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J. H. BBTILL,
Savannah, Ga.
v If tie Post Office in Stsvann-.i.
’ J ’ ’, jt . Xail A latter.
Georgia Affairs.
„ eoun'y the democratic primary
, , rg _ j jlinT. Jordtn and W. T.
jjj ii mocratie candidates for the
era made an unsuccessful
. jail in Sparta one night last
ra foiled by the unexpected ap
■ . jii'er on the scene. They had
breaking the locks on the doors
, . r with the hallway, and had dig'
■ under one of the windows and
~j from its place in the grate an
- v.h which they would soon have
- uing large enough for escape had
pportut.e!y discovered and their
i[ae frustrated.
:-t Northern apples of the seas >n have
", , r appearance in the Albany market,
by the recent fire in Darien was
• on which there was an insurance of
7 ere is but little doubt that the Ore
■ j. iiary origin, and a thorough in
!{, -n ;; loti lly ea.ltxl for by the citizens.
1,,, ~ocrats of Schley county nomi
f - the I,gi-iature Mr. W. D. Murray,
n-ary at Ellaville on S iturday last
Ci .-eeo Th r rpi- enuounees h inself as a
fiadiJate for Mayor of Macon.
, .- i!e Coiler* at Dalton opened last
with ninety pupils.
v iii on county mink killed thirty-seven
• ; . r for Mr. J. P. Craig on last Friday
. The animal was subsequently killed
a do?
ton post office is the fourteenth in
-m e. Two years ago Dalton stood
!rticetti or. the lilt.
.. ib'icansof the Fifth Congressional
,i .T ct. which includes Atlanta, have started
'.ie. as their c.indiiale for office. If
anything in a name he ought to run
Fn : >!. Thomas, a fifteen year old son of
; ii T.iomas. of Milton county, was drowned
a' irg ir. a pond n"ar his father’s resi
.n r oa Monday of last week.
A mail hog created quite a sensation in La
.‘•utv on Sunday la t. It had fits and at
aaipt-J to bite everything that came in its
iti. U we.3 finally killed.
a Lodge of Good Templars, numbering
-veil members, was instituted at
.. .r.c-rviiie, Clarke county, cn Thursday night
rear Araericus sportsmen on Wednesday
,i<; kiiic-i over fifty pounds of squirrels while
tiating • n l ine creek, twelve miles from
iacon Sunday Graphic will hereafter
krr„ i in the Daily Evening Graphic, pub
j*. •v ry evening in the city of Macon. The
tv p ort, r will be issued Wednesday after
nos, nth inst.
The public schoo's opened yesterday in Co
s; b with a large attendance of pupils, both
i.iieatd colored.
i A. I*. Wcfford has retired from the Sena
• .i. ru-.v in the Forty Second Senatorial dis-
A.- ri wili make 7,000,(0i) gallons of eot
t. ti evd oil this year—Georgia coming in for
1 eft re Many will buy it, put it up in nice
t.vp- an i label it alive oil from Italy,
b det /. T. Fvveeney, pastor of the Christian
iat vgusta, liaa accepted a call from
.ris'iic C: arch at Columbus. Indiana.
• are tv. iity-six cases from the Eastern
1 r-i ,ng undisposed of in the Su.
preme Court of Georgia.
Harris. and Bartlett received
’-m italic nomination at the primary
viii m bibb county on Saturday.
ark Johnston, Jr., was nominated,
‘ r Representative of Baldwin
’y n the pr maty, by seventy-five majori
i. F -nJleton was nominated by the Demo
i ...ary as candidate for Representative
L. des county on Saturday lAst.
• • to the trouble between Editor
• 1 f the Americus Republican, and
liar-' l . th- Independent candidate, which
■> ■' serious collision, we are glad to see
i**i Hancock, being satisfied that the
-m a hit-ii caused the trouble was erroneous,
•n. it cracefully withdrawn the offensive
miele.
Anew '.mun to be put on the Kennesaw and
-era! roads on October Ist, will introduce
hotel cars ever run in the South,
iriin on its connections, which is the
'■cn 1 ally train of the Kennesaw, wilt leave
i cite s of over 10,010 inhabitants in the
•r dark, and will leave Atlanta at 4:15
* ra. a’J reach Jacksonville, Florida, at
< the same day. Hotel cars with the
f c iks will run regularly. What will the
rs of earang houses on the line have
’■j *av about this schedule?
Ev-jiaiin Hill, the son ct the late deceased
'■til r l ull, has already begun the work of
- Lis father’s letters and speeches. It
•a * rk of love and affection, and will doubt
bss be well performed.
A sady a* Cave Spring, a few days ago, was
ro:n a horrible death by the presence of
: a gentleman whose name is not given
u count of the circumstances. It ap
- aat the lady arrived at the dt pot a mo
t: attei the train had started, and a friend
mp ou the platform. The train
a S with tolerable spied, and obeying
ce she made the effort and sprang,
> ra ng hold of the railing of the platform
r ieet and body were suspended, she
failed to get a footing. Her skirts
• ht in a wheel and it seemed for a
that she would be mangled ty the
! the pisseegers but one seemed par
,J ! v uisniay. but this courageous, cool
•' <-> to the rescue—snatched her up in
-a arms, and saved her from a horrid death.
--Ved that within sixty days two thous
u will be at work in Alabama on the
■ ' lat tic Railway. All the contracts
it let ween Birmingham, M ss., and
‘••and fifiy miles from Columbus, .Mss.,
- vAt ut a public schools resumed their ses
i >t "* c * K ° yesterday, and the exhibit
week has been particularly gratify
’ t!, “ ciose of the first week of the ses
re were four thousand children pres
•r the charge of seventy-six teachers,
j.i Mpropriatlon for the coming year for
•*- i purp, <es is the liberal sum of |Si,COO.
- v amount 5W.003 will run the schools
? the Fear, leaving $13,C00 with which to
Lf -w schools, the Board of Education
determined to build one new vchool
1 hundred and fifty scats eech year,
e ‘chool accommoda ions are amply
-t to meet the demands of the school
J:a , which, by the July census, was
hiMren. The applications have increas
-1 new names having been en
„ July Ist—l,ooo white and 500 color
|J the 1,(0) white children thus applying
' As, three-fifths are of new families that
in, whch represents fully 2,500
-he population of the city within the
: - ve months. Scores of families have
to Atlanta because of her
M ’bool privileged The cost of educating
1 1 is juat nine dollars per year, or one
month, the white teachers from
; i-.J-O par year. Theptincipals get 11,400
i", 1 P fr year, and the Superintendent
. here are sixteen schools, and the
for the first time this year, has
Fa the colored schools entirely ; n charge
colored teachers, whose salaries range
r m $450 to $750 per year. The school
rty, real estate and buildings in Atlanta
vi i ucd t 1250.C00. Colonel Hammond is the
Kmly native Georgian on the Board of Educa
tion. Nine States and Europe are represented
p the board, and of tlie thirteen members
■iree are from New Eugiand. They get no
Btarv, and their work is a labor of love. The
wwwm SWiimM IKem
.1. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
above facta we have col’a'.ed from the Atlanta
Constitution ot Sunday, contained in an inter
view between the reporter and Mr. J. C. Kim
ball, one of the Board of Education. How
does it compare with the condition of the pub
lic school system in Savannah ?
Washington (Wilkes county j Gazette: “It D
very erroneous to suppose that the negroes
about here are anything like solid tar Gartreli
and Twiggs, t’ully half who are going to vote
at all will vote for the reeular nominees.’’
Incendiaries are again at work in Forsyth.
On Saturday night a house was destroyed in
this manner, and an attempt was made to bum
the achoal bouse occupied by the Misses Thur
mond, which failed.
The election for Mayor and Aldermen of
Eatonton came off on last Wednesday. Mr.
Frank Leverett was re-elected Mayor, and the
following named gentlemen were elected
Aldermen: B. Rice. B W. Hunt. B F. John
son. C. D. Leonafd, D B. Nisbet, W. B. Wing
field.
The Coffee County Gazette says: “The trade
issue of me Morxi'o News was a tig thing.
It not onlv shows the git up-and-git will of iis
proprietor, but proves the vim and enterprise
of the merchants of Savannah, who believe in
the use of printer’s ink. The News is not be
hind in anything, having tong ago taken its
place in the front rank of journalism.”
Dahlonega Signal: “The Dahlor.ega and
Gainesville Railroad is progressing rapidly. Ic
will be but a short time until the whistle will
be sounding within ten miles of Dahlonega,
and if the voters of the county of Lumpkin
want a road built to their county site they can
get it. All that Is required is the small sum of
six thousand dollars, issued in bonds, in order
to have not only a railroad and a railroad
bridge, but a free bridge, the latter being abso
lutely necessary for the safety of human life,
and the former for the general advancement
of the people’s interest.” 1
Mr. John C. Larston writes to the Darien Oa.
zette as follows: “On the 18th of August last.
Miss Rachel Bryan mailed a letter to me, i n a
yellow envelope, in the Darien post office, and
it was received by me in a white envelope, and
directed by a man’s hand, which corresponds
precisely wi'h the handwriting of the post
office officials. She will swearthat the letter I
received was the identical one she mailed to
roe in a yellow envelope, and was directed by
her own hand. Now, how the letter got out of
the yellow envelope into a white one, and
changed the direction from a lady’s hand to a
bold man’s hand, is the ques'ion to be investi
gated by the United states authorities Ido
not attack any one, but limply present the
facts in the case, which I propose to push to a
decision.”
Mr Daniel McCook and Sir. Faciei Wash, of
Irwin county, had gone fishing in the Dormany
mill creek, and on their return stopped under
a tree to gather grapes. A rain cloud was ap
proaching at the time, ind while Mr. McCook
was holding to a vine lightning struck the.
tree under which they stood, and. pass
ing down the vine, struck Mr. McCiok,
producing instant death. Mr. Wash was but
a few feet from Mr. McCook at the time of
the accident, and was terribly * hocked. He
arrived at Mr. McCook's house several hours
aft-rwards in an insensible condition, and
could give no account of what had occurred.
Mrs. McCook was much alarmed, and went at
once in search of her husband, whom she found
in the cold embrace of death. Over him was
the shattered tree and vine, which told too
plainly the cause of her sad bereavement.
Florida Affairs.
Fernandiua is having built a $15,000 Episco
pal church.
A young man named Altman became en
tangled in the belting of a saw mill at Hugar
ville, on the Peninsula Railroad, one day last
week, and was whirled round and round a
crank at the rate of one hundred revolutions
per minute. He was terribly mangled, and
died a few hours afterward.
A petrified p'ne sapling, which was thrown
into the water in Suwannee river at White
Bprings in 1876, was taken out the other day,
and the end which had been sticking in the mud
was found to be thoroughly petrified.
A. Livingston, Esq , has been elected Aider
man of Madison, vice E. W. Erwin, Esq , re
a'gned.
Madison county’s record shows the valuation
of the taxable property in the county to be
$1,411,140, upon which amount §28,572 fO for
taxes are to be assessed.
The Democrats of Gadsden county have
nominated ex-Governor A. K. Allison for the
Senate. George I. Davis, W. C. Hendry and
Duncan McMillan were nominated for the As
sembly.
A movement is on foot among the Democrats
of Suwannee county to nominate only candi
dates for the Legislature who will pledge
themselves to do all in their power to put down
the liquor traffic in Florida.
The voters of Suwannee county will decide
at the ballot box, October 3, whether they will
accept the offered compromise of 30 per cent,
of her bonded indebtedness. The principal
and interest ot the old debt is $69,000, 30 per
cent, of which will amount to $10,700.
Jack-on county Democrats have nominated
for the General Assembly Messrs. W. H. Mil
ton. J. W. Pooser and J. A. Robinson.
Judge A. L. Woodward, one of the oldest
and most respected citiz ?ns of the State, died
in Tallahassee on the morning of the 7th inst
He was a native ot South Carolina, and ob
tained political distinction in Florida as a dele
gate from Jackson county to the St . Joseph
Convention, which framed the constitution
upon which Florida was admitted into the
Union in 1839.
Gen. Finley is c irrying the people by storm
wherever he appears in his campaign. At Fort
Mason on Thursday last a great crowd assem
bled to hear him, and during his speech he
was Interrupted by a telegram from Altoona,
a point ten miles distant, asking him “to be
brief,” As there was another large crowd at the
latter point wailing to receive him.
An indignation meetiDg has bee a called at
Jacksonville, and met last night, to denounce
the murder of Savage and James, the negro
murderers.
There were but four deaths :u Jacksonville
during the week ending Saturday night—one
white and three negroes, one of the parties be
ing over ninety years of age. A good sanitary
record.
The Democratic voters of Alachua county
will meet at Gainesville on Wednesday to nomi
nate four candidates to represent the county
in the next Legislature.
The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad has
reached a point with'n five miles of Marianna,
and the whistle of the locomotive is daily heard
at that place.
The Marianna Courier fays that a negro wo
man and her friends murdered her husband
last week near Vernon. No particulars of the
tragedy are given.
There was not a death from any cause of
disease at Cedar Key for the week ending Sep
tember Rth.
Tavares is to have a starch and srlueose
manufactory, and the farmers of that vicinity
are urged to plant cassava ss a general crop,
and are assured of a market at good prices.”
The Republican Convention, which met at
Gainesville Saturday last, nominated for the
Legislature Benjamin Rush, white, T C Cass,
colored, T. J. Forrest,white, and F. A. O'Bryan,
white.
The delegation from Escambia county to the
Republican Convention in Quincy came over
by way of Tlioroasville, but were not a'lowed
to come in Tallahassee. Several others from
Pensacola were prohibited entering the city.
The Live Oak Bulletin says: “Sheriff Alt
man. of Hamilton, was summoned before the
Coroner's jury on the Savage and James case,
in Madison, the other day, but on reaching the
town he was warn and not to testify, for if he did
he would probably be kb led before he left
town."
Jacksonville Times: “The store of Mr. Goff,
a blind man doing business just this side of the
East Jacksonville bridge, was entered Satur
day morning about one o’clock by burglars,
who broke a pane of glass and entered through
tie opening thereby made. They then opened
the front door and took out a tub of lard and a
barrel of flour. Mr, Goff lives over the store
and wa awakened by bis wife who said she
heard someone in the store. Mr. Goff got up
and went to an auger hole that is bored in the
floor. Putting his ear to it he distinctly heard
me robbers earn ing things out of the store,
and got bis pistol and poked its muzzle
through the auger hole and fired twice. This
alaraed the burglars, who ran away. He and
his wife went down stair-s and found the front
door open, the window broken, and didn’t find
a tub of lard and a barrel of flour that ought to
be there. They fastened up the store and re
turned up stairs, when he fired off his pistol
fourteen times They went to sleep no more,
but sat up and listened."
The fol owing, which is destined to create a
revolution in the Florida abigator busings*, we
find vouched for by the Jacksonvi ie Times :
“Mr. L. I Stephens has made a discovery. To
begin at the begioning, let us sy that during
the Centennial he carried about seventy-five
alligator eggs to Philadelphia, securely packed
in moss, intended as F orida curiosities. When
fce we t to open his box, lo! seventy-five young
alligators beamed upon him. Since then Mr.
Stephens has been buying alligators' eggs, and
placing them in a Urge box over bis store,
sandwiched between layers of damp
straw. He says that this makes a
hot bed, the temperature of the at
tic being considerably over one hundred
degrees during a warm day. Whenever Ihe
straw becomes dry he eprinkles a little water
over it. The period of incubation, he sa:s, is
about two months. He has bad a nest of
300 egg* undergoing this treatment for the
past seven or eight weeks, and the
veung alligatoig sre beginning to come forth.
On Wednesday about twenty of them came to
time, and eig t more on Thursday. When
ever they are almost ripe the fgg3turn dark,
and he can hear the youngsters wobbling
about trying to effect an exit. If the incin'ent
saurian is unable to smash his pent up Uclca
by himself, Mr. Stephens renders him the
necessary assistance.” -
Gray halre often cause annoyance, which
Parker’s Hair Balsam prevents by restoring
the youthful color.
THE JURY “FIXED.”
COLLAPSE OF THE STAR ROUTE
FARCE.
Miner ami Uertlell Convieteil-No Con
clusion as 4o llraily, Vaile and the Dor
seys—Turner Freed—Acquitting a Dead
Man -What Mr. Merrick Says—The
Comedy to be Renewed—Foreman
Dickson’s Story,
Washington, Bsptember 11.—There is but
one opinion here In regard to the result of
the star route trials, and that opinion is that
the jury was “fixed.” That two of the
smaller offenders should be convicted, and
the big thieves induced a hung jury, is cer
tainly, to say the least, a little suggestive.
The convicted men had not the “soap,”
which was, doub'.lts?, necessarv for them if
they wished to escape. These two men
cams into the stealing at a comparatively
late stage of it. The originatcra are not
convicted. It Is morally certain that the
jury was “fixed.” Foreman Dickson is gen
erally credited with having received the
most money for his course.
When he was made foreman of ihe jury,
old frequenters of the court eaid there will
be a bung jury. D ckson was never
known, and he has been ou oyer one hun
dred .juries, to allow a conviction, when
there was the slightest evidence ot the jury
having been fixed. The other members of
the jury are as openly spoken of as having
accepted a consideration.
The government officers announce that
they will lose no time in bringing about a
new trial.
At 10:10 the star route jury entered the
court room and through their foreman
announced that they had reached
a conclusion as to four of the
defendants, but stood as they did on
Saturday as to the others, being unable to
agree as to them. The court declined to re'
ceive the verdict, and a recess was taken
until 2 o’clock p. m.
At 2 o’clock Judge Wylie took his seat and
sent for the star route jury. When they
appeared the foreman announced that there
had been no change in the opinion of the
jury since the last report. The (fudge then
said he had concluded tu accept their ver
dict.
The defendants were called, and all an
swered. The foreman then stated that the
jury had instructed him to return a verdict
of guilty as to Miner and Rerdeli, not guilty
as to Turner and Beck, and that no agree
ment was reached as to Brady, Vaile and the
two Dorseys.
Mr. Merrick o’ r j -■cted, that as Peck had
not been arraigned he could not be Indicted.
(He is dead).
The court concurred in this objection, and
the verdict was amended so as to omit all
mention of Peck.
The jury was then discharged.
Mr. Williams entered a motion for arrest
of judgment and anew trial for Rerdeli,
aud Mr. Henkle made a similar one in be
half of Miner.
Mr. Merrick moved that new bonds be
required of Brady, Vaile and the two Dor
seys, and that the amounts of the bonds be
increased.
This motion gave rise to a heated dis
cussion between Mr. Merrick aud Colonel
Ingersoli, in which considerable bad feeling
was shown by both lawyers. The court
was obliged to interfere in the interest of
peace.
Judge Wylie announced that he would on
Wednesday hear counsel upon a motion to
bail Miner and Rerdeli.
Pending the hearing upon the motion for
anew trial, and also upon Mr. Merrick’s
motion for new and increased bonds for the
defelldan's, as to whom no agreement was
reached. Miner and Rerdeli were 6ent to
jail for the preseat. After a few words of
thanks from the foreman to Judge Wylie
for the kindners he had shown them, to
which Judge Wylie replied in similar terms,
the court concluded as follows:
Partirg with you, therefore, on these
terms of friendliness and respect, I have no
suspicion, nor does the court entertain any
doubt in regard to this verdict as represent
ing the conscientious convtc’ion of the
jury. It is not such a verdict as I should
nave been glad to see, but it is your ver
dict. It is your work, you are responsible
for it, the court is not.
Foreman Dickson —As to another subject.
At the close of the proceedings last Thurs
day, yeur Honor made some severe criti
cisms upon attempts which had been made
to bribe certain members of the jury. I
stated then that upon the disposition cf
th's case I would present such facts as X
have to present. Will I present them in a
sworn statement to you ?
The Court—No, no, sir, not at all. Your
experience may have been different from
that of otber members of the jury. No
doubt it is. That is a matter which will
probably be investigated in another way.
It does not belong to your verdict.
Foreman D.ckson—No relation whatever?
The Court —No. If It be true, as has been
reported to me by several members of this
juiy, that efforts to bribe them have been
made, I think that no more abominable, no
more ceneurab’e depth of crime can be
named. 1 think that this is not the place
' for the court or the jury to talk on this
subject. It is a matter which ought to be
ia the hands of the officers of the law, and
if aDy scoundrel be convicted of such an
attempt (I don’t know whether the jury
would convict or not) we shall endeavor to
do our duty as a court. Good bye, gentle
men.
Colonel Ingersoli—We have no objection
to the jury stating who approached them.
Mr. Merrick—Nor have we, and the gov
ernment will examine into the whole mat
ter.
Mr. Wilson—And counsel for the defense
will have a hand la the examination. The
government will not make the examination
by itself.
Mr. Merrick—Pardon m-', sir, but the
government will, and put it where it be-
longs.
The Court (smiling)—l never was so
happy in my life. Here are both sides anx
iou- to expose a crime, and we shall cer
tainly have a conviction next time.
The court then ad j urned until Wednes
day at 10 a. m.
Mr. Merrick, of the government’s counsel,
to-night, speaking of the verdicts, said that
the vote of the jury on conspiracy stood
eight for conviction and four for acquittal,
the four being Dickson, Holmead, Brown
and Martin. “The interchange of votes,”
he said, “between the recalcitrant four is
one of the most mysterious things that evrr
occurred in the transactions of a jury. It
can only be accounted for by something
that was neither In the proof nor made the
subject of argument. The government
will proceed Immediately to take such
steps as may be necessary to discover the
guilty parties in the charge of bribery now
made apparent in this case. It
will also Immediately summon
its witnesses and proceed to try the parties
in regard to whom there was a disagree
ment, and it may be reasonably expected
that with a retrial of this indictment, and
a trial cf the other indictments against
Brady, the Criminal Court will be occupied
until the first of Februrary, if not longer,
though as counsel for the government are
well worn down with their labors, they are
not disposed to resume them until the first
or fifteenth of October.”
The verdict in the star route cases has
taken everybody by surprise, and shows
that not a single one of the guessers at the
verdict was right. From the first ballot to
the las' there were four votes against the
proposition that conspiracy was established
as to a’l the defendants. These four were
D'ckson, the foreman, BrowD, Holmead and
Martin. These four names appear
through the twelve ballots In
terchanged in various ways as to
different defendants and not unanimous as
to th'e innocence or guilt of any one of the
four as to whom no conclusion wasreacbed.
The seventh ballot was the turning one.
All after that were the same as the seventh,
which W'fl as follows:
Guilty as to all—Cox, Damphon, McCar
thy. McLain, McNelly, Martin, Murray, 01-
cott and Tabrirer.
Guilty as to Valle—Brown.
Guilty as to 8. W. Dorsey and Valle—
Dickson.
Guilty as to Brady—Halmead.
Summary—J. W. Dorsey, guilty 10; not
guilty 2 . „
8. W. Dorsey—Gull tv 9, not guilty 8.
Valle— Guilty 11. not gull y 1.
Brady—Guilty 10, not guilty .2
In an interview to-night with Foreman
Dickson, the latter made a'general state
ment In regard to the alleged attempts at
bribery, but would give no formal state
ment for publication.
He said that he would to-morrow lay be
fore the District Attorney or his assistant
such facts as were within his knowledge.
On the 23d of August be bad been ap
proached with an offer of $25,000 by an
officer connected with the Department of
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1882.
Justice, who produced letters of his
appointment as special agent of that
department and stated that he was
authorized to act In the matter, if
he would vote for the conviction of Brady
and Stephen W. Dorsey. That statement
would be corroborated by witnesses and by
circumstantial evidence. When he made his
offer to the court to-day to make a sworn
statement in regard to the matter he had in
tended to take the stand, but on rrflection
he was eure that the course pursued by
the court was the better one, as he
would be placed in a false posi
tion. There were others of the jury
who had been approached from different
directions but the sums offered were small,
from S2OO to S3OO. The man who approach
ed him told him that he represented the
Attorney General, bnt he (Dickson)
did not believe that He concluded that
the man took him for a fool or a knave,
and that his only protection was to
notify Judge Wylie of the matter. He sug
gested to Judge Wylie that he should coax
the man on, but Judge Wylie remarked that
that was too much like police duty, and
had advised him to do nothing about the
matter, but to keep clear of the man. The
following day the man sent in his card for
an interview, and appointing a time and
place. He made no reply, and had not
seen the man or his companion, who
was also an officer of the Department
of Justice, from that day to this.
He made inquiry a few days later and
learned that the man had left Ihe city upon
the following day. He did not believe the
man bad twenty-five dollars in his posses
sion much less $23,000, and it was his opin
ion that the mau had been employed to vet
him unwearily to commit himself. He
would not allow this matter to drop but
would see the thine through.
COTTON.
Latest Advices Upon Tills Year’s Crop.
Washington, September 11.—The Sep
tember report of the Department of Agri
culture on the condition of cotton shows
an Improvement since the Ist of August in
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ar
kansas and Texas and some deterioration in
South Carolina, Georgia and the States on
the Gulf coast to Louisiana, inclusive. The
general average of August was 94, of Sep
tember 92, which Is the same as In Septem
ber of 1880, and higher than in any other
season for ten years. Last year the average
dropped from 88 in August to 70 in Sep
tember. The State averages sre a* follows:
Virginia 90, North Carolina 88, South
Carolina 95, Georgia 89, Florida 83, Alabama
90, Mississippi SB, Louisiana 89. Texas 101,
Arkansas 100, Tennessee 89. These figures
indicate as they stand a large crop, but
from every quarter comes intimation of too
much rain for heavy fruiting, too much
weed, some shedding of bolls, a ten
dency to rust and later develop
ment of bolls. Under these condi
tions an early frost would be especially
injurious. The caterpillar has made tts ap
pearance in many counties of the Gulf
coast States. In some places a second gen
eration is webbing up. While the damage
is inappreciable as yet, In most cases fears
are expressed that a third brood may do
great Injury. The boll worm is reported at
many points In Denton county, Texas.
Their des’ructlon is estimated at one hun
dred thousand dollars.
The corn crop in all regions south of
Pennsylvania and the Ohio river is In high
condition in every State except West Vlr
clnia, and is represented by 100 or higher
figures. In many districts of the South the
crop Is reported as the best in twenty years.
In New England there has been a very sharp
decline, except in Vermont, from 81 to 75
in Maine, 93 to 62 in New Hampshire, 87 to
60in Massachusetts,93 to7o in Rhode Islautl,
and from 96 to 65 in Connecticut. A de
cline of eight points in New York and New
Jersey, and of four in Pennsylvania Is in
dicated. The loss in all these States ie due
to the drought, which has been especially
severe in New England. There has been
abundant rain In all the other States. In
the corn growing Btates of the Ohio valley
the prospcc'a average very nearly as
at the last report. The general average
of the condition is S3, ihe same as in August
last year. There was a decline from 77 In
August to 60 in September. In 18S0 the
September average was 91. If early frost
do not injure the crop the product will be
materially larger than last year, but the
heavy production of 1879 and 1880 cannot
be approached under the most favorable
circumstances.
The oat crop, when harvested,
was in unusually high condi
tion, yielding heavily in threshing.
The general average is 100, very few
States falling below that figure, among
them New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Virginia.
The rye crop is also above the average in
nearly all the States, and was harvested in
good condition.
The general average for tobacco is 89, and
by States —Pennsylvania 80, Maryland 92,
Virginia 93, Kentucky 91, Ohio 65, and
Missouri 93
MAINE.
A Republican Victory Indicated.
Washington, September 11.—Returns
from the Maine election are in from widely
separated points, and all indicate a vote
much heavier than in 1880, heavy Republi
can gains and the probable election of
Robie. At Damariscotta and other points
the Greenbackers voted the Republican
ticket. Everywhere the straight Green
back, Temperance and Independent vote is
reported insignificant. About three o’clock
a heavy rain set In, but the voting was prac
tically over then. All the returns received
are favorable to Robie. Nothing as yet has
been heard as to the vote for Congressmen.
Portland, Mb , September 11.—Rjble is
elected bv <rom 7,500 to 9,000 piur&lltv.
The Republican Congressional ticket is car
lied by about the same vote.
Returns from one hundred towns show a
vote differing very little in the total from
that of 1880, but show a Republican gain of
2,708 in a total vote of 5,300, and a plurality
for Robie of 6,272.
FORGED CHECKS.
An Alleged Atlanta Man in Limbo.
Baltimore, Md , September 11.—James
E. Lacid, of Atlanta, Ga., was arrested in
Frederick county tc-day and brought to
this cltv this evening on the charge of hav
ing obtained a horse, saddle and bridle on
forged checks for $250 and s7s,respectively,
on the firm of J. E Lacid & Cos., of Atlan
ta, that house having replied to an inquiry
that no 6uch checks had been Issued. Tbe
horse and saddle and bridle were purchased
in Baltimore, and the accused was going to
wards Virginia when captured. He Is held
for hearing.
STEPHEN J. MEANY.
Acting On His Owu Responsibility.
Washington, September 12.—1 t was
stated in a dispatch from Dublin on the 6:h
inst. that Stephen J. Meany, the New York
newspaper correspondent, had acted under
instructions from the American Government
in giving notice to the magistrates that he
would no longer be bound by his bail bond
given to secure his release from arrest un
der the Irish repression act. The State De
partment announces that Mr. Meany had no
such instructions from this government,
and that whatever action he took was upon
his owu responsibility.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., September 11.—Indications
for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, clearing
weather, norih to we6t winds, higher ba
rometer and stationary or higher tempera
ture.
In the Middle A lmtic States, partly
cloudy weather with rain, followed In the
southern portion by clearing weather, winds
backing to northwesterly, rising barometer,
and stationary or nlgher temperature.
In the Gulf States, fair weather, northerly
winds, becoming var'able in the West Gulf
States, stationary preceded by rising ba
rometer. In the East Gulf States, sta
tionary or higher temperature.
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, fair
weather, northerly winds, stationary or
higher barometer and temperature.
Cotton Futures in New York.
New York, September 11—The Foils'a
cotton report says: ‘'Future deliveries are
very quiet. At the first call September was
slightly dearer, while the later months lost
2-100 c. to 3100 c. After the call September
and October declined 2 100 c., but November
to June were steady. At the third call only
°* ep * ember were disposed of, at
A good medicinal tonic, with real merit,
Brown’d Iron Bitters, so all druggists say.
THE WARJN EGYPT.
ARIBI-8 ATTACK A SIRFRIST.
Brilliant Charge of Thirty Bengal Cav
alry—The Relative Losses—The Anglo-
Turkish Convention.
London, September 11.—The Daily Tele
graph's correspondent at Kassassln views
Saturday’s repulse of Arabi as a complete
success for the English, who had never
calculated on his attacking them in such a
manner. The enemy, the correspondent
says, did not retire until the English in
fantry advanced. Arabi left about two
hundred dead and wounded on the field.
The wounded state that the English right was
attacked by five battalions of infantry with
five guns and five hundred cavalry under
Mahmoud Pasha. The enemy had altogether
15,000 men. Saturday night passed quietly,
the enemy having disappeared behind their
entrenchments. At daybreak Sunday morn
ing the English began to throw r’iljpits
around K.ssassin in order to prevent
Arabi from approaching near enough to
shell their camp. A pickefrfff the Thirteenth
Bengal Lancers charged a regiment of the
enemas cavalry, rode thrtujh them and
killed ten men, losing cne of their own. The
enemy threw many of their wounded al ye
Into the canal The Foot Guards have
arrived at the front. S orts ate coming up
fast. The wounded are doing excellently.
The English loss during the engagement
was fifty wounded and none killed.
The Times has the following from Kas
in Saturday’s engagement that Aii Pasha
Feknt led the attack. Two of the wounded
British have died.
“Prisoners report that the object of Sat
urday’s operation was the capture of Kas
saes n, which the enemy tel eved would be
weakly defended. The Egyptians lost one
hundred killed. The number of their
wounded Is unknown.”
A dispatch to the limes from Kassassln
says: “There is little doubt *hat the first
attack came upon us in the nature of a sur
prise. About 5 o’clock in the morning
thir y Bengal Lancers, who were out to set
videttes, to their astonishment, sud
denly found themselves ia the pres
ence of three iquadrcns of the enemy’s
cayalry and a number of infantry
advancing in regular attack formation. Col.
Penrington dismounted his men and opened
a galling fire. The three rqtiadrons of cav
alry advanced to surround dim, and being
hard pressed be mounted his men and
charged the nearest body of the enemy with
such fury that he killed ten of them. Col.
MeNaughten galloped back to camp, and
soon the rest of the regiment, four hundred
strong, caiue to the rescue.”
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Alexandria reports that the
firing heard last week behind the enemy's
position, which caused the supposition that
desertions bad broken out in the camp,
arose from the active drilling and firing
practice of the new levies. Arabi has been
at Tel el Kcb’r since the 25 h of August.
A dispatch to the Ventral A'tws from Is
matlia, dated midnight Sunday, says: “We
have not yet advanced beyond the ridge,
two miles north of Kassassln, but the out
posts have been drilling and are supported
by infantry.”
A Constantinople despatch to the limes
says: “Earl Granville, the British Foreign
Secretary, declines to accept the proposal
of the Porte to land Turkish troops at Port
Said.”
The correspondent of the limes at Athens,
telegraphs that he believes that the Turkish
Government ti purposely preparing a col
lision with Greece, in order to divert Turk
ish public opinion from Egypt.
A dispatch from Port Sal 1 to the Daily
News states that one hundred English men
of-war t ransports used the Buez canal be
tween August 20th and September 6 h, by
which the canal company rer.Kz-d, from
tonnage and passenger dues, Jk93 000.
ROAD AGENTS.
A Stage Robbed in Missouri.
St. Louis, September 11. —The stage
coach, which runs between S;ligman, on
the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad,
and Eureka Springs, Ark , was stopped on
Saturday evening by two masked men,
heavily armed, and ten passengers in the
stage were robbed of about nine hundred
dollars and considerable jewelry. The mall
pouch wa6 also robbed of registered letters.
There is no clue to the perpetrators.
Breadstuff's in Britain.
London, September 11.—The Mark Lane
Sxpress, la Its review of the grain trade dur
ing the past week, says: “It is probable
that great damage to the wheat crop has
been caused hitherto by the weather. It
maybe rafely assumed, however, that the
wheat will be discolored. The markets
continue to decline, the condition
of new wheat being such as to
compel quick sales. Prices declined about
3r. New fljur is also cheaper. Malting
barleys are firm. The grinding torts are
cheaper. Oite, beans and peas are un
changed. Foreign wheats in London
are completely demoralized, and only
retail sales are made. The mar
ket is beginning to get
glutted for all positions, the granary stocks
being very heavy at ports of discharge.
The arrivals during the week have been
very liberal. The cargo trade is rather
surfeited with the supply. Buyers are
awaiting lower rate?. Twenty-six fresh
wheat cargoes arrived. There were sixteen
sales. Twenty were withdrawn and re
moved, lr eluding ten of red winter. The
sales if English wheat during the past
week were 42,243 quarters at 455. 93.,against
38,369 quarters at 545. 51, during the same
time last year.”
New York Stock Market.
New York, September 11. —Share specu
lation opened generally strong, with prices
% to 1% per cent, higher than at Saturday’s
closj, the latter for St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba. In the early trade the tone
of the market was Irregular, but in the
main weak, and prices fell off % to per
cent.. Lake E ie and Western, and Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy being most promi
nent in the decline. This was followed bv
an advance, ranging from to Der
cent., in which Illinois Central, Erie
preferred, Northwest and Western Union
were prominent. A little after noon a reac
tion of K to per cent, occurred, and Bt.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba and E ie
preferred leading therein, but the market
again became strong and sold up to the
close,the advance ranging from %to 2% per
cent., the la**r for Northern Pacific pre
ferred, to 99%. O.egon Navigation, Oregon
and Tranrconiinental, New Jersey Central,
Northwest preferred and New York Central
were also prominent in the upward move
ment. The market closed strong at about
the best figures of the day, showing an ad
vance from Saturday’s closing prices of %
to 2% per cent., Northern Pacific preferred
leading therein. Transactions aggregated
365,000 shares.
The Three Fer Cents.
Washington, September 11—Applica
tion for the bonds are still being received at
the Treasury Department. The amount of
per cent, bonds so far surrendered for
exchange Is about $50,000,000. As offers of
surrender continue to be made, It Is thought
that the issue of 3 per cents, may reach
$300,000,000. Tne majority of new bonds Is
sued are of the highest denomination. No.
3,552 of the SIO,OOO bonds and No. 1.283 of
the SI,OOO bonds were issued to-day.
Deadly Work of Kerosene.
Petersburg, Va , September 11.— At
an early hour this morning three frame
tenement bouses on Halifax street were de
stroyed by fire, aud Henry Porter, a para
lytic, was roasted alive. Asa Brown was
so injured by Inhaling the flames that it Is
thought he cannot recover. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp.
The property was owned by Caroline Hill,
and was partially insured.
Dynes Hanged.
Limerick, September 11 —Francis Hynes
was banged at eight o’clock this morning.
London, Sep’ember 11. —In many towns
In the west of Ireland business places were
closed to-day on account of the execution
of Hynes. Masses for Hynes were said in
many Catholic Churches.
Murder in New Orleans.
New Orleans, September 11.—George
Deno, formerly a Bergeant of police, and an
ex-Depu y Sheriff, was shot and instantly
killed In the parish prison last night by
Jehu Dojnlncks, a Deputy Sheriff.
Dieel of His Wounds.
Danville, Va., September 11 —Captain
John E. Hatcher, late Chief of Police, who
was shot by John H. Johnston, Mayor of
this city, on the 9<,h inst., died this morn
ing.
YELLOW FEVER.
The Outlook at Pensacola and iu tlie
Southwest.
New Orleans, September 10 —A Pensa
cola special says: “Ten cates of yellow
fever were reported during the post twenty
four hours and two deaths. The total to
date Is seventy-two cases and fourteen
deaths. x
“Among the deaths yesterday was that of
Paul Crappen, a cleik in the custom house.
He went to bed at 7a. m , and died soon
after midnight of black vomit. He had
complained for several days. The merchants
and city hotels have closed for business
until tbe fever subsides.”
Washington, September ll.—Collector
Tarble, of Pensacola, who is in the city to
day, received a dispatch from his son that
the yellow fever ia spreading very fast in
Pensacola.
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine
Hospital Bervice, has received the following
telegram:
“Brownsville, Texa3, September 10.—
Fifty-two cases trs reported and three
deaths. The overflow of the river prevents
all exit from Brownsville in vehicles.
“Murkt, Surgeon.
* Goounicn, Collector.”
The following has been received by the
National Board of Health:
“Pensacola, September 10, 9:E6 P. m.—
Ten new cases were reported to day and
two deaths. The total of cases to date is
72, and 14 deaths.
“Whiting, Secretary.”
Brownsville, Texas, September 11.—
Fifty-seven new cases of yellow fever were
reported here, but no deaths, in the last
twenty-four hours. There were twelve cases
of fever in Fort Brown snd one death, a
Mexican seivant of Major Wethereli. All
the sick here sre doing well but Mr. O’Mal
ley, who Is given up by the physicians.
Matamoras is considered healthy. There
are only twenty five cases in the city, and
ail are doing well. The quarantine between
these cities was raised to-day. The weather
is clear and pleasant.
Lexington Races.
Lexington, Kr , September 11.—Iu the
first race, for all ages, one mile, John Henry
won, Lei ex si c md, Mary Corbett third.
Time I:45J<-
In the second race, for three-year-olds,
one and a half mites, Monarch won, Boat
man second, Windover third. Time 2:43%.
In the thtrd race, for two-year-olde, three
fourths of a mile, Mifs Woodford won, the
Jepson filly second, VerA third. Time 1:17%
French poo s paid sl3 25
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Joseph Llonville, the French savant and
author, is dead.
A Tunis dispatch says an engagement is
reported near KalrwaD, in which the French
lost fifty killed and the Arabs 150.
On Friday night during a heavy thunder
storm a meteor weighing one pound and
eleven ounces fell in the middle of the prin
c'pal street of Lebanon, I’a.
An order was made in the common pleas
division of the High Court of Justice yester
day, removing tbe trial cf the murderers of
the Joyce family to Dublin.
A child named Mamie Lyons, aged four
years,who was sent for whisky bv a neighbor
in Syracuse, N. Y., drank a sufficient quan
tity herself to cause her death.
Mrs. Henry Rothrock, of Balnbridge,
Lancaster county, Pa , wa3 accidentally shot
and perhaps fatally wounded by her six
teen-yetr old son while he was carelessly
handling a revolver on Thursday afternoon.
Springer Brown Manaway, a colored man,
of UnlontowD, Fayette county, Pa., after
trying for nearly two years, has obtained a
decision from the courts compelling the
public schools at Uniontownto admit his
son to a scholarship. The boy ha 6 disap
peared rather tha Dgo to school.
Henry J. GronaD, a nun?e in the marine
ward of Bt. Joseph’s Hospital, at Baltimore,
committed suicide by shooting himself. He
had taken money from two patients (as he
said) to keep for them, but when called
upou could not produce it. The Sisters re
proved him, when he walked out Into the
grounds and shot himself.
Owing to the feet that the refuge camp
of the 19;h Infantry, outside of Browns
ville, Texas, is rapidly becomlmr overflowed
bv the rising waters of tbe Rio Grande,
Gen. Sherman has authorized Col. Chas. H.
■Smith to move his t(oop6 and his headquar
ters into the interior, and to hire such land
as ia necessary for their use and protection.
Adjutant General Drum has received a
letter from Lieutenant General Sheridan, at
Chicago, stating that the reported outbreak
among the Chevennes and Araoahoes was a
canard, and that he was so well satisfied of
this from the first that he did not think It
necessarv to deDy the published statement
until called on by the Department for infor
mation on the subject.
W. H. Colgate Is in jail at Winfield,
Kansas, charged with setting fire to Bliss
& Wood’s fl luring mill, which was burned
some weeks ago. Colgate was bookkeeper
for the mill, and his books were said to be
in bad shape. Another min having been
put in his place, Colgate, in a fit of rage at
being discharged, set fire to the mill. The
prisoner is the only son of J. B. Colgate, a
banker and millionaire of New York, and
founder of the Colgate Academy of Utica.
Messrs. Bliss & Wood lost heavily by the
fire.
What Opposition to Mr. Stephens
Means.
Atlanta Constitution.
There is not a white man, woman or
child in the State of Georgia that is not
personally and vitally interested in pre
serving the Democratic organization and
in perpetuating the condition which that
organization has made possible in this
State. It is a matter that vitally interests
eveiy farmer, every merchant, every
businessman, every laborer. The Demo
cratic organization is the only barrier of
safety which the public sentiment of the
State can erect for the preservation of
those institutions of politics and society
which are necessary to the well being
of all citizens, both white and
black. With this barrier out of the
way—and the administration at Wash
ington has ordered a most strenuous ef
fort to be made for its destruction—there
is no protection for the property or so
cial interests cf our people. It is but a
step from the peace and prosperity and
promise which our citizens of every class
now enjoy to an era of doubt, confusion,
political chaos and public plunder. No
matter what shape opposition to Mr.
Stephens may assume—no matter upon
what grounds it is based—it goes to
strengthen and help the tremendous ef
fort which the National Republican
party, with its headquarters at Washing
ton, is now making to cripple and de
stroy the Democratic organization in
this State.
Hubbellisu is not Republicanism.
—What does Mr. Hubbell mean by say
ing that party success cannot be expect
ed unless the office holders will furnish
the money? There was a time when the
Republican party succeeded, without an
office holder to assess, in carrying tbe
election against a party which had all
the offices and assessed all the office
holders. Tee doctrine then was that the
people as well as the office holders were
interested in Republican tuccess. If that
be changed, if, as Mr. Ilubbell suggests,
it is the office holders who are now
mainly interested in that success, why
should the country help to keep them in
place? On the contrary, why should not
the country feel it to be a duty to put out
of office those who raise an enormous
fund to keep themselves in? An enor
mous election fund justly alarms every
honest voter, because It is not necessary
and means a dishonest election. Mr.
Hubbell’s circular substantially an
nounces that the Republican party de
pends for success not upon its princi
ples but upon its purse. If this were
true, it would be the most conclusive
possible argument against that party,
and show that every intelligent and
patriotic voter should oppose it. But it
is not true. Mr. Hubbell does not mean
what he virtually says. He means only
that if the messenger boy or the clerk
does not promptly pay up be will proba
bly lose his place. — Harper's Weekly.
Heartily Recommended.
Don’t condemn a good thing because you
have been deceived by wor:hleea nostrums.
Parker’s Ginger Tonic has cured many in
this section of nervous disorders, and we
recommend it heartily to such sufferers.—
AVws.
WIND MD RAIN.
HAVOC OF THE RECENT STORM.
Its Ravages in Georgia and Florida—
Great Destruction at Tallahassee and
Quincy—Damage to the Crops—Louisi
ana Rice Fields Under Water—Floods
in Virginia.
Jacksonville, September 11.—In the
cyclone in Middle Florida, on Saturday,
Quincy suffered severely, the velocity of the
wind being fifty miles an hour, blowing
down the colored Methodist Church and
school house, Pitman’s stables, Natan’s
warehouse, and damaging the court house
and market. Five negroes were killed. All
the gin hcu3cs and mills on the water
courses are supposed to be swept away.
Most of the shade trees In Qnlncy were pros
trated.
At Tallahassee the roofs of the new hotel,
Gallle’s Hall, Nim’s blcck, one end of the
Episcopal Church, and numerous small
buildings were blown down. Beveral trees
in Capitol Square were uprooted. The
streets are filled with debris. Several ne
groes were killed In Leon county.
In Madison considerable injury was in
flicted. Trees, fences and out-buildings
were prostrated. In Aucilla several negro
churches are in ruins. The crops in Gads
den, Leon, Jefferson and Madison are ter
ribly damaged.
At Fernandina one man was drowned. The
wires are down between here and Tallahas
see. The above news was received by letter.
Pensacola, September 11.—The storm
Saturday was the severest ever experienced
here. The velocity or the wind at one time
was fifty-flye miles an hour. The quaran
tine boat Governor Bloxbam capsized
while en routo from the quarantine station,
and Richard and Jabez Martin were
drowned. The British bark Rods also cap
sized. The Captain and crew ciucg to her
bottom until rescued.
This morning several vessels are ashore
near the quarantine station and on Santa
Rosa Island. The interior wall of the new
opera house was blown down, causing fif
teen hundred dollars damage.
Columbus, Ga., September 11.—A heavy
rain and wind storm visited this section on
Saturday night, and continued more or less
throughout Sunday. The shade trues in the
city were blown down by hundreds. Re
ports have been received of much damage
to cotton and corn, fences aud forest tim
ber.
A special from Tuskegee, Ala., says that
about 1,000 trees were blown down in that
city, and the damage done to crops in tbe sur
rounding country is estimated at $50,000.
No loss of life Is reported.
A special from Talbotton, Ga., says: “The
most destructive wind and rain passed over
this section on Sa' urdav nfgbt. that has vis
ited the country since 1856. Great damage
was done to the crop* and timber. The
storm’s track resembled the path of a cy
clone.”
Macon, September 11.—Reports from all
points In this section show that great dam
age was done to the cotton crop by tha rain
and wind storm of Saturday night. In
Southwestern Georgia, where the cotton Is
open, the Injury is also great, but in the
counties above hopes are i n ertalned that a
few days sun will repair the damage done.
Sandersville, Ga., September 11.—A
severe wind and rain storm passed over this
town on Saturday night, doing but little
damage, however. A few shade trees and
fencing were blown down.
A tree was blown upon the house of Mr.
Posey, tho section master on the Central
Railroad at Tennllle, bruising himself and
child. Mr. White Franklin was also struck
and slightly bruised by fallfDg plastering.
Augusta, Ga., September 11.—The storm
yesterday and last night was very general
throughout Georgia. Considerable damage
was done to the crop?, and several railroad
, bridges were destroyed. The Savannah
river rose seventeen feet in a few hours.
Darbtville, Baker County, Fla., Sep
tember 10. —A tornado passed through thts
section last night. Its track was about one
hundred yards In width, and trees, fences
and buildings In its path were blown down.
Section Master Wolfe’s house, anew build
ing, was demolished, and hts wife, it is
thought, fatally Injured. A negro was kill
ed at another house. Some of the debris
of Wolfe’s house was blown half a mile.
The cane and cotton crops are badly dam
aged in Columbia county. Telegraphic
communication is suspended, as the wires
are down.
New Orleans, September 11.—News
from the lower coast shows great damage
from the high water on Saturday. At quar
antine the ground was submerged and the
people took refuge in the second story of
the government warehouse. The water
from the Gulf was driven entirely over
many of the lower coast rice fields, and the
crops are entirely destroyed where not
gathered. The extent of the damage is un
known.
Lynchburg, Va., September 11.— The
rains yesterday and last night caused a
great rise in the James river and its tribu
tary streams, overflowing the low lands and
damaging the crops aDd destroying prop
erty. Five hundred feet of trestle, used in
extending the dam across the river at this
place, was washed away, carrying five
workmen with it, who, after riding six
miles on the timbers, managed to swim to
shore. The Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad bridge across the Tye river was
washed away, and other damage done along
the line of the railroads.
THE STORM IN TIIOMASVILLE
Several Building* Blown Down-
Dam sge to Fenclcg, Trees, E:c.
Thomasville, Ga., September 10.— Editor
Morning News : The weat her prophets guessed
very well when they said the cyclone playing
around Cuba a few days ago would arrive ii
this part of the world on the 9th. It began tc
arrive in Thomasville yesterday (Saturday)
morning, promptly on time, and there was a
good deal of it when it all arrived. Slight rain
began here Friday evening, increased with the
wind atl day on Saturday, accompanied by
heavy thunder, and late in the evening things
began to look decidedly squally.
The wind commenced in the northeast, veer
ed around to the east by night, and to the
southeast after dark, when it blew with great
force from 9 o’clock p. m. to S o’clock a. m.,
when it shifted to the south, and soon after
moderated. The night was one of horror in
many households, but I have heard of no loss
of life in the neighborhood.
In my own house there was little sleep dur
ing the night, and that only toward the morn
ing. About ten o’clock my family and
several lady visitors, all of whom had
retired, were startled by the crash of a large
China tree against the eastern end of tne
house, threatening to crush in the windows
and tumble down a large brick chimney, but
which finally tore away the lightning rod and
fell in another direction, by change of the
wind, without further damage save to val
uable flowering plants in the vicinity. Foi
greater safety, the ladies were now assembled
in a neat room of the lower story of the house,
and soon had their fears further increased
by a large oak on the south side of the house,
which now fell and blocked up the entrance
on that side. This was quickly followed by
several other large china trees, one against
the bay window on the south and one against
the dining room door on the west side of the
building. But there were no more trees in
reach, and, though they fell thick in the neigh
borhood and the h mse was shaken to its foun
dation about every ten or fifteen minutes,
there was a revival of hope that the household
would survive the storm No damage
was| done to the bouse, cot a
pane of glass broken, but a garden of shrub
bery is badly tangled, many valuable shade
trees prostrate, with a large proportion of the
fencing on the premises. To-day (Sunday) has
been a busy day ith your correspondent, as
to-morrow must be, in order to protect the
field and garden against the cattle.
As soon as I could leave matters at home, I
walked out among the neighbors, to find
a simitar state of affairs at nearly every house,
fences and shade trees nearly all blown down,
with several buildings of note in the t'-wn. The
newly constructed cotton warehouse of K. T.
McLean. Esq , and the old warehouse of
Mr. Willis Parnell were both de
stroyed The large earrings and wagon
repository of W. M. Smith was blown
down, damaging many vehic es and other
property. A large part of the tin roofing on
the new section of the Mitchell House was
1 lown off, and a small portion of the roofing
of Colonel Wright’s warehouse.
Grow ng crops are considerably injured, es
pecially sugar cane and cotton. No reports
from the country up to this writing . In haste
L C B
The Russian pelisse is a long, close, plain
garment brought out for a wrap for the in
termediate season. It is shaped like a tight
redingote, has but few seams, and all its
fullness is massed in pleats in the middle
seam of the back. It covers the figure from
neck to foot, and may be buttoned down
•he entire single-breasted front, or it may
fly open below the waist In front. It is made
of dark cashmere, camel's hair, or diagonal
wool goods; is lined throughout with 6urah
for the fall, or plush or wadded silk for
winter, and Is bordered all round with a
great ruche of the material, or else It Is or
namented with the soutache embroidery
that promises to be the popular trimming o t
the winter.
Pains in the back and loins, and fluttering
of the heart, are not trivial matters. But
Hunt’s Remedy cures them speedily.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
GLIMPSES OF KENTUCKY.
A Once Panaione Hostelry— A Hannt
of norstn’i Hen—The B irtb-places
ol Lincoln and Uavlt—The Colonel
—A Specimen on the Stump.
Fillaway, Hardin Coiwty, Kentl-oky, Sep
tember s.—ln the nomenclature cf places FiUa
way is a name less classical than suggestive.
Oral tradition tells us that long ago a cross
roads tavern stood here, a haven of rest to the
traveler by the old stage route, who halted
here for a bountiful meal and a “hot Scotch"
while the horses were changed. In those times
three days were allowed to voters in elections,
and this hostelry was a famous rendezvous for
the enthusiastic and thirsty souls who were
given to looking upon the wine when it was
red—also the apple when it was jack. The host
was a hospitable fellow who invited his guests
to “fill away” as they tossed off bumpers
at his bar and waxed warm and exci
ted in debate before his blazing fires.
He was a great local politician, a landed pro
prietor, and a person of considerable import
ance in his “deestrict,” and so in his honor the
place changed its name and came to be known
through all the country side as * Fillaway.”
But by-and-by the line of a railroad stretched
its glittering track through the wild retreat,
and the shriek of a locomotive tore the quiet
neighborhood slumbers to an almost affrighted
awakening. The stages dashed up no more in
lordly magnificence to the tavern door and
scattered the echoes with the sweet, shrill peal
of the horn: there were no more tramping
steeds in the stables, and no longer the pleasant
din of the old crowd in the well-warmed and
lighted barroom of “Fillaway.” The new rail
way station was located a mile away and drew
to itself the little world around it. It bore a
new name, and thus as time went on the tavern
keeper at the old place was gathered to his
fathers, and the tavern was torn down and the
suggestive designation of “Fllla
way”Wl into desuetudo or was remembered
as a backwoods retreat which had once seen
brighter and more prosperous days.
Down in this hill country the scenery is ro
mantic and wild.y beautiful. Fruit farms,
whose products arc shipped directly to the
Eastern markets, fill up the interstices between
the hills, and the trees arc leaded now with
such picturesque stores as are only meant to
be rather far away when the producer gets his
fancy prices, and the home people are to be
content with the refuse. This Is barely the
threshold of the great tobacco belt of Ken
tucky, the least beautiful section of the S:ate.
Muldraugh’s Hill is not so much a hill as an am
bitious young mountain, at whose feet the fair
lands roll away ripe for the harvester. • Deep in
these quiet valleys the white cottages nestle
among the peach orchards and viceyards, while
far above them the wooded heights are inter
laced with gleaming spider-webs of trestle
work silhouetted against the summer sky,
along which the Louisville and Nashville train,
with a rush and scream and tremble, flies
southward and leaves a long blue smoke-ser
oent writhing in the air behind
t. Elizabethtown, the country seat, lies in a
hollow and on one of the eminences
overlooking It are still seen the imprints,
grass grown but perfectly distinct, made by
the tents of John Morgan’s men encamped on
these hills eighteen years ago. In the brick
wail of one of the houses in the town just op
posite the court house is imbedded a cannon
bail, sent there by the men In blu who followed
close upon the heels of Morgan s men in the
shifting scenes of war. In pa-nMng the wall a
broad white ring has been conspicuously drawn
around the ball, and it is proudly cherished as
one of the by-gones of the place. About five
tpiles from town, sitting alone in a bare, sunny
upland meadow at whose left the road winds
through thick plantations of black jack toward
Hodgenville, is a low, unsheltered log cabin
black with age. It is the birthplace of Abta
ham Lincoln. Separa'ed by many miles, but
in the same State, is the birthplace of Jeffer
son Davis—two great Kentuckians who, simul
taneously in the field of action, played such
diverse parts in the tragedy of war and gov
ernment.
The region is not behindhand in pretensions
to fashion. Bed houses prevail in ail the gloss
that fresh paint can give them. That hand
some structure of bay windows and cupolas
crowning the nearest height that overlooks the
village is inhabited by a Colonel, who is a
neighborhood nabob. Doesn’t it seem that in
the matter of Colonels, this world is just full
and running over? Much has been said and
sung of the Kentucky specimen—how distin
guished he is when away from homo, how forci
ble and startling his manner and dialect, bow
fearful and wonderful the glowirg accounts of
his own exploits. But it is only upon his na
tive heath that the Kentucky Colonel is seen in
the full perfection of his charms. His loving
comradeship with the winner of the last ciub
cup, the ease with which his re rolver can split
a bullet on the wing or divide a man from
crown to sole, his inspirations in regard to
draw poker and his intimate knowledge of
mixed drinks, are attainments that mark him
for exaltation above his fellows. It has been
said of him that he does not come by his dis
tinction on the bloody field of war or by the
slow degrees of promotion, but that bis proud
title is born with him and he transmits it as a
glorious heritage to his sens. However that
may be, no other honors become him half so
well or can be more gracefully worn.
This particular Colonel of’ whom the story
runs, who dwells in the red house set on a hill,
was a brave and gallant sutler during the late
war, and in that capacity won distinction as
well as lucre. Indeed, his qualifications in ihe
last mentioned regard were conspicuously bril
liant, as the so'diers conid have testified pain
fully Being a wise man. and far seeing, he
always endeavored to come in with the side
likely to whip, and therefore it wa3 clear as
noonday to him that the wake of the Federal
army was the best place for him. By and by
he managed to creep into the commissary de
partment, and covered himself with glory
when the battle was afar < ff. After the war
was over he settled down to the enjoyment of
his gains, always with an eye open to any little
job the government might throw out to him.
Of late years he has been busily engaged
in bringing up a son in the way he should go.
This hopeful scion is a candidate for Congress
on the Democratic ticket, and is making the
district howl with his eloquence. Inasmuch as
his platform and his father’s differ so exten
sively, the cannot help wondering, in a mild
wav. if all is harmonv between them. But
herein is the Colonel’s wisdom apparent.
There is no telling what may turn up, and if
there are to be emoluments from either party,
why, it is just as well as not to have them all
in the family. For instance, the young aspi
rant is a low tariff man, and the father is all
for protection; so that it is ra’her bewildering
when the son is letting himself loose in public
speech, to hear the Colonel, in his more effu
sive moments, shout encouragement from the
crowd: “That’s it! Go it, Dick; whoop’em up,
my boy!”
But a little while since the thrilling rumor
permeated the neighborhood that there was to
be a real old fashioned barbecue, such as bad
not occurred in such ancient splendor since
ante bellnm days, at which all the candidnt>-s
were to be allowed to meet in a grand Pan-
Jamboree. Foremost amongst the speakers
was to be our young friend of Democratic pro
clivities, and for many days the Colonel did
not allow the grass to prow under his feet, as
he scoured the country inviting his friends to
the love feast. On the morning of the eventful
day the Colonel, jaunty and debonair, in a suit
of light gray with a boyish out. drove through
the village in high spirits, a subject of anxious
foreboding to his friencs. who were mindful of
a tented broth where the glasses clinked and
the flowing liquids jingled in a manner difficult
for tho convivial old chap to resist.
It is the hour for the speeches to begin. The
tables have been cleared, and the crowd has
drawn about the speakers’ stand, which looms
up painfullv like a gallows, each candidate, as
he mounts it, appearing as though making big
last remarks, and the master of ceremonies,
apparently in the character of Sheriff, ready
to adjust the black cap and spring the drop.
Presently there is a stir in the crowd below;
a heavy figure clad in boyish gray mounts the
stand unsteadily, and turns about a rubicund
face framed in bristling white hair and whisk
ers. Can it be the Colonel himself? It is € ven
so. He is evidently very full of emotions that
make his eyes moist and red. He is a trifl9
wheezy in his tones and inclined to be incohe
rent in his lower note’. Nothing daunted by
the futile efforts made to dislodge him, he
launches forth in a stream of fiery eloquence
which will persist in running down at the
heels, so to speak, and leaving the Colonel
surprised in the midst of a sentence. The
audience, however, is very appreciative, and
spurs him on with cries of “Uo on, old cur
mudgeon,” and “Louder, mv bluffer;” the
Colonel screams himself hoarse, and joins
heartily in the vociferous applause with wh eh
his rounded periods are greeted. Finally anew
comer on the scene makes his wav to the old
gentleman, and taking him by the arm at
tempts to lead him from ho s*and. He recog
nizes his son, and gracefully relinquishes his
position, not before giving him his parental
blessing, accompanied with a pat on the
head in full view 0 f the spectators.
The unquenchable old gentleman lingers
in the crowd while his son is warming things
up, and refuses to be led from the grounds.
He proposes to hear the last of that speech if
It takes all summer. And he does. The level
rays of the setting sun strike across the heads
of the crowd as it slowly disperses, and on the
outskirts or fcfce thronjr, a conspicuous figure,
stands the Colonel at hi-s horse s head, emo
tional and effusive, shaking hands with every
body, congratulating everybody, ob
livious to the derisive laughter around
him, with only one query on his tongue, now
fat losing control over its utterances:
“ Wasn't that a speech?” Coyle Dorans.
An interesting list of British annuities
and pensions hss just been issued. Over
and above payments of the civil list mem
bers of the royal family receive £161,000.
For pensions for naval and military services
the government pays £38,160; for political
and civil services £20,434; for judicial ser
vices in Great Britain £41,225; for diplo
matic services £3,173; miscellaneous pen
sions £9,093; and hereditary pensions £6,184.
Of naval and military pensions the £5,000
of Earl Nelson and the £4,000 of the Duke
of Marlborough are intended to run to the
end of time like the £984 of the Duke of
Behomberg’s heirs, the £1,200 of the heirs
of Capt. Garth, and the £4,000 to the heiri
of Wm. Penn. The Duke of Wellington’s
£2,000 ceases after the death of the aext
holder of the title. Lord Eversiey draws
£4,000, Lady Elgin £I,OOO, Lady Maro
£I,OOO, Mr. Milner Gibson £2,000, Mr.
Spencer Walpole £2,000, Lord Clarence
Paget £1,950. Mr. Charles Vllliers £1,950,
Bari Calms £5,000, and six retired judges
and a number of ex county court judges
draw various sum?.
Hysterics, a melancholy svmptom of
serious monthly troubles, are cured by the
use of Mhujliiih Female Mitten,
LORD CHARLES BERESFORP.
A Wild Youth it Home Become* a
Gallant Officer In Egypt.
London Litter to the Arvonaut.
The hero of the hour ia Lord Charles
Heresford. the commander of the gun -
boat Condor. Lord Charles is one of the
leading spirits of the Prince of Wales’
set—a larky, iolly litt’e fellow, with
curly hair, and a bright, dancing eye.
He is the hero of no end of scrapes, both
at home and abroad, and has usually
been regarded by those who know birn
best as too rash and scatter-brained ever
to make a good officer. But his friend-i
were rather at fault in their estimate,
for his coolness and gallantry under fire
have made people begin to wish that the
fleet had a few more officers renowned
for recklessness. But all the Wate r
fords have been a wild lot from
time immemorial, and he comes
naturally by his ways. His
grandfather was the famous Marquis of
Waterford, whose exploits are historical,
and his eldest brother, the present Mar
quis, when Earl of Tyrone, eloped with
the wife of Captain Vivian, and married
her, after the customary divorce and
damages. Another brother, Lord Wm.
Beresford, an officer of the Ninth Lan
cers, when a few years ago in India, won
the Victoria cross, England’s greatest
decoration for personal valor; while a
third brother, Lord Marcus, or “Marky,”
as he is called in the clubs, is perhaps
the “gentleman" best jockey and steeple
chase rider in the Kingdom. lie was
formerly in the Seventh Hussars, but
got too deeply “into it,” on
the turf, and was obliged to sell
out to save his commission from the
clutches of th£ money lender. Two or
three years ago he was up before a Lon
don Police Magistrate, and fined five
hundred pounds, with the option of six
months imprisonment in the house of
correction, for unmerciful!}’ beaitng a
solicitor who had lent him some money
and had come to ask for it. Lord
Charles’ doings would fill a volume.
But one wiH’sufflce. During the Ameri
can war of the rebellion he was a mid
shipman on board the flagship Sutlej of
the Pacific squadron, and one night,
while the ship lay in Honolulu harbor,
at the Sandwich islands, he asked leave
to go ashore. His sympathies, like most
Englishmen of his class at the time,
were with the Southern Confederacy,
and he thought he couldn’t bet
ter display them than by climb
ing up in the dark, and sawing down
the shield which decorated the door of
the United States consulate. The act
was traced to him without much trouble,
and the Admiral compelled him to make
reparation by climbing up again in broad
daylight, in the presence of the assem
bled populace and officers of the fleet,
and fasten the shield back in its place.
He has saved the lives of no end of peo
ple from drowning, and might have the
Humane Society’s medal a dozen times
over did not one bestowal of the decora
tion sufficiently show the society’s appte
ciation of his services. He is an immense
favorite with everybody, and is an
especial pet of the Prince and Princess of
Wales, he and his wife —for he is married
to a brewer’s daughter, who broueht him
a big dot—being guests at Sandringham
for the hunting, and at Marlborough
House during the season, oftener than
any one else.
Divulging u Trotting Secret—Lady
Thorne’s Mysterious Mile.
New York Spirit of the Time:.
We presume our readers have all hoird
of the very private trial in the year 1870,
when Mace drove Lady Thorne a ghostly
mile in the gray of the morning, and
only two others, John L. Doty and Wm.
Saunders, timed the mare. In regard to
this trial her driver said:. “I never saw
Lady Thorne trot a full mile at her best
but once, and there are two other men
living besides myself who can tell how
fast that was, but I shall never tell, and
it is probable that they will not. It was
so fast that it would not be credited by
the public, and so we agreed that we
would never mention the time. But I will
say this much: It was a faster gait for the
whole mile than 1 ever saw kept up by any
other horse for a single quarter. ” For a
round dozen of years did Dan Mace main
tain his determination to ‘ ‘never tell,” but
in an ungarded moment, a short time
ago, out popped the secret. On the oc
casion to which we refer Dan had be
come much interested in conversation
with a gentleman about that year, 1870.
when Lady Thorne was to meet Gold
smith Maid at Buffalo. She had beaten
the Maid whenever they had contended
on Eastern tracks, but the party of the
litt’e bay mare were quite confident of a
victory at Buffalo. llaD, after the trial
referred to, felt abundant confidence
himself, and he related, on this present
occasion, how he met Mr. Smith, the
owner of the Maid, and told him he
wou'd beat her.
“But,” said Mr. Smith, “we can trot
three heats better than 2:20.”
“So can 1,” said Dan.
“We can trot three heats better than
2:18. ”
“So can I,” said Dan.
“We can trot three heats in ,2:10.”
“So can I,” said Dan.
The gentleman to whom Mace related
the foregoing conversation casually ask
ed, “Why, Dan, how fast did you ever
drive Thorne ?"
Dan impulsively replied: “I drove her
a mile just as fast as a mile was ever
trotted in public, and the last half in
1:05.”
The secret of a decade was now more
fully out. Lady Thorne trotted a trial
in 1870 in 2:10±, last half in 1:05, timed
by two of the most experienced men on
the turf, both still in the flesh,and driven
by a man who now lacks only two years
of his threescore.
Cotton and Grain Shipments.
Boston Advertiser.
The announcement that the foreign
exchange market in New York is well
supplied w ith cotton bills, while grain
bills are comparatively scarce, is highly
interesting. It shows that our grain
farmers are slow in offering their goods,
while the cotton planters are in con
siderable haste. And this very haste will
have a tendency to depress prices, for
when we offer cotton urgently our Eng
lish friends will at once reduce their
offers of money. The condition of the
exchange market shows also that our
farmers are comparatively rich and in
dependent, while the cotton producers
are relatively poor and needy. Whether
our farmers will win in the end, is by no
means certain; while it is fairly clear
that the cotton planters would win, were
they in a position to sell their staple when
it suits them best. The idea that the
world is not willing to take our whole
surplus of cotton,grain and provisions is
wholly mistaken, and the condition o£
Egypt alone is such as to make a market
for two of our products—cotton and
grain.
Fllea and Bust.
Files, roaches, ants, bed-bags, rata, mice,
gophers, chipmunks, ale&rad oat by "Boagh
on EaU." He.
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