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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
BEIRNE AND ELAM MEET.
TWO SHOTS EXCHANGED AND
ELAM HIT IN THE THIGH.
The Wound Causing Anxiety and a Con
sultation of Surgeons Held—The Su- ,
burbs of Wayne-borough the Scene of
the Duel—The Police Taking No Ac
tion.
Charlottesville, Va., June 30. —A
reliable telegram received here at 11
o’clock this morning states that Editors
Beirne and Elam fought near Wayne
borough, Va., at six o’clock this morning.
At the second firing Mr. Elam was
slightly wounded in the thigh. Both men
were satisfied and left the field. It is re
ported that .Mr, Beirne was represented
by Messrs. Young,< hockley,and Wright of
Richmond, and .Mr. Elam by John Snel
ling and John p. Lewis and son.
Mr. Elam, of the was dangerous- '
ly shot through the right thigh, and is at
a hotel at Waynesborough, and telegraphs
for his wife. Mr. Beirne, of the Richmond :
State, passed through Charlottesville for
Richmond on the 12:20 o’clock train this
noon.
Stai NTON, Va., June 30. Mr. EJam
had been concealed not many miles from )
the scene of th6 combat for several days i
past. He was at the residence of John
Lewis, a son of the Hon. J. F. Lewis.
Arrangements for the meeting were imide 1
In Richmond at the time when Mr. Elam
was in that vicinity and Mr. Beirne in I
West Virginia. Some point midway be- '
tween the two places was fixed as the '
place. The change of seconds was
made, and the cartel, as previously de- i
termined, namely, Colt’s six-shooters at
eight paces, was agreed upon. Both prin
cipals managed to evade the vigilance of
thi? authorities, and tit (1 o’clock this
inonflng met in a strip of woods about two
miles from the Waynesborough Junction
of the Shenandoah Willey and the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad. The distance
was marked off and at the first fire
neither of the men was struck.
Mr. Beirne, the challenger, demanded
a second shot, which was granted, and
the bullet from his pistol imbedded itself
in the upper part of Mr. Elam’s right
thigh.
Mr.’Beirne was untouched.
Mr. Elam fell to the ground, and Mr. .
Beirne, raising his iiat to his fallen oppo
nent, was hurried into a carriage and
driven rapidly away.
Subsequently he took a Shenandoah
*. Miley train at Crinimona.
JO. Elam was also conveyed in
a carrriage to a house near !
by, his surgeon attending him. :
It was found that the extraction of the j
ball would be attended with danger and a
consultation among surgeons was held.
The fact that the ball failed to force itself (
through is taken as evidence in connec
tion with the character of the weapon |
list'd and the distance that it came in
direct contact with one of the larger
bones. No arrests have been made not
does there seem to be any disposition to
institute a legal investigation. Mr. Elam
was removed to the residence of John F.
ijewis and ins wife sent for.
When the combatants took their po- j
sittons several gentlemen present, who
were not immediately connected with the
affair, were asked to tetire, and they did
so. A physician gave the word: “Gen
tlemen, are you ready ? Fire! One, two, ,
three!”
The shots were to be exchanged after
the word “fire” and before the word j
“three.” At the word “one” both pistols ■
were discharged in quick succession, but
without effect.
The same programme was then re
peated, both reports being almost siinttl- :
taneous and just at the word “one.”
As Mr. Elam staggered under the effect
of the shot his second ran forward and
assisted him to cushions, which had been
laid on the ground. The wounded man
was under the impression that tin* ball had
penetrated his legs, and insisted that
such was the case. When assured by the
surgeons that it had noteven gone through
one leg, and that the intense pain in the
other was trout sympathy, Mr. Elam ex
pressed regret that he bad not, demanded
another shot. He was perfectly
cool and collected, and gave his directions
in a strong and composed voice.
Mr. Beirne also acted with deliberation, i
and, although pale, seemed perfectly
cool. He was taken away by his second
after it was discovered that .Mr. Elam
cmiid not again stand.
Mr. Elam was then placed in an ambu
lance, which started for the residence of ,
Lieutenant Governor Lewis, some fifteen
or twenty miles distant. It was doubt
ful what the effect of the ride would be,
iind in ease the wounded man was not
able to stand it, preparations had been
made for his entertainment at the houses
of some of his most prominent friends |
alon'< ihe way. The wound is evidently
a scri pt* 9 °nc. After the ball struck Mr.
Elam hi? K av e one or l "’° Hte P s forward, |
and from 'hat ii was thought that his leg
was not liro'kcn. The surgeon, however,
stated that t'he muscle must have sus- ,
tained him for that length ot time.
Richmond, V a.. June 30. —In the meet- I
ing this morning between Messrs. Beirne i
mid Elam the provisions of the original ]
cartel were carried out until Mr. Elam
was shot. The cartel provided that after |
the first shot, if neither was hurt, the ,
word should be given for it second round,
and then the parties should continue tir
ing, and advance if they choose, i
On the second round Mr. Elam
received Mr. Beirne’s shot •in j
his thigh, and staggered or
toll and exclaimed : “1 am hit!"
Mr. Beirne ceased tiring, and his sec
• Mids declared that their principal was i
satisfied.
Air. Beirne then raised his hat, saluted ;
his opponent, and walked to his carriage, 1
which he entered, and was driven away.
Mr. Elam was helped to his carriage and
taken to the Lynwood residence of Lieu
tenant-Governor Lewis, in Rockingham
county, a few miles from the scene of the
rencontre.
The ball in Mr. Elam's thigh was probed j
for on the field, but was not found The
woujid is not considered dangerous, how-
Mr. Beirne’s seconds were Frank
Wright, ot Petersburg, and W. Emmet
Chocklev. of this city.
Mr. Elam's friends were D. Shaffej
Lewis and J. D. Snellings.
The delay of the meeting was caused
by the fear of arrest. Three attempts
were made to arrest Mr. Beirne. The
’parties were nearly 250 miles apart, and
h.sd to come to the place of meeting in
private conveyances, traveling mostly
at night. Everybody seemed pleased that
the aue£ did not terminate fatally to
either.
Baltimore. June 30.—Richard F.
Beirne, who engaged in a duel witli Mr.
Elam, of the Richmond llVu'o, accom
panied by his seconds, Frank Al. M right,
of Petersburg, and W. E. Chuckley, ot
Richmond, as well as Andrew Beirne. of ■
Lewisburg, Va., and IL AL s ‘ nif h. Jr., of
Richmond, reached this city this evening
and stopped at Barnum's Hotel. Their
future movements are not known.
Beirne Again Challenged.
Charlottes Ville, Va.. June 30. The
Posl-Hepublic, of Rockingham county.
A a., says that it is currently stated that
Air. Beirne has been challenged by a lead
ing Readjuster to tight again at an early
day.
POWDER AT A FIRE.
Terrible Explosion of Several Kegs
With Fatal Effects.
Wixxß’K'h Al an. June 30.—During a
tire in the warehouse of H. Ashdown, last
evening, a number of kegs of powder ex
ploded, tearing the building to splinters
and injuring twenty persons more or less,
seriously. The concussion shook the en
tire citv. The injured persons, including
the Chief of the Fire Brigade, the fire
alarm Superintendent, the chief's son.
the Assistant Chief of the Fire
Brigade and a number of firemen, It is
thought that several of the injured will
die. George Zale. an insurance clerk,
.. so baiitr injured that he ha- since
’ The lose 'of stock in Ashdown’s
Louisia'** V“ y “ er ,ntere ' t '
New Oki ka?*: '• une fio—There is not
sufficient money i. x J reasury to
the credit ot the inte?* s? fund to pay the
July interest on the st., u ‘'“’tds. but the
fiscal agent will advance Uj '' additional
stun necessary and i. ' e interest ,
will lie promptly paid. The <‘Lauge
in the tax law'by the last ’A*gts
lature has caused same delay “*
collections, but local capitalists are so' •
well satisfied with the financial condi
tions of the State that they would cheer
fully advance the funds required to meet
the maturing obligation.
State Treasurer Burke announces that
the July interest on Louisiana bonds,
falling due July 1, will be paid at the
State National Bank of New Orleans, and
at the Bank of New York, in New York
city, at a reduced rate, on surrender of
the coupons as provided by law.
Siratmg Morning ©ekgrnnt.
Ml ROH’S CASE AGAINST HILL.
The Trial Continued Yesterday with
McArthur on the Stand.
Washington. June 30.—The Hill in
vestigation was resumed to-day. John
McArthur, an architect from 1875, has
I had charge of the work upon the Phila
j delphia public building. The original
. plans for the basement called for a brick
i lining for the piers. Changes were made
from the original plans and granite was
used instead of brick. Mr. Hill, however,
had nothing to do with the changes. On
cross-examination the witness was asked
his opinion as an expert, whether it cost
■ more to complete the Philadelphia build
ing under the modified contract than it
would have cost under the 15 per cent,
contract. The witness could not state
positively as to the relative cost w ithout
taking the plans and making computa
tions of the actual cost. The work un
der the modified contract was inferior in
quality to that performed under the 15
per cent, contract. The witness did not
' know what the changes cost. He believed
that the changes improved the character
iof the building. In reply to
questions by the committee, the
witness stated that granite of the
same quality as that being used upon the
. Philadelphia building could have been
j obtained from other quarries at the time
the change was made from the 15 per
I cent, contracts. As a matter of fact,
different kinds of granite was used in the
building. The witness would not have
felt justified in paying exorbitant prices
for granite if the granite could have been
| obtained.
naval cadet appointments.
: Secretary Chandler Distributes the
Prizes Among the Six Years’ Men.
Washington, June 30. —Upon the rec-
I ommendation of the Academic Board of
the Annapolis Naval Academy, Secretary
Chandler has appointed the following
graduates at the conclusion of the six
years course to positions in the navy
and marine corps: J. A. Hoogewerff,
Ensign; R. B. Dashiell, Ensign; Z. C.
Rider, Assistant Engineer: F. E. Sutton,
Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps;
H. K. White, Assistant Engineer; L.
Karrnany, Second Lieutenant in the
Marine Corps; E. E. Caphart, Ensign; 11.
Eldredge, Ensign: C. A. Doyen, C. H.
Lauchheimer and W. H. Stayton, Second
Lieutenants in the Marine Corps;
H. B. Wilson, Ensign; 11. C.
Haynes and J. E. Mahoney, Second
Lieutenants in the United States Marine
: Corps; G. Wikes, Ensign; J. M. White-
I ham, Assistant Engineer; George Barnet
! and F. J. Moses, Lieutenants in the
United States Marine Corps, and J. L.
i Shock, J. 11. Linard and J. J. Woodward,
Assistant Naval Constructors.
The board recommended only nine
I cadets for vacancies in the Marine Corps,
1 and that the remaining vacancy be not
tilled until Naval Cadet W. T. Webster,
; now on duty in a foreign station, shall
have been examined. The vacancy will
he filled by the appointment of Mr.’ Web-
■ ster or C. M. Perkins, the one attaining
! the highest standing on examination re
j ceiving the appointment.
KELLOGG'S PLEA ARGUED.
The Judge Defers His Decision on Ac
count of its Local Effect.
( Washington, June 30.—1 n the Crimi
! nal Court to-day argument was heard
| upon the pleas in abatement entered in
■ the Kellogg case. Col. Bliss, for the gov
j eminent, raised the objection that the
i substance of the pleas was proper matter
i for a motion"to quash and not for a plain
’ abatement. The court seemed disposed
to adopt th is view. Still Mr. Wilson, coun
sel for ex-Senator Kellogg, insisted upon
a ruling upon the pleas as submitted,
I reserving the right to make the same
; matter the ground for a motion to quash.
! Argument was then heard upon the pleas
separately. Especial attention wasgiven
the plea alleging an improper selection of
the grand jury that returned the indict
ment against Ex-Senator Kellogg, and
Messrs. Bliss, Wilson, Shellabarger and
Merrick participated in the argument.
At its conclusion Mr. Wilson asked fora
decision, but upon the statement of As
sistant District Attorney Perry that the
point was of much importance and would
affect other local cases, the court con
tinued the case until Saturday next.
Candidates for Second Lieutenancy.
'Washington, June 30.—The President
| to-day designated the following named
! gentlemen to be appointed Second Lieuten
ants in the army to fill vacancies: Charles
M. Church of New Y ork, Richard B. Pad
: dock of Illinois, Gonzales S. Bingham of
Indiana, Robert W, Wilson of Kansas,
; Richard M. Blateliford of New York, Chas.
P. George of New Hampshire, Benjamin
1 W. Atkins of Missouri, John L. Zelian of
I Kentucky, William H. Johnson, Jr„ of
! Ohio, Sedgwick Rice of Minnesota, John
: A. Perry of Connecticut, Daniel Clarke
of Maryland. The candidates will be re
[ quired to pass a satisfactory examination
before a board to be appom.fad by the Sec
retary, consisting of four cojnmissioned
j otileefH of the army, one of whom is to be
| a medical officer.
General Ingalls’ Successor.
>Vashington, June 30.—C01. Samuel
j B. Holabird, of the Quartermaster Gen-
I oral’s Department, has been recommend
i ed by Secretary Lincoln to the President
i for appointment as Qum-terjiiaster General
to succeed General Ingalls, who will be
| placed on the retired list Monday. The
j appointment will be made as soon ns the
otlice becomes vacant.
Arthur Going to New York.
Washington, June 30, —President Ar
thur will go to New York Monday,
THE COBDEN CLUB’S BANQUET,
Mr. Chamberlain Declares Peace If
Possible, Justice at Any Rate.
London, June 30.—The dinner of the
! Cobden Club took place at Greenwich to
night. M, Clemenceau, the French Re
publican, who bad expected to be pre
; sent, was absent. Mr. Chamberlain,
President of the Board of Trade, pre
! sided. Mr. Chamberlain, in a speech,
I deprecated peace at any price
policy, and insisted upon the wis
dom of not interfering with cases like the
American war. He said that the Radi
cals in England would make the greatest
sacrifices to secure the unity of the Liberal
party. They were willing to yield liberty
of action tor the present, nut not lib
erty of opinion. The Radicals were the
pioneers. Unity of party was undesirable
at tin- price of their silence.
HEAIiY OR MONROE.
The Election in County Monaghan Nip
ami Tuck Between Then*.
London, June 30.—Returns from the
election held in County Monaghan to-day
to fill the vacant seat in the House of
Commons for that county indicate
that Mr. Healy, the Home Rule
candidate, has a decided majority
in half of the election districts,
and iiiat Mr. Monroe, jhe Tory candidate,
has a majority in the ovU.;- half of the
dietriels. Thus the issue will ue y.ery
close. The Liberal candidate. Mr. Pringle,
has no chanv*, of election. The priests
Stronglv supported Mr. Healy. There
was very little excitement. The result of
the voting will be known on Monday.
ENGLANDON THE TONQUIN AVAR
Expressing Her Hope of a Friendly So
lution in a Note to France.
Paris. June 30.— h Temps to-day pub
lished a qualified denial of the statement
that negotiations between France and
China have been broken off, but it admits
that the negotiations so far have been diffi
cult and unfavomble.
Le Xati&nal says that Greet Britain has
addressed to F rance a note in xvtiicii she
expressed the hope that a friendly solu
tion of toe Tonquin difficulty will be
effected,
! Jn the Chamber of Deputies day the
of toe government to re
gard "to the Tonquin difficulty was fixed
for Monday.
A Town in Ashes.
Atchison, Kas., June 30.—A tire at
Cottonwood Falls, in Chase countv yes
terday. consumed twenty buildings.’ in
cluding all the business houses in the
■ town except seven. The loss is sl*o.ooo,
| and tue insurance $15,000.
great hope for the future
is alon<? realized in improved condi
tions of matrimony. What a profound
obligation do? 9 this fact involve* Those
who realize the responsibility can hardly
do better than take advice from Mrs. Ly
dia E. Pinkham, whose wonderful reme
dies for the cure all diseases peculiar to
women are so justly celebrated. Send for
pamphlet.
SQUIRMING IN THE NET.
PROF. HINDS AGAIN EXPOSES
THE FISHERIES FRAUDS.
Sir Stafford Northcote and the British
Government Cognizant of the Falsity
of the Exhibits, But No Corrections
Made—The Northcotes Squarely De
nounced.
Windsor, N. S., June 30. -Professor
Henry A'oule Hind has furnished a long
statement for publication, in which he
says that the notice for the abrogation of
the fishery clauses and Article XXX., of
the treaty of Washington is to be given on
July 1 by the President of the United
I States, in accordance with the recom
mendation of Congress, and that this
action suggests the publicity of such in
formation respecting the matter as may
be conductive to the public interest, and
' that circumstances have occurred in Eng
land which will render the inquiry there
lin unexpectedly interesting aiid ex-
I haustive. Annexed is an address to the
: Right Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote,
I M. P., ami Henry S. Northcote, Esq.,
M. P., in which he’charges that the Rt.
Hon. Sir Stafford 11. Northcote. M. P.,
I being at the time a member of Her Maj
; esty’s Government in the years 1877 anil
I 1878, did accept dishonorable
proceedings previously officially im
• pugned and in part declared false by him
! by the officers ot the government aiid at
tested to all appearance by a subordinate
official witness before an international
, Arbitration Commission, which proceed
ings arose out of the contingent covenant
with the Government of the United States,
to which covenant be was a party in the
year 1871 and that the responsibility for
this act of acceptance rests with Her
Majesty’s Government of 1877 and 1878,
of which he was the leading member.
That Henry S. Northcote, M. P.. did ac
cept known false descriptions and
delineations of the physical characteris
tics of the enormous property in the
transactions involving the sales and
transfer of said property to a vast ex
tent, the alleged value of said propertv
being in part based upon false official anil
other descriptions, and the alleged char
acteristics emanating from the authors
or patrons of the proceedings referred to;
and that both are in a large measure in
dividually and jointly responsible for the
present condition of affairs arising out of
the “Halifax Fishery Frauds” and the
“Northwest Territory Swindles.”
The address is accompanied by affi
davits, in which Mr. Hind charges that in
the spring of 1877, being then en route to
undertake a scientific exploring expedi
tion for the government of New Found
land to the coast of Northern Labrador,
he was summoned by the Canadian Gov
ernment to Ottawa, and instructed to pre
pare to act as a scientific witness on the
part of Her Majesty’s Government, before
the International Fisheries Commission
about to assemble at Halifax; that
shortly after his arrival at Ottawa a
certain alleged exhibition of the Canadian
fisheries were placed in his hands; that
he soon detected enormous differences
between the official records of the Cana
dian Government and said exhibits, al
leged to be taken from said records; that
he pointed out these differences to the
proper officers and subsequently, but be
fore the assembling of the commission at
Halifax, to the British agent in charge of
the British case; that the British agent
assured him that the proper correction had
been made and that the exhibits referred
to were then correct; that near the close
of the proceedings of the commission all
the documents ot the commission were
officially in his hands by the joint < uthor
ity of the agents of the Governments of
Great Britain and the United States; that
he discovered that the differences pre
viously pointed out between the exhibits
in the case of her Majesty’s Government
and the official records from which these
exhibits were alleged to be taken had not
been corrected, as previously stated by
the British agents, but were retained and
made to form part of the case of her Ma
jesty’s Government; also that other and
very material differences from the record
of the Canadian Government had been in
troduced into said case prior to its pre
sentation; that he communicated this dis
covery to the proper Canadian authori
: ties and subsequently to Her Majesty’s
I Government some months before the
i award of the arbitrators was paid by the
I United States without eliciting any re
cognition of the truth of his statement;
that on November, 1878, he went to
England with full proof of the allegations,
having previously notified Her Majesty’s
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of
his intention to submit proofs in person,
but the mission was fruitless. Subse
quently, and in compliance with an in
formal request, he submitted his conclu
sions and proofs to representatives of the
Government of the United States in per
son, and immediately after transmitted to
Iler Majesty’s Secretary of State for For
eign Affair# a correct’account of what
had taken place at said private interview
pertinent to the matter, J’riqr apd sub
sequent to tills action he discovered that
the proceedings connected with the pre
paration of the ease of Her Majesty’s
Government, presented at Halifax, N.
S., in 1877, invoked the perpetration
of the following atrocious and unlawful
acts,
i First, The altering, to an enormous ex
tent, ot the numerical quantities and the
disguising ot the true relation of the fig
ures alleged to be taken from the Cana
dian records of the government, coupled
with the official presentation, under oath,
to the arbitrators at the Halifax Commis
sion of these so altered and disguised
figures in the exhibits purporting to rep
resent the leeofds of the government.
i Second. The prior fabrication and man
i ufacture of alleged records of tjte goyern
i inent and the subsequent official presenUk
| tion, under oath, to said commission of
I these alleged records as exhibits purport
| ing to represent the true records of the
j government.
■'■ Third. The suboyning of 'an official
! witness to testify under uatli aad before
said commission’ to the truth of the afore-
I said altered and fabricated exhibits.
That shortly after the signing of the
treaty of Washington steps were taken—
First, to tamper with the officer or officers
of the United feiatea government, and
among other things to seoute pertain
changes and representations in ilq.
: records in the annual official statements
i of the fJnited States Government relating
: to commerce aijd navigation, and con
cerning the Ssheries ami,Other matters,
! which changes and represehtolioua x.er''
| prejudicial to the interests of the United
States and favorable to Canada in view
ot toe Halifax Fisheries Commission or
other objects. Second, to tamper with or
wink at the proceedings of the officer or
officers of the Canadian Goveinmoi'*
and secure pertain changes and repre
sentations in the annual official state
ment of the Canadian Government relat
ing to trade and navigation concerning
> the fisheries and other matters which
changes and representations were favora
ble to Canada, and prejudicial to the
, United wiafes in view of the Halifax
, Fisheries Comuussiini, or other objects.
ARCHBISHOP PURCELL BETTER
His Condition Very Critical, |,ut a
Slight Improvement Noticed*
Cincinnati. June 30. —The following
’ telegram from St. Martin's, Ohio, was
received this morning. It was written at
1 the epflyent after midnight, and brought
' by a messehgiU jo ( too nearest telegraph
. station: “Archbishop is very
low at this hour. There is an extension
■ of paralysis to the right side. He has
lost his He will hardly recover,
but we still ding io s .toi’ hope.”
The following special teiegran; to the
Associated Press was feeerved at 0:30
! o’clock this c.vening:
“Bf. Martin's Com kyt, June 30. 5 r.
i M. —Archbishop Fiirsell is mueu Letter
> but not out of danger. »
■•J. F. Callaghan.”
Bishop Elder has been telegraphep for
at Baltimore, and is expected here to
‘ night.
Jfot a Sledge Hammer'* Victim.
■ Richmond, U- , June :>o.—There is no
foundation for the reptr,. ygleifapheil
' hence on the 25th inst., that Col. B. L.
■ Farrinholt. of Essex county. Virginia-,
was killed by a blacksmith in that county
with a sledge uauißJ er - letter has been
here froin col Farrinholt jjepre
(.■atiim the publication of toe item. The
' '‘otoaiiou wa* ypeeived from a highly
r.‘si»P<-t >h? “hJ&ii’iUß Os King Hiiliam
audit was
authentic.
The Glass Workers.
Pittsburg, Pa.. June 30.—The window
glass workers will eease tyork to-night
for their regular summer shut down of
two months. The flint glass workers,
with the exception of one or two houses,
will stop at the same time tor a period of
six weeks. According to a resolution
adopted last Saturday, the glass houses
i at Steubenville, Bellaire, Wheeling and
other points, will close down at the same
' fime.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 1. 1883.
HUSSEY AND THE GOVERNOR.
The Case Under Consideration. But Not
Decided.
Atlanta. Ga., June 30.—Owing to a
press of official duties, the sudden sick
ness of Secretary Palmer, anff the ab
sence of Secretary Harrison. Governor
McDaniel has been very busy to-day and
was compelled to give up going home.
In connection with Attorney General
Anderson he has given the case of Jules
Soule a full investigation, and although a
young wife and child appealed to him,
backed by the Solicitor General and other
influential parties, he this afternoon re
fused a pardon. He has also, with Attor
ney Geneial Anderson, commenced an in
vestigation of the Hussey case, but will
suspend action until Thursday, in re
sponse to a telegram from Senator Mel
drim.
The good people of Savannah
should be slow to condemn Gover
nor McDaniel, as he does not pro
pose to be influenced by any man's
appeals in regard to pardons.’ There
must be in the case itself some just cause
for executive clemency, or it w’ill be with
held, though asked for by the President
himself. But Governor McDaniel be
lieves that he has no right to refuse a
suspension necessary to an invest!,
gation of a case, and the poorest man
and humblest woman will have
the same attention in such matters that
he would give the most distinguished
citizen of Georgia, if in any case new
evidence has come to light and justice
demands clemency, he will grant it with
out regard to petitioners or political influ
ences.
In the Hussey case he may be trusted
to act wisely and well, and in such a man
ner as to uphold the majesty of the law
and vindicate its proper enforcement.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
shipped twenty-six car loads of water
melons to-day, eleven going to Cincinnati.
The nights are cool and there is a slow
sale for all kinds of melons.
AN UMPIRE IN DANGER.
Police Protecting Him on His Way from
the Boston Ball Grounds to his Hotel.
Boston, June 30.—The base ball game
to-day, between the Boston and Provi
dence nines was marked by a lively oppo
sition to Umpire H. M. Decker, of Brad
ford, I’a.
The crowd was very impartial, how
ever, and his decisions were greeted with
hisses whether in favor of the home or
visiting nine. It was manifest that be
was not guided by prejudice, and the gen
eral opinion was that he meant well, but
did not know. The animosity of 5,000
spectators were aroused against him, and
it was thought necessary to furnish him
with police protection after the game, and
he was escorted from the ground to his
hotel by three policemen. It is stated
that a number of clubs have applied for
his removal.
New York, June 30.—A base ball game
between the Yale and Harvard College
nines here to-day was postponed at the
beginning of the fifth mning On account
of rain. The scores stood: Yales 2; Har
vard s 1.
AVashington, June 30.—Games of
base ball were played to-day as follows:
At Boston—Bostons 3; Providences 2.
At Detroit—Clevelands 6; Detroits 3.
At Chicago—Buffalos 7; Chicagos 8.
At Cincinnati—Metropolitans 9; Cin
cinnatis 4.
At Louisville—Alleghenys 7, Eclipses
At Philadelphia—Philadelphias 6, New
Yorks 8,
At Columbus—Columbus 5, Baltimores
8.
. At St. Louis—St. Louis 2, Athletics 7.
END OF THE MEET.
The Sheepshead Bay Races Ended in
the Mud and Kain.
SHEepshe ad Ba Y, June 30.—The spring
meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club
was concluded to-day. The attendance
was large, but the weather was showery
and the track was in poor shape.
First Race—Five-eighths of a mile.
It was won by Swift by three lengths,
with Hickory Jim second and Measle
third. The time was 1:03%.
Secon d Race—Handicap sweepstakes:
one and a quarter miles. It was won by
Barnum by a head, Capias was second,
and Nettle third, The time was 2:13.
Third Race Great two-year-old sell
ing sweepstakes; three-quarters of a mile.
It was won by Equipoise easily, with
Blossom second and Folly third. The time
was 18%.
Fourth Race—Seaboard stakes; one
and three-eighths miles. It was won by
Barnes very easily,with Empress second,
and Renegade third 'fhe time was 2:27,
Fifth Race—For stirrup cup; 2%
miles. It was won by Eole by six
lengths, with Volusia second and Com
pensation third. The time was 3:50.
Sixth Race—Brooklyn steeplechase
oyer a full course. It was won by Belle
of the North, with Jim McGowan sec
ond and Captain <iork third. The time
was 5 ;34,
CROOK BOUND TO WASHINGTON.
The General Still Confident of Charlie
McComas’ Return.
Albuquerque, N. M., June 30.—Gen.
Crook arrived here last evening. He will
proceed to YVashiiigtSp Jlfect, accom
panied by Capt. John Burke, ot his staff.
The bucks had not returned to San Car
los reservation when he left Prescott.
Gen. Crook is positive that they will
bring in little Charlie -McComas if‘he is
still alive.
Helena, Mont., June 30.—The follow
ing f6logram has been received from Fort
Assiniboine s ' “4bout |QO lodges of
Crees are preparing to move South, under
the leadership of Little Pine, ostensibly
for the purpose ol hunting buffaloes, but
in reality to steal horses and commit
other depredations in Montana. Colonel
Ilglis will intercept them and see that
their sojourn on this side of the line is
short.
Crook's Policy Recommended.
Washington, June 30.—N0 informa
tion has been received at the War Depart
ment relative to the report that some of
the (topturej jChiricahuas are again n the
warpath.
A telegram has been received at the
Department from Gen. Schofield in which
he urgently recommends the adoption of
the policy of Gen. Crook toward the cap
tured IndiahsVantl that toey be left in his
charge.
IN COLLISION ON A SWITCH.
Tne Engineers of the Two Trains Blam
ing Ea<li Other for tbe Accident.
Hartfqrd, Conn., June JQ. —The
down express as 1:22 o’clock this after
noon on the Consolidated Railroad came
in collision with the outgoing way train
on the New York and New England Road,
between Tunnel and Avon street, in this
pity The engines and tenders of both
trains wert ikrewn off the track,
and also the' baggage cai of
the New York and New England
and two wheels ot the postal par on the
Consolidated Road. The engines on both
roads were smashed to pieces, the crash
being heard nearly half of a mile awav.
Several ladies hapjM?ned to be in tile
smoking car of the Consolidated train ans
half a dozen were hurt, as were also En
gineer Mitchell,of the New England Road,
and twovi three brakesmen Mrs. George
Parks. of New’ ~Yorg, u;ui uer
jaw broken, while the others were
less seriously hurt. The injured were
promptly attended to. Engineer Hinckley,
of the Consolidated Road, claims that the
signals were all right >nd that he had the
right of way, whfle Engineer jaiicueii
claims that the other train was three
miuuU. ijte,- :”id that the signals were
lor bis train IQ go through. The accident
happened at the switching place ivjitre
the roads c<ro»a obliquely.
Return of the Coutiueutais,
Baltimore. June 30.—The Continental
Guards, of New Orleans, arrived at
noon to-day. and were escorted from the
Union Depot by three companies of the
Fifth Maryland Regiment *o toe armory
of the regiment, -where a reception took
plane, after vtoleh the visitors were
escorted to the uarTC"!?" rlotel -
The Guards gave an exhibition drill to
night. I‘here va# a tableaux of''evo
lutionary scenes at the Academy ot Music
to-night Ihe drill was attended by a
small audience, including some ladies.
Many Hands Made Idle.
Reading. Pa.. June 30.—At the close
of work in the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad shops this evening over one
hundred machinists, twenty blacksmiths
and their helpers, one hundred and
fifty hands in all, were indehnuely jus.
pended on account of the scarcity of work-.
This is the largest suspension made at
these shops for years. Heretofore the
hantos were only suspended in small num
-1 bers in alternate weeks.
TRADE DOLLARS REFUSED.
BANKS. CITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
IN THE AVAR.
The Shining Cheat to be Driven Out of
Circulation Washington, Philadel
phia, Buffalo and Many Other Cities
in the Ranks—Notices Posted in Every
Public Place.
Trenton, N. J., June 30. —Great ex
citement exists over the war on the trade
dollar here. A number of dry goods mer
chants came out in placards to-day an
nouncing that on and after to-day they
would not be received. Others announced
that on and after Monday the objection
able coin will not be taken.
Philadelphia, June 30.—Every bank
in the city has closed down upon trade
dollars. In many orders against its ac
ceptance was given out yesterday. In
others it was issued this morning. The
coin is not accepted at a discount by the
banks, but is absolutely refused. Both
the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Companies have issued
orders to all agencies and offices, direct
ing them to refuse to accept the coin.
Most of the city and countv offices were
still receiving the trade dollars this
morning, but were waiting in momentary
expectation of the order of the City Trea
surer forbidding them to accept tiie coin.
In the office of the Register of Wills,
notice that no trade dollars will be re
ceived is posted in a conspicuous place.
Private business houses which are still
accepting trade dollars, are doing so verv
reluctantly.
City Treasurer Irvine this afternoon
notified the receiver of taxes not to re
ceive the dollars hereafter, and the famil
iar sign “no trade dollars received here”
was displayed in the offices. Mr. Irvine
says that a number of the banks have
refused to receive trade dollars in large
quantities, and as he is averse to storing
them in the treasury vault is forced to
take this course. He has sent no notice,
however, to the other departments, at
which many is received.
Washington, June 30.—The banks
here do not take trade dollars, but busi
ness houses have not as vet refused to
take them.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 30.—A1l the
banks, telegraph offices and a large num
ber of tradesmen in this city posted no
tices to-day refusing to take trade dollars.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 30.—The re
jection ot the trade dollar began here this
morning, and by noon every business man
and bank had notices posted that but 85
cents would be allowed for them. This
action caused general talk and much dis
satisfaction among the working classes,
several thousand dollars having been paid
out in trade dollars at the mills to-day.
As the result many families could not
provide themselves with edibles except
by sacrificing their earnings.
A QUESTION OF COURTS.
An Interesting Decision Handed Down
in West Virginia.
Wheeling, W. Va., June 30.—An im
portant decision was rendered in the Su
preme Court of this State to-day involv
ing the question of States rights. The
case grew out of the death of John White,
who was killed on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad in 1881, and whose admin
istration sued the company for $1,500
damages jn the Circuit Court of Green
brier county. In the succeeding term of
the court the counsel for the Chesapeake
and Ohio Company made a motion to
transfer the case to the United States Dis
trict Court, The motion was resisted by the
plaintiff, and the court decided the case
not removable on the ground that the mo
tion should have been made at the term
before. At the following term it was re
lated that the case had been tried in the
United States Court and could not be
heard in the Greenbrier County Court.
Judge Holt decided that the case could
not be heard. A short time afterward ap
plication was made to the Supreme Court
for a mandamus compelling the Circuit
Judge to hear the case. In the meantime j
Judge Jackson, of the United States
Court, issued an order restraining I
the administrator from prosecuting his !
claim in the Supreme Court of this State. |
Shortly after, a trial was had in the Uni- '
ted States court and a non-suit was en- !
tered. I'he opinion of the State Supreme |
Court is that the case was not a reason- |
able one, and a peremptory mandamus ;
has been issued, compelling the Circuit ■
Judge to proceed with the trial of the |
case.
KIDNAPPING AT SEA.
A Boat’s Crew and Passengers Stolen
by a Dutch Ship.
Borton Special, 28th.
Captain Harding, of the brig Aristos,
from Fayal, states on the 16th inst., lati
tude 42, longitude 63.30, being short of
provisions, he sighted a Dutch ship, and
dispatched a boat containing the
first mate, two seamen and
three passengers to the ship to
obtain a supply of food. Shortly
afterward the wind increased to a strong
breeze, when the Captain was astonished
to observe the ship put about and steer
away on her course, carrying off the
boat's crew and the passengers. Captain
Harding kept company with the ship un
til the next day, when she passed out of
sight, bpt he copld not get near enough to
ascertain her name or destination. She
liore west-southwest, and was probably
bound for New Yoj k.
I.ast Rites to the Dying.
Paris, June 30.—1 n the Chamber of
Deputies to-day, M. Boynger, of the left
centre, reproached the government for
its Jacobinism in depriving the poor
the last ponsblatiojj of religion by abol
ishing the position of hospital chaplain.
M. Walarek Rosseau, Minister of the
Interior, defended the legality of the gov
ernment’s course, and said that if a
change should be found necessary it
would be made.
M. Boynger moved the abolition of at
taCks'Oii liberty ot conscience, The mo*
tion was rejected by a vote of 136 to 120.
Dakota’s Victorious Marquis.
Mandan, Dakota, June 30.—The night
train from Little Missouri brought the
Marquis Demeres, who had a tight with a
mob at his ranch laef Tuesday; The
Coroner's Verdict in the inquest on the
body of Luffley, who was killed, was that
he met his deat h at the hands of the Count
Qeffieres an I his two i}- { ejj They will be
brought before Justiiie t olemifn ’’for a
hearing. Public sentiment is entirely
against the desperadoes. The Marquis
left his premises in charge of armed men,
as threats of burning them hail been
made
A Farewell to Judah F. Benjamin.
London, Jqne 30.—A farewell banquet
was given to-night to Judah P, Benjamin.
Two hundred guests were present, inclu
ding Lord Selborne, Lord High Chancel
lor. Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice,
and Sir Henry James, Attorney General.
The last named feelingly toasted Mr. Ben
jamin. Mr. Beniamin, in response, said
that since pe had come io i-iiglanu to re
pair his shattered fortunes, lost in an hon
orable cause in America, he had met with
universal kindness and help,
Five Yearn In Jail for Phlppn.
Philadelphia, Pa., June 30.—Major
Ellis Phipps, ex-Superintendent of the
Philadelphia Almshouse, recently con
victed of forgery, was sentenced this
afternoon to tive years imprisonment in
the county prison, it, separate and soli
tary confinement and hard labor. An ap
peal to the Supreme Court will be taken
at its session in November.
Weather Indicatlonn.
OrPlviS ClilKF bIGNAL OBSERVER,
Washington, D.C., June M—lndications
for Sunday: ’
In the South Atlantic States, partly
clouqy wcatkei, ip ;iie north
ern portions, westerly winds, shifting to
north and east, in the northern portion,
and stationary or lower temperature and
higher barometer.
Claflin’s Attachment Dissolved.
Columbia, S. C.. June 30. Tbe attach
meat cf o, p. Glanin * vo„ of New York,
against the large dry goods house of C.
Bouknight, “Executor,” & Co., whose
failure was annouuced, last week, was
dissolved yesterday by Judge Frazier, of
the Circuit Court, by consent of both par
ties. The Louse resumed
morning
Reducing the Public. Debt
Washington, June 30. The estimated
decrease in the public debt for June will
amount to about $17,500,000. This would
make the total reduction in the debt for
the fiscal vear ended to-dav shoutin'
225.050. ’ '
Ywesq: House* Bumsd m One Town
. London, June 30.—The fire at Aix la
C hapelle yesterday destroyed twenty
I houses and the roof and towers of the
town hail.
COMMEXCEMEXTS IN MACON.
Jack Plane Describes the Closing Ex
ercises of Each School.
Macon, June 29.—As an educational
centre Macon has but few superiors in
the South. Outside of our admirable pub
lic school system, we have two male and
; two female colleges, and the “Alexander
| Free School,” which afford the most am
: pie facilities to secure a finished educa
tion. Absence from the city, and indispo
sition since my return, have deprived me
of attending upon the various commence
ment occasions.
PIO NONO.
The closing exercises of this capital in
stitution took place on the 19th inst. As
its name indicates, it is under the super
vision of the Catholic Church, although
many Protestants send their
children there. The exercises were |
varied and interesting. They closed with I
a fine presentation of a drama and a ban- j
quet in the college building. The distance '
being about two miles from the city, kept I
many away who otherwise would have j
been in their seats. The past session had |
been a successful one. and Father Me- •
Nallv has proven himself admirably fitted |
for the responsible trust committed to him .
as President. He has been ably assisted ■
by that most genial and accomplished j
gentleman. Dr. Semmes. as well as bv
other members of the faculty. Bishop ■
Gross gave cheering words of encourage
ment, aud his advice to the students was
timely and good to edification. It was a
delightful occasion throughout, and will
be remembered with pleasure bv those I
who participated in it.
MT. DE SALES.
On the night of the 20th the students of \
this well-ordered and admirably managed ;
school gave their final exhibition, which
was reported to have equaled anything
ever given in the college chapel. A num
ber ot visiting Catholic clergymen were
present; also Bishop Gross, who made a
very earnest and touching address, closing
with bestowing his blessing upon the
good Sisters and the institution over
which they preside.
THE ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND.
This State institution closed up their
exercises with a grand concert, Friday
night, which was well attended. The ef
forts of Principal Williams and Profs.
Czurda and Coley to interest
the audience were eminently
successful. These poor unfortunates,
“wrapt in darkness most profound,”
always awakens sympathy and arouses a
degree of gratitude in the breasts of the
more fortunate audience. The remarkable
skill with which they handle musical in
struments and the wonderful develop
ment and tenacity of memory manifested
on the part of the youngest even creates
surprise and astonishment. The school
has been prosperous during the last year,
although there was an epidemic of measles
among the pupils. They acquitted them
selves well, and all have returned home
for the vacation. This is one of the great
charities of the State that appeals to the
benevolence of our law-makers with an
eloquence most powerful and convincing.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
The commencement exercises of this
grand old institution began with a sermon
on last Sunday by Dr. McDonald, of the
Second Baptist Church, in Atlanta,which
was both able and entertaining. On Mon
day night at Masonic Hall the Sopho
mores gave their annual exhibition in
declamation. The medals for English
composition were awarded by Dr. J. J. I
Brantly, Prof, of Belles Lettres, in an ad
dress as chaste and pure as the language I
was capable of. No man in the country !
writes or speaks the English purer than |
Dr. Brantly. In the senior class Mr. E. j
F. Hinton, son of Dr. J. W. Hinton, a |
Methodist minister, received the medal.
The junior medal was awarded to Mr. E. j
H. George, of Madison, Ga.
On Tuesday the great attraction was the I
address of Hon. J. C. C. Black, of Augusta,
before the literary societies. Mr. Black is
one of the brainest young men of Georgia,
and comes nearer measuring up to the
lamented Hill’s standard of oratory than
any man in the South. His subject was
“Aspiration of the Age, Toward Honor
able and Useful Endeavor.” Many pas
sages of surpassing beauty and" force
thrilled the audience beyond’ control. No
passage met a heartier approval, or more
charming in its delivery, than that of
fidelity to the right. It was a magnificent
address throughout.
The address of prof. E. A. Steed, before
the alumni, was beyond description. The
professor is a wit as well as a philosopher,
and over the shoulders of the seniors
before him, he put in some of the finest
strokes at the popular vice and sin of the
day than was ever given. These home
thrusts were so good humoredly given i
that the audience M ere kept in a continual '
laugh.
The junior exhibition came off on Tues
day night, and was very entertaining.
The sophomore medals were delivered by
Rev. S. P. Calloway, of LaGrange, to Mr.
Edward Swift, of Columbus, first, and
the second to Mr. Fraqk Hooper, of Ran
dolph county.
The closing exercises came off Wednes
day morning, with orations by the gradu
ating class, twelve in number—three
were excused. Mr. C. C. Cox, of La-
Grange, bore off the first honor, and
Thomae 11. Northern, of Hancock county,
the second honor. The essays were in
the main above the average, and their de
livery was admirable.
President Battle conferred on Mr. C. C.
Con the Itddgers medal, which was
awarded to that student who came nearest
up to the ideal pupil in the minds of the
faculty. Dr. Battle was very happy in
the presentation, and used the initials of
the young man’s name to state the main
characteristics of the ideal student
capacity, culture, character. '
This was the' semi-centennial of Mercer
University, and Dr. S. G. Hillyer delivered
an address full of historical interest bear- i
ing upon this subject, This closed the
commencement exercises proper. There
was a gathering at night of the senior
class, and certain exercises were indulged
in by the boys which seemed highly en
tertaining to the large audience.
Among qther celelu Lieu u, attendance !
were Gbv. H. 1). McDaniel and his ven- |
enable father. Isa O. McDaniel, Hon. Mark
A. Cooper and Mr. Jesse Campbell. The I
meeting of the Board of Trustees was I
very harmonious, and what se»med be
a dilemna jg the beginning was
readily adjusted. Dr. Battle, the able
President had deemed it proper to resign
his position, and the Trustees were
troubled to know who to put in ljs place
Tliere vyeVe a ;eiy m,mbe t . of trus
tecs and ajtcr due consideration
they resolved to induce Dr. Battle to with
draw his resignation. The whole ques
tion was put so conclusively before the
Doctor that he at once surrendered his
own judgment to that of his brethren and
de.-i.1e.l to remain at the head of trie in
stitution: 'ibis ’M’aS’ received" with
great pleasure upon the part of the citi
zens of Manon, regardless of denomina
tional tines, and everybody is gratified
that Dr. Battle is to remain in Macon.
If any have ever doubted his fitness for
the Presidency of Mercer surely the
doubts were removed bv the eyuelleney
of scholarship ami bieadth of culture
manifested at the kite Commencement.
Dr. Ryals, of UrtersviUe', was
elected Rrqfes.or of Theology, with a sal
ary of si.soo. Mels a line scholar and a
capital preacher, He will remove to Ma
con this fall. Dr. A. B. Campbell, the
agent, will also remove his family to Ma
con soon. Thus one of the most "pleasant !
and entertaining commencement exer
cises ever held by this venerable ipgfitu- !
tion closed gi..i e ( ei : youdy lias gone their ’
way, M e have one more commencement
to come, the W esleyan Female College.
The exercises open on next Thursday
night. . Jack Plane, i
Stro>‘»'.»p a AtnfUittai
MoN iGOMHitY,' Ala.. June 30.—The i
fact that Paul Strobach, United States
Marshal for this district, has iu&t'been
triumphantly acquitted of charges
hrdogpi unaccountably failed I
to reach the press of the country. The
trial excited great Interest here, a’nd the
acquittal was a gratifying \ indicate—
the Marshal. ’ ’ ‘
Taking Un JLe,. Uvd.
PuMiiuKXt'E. It. L, June 30. —Senator
Anthony has so far recovered as to be
able to leave this afternoon for the Oak
land Beach Hotel, at Warwick.
Berlin, June 30.—The health of
Bismarck continues to improve. Th*
jaundice from v.uicn he has been suffer
ing has almost disappeared.
Sfiock’.K
W .tfitiMmune 30,—1t is under
stood that Chief Engineer Charles H.
Loring will be appointed Chief of the
Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Naw I
Department to succ«-i -
- - .mmouore Wil-
liam ii. Shock, recently retired.
Taylor’s Statue on Hand.
Louisville, Kv., June 30.—Tne statue
of the late President, Gen. Zaehary Tay
lor. arrived to-day from Larrara.ltaly. It
will be unveiled as soon as it is placed in
1 the cemetery.
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
A CLIMATE MOKE CHANGEABLE
THAN A WOMAN.
Columbia College Carelessness —The
Masher and Tramp Pests—A Remin
iscence of the Draft Riots—Caterpil
lars in the Parks—The Trees Stripped
ot their Foliage.
New York, June 28. —Like General
; Stanley’s daughters in the “Pirates of
Penzance,” I like to talk about the
weather, and the chameleon like climate
of this city renders it always a fruitful
subject. Yesterday, for example, was
so wet and cool that after nightfall light
top coats were in quite general use. while
to day, although the mercury has not yet
reached a very high altitude. it is so hot
and sultry that one would, if he could,
follow Sidney Smith’s suggestion, and. di
vesting himself of his too. too solid flesh,
sit in his house. It is fortunate that
Strauss' opera of “Prince Methusalem,”
which made a hit at the Cosmopolitan
last evening, is performed in a theatre
which can la* almost unroofed. Were it
not so, its audience to-night would be so
small as to be unworthy of such a mer
itorious performance.
I heard of an incident the other dav
which shows that classical scholars are
sometimes poor bookkeepers. The son of
a well known New Yorker had gone to
New London to see the Columbia-Harvard
race, feeling satisfied that he had success
fully passed the examinations terminating
the Freshman year at the first named col
lege, when his father received a notifica
tion. signed by President Barnard, declar
ing that the youth was deficient in every
study but one. You can imagine the
weeping and wailing, and gnashing of
teeth, which racked the bosom of this
gilded young man’s family, until,
the next morning, the astounded father
called on the Secretary of the Col
lege, and, almost before he could explain
his errand, had the notification torn to
pieces before his face, and was told that
it was a mistake. It seemed that the
marks of a fellow who was deficient had
been stupidly accorded to the successful
youth, with the result that an entire fam
ily was temporarily plunged into as much
misery as people possessing an income of
$15,000 a year can very well suffer.
No conspicuous instance has occurred
lately of a woman being insulted by one
of those creatures who are vulgarly
known as “mushers,” but with ranks but
little depleted by the advent of summer,
the odious beings may be seen ogling and
leering at the female passers-bv on all the
popular promenades. It "has long
been the fact that a young woman,
however modest she may be in appear
ance and walk unattend
ed in the streets Th New York without j
being spoken to by some conceited cad—
to use the expressive English synonym
for all that is vulgar and low. This fact
is so well recognized that all young wo- I
men, whether married or single, who have !
maids, never walk out unaccompanied by j
them as escorts, and maidless voting wo- |
men who do not wish to be insulted are |
careful to secure the attendance of an I
elderly relative on their shopping excur- i
sions. Self-reliant girls who, depending
on their own resources, do not take this
precaution, are apt to discomfit a masher
should he attempt to ply his trade on
them.
A pretty married acquaintance ot mine j
was persistently followed by one of the j
tribe not long ago to the very door of her
house in Twenty-first street, near the
Union Club, She made no reply to his
admiring remarks until she reached the
house, when, turning with a benevolent
air towards him, she said in compassion- j
ate tones. “Poor man, if vou wait a mo- I
ment, I will send a servant to take you j
home, you are not fit to be out alone.”
The poor man did not wait.
Corporeal punishment, too, sometimes i
overtakes the masher when the object of j
his persecution opportunely meets a male |
friend, or appeals to a stranger who is a
muscular Samaritan enough to give him I
the thrashing he deserves,"but poetic jus- |
tice is comparatively seldom met with in I
real life, and a modest woman, whether ■
accompanied by a maid or not, will go a
block out of her way rather than pass the
hotels and clubs frequented bv the mash
ers.
Tramps, like rich people, tire supposed
to shake the dust of tne city from their
feet in the summer and flee into the coun
try, but this year seems to afford an ex
ception to the rule. At any rate, there
are so many left that those who have
gone away are not missed. Wherever
you go they beset you at every turn, and j
ask you to “fepare a cent, Boss.” Some- |
times they are not so moderate. I met a ;
burly fellow the other night, who had the |
impudence to say that he came from Geor- :
gia, although he had nothing of what Yan- i
kees call the Southern accent. lie wanted ,
to borrow twenty-five cents, and told me '
that it I would give him mv name
and address, he would repay the loan
within 48 hours!
So much lias thoughtless and indis
criminate charity increased the evil of
professional begging that the “Sheltering ■
Arms,” a wisely conducted charitable in
stitution, in a little paper which it pub
lishes, keep standing a prohibition
against giving money to beggars without
first verifying their stories. Nor is food
to be given unless if i§ td be paten before
the giyertg eyes f
The only tramps whose antecedents I
know are tramps through their own
fault. One is a Frenchman who formerly
taught the politest of languages to a sister
of Prof. Chandler. The other L ;> news- I
paper man who si- ygajs figb was earn
ing it I(M> a week 1 . Drink made them tramp.
One of the local papers last week gave
accounts ot Harry Hill and other sporting i
men, among whom was ipcl.ideu "the de- ;
cidedly disreputable Owen, or “Ownev” |
Geogehan, Nearly all claimed to be
moral and law abiding citizens, but the
last named, who has just served a term on
Blackwell’s Island, for violation of the
excise law 2 made himself f.un.mchoMs by
his (luulai-utibus that he Was ’* ■
teetotaler, and had never carr-a ( j a n i st ol’
I propose to add to Mr. Gw’e.
nau S Lography, which conflicts with his
disclaimer as to carrying weapons. Dur
ing the draft riots ip 1863, a friend of
mine saw Geogehan rush out from his
saloon, which was then at the corner of i
I bird avenue and Twenty-second street, !
armed with a carmne that had been j
stolen from oqe o.f the armories by I
the ymleiK. a company of
the reserves of the Seventh '
regiment was marchiugdown the avenue,
company front, so that its ranks extend. '
ed from curb to curb. Following the >
militiamen until he was wißpn 130 feet, 1
Geogehan dropped op uqe knee and took 1
deliberate aim their backs. Despite
the breadth of his target, and the good
will with which he aimed, be missed his
mark, and was forced to take refuge in
his saloon without having shed blowl. i
TV hen I asked my friend why he did not
send his reminiscence to the paper pub
lishing Geogehan’s biography , L,e replied
that be di<l not care to risk being shot
by the person interested. Coupnent is
needless.
I gushed considerably tn my last letter
over the beauty of Gramercy Park. Alas!
its glory for this summer is fast depart
ing. Caterpillars have divested a number
of the trees of their foliage, and fallen
leaves thus early give the lawn the ap
pearanee of autumn. The Ehgßsv. spar
rows, which were iiapGrtetT w>" drive >
away the desyroyer^,.hre apparently more
trienuFj' than hostile to them; and the
caterpillara-have actually been allowed to
take i>eaceable possession of the little
houses which were placed in the ior
the benefit of the >■>*••l6 .iltiiough they
have failed 'c. e~pel (fie caterpillars, the
-pm rows have long since driven' away the
singing birds from the park. re fortu
nate than Grameroy. other parks,
with the exception ot the city Hull, are '
more ftee umial from the
foliage peM.
Prince, the Bicycle Champion.
" ASBiYR—on, June ;! o.—ln the five
mile championship Ucvcte race here to
day, between J,ohn 8. Prince, the -gfaam- :
pioß Os America, and H. M', Hignam, the
champion of England, Prince won in
18 minutes ai.d 47% seconds. Higham’s
time was 18 minutes and 48% seconds.
Louise Michel’s
Paris, June 30.—When Louise Michel
was'eonvidted and sentenced last week
for pillage during the riot here, two of her
accomplices, natfied 'fhiery and Goujet,
■Here aliu condemned, in default, Goujet
has since surrendered himseli to t'fie
authorities.
, Kogers Dead.
Galveston, June 30. —A Jefferson dis
patch announces the death of Mrs. Rotters,
the victim in the recent rape case for
which two negroes were lynched. The
woman was in a delicate condition at the
time of the assault, and a premature birth
occasioned her death.
A new Llama lace of very tine quality is
coming into use for black lace txmnets,
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS.
STATE LAND AT STAKE.
Rumors Which are Afloat Concerning
} the Indian Spring Reservation.
Indian Spring, June 27.—Lingering
here tor a few days, to receive benefit from
‘ the water, 1 have discovered that there
is a disposition on the part of some of the
people to sell the State’s reservation at
, this point. It is known that the State of
Georgia reserved ten acres of ground.
1 this celebrated spring to l»e the centre.
It has quietly remained the property of
the State, and everybody has had "free
access to the water." Parties purchased
land all around, and built up hotels and
other improvements, and for over 50 years,
this water has been fret l to every citizen
of the State. The land belonging to the
State has been leased by Drs. Whitehead
and Bryant, and the water after leaving
the spring Ims been utilized tor bathing
purposes. 1 presume, because of the
| meagreness of patronage for several years
past, things have been neglected, and a
1 general appearance of dilapidation is aj>-
parent all over the village. Aside from
the new bridge across Sandy Greek, and
the plank walkway from the Elder House,
nothing has been accomplished during the
last decade in tbe wav of repairing or re
painting. The walks are fearfully washed,
ami the streets are full of gullies, so that
an invalid is compelled to take the general
■ highway, both for safety and comfort.
The largest hotel the Mclntosh House)
was burned early this year* and is now a
heap of ruins. The Varner House, while
it is excellently ,kept, is a building of I
titty years standing. The building was
| a splendid one in its day, but it has none
of tbe modern hotel improvements. So
I also with the main building of the Elder
House. It was constructed according to
ideas of comfort thirty-five years ago, but
does not meet present" emergencies. This
i much is said to get another point. These
i parties will not rebuild according to
! modern plans as long as the idea is held
out that the State will sell her inten*st
here, for if it is'sold it will go into the
hands of private parties, who will hold
exclusive right to the spring, and the
guests of the Varner and Elder Houses
will be deprived of the free access to the
water. Therefore, so long as this ques
tion of sale is agitated, there will be no
improvements in hotel buildings, and the
crowds will naturally drift awav.
A prominent member of the Georgia
Senate was here a short time ago, getting
the corners and lines of the State proper
ty. It is said that a bill will lie intro
duced during the coming Julv session
authorizing the sale of this property. It
is also whispered that an Atlanta syndi
cate are in the field for it, and if successtul
will erect a handsome hotel on the hill
immediately above the spring. Another
rumor lias it that an inebriate asylum will
be established here, and a bill will be in
troduced into the Legislature to that es
, feet. Just what will become of it is now
i hard to determine.
The crowd continues to increase, and
a good season is anticipated. S. L.
DRIFT FROM DARIEN.
j The Advent of Twenty Rafts and Other
News in the Town.
Darien, June 29.—Over twenty rafts
I came in the first of the week, the largest
drift of timbef in some time.
During that severe thunder storm on
Friday last it is told us that a boy sitting
by the fire place, in a house on Butler’s
Island, was struck and the skin taken ofl
in a riband from his head to his heels.
On Saturday, to the regret of his friends
■ and the citizens generally, Mr. Gignilliat
j was not well enough to deliver that ad
dress, nor did he recover in time to fulfill
his engagement at Brunswick—a disap
pointment, both to our Agricultural So
ciety, and to the Masonic fraternity of
Glynn and Mclntosh.
People are staying in town rather late, I
j if coming out at all, though the constant !
rams of the past fortnight have kept the
, atmosphere so pleasant that fear of the
rice fields seems to be forgotten.
The “Athletics,” formerly the “Altama
has,” of the Ridge, met the “Atlantic*,”
of Darien, in a match game in town on j
j Wednesday, and played the first of the
proposed series «f five for the county
| championship. The “Atlantics” were
i victorious, the score being 34 to 20,
They have, of course, challenged the
McCulloughs, of Brunswick, and will plav
them July telh, probably on the Ridge. "
I'he Baptist preacher told his congrega
tion, on Sunday last, that James was
willing to die, and yesterday they were i
singing and praying in jail all day. It
is a dull day, cloudy overhead, with the '
breeze that precede rain, rising now and
again. r. g. Bi
Spain on the Sugar Question.
Dispatches a few days ago represented
| that Spaniards and Cubans, alarmed and
I jealous over the treaty of commerce be
tween the Ruited States and Mexico, are ;
! now disposed to make large concessions, I
especially in Cuban tariffs, with a view ,
<>f obtaining lower duties on sugar, mo ■
' lasses anfi coffee. If the American Con- >
■ gress should have the slightest disposition
to reduce the tariff on Cuban imports,
Spain would yield a treaty of commerce,
in deference to public opinion in her colo- !
nies, in favor of closer trade relations
.with America.
The sudden conversion of a nation from i
its £uba-squeezing policy, remarks the i
New Orleans is proof that *
Spain knows more aliout Mexico’s sugar
producing powers than we do, and is, for
the first time in her life, thoroughly fright
ened commercially.
General Grant’s assertions would make i
an ignorant man think that Mexican reci
procity is not « AGiiroe of any possible .
danger 0 Louisiana suirar planters; and
, if not to us, how could it be to Cuba?
Spain keeps a standing army of ‘
< men (peace basis) in 0P island. They
have forced up ins sugar product from
1., .2!<shl< ai robas in |K«i to 41,418,411
arrubas in 18G2. The Annual < vdopadiu
for 1881 says that in the Cuban budget
A? 79 . the rece *pts were tawmated at 1
$•>0,132,1138, and tho OMteuditures at *Mi,- I
764,688. Ry ' census Os December, I
0.., u.e population wp- i,394 ( .-du. r O w
it u possible ’.5 wring so much revenue
i irtrny so small U population we ■
can’t tell, ft in more than $43 for every
man. woman and child, free and slave, i
On the same scale our 50,000,000 }>eople j
oould pay into the public treasuries an i
aggregate revenue of $2,130,000,000 per
annum, Our total taxation by States and
< minor civil divisions and Federal by the ■
j tenth census was only $713,000,000. In 1
I Cuba the import tariffs’are so exorbitant
i that it is cheaper to import meat from
! Spain than from the United Staten, ami
the lower classes hardly ever touch meat.
Spain last year iinpurtfcd over $9,000,(MM)
worth of cereals, and yet't was cheaper
last tor Cuba to buy her flour and
! corn at Cadiz than at New Orleans. Our
j vessels which fetch us sugar from Havana
go thither in ballast. Spain has refused i
to give up her Cuban export duties, an
> absurdity in public finance which would
kill off an island less fertile than that
richest of islands.
TVe imported from Cuba during the :
twelve months ended JuneHO, 186:1, no less
than 1,107,575,529 pounds of brown sugar,
in a word, we jmjK.rt from the Spanish
V. est indies $06,000,000 worth of merchan
dise per annum, and export to them $13,-
000,000. Cuba’s entire exports amount to
about $100,000,000 per annum, of which
we buy $66,000.0(X), and of tfiig more than
$50,000,000 is sugar
What use will Citba t>e to kpain, if she
can’’, sell us that sugar? Europe protects
her beet sugar industry.
if our reciprocity treaty with Mexico
has so badly frightened Spain and wealthy
' Cuba, what will it do to our s'-gai plan
ters?
•tyblnson Crusoe’s Island,
Sunnntrtult Journal, Priwt /'dw l :-'-) tUawl. '
The Island of Juaq Eernandez, which
De Foe hqs made immortal as the scene i
ot tfie adventures of Robinson Crusoe, was
some time since leased by tjie Chilian
. Government to which ittxdongs, teaman
named Von Itodt, the son o’ a frotestant
; clergyman at Berne, Switzerland. The
career of Von Ikodt has been al moat as
adveutyious as tliat ot Crusoe himself,
and in that respectb-*’ U worthy be the
successor of $Ws hero. At the age of
tweuiy.one Von R<Mt entered the Aus
* Irian service as Lieutenant of Cuirassiers
and fought valiantly during the campaigu
of 1856, receiving at Nachod a wound so se.
vere that he was to quit the service.
Afte- tty teiuiinatlcm Os the war he went ;
t>> live at Faris on a smalj tension
allowed him by t #¥ . Austrian i
Government,. When tne Fra U v<> '
Prussian war broke <>ul he oqlisted
in a F rem h regiment of th» ..nd dis-
Wwsou U at
; in 1871 he emigrated to
’.uiii, and "engaged in trade with so much
success that h<r was able to lease the
Island of Juan Fernandez. He purchased
a steamer and transported thither a small
colony of agriculturists. He ;ai«>ed on
the island cattle and vegetable®, which
he sells to the v» halers who revlctual there.
He governs his subjects after the fashion
of Crusoe, distributing to them rations in
person, and keeping a patriarchal eye on
their morals anil education. His affairs
prosper marvelously, and he has already
succeeded in putting in cultivation more I
1 than halt’ of the island. 1
CHOLERA’S GRIM REIGX.
ANOTHER DAY MARKED BY
HUNDREDS OF DEATHS.
i
Wlde-«prea<l Consternation Among the
Mediterranean Ports—Quarantine Re
i strictions Enforced Everywhere Sani
tary Commissions Organizing Pil-
grimages to Mecca Abandoned.
Damietta, June 30.—The total number
i of deaths yesterday from cholera was 113.
Algiers, June 30.—The Governor of
| Algeria has issued an order prohibiting
the usual pilgrimage to Mecca this year
on account of the cholera in Egypt.
I London. June 30.—1 n the House of
Commons last night Lord Hartington, tbe
W ar Secretary, stated that everv precau
! tion has been taken to guard the troops in
: Egypt against cholera.
11 av re, June 30.—The steamer Keatt,
which has arrived from Bouibav. has been
obliged to stay in the roads and perform
quarantine with the steamer St. Bernard
, which arrived yesterday from the same
place, with a ease of Asiatic cholera on
board.
(ohraltar, June 30. -Quarantine for a
I periml of three weeks has been ordered
against all vessels arriving here from
places in Egypt and from Ottoman ports
on the Red Sea.
Alexandria, June 30.—An inspection
<>t the fresh water canal shows that the
w ater is good. There is no epidemic here.
1 he panic over the cholera report is sub
siding. sanitary commissioners have
been appointed here, composed of doctors
and engineers. There have lieen six
deaths from cholera at Mansurah to-dav
I ARis, June 30.—M. Harrison. Miniiici
* ,>n,,, ’‘T‘ , e. has informed the Cabinet
that all vessels sus|>eeted of Aelug in
fected with cholera, arriving at French
ports on the Mediterrum an and Atlantic
with clean bills of health, will l>e
treated as foul. He says that the reason
ot this course is that the English make a
practice of granting elean bills of health
to vessels from infected ports.
Yellow Fever in Cuba.
i '’ ' ,une :w -—There were fortv
deaths from yellow fever in this eit’v
during the past week,
A BIG ttURIoSITY.
The Elghteen-Year-Old Girl Twentv-
Eight Inches High.
Ci nd nnati Cominereial- Gntrtte.
There is in Hampshire county, in West
v irgiiiia, a human monstrositv which
excels anything Barnum ever exhibited
t is a voting woman, or child, born in
I’ennsy vama in ls«is, and therefore 1"
y ears old, who is in everything b it age
pu infant. She is the daughter of Mr.
John E. Miller, of Shanesville A eon
tieman who recently saw her. «nd {earned
h i age from reliable authority, found her
lying in a cradle. She s twentA
eigbt inches in height, weighs but
buimilk, ~'hleh i”ri,i fr 0““ bmii”’""!',!:
has, however, a quick perception and re
markable memory, and a brief poem or
sentenoe repeated to her once, and weeks
alter again repeated, with but one word
varying, arouses her anger and she
frowns at the changed word. An article
laid down in the room and in her sight
may tie allowed to remain for da vs vet
an inquiry for it will be answered*by the
child by pointing in its direction. She Is
quite an attractive baby, and no renann
for her stunted growth has ever been as
signed. The facts narrated above seem
to lie well attested, and many physicians
have visited the child without being
colditiom” COnjeoture tho caus e ofher
Grave Complications in View.
I Raltlniorr Correxponilenot A’mo
In Greenmount Cemetery, the princinal
bury mg ground of this ‘‘Monumental
S' lty ’ ar . e J" ° Parallel graves and space
(or a third grave between them, 'i'hev
occupy a lot not fifty feet from the rnonu
er the graves of Junius Br„u ls
and John M ilkes Booth. The headstones
on either side of the vacant grave mark
wiver’of Mr Pla r*‘ H ° f ,h . e ,wo
. .i Lau, enz Jacobs, who has
set up the middle headstone for himself
inten Min' 1 / I 't'i 8 O ” theS ® three Btoneß !ln *
“ten sting, rho one on the left bears
M.'inn” °ii S * n I . Ger,,lan: “Hier ruht mein
Mann (Here lies my husband). Under
m ath is a marble hand in Use relief
the index pointing obliquely
•to He l i‘X W » e > Mr ’ Jaeobß ‘“tends
IO lie later. Below tbe hand ia
•““r'ed the name “Ursula M. Jacobs ” ’
is'ti- 1 i <lUt< i *“‘ r birth *" January,
' the riel . , i er fe ath ,n Tbe “tone on
i the right also liears a hand in has relief
pointing to Mr. Jacobs’ last resting place;
■ and over the hand is carved these words’
i *>r owcA” (He is also mine A
Illis stone marks the grave of Elizabeth
•Jacolts, who was iKirn in June, isou and
died in January, 1872. Mr Jacobs’
tombstone has at its head a patrTmarble
hands blanching from a single wrist and
with one of the index t m?erZ pKng to
the firm wife s grave and the other to the
second wife s. grave. Over these hands is
? 80lh S, f l |l U °“’ xbid mein"
( Bothot these are mine). Thon fellows
hl . b “ a, “.*’> Jacobs, with the date
IS.fth."'- "«*
wl&Gahri/p ? tbe confusion
si i ’ . 1 s .J rum Pet-blast may occa
lon tJI this suddenly reunited family at
i’ift'th' ay nataral,v suggest themselves.
- Mi- 1 *i a 7 :otbereo, “V lioatio "sin view,
"i " ICO ba ? “’(UTtoU again. Another
tin i th tho lat “ ilv would seriously dis
>nt i y “‘T tryof his ‘otssnow laid
out, uud as yet no attempt, has been made
u> erect another headstone or to adapt
vhteb hTveVh tb ‘ !
ihe > ii, T"* Mr ’ Jacob « set
wou <1 Au i perhaps, that he
would die before taking a third wife.
1 lie King <>f Cornererw.
A tonal llfpubUain-.
\ ’’"•s
the central eminllts t.r x,.„ Vorlt onl
| farm among the It h * on a
ambition ot his boyhood days to earn
hisr?thX Ug \v’h ~Uy i the ‘‘‘"“adjoining
; it he w-L shb htn,he KoWfever broke
I v>t mi .. n mere sfHplimr; but full
’ ‘‘ youthful enthusiasm, he started for
plains ..nd mountains. He remained
h ned’ Tn w r th' Ur yea . rs ’ and in that time
saved a few thousand dollars. He had
! s eM 'i“ gh b " y that farm and
settle down. He had no sooner
reached home than he experienced a
‘iHuden revulsion of feeling The streets
and h duirte > ,Wjked “""ow/’eramS
d irnv ile I rnl ‘° UBt ' a ‘'‘ K ’ arwl m Cafi and
t w(7?>rti? at V ly rema,ned on the farm
1 .- lay , R ’ and then took himself
L iAII be drifted to Mil-
j waukee, and at the close of the war he
sold a great lot of jxirk at S4O a barrel
T d i;!?‘ Ugbt a «"‘ a - ain at and sl9?
, realising a profit of about sl,ooo,<jfio To
day he ranks as the wealthiest man in
HomethinTnf 1 H i l ?**- 1 by ttjOae wbo know
u t Lu. f w- business at $2.r,000,.«M) or
tai’ His fi.4 ‘ S tra «’ a '’t‘ons ire’eolos
stx tlnm«T? pkjys between five and
six thousand mm-ii, and on his pay rolls
of $5 OfJO amU« IB, ' U 'u h ° receive salaries
yea*re S not yet fif ty-flve
Among the defendants in a London Po-
> : ouit, recently, w;-.. a woman whose
summons was for .
, school her .rohn Ashley. ToTnstifv ’
the., ihe Judi'fysL, in preat aston
turned to the shameless infant
*q al tb - Caße bad been oor
him U *-’ will send
ihX can n.m UMr ' al school as soon as
an^oughhabi^ ,ted
dore Ross;, me new vendor of fruits ami
fr? ATT ° f Ud ‘°“ block, was ex-
, r, .participali D? in a “
Auh.U n „>i z ~ ta!lan peninsula from
AuH'n-n rule f captured, he lav
iTin 8 - *. n P*"‘s'-n, and upoii
to u * * rial > hv was sentenced
OfttJa TT-H Wa property confis
hTA 1 m rights taken from
ad,’. 11 .T* ~ alternately in France,
Tr'r s m yna, Tunis during a
pecuxl of thirty years. He has now cast
T” ‘‘“‘““os in Jackson. He can speak
the Latin, Italian, Greek, Armenian,
r reneb and Arabic languages, and has a
.uir U!uk i standing of the English.
A World of Good.
bXrt'taTV^ 081 - popu,ar ‘Oedicines now
teta Ym. *cT er l Ca “- is H °P
it v 566 V" Everywhere. People
hn k Di U| effect. It builds them
Pleasant to the taste as
Bitters, as it is not a whisky
(innk. it is more like the old fashioned
uoneset tea, that has done a world ot
I 'L- you (‘°n’t feel just right, try
Hop Bitters.- .\mvla Sew. ’