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t.\|> |\ THREE STATES.
IV KiiOKIDA AND SOUTH
* ( %|; ..| l> \ PUT IX TYPE.
ialln i; the l‘rtridfe-Bid for
•'*** % .ievHle* 'nninr> -
_, ,t Flri<li*n 'upr Land* to
, , .-.t v>tf for All Claaae* of
i.IUKIt.
. U one of the events
* .c the rerent History of Butler.
: .rin I llte Talbotton Rifles
. ryno-ure of all eyes.
~ thiiaaaai people were present at
theieminary corner atone
..untying her new cemetery.
f Atlanta are to give a
■ i he*l another frothing ca
' l>eneath the glare of
. crop of oat* is expected in
■ ! > -hip ten carloads of water
- li leut of receiving 150.000
us j ear. a
I-. one of IKnilj- county’s most
unty kittens art' attached
K n of Honor willlieoricau
■n in a short time.
1 a • 11. of Dallas, has been badly
u;ured in a runaway,
i -i tile .Vete* is booming railroads
, • to I’erry and Valdosta.
i.i if. of Artworth. who shot
, 'lay- 'go, died Tuesday,
v . t t I a*. HawkinsvilleV celebrated
.-123 colonies of the bumblers.
Ib'ii. W. H. lleard.Represcnta
vj roe county, is dangerously ill.
arrived in Atlanta Wednesday
mas shipped from the West
Holland Mitchell are on trial
for the murder of Jesse B.
•
' edit-watchman lias killed
It to the delight of his longiug
r Mill, a <-<>lorod preacher of
• 111 1 v found his little son dead
trll> a town or haiulet in the
Cutler over one or more eom
i etend of tl 50 jier share has
* the Georgia Railroad, paya
w ihe broken at Atlanta Mun
. factory for the making of
lotestatt<ms against public
none to rumble along the *ur-
Vfriran Methodist Missionary
a .nramxed by the colored peo*-
.ils-rs are the latest deliraey
ti rp urvah Hawkinevillians tic
fastfiions palates.
t K.. of the old Fifty-third Georgia
*to have a reunion at Mc
.i r.ng the -manner,
n*. ilooiy county, has not had a
nspitetbeerro
i.ra -r t" the contrary.
W. •’ the Hawkinsville neighlsir
• loss of hu wife, a daughter
a J Kr nn. of that county.
Koi M-ville .Vort, which is again
fcr i> after the fire, again takes its
, the foremost weeklies of the
i -r ■( the old Quitman Guanls.
i .r-t (imryia Volunteer Kegi
!.< reunion at New Holland.
force isexercised by a charge
. .r members has recently lieen
a: ad unU-coming an officer and a
B'V ille t lie re is a total of glxHit MO
- - lubiren. and the question of a
• attracting consi ierable atten
* % Krutaia, charged with murdering
K. t Mi,kM been fonmt guilty by the
: us and sentenced to life-long
| !V l. -. -sac Haddock and Mrs. llad
i i.nflin. were liailly frightened and
. r>-1 in a runaway accident in that
■r* of the Oglethorpe Infantry
a ' mt Light Infantry, of Augusta.
•3 , , !<re|utrations for a’reunion of tlie
f~- - t* Regiment.
- -ive illicit traffic in whisky in the
•. i Lumpkin will proliably de
- i rai law suits in the near future—so
• st . know tag ones say.
• irruthefs. a colored fisherman, was
in his bateau, a few miles lielow
•, on Monday morning last. It is
he died from heart disease.
' i nof Western corn has been sold
- -easnn, but at least 3,000 bushels
I raised corn are in store there, and
id for its sale is very limited just
• n fanners are enthusiastic over the
n>n of their crops, and the bare
•f the recent rains is sufficient to
>■ rhetr sun-burned countenances in
art’s store at t hauncey, Dodgeeoun
.rglanaed f,>r the third time receni
aramters found some small coins for
iis s> end plenty of stimulants for their
- Say a large numlier of young men
s. ■. • w ith the agent in Macon to go to
* work on t.cucral Gordon's new
‘it • free transportation furnished, for
t f per lay . •
r.- x .any City t onncil. to meet the do
te .-Watty made on the citizens by
rat : > the' qualities of our artesian
i have an official analysis published
• i mat toil and chs illation.
- entertaining an inventor of a
ping wheel huh who wants to establish a
IIh.! i.,n in that city if its capitalists will
S-- • • c.-ney. The huh is, as dcsiTils'd.
i■- . aabir invention.
x- Font*. wife of Thomas Folds, of
“• x. p*acked hx*r trunk recently and
> mg the dead of night to parts
* 1 sc old -lory of inconiiiitaoility
! a little to do with her uu
•mvf .. puirtitre.
-i diets that the Masonic cele-
I Oman on the 33,1 inst. will lie
• r sex-ii in that place.
’ M o on, Hawkinsville, l ochrati.
Mta. XU line, Me V ille. Lumber l ily amt
•fer p.._,. have lsen invitexl.
■ - expected to be at a meeting of
■ -f i In- Last Tennessee. x ir-
I . i Railroad at Know die. on
; It ta ihonght he will xilitain pos
:"*•< and remove headquarters
**kMU>-ifa. a hhw convenient {mint.
a tekwcil thief in jail at
* . -Icalmg, isplaviug the crazy
*" - io the annoyment of every
inn a quarter of a mile of the
*• ci-mg post has hwn decided
l " ..-mg remedy for bis cure.
* .ms of Augusta are* making ac
■ foe the meeting of the Grand
or which takes place there in
1 'wuantwea of entertainment and
* ATM appointed. and a trip up
k- I- among the features
1 Meador, of Atlanta.
o kages of Macabnv snuff on
•nsislented one day’* ship
s* hrn house. The house' alsxi
—■pi to Anniston on one or
ng a growing trade between
J, •*. * colored employe iu the postal
' i ia, had a knife Wade removed :
s tween the temple ami jaw
**sies,tax. and at last aecounts was
lt>- ■nwssttiy recover. The blade was
**s. an was indnsided and broken
1 * "tht a: T.v'eoa. J
' Di.iu-an. <f I’errt . has shipi>cl
' nr, b. of Irish pottkiee from
, half acres, about half of
*. vp. ’ tie Is; of May cotton was
i lie rows of potables, a gissl
'tid the cotton has been chop- j
a growing nicely.
* -i xttea riauter t ompany ;
L -si ha* just received 5<W
A*' . ,tterns, with w hich
* a once the manufacture of .
ware, ami we shall soon
v . i,* plots, ovens and kettles. ,
N vx -xirtoce iron, which is the '
~ . rid correspondent writes:
s ,ig well. They are rather
' , of year, hut Ihx- season is
, is’on a boom- If we eon
, - ami have a good season we
* -i x scid 1 don't think it will
a*t vear, a* the crops were
IN* late spring nud the long
a • ounty a counter petition j
-vxhohVpr* kw been flle<l with
xx ng that the application Tor i
x - Hence or no fence" be dis
% . ..,umer gives notice that if j
n election not Mipported ,
jM-ution sioed by twentv- ]
K , . ami fibs I on cr before the
'i July next, the petition for an i
, * *s. . iouussed.
i-i nient of he Hawkinsvillc
* . ave tern mauufacturexl and
a -* uaaf oil; 50 hates of rottOß
-mi; 380 tons of cottonseed
V ' tons of ashes. The demand ,
a * cents per gallon. The
' r ton, and the ashes H>. The
a the kernel, and the ashes.
.1! of the nerd, are both siden -
-*■- f> rwter containing a largx’
it Ai aia and the latter potash. J
s * ' • iimtir the partridge is
XX rs )‘reer at Columbus.
* ' * gg' N pterext I Item under a
n< proved 100 heavy and two
- < -re i-roken hencattt her. He
f- eleven and wrapped them
the kitchen near
, ' .I' UjW'loven litUe imrtridges
N It- They ad. I pud for their
* i z 'love, but the dote has since
* “ iri ! pn. however, are doing
-with a capacity of ten or
-■ Lx the abongines for
•* ■■ tix. !,vd found at Klberton.
‘•ried in the ground, the top
IPte Jfawntwh Hewing s|*m
being four or five feet beneath the surface In
the bottom of the vessel was a round bole that
encircled the neck of the corpse, the head
being in the vessel and the body beneath it
the vessel being evidently made around the
a ' I ?f‘ <le th,s Tesse * "as a smaller one
made with scallops around the top. This was
placed bottom side up over the skull. The
skull was pretty well preserved. The teeth
indicated a child about 13 years old.
i. A’*** “avrates the facts which
led to a costly law suit over twenty -five cents,
as follows: Jones, a beef peddler, left his
dsx^'VJJ/ro 11 * ?/ Patrick’s shoe store a few
fays ago, to attend to some business else
where. During his absence a party came up
povchase some meat, and to
r , f, , lV . !t e u, )r 'bme*. a young man clerk
ing at I atrick s called on Allen to wait on
ro.arolVl T?- did, selling a small
quantity of steak for fifteen cents. On Jones'
"■ urn the amount was tendered to him,
which he. however, refused to accept, claim
ing that forty cents worth of meat had disap
peared. The result was the swearing out of a
w arrant charging Allen with simple larcenv,
and lie is now under bond in the amount of
< 2 -’' *0 answer the above charge at the next
term of the County Court.”
The Griffin-Vctcs prints the following: “At
a meeting at Newnan of the surviving inein
”**■ of the Newnan Guards, who were in the
r irst Georgia Regiment of the volunteer in
fantry, and afterwards m the Twelfth Georgia
Battalion, thirty-seven men responded to the
roll call. Twenty-three will attend the re
union of the First Georgia Regimeut at New
Holland Springs on the 4th day of July. Out
of one hundred and thirty-one men com
posing this company in the First Georgia
Regiment, twenty-one were killed during the
war. thirty-four were wounded, and fifteen
died of disease, making a total of seventy, or
more than one-half. In this and other or
ganizations during the war two of their coui
| pany rose to the rank of 'Lieutenant Colonels,
four Majors, nine Captains, one Adjutant,
.fifteen Lieutenants and three Assistant Sur
feons. Major J. XV. Anderson, of the old
'irst Georgia Regiment, presided over the
mxaiting.”
FLORIDA. ’
Gulf llammoek is to have a post office.
David A. Dunn, an Apalachicola saw filer,
dropped dead a feiv days ago.
No new eases of small-pox have develojied
at Jacksonville within the past two days.
A colony of fifty families from Wisconsin
are preparing to come to Leon county next
fall.
A few days ago Captain W. J. Vason, of
Tallahassex-. lost a valuable cow. It was
struck by lightning.
Wednesday was the hottest day of the sea
son at Jacksonville, the thermometer going
up to 90' at the Signal office.
The owners of the orange groves say that
the crop of 1883 will lie the largest and most
valuable evx'r known in Florida.
A single firm in Tallahassee, Messrs. Coles
A Beam, ,luring the txvelve months ending
May 31, I*B3, bought and sold 0,203 pounds of
butter.
The State of Florida will soon have an im
mense territory of sugar lands redeemed bx
the drainage of Lake Okeechobee. These
lands will doubtless soon be put in cultivation
by capitalists.
The child of a colored woman living in La
Villa was drowned Wednesday afternoon by
falling in a tub of water which was carelessly
left standing on a hack piazza while the
mother xvent but for a sociable chat with a
neighbor.
There were fonr bids received for building
the seminary at Gainesville, the highest be
ing 314,500, and the lowest 311,000, bv Mr.
Goodale, to whom it xvas axx ardeil. It seems
to be the general impression that it will cost
more than 311,000.
It is reported that the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia Railroad Company are to
build a road lietxveeu Jesup and llariz road,
and are negotiating for the control of the
Florida Transit and Peninsula, and the Flori
da Central and Western Railroads.
The dredge boat now opening the canal
through the extensixe body of saxvgrass on
the north side of Lake Apopka, has been cut
ting through a lied of tenacious clay, under
which is a bed of clay marl containing a large
portion of carbonate Of lime supposed to be
of great extent. t *
The Wekiva, Blackxvater ami Central Com
pany have commenced active oi>erations on
the Wekiva river near Altamonte, and also at
the mouth of the Wekiva, on the St. John's.
This company proposx's to straighten and
clear out the channel of the river, putting it
in navigable condition, and opening it to trade
and traffic.
The freight war which has been xvagingfor
some lime past lietween the steamers running
south from Jacksonville has been settled by a
meeting of the managers, but the cutting of
passenger rates continues, anil unless auotlier
meeting is held and some rate is agreed-upon,
some of the lines will soon lie carrying pas
sengeus for less than it costs to feed them.
The Timtt-Union says: “On Sunday night
txvu negroes bv the name of Jesse Harris and
leliam Hampton, got into a quarrel while re
turning home from church, about eight miles
Miuth of Madison, which resulted in Harris
kicking Hampton, from the effects of which
Hampton died Tuesday morning. A Coro
ner's jury was impaneled, but at last ac
counts hail not returned a verdict.”
The Jacksonville I\tily Herald has the fol
loxving telegram, received from Tallahassee
Wednesday afternoon, which announces that
in the case of llie .Etna Steam Fire Company
vs. the city of Jacksonville, suit for labor per
formed at fires, the decision, reserved at last
sitting of the court, was delivered by
Associate Justice Westcott, reversing the
judgment of the lower court, rendered on
timfings of a referee for about 34,000, and
granting anew trial. The suit has been
pending for nearly five years, and the claim
is fixed at more than 3T.000.
SOI'TH CAROLINA.
A colored boy xvas droxvned at Rowe’s fish
liar iu Marlboro county last iveek.
The smoke house of Mr. V. J. Pope, in
Nexvberry, xvas destroyed by tire last week.
The people between Hawthorne and Beech
Island have started a petition for a post office
at Bloomingdalc.
A letter from Greenwood says: “Onrpeople
are awaking on the subject of truck farming
under the impulse given by the success of
Southern Georgia.”
Dr. John M. Turner, of Dunbarton, w as, on
Tuesday iu a dying condition. He was born
on the same dav that Alexander H. Stephens
was. but has survived the great Commoner.
Thomas Martin, a colored youth who com
mitted a violent assault on a little daughter
of Mr. Bundy some time ago, was convicted
at the recent term of the court in Beunetts
ville.
The dam of the Merchant Mills of Messrs.
Ilanck and Renew, known as the “Cedar
Creek Mills," xvas washed away on Sunday at
1 o’clock. The break was caused by rotten
walls.
\ voting man in Greenville is said to have
visited his sweetheart forty times in five
weeks, and the old man begins to wonder
where the fellow got h a living before he met
his daughter.
The Mate Agricultural Society anil the
State Grange have arranged for a joint meet
ing at Marion on the Mth of July next, when
an exhibition is to take place and a good time
generally to be had.
The barn and stables of Mr. J. P. Jacolis, in
Marlboro county was struck by lightning on
the *th. Tivo horses, a colt and a fine cow
were killed outright, and the barn with all its
contents xtestroyed.
Three hundred and five crates of peaches
have been shippexl to date from " illiston.
Barnwell county. Heavy daily shipments of
cabbage and potatoes are being made to
Northern and Western markets.
On last Saturday morning Wellington Stepp,
Aim of Rev. A. C. Stepp, a well-known l!ap
\i*t preacher, of Dunklin township, was
drowned while attempting to swini across a
mill pond near Gowensville, He xvas lb years
old. The body was recovered.
The Truck Farmers’ Association, of Willis
ton. Barnwell county, is gaining strength at
every meeting, A correspondent of one oi
the Barnwell pajiers says: “There is a great
deal of complaint among our vegetable and
fruit shippers about their return sales of pro
duce.”
A Millbrook correspondent says: We had
the heaviest rain last Thursday that your
humble correspondent remembers ever seeing
fall. It washed up cotton, corn, fences, and,
in fact, fish dams failed to check the rush of
water The attention of some of our farmers
is turned to the groxving of watermelons.
Sam. a small son of Mr. W. H. Ashmore, of
this place, was Irving to empty a cartridge
last aud’ the hall not coming out
easily, he held the cartridge in his hand and
-truck it with a hammer This caused an
explosion, the ball plowing a furrow through
the palm of the hand, taking off ti e fore
linger and injuring the one next to it.—
fit-ton Sentinel. _____
Funds Taken from Kettle and the Baby.
Washington, D- C„ Juue 14,— The
court to-day dismissed the hill of
Bigelow against Bettie Mason, wife of
SenpMUQt Maion, and discharged the order
restraiuing Mrs. Mason’s bunk account
inton the payment to Mr. Bigelow of S4OO
counsel fees for his services iu belialt of
Sergeant M ason, Mr. Bigelow claimed
sd.ooo. and sought to attach ‘he fund
vaised by popular subscription for Bettie
aud the baby.
Weather Indications.
Offick Chikf Signal obskrvkr,
Washington, D.C., June 14.— Indications
f 'in r the South Atlantic States, lo ca*
rains paitlr cloudy weather, northeast
to southeast wind, ip southern and een
franwrtions. slight fall in barometer and
stationary or higher temperature.
Lyn.ber* Awed intx Ketreat.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-A
natch savs: “One hundred armed men
rode into’ Kingston, N. C., last night t
lynch tHalford Soon, a negro. hut the
"iheriff and citizens were guaniin., the
jail, and the mob departed quietly.
Troops to Guard a Court.
Galveston, Texas. June 14,—A San
Saba special savs: “The court Is now in
session at Dano and State troops have
Ksent there to preserve the peace.
TTdrty^ murderers are on the docket and
serious trouble Is expected.
An Embezzling Post.nastx* Arrested.
I I INTON, IOWA, June 1 4 .- Mr. Spen
eer! Postmaster at^ ps , ila “*J sfio h/thfe
wm arrested for embezzling $l,BW> of tbe
post office money order funds
HUT* 11 air and Whisker uyeTw cents.
A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
THE STAK ROUTE JURY SUR
PRISES THE COUNTRY.
Friends of the Defendants Demonstra
tive iu Their Exultation—Judge Wylie
Dismisses the Jurors with a Touch of
Sarcasm—Remaining Charges to be
Pressed.
Washington, June 14.-“ You can ask
that jury whether they have any commu
nication to make to the court,” said Judge
Wylie to the crier, when the Criminal
Court hearing the star route case reas
sembled this morning.
Crier Donaldson soon returned with the
message that the jury desired to commu
nicate with the court. They filed into the
court room apparently none the worse for
their long confinement. When they were
seated Judge Wylie said: “Gentlemen of
the jury*, the court has sent for you for the
purpose of inquiring whether you have
any communication to make.”
The foreman in reply stated that the
jury had agreed upon a verdict, and a
painful silence fell upon ttie court room,
only to be broken by wild shouts of ap
plause when in a clear tone of voice the
foreman stated that the verdict was “Not
Guilty.”
Immediately the decorum of the Court
of Justice was forgotten, and cheers re
sounded from all quarters of the crowded
room. Mrs. S. W. Dorsey sprang to her
feet clapping her hands while tears
streamed down her cheeks, and there were
many ladies in the court room who were
silently weeping.
Mr, bavidge quietly asked to have the
xmlict recorded, which was done, while
the Deputy Marshals were vainlv endeav
oring to quell the tumult.
S. W. Dorsey and Gen. Brady were the
recipients o! many warm congratulations,
and as they left the court room, were
greeted with renewed cheers by the crowd
in front of the Citv Hall.
When order had been somewhat restored
by reason of tbe defendants and their
friends leaving the room, Judge Wvlie
turned to Juror Vernon and asked: “Mr.
\ ernon, how are you this morning 5 1 ”
Juror Vernon—“ First rate, sir.”
The Court—“l believe we have nothin"
further for the jury to do during this
term, and the court is prepared to dis
charge you finally. You have had a la
borious task to perform in this ease. You
have been more than six months engaged
in this trial. Many of you have occupa
tions of your own which you have been
obliged to neglect during that period,
and thouirh your verdict, of course, will
create dissatisfaction to many, yet, hav
ing been selected according to the forms of
law, and having sworn to perform your
duties faithfully, the court is liound to
presume that you have faithfully per
formed your duty. If you have done so,
each one according to the dictates of his
conscience, that will be a satisfacton to
you as long as you live. You are, there
fore, discharged, with the thanks of the
court.”
In the ante-room and hall the jury was
beset by a throng of interested persons,
prominent among them being the defend
ants, and Mrs. S. W. Dorsey and Mrs.
l’eck, who thanked them for their verdict
with tears in their eyes.
As the foreman reached the sidewalk
the large crowed assembled there burst
into tumultuous cheers, which were re
newed as each juror made his way out of
the court house.
The foreman stated to a representative
of the Associated Press that live ballots
were taken by the jury.
The first ballot was'upon the question
of the existence of a conspiracy, and the
ballot resulted in a vote of three for and
nine against conspiracy. On the second
ballot the nine was increased to ten, al
though the vote was then upon the inno
cence or guilt ol the defendants. This
vote remained unchanged until about 8
o’clock this morning, when acquittal was
agreed upon.
Mr. Ker was the only representative
of the prosecution in court when the ver
dict was returned, and Mr. Carpenter,
Mr. Dorsey’s counsel, consrratulated him
as the only one of the government coun
sel having the pluck to shoxv up in the
hour of defeat. Mr. Ker says that he xvas
this morning informed by a court officer
that Colonel|l ngersoll had said that the
jury would return a verdict of acquittal.
He added that the other indictments
against General Brady would be pressed.
Of course it xx-ould lie necessary for the
court to enter an order setting aside Mr.
Rerdell’s plea of guilty.
Information gathered iroin ineml>ers of
the jury discloses the fact that several
informal votes were taken in addition to
those already mentioned. The vote on
the question of the innocence or guilt of
aH of the defendants excepting Brudy
stood nine for acquittal and three for con
viction. ttie latter votes being east by
jurors Harrigan, Sheriff and Green.
In Gen. Brady’s case the jury stood ten
to two in favor of acquittal, the two nega
tive votes being cast by Jurors Harrigan
and Sheriff.
Of the jurors who voted for acquittal,
Messrs. Evans, Lowry, Gill and ltenshaw
gave as their reason for voting in that
way that they failed to find any proof of
the existence of conspiracy.
Juror Sheritt', xvho at first voted for con
viction, said that in the minds of some of
the jurors there was doubt as to the
innocence of the defendants, but that after
a long delilieration the jurors felt it to be
their duty to resolve that doubt was in
favor of the defendants. He thought that
if the government, with all of its power,
in a six months’ trial could net convict a
man he ought to lie acquitted. Juror
Sheritt' lurther said that the extreme
length of the trial, the large amount of
oral testimony and the documentary evi
dence in the case, and the long arguments
of the counsel, .>emed to have had the ef
fect of befogging the minds of the jury, so
that they found it a difficult matter to
reach any firm and fixed conviction.
Messrs. Bliss, Ker and Merrick were
found seated in the office of the last named
gentleman, apparently in a philosophical
frame of mind.
“What can 1 say for the government’s
side of the case,” asked the reporter.
“Has it any case?” queried Mr. Mer
rick, smilinglv. “Was it not killed this
morning?” None of the government
counsel expressed any surprise at the
verdict, Mr. Merrick sarcastically re
marking that they had been informed
authoritatively by the counsel for the de
fense what they might expect.
“As to Mr. Iterdell,” said Col. Bliss,
“justice, as well as the technicality of the
laxv, require the government counsel for
mally to move that his plea of guilty be
set aside and that he he released.”
Ex-Senator Kellogg and Gen. Brady
will, on Monday next, lie called upon to
plead the indictment in their cases. It is
not probable that the trial of the Kellogg-
Brady eases will take place before next
autumn, as precedence will be given to
cases of local importance.
Col. George Bliss, ot the course 1 for
the prosecution in the star route cases,
was interviewed to-day concerning the
verdict, and said that it had been a sur
prise to him and his associate counsel.
He did not think that the honesty of the
jury should lie impugned because of the
verdict. Where twelve men were united
in a verdict no lawyer would care to say
that thev had been improperly influenced.
He believed that tbe members of the jury
had been mistaken, hut that was all.
Their opinions must be accepted
as honest. Speaking of the further pro
ceedings against the defendants xvho have
just been acquitted he said that lie thomght
the eases asrainst Messrs. Brady. Kellogg
and the others who were indicted with
Gen. Brady would go over until the
next term’. Judge Wylie proposed
to hear cases of local importance
before again taking up the star route
cases. Against the Dorseys and Messrs.
Yaile and Miner, there were practically
no more criminal eases. One indictment
against them was 011 record, but it was
one w licit had been laid aside because of
the tact that lterdell’s initials and Vaile s
names were improperly set down in l it, and,
moreover, It did uot differ materially from
the one upon which the jury had lust ren
dered a verdict of acquittal. .
As to the proposed civil suits against the
defendants he should say but little. He
did think that a civil action could be suc
cessfully maintained against Gen. Brady,
as he had not derived money from the
government for ser\ices in carrying mails.
Proceedings in civil suits would be for
the recovery ot money paid to contractors
improperly, money for which no sen ice
had been' rendered or money paid for
illegally expedited services. He sajd that
be did not know whether he would bate
charge of the civil suits or not, but knew
that he would not take the management
of the cast's if they were to be
in Washington or at any considerable tlisr
ance from New York city, He did not
think that the government would want to
Sn any of the civil suits m Wash.ng
toThere was a large gathering of friends
of the star route defendantsatbol.lnge
soll’s house to-night, indoors, lht■ ac
quitted men, their counsel a ul a large
puml-er of their more ure
iuauy ot tbeiu ladies, |et P escfta ge
| mutual congratulations. Out in the street
j a crowd numbering two hundred or three
j hundred persons had gathered, partly
j out of curiosity and partly to express
I their sympathy with the defendants. Thev
cheered Col. Ingersoll and the other coun
sel, as well as the defendants and the jury,
and called for speeches. Col. Ingersoll and
Messrs. Wilson and Carpenter spoke
briefly, denouncing the government for
1 its tactics in the star route trials, eulo
j gizingthe jury which acquitted the de
! fendants, and congratulating the
I latter and their friends. The
t crowd indoors and out was
t in full sympathy with the speakers.
Inside the house women waved their
j handkerchiefs and clapped their hands in
i applause. Messrs. Brady, J. W. Dorsey,
I Miner and Yaile mingled with the group’s
j in Colonel Ingersoll’s parlors and received
the congratulations of their friends. Mrs.
! S. W. Dorsey, Mrs. Peck and hail a dozen
! other ladies, near relatives of the defend
ants, moved about, chatting and laugh
ing with their acquaintances. All
of the men who have been
prominent as sympathizers with the
defendants were present in the house,
and the crowd outside was made up of
people whose faces were conspicuous in
the court room during the trial. Col. In
gersoll’s speech xvas short and vigorous.
He hailed the verdict of the jury as a vic
tory for truth and justice, as a notice to
the administration that it could not ter
rorize a jury by indicting jurymen, and a
xvarning to the President that he could
not force a verdict by turning honest
servants out of office. Jere Wilson, also
of the defendants’ counsel, spoke briefly,
congratulating those present on the cir
cumstances which brought them together,
and on the evidence which their presence
gave that they approved xvhat had been
done by twelve honest men of the District
of Columbia.
Mr. Carpenter, another of the defend
ants’ counsel, spoke at considerable
length. He said that the occasion was
fraught with interest, not only to the de
fendants, but to the District of Columbia
and to the Government of the United
States. If the Government of the United
States continued to use means such as
were used in these trials to trample upon
the rights of defendants, and to convict
them, whether guilty or not, a
free government could not be
said to exist. One thing, he said, was
stronger than this government or any
other, and that xvas the power of eternal
justice. The government had found out
that truth is omnipotent and public jus
tice certain. Tbe prosecution, be said, was
conceived in a conspiracy brought forth
iu perjury and suckled iii falsehood. At
the conclusion of the speech making Col.
Ingersoll invited the crowd into the house
where liquid refreshments were served.
One of those who came into the house
was Juror Evans. He xvas seized by Mrs.
Dorsey and Mrs. Peck, who, linking arms
with him, enthusiastically escorted him
through the parlors, presenting him to
everybody as' one of the twelve honest
men. After an hour or so of hand-shaking
the eroxvd dispersed.
Colonel Ingersoll, when asked by an
Associated Press reporter If he had any
thing to say about the verdict, replied:
“Victory is the only revenge 1 want. 1
think it is the most popular x’erdict that
has been given in this country for many
years.”
JUDGE IiILLY DEAD.
Tlie Man Who Dorsey Assaulted Dies on
the Day of His Assailant’s Acquittal.
Washington, June 14.—Judge William
Lilly died ot rheumatism of the heart this
morning at his residence in this city. He
is the lawyer xvho was at one time em
ployed by ex-Senator Dorsey in connec
tion with his defense in th<*Btar route
trials. He visited Dorsey at bis bouse to
push his claim for compensation, and the
famous wrangle occurred, which resulted
in Dorsey’s committing an assault upon
Mr. Lilly, for which the latter instituted
a suit for SIO,OOO damages. He xvas 70
years old.
NUTT LIONI/El).
Popular Feeling With Him and His
l'roitecution Not Wanted.
Uniontown, Pa., June 14.—The Coro
ner’s jury to-day returned merely a for
mal verdict that N. L. Dukes came to his
death by shooting at the hands of James
Nutt. Popular feeling runs high in fax-or
of Nutt and against his trial by the trib
unal which acquitted Dukes for the mur
der of young Nutt’s father. It is said
that Nutt recently told his mother that
Dukes had met him in the street and had
laughed in his lace. Upon Dukes’ body
xvas found the same revolver xvith xvhicii
he killed Capt. Nutt, ajid a large bowie
knife.
Hon. 11. W. Playford and A. D. Boyd,
both prominent lawyers, have been re
tained to defend Nutt. Dukes’ friends
sought to retain Hon. Charles E. Boyle to
prosecute Nutt, but Mr. Boyle refused.
11 seems doubtful xvhether any member
of the bar in Fayette county will appear
against Nutt, and the task xvill tall upon
the District Attorney.
WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON.
Minor Nexvs Notes of Interest Wireit
from the National Capital.
Washington, June 14.—The report of
the Board of Visitors to West Point Mili
tary Academy is made public. It is shorter
than usual. It recommends a fexv small
expenditures for repairs, and the renexvnl
of decayed and wornout buildings, and
says in conclusion that it gives the board
great pleasure to report that in all de
partments of the academy they have found
nothing to censure, but everything to
commend. It has been especially im
pressed with the high moral tone, military
style and soldierly bearing, both of the
officers and cadets of the academy.
Secretary Teller to-day paid to Chief
Bushyheatl, of the Cherokee Indians, the
jjj.'ioo.iioo appropriated by Congress for
lands ceded to tbe United States by the
Cherokee Nation. The money will be
distributed only among the Cherokees and
their descendants in accordance xvith the
decision of the Cherokee Council.
THE BED CHAMBER HORROR.
,)li Barnett’s Assassins Sent to Jail Tor
Life.
Mr. Sterling, Ky., June 14.—. John
Barnett,on trial for the murder of Vaughn
lielton, xvas permitted to withdraw* his
plea of not guilty aud plead guilty. The
prosecution then ottered testimony to shoxx'
the facts of the murder. The widow of
the murdered man told hoxv her husband
was shot in bed and fell over a sleeping
infant by her side. The
jury fixed the punishment at
imprisonment in the penitentiary for
life. Five of the seven men jointly in
dicted with Barnett, namely: Newton,
Yarler, John Becraft, William Becraft,
John Gibbs and Elliott Wiulkins also
pleaded guilty and received like sen
tences. Indictments hax’e been found
against three others called as witnesses
for Barnett, viz.: James Morrison, Wm.
Hodge and Alonzo Becraft.
RUSSIAN REFUGEES CHEATED.
Tramping to Nexx’ York After Seeing
Tlxeir Contracts Broken.
Philadelphia, June 14.—A party of
eighteen Russian refugees came to the
Central Station tlijs afternoon and re
quested the Chief of Police to obtain trans
portation for them to Nexx- York. They
said that they had been engaged seven
months ago to work for five years in
clearing and tilling land at llesterville,
near May’s Landing, New Jersey. The
agreement was that they should receive
pay for their work, and that they should
l>e furnished with food and clothing. This
has not been done and tw’enty-three re
fugees started to xyalk to this city, Five
of them dropped out on tbe way becoming
disabled. Efforts will be made to secure
their transportation by rail to New York,
where they intend to confer with the com
mittee through which the contract was
made.
THE GRAY AMONG THE BLUE.
Cheer* and Welcomes for tlie Southern
Soldiers in the North.
Boston, June 14.—The Continental
Guard, of New Orleans, paraded this
morniug with their hosts, the National
Lancers, as an escort, the former being in
carriages, After passing through many
side streets, they were reviewed at the
City Hall by the Mayor, apil at the State
House, in absence of Governor Butler, by
the Adjutant Geperal. The visitors were
pbeereu along the route, The annual
banquet of the Lancers occurred this
afternoon at Faneuil Hall, at xvbich the
Continentals were present.
Senator Rollins Renominated.
Concord, N. IL, June 14.—The Repub
lican legislative caucus to-uight re
nominated Hon. E. A. Rollins to the
JJnjteU States Senate.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JUNE 15. 1883.
CONVICTIONS IN LONDON.
FOUR OF THE MEN FOUND GUIL
TY AND TWO INNOCENT.
Bernard Gallagher and Ansburgh the
Fortunate*—Life-Long Servitude the
Sentence—An Affecting Parting Be
tween the Two Brother*—The Verdict
Hooted.
London, June 14.—The trial of Dr.
Gallagher, Bernard Gallagher,Whitehead,
Curtin, Wilson and Ansburgh, who are
charged w ith treason and felony, was con
tinued this morning before the special
court constituted therefor, viz: Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge, Justice Brett, of
the Court of Appeals, Justice Grove, of
the Court of Common Pleas.
The court 9tated that it considered the
evidence against Bernard Gallagher and
Ansburgh sufficient to lie submitted to
the jury.
Justice Grove concurred in the de
cision, but without expressing an opinion
as to the ultimate result, thought that
there were grave doubts as to the suf
ficiency of the evidence against Ans
burgh.
Mr. Clarke, Q. C., of the counsel for the
defendants, challenged the Crown to
point to a single syllable of evidence
given at the trial, outside of tk..t of in
former Lynch, which showed that the in
tention of the prisoners was to assail the
authority of the Crown, or to overawe
Parliament. He declared that Bernard
Gallagher’s statement contained no evi
dence against anybody but himself. Mr.
Clarke also maintained that informer
Lynch’s evidence was not the voluntary
confession of an honest man who had
been inadvertently led into a plot, but
was a calculated revelation in-
creasing in scope as the neces
sity grew of incriminating his
friends to save himself. There xvas noth
ing to supiiort his statement relative to
the existence of a club in America, whose
objects it xvas to free Ireland by force.
His statements were not iu the least de
gree creditable. The manner in
xvbich they were prepared had ren
dered them untrustworthy. He had
particularly noticed that Lynch
since the examination of the prisoners in
the Bow Street Police Court, had unac
countably remembered that the oath he
took in Nexv York contained a reference
to the Irish Republic. Mr. Clarke ap
pealed to tbe jury pto resist opular preju
dice. His speech xvas amost Impressive
one.
Whitehead expressed a desire to ad
dress the jury and his counsel therefore
retired. Whitehead, speaking in his own
liehalt, said that there was no ex idence to
show that the nitro-glyceriue found in his
lactory xvas intended for an illegal pur
pose. He declared that it was meant for
mining purposes, like thousands of tons of
the same article made in England every
year. The press had exaggerated his
case. He exhorted the jury to deal with
it impartially, as they would xvith any
other case.
Ansburgh declared that was he “as inno
cent as God Almighty” of the charge pre
ferred aginst him, and that his meetings
with Dr. Gallagher were purelv acciden
tal.
Mr. Wilson announced to the court that
as far as he xxlis concerned he left the
case where it stood.
Mr. Mathensou, on behalf of Bernard
Gallagher, argued that there was no case
against his client, as he had acted
xvhile under the influence oi liquor.
He said that there xvas nothing
suspicious in an elder brother xvho xvas
better off than a younger one sending him
money. lie confidently asked for the dis
charge of the prisoner. ’ Mr. Mathensou ad
mitted that Bernard had a general knowl
edge of the hostile designs of the dynamit
ers, hut said that it must be remembered
that he was a resident of Brooklyn and
could not be judged by the same standard
an Englishman was. It xvas a matter of
common knoxvledge that plots existed in
America for the manufacture of dynamite
lor use against England almost with the
connivance of the American Government.
Messrs. Clarke and Rowlands,of the coun
sel for the defense, protested against this
language, and declared that there xvas
no proof that such was the case.
J ustice Brett declared that tbe counsel
had no right to make such a remark.
He said that there was no proof of the
existence in America of a plot, or
of the connivance thereat on the part
of the government ol' that country.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge also re
buked Mr. Mathensou for his remarks.
He said: “I think it is only due to our
friendly relations with the great govern
ment that you unreservedly withdraw
your statement.”
Mr. Mathenson said he would gladly ac
cede to the ruling of the court.
The case for the defense was then closed,
and Sir Farier He’ schell, Solicitor Gen
eral, replied on the part of the prosecu
tion. Upon the conclusion of the Solici
tor General’s remarks Lord Chief Justice
Coleridge delivered his charge to the
jury. He said that the case against Dr.
Thomas Gallagher, Whitehead and Wil
son was much stronger than against the
others. He declared that the assertion
that the nitro-glycerine was intended for
legitimate purposes xvas incredible. No
legitimate trader xvould have carried it
about London as it had l>een carried by
Whitehead, jolting over rough streets in
cabs.
The jury retired at 5:85 o’clock, and
soon returned a verdict of guilty against
Dr. Gallagher, Wilson, Whitehead and
Curtin, and ol not guilty in the case of
Ansburgh and Bernard Gallagher. The
tour men found guilty were then sen
tenced to lifelong penal servitude.
The finding in the case of the four con
victed men xvas “Guilty on all the counts
of the indictment.”
Dr. Gallagher protested his innocence,
and he said that the time xvould come
when the matter xvould be put right be
fore the world.
Dr. Gallagher kissed and shook hands
with his brother and Ansburgh, while he
and Wilson and Curtin each shook hands
with Bernard Gallagher and kissed Ans
burgh fervently. The convicts were con
veyed to Millbank Prison in a van.
Mohs hissed the police escort en
route. The military guard at
the prison has been strengthened
in order to prevent, any attempt at res
cue, and the sentinels have been furnished
with ball cartridges.
PLOTS AGAINST INFORMERS.
A Society for TKeir Extermination Un
earthed in Dublin.
Dublin, June 14.—1 tis believed that
the police are cognizant of the fact that a
society has been recently formed here for
ttie purpose of removing the informers
who testified at the last trials, particu
larly James Carey. It is also stated that
the houses in which the society has had
its meetings have been closely watched,
and that a raid xvas made recently
on a house where it was supposed that a
meeting xvas being held, but 110 arrests
were effected.
James Carey has been permitted to go
out of Kilmainham jail occasionally of
late, but this has been stopped, as the po
lice decline to hold themselves responsi
ble for his safety.
Committed for Trial.
Castlebar, Ireland, June 14.— The
prisoners charged with complicity in the
murder conspiracy in county Mayo have
been committed for trial.
Lord Spencer’s Retirement.
London, June 14.—The rumor tnat
Earl Spencer intends to retire from the
Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland is again re
vived.
China Talk* Peace.
Paris, June 14.—M. Brun, Minister of
Marine, has informed the Cabinet that the
reports that extensive war preparations
were being made in China, are xvithout
foundation,
A dispatch to the He Temps from Shag
haisays; “Li Hung Chang, tbe Chinese
commander, has informed the French
Minister that China has no intention of
declaring war against France. The
French Minister has replied that the Chi
nese soldiers captured in Tonquin will be
considered pillagers and summarily shot.”
Fowler Bro.’* Impure Lard.
Chicago, June 14.—The Board ol Trade
committee inxestigating the alleged adul
teration of lard by Foxvier Bros, beard a
number of witnesses this afternoon. Two
of them, formerly employed by that firm,
testified as to secret pij>es leading to the
lard tanks, and that they carried quanti
ties of tallow and cotton seed oil into the
room from which these pipes ran,
A Village Deutroyed by Fire.
Paris, June 14,—The village of Val.
loires, in the Department of Savoy, has
been destroyed by lire. Ttie inhabitants
barely escaped with their lives. All the
live stock in the place perished.
Ex-Senator Casserly Dead,
San Francisco, June 14.—Ex-Senator
Eugene Casserly died to-day, aged sixty
one years.
MURDER IN DODGE COUNTY'.
A Man Surely Killed, but Conflicting
Account* of Hi* Identity.
Eastman, Ga., June 14. —The report
reaches here, and it is not doubted, that
| on Monday night, at the saw mill of A.
B. Steele <ft Cos., near Dubois, in this
county, a negro named Phillips killed
another negro named Wiune. The latter,
it is said, had just knocked down one
man and xvas attacking Phillips with a
large stick, xvlien Phillips told him
to stop. He kept on, howexer,
and struck at Phillips, and then
they ran together. In the rencontre
Phillips cut Winue twice with a knife,
once in the side or stomach and once in
the arm, from which he bled to death in
an hour. There has been no arrest, and
at last reports there had been no inquest.
Phillips xvas indicted by the grand jury
at the last Superior court for assaulting
Mr. Gress, his employer, but xvas never
arrested.
Columbus, June 14.—The story of the
murder at Stub’s saw mill, as it comes
to this city and appears in the Times is as
follows: “From parties xvho came iu on
the freight train, we learn that Mr, J. T.
Trice, of Talbotton, received a dispatch
yesterday calling him to Dupont, and
announcing that his brother-in-law,
Henry P. Wynne, had been murdered at
Stub’s saw mill at that place the night
before. No details of the sad occurrence
were gixeu. Mr. Wynne is a son of Dr.
Wynne, of Geneva, a young man scarce
twenty-one years, and leaves a bride of
less than twelve months. His wife is a
daughter of the late William Smith, of
Box Springs, and sister of Mr. J. D. Smith,
of that place. Dupont is on the Macon
and Bruusxvick Railroad.”
SAP FLO TO BE CONTINUED.
Four Newsy Paragraph Wired from
the State Capital.
Atlanta, Ga., June 14.— 0n June 2
Mayor Lester sent an appeal to Governor
McDaniel in behalf of Sapelo station, and
covering a communication to President
Arthur. The Governor promptly for
warded the document, and backed it with
an official letter of considerable
weight. Both of these xvere turned over
to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
President notified Governor McDaniel
that they would be duly considered. To
day the following favorable response was
received by the Governor from the Secre
tary of the Treasury: “In reply to your
communication I have to respectfully in
form you that in view of the statements
therein contained the department will
continue the inspection station on Black
Beard’s Island, in Sapelo sound, as soon
as it shall have been discontinued by the
National Board of Health, so long as
money is at the command of the depart
ment for ttie purpose, through the Marine
Hospital Service Bureau thereof.”
The Post did not appear this morning,
as expected, but promises to be on hand
soon. An investigation shows that Col.
Thornton lelt the Post-Appeal affair
badly mixed, and the printers and editors
have lieen obliged to seek employment
elsewhere.
Mr. Sims is still alive but quite feeble.
Ilis mother arrived this afternoon.
Some of our commission merchants
complain that truck farmers are shipping
too much poor truck and not packing
carefully.
GERMANY AND THE OHURCH.
Law Makers and Ecclesiastics Still
Striving for the Supremacy.
Rome, June 14. —The recent action of
Germany respecting the May laws and
ecclesiastical legislation has occasioned
much difference of opinion at the Vatican,
and there is a groxving tendency in the
highest quarters in favor ol accepting
the concessions offered by Germany, and
of not opposing the intended legislation.
London, June 14.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from Ber
lin says that it is reported that differences
have arisen between llerr von Boetticher,
Secretary of State of the Imperial Office
of the Interior, and Herr Scholz, Minister
of Finance. It is also rumored that Dr.
Maybaek, Minister of Public Works, is
about to resign.
Berlin, June 14.— The committee of
the lower house of the Landtag are sit
ting during the recess of that body, and
have adopted the first three clauses’of the
bill. The third clause was amended so as
to transfer the right of raising objections
to church appointments from the Central
Government to the Governors of pro
vinces. Clause four, giving power to the
government to reject on civil, religious or
educational grounds xvas rejected. It is
thought probable that the clause xvill be
allowed to drop.
COLENTURA IN MEXICO.
A Prevailing Local Epidemic Not Akin
to Yellow Fever.
Vera Cruz, June 14.— 1n respect to
the report published yesterday in Nexv
York that a malignant tvpe of yellow
fever prevails in this city and that large
numbers are dying, it may be stated
that the fever which prevails here
is colentura. This is a local fever, and
it is not akin toyelloxv fever. It is, koxv
exer, unusually severe this year. The
local authorities have always prexented
the publication of the number of deaths
occurring here, so that the figures on
that point cannot lie given. Tlie death
rate at Vera Cruz is generally high, owing
to the fatal effects of this disease
among the unacclirtfeated troops stationed
here. In the years 1881 and 1882 fully 75
per cent, of the deaths in this city xvere
among the troops. The Mexican Telegraph
Company has thirteen employes stationed
here, all foreigners, and only’one of whom
has had the fever, He is noxv convales
cent and ready lor duty.
ENGLISHMEN ENTER A PROTEST.
Tlie Restriction* on tlie Food Supply
the Cause of Discontent.
London, lime ’l4. —Lord Carlingford,
Minister of Agriculture, received yester
day a large and influential deputation
representing towns in England containing
10,000,000 people, the object of which xvas
to protest against the restrictions
of the food supply. Lord Carling
ford stated that the decrease in
the importation of American cattle
was due to the fact that better prices
could be obtained in America than in
Great Britain, and not to the system ot
the compulsory slaughter of the animals
at British ports. He said that the gov
ernment would continue to act up to the
spirit of the present laws and would not
strain them in the direction of further
prohibition, as xvas urged by the oppo
nents of the importation of American
cattle.
A LIGHT SENTENCE INCREASED.
Judge Hudson Give* A Brutal Negro
Fifteen Year* Instead of Five.
Columbia, S. C., June 14.— Brooks Rob
inson,' a negro lad, entered the house of
his employer, Simon Plvler, of Buford
toxvnship, on Wednesday of last week and
attempted to outrage Mrs. l’lyler. The
lady’s outcries aroused her husband, xv ho
slept in the next room, and he attacked
Robinson, but the latter escaped. He was
afterward arrested and pleaded guilty, and
was sentenced to five years imprisonment.
Judge Hudson, afterward, on learning the
fravity of his offense, sentenced him to
Iteen years imprisonment. A report
that Robinson would be lynched led to the
detail of the Lancaster Greys to guard
the jail where he was contineil at Lancasr
ter, hut no attempt at violence xvas made,
and on Tuesday the Sheriff took the pris
oner to the penitentiary,,
Alexander’* Clemency,
St. Petersburg, June 14.—The sen.
tenees of three other Nihilists who were
condemned to death have been commuted
to imprisonment for an indefinite period,
and the sentences to imprisonment of free
more have been reduced to various shorter
terms.
M. de Giers, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
sent a circular to tbe Russian ambassa
dors at the foreign capitals on the 9th
inst. in which he says that the Emperor
and the people ol Russia are highly grati
fied at the proofs of esteem which have
been received from the foreign powers,
and w hich are regarded by the Emperor
as fresli pledges of concord and peace,
according with his peaceful intentions.
Murder in Tallahassee,
Tallahassee, Fla., June 14. —James
McDaniel, a sou ot one of the oldest set
tlers here, was this morning killed by
John Skipper. The latter was returning
home when McDaniel discharged at him
both barrels of a double-barrel gun loaded
with buckshot. McDaniel then clubbed
his gun and advanced on Skipper, by
whom he xvas fatally shot. Skipper came
and surrendered himself, and is now in
jail. He is slightly wounded,
GEN. CROOK'S CAPTIVES.
SECRETARY' TELLER URGES
THEIR PUNISHMENT.
He Also Object* to Locating Them
Near Well-behaved Red-Skins—The
Victorious Campaigner Marching To
ward the Telegraph— Judge McComa*'
Album Recovered.
Washington, June 14.—The Indians
captured by Gen. Crook in Mexico
will be held as prisoners of war until
such time as the Interior Department is
prepared to take charge of them. Two
considerations will have weight in de
termining whereto put them: First, the
importance of locating them at such a
distance trom the Mexican border that
they xvill be unable to rejieat their peri
odical raids, and second to avoid bringing
them in contact with other tribes xvho are
now well disposed and peaceable, but
upon whom they might exert an evil in
fluence* Upon this subject Secretary
leller to-day sent to Secretary Lincoln a
letter in which he savs: “l un
derstand that General ’ Crook will
soon return to the vicinitv
of tbe San Carlos agency with a large
number ot renegade Indians, xvho are
guilty of murder, theft and other crimes.
I do not think these Indians ought to be
allowed to return to the agency. Such I
know has been the practice. There can be
no permanent peace if these Indians
are allowed to murder people,
steal their stock and then surrender
themselves, and return to the agency to
he supported by the government. I think
that the criminals should be held as
prisoners and punished lor their crimes.
Ihe children should be taken from their
parents and put in school. I think that
xx-e can accept and care for the children
of school age.”
Tombstone, June 14.—Gen. Crook left
Silver Creek yesterday morning, and af
ter several hours’ march he camped at
a place called Joyce’s. To-morrow lie ex
pects to reach some point on the Southern
1 at* 1 lie liailroad, which will place him in
telegraphic communication with the mili
tary authorities and permit him to send
back the Mexican xvomen and children to
their homes. Among the articles found
xvith the captured Indians xvas an album,
recognized as belonging to Judge Me-
Comas.
ANOTHER INDIAN WAR.
The Trouble Between the Spioclie ar.d
Cliicote Creek* Renewed.
St. Louis, June 14.—A story comes
from the Indian Territory that on Tues
day morning twenty Creek light horse
men attacked a settlement of partisans of
( hief Spioclie, ten miles from Tulsa, on
the Arkansas river, killed one of them
and wounded two or three others. These
men had returned to their home from Fort
Gibson by permission of Col. Bates,
who promised them protection. The
attack is regarded as a defiance of the
gox'ernment. The light horsemen belong
to the Chicote faction of Creeks, and their
conduct in this case is considered as the
reopening of the troubles betxveen the
Chicote and Spioclie bands, and will
likely lead to a bitter xvar and much
bloodshed, unless the government takes
prompt measures to preserve the peace.
FAST TIME ON TWO TRACKS.
Opening Day at St. Louis and Continued
Gayety at Coney Island.
St. Louis, Mo., June 14. —The St. Louis
Jockey Club began its spring meeting to
day. The weather was pleasant and the
racing good, despite a heavy track. The
events resulted as follows:
First Race— lnaugural scramble for
all ages; purse $250; one and one-eighth
miles. Carson won, with Black Gal
second and Effie II third. The time was
2:01k.
Second Race —Missouri Derby for
three-year-oids; ssoentrance; sßooadded;
one and a half miles. The race was won
by Bondholder, xx'itli April Fool second
and Tilford third. The time xvas 2:43J4*
Third Race —Cotton Exchange handi
cap; SSOO added; money and sweepstakes
of sls each for starters; \% miles. Force
came in first, Br#d second and Brigand
Bell third. The time was 58%.
Fourth Race— Gentleman’s cup for
gentlemen riders; welter weights; full
course. Charlie Bush xvon xvith Gaylord
second. The others bolted. No time was
taken.
Nexv York, June 14.—The Coney
Island Jockey Club races to-day resulted
as follows:
First Rack—For $500; three-quarters
of a mile. Boot Jack won, Duplex sec
ond, aud Fatinitza third. The time was
1:16%.
Second Race —Purse $500; three-year
olds, penalties and allowances; one and
one-quarter miles. Jack of Hearts w'on
as he pleased, with Thurles second anti
Carley B. third. The times xvas 2:11.
Parole was the favorite. Greenland
burst a blood vessel.
Third Race—Tidal stakes for three
year-olds; sweepstakes ofslooeach; SI,OOO
added; one mile. Barnes won in a
canter by four lengths, with Pizarro sec
ond. The time was 1:46%. Gonfalon was
scratched. Pizarro was the favorite.
Fourth Rack —Handicap sweepstakes;
miles. Monitor, the favorite, xvon
easily by half a length, xvith Gen. Monroe
second and Hiawatha third. The time
xvas 2:53%.
Fifth Race— Purse $500; 1% miles.
Arsenic xvon, xvith AVyoming second and
Antrim third. The time was 2:01.
Sixth Race— Steeple chase over inside
course. Kelly Clark w r as a heavy favorite
and won by 10 lengths. He pulled double.
Strychina xvas second aud Y'onkers
third. The time was 5:12.
PROHIBITION AS AN ISSUE.
State Convention* Held In tlie State* of
Ohio and Maine.
Columbus, 0., June 14.—The State
Prohibition Convention met here this
morning, and xvas the largest ever held in
Ohio, three hundred delegates being pre
sent. The convention was very harmoni
ous. The principles promulgated indorse
the national platform adopted at Chicago
in August last, and denounce the policy
of personal liberty advanced by the Dem
ocrats, and policy of taxation embodied
in the Scott and Pond laws passed b\ r the
Republicans, and also the Republican
measures repealing the Sunday laxv and
the law prohibiting drinking on the prem
ises. They condemn the taxation propo
sition of the constitutional amendment,
and favor the adoption of a prohibitory
clause, and recognize the value of the
education of the youth in schools against
the use of liquor.' A full State ticket was
nominated, headed as follows;
For Governor—Ferdinand S, Chuma
oher. For Lieutenant Governor—ll. T.
Ogden.
Bagob Me., June 14.—About 40 per
sons composed the State convention of
prohibitionists to-day. Greeting was re
ceived from the prohibitory convention
at Columbus, Ohio. The resolutions in
dorse the national platform adopted at
Chicago in 1882, urge the importance ot
making prohibition a paramount principle
so that xvhen in power the party can be
relied upon to enforce the same in State
and in nation. They suggest that as there
is no question at issue betxveen the
two great political parties it is
now a very favorable time for the
friends of temperance to array them
selves on a prohibitory platform.
They recommenced the iritrodution of
temperance text books in the piblic
schools and the pledge iq Sabbath
schools, and the holding of monthly tem
perance meetings to awaken public senti
ment aud prepare for the contest in 1884.
Tlie convention closed to-night with a
mass meeting.
Bat ami Ball.
Games of base-ball were played yester
day as follows:
At New Y'ork—New Yorks 5; Cleve
lands 0. Metropolitans 7; St. Louis 6.
At Brooklyn—Brooklyns 9 ; Harris
burgs 5.
At Camden, N.J.—Actives 4; Merrittso*
At Providence—Providences 9; De
troits 8.
At Pittsburg—Columbus 25; AUe
ghenys 10.
At Boston—Bostons 4: Chicago* 1,
At Baltimore—Ciiicmnatis 8; Balti
mores Is,
At Philadelphia—Philadelphlas 2; Buf
falos 0, Athletics 5; Eclipses 6.
Slaughtered by the Hundred.
London, June 14.—Later accounts re
garding the explosion of the powder mag
azine at Scutari, caused by a lightning
stroke, state that 150 persons w’ere killed
and 53 wounded. Two hundred barrels of
powder and 6,000 cartridges exploded.
Chili’* New Ruler*.
Panama, June 14.—News from Val
paraiso says that Senors Yeyas and I.’
Banez i;ave been elected reflectively
President aqd Vice president of the
Senate,
TALLAHASSEE COMPIiACENT.
The Return of Summer Not Interfering
with the City’* Activity.
Tallahassee, June 12.—Though the
heat of summer is upon us, and we are
rapidly nearing the June solstice, yet the
dull season has not yet set in, and the
usual hegira to watering places and
cooler climes has not commenced. A
xariety of causes hax’e contributed to
them—the backward season and the late
•crops being the principal, For years we
have not had such a late spring and sum
mer. Only to think of sitting down by a
comfortable fire in the latter part of May,
in the Laud of Flowers! For these and
other reasons, It is still a busy
time with us. Wagons loaded with truck
continue to go through our streets, and
the influx of the “circulating medium”
trom returns of sales keeps the merchant
in good humor, and he complains uot of
dull times. Strangers, too, drop in on us,
and there is not a day but xvhat one or
more land prospectors visit our city. The
old Murat place, situated some three miles
xx est of this city, was sold last xvee'k to
parties front Oshkosh, Wis., who de
sign returning hither in the
fall. It is supposed by many
tourists who visit here that this place
was owned hv the late Prince Murat, and
that he lived and died there. For this
reasou a morbid curiosity lias induced
many to x'isit it. Murat, hoxvex'er, lived
and died in Jefferson county, and the plan
tation known as the “Murat Place” was
purchased by the widow only a fexv years
after his death. She xvas a resident of this
city before her marriage, and naturally
desired to move back, where she would
enjoy the society of old acquaintances.
Iu addition to the sale of the above place,
another gentleman from Wisconsin last
week purchased a X'aluable plantation of
Dr. S. B. Hawkins, of this city. We wel
come these new purchasers among us,
and, as they express themselves pleased,
it is hoped that others will follow their
example.
A tew years ago it was almost an im
possibility to obtain a loan on real estate.
There xvas no demand, no sale, and at a
forced sale it brought onlv a nominal
price. But noxv, under the changed order
of things, a loan on real estate is consid
ered a good investment, and is preferred
by many to a security iu personal prop
erty. A few years ago nearly any one
would sell, but few would buv land; now
the number of those who would sell has
decreased, while the number of buyers
has increased.
On Tuesday night last GallMs Hall xvas
crowded xvith a critical amrontelligent
audience to hear and witness that inimi
table comic opera. “Patience.” Mrs. J.
G. Gibbes, of our sister citv, Quincy, had
organized a troupe of amateurs who had
acquitted themselxes so well, that at the
solicitation of a number of our citizens,
she was prevailed upon to repeat on the
boards iu Tallahassee what had achieved
such a success in Quincy. And so great
was the success here that had the play
been repeated another night, as was de
sired, it was thought an equally large au
dience would have been obtained. Miss
Fannie Johnson, of this city, appeared as
“Patience,” and Miss Sallie West, of Ar
kansas, as “Lady Jane.” The other char
acters xvere all represented by Quincy’s
sons and daughters. Ido not profess to
be a musical or a stage critic, but if
the large crowds that greeted their ap
pearance at Quincy and this place; if the
compliments I have heard bestowed on
them, and the encomiums of the local press
attest anything, “Patience” was a suc
cess, and has added one more wreath to
the brow of the indefatigable Mrs.Gibbes.
“Lady Jane,” in Mis* Sallie West, was
especially very well sustained, and it was
remarked by more than one that this
highly accomplished young lady was born
for the stage. Her full rich voice, her
graceful gestures, her natural and chaste
rendering, all proclaimed her the queen
of the boards. Nor did our “Talla
hassee girl” fail in her part
as “Patience,” for the little rustic,
unsophisticated beauty was so clearly
personated as to elicit encore after encore
from the audience. The object of these
amateur performances xvas a noble one—
it xvas to perpetuate tlie memory of those
xvho wore the gray by raising funds to
erect a monument to their memory. The
amount realized in Tallahassee from the
performance last Tuesday night was
$172 25, which, together with the proceeds
of previous performances,xvill net quite a
good sum for the laudable object these
ladies have in view.
On last week there xvas the usual ex
aminations incident to the close of the
term at the West Florida Seminary. This
examination was both written and oral,
and from specimens that were handed us
by one of the faculty, I would sav that
the examination was a thorough oiie. 111
former years a public examination at any
of our schools xvas a rare show. The
pupil has in many instances been crammed
for it, and did not always exhibit an inti
mate knowledge of the particular studies
taught him. He might be able to demon
strate particular problems in geometry,
in xvbich he had been drilled,
but be ignorant as to principles involved
in the demonstration. For this reason the
modern system of being examined in
writing on all the subjects taught is pref
erable. This being the regular dav for
tlie meeting of the Board of Education of
YYest Florida Seminary, which noxv con
stitutes the literary department of the
Florida University, it is probable that the
entire faculty that have served so well
during the present session, will be re
elected, and two others added, thus hav
ing six or eight professors instead of four,
as heretofore.
At the close of the commencement exer
cises to-morrow, R. 11. M. Davidson will
deliver an address. As this gentleman is
deservedly popular among us, and a fine
speaker, he xvill, without doubt, have a
large, intelligent and appreciative audi
ence. The young cadets will be exercised
in bayonet drill; the young ladies in calis
thenics, and these exercises, together with
original essays, orations, and crowned by
one of Col. Davidson’s masterly efforts,
will make it altogether quite an enjoyable
affair.
Asa general rule, pupils begin to fall
off in their attendance from the first of
May, so that at the close of the session
there is a mere handful. But this year
there has been a change for the bettor,
and a larger number has lieen in attend
ance than for a number of years past.
Some two weeks ago a little rain was
desired by the planters and truckers, but
for the last few days we have had such a
deluge that those who were complaining,
cry “enough.” The weather is close and
sultry, with titful showers all through the
txventy-lour hours.
On account of the wise provisions of the
Board of Health of this county excluding
therefrom all persons coming from in
fected localities xvithout a proier certifi
cate from a physician or Health
Officer our community has been free
from that loathsome disease that has
prevailed in Jacksoville. There are refu
gees here from that city, and as they had
not been exposed to the disease they were
welcomed among us. On but one occa
sion that l remember has our city govern
ment quarantined against a place where
an epidemic was raging. We get our
mails from Jacksonville, receive our
freights from there, have daily communi
cations xvith it, aud yet we have not had
the small-pox among us.
Our Supreme Court convened Tuesday,
but the hot weather and the few cases
docketed will not result in a protracted
sitting, and a few weeks at most will suf
fice to dispose of most of the business.
Most of the cases are from East, South
and YV'est Florida, the Middle having
fewer than any other section, Iq nearly
all the appeal cases from this circuit the
Ueeision of the lower court is affirmed, an
evidence that our presiding Judge, Hon. I).
8, Walker, is learned in the law and well
qualified for the position ho so xvell adorns.
Before the war be was Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, and some of the
most learned and elaborate decisions of
that court were made by him. Under
another Judge there would probably be
more appeals from this circuit, but such
is the confidence iq his ability that his
decision Is not often appealed from.
Leon.
Militia Mep Consulting.
Columbia, S, C., June 14.— A military
convention, composed of commissioned
officers from all the commands in the
State, is in session at the State House.
Its purpose Is to memorialize the Legisla
ture to perfect the organization of the
militia and collect annually sufficient
money to thoroughly equip and maintain
all arms of the service.
Mexico’s Advance.
City of Mexico, June 14.—The House
bill authorizing the President of the re
public to settle the public debt has passed
the Senate.
The government has authorized the
construction ojf a railroad from Apizaco to
Huachiuang.
The Argentine Republic Ambitious.
Buenos Ayres, June 14.—A loan has
been negotiated for the construction of a
national railway.
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COTOPAXI IN ERUPTiON.
A REIGN OF TERROR IN THE
VILLAGE AT ITS BASE.
Houses Overthrown by Earthquake ami
Heady to Fall in I.atacnnga—Quito's
Dwellers Encamped in the Streets—A
Deluge of Cinders and Molten Lava
Hourly Expected.
1 aNam a. June 14.—The Panama Shir
and Herald says that the earthquake in
Ecuador on May 19 was felt intensely in
some parts of the interior.
There was great alarm at when
the people, tearing a cataclysm, encamp
ed in the streets.
In Lataeunga, which is subject to earth
quakes, and was utterly destroyed by a
severe one in the last century, the shock
was very severe, overthrowing several
houses, while those remaining threaten to
fail at any moment.
Phe villages in the vicinity are almost
completely destroyed.
On the arrival of the diligence at I.ata
cunga.the mules are taken out and the
vehicle pulled through the streets by
men, lest the rumbling should shake
down the houses.
The volcano of Cotopaxi is in active
eruption, and the people in the vicinity
are terrified at what will probably be a
repetition of the catastrophe of March, 1867.
The scenes in the streets at times when
the people become half crazed with the
fear of impending doom beggar descrip
tion and rival any of the melodramatic
incidents pictured as having transpired
during the burial of Pompeii and Hercu
laneum at the loot of Mt. Vesuvius seven
ty-nine years before the birth of Christ.
Hundreds of men, women and children
crowding each other iu a hetero
geneous mass and flying through the
streets,soon leave the city deserted and as
silent as the tomb. Not unfrequently the
animals, catching the panic stricken
craze of their masters, join in the mad
and add not a little to the danger
and excitement of the stampede. Nor are
these flights without the heroic incidents
proverbial to such times of fear and dis
may. A sunburnt little peasant girl,
driven from the fiery mountain’s side
to the city in quest of a safer
retreat, came trudging into town leading
by the hand the blind and halt father,
who had no other protector than this un
tutored little heroine not vet in her teens.
Business is absolutely not thought of,
and, coupled with the damage to crops
which must follow neglect just at this
season of the year, must of necessity en
tail irreparable financial losses to the
country.
MITCH ELL’S DEV ELOPM ENT.
A County of Fertile Fields and Enter
prising Towns.
Camilla, June 13. —Perhaps no county
in the State lias developed more rapidly
during the past decade than Mitchell
county. It is know'll as a piney woods
country with a generous soil and a sub
stantial clay sub-soil. It is not as thirsty
soil as the land above, nor so still’ as much
of the land lying immediately below it.
There are some as fine cotton lands in the
county as can lie found anywhere, and the
greater part of it is adapted specially to
the growth of vegetables. It is just about
undulating enough for proper drainage
and easy cultivation. There is not a
bridge to lie kept up in the entire county,
having no water courses but what can be
easily forded, unless it be immediately
after an immense rain. This rarely oc
curs.
. Camilla is the county site, and situated
on the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway, about twenty-six miles below
Albany. The main part of the town was
burned a few years ago, but has been
rebuilt with brick, and presents a strik
ing contrast with the old wooden build
ings which formerly stood in their stead.
There are several fine stores, and all seem
to have a good trade. There has not been
a bushel of corn shipped to Camilla dur
ing the past season; in fact, corn has been
shipped from this to other points, and
there is an ample supply un*il corn is
made again, selling at 50 cents per bushel.
They have here an excellent academy
under the charge of Prof. ,T. F. Seaife,
with something over eighty pupils. The
brick are now being made for the purpose
of erecting two more commodious store
rooms. The Methodists and Baptists have
good church buildings, and the Presbyte
rians are just completing one.
Like all other sections in lower Georgia,
the people have become enthused with
truck farming, and entered into it
with great spirit. They have planted for
market about "21X1 acres in watermelons.
In the main the vines look well, and the
melons, although small at this date, are
abundant. The excessive rains for the
past week have greatly damaged the crop,
and many are despondent over the result.
There have been planted about 100 acres
in Irish potatoes in this vicinity. Some
acres have produced abundantly, and of
excellent quality. Others have not done
so well as to size. There have been
shipped to various markets 1,152 barrels
of potatoes. Some few men, among them
Messrs. I). K. Butler, Cochran and Sen
nett have realized good profits, while a
majority of shippers have barely paid ex
penses, and some even lost money in their
transactions. Those who shipped care
fully and early were successful, obtaining
fh, $3 and #1 HO per barrel.
The crop of cucumbers aggregated four
hundred crates, but have not been remu
nerative. A considerable amount of okra
and beans also have gone from this point,
and have shared the same fate. Okra is a
vegetable not generally known in North
ern markets. Mr. Bennett, of this place
shipped a lot to New York, and sent with
it recipes for cooking it in various styles:
known to the culinary art in the South.
In this country it is a favorite vegetable,
but in order to sell it North a taste will
have to be cultivated before there will 1,
any any demand for it in those markets.
There is made in this vicinity quite an
amount of sugar cane, and syrup is sell
ing by the barrel in this market at thirty
cents per gallon.
The South Georgia Clarion, a spicy local
paper published here, has changed hands
this week. Rev. J. L. Underwood buying
out the interest of Mr. Byars, who will
hereafter have entire control. Mr. Byars
will seek business elsewhere. The Clarian
is a good paper, and should receive a
hearty support from the good people of
Mitchell county.
I was told by a merchant that there
was only about one half the usual amount
of meat sold in this county the past sea
son, and that the farmers are in better
condition than at any time since the war.
Camilla, like other neighboring towns
to Albany, is embarking in the artesian
well enterprise. Mr. Clay, who has been
successful along the Central Railroad in
boring wells, has taken the contract
here, and has his derrick and much of the
material on the ground to commence
work. The people are getting nervous at
the seeming delay in the enterprise, and
are anxiously looking tor the appearance
of the contractor.
As an evidence of the people’s enter
prise we have a good list of subscribers
for both the Daily and Weekly News
at this post offiqe. The Postmaster makes
an efficient agent.
Baconton is a station on the railroad
seventeen miles below Albany, and sur
rounded with good farming lands. Here
1 found Major R. J. Bacon, who lives in
Albany, but who plants largely in this
vicinity, shipping cucumbers. He has
but one acre, but the yield is abundant.
As he expressed it, “There is no telling
how many cucumbers can be made on one
acre,” At this point there are 10Q acres
planted in watermelons, principally bv
Maj. Bacon and Mr. Merrill Calowav
They will be ready to ship by the 25th
inst. At Hardaway, a station eight miles
this side of Albany, there are fifty acres
in watermelons aiid smaller patches in
other vegetables. The rains of the past
few days have injured the crops here as
elsewhere, and many will become thor
oughly discouraged. The same unsatis
factory returns have attended the ship
ments of potatoes from this as from other
points,
The causes contributing to the failure
to receive remunerative prices for po
tatoes are said to be an over-supply and
defective shipment. The way to overcome
the first difficulty is to manure highly
pulverize the ground thoroughly and plant
early. Alabama and Louisiana have
reached the markets from six to ten days
iu advance of Southern Georgia, and the
season seems to have been more favorable
there. It is better to run the risk of re
planting than to enter the market so far
behind. The experience of this year will
tend greatly to correct the defects in
shipping. Potatoes must lie well graded
and securely packed in order to reach the
market in good condition. It is useless
to send ill-shaped or small potatoes to
market. Jack Plane,
Guayaquil’s Siege.
Guayaquil, June 14.-A few cannon
shots were exchanged between the bel
ligerents yesterday, hut to-day there has
been very little firing. It is reported that
there is a likelihood of the trouble being
arranged, * s