealth,
when court ad j mrned till 9:30 o’clock to
morrow morning.
SHORT CROPS IN SPAIN.
Frequent Outbreaks ot the Peas
entry.
Madrid, August 16.—The agricultural
distress is assuming alarming proportions in
Andalusia in consequence of the poor har
vest and want of labor. Frequent collisions
occur between the peasantry and police.
London, August 16.—The Press Associa
tion says that the state of affairs in Anda
lusia is serious and requires a prompt reme
dy. All the relief doled out by the govern
ment in Andalusia, Estremadura, Galicia,
Aragon and Catalonia has proyed unavail
ing. Several acts of brigandage have oc
curred near Granada.
He Could not Bear Hie Son’e Dli
grace.
Toronto. August 16.—Charles 8. Rugler
was arrested here to-day for having forged
notes to the amount of ten thousand dollars
at Llstowal, Oat. When Rugler’s father
heard of his son’s arrest he committed sui
cide by hanging.
Blue and Gray.
Sbdalia, August 16.—There was a large
ex-Confederate soldiers’ reunion here yes
terday. A large body of ex-Union soldiers
took part in the proc-seion Rev. B. F.
Lacy, Chaplain to Stonewall Jackson, made
the opening prayer.
A Wise Woman
Will try and preserve her charms. She may
lack classic outline of form, bat she
use Sozodont, and retain the beauty aiijor
usefulness of her teeth. A fine set of tei
is one of the highest -charms. Sozowi,
will do this work.
TALLAHASSEE LETTER.
Wakulla Coautr-lta Soil and ropug
rapkf-A White man’s Poradtse-
Oond Crops—Bee Cnlinrc — The Mid
dle Florida Falr-Flortds’s First
Bale—Plchlsg Neaion Negroes
Learning the Difference Hetween
TOeum end Tuum-Dtiih ot a
P r - mi; ent Citizen—The Weather—
-J , P *M. H. H.
Tallahassee, August 14.—Having recently
returned from a trip to the adjoining county
of Wakulla, I have thought an account of the
products, soil and state of the crops may not
be uninteresting. This county constituted a
part of Leon until the act of March 11, 1/443,
when it was organised and its boundaries de
fined. The soil is somewhat different from
that of Leon, as well as the features of the
county, that of the latter being hilly, while
the former is more level. Leon abounds
in red clay hills, while Waku la, being
near the coast, partakes of the nature of all
lands in Florida similarly situated—sandy soil
and extensive forests of pine. But all of her
lands are not pine. There are large tracts of
hummock which in their production compare
favorably with the choicest lands in other sec
tions. Some of these hummock lands yield
readily a bale of cotton to the acre. There
never have been any large plantations
in the county, and as most of the
farms are small, they are tilled
by the labor of their owners. As this has been
the case for a number of years, there are but
few negroes in the county, and in the absence
of large numbers of that element of popula
tion. petty thieving is almost unknown. So se
cure are its denizens, that even the thrifty
housewife does not often put her treasures un
der lock and key, for they say there is but little
need of bolts and bars. Uncleared lands, with
good timber and susceptible of good yield when
cleared under proper cultivation, sell for 50c
to $l per aere, according to the locality and
size of the trait. Cleared lands with improve
ments sell from $2 to $3 per acre. It is em
phatically the white man’s paradise, and when
this section of country settles up, as it soon
will, Wakulla will receive her share of immi
grants.
I found the corn crop to be an unusually
good one, while cane and cotton were much
better than I had expected. Some of the
best planters assured me that the cotton crop
would be even better than last year. Greater
attention is paid to bee culture th-re than any
where in this section. For years past strained
honey has been brought into Tallahassee
an 1 sold by the barrel, and I have no doubt
that an intelligent attention to this industry
would pay well. As it is, the hives are all of
tbe old fashioned patterns, and the modern ap
pliances for extracting the honey from the
comb are unknown. In former years strained
honey brought here seventy-five cents per gal
lon, but as shipments are now made elsewhere
it brings a better price.
Some of the farmer.-: are already getting
ready for the Middle Florida Fair, to be held in
January next, and they cHim that the
Wakulla exhibit on that occnson shall not only
be extensive but varied. They say that they
can send the largest and finest sweet potatoes,
the largest ears of corn and the tallest sugar
cane, and inteno to do so I found, too, that
the farmers’ wives were as enthusiastic as
their husbands, but oie lady showed us a
knit counterpane which she said it required
her a little ovr twelve months to complete,
and she had formerly taken a premium for a
similar one bhe felt very confident of being
equally succes-ful at our coming fair in Janu
ary next.
The people of Wakulla, like the others
of this section, are determined not to hide
their light under a bushel, and if the soil and
products of their county are not known be
yond its limits it will not be their fault. A
few of them are beginning to turn their atten
tion to the now famous Le Conte pear, while
others living near the ranroad are turning
their atte tiou to truck farming, Should the
contemplated road from Carabelle to
Thomasville be built through (Jrawfordviile,
where there are some of the best lands in the
county, it will prove of incalculable benefit to
the people. In some portions of this county
they cultivate a species of squash known as
the Brazilian. It is of the mammoth variety,
and as good for table purposes as the ordinary
squash. I brought home with me one
of these mammoths, grown in the garden of
Nat. R. Walker, Esq., Clerk of the Circuit
Court. This specimen measures three feet in
length, and was not as large, Mr. Walker as
sured me. as some he had raised. On being
pr- pared for the table, I found it fully equal to
the ordinary squash.
The first bale of new cotton was brought in
on Wednesday, 9th, by Mr. R. Bmith, of Mic
cosukie. This same gentleman was in with the
first bale last year. Most of the planters are
now engaged in picking, and in a few weeks
the fleecy staple will begin to arrive daily.
Many of the negro tenants are beginning’ to
understand the doctrine of meum and tuum,
and attachments and replevin of cotton by the
creditor is of rare occurrence. Formerly the
tenant considered actual possession as the right
to dispose of his crop regar less of the claim
of the mortgagee, and the fall of the year was
the harvest season to the Justice Courts as
well as to the husbandman But a few con
victions soon convinced the debtors that the
creditors had rights, and now the courts are
seldom troubled with these kind of cases The
merchant or planter who makes advances
during the year is almost sure to be reimbursed
if there is a good season.
Another of our old citizens has been called
away. On last Baturdav a telegram was re
ceived, stating that Col. William K. Beard (who
some weeks since had gone to Philadelphia to
consult a physician) was dead. Cos). Beard
was a native of this county, and his father,
the late Major John Beard, was one of the
earliest settlers in this section. At the
beginning of the late war, when the
First Florida Regiment, stationed at
Pensacola, was organized, Col. Beard was
elected Lieutenant Colonel. He was subse
quently assigned to duty on the staff of Gen
eral Bragg, where he served to the end of the
war. In this, his native place, he was univer
sally esteemed, and his demise has caused gen
eral sympathy for his grief stricken family.
The rains still continue, though not as fre
quent as they were some weeks ago. Nor is
the cotton injured as much as was feared. On
the contrary in this, as in Wakulla county, the
probability is this crop will be as good, if not
better than it was last year.
when the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mo
bile Railroad was sold a little over a year ago,
it will be remembered that the decree of
court provided that the purchasers should
have twelve months to take up the old out
standing Pensacola and Gulf Railroad bonds.
The twelve months expired on the Ist of July,
and all of the bonds we e taken up, except
those issued for the benefit of the road to St.
Marks. As the State is authorized, in default
of such payment, to seize tbe road and
sell it for the benefit of the bondholders, the
probability is that Governor Bloxham, bv vir
tue of said decree, will very shortly take pos
session of the St. Marks branch, and after the
usual notice, sell the same for the benefit of
the bondholders. Whether -his default on
the part of the Reed syndicate was an inten
tional abandonment of a branch that
at present is of no profit, I know not
—possibly it is. Tbe Monticello branch has also
been levied on by virtue of an execution in
favor of certain second mortgage bondholders,
and so far its contemplated sale has not been
resisted. As neither of these branches are a
means of profit, but only a convenience to their
immediate localities, it may be that the Florida
Central and Western Railroad Company con
template abandoning them, and that the future
purchasers will have an elephant on their
hands. Lbon.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY
Jas. H. Ramsey was yesterday appointed
Postmaster at Salisbury, N. C., vice D. H.
Brigter.
Bailey A Sons’ cotton mills at Bolton,
Enkland, containing 50,000 spindles, have
been destroyed bv fire. Loss £eo,ooo.
The coalition convention met at Harrison
burg, Va., yesterday nominated Hon. John
Paul by acclamation for Congress from tbe
Seventh district.
The Republican Readjuster Convention,
at Lynchburg, Va., yesterday nominated
Collector J. Henry Rives to represent the
Sixth district In Congress.
Walter J. and C. B. Morris '‘because they
did not. like the singing” of Henry Hyman,
scabbed him and bis friend, A. M. Clute, in
the neck at the Avon Beach Hotel, L. I.
General A. S. Herron was nominated on
the fifty-eighth ballot for Congress as Hon.
E W. Robertson's succersor in the Sixth
Louisiana Congressional district yesterday.
The State Department at Washington has
received Information from Minister Lowell
at London of the release of Mr. Meaney,
who was arrested in Ireland under the re
pression act.
A correspondent, writing from Beyrout,
says events in Egypt are greatly influencing
the Byrlan Mussulmans. The situation Is
such that a trilling incident would suffice to
set the whole province ablaze,
C. A. Wetton, Auditor of the
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad
Company, blew bis brains out while an offi
cer was reading a warrant far his arrest on a
charge of Digamy. Jt is said that he had
five or six wives.
Jehn Wallace, a miner, at Saxman’s
works, Batesville, in Westmoreland county,
Pa., accidentally stumbled into tbe mouth
of the shaft, Monday evening. He fell a
distance of ninety feet, and was crushed
into an unrecognisable mass. In the de
scent, his left arm coming In contact with
the jagged edges of the rocks, it was cut off
as completely as though done with a razor.
The National Ztitung of Berlin states that
petitions from Chambers of Commerce
throughout Germany to Prince Bismarck In
regard to the Indemnification ot German
merchants who suffered by the riots In Alex
andria are increasing. The National Zeitung
adds that the question of the amount of
compensation may form the subject of a
discussion between tbe German and Egyp
tian G** ’nets hereafter.
D D a* ln tb< Hoe**.
Jail)Aft -Clears oat rata, alee,
wutaa, aklp-
GAG LAW IN IRELAND.
THE HIGH SHERIFF OF DUBLIN
IMPRISONED.
Tbe Populace Deeply mowed—Par
nell. Davits and Dillon Giveu tbe
Freedom of tbe Cliy-Tbetr Wise
Counsel to tbe People.
Dublin, August 16 —E Dwyer Gray,
member of Parliament and proprietor of
the Freeman's journal, was to-day sen
tenced to three months’ imprisonment and
to pay fine of £5OO for contempt of court in
publishing the letter of O’Brien,
editor of United Ireland, accusing
the jury which convicted Francis
Hvnes of the murder of John Dougherty of
being drunk on the night previous to the
day their verdict was given, and an article
commenting thereon. O’Brien and Davttt
were put out of court. Gray, after being
sentenced, was baoded over to the custody
of the City Coroner. The latter evinced
some reluctance to take charge of him, but
Judge Lawson called upon him to do his
duty. The Coroner, whose intervention
was necessary, because Gray is the High
Sheriff of the city of Dublin, then conveyed
the prisoner io Richmond prison.
Gray, at the expiration of his term, must
find sureties, himself for £5OO and two
others in the sum of £2,000 each. The de
cision of the court has caused a great sen
sat on in the city. Gray was Lord Mayor of
Dublin for 1880, and was nominated the
second time for 1881, but declined to serve.
Lord Mayor Dawson ha arranged to call
a special meeting of the corporation on
Monday, with the view of considering meas
ures to secure the release of Mr. Gray.
Crowds are assembling around tbe statue of
O’Connell, and speeches expressing indig
nation at the sentence are being made.
The city hall was densely crowded to-day
on the occasion of the presentation of the
freedom of the city to Messrs. Parnell and
Dillon. Nearly every Mayor in Ireland ex
cept the Mayor of Belfast wa present. Mr.
Storey, Radical member of Parliament for
Sunderland, and the Home Rule members,
were also present. When the roll of the
corporation was called, at tbe mention of
Mr. Gray’s name the whole audience rose
and cheered enthusiastically tor several
minutes.
The Lord Mayor declared that Mr. Gray’s
sentence was equivalent to six months’ Im
prisonment He advised the people to be
most careful and guarded in iheir language,
as they were In the mlds* of a great crisis.
Mr. Paruell, returning thanks to the cor
poration for tbe freedom of the city, said
that In view of tbe recent events it was clear
that liberty of speech no longer existed In
Ireland. He and his associates, however,
would bring the subject before the House
of Commons at the first opportunity.
Mr. Callan, membtr of Parliament for
Louth, has given private notice that he will,
to morrow, call attention to the sentence of
Mr. Gray. Telegrams have been sent to tbe
Irish members at present in Ireland, to re
turn to London to participate In the debate.
The following proclamation, signed by
Lord Mayor Dawson and Messrs. Parnell,
DIHod and Davltt, has been issued:
“Dublin, August 16.— 1 o the Citizens of
Dublin: Without offering any comment,
upon the sentence passed upon the Hon.
E Dwyer Gray, we deem It our duty to In
voke the people to maintain calmness and
a dignified demeanor. We are expressing
the wishes of Mr. Gray In counseling our
fellow citizens to abstain from any gather
ings in the street that might lead to
a breach of the peace. We require only
calumets and temperance In the present
emergency. Hundreds of thousands of
visitors kept the peace In Dublin yesterday.
Let the citizens show equal prudence and
self control on this occasion.”
London, August 16 —ln the House of
Commons this afternoon Captain Nolan
(member for Gtlway) wished to call atten
tion to the Imprisonment of Mr. Gray, but
was ruled out of order.
THE TURF.
Yet)rdi<i Races at Saratoga,
Saratoga, August 16.—The attendance at
the course wa6 very good,the weather cloudy
and warm, the track slow and the betting
spirited.
The first race for $350, entrance free, four
furlongs, Punster won. North Anta second,
Lytton third. Time I:o3>£
The second race, for $4OO, entrance free,
a mile and a half, Granger won, Fsrragut
second, Irish King third. Time 2.38^.
The third race, for $350, entrance free,
one mile, Jennie V. won, Stanton second,
Papeheo beaten off. Time 1:42.
The fourth race, for $350. entrance free,
three-quarters of a mile, Malaslne won,
George Hakes second, Blenheim third. The
judges, however, place Blenheim second
and George Hakes third. Time 1:15.
Tbe error of the judges in placing the
second and third horses caused considerable
111 feeling.
THE BON AP A RTISTS.
A Grand Conclave—Bold Declare*
tlona.
Paris, August 16.—A meeting of Bona
partists was held here yesterday, which was
attended by four thousand persons. Among
those present were MM. De Casaganac and
Amtques. Resolutions were passed favor
ing tne placing of Trfnce Victor Napoleon
upon the throne of France.
M. De Cassagnac made a speech in which
he declared that the Imperialists were ready
for power and meant to take it. He stated
that the fifteenth of August had been
specially chosen for the holding of the
meeting. “In a few years,” said he, “the
fifteenth of August, the Fete Napoleon
will be the fete day of the Empire of
France.”
Snow, Cold, and Frost In the West.
Madison (WU.) Journal, August 10.
The weather which is being expe
rienced in this State at present is truly
remarkable and is the cause of surprise
to every one. That fires should be re
quired at this season of the year to main
a comfortable temperature in doors is
something almost unheard of. August is
usually the warmest month of the twelve,
while this summer it partakes far more of
the frosty air of October. Tuesday night
and last night the temperature was but
two or three degrees above the freezing
point, and fears are beginning to be
entertained for the crops, especially those
of corn, sorghum, and fruit. The rains
of yesterday were chilly, and were ac
companied by fitful, raw winds of a de
cidedly disagreeable nature. Snow is
reported as having fallen in some per
tions of Minnesota, and at Janesville,
which is considerably south of this city,
the same phenomenon occurred. The
Janesville Gazette of yesterday says: “A
most unusual phenomenon occurred this
afternoon at about 2:33 o’clock, a
conclusive proof that though this year
is a decidedly off one in weather,
it has not yet developed
all Its peculiarities. This
morning it was cloudy, with every ap
pearance of rain, and the thermometer
was down in the ulster regions. Later
the clouds disappeared and the sun shone
out bright and warm. At 2 o’clock the
clouds gathered again, and 2:20 it began
to drizzle. Accompanying the slight
rain was snow. A hundred gentlemen
saw it and will vouch for it. Snow in
midsummer, when the mercury only two
days before was perspiring in the
nineties, is something rather extraordi
nary, particularly as tfie thermometer
at the time registered 64 deg. above zero.
To cap the climax or the climate,
in ten minutes after the snow fall the sun
again shone out Tbe flakes were small
and thin, and had a half-starved out-of
season look, but they were plainly distin
guished.” A gentleman who left Sparta
this morning informs us that there was
considerable white frost visible on the
line between Sparta and Portage. He
thinks tobacco must have been destroyed,
but farmers hoped corn was not seriously
injured. From persons who arrived in
the city to day from up the Chicago and
Northwestern Road, It is learned that
there was a slight frost at Elroy early
this morning.
I cannot see why women are ao desirous
of imitating men. I could understand the
wish to be a boa constrietor, a lion, cr an
elephant, bat a man I that surpasses my
comprehension.— Theophile Gautier.
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COL TOM HARDEMAN
Senda an Open Letter to One R. D.
Locke, Alleged Republican Caudl*
date tor ContrMtnasa-it Larce
®ol. Hardeman Pnaaled Over tbe
and Advlaea Locke to Tarn
bla Attantlon to Longatreet—A
Spicy Reply to a Cheeky Reqneat.
The following correspondence between
Mr. R. D Locke and Col. Thos. Hardeman
is decidedly rich, rare and racy:
Washington, D. C., August 8— Colonel
Thomas Hardeman, Macon, Ga.— Dear Sir:
I tender you Hearty congratulations upon
your nomination by the Democratic party
for Congressman at-large. As the Republl
can party of Georgia in convention at At
lanta recently nominated me for the same
office, I trust you will consent to a joint
campaign of the State with me. I will
visit Macon within ten days to arrange with
you the details of the campaign, provided
you are willing to discuss with me, before
the people,whatever issues may be involved
As I will be here but a few days, you may
address me,care of Mr. W.W. Brown, Macon.
I am, with great respect, your obedient, ser-
R D. Lock*.
Macon, Ga , August 14, 1882 —Jfr. R. D.
Locke — Dbak Bir: I am In receipt of your
letter of the Bth Instant, from Washirgton
City, tendering your congratulations upon
my nomination by the Democratic party for
the position of Congressman-at-large, and
asking if I will “consent to a joint cam
paign of the Btate with you,” as “the Re
publican party of Georgia, in convention at
Atlanta, recently nominated” you for the
same position. While I thank you for your
kind congratulations, you will permit me to
express my surprise at the information con
tained in your letter about tbe action of jUhe
“Republican party of Georgia.” I havsMF
fore me tbe Naticnai, August 10, 188®*
political paper published in Atlanta, Ga,
and said to be the organ of that party,
Ing the proceedings of “the Republican
State Convention,” which bas at the heed
of its columns the following:
‘‘REPUBLICAN BTATK TICKST.
“For Secretary of State
tl Wm. I White,' of Richmond.
“For Attorney General,
“John D. Cunningham, of Fulton
* * * * * * *
“REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
“For Congressman-at-large,
“James Longstreet, <f Hall."
I am therefore constrained to ask If the
nominee ot the Republican State Conven
tion, James Longstreet, has been with
drawn, and if yon have been substituted in
his place? That paper speaks of a conven
tion of “bolters,” comprised, as It asserts,
“of a few gentlemen and represen'a’ives of
every other grade of society, from the ex
convlet down to tbestrollingvagabond from
SkowhegaD,” which was opened with prayer
(so it affirms) “by a convict lately dis
charged from the Georgia penitentiary,
and wound up by putting out a
bastard ticket, to be set down upon
by honest Republicans.” but It does
not inform the public wno were the nomi
nees of that, convention. While I do not
adopt H 6 my own, nor have I the heart to
approve the very harsh and acrimonious
language of that paper against “the bolt
ers,” yeti am forced to the conclusion you
are one of-ttae nominees of that body of men
alluded to In said paper, “who, to ssre
themselves from utter rout, bolted the con
vention and organized another body,” and
placed In nomination that “basturd tictog*”,
in opposition to the one nominated by “tue
Republican State Convention*” cm whirl) fi
tinjj the name of “James 1/mgstreM” f<jg I
“Congtc-:man-ftt-large ” I would there-'
fore respectfully but hindly cugeeet^ffi
these faers as stated by tbe organ of the
Republican p;rty be true (and it does not
become me to deny them), that you
are opposing James Longstreet for
Congre-sman-at-large and not mvself,
and that you should have addressed your
communication to him. asking him to can
vass with you before the people of Georgia,
the claims of the candidates of these re
spective conventions, and that if he consents
to the arrangement, I know you will agree
with me that it would be exceedingly unbe
coming in'me to advise you to neglect, for
this purpose, your public duties, and still
more ungenerous to take sides with either
wing of the party in their “labor to have
all past differences between tbe Republicans
honorably and amicably adjusted,” so that
vou might be enabled as you say, “to move
forward together to win victory over the
common enemy, Bourbon Democracy.”
As 1 will not be in Macon at tbe time you
say you will reach our city, I have answered
your very kind letter through the columns
of the Telegraph an-i Messenger of this city,
hoping that It will be copiofi In your organ
the National, in Atlanta. I am, sir, v r y re !
spectfully, Thomas Hardeman. '
Through the Suez Canal.
SI. Louts Republican.
After coaling at Malta we steamed down
he Mediterranean, over the smoothest sea
and beneath the bluest sky it was ever mv
happy portion to see. It was about 5
o’clock one morning when we first saw the
lighthouse at Port Said, and about 8 we en
tered between the two piers which guard
the entrance to the canal and stretch far out
into the Mediterranean. Passing a Turkish'
frigate and a French ram, we slowly
steamed close to the left hand shore and
made fast to a buoy. No sooner were we
fast than the Arabs swarmed on board, and
soon coal was coming over the side and into
the bunkers at a rapid rate from tbe bargee
alongside. On the left hand, for a long dis
tance, stretched coal sheds, for this Is the
great coaling port of steamers bound
eastward, there being quite a ‘Ter
ence In the price here and at other
end of the canal. On the right was
the town of Port Said, while in front, lost
far in the desert, appeared the canal, the
grandest engineering feat of the age. Just
fancy tbe amount of labor, when It was
necessary to carry the sand a mile off into
the desert, and at the same time prevent the
surrounding sand from drifting and rolling
into its place. Just take a handful of sand
out from a pile and see how quickly the
hollow is filled up, and you can then form
some Idea of the undertaking. I was told
out there that tbe English abandoned tbe
work through inability to obtain laborers at
any price, and that the French only suc
ceeded by convict labor) that the soldiers
stood guard and a refusal to work was in
stantly followed by a shot, and that every
foot of the canal is a monument to some
poor devil, sent in short order to the Arab
ian paradise. However this was, the canal
was finished and is to-day the only route
for steamers to the East. About 1 o’clock
the pilot came on board, and In a few min
utes we left our mooring and steamed into
the canal. The channel has about 26 feet of
water In It and which is only kept at that
depth by constant work at the dredges and
by strengthening tbe sides by sinking rock
and walling up the sides where they are the
most threatening. Qo both ;aides the em
bankments rise ur to a height of ten or fif
teen feet and are composed of tbe dull
brown sands which stretch sway on both
sides as far as the eye can 6ee, the horizon
shrouded in the blinding glare of the heated
air rising from the burning sands till the
eyes ache and tbe heart sickens at the dis
mal scene. With what relief we turn to the
canal stretching like a blue sparkling ribbon
and feast our eyes at tbe sight of a sta
tion looming up a half mile ahead
with its little cottage, Its shrubbery and
trees planted right in the midst of a
desert and drawing life from a soil which
had been brought a hundred miles to make
life endurable to tbe station master, banish
ed away out here, hundreds of miles from
bis own fair France, for who else but a
Frenchman would ever think ftf bringing
bis garden with him, with its flowers and
trees, out here in this wilderness of sands?
We tied up a few seconds to let one of the
large P. and 0. steamers pass us for
every vessel must give wav to the
‘ Boy* l . Mall,” except men of war,
which have the right of way eve
rywhere. The “canal” is Do t wide
enough for vessels to pass each other, so
every quarter of a mile or %o there ie a wider
oiace for tying up, and the vessel reaching
there fipst makes fast to the bank and allows
the other one to pass, except In the case of
a vessel carrying the mall or a man-of-war,
b jtta of which go right through without
stopping, except during the night
Qn tbe right hand side runs a track, and I
was startled by the familiar sound of the en
gine whistle, and tbe next minute a train
swept on by at the rate of forty miles an
hour, while overhead.
“Like strings of ghosts
The telegraph poets
Come quickly trooping by.”
I noticed on the other bank a veritable
caravan, such as one reads about and sees so
much in pictures of the great desert —horses
and camels, and the old man all wrapped up
In his white clothes,with tbe same long rifle,
with Its crooked stock, which l have seen
duplicated on canvas till \ felt an inclina
tion to extend a hand and say, “How are
you, old boy,” for old acquaintance sake.
And then I thought what a difference be
tween the two banks. Here the railroad
the telegraph—and there the old Arab trav
eling as bis father and his grandfather and
his great grandfather did a hundred years
ago—a century separated by this narrow
stream.
w ® tled “P. having made about
thirty miles, as we were only allowed to go
“slow" through tbe canal for fear of Injur
ing the banka. Tbe next morning found ua
on our way, and soon we were threading
the crooked channel through the lake, with
the town of IsmalHs broad off the port beam.
After about two hours stesmlug at full
speed we again slowed down and entered
the part of the canal and again passed
through between the same brown bank
with disgust and only enlivened by the sta
tions, with their few feet of surrounding
verdure, and occasional steamers bound to
the westward, too few and far between
which we passed or which passed us, until
we finally steamed into the Gulf of Suez,
about five in tbe afternoon.
Off on our left gleamed the houses of
Suez, and here we left our French pilot and
took up a native Red Sea pilot, black as coal
and mute as one of the sphynxes which
adorn his native deserts.
The Competition Between was and
Electricity.
From “Electric and Gas Illumination," by C.
M. Lungren, in Popular Science Monthly.
On these figures the cost of electricity Is
near enough to that of gas to enable It to
offer a very substantial competition, and one
wbich.may be expected to grow stronger
with increased experience and future im
provements. That under the stimulus of
this competition considerable improvement
will be made in lighting by gas seems very
probable. Already it has been shown that
in the matter of burners there Is a wide field
for invention, and that the results now
usually obtained are much under what are
possible. With the high-power burners of
Siemens, the Illumination obtained from six
teen candle grs has been more than
doubled, and In others it has been carried
up to from five t> five and half can
dles per fc )t. How suitable burners
yielding such a great Increase of
light will be for the general pur
poses of lighting, and whether they can
with advantage displace the simple flat tip,
remains to be e ;en, but the present Indica
tions are tbat it is chiefly through the use
of improved burners tbat gas must endeavor
to resist tbe assaults of the incandescent
light. Competition on the basis of a gas of
higher Illuminating power simply, with
out a resort \o improved burners,
does not seem very promising. The re
cently published report of the sub commis
sion appointed to test the Incandescent
lamps at the Paris Exhibition, of which Mr.
Crookes was a member, shows that a thirty
two candle lamp can be maintained with an
increase of from 23 to 37 per cent of tbe
power required to sustain one of sixteen
candles, while with gas such an increase of
illumination will require an additional ex
pense of fully 50 per cent of the cost of
■me of the lower candle power. This Is so
-man-Bfactore and burner*’
—ls sufficiently far off to give gas unques
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not, the result, can alone determine. But, if
tbe figures presented in this paper can be at
all relied upon, they show that gas manu
facturers, and those interested in gas prop
erty, will do yvHI not to underrate the
strength In their own domain of this rising
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