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, rnKGIV FLORIDA AM) SOUTH
CAROLINA TUT IN TYPE.
. iu a Honeymoon at Elbert on
_ T horua<*t°n’ Counterfeiter Jailed—
. Remarkable Birthday Gathering at
, toll host Bond* Traced in Coluiu
*ll4 _ v I’athet ie Death Scene.
OEORtil A.
ruled Athenian cow thief is recov
rr tterpillars have made their appear
' ‘l’the ucmitv of Perry.
: *V i r—ent < rop of watermelons is the
,_ r r:i -,ml in Taylor county.
‘ -vii ia R ntberford, an aged resident of
. found dead on Thursday morn
* bov who made an attempt at
1 u Santa on Wednesday, has been ar
> _• u ; !. on the Georgia division of the Hast
, .T-l. c. Virginia and Georgia Railroad is
'*, ( ~ ,■. thousaml children gathered at the
Sunday school rally at l>al
i ,us. i ! in l post office at Dasher’s Sta
. . , ;1;.-ivrrv Branch Railroad, has been
■Via-'Cil to Myrtle._
v . _ r . Mid on the place of .lame* Raj’, in
ii,, , ", ntc. was killed a few days ago by
\ nur-i. another negro child.
I K lie k-on and Tom Miles, living near
ii-tm . 1 -were both badly slashed in it light
inti, u i, - over a sligHt dispute a few days
V ,rue'i - ;t Fort VaUey an- chuckling over
, -of tlieir plum crops. Several
. .mmon field plums netted $5 per
j f,,. men? of DeKalb and Rockdale
are going to build a bridge across
:l rivr, where Parker's bridge was built,
a! Panola.
v |{ro girl named Easter Moody from this
v v. .'.- fatally shot last Saturday night at
iiairdstown in tlie act of theft, two halls pen
ning her person.
\E-ircw Houser’s saw mill with 40,000 feet
r and a grist mill lielonging to s. It.
i; trued at Fort VaUey last Sunday.
Tin nvi a-no insurance.
1 .1... Dan Miller, who in resisting ar
r, i.ist Wednesday morning was shot at
i hi[e- by Marshal Hardj-, died in jail, at
llaui ■ Friday morning.
It -1 unwed that on account of the np|xisi
mie parties to the road passing over
; 1. the route of the >ylvania railroad
will be i hanged to some other point.
M— Mary L. Colclough and Miss Mary
W - . were thrown from a buggy white tlieir
was rutting away in Rome Thursday,
i Miss t olclough was seriously hurt.
A r~e lielonging to George I’apot, of Tel
fat i cmiuty. while being ridden by a negro on
s; in last, became frightened at something
ar i ran away, killing himself and fatally in
juring the uegro.
Nothing has been heard from Mitchell, the
Atlanta colored man, who absconded with
Si.'’ 1 lielonging to the Good Samaritans.
Mitchell was reared iu Newnan, and uiay lie
ss-reted in that village.
( }t to this time the East Tennessee, Virginia
unit Georgia Railroad Company have trans
ported live hundred car loads of melons over
their line. The Central hies carried in the
ni ighlsirliood of nine hundred
1. l. Partridge, colored, who beat a step
duld to death two or three Years ago in
s. county, was arrested ‘near Cellar
i nek. m that county’, Monday’, aud ineareer
atcl m the Kllaville jail the same day.
At Albany last Monday W. I*. Burke. Clerk
of tin superior Court, recorded a mortgage in
fawrof the New York Trust Company, given
i the Brunswick and Western Railway
i mjiany, for
ilis imu nt, making eleven thousand words. '•
The Coroner's jury agreed that the little
negro so badly lieaten at Chipley came to her
•ii iitii from bad treatment at the handsof Sam
.lohn-on, Charles Johnson and Carrie John
s' a. all negroes. They have all lieen coir -
nulled to jail without privilege of bail to
u-.v t the next term of court. Carrie Joliu
son v - mother of the child.
There is a tinge of the pathetic
m the following tiom the Rlherton
- 'A.- ‘•William Ginn, son of Satter
wlnte Ginn, was found dead in his field on
M. nI n afternoon. He returned from Texas
I i-t fall, was married in the winter, and with
his young wife was beginning life this vear
with bright prospects. Going to his work on
Monday, though weak from chills, and not
returning to dinner, his wife went to the
field to hunt him, and found her husband
dead, lie was a good citizen. Peace to bis
ashes, and our sympathies to the heart-broken
Fast fall Mrs. A. G. Bedell, of Columbus,
lost a satchel containing aliout #3.000 iu bonds.
Vs thebomls could not be found pav inent was
ordered stopped, and Airs. ISedell. being
strongly convinced that they had lieen de
stroyed, made application to lie allowed to
give bond and have the bonds reissued to her.
This morning, however, the treasuer re
ceived notice that the April commas of the
stolen lionds had been presented for payment
through the Park National Bank and payment
refused, steps will lie taken at onee to’ trace
the Uiiids to their present holders, and it is
liketvthat them vsteryof the robberv will soon
lie solved.
The Dalton Citizen says: “Captainn Fred.
Cox. of this county, gave a birthday dinner
on Thursday, the 12th, which was’his 70th
birthday, at which were nine of the oldest set
tler- of this portion of Georgia- most of whom
were here tiefore the Cherokee Indians were
removed west of the Mississippi river. We
give the names of these old settlers and their
■ig<- *- follows: Gideon Smith. 77; David
Deik. i2i; Kev. Levi Brotherton. 72; G. W.
Keith, 71; .fudge J. P. Freeman. K; John
Oats, 67; Fred Cos. 70: Samuel Cox. 57;Colo
nel .J. A. W. Johnson, 59; and Uobert f ox. 49.
It was not an ‘old stag' gathering by any
means, for there were a number of ladies
present, among them Mrs. David l>elk. Mrs.
.1. P. Freeman. Mrs. John Oat-. Mrs. Robert
fox, Mrs. J. W. Worsham, of Knoxville,
Tennessee, and several other married ladies,
together with quite a Dumber of sweet six
teen*. The occasion is said to have been a
very enjoyable one, anil the dinner superb."
The Kastman 77ms* pictures a pathetic
deathbed scene as follows: “While quietlv
re-tttigon his lied, just ten minutes before hi’s
demise, he inquired about the time of dav,
and was told that it was tifteen minutes after
il o'clock, when he remarked to those around
his bed that it was dark as midnight, lie
then called for his father, lion.' Nicholas
Rawlins, who stepped to his bedside, when
the son affectionatelv held out his hand ami
placed it within that of his father's, bidding
him farewell, at the same time telling him
that he must go, but there was nothing in the
vv:n. lie asked his father to prepare to meet
him in Heaven, and to request the rest of the
loved ones to do the same. He then shook
hands with his brother George and with two
friends who were standing by his bedside,
bidding them good-bye. and turned his head
: - if looking for others, but there being noone
else immediately present, he took both lus
hands and, passing them over his eyes and
fa. e, quietly fell asleep."
J. C. Jemison, the Thoma-lon counterfeiter
who was taken from his house and beaten
sev oral weeks ago by neighbors whom he had,
it i- alleged, swindled, has been arrested and
lodged in jail at Maeou to answer a charge of
counterfeiting. In conversation he said: “I
own twelve hundred acres of land in Upson '
vmintv. nine miles from Thomaston. On the
l ight of the 20tli of last May. six or seven men
nith masks on their faces came to im house
and broke open the doors and assaulted me.
They held tne while they robbed mv house of
fsl and then tied me up by the thumbs, try
ing to force tne to tell where the balance of
mv money was, saying 1 had some buried.
Then they took me out about lifty yards from
the house and beat me with sticks and leather
‘traps until I was almost dead. I recognized
their voices and saw the faces of some of
them. I went before the grand jurv of our
county, and a true bill was found against
six of the party for robbery and assault. Now
these men have been biding out. ami now
‘have me arrested on this charge. It is en
tirely false—not a word of truth Tn it. I never
l assed or made any counterfeit money in mv
life."
FLORIDA.
IVl.and is to have a military companv
called the “DeLand Guards."
The wires between Jacksonville and Talla
hassee were reported down on Thursday.
It is said that the recent “small-pox scare"
occasioned at least 50,000 vaccinations in the
Mate.
A negro woman was killed by lightning in
Miinter county, when there was no visible
cloud.
The Nolan House at Sanford was struck bv
lightning on Wednesday night and damaged
considerably. Miss Blanche Nolan was badlv
stunned.
Charlie Pclton. of Fairbanks, lias a con
tract for budding 15,000 orange trees. Ilegets
Imm three to five cents each, and" nuts in
about 300 per day.
A colored man while fishing in the bay at
Pensacola last Monday caught a shark meas
uring twelve feet in length and twentr-six
inches across the jaws.
Tlie Rev. Dr. Hicks, formerly spiritual ad
?iser of the assassin Guiteau, is now sojourn
ing in the lake region, ensconced at the
Deklawaha House, at Fust is.
A gang 0f64 railroad hands passed through
Gaine-vtlle on the Florida Southern on Sat
urday. They were from Ocala, and will go
to work on the Florida Southern near New
nansville.
The Charleston company that formerly
owned the Charleston and Florida line of
steamers, are arranging to build a large and
elegant -teainer to fill the place occasioned bv
the withdrawal of the St. John's.
Bj® fe Ported that a serious run-off occurred
on the savannah. Florida and Western Rail
between Live Oak and Diqiont, on
i ue-dav morning. It fi- said that several
coaches were run into an embankment.
'Tuesday night Jacksonville was again
_*?***** by a (severe wind and raiu-storm
which did considerably damage. Two houses
were struck by lightning, but no serious dam
age is reported from any part of the citv.
nuf' I)ean * F ho wa " arrested in Jackson
*'rae nme a* o for the murder of his
le£!£V r . SIXOr y'arsago. has been re
,ro*" confinement by the Jefferson
tounty authorities on his giving liond to an.
1-ear at the next term of & CirenitCourt ?
...?■* Thursday morning the Kastern bound
?“ * he Central and
of a,,road > w hen about five miles west
ditched, and Express
a “d Mail Agent Griflin were
injQred - The accident was caused by
T^n B **? 1 ® 8 ' An °tber train was made
icene tii 1488 ®®;. wh j ch went out to the
01 lb wreck, where the passengers,
mm gmmSk JJJtmmw Jjim
mail, express and baggage were transferred
and brought on to Jacksonville.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Air. B. E. Hutto, is Postmaster at Senn's
since that office has been moved to his mill.
James W.. Lancaster ha been appointed
Postmaster at Elmore, in Barnwell county.
Air. John R. Shuler, is Postmaster at the
new office called Selwood, at his place in Fork
Township.
A citizen of Orangeburg has invented a
practical, cheap stamp-puller, which he pro
poses at once to patent.
Tlie Lexington Dispatch savs: “Mr. J. Mar
shall Shealey had his arm broken Tuesday,
the 10th, white adjusting belting at his mill.”
The President has appointed .John 11. I.iv
iugstou to be Cnited States Marshal for tlie
district of South Carolina, vice Absalom
Blythe, resigned.
Governor Thompson has appointed Mr. W.
Gilmore simms < lerk of the Court of Barn
well county, to fill the unexpired term of the
late Major J. .I Brabham.
Dr. D. 1.. Boozer, of Columbia, lias invent
ed an improvement in forceps for extracting
tlie lower wisdom teeth. It is said to be a
very meritorious instrument.
Tlie Barnwell Sentinel learns with regret
that Captain W. I>. Birt died at his place,
near Elko, on Tuesday night last, of dropsy of
tlie heart. Air. B.'s death was sudden and un
expected.
Lexington Dispatch: “Mr. VVm. summer,
of Broad river, on putting on his boot last
week felt what he supposed was a sock in it.
Pulling it off ami shaking it, out rolled a
water moccasin."
Aiken narrowly escaped a conflagration last
week from tire set in the woods about three
miles distant, which swept through a turjieii
tine farm, and was checked by great exertion
just after it entered the corporation.
At Branchville, on the 16th instaut. Mr. Bay
Richards leaped from a moving car and fell
under the car. Two wheels passed over liis left
leg. winch had to be amputated, and lie lies
in a critical condition at Orangeburg.
Kuddell Jiosl office, Hampton county, lias
l>oen discontinued; tlie mail now goes to Sem
inole John Wilson lias beou commissioned
Postmaster at llonea Path, Wm.M. llcaron at
Tiller's Ferry, and Eliza A. Holland at Sun
shine, Newberry county.
Sumter lSerthea, the school teacher who, a
few months since, killed Air. John Vandiver,
at one time a resident of Spartanburg, aud
who was so extensively and favorably known
in that entire section, has been tried and sen
tenced to three years’ imprisonment.
< living to the trifling kind of labor at their
command, many of the planters of Kershaw
have had to abandon portions of their crops
and devote their attention to tlie remainder
in order to keep from losing it all. The Jour
nal says there never w as a time in the history
of that county when laiior was more unreli
able than it is at this time, and it is getting
worse every day.
Barnwell Sentinel: “A colored woman on the
place of Dr. U'ltannon, one mile from town,
sent her sou. a good-sized boy, under a house
one night last week to catch a chicken. When
lie got to the nest he eaught at what lie sup
posed to be the chicken, but what turned out
to lie a large moccasin coiled up in the nest.
The moment he put his hand on the snake he
was bitten so severely that dangerous swell
ing took place, and at last accounts the boy
was dangerously ill.”
ONLY HALF A ROMANCE.
Saving an Heiress’ Life, but Alarrylng
a Poor Girl.
Long Branch Special, 17th.
Miss Millie Coombs, a beautiful orphan
of seventeen, and an heiress with some
SIOO,OOO in her own right, arrived here
from St. Louis with her aunt on Monday
of last week. They found that at the
West Find, at which it was their inten
tion to stop, no rooms could be obtained,
so they took rooms temporarily at the
Morris Cottage.
Just before sundown the other evening
Miss Coombs, accompanied by two ladies
and a male cousin, went into the surf.
The surl was somewhat rough, but Miss
Coombs did not heed it. When about 200
feet from her companions a scream from
the young lady told everybody that she
was in danger. The young’ man, her
cousin, hastened with the other two ladies,
who were on the point of fainting, to the
shore. In the meantime the keeper
launched the life-boat and rowed to the
girl. The screams ceased, and it was be
lieved that the sea had swallowed her.
Suddenly, a dark object was seen to
mount a wave and a cry was heard,
“Here! Here!” The boat ’ was directed
towards the spot, aud two persons climbed
into it. They were Miss Coombs and her
rescuer, William Whittlesey, who had
lieen swimming some distance out in the
sea.
Before the boat reached shore Miss
Coombs was cool and collected, pouring
out her thanks to her brave rescuer.
When she reached the arms of her aunt,
who was standing on the beach, a shout
went up from the crowd. The cousin of
Miss Coombs approached young Whittle
sey, shook him heartily by the hand and,
placing a well tilled wallet in Whittlesey’s
hand, said: “Here, take this."
••Oh, no,” replied the young man, “I
only did my duty,” and" all the per
suasions could not’tempt the young man
to accept the proffered wallet. The young
man was persuaded to accompany Miss
Coombs and her friends to their cottage,
where he blushed like a school girl under
the praises poured upon bun. He finally
consented to accept a gold watch and
chain, which the girl he saved will pur
chase for him. Whittlesey is twenty-one
years of age and is a clerk in a railway
office at lowa City.
To a rejHirter .Miss Coombs said: “1
have been'dying all my life to be the vic
tim of some real good romance, and I
guess I have got one that will last me for
some time.”
The ladies who heard the story ex
claimed that it was a real shame that Air.
Whittlesey was engaged to be married to
an ouug lady residing at Sioux
City. The young heiress herselr at first
did not seem to like it, but it is said ob
tained young Whittlesey’s consent to stand
as bridesmaid at his wedding. There is
every likelihood that young Whittlesey
will start out on his voyage with much
better prospects than a railroad clerk’s
salary can give.
I•• Dorsey and the New York Sun”—Math
ews and the Buffalo Express.
Rochester Union.
The Buffalo Express of this morning
says: “Ikirsey ami the New York Sun
now think it safe to lie about Garfield.
Garfield is dead, and dead men tell no
tales.”
While the Chicago Convention of 1880
was balloting for a candidate for Presi
dent Mr. J. N. Mathews, editor of the Buf
falo Express, who was in attendance,
sent a special dispatch to his jjaper as fol
lows:
S/iecial Editorial Dhtjxitch from Chicago to
Enjfalo Express, June, 1880.
Garfield’s eloquent speech was anew
development ofthe“Ohioldee”—one word
for his candidate and two for himself. In
dignation at GarfieUFs manifest duplicity
is widening rapidly. Some "of Sherman's
friends openly accuse Garfield of treach
ery. The Secretary was telegraphed late
last night, that Gov. Foster and Garfield
were plotting to sell him out in the lat
ter's interest. nf-Many delegates are
askindff hemseltee this folioicing portentous
question: SHALL JAY GOI?LD HAVE
A PROXY IN TIIKjWHITE HOUSE?
J. X. M.
Is J. X. Mathews a liar, too?
Mark how closely the prognostications
of Mathews and the revelations of Dor
sey touching the illicit relations of Jay
Gould and Garfield as an occupant of the
White House tit in dove-tail I
Shall w e ever reach the end of “the ras
cals ?”
Conkling anti the Shorthand Men.
Xnr York Letter.
To report Mr. Conkling is one of the
compensating features in the life of the
stenographer. Whether he is making a
speeeh or putting a five-folio question to
a witness in a railroad case, he speaks
deliberately, distinctly, and always gram
matically. When returning to the exami
nation of a witness after debating a con
tested point, he very often begins with
the word “question,” pronouncing it with
a marked rising inflection oil the
first syllable, a marked tailing in
flection on the second, and with
the syllables distinctly separated.
When it is necessary* for him to
preface his question with an explanation
of considerable length, he separates the
explanation from the interrogatory with
the words, “My question is this." Some
times he punctuates for the stenographer,
as w hen repeating a question to-day he
turned to the stenographer and said, “The
question is ‘Did you dissent to the fact
tnat a decree’ *.* an ordinary de
cree?’” At hue asking a question which
he considers of great importance, he leans
forward tow ard the witness, beats ofl' the
words with the forefinger of his out
stretched hand, nods with eaeh word, and
then raises his chin at the end of the
question, and leaves his finger pointing at
the face of the thoroughly interrogated
man.
Bat and Ball.
Washington, July 20.—Games of base
ball were played yesterday as follows:
At Baltimore—Baltimores 3, Athletes 7.
At Cleveland—Clevelands 9, Xew Yorks
5.
At Pittsburg—Metropolitans 10, Alle
ghanys 9; 10 innings.
Four Masked Batteries.
London, July 20.—Orders have been
received at Aldershot to prepare four bat
teries of field artillery for active service.
Their destination is not known.
ARTHUR IX A QUANDARY.
HIS aspirations hedged by
MANY PERPLEXITIES.
The New Hampshire Animosities the
Canse for Uneasy Pondering—A Word
About Official Dead headlsm—The
President’s Fear of Criticism—Demo
cratic Plans in Virginia.
M ashixgtox. July 20.—Secretary
Chandler is practically out of the New
Hampshire. Senatorial race. He lost con
siderable ground on the last vote and his
friends here are casting about for reasona
ble apologies for his candidature. They
claim that his experience of the past few
days will prove exceedingly valuable to
him, that he has found out the weak spots
in his political armor, and has gained
precisely the knowledge he needed to
make him cocksure oi schoolmaster
Blaine’s seat in the Senate. John Roach
was at first opposed to Secretary Chandler
making the fight. He thought that Secre
tary Chandler would be of more
service to him in the Navy Department
than in the Senate. After canvassing the
situation thoroughly he changed his
mind and sent on his’ check to help pay
the Secretary’s expenses at Concord. The
check either did not get there in time or
it was not large enough to seriously affect
the issue. The Democrats are in a high
glee over the outlook. To them the Re
publican party in New Hampshire seems
hopelessly divided. The State has given
great uneasiness to the administration of
late, and the present stirring up of per
sonal animosities may result in turning
it over to the Democrats in the next Presi
dential campaign. Secretary Chandler’s
defeat will not be regarded solelv as a
l>ersonal matter. The politicians say
that it will be a slap at the administration
for honoring such a huckstering states
man with a Cabinet portfolio.
Hypercritical persons are beginning to
find fault with Postmaster General Gres
ham. The ground of complaint is a com
mon one, but aggravating circumstances
are thought to attach to this particular
case. When leaving Indianapolis to as
sume the duties of his office. Judge
Gresham was ottered free use of a special
car. He refused to avail himself of this
courtesy and was promptly complimented
by the press for declining’ to travel as a
dead-head. Having enjoy ed the syveets of
his exalted position for some months, and
seen how his colleagues work the oracle,
Gresham’s sturdy independence has melt
ed into thin air. It is charged that he now
junkets about at the expense of contract
ing railroad companies, and is becoming
an adopt in all the species of deadheadism
yvhjch tin; President aud his other consti
tutional advisers frequently enjoy.
President Arthur, by the way, au
thorized the statement that his trip to the
Yellowstone Park would entail no ex
pense on the government. This explana
tion was drawn forth by severe press criti
cism. The Presideut is keenly alive to
newspaper censure. Before he started on
his last fishing excursion plans had been
laid for a jolly cruise on the Dispatch—
wines and liquors had been shipped by
the gallon, and a congenial crowd were
invited to enjoy the pleasures of the trip.
The newspapers anticipated the glorious
time. The good things were taken from
the vessel and the President started South
with his New York friend, Mr. Miller,
Secretary Chandler and Private Secretary
Phillips.
President Arthur desires the reputation
of a prudent and circumspect man, and
he would renounce every kind of pleasure
just to have the publie’ think the yvorld,
the flesh and the devil died in him when
he stepped into Garfield’s shoes.
Although there is not a single State of
ficial to lie elected, the Virginia Demo
crats will go through the process of hold
ing a convention. The convention is
called for tlie specific puroose of reorgan
izing the party, and putting it in the field
upon a more efficient basis, and upon is
sues now regarded as vitally affecting the
interests of the State. Notwithstanding
the fact, says the Star, that there are no
nominations to contend for, it is ap
parent that the convention will lie
largely attended. The main purpose of
the Democrats is to get the white Read
justers back into the party-fold. The old
Democratic party has waged a Litter and
proscriptive war against those ReacHlis
ters and naturally the latter feel resent
ful towards it. They would, it is thought,
scarcely consent to jqin an organization
that had so violently denounced them.
To overcome this the Democrats pro
pose to virtually disband their party
and say to the Readjusters, “Now come
in and help to organize anew party that
will lie acceptable to you.”
A part of the plan is to select new lead
ers, and such of the Readjusters as par
ticipate in the convention will he given
prominence as a sort of pledge that old
issues and feuds are buried. The policy
of the convention will be to concentrate
all opposition to Mahone. This opposi
tion consists of rather incongruous ele
ments, and it will be no easy task to ce
ment them all together in a common
cause.
AMERICA’S TEAM AHEAD.
The British Team Eight Points Behind
in Three Ranges.
IV imblkdon, July 20.—The Americans
at the two hundred yards range scored
352 and the British 340.
The total score of the English at five
hundred yards was 376, and the American
score at that range was 366.
The total scores of the 600 yards range
gave the Americans 360 and "the British
354, making a grand total of 1,078 for the
Americans and 1,070 for the British rifle
men. The tormer are thus 8 points ahead
on the day's shooting at the three ranges.
Itain fell constantly during the shoot
ing at the 2<h) and 500 yards, but ceased
when the firing at 600 yards began.
The middle squad "of the Americans
shot with Remington rifles. The others
used Brown's rifles. The Americans say
that their firing was slow. One English
man and one American counted oil the
wrong target, and each consequently
scored a “miss.” The greatest cordialty
prevails all around. The large erowd
cheered the Americans on their quitting
the ground at the close of the shooting.
The Americans are elated at their present
success. They were somewhat doubtful
of securing as many points as they did.
DEATH OX THE GIBBET.
Two Men in Ohio and One in Tennessee
Expiate Their Crimes.
Cincinnati, July 20.—David Timber
lake, colored, was hanged at noon to-day
for a rape on Maggie Lawson, a colored
girl nine years old. He made a confes
sion, claiming that the girl herself was
not innocent.
Memphis, July 20.—Robert Wilson, col
ored, who shot and killed Frank B. Rus
sell in this eitv, September 29, 1882, was
hanged to-day in the county jail at 12:15.
The execution was private, only three
friends of the condemned man, six re
porters, and the Sheriff and his posse, as
provided by the law passed by the recent
Legislature, being witnesses. AVilson’s
neck was broken.
Canton, 0., July 20.— Geo. McMillan,
the wife murderer, was hanged here to
day. The trap was sprung at 11:15
o'clock. He died without a struggle,
his neck being broken. He was limp and
lachrymose on the scaffold, begging his
friends to pray for him and bis murdered
wife and children. He had an affecting
interview with his four little children
about an hour before the execution. His
last words were that his late statements
are true: that he should die innocently sac
rificed by his father and a prostitute!
New Hampshire Stitt Balloting.
Concord, X. H., July 20.—The follow
ing is the result of the ballot for United
States Senator to-day: Whole number of
votes cast 260; necessary to a choice 131;
of which Benjamin F. Prescott had 1,
W. S. Ladd 1, Frank P.Mitchell 1, Charles
H. Burns 1. Frederick Snivthe 2, Charles
If. Bell 2, Danial Barnard 2. Henry E.
Burnham 3, Jacob H. Gallinger4, Stevens
13, Marston 25, Janies W. Patterson 26,
Tappan 34, Chandler 56, Bingham 89. The
next vote will not be taken till Tuesday.
Failures in Business.
Xew York, July 20.—The business
failures throughout the United States and
Canada during the last seven days re
ported to R. G. Dun & Cos., number 168,
against 159 last week, distributed as fol
lows: Xew England States 15, Middle 23,
Southern 17, Western 50, Pacific States
and Territories 25, Canada and the Prov
inces 28, Xew York city 10.
Liverpool, July 20.—Livesey, Sons &
Cos., cotton brokers, of this city, have
failed. Their liabilities have not been
ascertained.
Henry’s Carbolic Salve
Is the best Salve for Cuts, Bruises.
Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
kinds of Skin Eruptions, Freckles and
Pimples. Get Henry's Carbolic Salve, as
all others are counterfeits. Price 25 cts.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1863.
THE DUTY ON COTTON TIES.
The Convention of Exchanges Opposed
to Its Increase.
Fortress Monroe, July 20.—The Ex
ecutive Committee of the National Cotton
Exchange, which has been holding its
biennial session here, has been instructed
to prepare a system of rendering crop re
ports. which shall be uniform, to lie sub
mitted to the constituent Exchanges,
and which will become the rule when ap
proved by a two-thirds vote of the Ex
changes. Gen. Dodge, of the Agri
cultural Bureau, by invitation, addressed
the convention and explained in detail
the manner in which crop reports were
collected. He also stated that he would
try the system suggested by the conven
tion in addition to that now in use. The
convention took up the reports of the
business and of other committees, and
after full and lengthy discussions on
various points the presented reports were
adopted. The report of the Committee on
Cotton Ties brought most of the members
to their feet, and the prevailing sentiment
was that strenuous efforts should be made
to prevent an increase of duty on this in
disjiensable. article, as such ai, in
crease would iall entirely on producers.
The members of the Exchange, having
completed their labors, le’ft Old Point
Comfort this morning on the steamer Lu
ray, of the Old Dominion line, for Nor
folk, and were taken in charge by the
Portsmouth Cotton Exchange. Atter vis
iting various places of interest along the
water front they proceeded by the Nor
folk and Virginia Beach Railroad, just
completed, to Ocean Beach, anew sea
side resort that promises to rival Long
Branch. An elegant collation was served
in the newly constructed pavillion, and
after toasts were drunk, and addresses
made by President Allen, of Norfolk, ex-
President Gardner, of Mobile, John
Chaffee, of New Orleans, Mr. Warren, of
Norfolk, and others, the party separated,
most of the members going to their re
spective homes.
THE YELLOW FEVER CRUSADE.
New Orleans Taking Every Precaution
to Check the Disease.
New Orleans. July 20.— The Board of
Health last night adopted a resolution
advising the Governor to issue a procla
mation establishing quarantine*against
all Mexican, South American and West
Inuia ports, to take efleet immediately.
No infected vessel, nor any vessel having
had yellow fever or cholera on board, will
he allowed under any circumstances
to come to the city, nor will any person
on board such a vessel be permitted to
visit the city. A resolution was also
adopted requesting the Governor of Illi
nois to forbid Dr. Ranch, the Health Offi
cer of that State, from intermeddling in
sanitary affairs and to cease his designing
efforts to impair public confidence in the
Louisiana State Board of Health.
Washington, July 20.—The Depart
ment of State lias telegraphed the United
States Consul at Vera Cruz to advise all
vessels bound to Southern ports in the
United States to stop at Ship Island for
inspection in order to avoid being sent
therefrom their port of destination by the
health authorities.
Havana, July 20. —The steamer City of
Washington, which has arrived here from
Vera Cruz, and which is to sail tor New
York on Saturday, is kept isolated and
under observation in the harbor, owing to
the fact that there are twenty-seven sick
persons among her passengers and crew.
One death occurred on the passage from
Mexico. The charactor of the sickness is
not well defined, but it is believed to have
been caused by drinking water taken on
board at Vera Cruz. When the steamer
left that port there was no sickness on
board. When she touched at I’rogreso
five or six cases of sickness were reported,
and the number increased to twenty-seven
on the passage to Havana.
ON THE TRACK AT BRIGHTON.
How tlie Races of t-lie Day Placed the
Favorites and theli Backers.
New York, July 20.—The Brighton
Beach races to-day resulted as follows:
First Race— For a purse ol $250 for
two year olds; three-quarters of a mile.
Australian, the favorite, won. He is by
King Ernest. Miss Bassett, a filly, was
second and Granite third. The time was
1:18X.
Second Race— For a purse ot $250;
selling allowances; one and one-eighth
miles. After a desperate race between
Woodcraft, La Gloria and Nimblefoot, the
first named won by two lengths before
Nimblefoot, with La Gloria third, and
Lilliedale, the favorite, fourth. The time
was 1:59.
Third Race— For a purse of $250 for
non-winners; one mile. Joe Murray won
easily by two lengths, with E. L. Capetan,
the favorite, second and Little Dan third.
The time was 1:45.
Fourth Race— For a purse of $-250 for
non-winners; one mile. Galwav won a
terrific race by a length, with Little
Buttercup second, and Japonica, the fa
vorite, third. The time was 1:46%.
Fifth Rack—For a purse of $250 for all
ages; one and one-quarter miles. Redfoe
won, with Gatiriel second and Arsenic,
the favorite, third. The time was 2:10%.
Sixth Race— For a purse of $250; sett
ing allowances; three-quarters of a mile.
Garfield, the favorite, won, with Cathcart
second and Periwinkle third. The time
was 1:17%.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal observer,
Washington, D.C., July 20.—Indications
for Saturday:
In the South Atlantic States, south
to east winds, fair weather, stationary
temperature, and stationary barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fair
weather in southern portion, lair,followed
by partly cloudy and local rains in the
northern portion, rising temperature, aud
stationary or falling barometer.
In the East Gulf States, winds mostly
southerly, fair weather, stationary or
slight fall iu barometer, and stationary
temperature.
In the West Gulf States, southerly
winds, nearly stationary barometer, sta
tionary or low temperature, and fair
weather.
In the Tennessee and Ohio Valiev,
fair weather in Tennessee, partly
cloudy weather and local rains in Ohio
valley, followed by clearing weather,
stationary or rising temperature, lower
barometer, and southerly winds.
A Sensational Tragedy.
London, July 20.— The town of Bedford
is in the greatest excitement over a lawn
tennis tragedy. A party were playing
lawn tennis near Ship Inn, at St. Cuth
bert’s, in the centre ot the-town. Among
the players were Mr. Devere, a young
army officer, and Miss McKay, an ex
ceedingly pretty young lady twenty years
of age. Suddenly, and without apparent
provocation, Devere pulled out a revolver
and shot Miss McKay dead. He then
blew out his own brains. Both victims
are well known in society, and in both
cases the only surviving parents are wid
ows. It is believed that jealousy was the
motive for the crime.
Funds for the New Orleans Exposition.
Xew York, July 20.—A committee
waited on Jay Gould yesterday on behalf
of the Xew Orleans Exposition to request
his subscription to that enterprise. He
referred them to Captain Haves, general
manager of his roads at St. Louis, who
will subscribe w hat he thinks proper. C.
P. Huntington has subscribed $25,000, and
President Baldwin, of the Louisville and
Xashville Company, has recommended a
liberal subscription. The committee re
ports $15,000 subscribed, and this, with
what has been raised in Xew Orleans, it
is said, will insure a successful exposi
tion.
The New Orleans Exposition.
Xew York, July 18.—The Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Directors have authorized a
stock subscription of $25,000 to the New
Orleans Exposition. The Exposition
Committee were also assured that the
management of the road would make re
duced rates and cordially aid the Exposi
tion in every way. Communications
were addressed to the management of
other lines fading into Xew Orleans.
Manager Scott, of the Erlanger system,
has recommended a stock subscription of
$25,000.
Tlie Battle on Huamachueo.
Lima, July 20.—Further particu
lars of the fight on Iluama
achueo heights show that General
Caceres had 4,000 men, 6ix Krupp
cannon, and an abundant supply of rifles
while Col. Gorostiaga had only 1,200 men!
Elidea, of Cajamarea, calculates that
Gen. Caceres lost 1,000 killed on the
heights. Gen. Caceres, Receabarren,
Elias, Prado and other Chiefs are said to
have escaped unhurt.
Mr. I. A. Bacon, Savannah, Ga., says:
“I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for nervous
ness and indigestion and found it excel
lent,”
GOULD FIGHTING IT OUT.
NO SIGNS OF WEAKENING ON
THE COMPANY’S PART.
Another Declaration that No Compro
mise will fie Made—Some Offices Bet
tering Their Forces and Others Losing
—New York Reported to be Picking Up
Fast.
New York. July 20.—At 10 o’clock this
morning there were singularly few evi
dences of the strike about the Western
Union building. There wa9 the usual ac
tivity about the receiving windows, hut
nothing more. None of the strikers ap
peared either in the basement or in the
operating rooms. The executive depart
ment was early on the ground and full of
business. Not a small part of their occu
pation was the reading of congratulatory
and encouraging telegrams from various
offices, and the Superintendents of the
Company. Most noteworthy of these was
that from General Superintendent R. C.
Clowry, sent late la9t night from Chicago.
Col. dowry’s is the largest and most im
portant district in the country, covering
the entire West as far as ’the Pacific
coast. He reports as follows: “The sit
uation is improving rapidly. St. Louis
has a full force, and the Southwest is
loyal. At the principal points in Texas,
Arkansas and Louisiana nobodv has left.
The whole force returned to work at St.
Joseph, Mo., stating that they had been
deceived. Five of them will return at
Evansville, and five or six will go back
in the morning at Cleveland. All the
force at Columbus, 0., are in the union,
but they refused to strike.”
Superintendent Miller, at Cincinnati,
reported business clear last night except
for Memphis. He savs that everything is
“up” at Cleveland and Detroit.
Superintendent Wallick, of the Indian
apolis district, says that everything is
very solid and that business is up in his
district.
Superintendent Dickey, of Omaha, re
ports that his offices are well manned.
Superintendent Clowry adds: “We have
more men in Chicago to-night than we
can use and they are still pouring in.”
In the operating room in New York there
were this morning about three hundred
operators. The manager stated that every
principal wire in the office was manned
by a competent operator, and that they
had at that hour more men than they
could find work for. Constant accessions
ol operators were being received, and
there Was no delay of any kind of busi
ness. The most encouraging part of the
situation to the local authorities was the
tact that every wire was manned at the
other end as well as here, and that no
time was wasted in securing answers to
calls. The cable wires have suffered uo
stoppage or interruption.
Several of the Western Union branch
offices were reopened this morning, and it
is expected that more will be opened to
accommodate the public.
The sub-committee of tlie Western
Union Exec utive Committee was in ses
sion again to-day, but nothing was done
that would be divulged. The officers of
the company stated positively that the
company would not yield, but would fight
it out to the bitter end.
STAMPEDE IN THE CITIES.
A Ratdi of Reports which Tell How
the Battle is Waging;.
Philadelphia, July 20.—The striking
operators of this city had a meeting to
night at which 400 members of the Broth
erhood were present. It was stated that
forty members had been initiated during
the day and that four men who worked
yesterday and last uight, including two
operators and the Traffic Chief of the
Western Union and one operator of the
Mutual Union, liatl rejoined the Brother
hood. “The roll of honor” was called
and it was found that there had been no
desertions from their ranks. The officers
or the Brotherhood say that there has
been no wire cutting or intimidation of
operators.
Memphis, July 20.—Every operator in
the Western Union office here, including
the day and night chiefs, struck when the
signal was given. Manager Howard says
that he will work day and night at the
key until the help promised from other
cities arrives. No private messages are
being received, and the public is anxiously
awaiting the result of the struggle.
Memphis, July 20.10:30 p. m.—The sit
uation at the telegraph office here re
mains about the same, although Manager
Howard has received the assistance of
one operator, who came from Nashville,
and they are alone in the operating room.
Messages are being received at the office
subject to delay and mailing en route if
necessary. The newspapers were poorly
served last night, and their columns this
morning showed up hare of telegraph
news. Manager Howard was alone and
slept in the operating room. The Associ
ated Press dispatch announcing the strike
here was delayed eleven hours in sending.
The strikers, who include every operator
in the city, are hopeful of carrying their
point, and say that if all the operators
throughout the country had acted like
those here, their demands would have
been complied with.
• July 20. —The strike situa
tion here is worse than it was yesterday,
and business on the lines requiring the
use of the telegraph is virtually sus
pended. The Western Union has only
tw’o first class operators at work, who,
with five or six beginners, make up the
force.
The Baltimore and Ohio office was
opened to-day by an official of the com
pany who is taking the most important
business. The strikers held an enthusias
tic meeting this morning, and initiated
five new members. Up to noon they had
added seven to their number. One ol
these is an operator who worked last
night. It was resolved to hold out until
the last. There is much complaint in
business circles about the interruption to
trade, but it must be confessed that the
merchants generally side with the
strikers.
St. Louis, July 20.—The telegraphic
situation here this morning is better than
it was yesterday and is constantly im
proving. In addition to having sixty
operators at work iu the main office, the
Manager has re-opened a dozen of the
branch offices in the city, and has as
large a force on ’Change as can be used
to advantage.
Atlanta, July 20.— Manager Stephens
has succeeded admirably in getting off
business to-day, as his corps of skilled
operators have cheerfully done double
duty and thereby prevented delays. Our
citizens are warm in their praises of the
anti-strikers.
Worcester, Mass., July 20.— The tel
egraphers here are still out and remain
firm. The Western Union manager ajone
remains in the office, with the exception
of one ludy operator, who applied this
morning and was set to work.
Hartford, Conn., July 20.— The tele
graphic situation remains practically un
changed. The manager and the chief op
erator are the only ones in attendance.
Springfield, Mass., Julv 20.—The
situation here remains unchanged, with
the exception of the addition of two op
erators from the country to the force.
The strikers remain firm.
Detroit, July 20.-The telegraphic
situation here remains unchanged from
yesterday. There are no accessions to the
operating force, and the company is get
ting off'its business under extraordinary
difficulties. The striking operators are
quiet and well-behaved.
San Francisco, July 20.— Sixteen
operators struck yesterday morning, but
their places were promptly filled, and a
lull day force competent to handle the
business was on hand all dav.
Xashville, July 20.—Ail but two of
the telegraphic strikers have "gone back
into the office and resumed work.
Galveston, July 20.— The AVestern
Union operators here struck in a body
yesterday morning. The manager and
two chiel operators are working at the
keys. The strike is general throughout
the State.
CLOWBY CONFIDENT.
Plenty of Men, ami His Only Object’ to
Improve the Standard of Work.
< hicago, July 20. —Superintendent
Clowry reports that the business of the
Chicago office of the AVestern Union Com
pany is moving along without perceptible
friction, and that while there is not the
usual rapid service, nevertheless all
vital commercial and personal mes
sages and press dispatches are being
sent over the wires without delay.
None of the old operators have
as yet reported back for duty, but
recruits have come in from country towns
to take their places, and old operators
who had gone into other lines of business
have also applied and been given situa
tions. Advices from other cities and
towns in his district report a similar con
dition of affairs, and in smaller places the
strikers have asked permission to return,
Bad in some instances have been allowed
to do so. Col. Clowry asserted that the sit
il at !°u- was enc °nraglng for the company
that his only thought now was of bring
ing the service up to its old high standard
as rapidly as possible.
~® n ’Change this morning there was a
d.smclination to engage in trading, and
but little business was transacted during
tae early hours owing to the meagre
nature ol the advices. Western Union
put on a trained force early in the dav
and there was a perceptible improvement
immediately thereafter. The strikers
here thus far display a firmness in their
determination to stand out for a con
siderable period, and express the belief
that the company will have to aceede to
their terms.
A REWARD FOR MALEFACTORS.
General Eckert Issues an Admonitionary
Manifesto to the Strikers.
New York, July 20.— The following
notice has been issued by the Western
Union officials: “Five hundred dollars
reward will be paid for the arrest an and
conviction ot any person unlawfully or
maliciously injuring, molesting or de
stroying any of the.property, lines, posts,
wires or cables of this company, or in anv
way obstructing or interfering with the
sending ot its messages bv injury to or
interference with the wires, batteries,
currents or instruments on the lines of
this company.
“Western Union Telegraph Cos.,
“By Thomas Eckert,
“Acting President.”
ment and the fine provided by law tor the
above named offenses will be enforced in
all cases.”
DORSEY’S RECENT EXPOSE.
Garfield’s Glory Sadly Dimmed by the
Star Router’s Story.
W ashington, July 20.—Dorsey’s re
cent expose of star route matters in the
New York Sun, and his detail of various
jobs, bargains and sales prior to the elec
tion ofl 884, and the breaking of pledges
after Garfield had been elected President,
has naturally attracted a good deal of
attention. There are some new things
in what Dorsey prints, and they are quite
interesting too. A good deal ot what he
says has been known here a long time,
and without the sequence of minor de
tails which Dorsey gives, has from time
to time found themselves into the public
prefis. The News has printed heretofore
in its Washington correspondence much
of what Dorsey has seeu fit to retail,
and circumstantially. It is not
so much what Dorsey reallv says as the
collateral effects it has brought to bear
upon the character of the late James A.
Garfield. In the minds of the millions,
Garfield was a saint. In fact he was far
from it. Dorsey is pulling down Garfield
from the high pedestal upon which he has
been placed as a martyr. Dorsey has set
tongues a wagging and all sorts of stories
are now told of the late President. It is
bad taste of course to do such things, but
people have been talking ever since there
were people and will continue to talk
as long as there are people. In
short the whole animus of Dorsey
seems to be to ruin the
Republican party and the memory of
Garfield, both of whom he considers with
a good deal of reason to have “gone back”
on him. He seems to be in a very fair
way to blacken Garfield’s memorv. Ilis
aid was not wanted to accomplish the
ruin of the Republican party. It is. how
ever, agreeably supplementary in the
minds of Democrats. When the jobbers
fall out the truth always appears. Dorsev
is not decent in his treatment of Garfield
—he does not hallow the grave. In time
it was inevitable that the people would
form a more correct idea of the
late President, but it would but for
Dorsey have been done with all decency.
The truth of the whole matter is that tlie
high pedestal upon which Garfield has
been placed was the result of the work of
Washington correspondents. When he
was shot the correspondents here knew in
a minute that the whole country tingled
with sympathy. They responded to that
feeling. They depicted all that was good
of Garfield—and much more—and said
nothing that was not in the nature of
praise. Many touching incidents sup
posed to have occurred during Garfield’s
illness did not occur at all. It was un
fortunate for his place in historv that the
country demanded that he should he
sainted. But the facts could not be kept
down forever and Dorsey hastens their
uprising.
IT IS NOW POSSIBLE
to make a somewhat trustworthy cal
culation as to how many vacancies will
occur in the departments ‘ here to be filled
upon the recommendation of the Civil
Service Commission. Of course there are
no vacancies now, but, strange as it may
appear, they do arise from natural causes,
such as deaths aiid resignations. A
prominent official of the Treasury Depart
ment has made a carelul calculation from
the records of all the departments. He
sums it up that there will average, if all
vacancies are promptly filled—which is
by no means a certainty—about six ap
pointments a week in the whole govern
ment service in Washington. This is less
than one a day for the civil service law to
apply to. It will doubtless, however, in
time work a great improvement in
the service. The examinations which
have already been made here
have been conducted upon a square
and fair basis. It is true many of the
questions asked those who were examined
have been ol a character not in the least
connected with the duties expected of
them; hut as Mr. Lyman, the chief ex
aminer of the - commission, aptly says,
“they show whether the applicant is a
man, or woman, as the case may be, of
general intelligence. It is not the person
who writes the best hand or is quickest
at figures that makes the most acceptable
employe. It is the person who is general
ly intelligent.” .
SAID A WELL-KNOWN WALL STREET
BROKER,
who is in the city, to your correspondent
to-day: “People have an idea that Vander
bilt does not spend money in proportion
tion to what his income is. It is not the
correct idea. I do not say that Vander
bilt is at all public-spirited or does verv
much in the way of charity, but he is a
thoroughbred spender on himself and
friends. He never ‘bargains’ either, as
many think. If be wants anything he
asks the price and pavs it promptly. It is
no great credit to him that he does this,
but contrary to general opinion, that is
his way. He is a man of some humor,
too. I recollect one little incident con
nected with his last visit to Europe.
The day before the vessel upon which he
had taken passage left New York he sent
to the Chemical National Bank and
drew out $1,000,000. One of the officers of
the bank went down to see him off. He
inquired casually of Vanderbilt why he
took so much money with him for a Euro
pean trip. “Well, you see,” was the re
ply, “I have heard that all the waiters,
porters and others of that class over there
expect everybody to fee them!”
PRESIDENT ARTHUR
has of late taken a good deal to horse
back riding. His is a pretty figure,
well rounded with good living.
But he sits well on horseback and
manages a good rein. His habit is to take
the saddle about half-past five o’clock,
and come back at half-nast seven or eight.
He does not ride “fashionably;” in other
words he does not shorten his stirrups and
lean forward with his horse at a
hard trot. He sits in his saddle comforta
bly, and takes his ride in a gallop, swift or
slow, as they do in the South. He enjoys
himself, and does not get the very lights
jolted out of him. The horse he rides is
about fifteen hands high. He is a bay, and
a Kentucky blue grass thoroughbred. The
President bought him about four months
ago right from the farm upon which he
was bred. He paid SI,OOO for him. He is
pronounced to be one of the finest saddle
horses in the country.
OF ALL THE ROMANCES
ever printed, the one just now in active
circulation about General Crook’s raid
into Mexico is entitled to the banner. It
is that the Apaches captured Crook and
dictated terms to him! This in face of
the facts that there was a fight, a number
of Indians killed and many brought back
captors, and not a man of Crook’s fell.
It is so reasonable that the Apaches
6hould have captured Crook, and then re
turned as prisoners of war with him, is it
not? That is the nature of the Indian, is
it not? Oh yes, they always do things
that way. This romance about Crook
started here. It originated among a cer
tain set of army officers who lead the
“German,” and serve their country in
soft assignments. Of course this class is
jealous of the reputation which Crook has
achieved by hard fighting and constant
service with his command. Crook’s fault
is that he is not a dude. A soldier cannot
be a favorite with army dudes anv more
than can a citizen be a favorite vvith the
civilian dude. It will take the dudes a
long time, however, to smirch Crook’s re
cord. They ought to try some more
plausible story than their little romance
about the Apaches having captured him.
The building of that story shows how
little they are accustomed to even the
theories of active sendee.
MR. RANKIN’S BILL PASSED
THE HOUSE VOTES FOR COUNTY
RAILROAD TAXATION.
An Exciting Debate Ends in a Vote of
105 Yeas, 41 Nays and 87 Absentees—
The Pott Tax Exemption Bill Sent to
the Attorney General—Jenkins to be
Memorialized Monday.
Atlanta, July 20. —1 u the Senate to
day, Senator Lamar from his committee,
reported memorial services for Gov. Jenk
ins on Monday next.
The special order ot the day, the bill
amending section 4587 of the Cotie, by plac
ing tenants upon the same basis with la
borers as to violation of contracts for
labor, was taken up,and Senator Tutt, the
author of the bill, and Mr. Livingston
favored it in forcible speeches.
Senators Dubignon and Peeples opposed
it, while Senators Tatem. Greer and
Walker desired to amend it.
On motion of Senator Baker it was re
committed.
The Senate concurred in the House re
solution to provide a stenographer for the
investigation committee of the Agricul
tural Department, as there is a prospect
of a large amount of testimonv.
The rules were suspended, and new
bills were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Smith—Prescribing punishment
for attempted burglary.
By Mr. McDonald—Compelling parents
and guardians to send their children to
school when of projier age.
In executive session the Senate con
firmed Howell C. Glenn for Solicitor of
the City Court vice Mr. Bray, rejected.
Ihe confirmation was unanimous. Mr.
Glenn is ex-City Recorder, a talented
young lawyer, brother of ex-Solicitor Tom
Glenn, who married a sister of Col. Win.
Garrard, and his appointment gives great
satisfaction.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-dav the committee in
vestigating the Agricultural Department
were granted a stenographer to take down
testimony.
Mr. Calvin, Chairman of the committee,
reported that joint memorial services will
be held on Mondav, the 23d inst., at 12
o’clock, when Col. C. C. Jones will deliver
an address on the life and character of
Governor Jenkins, in response to the re
quest of the comraitte.
The contested election case of Wilson
vs. Proctor, from Camden, was set for
next Wednesday.
The debate on Mr. Rankin’s railroad
tax bill was resumed, and Mr. Fite fin
ished his speech.
Mr. Falligant made a strong argument,
covering all the points made in favor of
the bill, and . claimed that the railroads
were not unwilling to be properly taxed,
but did object to be singled out for special
taxation. The closing of Mr. Falligant’s
argument, wherein he set forth what rail
roads have done to bind the State to
gether from mountain to seaboard, was
especially eloquent and forcible in strong
points.
Mr. Hulsey, of Fulton, followed in a
clear and compact argument for the bill.
It was perhaps the strongest speech of
the debate, and the frequent applause
proved that the majority were with him
iu his views.
Mr. Jordon, of Hancock, called the pre
vious question, but it was lost by a vote
of 72 nays to 52 yeas.
Mr. Sweat, of Clinch, spoke against the
bill, but presented no new argument, his
main point being that while the Central
Railroad was exempt the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad would be
taxed.
Mr. Russell, of Clark, favored the bill and
made the point, sustained by the figures
presented, that counties without the help
of railroads had nearly doubled their
taxable property, and the plea that rail
roads should be exempted because they
develop the State was not sufficient to
warrant the defeat of the bill.
Mr. James, ot Douglass, offered an
amendment allowing the property to be
given in for taxation under the existing
laws, but it was lost.
Mr. Reese, of Wilkes, moved to vote on
the bill by sections. The House, however,
voted the motion down.
Lnder a call of the previous question,
Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, the author ot tlie
bill, was allowed 20 minutes to close the
debate. He contended that it was still
an open question whether the Georgia and
Central Railroads were exempt beyond
the time fixed in their original charters.
He disclaimed any desire to war upon
railroads, but simply desired to have them
bear their due share of county taxation.
Mr. Rankin’s time was extended by
unanimous consent, and he closed amidst
general applause. The bill was then put
on its passage under a call of the veas
and nays. There were 105 yeas to 41 nays
and 27 absentees.
Fulton voted solid for the bill, and Chat
ham, Richmond and Bibb against it.
In the Senate the contest will be even
more exciting and the final vote nearer a
tie.
There was a great rush for leaves of ab
scenee to-day, and nothing will he done
in the House to-morrow hut reading bills
a second time.
NOTES ABOUT THE CAPITOL.
A South Georgia member who has been
a conspicuous temperance advocate for
the past two years, created a sensation by
appearing on the floor of the House to-day
drunk.
The _ first bill of the session was
sent •in to the Governor this after
noon, but as there is some doubt as to
its constitutionality, it will probably he
referred to the Attorney General for his
opinion. It is the bill exempting maimed
Confederate soldiers from the poll tax.
General Toombs called on Governor
McDaniel this morning.
Colonel William S. Shepherd was to-day
commissioned for the Sixth Battalion,
having passed his examination.
It was oppressively hot here to-day,
and but little air was stirring. Gardens,
lawns and crops are burning up. Rain is
now a necessity to farmers.
HOW CROOK WAS CAPTURED.
The General Explains How He Secured
Peace in the Apache Campaign.
Washington Special Xew York World, 16tU.
A gentleman who was present says that
at the Crook conference between the Sec
retaries of War and of the Interior, Com
missioner Price, head of the Indian
Bureau, asked Crook whether it was not
true, as reported, that he had been practi
cally captured by the Chiricahuas, and
had only succeeded in getting back by
bringing them with him, promising to put
them back on the San Carlos reservation,
and that General Crook admitted that to
be the fact.
General Crook explained that, trusting
to the fnithlulness of his Apache scouts,
he did not take a large enough contingent
oi white troops, and the Apaches proving
unfaithful, he was in hot water from the
time that he crossed the border. He re
alized that only the most politic course
would prevent him and his w hite soldiers
from being massacred, and that he must
employ cunning measures in order to get
back w ith the semblance of honor, so he
marched right on surrounded by w atchful
foes. The scouts insisted on dividing all
the duties of the march w ith the white
soldiers and Crook had to let them do as
they desired.
Arrived at the refuge of the fugitive
Apaches, Crook used his personal in
fluence with the scouts, asking them to
induce the fugitives to return to the
United States. He told them he was a
man of peace and of honesty. He would
like to see wars end and peace come. He
was willing to guarantee the fugitives a
peaceful life on their old reservation if
they would return peacefully.
This suited the fugitives. They knew
Crook to be honest, and were willing to
take his word. The braves would not re
turn with him, but they sent back some
of the squaw T s and children rather as spies
than as hostages.
Meanwhile the braves are w aiting the
ratification of Crook’s agreement. When
the refusal of Teller to permit the hostiles
to come back to the reservation was tele
graphed West some of the scouts got wind
of it, and sent some of the squaws with
the news to Mexico.
The fugitive braves may be on the war
path again.
American Man-Of-War's Men Arrested.
London, July 20. —The Standard says
that great complaints have been made
against the excesses of the crew of the
United States steamer Lancaster. The
police have ..been obliged to arrest some
sailors and officers belonging to the ves
sel. •
The secret of the univer-al success of
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that it is the very best iron preparation
made. By a thoroguh and rapid assimi
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of the body, giving health, strength and
endurance to every portion. Thus begin
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restores lost health. It does not contain
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headache. It will cure dyspepsia, indi
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ness, nervous debility, weakness, etc,
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
A Scion of Royalty Turns Up on a Ranch
in Southern Colorado.
Denver Tribune.
Edward Meareie O’Brian, who claims
meal relationship with Brian Boru. the
last King of Ireland, lives in Costella
county. He is one of the earliest settlers
who came to Colorado during the gold ex
citement of 1859. He was in the citv ves
terday stopping at the St. James, where a
tribune reporter met him. A subdued
looking man, dressed in a blue shirt, com
mon pantaloons and wearing a sombrero,
he gave no indications of a more than ordi
nary ranchman, at least this was the im
pression from his outward appearances.
A COLORADOAN’S ROYAL LINEAGE,
In conversation, however, all this
changed, and for the moment his dress,
even to the wide expansive sombrero, was
lost and forgotten iu the charm which a
superior mind will exert. In reply to a
| question as to his royal lineage, he said
that while he took no opportunity to im
press a stranger, he never for a moment
denied the tact or evaded an inquiry in
reference to his family history. It was
too priceless a heritage for him to do that.
•’lhe head of my family,” he said, “is
Brian Boru, one of five petty rulers, who,
in their time, sowed Ireland with dissen
sion and war, and made carnage the avo
cation of its people. The kingdoms were
Munster, Meath, Ulster, Leinster and
Connaught. 11l 1000 Brian Boru, having
successfully driven the Danes from his
own province of Munster, seized the na
tional authority, and was crowned at Tara
as King of Ireland. At the head of the na
tional forces he succeeded before his
death in ridding the whole country
of the Danisn authority. During
the wise reign that followed his coronation
Ireland prospered as she never had before.
Great civil reforms were effected, rights
of property became assured, and, in a
word, the once unhappy island began to
step rapidly forward as the patron of art
and culture, and famous for its institu
tion of learning. In the last battle with
the Danes at Clontarf, 1018, Brian was
killed in his tent by some flying enemy,
tils death marked the decline of Irish
monarchy.
“History tells how during the centuries
that followed the country suffered almost
ceaseless disorder until 1848, when the de
scendants of the old sovereign reappeared
conspicuously as members of the Young
Ireland party, which had grown under
the auspices of O’Connell. The English
Government crushed the organization,
and among those captured were the
Brians, of Munster, modernized by the
prefix and a given name. William Smith
O’Brian, my brother, was sentenced to be
hanged. 1 and another brother escaped
to this country.
O’BRIAN’S STRUGGLE WITH FATE.
“When I came to America,” said
O’Brian, “I was well nigh penniless. I
could have found friends willing and anx
ious to help me, but I preferred to remain
unknown, as the government hail placed
a price on my head. I was quite a young
man then, and I went to boating on the
Hudson. During the eleven years that
preceded my appearance in these moun
tains my lortunes varied. One week 1
appeared on the streets of Chicago as a
drayman. It was about this time that
the news of the discovery of gold in the
Rockies was agitating the country.
Hastily gathering together what little* I
possessed, which amounted to about S2OO,
I started westward in company with two
others as adventurous as myself. You
know what the plains were then and how
frequent the outrages perpetrated by the
bloodthirsty savages. We passed through
those perils unharmed.
“After reaching Santa Fe we passed
without delay into the Ute country. By
the assistance of these friendly Indian’s
we reached Gilpin county by this round
about way in safety. Being fortunate, I
got together a good deal of dust and re
turned to my present home, then a wild,
unlocated tract. I had made trieuds with
the Indians, and concluded to locate here
and stay, for I knew that a great future
was before the country. I located my
ranche and waited. Stock raising was
then unknown iu this region. As 1 started
early the result you can easily imagine
I prospered, and—paraphrasing the scrip
tural passage—‘my cattle now cover a
thousand hills.’ Of these ranches, loca
ted as they are in the most fertile parts of
Southern Colorado, the tract of land 1
consider my home is in all respects the
most desirable. Here I live in baronial
style, and it is here I expect to spend the
rest of my days.”
THE HOME OF A CATTLE KING.
His place is beautifully situated: an
exile might here spend his days of expa
triation without one yearning thought.
At his door runs the Rio Grande del Norte;
within sight towers the Sierra Blanca,
almost 15,000 feet above the sea, while the
mountains in the distance fall in foot hills
and then sweep off' in gently undulating
country, rich in misquit, buffalo and
gramma grasses.
In a grove near by is his home. It is
such a building as might be found any
where in the Southern States, only a little
rougher perhaps. Like the planter, he
lives upon the ground floor, but unlike the
exceptional planter, his surroundings *are
those of luxury and refinement. His li
brary is the library of a litterateur. Sta
tuary fill the niches, and cabinets and
furniture smooth out the angles in the
walls. On every hand are jiaintitigs and
engravings, and the bric-a-brac usually
found in the home of a literary re
cluse are scattered about in system
atic disorder. On the desk before him
might be seen the works of Disraeli or
Alexander H. Stephens, his favorites. The
poets fill the shelves, while near at hand,
in a case by themselves, are the scientific
authors. His ethnological aud specimen
cabinets are also within easy reach, filled
with conceits, such as stuccoes and mo
saics from the Central America end of the
lost continent, bits of cloth from the loom
of the Toltecs, specimens of Aztec handi
work, pottery from the kilns of the Pue
blos, sea shell and coral from the top of
the Rockies, and a thousand and one
other relics ot the remote and mighty
past.
A REMINISCENCE OF THE DEAD COM-
MONER.
O’Brian spoke reverently of Alexander
H. Stephens. During the war he called
upon him at his home in Georgia, and was
there royally entertained. “I shall never
forget that visit,” said (VBrian to the re
porter. “He and Bob Toombs were
closeted together. Having only letters of
introduction, I intended to present these
and take my departure. While sitting
there in his library, he and I, for Toombs
had gone, 1 studied intently the
face before me. It was a face I
had seen somewhere, possibly in the
galleries of Europe. There were no
weak lines. Every lineament was a re
flex of intellectual strength. The eves
that twinkled brilliantly from beuealh'his
big, broad, forehead were filled with a
good nature which even his growing in
firmities could not darken. Were it not
that 1 had grown to know him intimately
I might have marveled at the vitality that
supported so long so great an intellect.
As it was, however, his infirmities to me
were nothing more than the gradual dis
solution of thejphysical being, upon which
the brain was feeding.
“Finishing my letters, he gave me a
second welcome as cordial as the first, and
from that moment the most courtly hospi
tality was at my disposal.”
“Do I expect to return to Enrope? No;
I am an American now to the core. Re
publicanism is ingrained into my nature.
My people have returned to their homes
and are living again in their ancestral
halls. I have no desire to go back. The
most that I can expect and hope for is to
be taken to Munster and be buried. lam
a little like the Chinaman in this respect.
I don’t think my bones would rest outside
the|old family vault.”
The Affair at Tamatave.
London, July 20.— The 'Times' corre
spondent at Paris says that there is every
appearance that the’ difference between
France and England, arising from the
affair at Tamatave, Madagascar, will be
settled.
The Standard's correspondent at Berlin
asserts that the English and French
Cabinets have arrived; at an amicable
understanding concerning the Tamatave
trouble.
The Cotton Worms Approach.
Montgomery, July 20.-The cotton
worm is reported very general in this
section.
Those Western Cyclones.
Cyclone means a storm going in a cir
cle. But it is of extended area. A tor
nado, or hurricane, is a storm going in a
circle of limited area. A cyclone does
not have thunder and lightning accom
paniment. A tornado always has. Why,
then, will people persist in calling those
Western storms cyclones? They are tor
nadoes, incident to summer, and in this
respect they are very like the tempests
which summer sets a going in the human
body. Only there is no cure for the tor
nado. But Perry Davis’s Pam Killer
commands the situation so far as stomach
and bowel commotions are concerned.
Yeu needn’t have your physical house
upset, if you doh’t want to.
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ALL EGYPT IX ALARM.
CHOLERA CONQUERING CAIRO
AND THE CORDONS.
The Health Authorities Criminally Care
less-Plague Stricken Victims Drinking
at Public Places and Dying in the
Street—The Death List Unchecked and
the Consternation Increasing.
C a H(o, July 20.—There were 140 deaths
from cholera here yesterday. Two regi
ments of British troops have gone to
Suez.
Alexandria, July 20.—Twenty-nine
deaths from cholera occurred yesterday
at Mansourah, 24 at Samanoud, 28 at
Ghizeh, 44 at Chirbin, and 3 at Damietta.
There were 16 deaths from the disease
at Meuzaleh on Tuesday.
London, July 20. —The Alexandria
correspondent of the AYoc.v savs that of
ficial returns mention sixteen' towns in
fected with cholera.
Th e Standard’s correspondent at Cairo
says that at Bulak his special nvessensrer
counted eighty funerals between 3 o’clock
and 11 o'clock Thursday morning. Thir
ty deaths occurred in the Shoobrav Quar
ter. *
The official returns report two deaths
at Abdin on Wednesday, when it is
known that at least twenty-live died. Pa
tients in the worst stages ot the disease
have repeatedly been carried to hospitals
through crowded streets. The people of
Shirbin have protested against tho im
proper observance of funeral regulations
aud troops have been summoned to pre
vent a threatened revolt against the offi
cial authorities.
It has been decided to form a cordon
around Alexandria to prevent an influx
of refugees from the infected districts.
The Standard’s correspondent at Cairo
also sayß that unless the English authori
ties promptly take the direction of affairs
the checking of the spread of the cholera
will be hopeless. Even the simplest sani
tary arrangements are neglected. The
funeral system is most obnoxious.
Corpses encased in very slight,
coffins are carried through crowd-
ed streets on men’s shoulders,
rbe clothes of persons dying in hospi
tals are often stripped off and taken for
wearing purposes by relatives. While a
man stricken with cholera was on his
way yesterday in a cart to the hospital,
the driver stopped opposite a cafe and
gave the invalid a drink from a water
bottle used by the customers of the place.
A few minutes after the sick man died op
posite the largest cafe in Cairo. The onl y
precaution taken in this case was to
sprinkle a little chloride of lime on the
corpse. The cart then pursued its way.
The European powers are increasing the
quarantine regulations against persons,
goods and vessels from Egypt, owing to
the prevalence of cholera there.
Chicago Steel Workers’ Strike.
Chicago, J illy 20.—The employes in the
Bessemer Steel Works at South Chicago
yesterday presented a demand to the
company for a change from work by the
day to work by the ton. Tile company
refused the demand and 2,000 men struck.
The officers claim that the advance asked
by the men amounts to about 100 percent.
I)e Lesseps Claiming h Victory.
Paris, July 20.- After meeting the man
aging committee of the Suez Canal Com
pany to-day, M. de Lesseps telegraphed
the Chief Engineer of the canal in Egypt
as follows: “Come to Paris immediately.
Bring plans for second canal. Funds are
assured either by execution of British
agreement or otherwise.”
“Hatoff” I’ost Office.
Washington Special.
“Have you named any post offices ‘Hat
ton’ to-day?” your correspondent asked of
an official at the I’ost Office Department.
“No,” was the reply, but we named one
‘Hatoff.’ ”
“Why was that?”
“Well, some people down in Georgia
asked that anew post office they were
about establishing should be named ‘Hat
ton.’ An examination, however, showed
that there was already one office of that
name in the State, and of course the de
partment would not give two offices in
one State the same name. So a letter was
sent the applicants stating the situation,
and asking that another name be sug
gested. The answer came, in due course
of time. ‘lf you can’t name it Hatton,
suppose you name it “ ‘HatoiT.’ ” And so
the department took them at their word
aud called it ‘Hatoff'.’ The commission
was sent out to-day giving the name of
the new post office ‘Hatolf.’ ”
“Do you think they really meant what
they said when they asked that it be called
Hatoff?”
“No doubt of it. They have the queer
est names for offices in Georgia of almost
any of the States, and I’ve no doubt that
it pleases them quite as well as any name
that could have l>een selected with a much
larger study of the subject.”
“Sure enough there are some odd names
among the post offices, then?”
“ ‘Hat’ is the name of one office named
some time ago. So with Hat, Hatton and
Hatoff they are pretty well attired as for
the head. Among the odd names of post
offices in the State are these: Ty-Ty,
Alaculsey, Tuckum, Amieolola, Brass,
Arp, Buzzard Boost, Pay Up, nard Cash,
Guess, Enigma, Echecomee, Crackling,
Braganza, Choestoe, Cornucopia, Repzl
bah, Ila, Peach Stone, Shoals, Tiger, Ice
berg, Jimps, Irie, Hix, Sasser, Jug Tavern,
Mashes, Pistol, Upatoie, Two Iluii.Huttut..
Obe.”
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Exchange.
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occupation. No human soul is satisfied
without an aim or purpose in life. The
greatest success in life consists not in the
mere accumulation of riches, but in being
able to acquire wealth with a disposition
to apply it in such a manner that it shall
lie a comfort and blessing to others—not
in the mere giving away of money, but
in putting people in a way to labor
and help themselves. There is no
pleasure in oppression. There is
no joy in grinding and exacting gold from
the poor, but there is a great deal ot
genuine satisfaction in being able to of
fer steady and honorable employment to
the many willing hands that have nothing
to do. One of the greatest enjoyments of
the prosperous business man consists in
being able to comfortably provide for the
many employes in his house and manu
factory. In doing this he is fulfilling his
obligation to society; he becomes a useful
and honorable citizen; business to him
is real pleasure: he enjoys his success,
when it is fairly won because he feels that
he deserves it.
When a business man has the right kind
of a purpose in life he enjoys his occupa
tion, he feels a just and worthy pride in
his prosperity, he is pleased with the re
spect and gratitude of those whom he di
rects and controls in the management of
his affairs, and he feels that in Benefiting
himself he is conferring a favor upon
others.
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