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Savannah, Qa.
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Second Class Mail Matter.
Georgia Affairs.
The Richmond County Bunday School Asso
uhion perfected its organization on Tuesday
iastby the adopti ,nof a constitution and
t.. election of the following add tional offl
t^fs Mr. J. W. Wallace, Marshal; J. A.
Bn ome. Chorister, and Messrs. Turner C.
11 nas, W. C. Wardlaw, A. J. Miller, W. L.
Willett and W. G. Glenn an executive com
mittee. The various Bunday schools in the
county weie represented in the meeting.
.vs an evidence of the prosperity and stand
: of Southern manufact ries it is stated that
: _te Granittevilie Manufacturing Chmpany has
iu-t received an order from San Francisco,
Cal., for 3CO/G0 yards of goods and for 150,0t0
of the Vaucleuse prin etl bags.
t t jn. Henry Hilliard, of Atlanta, whose name
has oeen mentioned as an applicant for the po
shion of the vacant professorship in the State
University occasioned by the resignation of Dr.
Sneer, has published a card stating that he is
not an aspirant for that honorable and respon
sible place.
M ;dison county supplies the Athens market
with its meet—a better arrangement than hav
ing to go West for it.
Mr. A. K. Childs has fifty hands at work in his
mines in the Nacoochee valley.
In Mrs. Crawford’s school at Athens Hon. A.
H. Stephens has offered a gold medal for the
pupil who shall pass the best examination in
June next on the history of the United States.
A man in Macon county has just married his
seventh wife. The information as to what he
has done wi h the other six is not given in the
item announcing this matrimonial feat.
Hailstones were kept for three days after the
late storm in Dooly county.
Montezuma received her first bale of tbe new
cotton crop on Wednesday of last week. It
was raised in Macon county, and sold for 12)4
cents per pound. On Thursday two ba’es
w re brought in from Dooly county, and were
sold at 11)4 cents per pound.
At Butler. Taylor county, on Saturday last, a
white mn named Fams was killed by his
brothe.--in law, named Ames. Sams, in a state
Of intoxication, went to Amos’ house and swore
that he would kill someone. He had an open
znifein his hand. A fight ersned and Sams
was shot by Amos, from the effect of which he
goon after died.
Thf farmers of Laurens county will meet at
the court house in Dublin on the first Tuesday
in September next, for the purpose of re
organising the Laurens County Agricultural
Club.
A railroad meeting and barbecue t ill be held
at Laropkin’s store, sixteen miles from
Augusta, in Columbia county, on Saturday
next in the interest of the Augusta and Elber
ton Railroad. The whole of Columbia county
will assist in the spread, and a successful meet
ing is confidently anticipated.
There are more floe residences going up in
Augusta now than have been erected in any
one year for fifty years.
Hon. A H Stephens arrived in Augusta at
11 o’clock Wednesday night. The Governor’s
salute was fired as the train approached the
depot, and the large crowd who gathered to
greet the distinguished leader of the Democ
racy were somewhat disappointed at not hear
ing a speech. Mr. Stephens, feeling worn cut
by the two days travel, expressed his thanks
for the kind demonstration through Mr. C.
Henry Cohen, and the crowd quietly dispersed.
A public meeting in pursuance of a procla
mation of Mayor May, of Augusta, was held
at the City Hall yesterday afternoon to take
suitable action on the death of Senator Hill,
and to express publicly the feelings of the
community on the occasion *"• his death. The
stores of Augusta will be closed the hour of
his funeral on Saturday.
While waiting for the train to leave Boling
broke on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Lawrence
Salisbury, of Macon, was prostrated by sun
stroke, and had soma seven or eight convul
sions. He is now lying very ill at home.
A convention of the Sunday schpols cf Mc-
Duffie and Columbia counties will be held at
White Oak camp ground on the 25th instant.
A delightful programme of the exercises of the
occasion has been prepared, and the event will
prove an important one for the Sunday school
interests of that section of the fctate.
On the place of H. Beckwith, in Schley
county, on last Monday, Fannie Gray's (color
ed i house was burned and a child lost its life
in the flames. •
Miss Alice Gunnels, daughter of W. P. Gun
nels, of Webster county, while suffering from
pain last Sunday night, unintentionally took an
overdose of morphine, which caused her death.
She was an estimable young lady, and her sad
demise is deeply regreeted.
The Rockdale paper mills, near Conyers, are
again in active operation.
Hon. A. H. Stephens spends one hour each
day in reading the proof sheets of his forth
coming history of the United States
New post offices have been established at
Doe head, Washington county, and Quebec,
I'nion county, Ga. *
Columbus will do a larger business the com
ing season than ever before.
The Fulton county jail is full of inmates.
One of me carp in Mr. J. B. Williams’ mill
pond st Gibson, ulasscouk county. <-s,a|a|d and
Ysb picked up in he race below a few <days
ago, and weighed tnirteen pounds. TUb fish
ws placed in the pon l some two years ago and
was not more than two inches in length then.
Mr. Eugene Watts, who, with his wife and
two children, lived with his mother down on
the Emanuel line, died on last Monday. His
mother died on Tuesday, one child on w ednes
day. and the attending physician thought the
other child and its mother past all hopes of
recovery. They were ail sick with typhoid
fever.
Sunday last, at Mountain Church, in Mc-
Duffie county, a difficulty occur, ed between
Mr Robert Hinton and a essrs. Thomas L. and
O B Paradise, ail young men of the neighbor
hood in which Mr. O. B. Paradise narrowly
escaped death from a pistol shot tired by Hin
ton, and Hinton himself was terribly beaten by
the two brothers.
Rev. David Stripling, one of Carroll county’s
pioneer ministers, died at Shiloh camp meet
ing on Saturday last, at 11 o’clock. He ex
horted at 9 o’clock, and it is supposed in the
effort ruptured a blood vessel, which caused
his sudden death. He was amin of deep piety
and great moral worth, and his file and char
acter are worthy of the highest praise and
emulation.
On last Saturday Mr. Sol. Locket, of Tay
lor county, near Reynolds, gave a bar
becue to the colored people on his plan
t&iion, and in the evenieg a dispute
arose and a terrible riot ensued, participated
in only by the negroes. The neck of one was
broken by a scantling in-the bands of another,
and he died almost immediately. A second ne
gro was cut almost into shreds, lingering in
great agony until near night. ->ev ral more
are expected to oie from their injuries.
Here is a chance for Georgia girls. The
Etonton Chronicle says: "Thirty-three grown
young men remain unmarried in our city. We
have polled the city, and know whereof we
write, 'there is not a drone among the num
ber. A majority of these are economical, and
are saving something for a rainy day. These
young men are intelligent, handsome and re
ligious They would make, we think, excellent
nusbaods. We. without authority, commend
them to the eighteen young ladies residing in
our city, and to the young ladies elsewhere.”
Mr. David Denton, of Glascock, was bitten
Monday evening by a rattlesnake four feet
and three inches long, having nine rattles. Mr.
Denton was cutting grass in rear of his crib
catching it by the top, when something with
out warning, struck his hand, stinging the
third Unger of one of his hands Finding the
reptile and dispatching it, he saw the blood
coming from nis finger. This alarmed him
ana he quickly applied tobacco and drank some
“Ready belief,” and soon discovered that he
was mno danger. He thinks his rattlesnake
ship was not vexed, as it gave no alarm with
y Wednesday morning a colored laborer
: Will Franklin, who has been employed
: ii time past on the construction of the
ad m Macon, attempting to mount a
■g locomotive, just v-ejond the Peters
.jssing at AU*nt<C s i*A* thrown from
*ck with his leg crushed. Tne man’s leg
wide open from the,foot to near the
jmee. and the bone crushed f-o fragments.
The incision was made by tin doctors about
two inches below the knee, all tbe leg taken
at that point. The operafts, cyr “ '**v
Savannah morning news
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
successful, no bad results ensuing save that
*" ProstratedTrom the
effects of the chloroform administered.
o J? rton .^ ordan \ a lad about ten years old
ana son of one of Quitman’s most estimable
citizens, met a most horrible death on Tuesday
wfnt D -^ m Vf nv „ with an brother, he
1 Hr. Mercet 8 mill buy meaJ
watching the operations of the
}??i 8 caught by the perpendicu
lar shaft and, being powerless to free himself,
'f^‘ rled around at the rate of two hun
dred and fifty revolutions a minute. His head
struck against one of the boxes that holds the
rocks, and was mashed almost to a jelly. Both
or hls legs were broken in two places, and his
body bruised and crushed considerably.
Americus Recorder: ‘The railroad train that
passed this citv on last Monday had on it an
exemp ifleanon of one of the phases of a sor
rowed life. A little child from C&lhouxi county
only seven years of age, and under the charge
of a gentleman, was on his way to the Lunatic
Asylum in Milledgeville. having been adjudged
insane. This little boy hd been found ex
tremeiy violent, especially so to the smaller
children of the household, at time* attempting
to kill them, and confinement was necessary.
At four years of age a violent sickness produced
in this boy insanity, and now it ii tbought best
to send him to the Insane Asytum for treatment
noping that time wifi effect a cure."
Baltimore Sun: • The Southern States are
adding to the grain supplies coming to Balti
more in a deg.ee not before thought of in that
direction. It has been shown in the Sun that
large receipts of grain from Tennessee, Geor
gia and nearer States are coming over the
Virginia Midland and the South Valley Rail
roads. The Richmond and Danville Railroad,
through its York River line, has this week
laid down in Baltimore 60,000 bushels of South
ern oats, mainly from Georgia and South Caro
lina, which have always been looked to as im
porters and never as exporters of that ar
ticle,”
Taliaferro county is arranging for a hnge
barbecue in honor of Mr Stephens the latter
part of the present month. A large meeting
was he and at Hhar n on Monday last when the
following resolutions were offered and adopted:
"Resolved, That this barbecue be given in
honor of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens and
his nomination for Governor by the Democracy
of Georgia; and the -e -retary of this meeting
request Mr. Stephens to meet us here on the
24tbof August and deliver to us an address;
and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary
of this meeting invite the different candidates
for Congress. the Legislature and county of
fices tj also be present on that day.”
The Cartersville American siys: “The Geor
gia Car Companv n oved their works to this
place from Atlanta last year, and since that
time the net earnings of the company have
reached the high figure of 37 6 of their capital
stock They have recent y declared a cash
dividend of 25 per cent. This remarkably flue
showing Is the wonder and adnrration of man
ufacturers everywhere, and more so if is taken
into consideration that the terrible explosion
last tprieg was the occasion of a heavy loss of
m-may and a long suspension of operations. In
the short length of time since they have been
in operation here their wonderful success, in
spite of heavy losses, the fact that they do not
owe a dollar, lies the inomtcsiible proof that
Cartersville. as a manufacturing locality, has
unrivaled facilities.”
Florida Affairs.
It is rumored that two gentlemen of Jeffer
son county have recently inherited SIOO,OOO.
The Monticello and Dixie Railroad, it is said,
will be built at an early day.
The cotton crop of Wakulla county is said to
be a failure.
A large bear was killed in the western part
of Clay county last week.
Femandina is shipping cross-ties North, the
Mallory steamship on her last trip carrying
1,784 to New York.
The first train for passengers and freight
over the new Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
will leave Pensacola on Monday next for
Milton.
The County Commissioners of Putnam coun
ty agreed to unite with the Town Council of
Palatka. in driving an artesian well in front of
the court house, each bearing part of the ex
pense.
A derrick at the railroad shops of the Florida
Southern Railway at Palatka fell on Tuesday,
killing L. Dingham and Charles Thompson, of
Femandina, almost instantly, and injuring two
other persons seriously.
Shepard Trench, a colored man living about
three miles northeast of Tallahassee, came to
he city last Friday in an ox cart. Late in the
afternoon he started home, and when at the
north end of Monroe street, his animal became
frightened and ran down the hill on the east
side of Long’s grove. Trench was thrown from
the cart, the wheel passed over his breast, and
ne died in a few minutes from his injuries.
The Gainesville Advocate says: “Last week
we mentioned the pr grtss cf the engineer
corps engaged in surveying a railroad fine from
Melrose to Fort Fanning. This is an exten
sion of the Green Cove Spring and Melrose
Railroad, and the whole line is called the St.
Johns and Suwannee Railroad. The pa ty of
• nrveyors were last heard from at Jonesvilie,
fifteen miles -vest of Gainesville. They have
found little difficult country to grade, and we
believe there will not be a trestle of any extra
cost between this place and the Suwannee.”
POSTAL STATISTICS.
A Statement Showing tbe Foatal
Arrangements of tbe Various
Countries.
The following statement showing the de
velopment of the postal arrangements of
the various clvlUzsd nations Is obtained at
the Post Office Department from statistics
of 1880 of the postal serv.ee In countries be
longing to the Universal Postal Union. The
Dumber of letters and postal cards dls
patched and received in the domestic and
International services per capita of popu
iatlon in the various countries Is stated
as follows: Great Britain, 37; United States,
22; Switzerland, 22; Netherlands, 17;
Belgium, 16; Germany, 15; France,
14, etc. Estimating population of the
whole globe at 1,400,000,000 Individuals, the <
number of letters and postal cards per indl-‘
vidual averages about three and a half.
The larger countries, according to the num
ber of newspapers dispatched by them, ore
ranged as follows : U"Red States, 18,378,-
837 ; Great Britain, 16,397,753; France, 15,-
894,252; Germany, 8.760,000; Italy, 5,030,-
860; Belgium, 4,001,000: Spain, 3,117,521;
and tbe Netherlands, 1,251,605 In a com
parison between the length of railway lines,
high roads and water routes used In 1880
for the conveyance of malls In the va
rious countries, it is shown that this
country occupies the first p.ace, the length
of such routes In the United States being
550.221 kilometres; France follows with
227.591 kilometres; Russia with 171,265, and
Germany with 101,609. N> Information
relative to Great Britain and British India
is furnished on this point. Another Item
given Is the number of kilometres traversed
by the traveling post offices or railway
malls In 1880. In this respect the United
of America rank first, with 154.399,941
kilometres of railway mail transporta
tion; then follow Germany, with
102,799,339, France with 66,150.755, Austria
with 29,167,664, Russia with 23,203,638, Hun
gary with 12,504 957, Spain with 5,942,754,
Sweden with 5 656,8-97, Bwltz rland with
4,772,740 kilometres, etc. With regard to
Great Britian and British India there are no
statements under this head. Id mall trans
portation effected by means of post-routes
the United States again ranks first, with 121,-
713.592 k"ometres. Next comes Germany
with 62,745,103, then France with 48,869,120,
Russia with 33,415,955, Austria with 31,743,-
825. etc. No particulars are given on this
point with reference to Great Britain and
British India. Under the heading of annual
mall transportation by ship In 1880, the
United States Is first, 9,069,941 kilometres
having been traversed by the ship malls.
Then follow France with 5,240,214, Sweden
with 3,512,726, Argentine with 3,452,-
901, Rue-la with 2,856,000, Hong
Kong with 2,600,000, Austria wirtwl,S34 640,
Italy with 1,711,304. Belgium with $1,671,-
540, Norway with 1,665,552, Japan with
1.249,675, Hungary with 1,066,998, Germany
with 1,009 930 kilometres, etc. Great
Britain and British India are not given.
According to the statistics for 1880, Ger
many and all other countries obtained the
largest gross revenue, viz: 190,229,319
francs, next comes the United States of
America with 176,453,627 francs, Great
Brl ain with 168,335,675, France with 112,-
687 572. Russia with 56.654.540,
Austria with 41,519,703, Italy with
28.T59 618, British India with
22,324,407, Spain with 18,723,485, Switzer
land with 17,589,901, Hungary with 15,890,-
022, Belgium with 11,599,607, the Nether
lands with B.S2S.S3S, Sweden with 7,133 273,
Japan with 6.439,847, Denmark with 5,550,-
803 francs, etc. In conclusion, It Is shown
that the largest net revenue in 1880 was ob
tained by Great Britain, viz.: 64,944,200
francs. Subsidies out of Btate funds were
In 1880 required by sixteen postal adminis
trations in tbe aggregate. This subsidy
amounted in the United States to 16,536,575
francs, In Russia to 4.520,176, In Dutch East
India to 2,589.993, in Japan to 1,344,974, in
Roumania to 694,280, In Ceylon to 263,184
francs, etc.
A Millionaire.
“ All the health I enjoy, and even my life
I may say, 1* In consequence of Simmons
Liver Regulator. I would not take $1,000,-
000 for my Interest in that medicine.
“W. H. Wilson,
“Lecturer Florida State Grange.%
Millions of us are billons. We are iKY
ous race. Half of us are born jin
a predisposition to dyspepsia. wltn
known remedy for biliousness and I|; Q
tion Is Simmons Liver R egqla!i5 1
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PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED.
JUDGE LAWSON UNDER FIRE.
Gladstone Dodges the Question of
Gray’s Arrest—Plsln Talk from the
Irish members—A Toast to the
Queen Hissed In Dublin—Hellef
for Evicted Tenants.
London, August 17.—The Daily Newt says
if Judge Lawson had had the courage and
prudence to dismiss Gray’s case with a few
worda of contemptuous tolerance, it would
have been better for the ends of justice and
the peace of Ireland. The other London
papers approve the sentence.
Gray was removed to prison yesterday In
a carriage, surrounded by hussars, with
drawn sabres.
At a banquet given yesterday evening to
celebrate the presentation of the freedom
of the city to Parnell and Dillon there was a
large attendance of guests. The toast to
the Queen was drank with considerable en
thusiasm, intermixed with hisses from num
bers of those present.
The Pall Mall Qazette to-day condemns
the sentence passed yesterday on Mr. Gray.
The Freeman's Journal, of which Mr. Gray
Is proprietor, says Mr. Gray’s sentence is
absolutely unparalleled. He only received
notice of the nature of the proceedings
against him on Tuesday night, and was
without any time to prepare his defense,
which would probably have consisted of an
affidavit sustaining the truth of his pub
lished assertions If hls imprisonment tends
In any way towards a reform of legal abuses
and the promotion of the freedom of the
press, he will cheerfully endure It.
In the House of Commons this after
noon the Speaker read a letter rom Judge
Lawson, announcing the committal of M"r.
E. Dwyer Gray.
Mr. Gladstone stated that the precedents
In cases similar to that of Mr. Gray show
that the appointment of a committee Is the
proper course. At the present period of
the session, however, It was too late to se
cure the appointment of a representative
committee. lie did not, moreover, know
any wav In which the committee could re
lease Mr. Gray, If they wished to do so. He
therefore made a purely formal motion that
the letter of Judge Lawson be placed on
the table.
A passing reference of Mr. Gladstone to
an address to the Crown for the removal of
Judge Lawson as one of the possible alter
native courses, was received with loud
cheers from the Irish members.
Mr. Sexton attacked Judge Lawson for
preventing Mr. Gray from making a defense.
The proposal of Mr. Gladstone simply
means to defer the matter until Mr. Gray’s
term has expired. Mr. Gray has telegraphed
the Speaker and Mr. Gladstone, informing
them of hls committal and the refusal of
Judge Lawson to grant him an adjournment
of hls case.
Mr. Sexton read a telegram recitiDg af
fidavits sworn to to-day, declaring that
several of the jurymen who convicted Hynes
were drunk, and repeated his accusations
of jury packing in Ireland. He said that as
long as the lives of the Irish people were at
the mercy of legal chicanery no minor re
forms would satisfy them. Mr. Gray’s Im
prisonment, he said, was a scandal and dis
grace to justice.
Mr. Wm. Johnson, Attorney General for
Ireland, stated the details of the composi
tion of juries with the view to rebut these
accusations. He declared that nothing
could be worse than Mr. Gray’s conduct.
Mr. Pluekett, Conservative member for
Dublin University, supported the govern
ment He considered that in consequence
of Mr. Gray’s high position, It was right
that his punishment should have been ex
emplary.
The debate was continued until the sus
pension of the afternoon sitting, the Irish
members repeating Mr. Sexton’s accusa
tions.
At the resumption of the sitting of the
House of Commons this evening the debate
relative to the sentence imposed upon Mr.
Gray was not resumed, owing to the total
absence of the Irish members.
Mr. Gladstone moved an adjournment of
the House from to-morrow until the 24th of
October, which was carried without a di
vision. The House was counted out at 9:20
p. m.
Dublin, August 17.—1 tls stated that E.
Dwyer Gray, who was sentenced to three
months’ imprisonment yesterday, is in deli
cate health.
Earl Spencer has ordered the release of
fifty suspects, who had been arrested In
L-iuehrea district after the murder of Mr.
Blake.
A meeting, at which Lord Mayor Dawson
presided, was held at the Mansion House
to-day, for the purpose of starting a fund
for the assistance of evicted tenants. Messrs.
Parnell and Dillon were present.
The attendance was large. The
Lord Mayor read a letter from
Mr. Gray, dated In prison. He enclosed
twenty pounds and declared that tbeir cause
was that of justice and progress. The read
ing of the letter was received with cheers
and shouts of “Down with Lawson.” The
police apprehend disturbances to-night, as
great, indignation prevails.
Durban, August 17.—The Intention of the
government to restore Cetawayo causes
consternation here.
A MYSTERIOUS CRAFI.
Ben Butler Porchmaes a Piratical
Looking Vessel at Halifax.
Washington, August 17.—A dispatch
from Halifax recounts the purchase by a
Massachusetts sea Captain named Tarr of a
long, low, black, piratical looking
schooner, with high bulwarks, well
adapted for the concealment of
men and guns, and her departure for a
port In Madagascar. The Halifax people
say the vessel, which Is twenty years old
and Is named the Conquest, was bought for
account of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, of
Massachusetts; that a large quantity of
stores, arras and ammunition were
shipped from Boston and placed
on board the Conquest in Halifax
harbor, and that twenty or more seamen re
cently departed from Halifax to the east
ward, presumably for a point on tbe coast,
where tbe Conquest could pick them up.
The Halifax newspapers conclude that Ben
contemplates a piratical venture or a viola
tion In some sort of international iaw, and
Invite the attention of the United States
authorities *o his doings. ,
IMPORTED CATTLE.
EQorta to Divert tlie Trade to Ainerl>
c tn Porta.
Washington, August 17.—8 y direction of
Acting Secretary of the Treasury French to
members of tbe Treasury, a commission are
now on their way to examine the quaran
tine arrangements at Montreal and Quebec,
with the view to establishing similar
quarantine stations in this country at
Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore, provided with proper shelter
and accommodations for Imported cattle.
It is hoped that the Importers of cattle will
'hen bring Their stock directly to United
States ports instead of Importing It via
Canada as they do to a considerable extent
now. _
FLASHES FROM AUGUSTA.
Tlie Dead Senator—Mr. Stepben*.
Augusta, Ga., August 17.—At a mass
meeting held this evening resolutions were
adopted expressive of the sorrow of the
people at the death of Senator Hill. A
committee was appointed to go to Atlanta
to attend the funeral. The bouses and
stores were draped in mourning.
Alexander H. Stephens passed through
here this morning. He would have been
serenaded, but be declined to speak on ac
count of Senator Hill’s death.
Weatber Indication*.
OrriCß Chib? Signal Obsbrvbr, Wash
ington 11. 0., August 17.—Indications for
and Gulf States,
''->at re bin, iwifr jcinudy weather, UghLj
. 'able wisd*. Altefcaary or slight riaejfl
t-r, and allfebt i.-^ra-Y
lure. -i. | an |
In it* i
of years, provided they are placed
dry situation and in
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1882.
AMERICAN BANKERS.
Southern Men on tbt Need* of tbe
Soatb.
Saratoga, N. Y., August 17.—At this
morning’s seesion of the Bankers’ Associa
tion Mr. Henry, of Mobile, gave a brief
account of the crop prospects In the South
ern Btates, which he said were good. The
planters of Alabama were getting rid of the
Incubus of debt. The mineral wealth of
the State is great, and only needs capital to
develop it.
Mr. W. H. Perkins, cashier of the Capital
(Stale) Bank, of Jackson, Miss , read a
paper on “The Industrial Growth of Missis
sippi and the Cotton Btates.” He said Mis
sissippi was rapidly developing resources
and opening up anew era of progress. Rail
road enterprises were being prosecuted
which would cause the expenditure in
the Btate of from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000
within tbe next two or three years. What
was most needed was capital to be employed
In developing and aiding manuufactorles of
cotton, wool and machinery, In bringing to
the surface the vast wealth in marl beds,
and in enabling the planters to get out of
debt.
Logan H. Roots, President of the Mer
chants’ Bank, of Little Rock, Ark , gave a
glowing account of the j ogress and present
prosperous condition of business in that
State.
Mr. Nelson, of Selma, made a brief repre
sentation of the business prospects tn Ala
bama, first sketching the condition of
things at the end of the war, when
only lands and debts were left.
He said everything now looked
favorably, and be asserted that the South
was the most prosperous country In the
world. He eulogized Thomas Scott, of
Pennsylvania, who opened the railroads
there, and said that at the present time the
railroads lu Alabama cannot move the
freight 'hat is offering.
The Executive Council presented a reso
lution, which was adopted, In relation to
the amount of notes authorized to be is
sued on bonds deposited under the recent
amendments ;to the national banking law.
It asserts that a reasonable construction of
section 10 authorizes the Comp’roller to is
sue to banks having over SIOO,OOO capital
circulating notes equal In amount to the
par value of United States bonds deposited
to secure the same when the par value does
not exceed 90 per cent, of the current mar
ket. valu“ of such bonds.
The committee on nominations reported
the same list of officers as last year, and
they were re-elected. Bevera! other papers
were then read, after which the convention
adjourned.
GARLAND THE DUELIST.
Testimony for tlie Defense Begun.
Lunenburg, Va., August 17.—The trial
of R. B. Garland for the murder of
Joseph Addison attracted another very large
crowd to day. Judge HinioD, representing
the prosecution, asked that some time dur
ing the trial the jury be taken to the spot
where the tragedy occurred that they might
see the place and Its surroundings. The
court asked the jury If they desired to do so.
They replied that nothing could be gained
by it.
John Eames,a witness for the prosecution,
was recalled, and testified that he went with
Addison to meet Garland as a friend of the
former. Witness never saw Garland more
than three times before the difficulty. Ad
dison did not know witness was armed when
he went with him. Witness then gave some
details of the duel.
Counsel for the defense wanted to show
by the commonwealth’s witness that he (the
witness) aided in the employment of counsel
to prosecute Garland la order to show the
animus of the witness.
Tbe court, at the request of counsel for
the prosecution, refused to allow witness to
answer the question.
The examination of witnesses for Ihe
defense then commenced. The first wit
ness examined was Wm. Boswell, brother
in-law of Garland, Postmaster at Watts
boro P. 0., Lunenburg county, who
testified to the receipt of Miss
Hatchett’s and Addison’s letters
-by Garland, and Garland’s reply to Miss
Hatchett and AddisoD; also of witness’ vis
iting Wedderburn’s mill on July 19th, and
telling Addison that Garland was up the
road waiting to see him; also to witness in
troducing Garland and Addison, and the
duel which followed.
Boswell testified that Addison fired the
first and last shot, that he (witness), Girland
and Roache were all armed on the dav of
the duel and met at Boswell’s store. Two
other witnesses, whose testimony was Imma
terial, were examined for the defense. Court
adjourned until to morrow. The trial Is
progressing very slowly, and It Is thought It
will not be concluded until Saturday.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Powers of tbe Netlonal Board—Tbe
Uae of tbe Appropriation.
Washington, August 17 —First Comp
troller Lawrence has completed hls opinion
upon the question submitted to him as to
the proper disposition of the $50,000 appro
priated for the National Board of Health.
He holds that the National Board of
Health is authorized to select local boards
and quarantine stations to be aided from the
apDropriatlon.
Second. This appropriation cannot be used
for anv of the purposes specified in acts
creating and defining the powers of the
national board, except so far a specified In
the clause appropriating the $50,000
Third. No part of this appropriation can
be used for the expenses of lnspec'lon of
stations exls'ing solelv under the authority
and appointment of the National Board of
Health. I’ is to be used exclusively for,
first, as aid to State and local boards of
health; and, second, to assist local quaran
tine stations In carrying out their rules and
regulations.
Fourth. The National Board of Health 1s
authorized to judge of the kind of aid to be
rendered to such boards and stations,
whether In money, sanitary stores and sup
plies, hospital aid, the services of physicians,
nurses and other persons employed by the
National Board or otherwise, subjeet to the
regu'attons of the local boards.
Fifth Under a proviso of the act of Au
gust 7,1852, the balance of the appropria
tions previously made and remaining unex
pended can only be used In paying liabili
ties lawfully incurred prior to the date of
said last named act.
JORGENSEN TO BOLT.
Disgusted at Coalition Frauds.
Richmond, Va., August 17.—The Read
juster; and Republican coalition conven
tion for the Fourth district, in session at
Burkevllle to-day, nominated B. 8. Hooper,
(Republican) of Farmvllle, for Congress. A
letter from Hon. Joseph Jorgensen was
read, declining to allow his name to be pre
sented to the convention on the ground of
gross frand perpetrated in the primaries sus
tained by the committee od credentials, tbe
details of which he will submit In the near
future to the Republican voters of his dis
trict. This indicates an Independent move
ment on the part of Mr. Jorgensen.
Cotton Future* lu New York.
New York, August 17.—The/bsf’*;cotton
market report says: “Future deliveries
are In fair demand. The market opened
5 100 c. to 2 100 c. higher, further advanced
6 100 c. to 1100 c., and then sold down so
that at 1:40 p. m. August was only 4-100 c.
higher than yesterday. At the closing
September was 2-100 c., October
3100 c., and November and December 4 100 c.
lower. Two thousand bales of short notice
August are said to have been bought for
export. At the third call August sold at
12 88c. to 12 89c., September 11 53c. to
11 54c., October 11 88c., November and De
cember 11 64c., Januan? 11 72c., and April
Bring a further trifling
e Railroad.
gust 17.—An official
forfeiture of the Te
oncesslon was pub
rs the SIOO,OOO placed
posit as a guarantee
le Mexican Treasury
ny liable to suit for
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ENGLAND AND EGHT
THE ABOUKIR FORTS TO BE AS
SAULTED.
Sir Garnet Wolselev to Lead tbe
Attack—Tbe Fleet to Act lu Con
cert—No More I e for tbe Sultan.
London, August 17.—A dispatch from
Alexandria to Reuter’s Telegram Company
states that General Wolseley has decided
that the British advance shall be made
from Abouklr. The troops will embark on
Saturday, and will land and attack tbe
Abouklr forts on Sunday. The Khedive to
day visited General Wolseley on board the
dispatch boat Salamte, and remained an
hour.
A dispatch from Alexandria to Reuter’s
Telegram Company says that the First divi
sion, with one regiment from the Becond divi
sion, will embark to morrow after the bom
bardment of the forts at Aboukir,
for which all men-of-war but
two will be withdrawn from Alexandria.
It is intended to land the first division,
under the personal command of General Sir
Garnet Wolseley, while the second division,
under Major Genera; Btr Edward Hamley,
with Generals Sir Evelyn Wood and Sir A.
Allison commanding brigades, will co-ope
rate from Ramleh.
A News A'exandria Slepatch says : “The
Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards,
the First Battalion of the Scots Guards, and
the Second Battalion of the Coldstream
Guards have been ordered to embark on
board the transport early on Friday morning.
A naval council of war was held on Thurs
day on board of H M. S. Helfcan. Arabi
Is said to have one hundred guns in position
at Kafr el Dwar. The English staff credits
him with eighty at least.”
A dispatch to the Standard from Alexan
dria confirms the statement that the troops
will probably proceed to Aboukir Bay.
Alexandria, August 17.—The Thirty-
Eighth, Forty-Sixth and Sixtieth regiments
are breaking up camp at Ramleh and pre
paring to embark.
The transports Egyptian Monarch and
Nevada have arrived here. Reports con
tinue to assert that a combined land and
sea attack on the forts at Abouklr 16 immi
nent. According to the latest account the
attack will be made on Sunday morning.
The Duke of Connaught will go on board
the transport Orient without delay.
Constantinople, August 17.—Lord Duf
ferine has been instructed not to press the
Porte for a reply concerning the military
convention.
Said Pasha, the Turkish Premier and the
Mlnis’er of Foreign Affairs and the princi
pal representative of the Porte at the con
ference, resigned the office of Prime Minis
ter on Wednesday.
YELLOW FEVER.
The Scourge In the Southwest—'The
Scare at Pensacola.
Brownsville, Texas, August 17.—To
day there were twenty-one new cases of
yellow fever, seventeen Mexicans and four
Americans, and three deaths, two Mexicans
and one American. Six negroes and one
Frenchman have reached the outskirts of
the city from Tampico In charge of the
quarantine officers. Eight deaths are re
ported at Matamoras In the last twenty-four
hours, though there are but few new cases
Washington, August 17.—The National
Board of H-alth has received a report from
Surgeon Owen, of the United S ates navy,
at Pensacola, Fla., stating that on the 15th
Inst, the mate of the Spanish bark Slleta,
at Sullivan’s wharf, died of yellow fever,and
that three men were sick on board. Also that
the bark was towed out to sea a few hours
after the death occurred. He states that
great excitement prevails at Pensacola, as
there are rumors of o'her cases of fever
among the shipping. There are thirty ves
sels loading timber at this port and thirteen
at the quarantine station.
THE STAR ROUTE TRIALS.
Argument In Brady’s Behalf Con
tinued.
Washington, August 17.—1n the star
route eases to-day Mr. Chandler resumed
his argument and further elaborated and
defended the proposition laid down by him
yesterday, that since the alleged conspiracy
Is specified as to Its subject matter and the
persons Interested therein, two of the inter
ested parties cannot legally be convicted
and the remainder acquitted. All must
be convicted or none. He also
further developed that part of hls argu
ment yesterday in which he maintained
that the government bad not been de
frauded because It stood on an equaltty
with the contractors and had received an
equivalent In value for the money paid out
for expedited and Increased service.
Mr. Chandler then proceeded to sustain,
by legal citations, the proposition advanced
by him yesterday, that the jury is judge of
both iaw and fact In criminal cases. The
Constitution, he said, had reposed in juries
power to find a general verdict of not guilty,
no matter what might be the opinion of the
most Impartial court.
This led to another colloquy between the
court and counsel, In which the former
questioned the correctness and legal author
ity of Mr. Chandler’s proposition.
Tbe la’ter, after again quoting from a
number of reported cases to sustain the
point made by him, closed bis argument.
Mr. Bliss, of the government’s counsel,
was the next speaker. He would not,
he said, seek to reply either to
the questions of law raised by
Mr. Chandler or to* outside matter brought
Into the ease by Mr. Carpenter. He would
confine himself to the evidence, and would
endeaver to shew facts that would convince
the jury of the guilt and crimi
nality of the defendants. Mr. Bliss then
proceeded to discuss seriatim the nineteen
star routes contained in the Indictment,
analyzing the evidence relating to each
separately, and endeavoring to show that
expedition had almost Invariably resulted
In decreased reeeip's, and that even at their
highest figure these receipts fell so far be
low the corresponding expenditures as to
make the conclusion irresis ible that the
expenditures had been corruptly ordered.
The court at three o’clock adjourned until
to-morrow, when Mr. Bliss will resume his
argument.
CIVIL WAR IN COREA.
The King and Queen Reported
Murdered—The Japanese Legation
Attacked.
London, August 17.—The Pali Mail Gazette
says: “Private telegrams received In Lon
don say that the troubles in Corea have cul
minated in a general Insurrection, and that
the King and Queen have been assassinated.
The Japanese legation was attacked by
natives belonging to the antl-forelgn party.
Japanese men of war have been dispatched
to the Seoul river.”
New York Stock Market.
New York, August 17.—Share specula
tion opened with prices generally % to %
per cent, higher than yesterday’s closing
quotations, the latter for Canada
Southern, Chicago, Burlington and
Quiucy and Michigan Central,
Northwestern preferred, however, opened
2 per cent, lower. In the early deal
ings there was a general decline of to 3
per cent., Northwestftil common and pre
ferred, Canada Southgrn, JS’ew Jersey Cen
• ral. Richmond andjPkMllle, and Delaware,
Lackawanna andMMafD batng most promi
nent in the downlw movement. Between
eleven and became
Irregular, and none changes
took place with the exligttion of-Delaware
and Hudson and St. Jdaipb pNpned, the
former advancing 1 per
declining 1 per cent.
During the afternoon there was a steady
decline of % tc 4% per cent up to,
the latter tor Cleveland, UoiumapL,aiaii&-
nati and Indianapolis. Colors
cllued 1 per cent., New Jersey QmtralAk
per cent., Rock Island 1 per Jiad
Northwestern 1 per cent. HanuffijH •jfrjra?
J' >e preferred advjn.c4 * cent '
Speculation closed ggoarafy •*#*•
prices }4 to 3 por cent. lower *#l at y. to
day's ciose—the JWQUBOent being
mm. ■ Beadtn g r
Pacffi 4 PriSf*teo Wj 'fwvelaDd Columbus,
I'idCtunaU IfflßWfiapoiis. and St. Paul
Om%nfxperCent. Bt. Paul, Minnesota
i saa ManftObi closed 2 per cent, higher than
I yaHtetev’s closing figures. Transactions
Limited 275,000 shares.
by a Locomotive.
HHntBBRLAND. Md., August 17.—Last
milling Wm. Clay, employed on tbe ratl-
P|oad, and his son, aged about eight years,
I near Hancock.
* locomotive wc. both
THE FATHER OF WATERS.
Views Presented to tbe Mississippi
River Commission.
New York, August 17.—The Mississippi
River Commission organized here for busi
ness on Monday last. On Tuesday and
Wednesday It listened to the views presented
by members of three delegations, which are
In attendance. One of these delegations
appears in the interest of the Louisiana
levees, another for the Mississippi levees and
the third for the city of Vicksburg. Senate r
Lamar, of Mississippi, who Is one of the dele
gates, spoke in favorof Mississippi’s Interests
in general and Vicksburg’s interest In par
ticular. Judge Steele, formerly of New
Orleans but now of Natchez, Miss., spoke
In behalf of the Louisiana levees, and en
deavored to impress on the commission that
the destructive floods to which the banks of
the Mississippi are subjected are caused
by the accuam'atlon or waters In what
are known as the Yazoo and Tensas bottoms,
from the mouth of the Red river to the
Arkansas, and that ft Is within these points
also that the greatest difficulties of naviga
tion are to be found. He urged, therefore,
that the levees along this portion of the
river should be closed first. Colonel Percy,
of Mississippi, ana Major Widdell, of Vicks
burg, spoke to the same effect.
The proDosltlon of the Memphis and New
Orleans Railroad and Levee Company to
bulla between those citlis a road which
shall cross the mouth of the Yszoo valley
upon the top of levees to be built out of tbe
government appropriation, but maintained
by the railroad company, having been re
ferred after its introduction into Congress to
tbe Secretary of War and by him referred to
the commission, C. P. Huntington, President
of the company, was heard tn its favor. The
hearing of these gentlemen occupied the
commission up to noon yesterday, and dur
ing the afternoon various questions were
discussed by the members. Among these
were the establishment of a general supply
depot at Sts Louie, the amounts of
allotments for various points where
work Is required, and various
questions of administration. No definite
action was taken, however, except that h
was decided that a sufficient allotment
should be made for improvements at Plum
Point and Lake Providence to enable work
to be carried on without interruption. The
improvements at thsse points consists In the
building of screens and the sinking of mat
tresses, with the object of narrowing the bed
of the river, and thereby increasing the velo
city of the current. It Is probable, too, that
work will be speedily begun at one or two
other points. To-day a special committee,
charged with the duty of fixing the amounts
to be expended at poin'e on the river
indicated In the appropriations, submitted
their report, but the commission did not ar
rive at a final decision upon it.
THE TURF.
Result of Yesterday’* Races.
Saratoga, N. Y., August 17.—The weath
(r to-day was delightful, and the attendance
at the race track large and brilliant. The
track, after last night’s rain, was dry on top
and damp underneath.
The first race, for SSOO, one mile, Baron
Faurot won, Col. Sprague second. Time
l:47Jj.
The second race, the Morrlesev stakes, a
handicap sweepstakes, for all ages, with
$1,200 added, two miles, Eole won easily.
Field was beaten off. General Monroe fin
ished second, Granger third. Time 3.42>£.
The third race for SSOO, for two year olds,
five furlongs, Empress won, the Tarantalla
filly second. Tocsin third. Time 1.C6.
The fourth race, for S4OO, three-fourths
of a mile, Amazon won, Gus Matthews sec
ond, Baby third. Time, l:l7j£.
Long Branch, August 17.—This Is the
fourth day of the second summer meeting
of the Monmouth Park Association. The
weather was partly cloudy, but the heat
was oppressive. The rain, which fell heav
ily here yesterday, made the track muddy,
It being ankle deep in some places.
The first race, a free handicap sweep
stakes, wttbssoo added, three-fourths of a
mile, Yorkshire won, Aellor second, Neuf
chatel third. Time 1:21 -
The second race, the Moet and Chandon
stakes for two year olds, with SSOO added,
three-fourths of a mile, Bucksteln won, In
constant second, Bella third. Time 1:21.
Thlid race, for three year old fillies, one
and a half miles, Laura Glass won, Memento
second, Amazon third. Time 2:56>£.
The fourth race, a free handicap, one and
three-eighth miles, Checkmate won, Mary
Anderson second, Hiram third. Time
2:35.
The fifth race, auction allowances, one
and a quarter miles, Keno won, Hospldor
second, Marathon third. Time 2:19%.
The sixth race, a handicap for gentlemen
riders, one mile, Bell Boy won In 1:57%.
The seventh race, one and one-quarter
miles, over five hurdles, Guy won, Harry
Gow second, Bernardine third. Time 2:27%.
New York, August 17.—The first race at
Brighton Beach, one and one-eighth miles,
Jim McGowan won, Carolus second, Major
Hughes third. Time 2:04%.
The second race, for all ages, three-fourths
of a mile, Tonawanda won, Rob Roy sec
ond, Bedouin third. Time 1:19%/
The third race, for all ages, one and an
eighth miles, Monk won, Idah second,
Bkvlark third. Time 2:02%.
The fourth race, for all ages, five-eighths
of a mile, B rancer won, Black Gal second,
Wakefield third. Time 1:04%.
The fifth race, a hurdle race, one and a
quarter miles, Jim Vanderlee won, Pearl
Wilde second, Smoothwater third. Time
2:28.
BASE BALL.
A Notable Game at Providence—Re
salts at Other Points.
Providence, August 17.—1n the base
ball game between the Providence and De
troit clubs this afternoon, in the eighteenth
Inning the Providence club made one run,
the extraordinary game closing, Providence
1, Detroit 0.
Boston —Buffalos 6, Bostons 1.
Worcester —Worcesters 10, Clevelands
13.
Troy.—Chtcagos 7, Troys 4.
Philadelphia.—Atlantics, of Canada, 0,
Philadelphia 2.
St. Louis —Athletics 6, St. Louis 5.
Louisville.—Eclipses 3, Alleghenys 2.
New York—Metropolitans 12, TrentonsO.
A New York Blaze.
New York, August 17.—A fire originating
in the six-story building, No. 398 Madison
street, extending back to Monroe street a
distance of 150 feet, last night, caused its
total destruction and the loss of SIOO,OOO.
The following are the chief losers: Emile
Steffens, lithographers, $25,000; Roby &
Cool, cardboard manufacturers, $50,000.
Consreeslonal Nomination.
Charleston, August 17.—Geo. W. Dar
gan, of Darlington county, was nominated
as a Democratic candidate for Congress
from the Sixth district at Florence last
night. _
How Royalty Enjoys the Summer
Months.— The crowned heads of Europe
are planning to enjoy the summer sea
son in the most approved style. The
Emperor and Empress of Austria next
month will go to Trieste and thence into
-Italy, where they will be entertained by
King Humbert and his Queen at Monza.
The royal pair of Italy will accompany
their Majesties of Austria back
to Vienna about the Ist of Sep
tember, and then go to Berlin for a little
visit. The King and Queen o' Spain,
with their daughter and the . ifantas
Isabel, Paz and EtUaJLie, are at 1 > Gra
nia, the ami ,g the
where tb< Queen
. all summer.
TMKUIg .-£& will go to
Gie aeate'’**tft( r O&mt, The King and
. Queer or tbodNetherlands will spend the
gStepMplHnreling, visiting Wurtembeig,
Kuraribiirg, Augsburg, Saitzburg and
'jsc&l, and calling upon their Majesties
jjUistria ana of Germany. Tbe
1 Crown Prince and Princess of Germany
; ire now among the Alps. And finally,
'tea aotprising announcement is made
that the Czar and Czarina are to visit
uMHHMMaome time next month, but
thWjflMHKecy is to be observed as to
the afcWMEiaapner of their embarka
tion.
The s&gflHHHfebkr Arnold (Arnold of
Brescia), u&l|Hflpfunan Reformer, was
unveiled at lpg(i£, Italy, recently. There
was great interest. The Ministry
was represented by Signors Zanardelli, Bac
carinl, Baccelll and MagUani. Deputations
were present from the Senate and many
other public bodies,
. WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE Ct’BRENCT OF TBE FCTERE.
Gold Fallen Into Dlafavor— Kenneth
Raynor Woke Up—Where Brew
ster is Emphatic-The National
Board of Health to be Wound Up
—(Qabone Weeding Oat the De
partments.
Washington, August 16.—There is every evi
dence that gold will in a short time begin to
disappear from the circulation of the country.
Gold appeared shortly after the resumption of
specie Dayment, and has since that time
been put into wide circulation. It has not
been popular as a medium of exchange. Mer
chants and bankers have invariably preferred
the convenient and popular greenback! Al
though gold has been circulated to a great ex
tent it has not been popular. The Treasury
Deuartment is now getting ready to issue gold
certificates for go!d deposited, which course is
authorised by an act of the last session of Con
gress. and everybody who has got gold to any
amount is clamoring for these certificates The
banks whose vaults contain large or small
quantities of gold are rushing upon the Treas
ury Department applications f. r the exchange
pf the coin into certificates. One bank alone
in New York has applied for forty millions of
gold certificates in exchange for a similar
amount of gold. This means rut one thing, and
that is the driving out of circulation of gold
and the substitution therefor of greenbacks,
for gold certificates are but a form cf the
greenback. The only coin which In a short
' ime will be in active circulation will be the
silver dollar, half, quarter, ten cent piece and
the five cent nickel—with, of course, the cop
pers of the denomination of two and
one cent. The lesson is plainly to
be seen. The paper money—whether
the “greenback” proper or the national bank
note —is tbe currency that the country wants.
It is more convenient and at par with gold.
Trade, therefore, wants the convenience of it,
as it is just as good as (told The change which
will be effected by the issuance of the gold cer
tificates will mark a period of great interest In
the history of the national circulation of
money.
IT IS INTERESTING.
Judge Kenneth Raynor, Solicitor of the
Treasury Department, is one of the old line
Whigs who were resurrected by the defunct
Hayes and put in official position. Raynor U
from North Carolina and is very old. and still
a complete Whig. He fills to repletion the
role for which he was resurrected. His best
friends say that despite his years he is quite a
gallant They would seem to be right. He
fought a so called fight with Soteldo, the de
ceased newspaper man of this city, who was
killed in a brawl in the Republican office last
winter. He certainly has got grit. Some time
ago certain people who had claims before tbe
Treasury which Raynor had to pass upon got a
delightful looking young woman to help them.
They turned this interesting specimen loose
on the Judge. He treated her gallantly—how
gallantly it is not known, but certainly not as
agreeably as the young person would
have the public believe. In a short
time Raynor was made acquainted
wi'h the scheme which was trying to be worked
upon him. He took steps accordingly. He
would not see the woman and very gracefully
hung up the claim which she was advocating
to an indefinite period. The woman got mad.
To-day Raynor returned from a trip to Berkley
Springs. The woman was at the entrance
which her intended victim generally mates to
the Treasury Department, As soon as the
Judge got within hearing distance, she opened
on him with a bombardment of words. Ray
nor stood it for a while and then called
her a blackmailer—which she dountieis
is—and demanded that she drive off After
a few words in a low tone, the woman drove
away, saying that she was going to a newspaper
office to ventilate the whole thing. She has
not yet ventilated. The incident is given as a
phase of Washington lifp. and bears with it
many a suggestion as to how very often very
bad claims are successful before the different
departments.
AN ANSWER.
Different officials of the government have
different, ways of telling to the newspaper men
whether they have any news or not. The gen
eral reply when the official has no news, or
having it does n t wish to give to the public,
is, “There is nothing to-day, ”or “I do not know
a single thing.” Attorney General Brewster,
despite his ruffles and close hedging around
him of dignity, has a more graphic wav of put
ting it. I must confess that wnen he has any
news he imparts it willingly, but when he has
not, which is generally the cise, he says: "I
am sorry, but I have not got a d—d item to
day.”
A REVERSION OF ACTHORIIY.
Before Congress, scared by the epidemic of
three years ago, created the National Board of
Health, the United States revenue marine ser
vice executed all steps taken by the govern
ment in regard lo the suppression of yellow
fever or any other epidemic. When the Na
tional Board was created however, the work
mentioned was transferred to that organization
The board was given full power—-too much
power it was thought by many—and an appro
priation cf $ ISO,OOO annually. Such a failure
did the concern prove that this year itoniy gets
for itself about $15,000, which is by far too small
a sum to suit the large ideas of its members.
But that was not all The board as selqct dby
Mr. Hayes had one or two good men on it<but
the majority were old maids in the medical
profession. They spent most of their
time in decrying the work which
had been previously and better done by the
Marine Hospital service, and that at no extra
cost to the government for officers and quar
antine. It was to their inefficiency and jeal
ousy that they owe the failure of Congress to
give them more than $15,000, which, by the
way, he regarded as a kind of present to allow
them to wind up their affairs. But there be
ing left over $1 0,000 to be applied to the sup
pression of epidemics, the National Board of
Healtb, of course, wanted to spend it. The Sec
retary of the Treasury did a wise thing, how
ever. and placed the money in the hands of
the Marine Hospital service, where it belongs
The experim-nt has simply failed, and the re
turn has been made to the original
authorities for dealing with epidemics,
and it now. as it formerly did, is managg
ing affairs on a business hasitf and not
with one half the cost that was incurred for
similar work under the National Board of
Health The costly experiment has proved a
failure, and the work is now where it should
have been ail the while. It was thought at the
time that the National Board of Health was
legislated into power by a clique of Congress
men with not over-good reputations, none of
whom are fortunately now in public life.
uahone’s methods,
Mahone is indeed a great boss as far as the
administration is concerned. Even to the
smallest Federal officeholder in the State of
Virginia has he had all Republicans, who were
not Mahone men, put out, and Republicans—
often the prefix may be put “so
called”—who are Mahone men put in.
But the Boss Mahone does not
stop there. He wants it all. He has been rum
maging around the various departments, and
finds therein a lot of white and colored folks
who hail from Virginia, but who do not sup
port the boss, and yet who actually hold places
as watchmen, messengers and laborers. Just
think of it! Long since, Mahone got all the
clerks who are opposed to him out of place.
He overlooked, for the time being, the mes
sengers and those in the very inferior places
Not so now, however. He is having even the
anti Mahone hressengers, laborers and watch
men who hail from Virginia turned out, and
Mahone men put in their stead. He works to
this end—and successfully—with as great vim
as if he were at work conquering kingdoms
When a truly great man enters upon a truly
great work the splinters of his progress will
fly. Potomac,
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Gen. Auguste Alexander Ducrot, the well
known French General, Is dead.
Montreal advices state that “Vennor pre
dicts one more hot wave, and says that the
warm season will then be over.”
At Alexandria, Va., yesterday, the Read
juster Convention nominated R R. Farr for
Congress from the Eighth district.
At Fredericksburg, Va., yesterday, Col.
Robt. M. Mayo, cf Westmoreland county,
was nominated for Congress for the First
district by the coalition convention of Re
publicans and Re adjusters.
The specie in the Bank of England has
decreased £288,000 during the week. The
proportion of the bank’s reserve to liabili
ties, which last week was 36 5-16 per cent.,
Is now 37% per cent.
One of the most violent storms ever known
passed over Madison, Wisconsin, recently
and carried off a 50-foot railroad bridge and
a number of freight cars into adjacent fields
and damaged the crops considerably.
David Morris, aged fifty years, In Clack a
mus county, Oregon, cut the throat of a
young man nasied Sterling Morris, and who
committed the act without provocation, Is
In jail, *nd will probably be lynched.
Mexican advices from Magdolens, Sonora,
of the 15th ssy that tbe Apaches con
tinue their raids In the vicinity of Urea.
Over one hundred people have been killed
by them in that vicinity since last Monday.
A Paris dispatch says: “Serious dis
turbances have occurred at Mount Searie
sur Mines. The mob destroyed the church
doors With dynamite, but the police pre
vented it from attacking the priest’s house.”
The Germania, of Berlin, the Ultramon
tane organ, acknowledges that Hep von
Schloezea, the German representative at the
Vatican, has not succeeded In obtaining any
concessions from the Papal Court. The
Catholic press express Its belief in a renewal
of the Kulturkampf.
A dispatch to the Daily Newt from Berlin
reports that Coant Von Munster, the Ger
man Ambassador to England, who is now
at Bfebelsburg, had a lengthy interview, at
that place, with Emperor William, princi
pally about Egyptian affairs. Count Von
Munster expressed the opinion that England
could not have acted otherwise than she
has. The Emperor William spoke strongly
on the subject, entirely coinciding with the
Count’s views.
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ESTABLISHED 1850.
NEW TORE NOTES.
A Woman that Braves La Hode-
Ttae New Casino—Tbe Gambling
Hell a—A Rlalng Star—Tbe Latent
Seaside Whim.
Nkw York, August 16.—Mrs. Franees Hodg
son Burnett, the popular writer, has become
quite willful in the matter of dress, daring to
be so original that her neighbors are contin
ually wondering what she is going to wear
next. She is very popular on account of genial
disposition and unaffected manner. Her
dresses are the reverse of elegant or elabor
ate—which Is a kind that anybody's money can
buy—but dresses of material and style that
embody the fancy and taste of the wearer.
In a word, Mrs. Burnett is bold
enough to be unconventional. Very few
women have the heart to be, and what is more,
as I beard to day, most women are tyrannized
over and bullied by their dressmakers and bon
net makers in a manner that is absolutely in
comprehensible to that unsuspecting creature
called man. Our piquant and pretty authoress
ought to be commended if for no other reason
than that she defies her milliner. One of the
styles she wears most is what she calls the Es
meralda. It is an aesthetic gown, you cannot
deny, which is quite enough to condemn it in
the minds qf some, who have sworn eternal
enmity to aestheticism since hearing the
twiddle twaddle of Mr. O. Wilde. Yet it is
very pretty as worn by Mrs. Burnett. The dress
is not fitted to the form at all, but hangs
gracefully from the shoulders down to the
heels in an unbroken sweep. At the front
and back the drapery is gathered into a small
neck yoke, after the fashion of the Mother
Hubbard worn by children. Like that of the
children's garment, Mrs. Burnett’s dress is but
toned at the back. Of course, the sleeves are
tight and come down to the wrist; they are
puffed at the shoulders. Such a garment is
of necessity becoming to a well rounded,
graceful figure. But the long wa is ted, long
armed and scrawny necked maiden (or married
woman either) must deny herself thi simple
and prettv costume. Some of tbe Murray nill
belies whom I have seen in (esthetic gowns
were frightful enough in appearance to put
those cf not over strong nerves In a fit of hys
terics. As yet no other woman has been bold
enough to adopt Mrs. Burnett's gown; but
however timid ladies are at first, it is observed
that their timidity wears off by degrees until
they become the most daring of creatures. It
is not foolhardy to say, I think, that the style
wi’l be adopted, and. once approved, women
will follow each other In its adoption like
sheep going over a fence, our scrawny necked
and long armed sisters (poor dears, they can’t
see how absurd and melancholy they look)
among the rest.
Within a month the jnew Casino, at Broad
way and Thirty-ninth street, will be thrown
opeo to the public. This building will be de
voted to so many uses, or rather will seek to
furnish amusement and entertainment in so
many ways, that only bad management will
make it fail of success But this Y ‘it” is a big
“if ” The old Cisino, now known as the Alca
zar, has been a dead failure through bad man
agement Even now It is undergoing a
fresh struggle. However, the new Ca
sino will open under more auspicious
circumstances. As far as I have been able to
study out its details, it will combine a restau
rant, private dining rooms, a theatre, a ball
room, a concert hall and a hanging summer
garden. The exterior is being built of red
brick, with coping and facing of
terracotta. On the ground floor the restaurant
and dining rooms will take up all the space,
and the second floor will forma ih atre capa
ble of seating 1,250 persons. The stage
will be excellent, with all the modern
improvements. One of its features
wilt be cisterns of water placed
just above in the flies,that will be opened auto
matically in case of fire in that part of the
theatre. It is the device of the lead stoppers,
which will melt easily when subjected to heat.
The chairs in the auditorium will be arranged
so that in every second row they will fall back
automatically In connection with the theatre,
there will be reception rooms, cloak and hat
rooms and promenade. There will be only
one balcony. On the third floor is an apart
ment designed for concerts and supper
parties. On the root there will be a sort
of an elevated garden, with plants, flowers
and vines and the open air. Theie
will be tables and chairs here as in every other
part of the house, and the visitor will be served
with anything he may like from the regions
below. When a ball room is desired, the par
quet of the theatre will be floored over on a
level with the stage. Tlte jpening attraction
at the hew Casino will be Theo, of the Theatre
Varieties, Paris. She is a opera bouffe singer
and a great pet with Parisians. Among other
performances, she will sing in La Mascotte.
She i-i to receive $20,000 from Maui ice Grau for
singing sixty times. During her season of two
months, she will visit Philadelphia, St. Louis,
New Orleans, Chicago, Montreal and Boston.
It is said that Paris was unwilling to give up
its pet even for so short a time.
The voluntary closing of many of the gamb
ling bouses in the lower part cf the city has
drawn the public eye to these gilded man
traps. There ii no doubt whai ever that the
owners of these “club” houses quietly put up
their shutters and put a padlock on their
doors in anticipation of a descent of the po
lice. How did they learn they were coming
down on them? There is a line of communica
tion open, which the gamblers’ money*
buys, and when this is known
there is no mystery about it.
When the authorities become indifferent again
the grave “club” men—why are gamblers
always so dignified and solemn?—will take
down their shutters and take off their pad
locks. The number of these dens in the busi
ness quarters of the city below Canal street
is surprising. Usually they are in the side
streets, that are thronged with people during
business hours, but deserted at night, and are
reached through long halls that lead to some
retired part of the house. For these reasons
many a man of wealth and respecta
bility will frequent these places
when he wouldn’t think ofgojngmwahouse I
11 h i u J^Y jffequtuated nigh^after
ventures at faro and roulette Expert card
players visit all of these resorts, depending on
strangers that pa*y stroll in, who have an
overweaning confidence in their skill at the
card table. They evidently flourish, for
they are well fed, wear good clothes and dia
mond shirt pins of astonishing dimensions.
There are two gentlemen of this order, I know
of, who ride home every morniDg about three
o’clock on a Broadway car. You can always
tell when they have had a profitable night of it.
They talk over the points of games in which
they participated, and chuckle over their gains
Sometimes they look very solemn—they have
misjudged somebody. But, as a rule, thejiare
merry. There are other frequenters of these
dens who rarely take part in the games that are
going on He knows the sporting men and
sp inds his time chatting with them. They do not
know his business, although they may guess at
it. He does not tell even them. It is that of
the blackmailer. His victims are those who
may indulge their passions for gaming secretly,
and strangers who occupy positions of trust
and honor at home. The blackmailer takes
life easy and eDjoys his hush money. This
bird of prey dresses well, and evidently regards
h mself as good as any other bird. *
There is much talk about Laura Don, the
actress, who is fast becoming a celebrity. Be
sides being a very clever actress, the paints
well. Her pictures have far more intrinsic
value than those of Madame Damala, and gain
entrance at the Academy, and she has recently
blossomed out as a writer of plays. Some
time ago she was playing an engagement under
Manager Abbey at the Park Theatre.
With her usual artistic instincts, she deco
rated her stockings in a most {esthetic fashion,
which turned out to be an unlucky indulgence
for it involved actress and managers in a battle
over the possession of these self-same articles
of wearing apparel. At the last Academy ex
hibition Miss lon snowed a choice bit of work
which was among tbe first pictures sold. Her
personal appearance.is very attractive, ihe
has a lithe, well-rounded figure and an
expressive face. Her hair is dark
brown and her complexion is that of
the brunette. She has a nervous, impulsive
temperament, and jolly and careless in her
manners. A visitor recently found her in her
rooms in the midst of pain sand . rushes,
swinging in a hammock, and turnn.g over the
manuscripts of the play she has ju t written.
It is called “A Daughter of the Nile,” and has
been highly praised by several managers. The
piay is to be produced at the Standard Thea
tre in September,with the authoress in the lead
ing part. The manager of the Maaison Square
Theatre offered her a large sum for It, but she
declined it. She intends taking it on a starring
tour through the countiy if it meets with ap
proval here. One of Miss Dons’ rare qualities
is that the has never figured in any scandals
Scandals, I suppose, should be left to the less
gifted.
One of the latest caprices of fashion at the
seaside is the exhibition of youngsters who are
still in long clothes. The young wife drives
her village cart alone when her husband is in
the sity or Otherwise engaged, and in her ap
pearance and manner cannot be distin
guished from the belie who is fancy free
all two free, in fact—the belle I
mean, not the wife. Yet the wife and
mother does not entirely disregard the admir
ing eyes of men whom she may meet But it is
about the baby, and not the mother I
set out to speak, It is in charge of nurse* of
course, and does not require much maternal
care except by proxy, yet the mother takes
great pride in the public appearance it makes
So baby has a complete set of dresses, and can
show as many different shades in a week as
our fancy-free belle. The nurse is dressed to
correspond; that is, when the baby is attired
in blue satin, with a rich lace overdress, the
nurse wears a blue gown, a blue apron and a
blue cap. To carry out the ruling
idea of color, the baby’s head
reposes on a blue satin pillow.
The next day the baby and nurse will make
their appearance on the hotel piazza com
pletely transformed. Yesterday they were in
pale blue; to-day they present a study in pink.
Nurse rather likes the opportunity she gets in
this manner of having so many changes of
dress. These changes run through ail the
plain colors, and in some instances combina
tions have been made. When papa becomes
too affectionate he is warded off and reminded
that he must wait until the little creature re
tires from public gaze and is safely in its night
gown. Hall-Hatkks,
Gustavus Hageman shot John Boyle, at
Chicago, 111., a few days ago, with a double
barreled shotgun loaded with nails, pieces
of Iron, slugs, etc. He had found Boyle
with his sweetheart and took the gun from
Boyle. The doctor had picked forty five
pieces of nails and leads out of Boyle’s side
Hageman has escaped.
The smallest print which a normal eye
can recognize at a distance of one foot is
about 150 of an inch.
The Delta of the Nile.
The Delta, or Lower Egypt, is that
part of the country most likely to be af
fected by the events of an immediate
future, and, therefore, any description of
what is termed “the Valley of the Nile”
may be dispensed with. Tbe river, is
suing from the valiey a few miles north
of Cairo, enters the low, wide plain
which, from its resemblance to the fourth
letter of the Greek alphabet, received
from that people the name of the Delta
The stream divides itself into two
branches—that of Rosetta, or old Cano
pic, and that ©f Damiat, or Phatnitic.
Between these two are numerous canals,
large and small, intersecting the country
in every direction. Along the seacoast
are the salt lakes or marshes, called
Burlos, communicating with the sea
by an outlet, which is probably the same
as the Sebennytic mouth of the ancient
geographers anti Manzalah. Proceeding
westward the Rosetta or Bolbitine mouth
is reached, which, with that of D&mietta,
are now the only two entrances from the
sea into the Nile—accessible only t© small
vessels. Tbe river at Rosetta is about
1,800 feet wide, and at Damietta nearly
800 feet. West of Rosetta a salt marsh,
called Lake Etko, has been formed, which
communicates on one side with the Nile
and on the other with the sea, or
Aboukir bay, by an outlet which corre
sponds to the old Canopic mouth. West
of Lake Etko is the Lake of Aboukir,
which communicates with the sea, and is
divided from Lake Mareotis, to the south
west of it, by an isthmus along which
passes the canal of Alexandria, known
as the Mahmoudieh canal. This was
used for the conveyance of passengers
by the overland route to India. From
its mouth, at Atfeh, travelers proceeded
along tbe Nile to Boulak, to the port of
Cairo, in steamboats constructed for the
purpose, and thence across the desert in
caravan to Suez. The greatest breadth
of the Della, or cultivated plain,of Lower
Egypt is about 80 miles from east to
west;its length, from the bifurcationot
the river to the sea, is estimated at 00
miles. The interior of the country is
covered with fields, orchards and planta
tions, chiefly of cotton.
The Coldstream Guards is one of the
three regiments which compose the foot
brigade of Royal Household troops, and
represents the very flower of the British
army. Privates in the Guards are all
picked men, and enjoy better pay and
privileges than the other regiments of
the forces, while tbe officers are par ex
cellcene men of" high rank and large
fortune, and the spoilt darlings of the
most aristocratic English society. They
scarce*
blazon of many. a gaHanUy wou bat
tle in the Grimes, and in the ware
v Napoleon I. Wellington’s al
leeed command, “TTp“ Guarnsand at
’em,” illustrates the post of honor always
eiven to this magnificent regiment of in
fantry. Although the Guards are not
ordered in service as often as the other
regiments, and have never been sent to
India, the officers have been permitted to
volunteer in all of the petty wars which
have occupied England’s martial atten
tion of recent years. A large number of
Guardsmen were killed in Zululand and
Afghanistan, and several officers and
men wear the Victoria Cross.
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