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ESTABLISHED 1850. *
H ESTILL. Editor and Proprietor, j
j;iVEX BACK THE FLAG.
VIRGINIA CADETS CARRY
Oi l THEIR PROGRAMME.
, „ \rthur Present# the Gradu
l" ' ti. Their Diploma#— The Pre
a' i,!ioii at the Ci> Hall—A Dls
i.hed Company Present ami Ex
‘,'l'. n of Friendship Interchanged.
w \ 'HR. July 4. The cadets of the
,t. under com
f Colonel "• ott 'hip, marched
fo r 9 o'clock this morning from
- armory t->
v .q Avenue Hotel, where, after
in the eorridor, they en
,,f tin* reception rooms, where
, . \ - ur awaited them. Ad
t)., [ikt corps he said:
I
,• I'tir visit to this city, upon
'peace and good will which
your steps hitherward,
e the opportunity and
presenting these diplomas
. r-of voor graduating class.
; ,! ...ther engagements will pre
- nee at the City Hall, where
discharge your interesting
1 wish here to express my
• i ■ n fide lice that henceforth
•lie flag of a New York regi
■ assailed, it' the gallant aol
: \ irginia are by, they will be
ager to defend it.”
1 ( |* Mdt-nt then presented their
-• the graduates In the follow.
11. H. James, J. It. Dales, I).
a. 1- Duncan, T. J. Drewry,
\ -n. \V. H. Wade, P. G. Omer
■ . H. Lewis, E. Yeatmau, E.
1' ..da's, George E. Pickets,
, " uul 11. 11. Bourger.
t# t: n marched to the City
they were received by the
n and escorted t<> the
ni. Tliere were present:
v -i. lien. Horatio King. lien,
v !. via inahon. Gen. I>. E. Lacy,
v, v.. a.m. Congressman Murphy.
\ ral Farnsworth, the merii
|i. ard of Aldermen and twen
• raii>"ftbe One Hundred and
. y,\-l irth Regiment.
!1. Smith. Superintendent of the
Institute, handed the flag to Col.
,■ . u itli a few words explanatory
■si t the Cadets, and Col.
•urn _-ave the captured flag to
, . i p.irtloi k, who made the pres-
M , i Ison, on tiehalf of the city ol
y lw ' y k. received the flag and re
• 1. port lock’s sjieech. Brief
ilso made by Qm. B.
UDd l*. E. Lacy .
- ntatioa the Cadets par
itinn in one of the commit*
the * onunon Council.
THE OGI.ETHORPKS BEATEN.
Tin- .1 .o k~oiiv ille ( lub Score Eight Buns
to Tin **** )y Fast Base Uuiinin&;.
I*CK-"N\ ille. Fla., July 4.—The
mi.- iv.. n the Florida Herald nine
,11 tuorpes. was witnessed by a
iarg* i appreciative crowd, quite a
i.n!;. f ladies were present and
, . irtily for their favorites. The
mm, -• 1 'to3 in favor of the home
! wore tied to the fifth inning,
; tld> won the game in the last
: nr inn gs. The game was very inter
,*• g t . ghout and good playing by
I th air. - was the rule. The secret of
. ccess eras in their quick*
in : lining their bases. The Ogle
-i - ■■ f. highly complimented on
it fielding and good behavior.
H 1# have taken the boys under
*w of their wing, anti they are
.iir_ i living in the highest style,
i.. . L ■ it treated as gentlemen, and
• proven themselves such by
H. lit behavior. The Savannah
. -t feeling for theJaek
t HOLERA S RAVAGES.
\noilier Terrible Mortuary Report from
Damietta.
liEi; in. July 4.—Prince Bismarck,' I#>-
i • - • i ing for the country, ordered that
.aiii' ; measures be taken against the
n of cholera into Germany.
Lomnin. July t.—There were 112
Dunetta Tuesday,flat Mas*
* and : at Samanoud. There is a
■ -rdon around Damietta stretch
i circle fifteen miles in circum-
Ta. recent cases at Alexandria re
ad s cholera were really cases of
giistric fever.
v William Gull. M.D.. in a commu
te Karl Granville, the British
'• retary. states that in hi# opin
■ 1 : dera in Egypt will subside
spreading to Europe.
In. t!ie twenty-four hours endingat
- k 33 etlnesday morning there were
- at Damietta. 32 at Mansurah. 4
id. 4at Shirbin and 3 at Port
HAM AN KEPT BUSY.
Hii'im r t.ive* Him a Knee Which Gave
Him no Time for Fancy Strokes.
Lowi i.i.. Mass.. July 4.—At a regatta
the principal event was a profes*
i- 1 -i -ingle scull race, free lor all. The
- wore -400, s2ii and SIOO. The dis
t.i as three miles with a turn. Han
la;,. II r. Conley, Hamm and Gaisel
*■> ■ itered. llanlan took first money,
a:.; II -no r second. lie was three lengths
a . i Hamm. The third great struggle
- - ond place, and the pace was
m ’li* -tut to tae finish,
flaiuiii and Conley was coached with
*.i ;c r to beat Tlosmer, bv one or the
‘lit : them. The time was: llanlan.
. x; ins:•. -and 21 seconds; Hosmer, 21
- old '.’l seconds; Hamm, 21 lnin
i seconds, llanlan had no time
for idling or fancy touches.
CLOSING* THE GROGGERIES.
Tli* High License Law of Missouri De
clared Constitutional.
si. Li.l is. July 4.—The Supreme Court
ha- aided that the high license law
I- y the last legislature is consti
f . it, and that it applies to St. Louis
a-v ,- to other sections of the State.
II if: dram shop licenses will cost
- lit -l.eoo annually. It isexpected that
i r t:i* operation of this law many low
- r - will Is- forced out of existence,
and that the entire traffic in liijiior will
■*-' litter regulated.
The Base Ball Arena.
Philadelphia. July 4. —111 the game
-' morning between the Providence
■r. i P ’fi.ubdpflia clubs the score stood 11_
\ m favor of the former, at the end of
u- .■'nth inning. The Providence
1 • t n ieft the field in order to catch a
ft* *. New York, and the umpire de
; i tb- game in favor of the Philadel
- noi 9to 0. In the after
t nPhiladelphia# made Bto the Bos
-niuNGTox, July 4.—Games of base
• ■ were played yesterday as follow#:
A’ New 3"ork—Morning game—New
Y- ks lii; Bostons 7. Afternoon game—
New Yorks 1; Providences 0.
At * ‘o l uinbus—Morning game—3letro
i“.. tan-, :i; Columbus 1. Afternoon game
—Metropolitans 3; Columbus 0.
3' I'-troit —lt rained, and no game was
ptyed,
I’olk'ti Deputy Caught.
i-irri.K Rock. Ark., July 4. —A Hot
-' i-patch says that Detective Por
f Nashville, with the requisition of
ta ' g . rnorot Tennessee, arrested Cap
•! uni . c. Fleming, late chief deputy
otex-Tri usurer Polk, charged with mak
- 1 ii- entries amounting to $43,000.
| ' -ing left for Nashville last evening.
'■ " n several weeksin liot springs.
*'* 1 made no effort to conceal his identity.
Ihe Washington Continentals.
York, July 4,—The First Com
f the Washington Continental
* Uar of Charleston, took part this
® 'rinng with the 3'eterans of 1812 in
a.sing -he flag at the Battery, after
they visited 33'ashington’s head
i .art. r . on Broad street, marched across
juehast River Bridge and took a steam
-i t,r Xewburg, where they visited
' -Islington’s headquarters at that place.
Weather Indications.
ftrriCE Chief Signal observer,
D.C., July 4.—lndications
mr luursday:
1 .“the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
," ra h>'. partly cloudy weather, sta
.. ljr slight rise in temperature, sta
aa *J r or lower barometer.
5M5.325 for Parnell.
iWr J K t?*’ July 4.—The Parnell fund has
cached £17,085.
® u tler, 3Vay*s station, Ga.,
maiaVi 1 uset * Brown's Iron Bitters for
sin. -s’ , ) e . rvous prostration anddebility
"ud great benefit.”
Siiviimtiiii Movning Mmn,
THE LEGISLATURE IN SESSION.
A Short Meeting Held and an Adjourn
ment Cntil To-day.
Atlanta, July 4. — The House met at 10
o’clock this morning, with Speaker Gar
rard in the chair. After prayer by Chap
lain McClelland the Governor and Senate
were notified. On the call of counties for
new business. Mr. Erwin, of Cobb, intro
duced three local bills and also a general
prohibition or local option bill for every
county.
Mr. Paulk, of Coffee, introduced a bill
amending the liquor law in that county.
Mr. Ray, of Coweta, presented a string
ent prohibition bill for Coweta countv.
The committee reported that the Gover
nor had no communication to send to-dav.
Mr. Roundtree,ol Brooks county, moved
to adjourn to 10 o’clock to-morrow on ac
count of the national holiday.
Mr. Everett, of Polk county, called for
the yeas and nays. The call resulted in
103 yeas to 33 nays.
I. J. Chappell, of Columbus, succeeds
V; P- ; Hansell as Journalizing Clerk, and
Mr. Hansell succeeds W. H. Harrison as
Assistant Clerk.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock with a quo
rum present.
President Boynton made a brief address
saying that expedition is not always the
best policy, but wisdom dictates a" thor
ough investigation in order to a proper
disposition of great public questions. Af
ter prayer by Chaplain Jones the Gov
ernor and House w ere notified. The Gov
ernor replied that he had no communica
tion to make to-day.
The Senate then adjourned until 10
o’clock to-morrow.
The Governor w’ill probably prepare a
brief message to send in to-morrow.
Attorney General Anderson has to-day
received the decision ol the First Comp
troller of the Treasury in regard to the
1 rezevant claim. It covers ninetv-four
pages of letter paj>er.
Judge Palmer is much better and was
at his desk in the Executive Department
to-day.
Ihe Governor was crowded by visitors
and burdened with business.
The Governor’s Horse Guards paraded
- Ils afternoon for the first time
1,1 their new uniforms and cre
ated immense- enthusiasm. The city
was full of country negroes, and
there are two colored companies here
troni Macon. The three Atlanta compa
nies formed a battalion, and paraded with
them under Major Moses H. Bentlv. and
made a good display.
Mi-CI XE AVERTS A STRIKE.
The l’ay of the Coal Miners Fixed at
3i, Cents Per Bushel.
Pittsburg, July 4.—Hon. John 11.
McCune, umpire of the coal trades tri
bunal. has rendered a decision that the
price paid for mining in the railroad coal
mines in this district from May 21 to
October 1 shall Ik- three and one-quarter
cents per bushel of seventv-six pounds
over an inch and a half. ' The screen
operators claimed that the price should be
three cents and the miners struck for
three and a half. The trade tribunal
was organized about a month ago,
and every phase of the case
was investigated. but last week
it was decided that the umpire must be
called upon to decide the question. Papers
on both sides were presented to him, and
these are reviewed in a letter communi
cating bis decision. He says that his
figures show an uumistakable depression
in the coal trade, and that the sup
ply is greater than the de
mand. and that competition has caused
prices to be so low that operators caunot
continue to pay three and a half cents
for mining. He believes that it is possi
ble to pay three and a quarter cents, how
ever. and therefore readily decides that
this shall be the rate. The miners are
satisfied with the result. The operators
have nothing to say, but it is believed
that they will accept, and that the strike
will not be resumed.
IRELAND'S PENNILESS EXILES.
illlam O'Brien to Question Secretary
Trevelyan on the Subject.
London, July 4.—William O’Brien,
member for Mallow, will, in the House of
Commons to-yiorrow, ask Trevelyan,Chief
Secretary for Ireland, whether, in view of
the recent action of the Emigration Com
mission at New York, the deportation of
paupers from Ireland to the United States
will be stopped. He will also ask from
what particular fund money will be taken
to defray the expense of bringing back
these emigrants and returning them to
the respective workhouses from which
they had been sent.
Tlie Daphne's Victims.
London, July 4.— lt is now estimated
that one hundred and fifty persons were
drowned by the sinking of the steamer
Daidine on the Clyde.
A diver reports that the bodies in tjio
hold of the Daphne were so closely packed
that he was unable to move them'. Prepa
rations are being made to raise the vessel.
Fifty-two bodies have been recovered.
Down with a Falling Awning.
>t. Louis, July 4.—A broad wooden
awning extending over the sidewalk, in
front of No. 914 Broadway, fell last night,
carrying with it Solomon Gruen, his
wife, Charles Marx, aged 20 years, and
Jacob Marx, aged 11 years. Solomon
Gruen received injuries from which he
died, and the two boys were badly injured.
Mrs. Gruen received’severe scalp wounds.
A Democratic Victory.
Mobile, July 4.— The returns from yes
terday’s election are as yet incomplete,
but show that James L. Jones. Democrat,
is elected to Congress from the First Ala
bama District. The Republican opposition
was well organized and no tickets were
presented in several of the counties.
A Wife Strangled.
Norristown, Pa., July 4.—Mrs. James
Jack, aged 35 years, was found in her bed
this morning strangled. Her neighbors
suspected something wrong and found
her husband and a companion, named
Harvey, drunk and the woman dead.
Both men were jailed.
The Slaughter of the Innocent#.
Sunderland. July 4.—At an inquest
into the recent disaster at Victoria Hall,
by which 182 children lost their lives, sev
eral children testified that they saw a
man l>olt the door as they descended the
stairs, but they varied in their descrip
tions of the man.
Convicts Make a Break.
Salem, Oregon, July 4.—The State
prison convicts made a desperate attack
to-day on the officers in an attempt to
escape. One was killed and two wounded.
Flight are at large. None of the officers
were wounded.
Death of a Catholic Bi#hop.
Davenport, lowa, July 4.— Bishop
John McMullen, of the Catholic Diocese
of Davenport, died at 4 o’clock this morn
ing. after an illness of more than a year’s
duration, of a cancerous affection of the
stomach.
Bu##ia and Persia Combine-
Teheran, July 4. —It is stated that a
treat v has lieen concluded between Persia
and Russia, settling the frontier as far as
Afghanistan, and providing that if Eng
land protests against it. Persia shall refer
to Russia.
Business Blocks Burned.
Gadsden. Ala., July 4.— Two blocks
in the central part of the city, mostly frame
store houses, were burned to-day. The
loss is 1100.000. The insurance is $40,000.
H. Ilersbeg Jt Cos. were the largest losers.
Tlie Troop# in Mexico.
Mexico, Julv 4.—The convention be
tween the United States and Mexico pro
viding that no troops of either country
shall cross into the other in pursuit of
Indians, has lieen prorogued for one year.
Anarchists to be Punished.
Paris, July 4.—The Cabinet has decided
to prosecute "the anarchist speakers who
threatened the Judge and jury of the court
in which Louis Michel was recently tried
and convicted.
Elam Recovering.
Staunton, V*., July 4. —Advices to
night from Editor Elani’s bedside repre
sent him as doing well, and that he will
be able to be out in a few days.
Eight Thousand Hands on a Strike.
London, July 4.— Eight thousand iron
workers in South Staffordshire and East
Worcestershire have struck, owing to a
reduction of their wages.
I>e Chauibord’s Expected Demise.
Paris. July 5, 2a. m.—A telegram re
ceived here at 1 o’clock this morning says
that the death ot Count De Chambord is
momentarily expected.
General Gordon Resigns.
Atlanta, July 4.—To-day General
Gordon, President of the Georgia Pacific
Railroad Company, resigned that posi
tion.
A VERY QUIET FOURTH.
THE DAY MIRACULOUSLY FREE
FROM ACCIDENTS.
One Man Blinded and Possibly Fatally
Injured by the Bursting of a Cannon
at Beading—Sunstrokes in Plenty—
The Day Commemorated by the
Americans in Every Land.
M ashington, July 4.—Beyond firing a
salute at sunrise, noon and sunset there
was no public observance of the 4th here.
Telegraphic reports indicate a very quiet
day all over the country itnd an exces
sively - hot one. Very few
reported from the firing of salutes amfthe
exploding of fireworks.
There has been reported no accident to
excursions thus far.
At Reading, Pa., one man was injured
by tbe explosion of a cannon. He’ will
probably lose his sight, if not his life.
Many sunstrokes are reported from vari
out locations.
At Boston Rufus P. Marsh, City Super
intendent ot Hacks and Trucks, was sun
struck, and died this evening. Five
policemen were also overcome bv tbe
neat.
In Brooklyn, a street ear was run into
by a train on the Manhattan Beach Rail
road, and one old woman, who was para
lyzed with fear, was killed. A train man,
the engineer and the conductor of the
train were arrested.
At Montrose. Penn., an a-ronaut tra
peze performer made an ascension, but
his trajieze caught in a tree and threw
the performer off. He fell about forty
feet and sustained probably fatal inju
ries.
Jacksonville, July 4. —Everything
passed off quietly and pleasantly here to
day, and not an accident was reported up
to 10 o’clock to-night.
London, July 4.—Mr. Lowell, the
l nited states Minister, gave a reception
to Americans to-day at his residence,
where there was it large attendance.
I here was also a reception at the United
states Consulate.
31 exico, July 4.—The 4th was cele
brated here with enthusiasm by the
American residents. A banquet was
given at which 100 persons, including
distinguished 3lexieans, Frenchmen and
Spaniards, were present. Speeches
were made by 3linister 3lorgan, Consul
General Strother and others. Congratu
latory letters were received from Presi
dent Gonzales and Governor Fernandez.
RACING ON THE FOURTH.
A Long List of Fast Events on the
Leading Courses.
Ame ago, July 4.—To-day’s racing
events ended as follows:
First Race—A consolidation purse of
$250 for all ages; one mile. It was won
by Wedding Day, the favorite, with Tax
gatherer second and Stamliford Keller
third. The time was I :4s>i.
Second Race—For a purse of $250 for
two-year-olds; five-eighths of a mile. J. H.
Cooper won. with Grey Stone second and
King Kyle third. The time was I:O3V£.
Third Race—For a purse of $250 for
three-year-olds; one and one-eighth miles.
It was won by Blue Grass Belle, with
Imogene, the favorite, second: and Idle
Pat third. The time was I:57L£.
Fourth Race—The Green stakes for
three-year-olds; $25 entrance, with SOOO
added: one and one-eighth miles. Leonius
won his ninth consecutive race m a gal
lop by a length: Emma Manley was sec
ond, and Long 31ate third. The time was
1:58.
Fifth Rack—A selling purse of S3OO
for all ages; one and vme half miles. It
was won by George R. with 31anitou sec
ond andCosco third. The time was 2:37}£.
Sixth Race—For the Garden City cup
for all ages; S6O entrance; $1,500 added:
two and one-quarter miles. Ilarrv Gilmore
won after a whipping finish, with Lida
Stanhope second and Farragut third. The
time was John Davis fell into a
ditch with his jockey. Lida Stanhope and
John Davis were most fancied in the
pools. Mutuals paid $lO5.
Seventh Race—For a purse of $400;
for all ages; mile heats.
Gleaner .... 1 1
Brigand Bell 5 g
April Fool (the favorite) 4 3
Stanton g 4
Tax Gatherer :} 5
The time was land 1:43 :, <.
Eighth Rack—For a purse of sgso, for
all ages; three-fourths of a mile. It was
won by Rena IL. with Stamliford Keller
second and Bell Bav third. The time was
l:101i.
Ninth Race—For a purse of S3OO, for
three-year-olds; one and a half miles. It
was won by half a length by Jennie Blue,
with Referee second and 3lcGintey third.
The time was g:40%.
New York, July 4.—Following is the
result of to-day’s Brighton Beach races:
First Race—For a purse of $go0: three
quarters of a mile. It was won by Charley
Gorham, with Ben Thompson second and
Annie C. third. The time was
Little Buttercup, the favorite, was un
placed.
Second Race—For a purse of $250;
selling allowances; one mile. Arsenic
won, with Mattie Rapture second and
Newsboy third. The time was \
Third Rack—For a purse of $250 for
all ages; one mile. Little Minch, the
favorite, was first. Capias second and
Hilarity third. The time was 1:42.
Fourth Race—For a purse of $250,
for three-year-olds; one mile. Orange
Blossom and Tennyson ran a dead heat
for first place, with Lena, the favorite,
third. The owners of the two former di
vided the stakes. The time was 1 :44%.
Fifth Race.—For a purse pf $250 for
two-year-olds; live-eighths of a mile. West
over was first. Granite second and Forest
third. The time was 1:04J4-
Sixth Race.—For the Independence
stake; light welter weight, steeple chase:
entrance $25 each: S4OO added. It was won
by Buster, with Buckra a close second,
and Moscow lapping Buckra third. Kitty
Clark was fourth. The time was 2:44b;.
Belle of the North fell and broke her leg,
and her rider was uninjured.
Long Branch, July 4.—The largest
assemblage ever seen on a race track was
present at the opening races of the Mon
mouth Park Association to-day. The
weather was very warm, the track was
slow, but in good condition, and the bet
ting was very heavy. The events were as
follows:
First Race—Purse $500; winners
penalized; one mile. Jack of Hearts
won easily, with Brad second and Pope
Leo third. The time was 1 :43.
Second Race—For the Hopeful stakes
for 2-year-olds; five-eighths of a mile.
Issaquina won after a hard finish, with
Blossom second and Thackeray third.
The time was 1:04*4.
Third Race—For the Ocean stakes;
one and one-eighth miles. Pizarro was
first, with George Kenney, a heavy favor
ite, second, and Kinglike third. The time
was 1:56*4-
Fourth Race—Long Branch handi
cap: one and one-quarter miles. Monitor
won, with Boot Jack second and John
Henry third. The time was 2:13b,.
Fifth Race.—Free handicap sweep
stakes; one and one-half miles. It was
won by Parole, with Volusia second and
Gath third. The time was 2:42.
Sixth Race. —For purse of $500: one
and one-hali miles. It was won by Dank
Boz, with Sedam second and Inconstant
third. The time was 1:53.
Seventh Race—The Welter cup for
gentlemen riders; three-quarters of a
mile. Fimrod won, with Flower of the
3leath second and Pike’s Pride third.
The time was 1:18.
Eighth Rack—A handicap steeple
chase over the full course. Pasha won,
with Lilly 3lorson second and Rochester
bolted. The time was 5:03%.
London, July 4. —This was the second
dav of the New Market July meeting.
The race for the July cup was won bv
Sir F. Johnston’s Clairyaux, with 3\ .
Gregory’s, Eastern Empress second, and
R. Sherrard’s Glen Albvn third. Five
horses ran.
The race for the Beaufort stakes was
won bv Gen. Owen Williams’ Cohort,
with Capt. Machell’s Piracies second, and
J. R. Keene’s Bolero third. Twelve
horses ran. The race was won by a
length.
The Czeohe Victorious.
London, July 4.—ln the elections for
members of the Bohemian Diet tbe Czeche
have been victorious, 167 of their candi
dates being returned against 75 German
candidates.
Carlist Propagandas Killed Out.
Madrid, July 4.—The Papal Nuncio has
issued a circular declaring against a fur
ther extension by the northern clergy of
the Carlist propaganda.
Tamatav Open to the World.
London, July 4.—lt is reported that
Admiral Pierre, the French Commander,
has reopened Tamatav to commerce, ex
cluding war materials.
Mr. D. C. Robbins, Savannah, Ga., says:
“I was cured of annoying symptoms of
dyspepsia by using Brown’s Bitters.”
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY. JULY 5, 1883.
A RAILROAD'S BUSINESS.
What is Done at One End of the Savan
nah. Florida and Western.
Thomasvillb, July 2.—Through the
courtesy of G. W. Haines your corre
spondent is enabled to place an approxi
mate idea of the amount of business done
on this end of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway in the watermelon line
for the season of 18>*3. At every station
and turnout there are plenty of empty cars
to equal any demand that may be made.
Mr. Haines gives his personal attention
daily to this matter between Valdosta and
Thomasville and 31r. Fulton to points be
tween here and Albany. It is estimated
that at least 2,000 cars will be shipped,
Quitman contributing 500 cars, Valdosta
300 oars, Ousley 300, Thomasville 300,
balance from other stations. At Quitman
sales were reported at $240 and $260 per
car load. A car contains about 1,200
watermelons. At Ouslev I saw a car of
Nutmeg melons being 'loaded. Buyers
are plenty, and soliciting agents for the
different roads leading West were found
on each train. The crop is a good one,
and the prices thus far have proved satis
factory.
Every station and turnout teems with
this glorious fruit, the roads are thronged
with wagon loads of melons, everything
in the horse, mule and ox line being
pressed into service to expedite an early
shipment.
I have been around this section among
the orchards and vineyards. The Le
Conte pear is the great desideratum in
this county, 3lessrs. Sanford, Yarnedoe
and Blackshear being large growers. The
yield will be light this season owing to
cold weather destroying the blooms. Mr.
Blackshear has twenty acres in straw
berries ; saw some lino peaches, apples
and Japan persimmons at his place. 31r.
< harles Staik kindly took me through his
vineyard and picked the first ripe grapes
ot the season. He has fifteen acres, and
will make about 1,500 gallons of wine this
season—a bad year for grapes, as he
usually makes from 2,000 to 2,500 gallons.
His lather was the progenitor in this sec
tion of grape culture.
rhomasville and vicinity are in good
shape: am informed by leading merchants
here that credits have decreased for the
jiast two years heavily. Corn sells at 35c.
The no fence law is being talked up.
Ihe artesian well here has reached a
depth of 1,800 feet, and the superintendent
thinks he will strike free water very soon.
Ihe stand of cotton is excellent. Corn
above the average. The weather warm
and showery. Rus.
M ASON'S AT TEMPLE’S MILLS.
The St. John’s Day Celebration and
Events in the Loilges.
Temple’s Mills, Fla., July 2.—The re
cent hot wave that passed over here has
not been of any particular injury to us,
except, perhaps, making more work for
the laundry. It has, however, brought
forward the crops into excellent condi
tion, giving now a promise of a much
1 letter yield than we expected a month
ago, and orange trees never looked better.
3lr. Truby, of Emlenton, I’a., Superin
tendent of the Florida Orange Company,
is here with a large force of hands clear
ing lands preparatory to planting a grove
ot nearly two hundred acres. The grove,
when done, will probably be the largest
in the State.
Bradford Lodge, No, 42, F. & A. M.,
celebrated June 23d for St. John’s day,
the 24th being on Sunday, in a way that
did honor to the craft, and reflected
much credit on the committee of arrange
ments, ot which L. I). Wall was chair
man.
The line was lormed at 10 a. m., with
W. Lake Grand 3larshal, assisted by W.
N. 3leacham and G. W. Epperson. After
marching through the principal streets of
Starke, listening to the soul-stirring music
of the Lawtey Cornet Band, they pro
ceeded to the grove, and there met one of
the largest crowds ever assembled in
Bradford county.
After “The Mason’s Welcome Song” was
sung by the Apollo Club, Hon. A. J. Rus
sell, P. G. M., was introduced and held
the vast concourse spell-bound for one
hour. This certainly was one ot the grand
efforts of Brother Russell’s life. Of the
dinner, words of mine would fail to do the
subject justice. Suffice it to say tliere
was an abundance for all and to spare.
After dinner toasts, songs, speeches, etc.,
were in order. Among the principal were
Col. McWilliams, in answer to the toast,
“George Washington;” 3lrs. R. E. Hun
ter, in answer to “The Ladies;” 3lr. Ep
person, in answer to “Bradford County;”
W. Lake, in answer to “Bradford Lodge
No. 42.” The celebration was a grand
success in every way—no jar, no discord.
The Improved Order of Red Men do
nated the Masons for the day the use of
their tine large hall and lodge room, as
the Mason’s hull was too small to accom
modate the large number of Masons as
sembled.
June 26th May Lodge No. 10, 1, o. o. F.,
was instituted at Starke by Special D. G.
31. N. C. Petit, assisted by Union Lodge
No. 2, of Waldo, and the following officers
were installed: Noble Grand, W. Lake;
3 ice Grand, li. W. Vincent: Secretary,
L. C. Hull; Treasurer, Ward Taylor.
Osceola Tribe No. 1, on the 27th of June,
elected the following officers for the ensu
ing term: Prophet. W. Lake; Sachem,
James 31illon; Senior Sagamore, J. J.
Sparkman; Junior Sagamore, R. L. Spark-,
man. The other elective officers hold over
until next January. L.
$20,000 DAMAGES WANTED.
A .Juror to Sue a Newspaper foi Call
ing i i iin a Disgrace to the Country.
Washington Special, 2d.
3lichael Horrigan, one of the star-route
jurors, contemplates bringing suit for
$20,000 against the St. Louis Republican.
His ground of complaint against the pa
per is that it charged him with being a
common drunkard and a disgrace to the
star-route jury and the country,
Horrigan, it will be remembered, was
the last man to consent to a verdict of
acquittal. He is a bright, intelligent,
upright man, the proprietor and manager
of a smithy here, employing a large force
of workmen. He is a man of good stand
ing, never allowing his paper to go to pro
test in bank, and priding himself upon
the fact that he does not drink at all.
“For years,” he said, “I have not drank
a drop of liquor. In fact, I do not drink
anything that will intoxicate, not even
beer. The 31issouri Republican and the
Kansas Chief published a scandalous
story, charging me with being a drunkard,
with being drunk in court and making
myself a disgrace to the jury and the
district. I claim to be an honest and a
sober man. I do not drink at all, and I
felt very much hurt about it, so I wrote to
the Republican about it and told them the
facts, saying to them that there was a
man on the jury who had given reason for
criticism of that nature, but that 1 was
not the man.
“I did not say who the man was, but
they could, of course, have easily learned
if they had chosen. 1 asked them respect
fully to make a correction of the charge
against me and send me a copy of the
paper containing the correction, but they
have never done so.
“1 have lieen thinking seriously of bring
ing a suit against them, and have been
advised to do so by people who are better
able to judge of tlie matter than I am.”
HE SOLD HIS BLOOD.
-V Negro Want# #250 for Eight Ounces
of His Vital Fluid.
Jfetc York World.
Edward Banks, a colored man, of No.
140 Lexington avenue, has begun a suit
against 3ir. C. J. Okerberg for $250 for
“blood and services.” 3lr. Okerberg is
an employe of the Western Union Tele
graph Company. On the night of Febru
ary 17, at the St. Andre Hotel, on West
Eleventh street, on retiring he blew out
the gas and soon became asphyxiated.
I>r. Carrigan was called in, and decided
that the only way to save Okerberg’s life
was by infuinsg new blood into his veins.
For this purpose Banks consented to al
low eight ouuces of blood to he drawn
from his arm. He also nursed 3lr. Oker
berg during his convalescence.
The action for the blood was brought as
an action for goods sold and delivered.
Banks admits the receipt of $5 from 3lr.
Okerberg in consideration of his services,
w hich 31 r. Okerberg claims is a receipt
in full. Banks says that though the lan
guage of the receipt may be so construed,
he did not intend it as a receipt in full.
A dark spot is said to be visible on Mr.
Okerberg’s arm around the spot where
Banks’ blood w as transfused,
A *25,000 Verdict Against a Paper.
Chicago, July 4.—The lawsuit of E.
Lehman, who conducts a “Cheap John”
store, against the Chicago Herald for
derogatory statements regarding his
reputation, was concluded yesterday,
with a verdict for *25,000 damages against
that paper.
CHALMERS HAS HIS SAY.
TALKING TO A FEW FOLLOW
ERS IN HIS CONVENTION.
Tlie Alleged Chicanery of His Rivals
Told in a Dispatch from Washington—
The Party Not Named—lts Pro
fessed Principles Told in Seven Para
graphs.
Jackson,. 3liss.. July 4.—The Inde
pendent State Convention met to-day. The
attendance was smaller than was ex
pected, not more than fifteen couuties be
ing represented. Benjamin King, of Cop
rah. was Chairman. John T
Hall, editor of the Tribune, and
Receiver of Public 3lonies, Secretary.
General Chalmers addressed the con
vention and was applauded frequently.
He touched upon his grievances in tlie
last election, and dealt the Democratic
party and its officials some severe blow s.
He made an exposition of w hat he called
the Lyuch-Lamar fusion, and read the fol
lowing telegram with a view of confirm
ing his statement:
Washington, July 4. 1883.
To J. R. Chalmers, Jackson:
Lynch told a confidential friend here
that the Second Congressional District
would be made overwhelmingly Demo
cratic. The Lamar Legislature would
make two Republican districts, one of
which Lynch would represent. Can prove
the above statement.
James D. Ckssok.
Cessor holds a trifling position at Wash
ington in one of the departments. Gen.
Chalmers, in the course of his remarks,
said that the Barksdale men have usually
shaped the platforms, but tlie Lamar men
have controlled the machine and pre
vented the fulfillment of the platform
pledges. Barksdale may die and be buried
in the Democratic ranks, but those who
love the principles he lias taught more
than they love the party name comprise
the Greenbackers, Grangers and inde
pendents of Mississippi, w - ho are destined
to control the political future oi the State.
Their principles may be briefly stated as
follows:
lirst. A free ballot and fair count,
to secure a law allowing each
party a Commissioner of Election, and
each commissioner to name an inspector
and one clerk.
Second. General elections only once in
two years.
1 bird. The election of Judges bv the
people.
fourth. A Railroad Commission to su
pervise railroads within constitutional
limits.
filth. A just and equal apportionment
ot the State into legislative and Con
gressional districts.
Sixth. A law to prevent State officers
from issuing false certificates of election
to members of Congress.
Seventh. Fixed salaries and the aboli
tion of the fee system, as lar as practica
ble.
A resolution was adopted indorsing the
1 resident’s Southern policy. Gen. Reu
ben Davis and Colonel Blair made brief
addresses. The convention adjourned
without adopting’ a party name.
ANOTHER VIEW OF 31R. TILDEN.
A Southern Politician Declares Him to
be a Total Wreck.
Washington SpecialXeu- York World, Ist.
The Sundaij Herald has the following:
” A distinguished Southern member of
one house of Congress says that on last
Wednesday he was traveling from West
Point, where his son is a cadet, to New
3 ork. and at Yonkers tliere came on
board the train the HOll. Samuel J. Tilden,
who occupied a chair next to the Southern
man until they arrived in the city. As
very much has been said lately concerning
Mr. Tilden’s condition, this impartial
witness may be interesting. “I had never
met 3lr. Tilden,” said the gentleman,
“but I reeognized him at once. But to be
certain I inquired of a servant who was
with him and verified my impression. 31 r.
i’ilden looks to me like a man in the last
stages of decay. He had to be helped
into the car and carefully put into his seat
by the servant, who never left him. He
seemed to be utterly unable to help
himself. He spoke with a sort of sputter,
which made it almost impossible for any
one to understand what he was trying to
say.
“He was constantly falling into cat-naps
and slipping down in his chair, and had to
be helped up and put straight again. He
wanted water about every five minutes,
and altogether he seemed like a very old
man who is unable to perform the most
ordinary offices for himself. One eye
seemed entirely closed and the other
drooping and without brilliancy or
strength.
“3Vhen we arrived at the Forty-second
street depot another servant with a car
riage was waiting for him. I was inter
ested and curious to see all of him I
could. So I watched him go to his car
riage. The servants each took an arm
and slowly and carefully helped bim into
a low coupe which had come for him and
he was driven away.
“I was very much surprised at liis con
dition. His mind may be all right, but
his body is in every condition but good. I
cannot see what Mr. Watterson meant by
giving to the country that story about 3lr.
Tilden’s health. It was cruel and wicked
in the extreme, and if it was true then
3lr. Tilden has awfully changed in the
past ten days.
“Of course 1 did not speak to him. I
should have done so if he had shown the
ordinary signs ot consciousness of things
ahsut him. Unless all signs fail he is a
very weak old man.
A President's Summer Trip.
Cineinnatl Commercial- Gazette .
President Arthur does not intend to
spend the summer at the Soldiers’ Home.
After July 1 he will not be in 3\’ashing
ton again until September, possibly not
until October. It is bis purpose to visit
the New England watering places. He
said to a friend on Saturday that he should
remain here until July 4, or after, to fin
ish necessary business; that he should
then visit New York and prepare for an
extended summer trip. He probably will
first go to Newport, where he is expected.
His remembrances of last summer are
pleasant. From Newport he will go along
tlie New England coast, possibly in a
government steamer, touching at Boston,
after which he will visit one or two points
in 3laine.
He may decide to accompany Senator
Frye on a fishing excursion. lie expects
to remain in New England until some
time in August. After that his plans are
undecided, but he has a trip to the Yel
lowstone country under favorable con
sideration. He lias a great desire to see
the Northwestern country, of which he
knows comparatively little. Should he
go to the Yellowstone Park he, of course,
will stop in Chicago, and accept the invi
tation tor a reception, which was long
“go tendered him *l.* Cullevioi £|>#Uiii X .
He has received earnest invitations to
visit Santa Fe on the occasion of the 30th
anniversary of the settlement of the city,
but if he takes a trip further than New
England it will undoubtedly lie to the
Northwest.
A few, who are not willing that a Presi
dent should have the recreation which
other American citizens are at liberty to
take, think they see in this trip a purjiose
on the part of the President to make tbe
people of tlie different sections better ac
quainted with him with a view of promot
ing his chances in the Presidential nomi
nating convention.
Conkiing.
Washington Sjtecial.
Senator Conkling, in reply to the ques
tion whether he is writing a book, is
reported to have said here : “No, it is
not true; I wonder who started that storv.
I have neither the time nor the inclination
to write a book. I have too much else to
attend to. I never thought of such a
thing.”
He is growing old rapidly, and his
pointed heard is full oi gray. He says he
is out of politics and too poor to get in
again, but he discussed certain measures
of the administration with a good deal of
his old caustic manner. I asked him if he
had called on the President, and he said
he had not, as he had no business to trans
act at the 3\'iiite House, and he had no
time to go where business did not take
him. Upon general political matters 31r.
Conkling was silent. He said he was
tired of the jealousness and worry of po
litical life, and that it ivas impossible for
any one deeply 111 it to have anv friends,
and in future he should devote himself to
his professional pursuits and let politics
alone.
The idea which some men have of what
they ought to do when writing for the pub
lic pres# is decidedly remarkable, to say
the least of it, They seem to think that
the newspaper has but two duties to per
form: that of giving the latest news of the
day, and of extravagantly “puffing” some
body. They are always writing, this class
of men to which we refer, and with them
it is puff, puff, puff, often with no very
great object in view other than to secure
the mere good opinion of the puffed; and
in verv many eases the effect is the exact
opposite to what was expected.— Sander
itt Florida,
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Topics Which Are Most in Mind in the
City of Booms.
Atlanta, July 3.—To-morrow, oh! to
1 morrow—the “glorious fourth.” with five
thousand country negroes, and an unripe
or decayed watermelon for each one.
This is Atlanta’s usual way of celebrat
ing “Independence Day.” Unfortunately
we have at present no other way to get
up a crowd and gather in the “nimble
penny.” By-and-bye we shall have
“Grant's Park and the Guv’uor’s ’Oss
Guards, and then the white people can
celebrate in style.
The City Fathers have “gone and done
it,” cleaning out all the old officers ex
cept Clerk Goldsmith, who owes the city
ior money lost in the Citizens’ Bank fail
ure. As the deed is done it is now too
late to cry out against it, but the better
class of citizens will no doubt be heard
from at the next election of Citv Papas.
From the report of the City Sexton for
the past three months it appears that
there were 394 burials, or over Kit) per
month. Of these 135 were paupers. 16
white, 119 colored. This shows that our
city is filled up with a worthless class of
negroes who prefer to live in poverty and
filth, and le buried at last in pauper
graves.
The election of Col. 33’m. S. Shepherd,
the popular Captain of the Columbus
Guards as Lieutenant Colonel of the new
Sixth Georgia Battalion, will serve to put
that organization on a pretty good basis
for future success. Capt. 33’oolfolk is a
most excellent gentleman and accom
plished officer, but Col. Shepherd had won
tbe right to promotion on account of long
and unselfish service lor the military of
Columbus.
3luch to the regret of a host of friends,
3lajor O. Frank 31iller, late chief clerk of
the Brown House, in 3lacon, and the
3larkham House, in Atlanta, has removed
with his wife to Louisville, Ky., where he
has taken a half interest in the new Hotel
Brunswick, with 31r. D. 3V. Allen, for
merly of this city.
I do not indorse the suggestion which I
see in an exchange that'the Legislative j
Committee shall purchase all the rival !
portraits now offered of Senator Hill. It 1
will be enough to select one—the best of ;
the lot—and put it in the capitol. Geor
gia’s first duty is to secure an unbroken
collection of portraits of her Governors,
from Oglethorpe to McDaniel, and then
she can spend her surplus funds on por
traits of other distinguished sons. This
much can be said without any reflection
upon Senator Hill’s memory. If any so
cieties or institutions desire' his portrait
they will have an excellent chance to get
one cheap after the committee has made
its selection of the portrait ordered by the
General Assembly.
Governor 3lcDaniel has made a very
wise selection of a Commissioner to the
Santa Fe Tertio-Millennial Exposition, to
be held at Santa Fe, in New 3iexico, the
present month. Dr. Joseph P. Logan, of
this city, will represent Georgia, his
adopted State, with dignity, ability and
rare intelligence. Being a distinguished
physician, and greatly interested in sani
tary matters, and climatology, he will
doubtless bring home some’interesting
facts connected with these now important
subjects. It is well to learn how cities
may grow venerable with years and yet
retain healthfulness.
The Governor has also appointed the
Atlanta correspondent o£* the 3lornixg
News an Honorary Commissioner to the
Louisville and Boston expositions. This
appointment is simply an honorary one,
and given to enable 3iajor Herbert to en
joy ail the privileges necessary to a thor
ough inspection of both expositions,
which he is to write up for the leading
agricultural journal of the South and the
3IORMNG News.
Postmaster Conley is greatly enlarging
the working facilities of the post office
here, and when 3lessrs. Shumate, of the
Registry Department, and Seifert, of the
Carrier Department, get settled in their
new quarters, we shall probably have less
cause to complain of any kind of delays
or errors. 31ore room aiid better arrange
ments were sadly needed, and have been
too Ion.: delayed.'
United States 3larshal Locke and Dis
trict Attorney Darnell are in tbe city,
both looking smiling and healthy, show
ing that a change of climate’has not
done them any harm, and that Savannah
must be a good place to live in. Judge
Erskine has also been here, but left yes
terday for a trip up the country. He will
hardly shed his “old shoes” immediately,
and when he does. I think they will be
filled by a first-class lawyer, several of
which are anxiously awaiting his volun
tary retirement from the position he has
so long honored.
The promised “stir in the literary
world ” in regard to the daughters of 3len
doza, with “a tale” connected with the
subject, will hardly occur. The gentle
man alluded to in a recent letter simply
sends me a late copy of tlie Detroit Free
Press containing ' ‘•‘•The Daughter of
Mendoza ,” credited to George 33'. Cable,
and also the same poem, clipped from some
paper published during the late war,
which is prefaced with this note: “A wan
derer in Nicaragua, while passing through
the village of Pueblo Nuevo, discovered a
relic of General 3lirabeau B. Lamar, late
American 3linister to that country, ia
the form of a poetical effusion, dedicated
to the belle of a nosadn, the ‘The Daughter
of 31endoza.’ The poem, however, is not
in eight verses of four lines each, but in
four stanzas, properly arranged accord
ing to rhyme and measure, as follows:
“O lend to me, sweet nightingale,
Your music by the fountains ;
And lend to me your cadences,
Oh! river of the mountains.
That I may sing my gay brunette—
A diamond spark, in coral set,
Gem for a priuce’s coronet—
The daughter of Mendoza.”
A press telegram in the 3lorning
News of yesterday states that the cadets
at the 3 irginia Military Institute are
going to New York, to return to a regi
ment of volunteers of that State the flag
captured from them at Newmarket,
3’a., during the late war, Ohl how
much ot sorrow, carnage and valor
lies hidden in this brief telegram.
Nothing, in all the bloody and terrible
history of the fierce conflicts oi 1861-5, can
rival the record of those boy soldiers who,
in response to a sudden and urgent
appeal from Gen. Breckinridge, shoul
dered their muskets in the early
dawn ol' a 3lay morning in 1864,
and bravely marched “over the hills and
far away” to Staunton, from which point
they passed on to Newmarket, forty-five
miles distant. Scarcely had they arrived
on a quiet Sabbath at noonday—3lay 15—
when the enemy appeared In' force, and
knapsacks were thrown aside and the
battle commenced. There were 223 ca
dets, formed into four companies, Col.
Ship cammanding until he was wounded,
when Capt. Henry A. Wise, Jr., suc
cnodori him. Rev Otis Glazenrnnk, late
of Macon. Ga., was a corporal in Com
pany “I),” and proved himself a
fine soldier. Eight were killed
and forty-eight wounded, and many
ot the boys were barefoot when the
command returned to Staunton flushed
with a glorious victory. The Confederate
Congress passed a vote of thanks, the
Governor of Virginia gave them an ele
gant State flag, and poetry and song and
fervid eloquence have embalmed the
forced march and glorious deeds of this
corps of boy soldiers, and over the graves
of their heroic dead rise monuments com
memorative of their unflinching meeting
of death at the cannon's mouth. The
dead rest in peace and undying glory, the
survivors have been scattered, and many
are at rest in honored graves. But July
15, 1883, is near at hand, and the return of
this captured flag in New York, nineteen
years after its capture, will bring to the
hearts of the living survivors a pulsation
ot pride and pleasure. In the quick glow
of youth their heroic conduct won this flag
on a bloody field of battle; in the cooler
years of manhood their generous patriot
ism prompts them to return it to the de
feated foe, but .with a modesty temiiered
by long years of peace and good will be
tween the “Old Dominion” and tbe “Em
pire State.” Let us have more of this
kind of “returnin’’ and this kind of re
union—but let each side preserve its self
respect and refrain from “gush.” A sol
dier who cannot respect himself need not
look for respect from any worthy foe.
Chatham.
Archbishop Purcell Bailies.
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 4.—A special
from Westboro, Ohio, savs that Arch
bishop Purcell was thought to lie dying
yesterday afternoon, but he rallied during
the night and regained consciousness this
morning.
The best tonic medicine—one that is not
composed mostly of alcohol or whisky—is
Brown’s Iron Bitters. It is guaranteed
to be non-intoxicating and will absolutely
kill all desire for whisky and other intoxi
cants. It has been thoroughly tested and
proven itself in every instance a never
failing cpre for dyspepsia, indigestion,
biliousness, weakness, debility, overwork,
rheumatism, neuralgia, consumptive dis
ease, liver complaints, kidney troubles,
etc.
KILLED AT A CROSSING.
| AN ENGINE STRIKES A WAGON
AND TAKES FIVE LI3 ES.
The Bodies Horribly Mutilated—One
Woman Decapitated The Engine
Sprinkled with Sand to Hide the Blood
and Gore—Ohio the Scene of the Acci
dent.
Cincinnati, July 4. —On the Cincin
nati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad at
the AYinton Place crossing, north of
Spring Grove Cemetery, last night, six
persons were killed. The Thunderbolt
express south on the New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio Railroad was due at
8:30 o’clock, but was half an hour behind
lime. She was running fast to make up
lost time, when it struck a huckster
wagon in which were a family of six per
-80118 and the driver. Every one except
33 illiam Bertsch, the driver, was
killed. He escaped with serious injuries.
Ihe wagon was broken to splinters. The
family was that of huckster Henry
Kracke. They were going to their farm,
seven miles from 3V r inton Place. The
names of the killed are Henry Kracke, his
wife and four children. John, aged nine
teen years, Annie, aged sixteen, 3laggie,
aged thirteen, and Lizzie, aged seven
years. The bodies were thrown in frag
ments on the grass bv the roadside, where
they were picked up bv the light of
lanterns and brought to the city. 3lrs.
Kracke’s head was severed from her body,
and all of the victims were horribly
mutilated. The engine was so besmeared
with blood that it was sprinkled with
sand to hide the stains.
BRIEFS FROM BRUNSWICK.
An Interesting Collection of News Notes
3la<le in the Town.
Brunswick, July 3.— The event ol the
season will be tbe 4th of July celebration
to-morrow. The Brunswick Riflemen,
with their handsome new uniforms, have
taken the town by storm. Instead of a
squad of raw recruits the boys turned out
on Saturday last a solid company of good
looking men, who went through their
evolutions—single file, by twos, by fours
and platoons—with the precision of regu
lars, and the manual of arms was child’s
play. The white plumes and epaulettes,
and gray uniforms with black and gold
trimming, paralyzed the ladies, and the
enthusiasm from one end of Newcastle
street to the other was unbounded.
The Brunswick Band, with their gaudy
uniform of blue, with scarlet and gold
trimmings, and red and white plumes,
will be out to-morrow as the company’s
band.
Captain J. L. Brown, of the Riflemen,
took his departure on Sunday last for his
new position at Louisville, as purchasing
agent oT the East Tennessee, 3 r irginia and
Georgia Railroad. This was a bad move
for the Riflemen, and seldom has there
been a more affecting scene than the com
pany’s farewell to the Captain and his es
timable family. The parade on Saturday
was simply for the purpose of giving Cap
tain Brown an opportunity to introduce
the company to our eiiizens in their new
uniforms, and they certainly made a line
display.
After the parade, the bovs held an im
promptu meeting, and after passing suit
able resolutions of regret and good wishes,
proceeded to purchase a suitable testimo
nial to the Captain, and selected a hand
some large silver salver with tilting
ice pitcher and goblets, at
3\’illie Doerflinger’s jewelry store,
and marched without arms to
the Captain’s hotel, where Private Mabrv,
in behalf of the company, made a very
touching little presentation speech. It
was a complete surprise to Captain
Brown, and “kinder” got the best of him.
Captain Brown leaves Brunswick with
the best wishes and highest respect and
admiration of the community, among
whom, by his many good qualities of head
and heart and marked ability and popu
larity as a railroad official, he has en
deared himself. The Company has made
a wise choice in locating him at Louis-
ville.
The new schedule of the Brunswick
and Western which went into effect on
July Ist is of signal importance and a
great benefit to business interests in this
section. At 5 o’clock this afternoon I re
ceived this morning’s News, still smelling
of the press room, and my New York
Herald of yesterday morning fresh from
the metropolis. This change is due to
the praiseworthy efforts oi Mr. Morse,
General Manager of the Brunswick
and Western, who, at the instance
of our enterprising and public spirited
Postmaster Dunn, arrausred with Mail
Sujieriiitendent Terrell to send the fast
mail to Brunswick, Albany, Thomasville,
and other points via the Brunswick and
Western. Too much praise cannot be
given to Mr. Morse for the liberality he
has shown in thus assuming a public bur
den, as his road receives no compensation
for this service. Thomasville and Albany
now get their Northern and Savannah
mails from eight to fifteen hours earlier
than by the old route.
We have had a few cases of scarlet
fever among children; but they have all
recovered and no new cases occurring, it
appears to have subsided.
Quite a number of our citizens are pre
paring to migrate to the Northward after
the Fourth. Among them Mr. H. T.
Dunn and family. Mr. John E. Moore,
Sheriff J. L. Beach and Mr. W. J. Daugaix.
Prohibition is reviving itself in this
city. Several of our leading citizens are
getting up a monster petition to the Legis
lature to prohibit the retailing of spiri
tuous liquors in Glynn county as soon as
present licenses expire, without referring
the question to a vote of the citizens. The
petition is already signed by everv voter
nearly, with the exception of a few be
sides the liquor dealers.
There is considerable work going on in
the building line.
Many vessels in port and a great many
due. Several of the saw mills tributary
to this port are preparing to shut down
temporarily owing to an increase of rates
on lumber by the Brunswick and Western.
The ruling of the Railroad Cpmmissioners
does not seem to have pleased the ship
pers, as the car load is now only 22,500
pounds, whereas the Savannah, Florida
and Western car load is 25,000 pounds.
A Chinese firm have opened a laundry
on Newcastle street, and are doing a
heavy business. Glyxn.
MR. SARTORIS MUST EXPLAIN.
Grant Determinert to Get the Whole
Truth from His Son-in-Law.
Long Branch Special to Sew York World , id.
General Grant still persists in refusing
this evening and found the General seated
bn the porch, calmly watching the waves
as they beat on the shore below, and evi
dently in deep thought.
“General, the World w ould like to know
what you think of the recent publications
concerning Mr. Sar ”
“ What publications:'’’
“ Why, the accounts published in the
daily papers connecting his name with a
Mrs. Bush:'”
“I don’t know anything about them,”
the General replied, and his eyes flashed
angrily.
“But you have surely read them,
haven’t you ?”
“I decline to talk with you about the
matter at all,” the General replied, as he
turned round and once more devoted him
self to watching the waves below.
Though the General refuses to say any
thing about the matter, it is evident to
the most casual observer that he is very
much put out about it.
“You can depend on it that General
Grant will not be satisfied with the ex
planations Mr. Sartoris has made through
the newspapers,” said a gentleman who
is numbered among the General’s intimate
friends.
“They are not at all satisfactory to him,
and when Mr. Sartoris comes to the Branch
he will have to give a more definite ac
count of his relations with Mrs. Bush.
The General is resolved to sift the matter
to the bottom. He has taken the affair
into his own hands and does not want
any of his family or friends to interfere
with him.”
A dispatch from Chicago a day or two
ago stated that Mr. Sartoris had started
for Long Branch, but if he did he has not
yet arrived here. It is stated, though,
that General Grant has telegraphed to
him to come on here immediately.
General Grant’s household is now com
posed of his wife, Ulysses S., Jr., and his
wife and ex-Senator Chaffee. The whole
party may be seen almost every evening
in the pretty little porch on the ocean front
enjoying the cool sea breezes.
The Death List.
Baltimore, Md„ July 4.—The Right
Rev. William Hinckneyj D. D.. LL.D.,
Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland
Protestant Episcopal Church, died sud
denly at 7 o’clock this morning, at the
rectory at Coc key a ville, Baltimore county.
THE TRADE DOLLAR.
Ignorance of the Law the Cause of the
Past Circulation.
Washington Special, id.
The Post will publish to-morrow an in
terview with Mr. R. E. Preston, acting
Director of the mint, in which that gen
tleman gives the history of the coinage of
the trade dollar and of the circumstances
which have combined to make it objec
tionable as a part of the currency. He is
quoted as saying:
“ The traue dollar was authorized to be
coined by the act of February 12, 1873. It
was not intended for circulation in the
United States, but for export to China,
that empire possesses no mint for the
coinage of gold or silver, and depends
upon toreign coins for its domestic circu
lation, and until the institution of the
trade dollar the principal shipments of
coin to China were in the form of Mexican
dollars. It was designed to compete with
the Mexican dollar and for that puri>ose
was made a trifle more valuable, about
two mills per piece. It, therefore, not
only a (forded a market for the surplus
silver of the mines on the Pacific coast,
but furnished merchants and importers
Irom China with silver in a convenient
‘Orim for payment for commodities instead
of being obliged to purchase Mexican dol
lars for that purpose.”
Of the fluctuations in value of the
trade dollar, Mr. Preston is quoted as say-
“At the time the coinage of this piece
was authorized silver bullion was worth
m London about 59 15-16 pence per ounce,
British standard, at which rate the in
trinsic value of a trade dollar was 103
4 1 -100 cents in gold. Its average value
during that year (1873) was 103 3-10 pents
in gold. In July, 1876, silver had fallen to
the lowest price onjrecord, and the bullion
value of a trade dollar was only 80 7-10
cents in gold. In December of the same
year it was 101 cents, and since that date
it has fluctuated within a range of thir
teen cents to the dollar, until lit to-dav’s
London quotation for silver bullion, it is
worth only 87 49-100 cents.
Mr. Preston is reported as saving of the
legal tender quality of the dollar that it
was a legal tender until July 22, 1876,
when Congress, by a joint resolution, ab
rogated the legal tender quality. This
resolution also restricted further coinage
to the actual export demand. It was
found, however, that the law was evaded
by persons who made affidavit that the
coin was needed tor export and shipped it
to China and back to the United States,
where it was put in circulation. Mr.
Preston is also quoted as saying:
“It is a mistake to suppose that the
trade dollar is a government coin. Under
the act which authorizes the coinage of
trade dollars, these pieces were coined for
depositors of silver bullion at tbe mints,
and a charge imposed for coinage at a
rate not to exceed the actual cost to the
government of manufacture. By this act
any owner of silver bullion could have
the same converted into trade dollars.
They t herefore were not issued or paid out
by the government in payment of
obligations or exchange for other money.
Ihe standard silver dollar and
silver fractional coins are coined from
silver bullion purchased by the govern
ment for that purpose and’ on its ow’n
account, and are not coined for depositors,
differing in this respect from the trade
dollar which was coined. The truth is
that the government has endeavored to
keep the trade dollar in its lawful and
proper channel, and that from ignorance
ol the law relating to this coin parties
have taken them in ordinary business
transactions when they could have been
lawfully refused.”
33 hen asked what remedy he w r ould
propose, Mr. Preston replied:
“There is none, unless Cougress takes
up the matter and legislates against it.
My idea would be to call all the coins in
and redeem them. Congress would have
to settle the rate at which they should be
redeemed.”
A NOVEL RACE.
A Horse Beaten by a Sailboat Cata
maran.
The white sails of Frederic Hughes’
catamaran gleamed in the earlv sunlight
at New York on Saturday morning as it
lay at the foot of the East Twenty-fourth
street pier. A light breeze swept down
the river, and not a cloud was to be seen
in the sky. “Two minuts to 85" said Mr.
Hughes. “We shall have a great run
with this breeze.” The run Mr. Hushes
referred to was to be from East Twen
ty-fourth street pier to Stonv Creek,
Conn., a distance of ninety miles,
the competitor for honors with the
catamaran being Ezra Daggett’s big gray
horse, which he had matched to cover the
same distance by road in less time than
the boat, for SSOO a side.
“Five o’clock—cast ofl'!’’ shouted Mr.
Hughes excitedly, and the boat gilded
quickly and silently with the tide up the
river. In a minute it seemed far away,
the broad sail shining brightly in the
morning light and the three dark forms
on deck standing boldly outlined in the
clear air. Then it disappeared behind
the hull of a lighter anchored in mid
stream, and again appeared speeding to
ward the Long Island shore, as it took its
course for Hell Gate.
Precisely at 5 o’clock horse and cata
maran started from their respective
stations for Stony Creek. At 6 o’clock a
number of the “sporting” fraternity took
a train for the same place with the inten
tion of crossing over to Pott Island, where
dinner was to be served for all. Those
who went by train got there first. At 3:35
the catamaran cast anchor at the island,
at 8 o’clock the horse arrived in a dejected
state at Stony Creek, looking as if it knew
he had lost the bet, and at 8:30 the entire
party had a banquet at the island.
The catamaran passed New Haven at
2:30 o'clock p. m., and landed at Stony
Creek at 3:25 o’clock. The horse passed
through New Haven, going at the rate of
six miles an hour and showing signs of
fatigue, at 6:30 p. m., arriving at Stony
Creek at 8 o’clock. While passing the
four corners at East Haven the horse
broke down, and was stabled for a short
time. As the wind was favorable the
betting was in favor of the catamaran.
From Bridgeport to New Haven a team
was driven in front of the horse to en
courage him.
Curiosities of Statistics.
Inter-Ocean.
The compendium of the census of 1880
furnishes the data for obtaining some
curious facts relating to agriculture. In
that year there were 4,008,907 farms,
ranging in size from three acres to 1,000
acres and upward; 28,578 of these farms
had each 1,000 acres and over. The tarms
of the country averaged 134 acres in size,
71 acres improved and 63 acres unim
proved lands. Of the whole number of
farms one-quarter were from 50 to
100 acres each, and two-fifths of them
were irorn 100 10 ow acres in
size. These farms were valued at
twice as much as the railroads of
the country. The average value of the
farms, including lands, fences and build
ings. was $2,545. The average amount
spent upon each farm for fences and re
pairing fences was less than S2O. The
average sum spent in purchasing fertili
zers was only $7 for each farm. The
average value of the products of each
sold, consumed and on hand for the year
1879 was only $550. Tfce value of the agri
cultural implements and machinery owned
and in use that year averaged onlv SIOO
each. The average value of live stock
was $375 each.
At the time of taking the first census,
in 1790,seven-eighths of the people of Mas
sachusetts were engaged in agriculture,
but in 1880 less than one-eleventh of them
were occupied |with that industry. In
the great States of New York and Penn
sylvania less than one-fourth of the per
sons in all occupations are engaged in
farming, and in Illinois, the fgreatest ag
ricultural State of the country, less than
one-half of the people are engaged in ag
riculture. In Massachusetts six times as
many people are engaged in manufactur
ing as in farming.
Let us observe what our farms and far
mers are annually producing for every
man, woman and child of the country’s
population. The year 1880 produced for
each person thirty bushels of corn, nine
bushels of wheat, eight bushels of oats,
one bushel of barley, two-fifths of a bushel
of rye, one-tenth of a bale of cotton, three
pounds of wool, two-thirds of a ton of hay,
hall a pound of hops, two pounds of rice,
ten pounds of tobacco, three-and-a-half
bushels of Irish potatoes and a half bushel
of sweet potatoes.
The Burned Maniacs Die.
Harrisburg, Pa., July 4.— Both the
insane women burned at the almshouse
fire died this evening from their injuries.
Each was about 70 years of age.
The taste for dressy coaching costumes
is on the wane since the Princess of Wales
and the Empress of Austria have set their
faces against this exaggerated use of
finery, and have shown the women of so
ciety on the other side'of the water how
much more beautiful they appear on the
top of a coach in neat dark suits of drap
d’efe, broadcloth, and navy blue flannel.
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ANTI-MONOPOLY’S SPLIT.
THE east and the west fall
OI’T ON THE TARIFF.
New York Protectionists Capture the
Convention—Edwin Lee Brown De
clares the Aims Which Make the Anti-
Monopoly Party a Necessity—The Con
vention a Farce.
Chicago. July 4.—About 200 delegates
responded to the call for the national con
ference of anti-monopolists. The pro
ceedings were marked by disorder and
confusion. The Committee on Credentials
experienced difficulty in determining who
were the properly accredited delegates.
There was also some sharp preliminary
sparring on the tariff question, it being
soon developed that the New York dele
gation, which was the strongest and most
compact,favored protection, while Nebras
ka and nearly all the Western delegations
favored free trade. The election of a New
N <>rk man for permanent Chairman was
looked upon as a victory for the pro
tectionists. Edwin Lee Brown, of Chi
cago, called the meeting to order, and
said that the delegates had been sum
moned to inaugurate anew Declaration
of Independence, one which would relieve
them from the power of monopolies, and
which was a higher creed than could Is*
found in either the Republican or Demo
cratic platform. The following States
were represented: New Hampshire,
New York. Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indi
ana. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas.
Colorado, Dakota, California, Missouri,
Kentucky and the District of Columbia.
OFFICE-HOLDERS IN' CHINA.
A Country in Which Brain Is the Only
Test.
Ilnrper'e .Vatjaeine. _
The avenues to station and power arc
open alike to all. There are no distinc
tions save those of education: none rela
tive to nationality, color or previous con
dition of servitude. All are alike free to
seek, and, if comj>etent, to obtain, posi
tions of honor, from that of petty magis
trate of a village to Grand Imperial Sec
retary—an officer second only to that of
Emperor.
Few there are, it is true, who possess
the fortitude to undergo the necessary ed
ucational training consequent to, and up
on which depends, his sole hope of suc
cess. Of his studies there is no end. To
diligence he must add patience, and to
patience continuity, else will he fail to
secure the coveted prize.
We have heard of young men in this
country who have graduated in three or
four years at most, and who were regard
ed as having finished their education,
who, in fact, considered themselves edu
cated to a degree of proficiencv beyond
which further study were superfluous.
In China there is 110 fixed time
for graduating, no limit to one’s
collegiate course, except he live be
yond the age allotted to the human race.
If a student graduate from auv college of
a certain grade in ten years he is consid
ered a prodigy. We have frequently seen
in China men of fifty years of age, the
fathers of tamilies, still attending col
lege, diligently seeking to obtain their
.first degree. But the gaining of the first
degree does not complete a Chinaman’s
education; far from it: he has gained but
the first step on the ladder of lame. His
name is simply entered on the list of dis
tinguished scholars, and immediately
he enters a college of a higher
grade, in which he must study
hard for at least three vears more
before he is allowed to enter into compe
titive examination for the second degree,
called Tazin S. S. Should he succeed iu
obtaining this degree, he can then aspire
to higher honors in a still higher school;
but if he fails he is obliged to go back and
study lor three years longer, or until the
next competitive examinations occurs,
when he ma> again strive for the coveted
degree, and if lie be of great mental en
dowments and have applied himself with
diligence during previous years of study,
he may prove successful.
Having obtained thorough excellence the
degree of Tszin S. S., the successful can
didate now enters the field of honor and
preferment, his future is assured; honor,
riches, place and power are his reward.
Still he does not consider his education
complete, but immediately enters upon a
higher course of study, by which he may
attain unto the next highest degree, that
of Han Lin. If he obtain this degree,
which may he conferred only upon
hiiti who excels all others of his class, and
which may occur only once in ten years,
he becomes a•• Chung Yuen.” He is then
presented to the Emperor in state, when
the Empress will iu person crown him
with a precious diadem, and clasp around
his neck a costly chain, from which hangs
suspended a magnificent gold locket bear
ing this inscription: “The Empire’s
Talent, and her Favorite Guest.”
He is now deemed worthy of being con
sidered as having completed his educa
tion, and stands before his illustrious
peers as a finished scholar, worthy of
political honors. He is held in the great
est esteem by all; financially his credit is
unlimited; even the Emperor will honor
his checks for any amount not exceeding
a million ounces of silver, and consider it
an honor thus to do.
In most cases the entire province in
which the fortunate “Chung Yuen” wsb
born devotes three whole days to festivi
ties and merry-making in honor of her
favorite son, and proclamations are for
warded to every city in the empire, an
nouncing the name of the successful can
didate. From the hundreds of unsuccess
ful candidates for the highest degree, who
rank as “Chung Yuen” of the second,
third, fourth and tilth grades, are chosen
those deemed most worthy, by reason of
their scholarly excellence, for important
and responsible positions continually be
coming vacated throughout the empire
through promotion or otherwise. These
are selected and assigned to such positions
as they seem best fitted to adorn by the
Emperor. Chin Lan Pin, the late Chinese
Minister to the United States, was of the
lesser grades of “Chung Yuen;” he was
a Han Lin.
The excitement consequent upon the
conferring of this much-sougbt-for recog
nition of merit among the "thousands ot
competitors and their well-wisbers is
tremendous. The city is at such times
filled to overflowing. Atter having
finished their allotted "essays, in the great
temporary inclosure, upon topics requiring
the severest mental effort, and having at
tached thereto their full name, age and
residence, many at once set out lor their
respective homes, which may be in some
remote corner of the realm; for having
perhaps spent all they possess in defray
ing the necessarily heavy expenses inci
dent to student life in the capital, they
are often obliged to return home before
the honors are awarded, or the name of
the fortunate candidate is made public.
Mr. Labouebere thinks that the almost
profitless session of the British Parlia
ment which is drawing to a close is profit
less because the Cabinet is “packed with
Whigs, who are little better than Conser
vatives masquerading in Liberal clothes.”
The Radicals will be not at all sorry if all
the government measures should fail.
They have but “a temperate admiration
for them. They have been all framed to
avoid Tory opposition.”
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