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, U. ESTILL. Editor and Proprietor.
JTE3IS I> THREE STATES.
FLORIDA and south
< arolina put in type.
immature Blast Near Covington—A
'\l*btni* H“' 11 at Columbu* A Herd
f t ittle Wakes Cp Jesup—E? Boat
" Palalka to Charleston-Arrested
{or Drawing Money on a Forged Cheek.
GEORGIA.
a r*e<l that ilsh have been poisoned in
1 '2' Worth county.
~.n i> u- complaint of the ravages
.Titian caterpillar in various counties.
at the United States arsenal,
TB *\ 'V-i-ta. were burned on Wednesday
■ aboocbee river is very low at Co
-1 it i the steamers on the river cannot
r , insmtbe new jail at Talbotton has
r ,..i t -l. It a ill he a secure and substan
u t, e ,,r'c \. Weigle. an old citizen of
Hr .t a * had passed his eightieth year,
v\. . • - lay.
. _ e j. ~r , at complaint of the drought in
the State. Cotton is suffer
■ i orn l- <lrjing op.
,i of .lames Wright, near Suap
,- ii Sew ton county, was bmed on
tli nearly all its contents,
a will be made for a charter for a
r , 11 fr in Alice station on the East Ten
r "1- -Virginia and Georgia Railroad, to
11, mi of -I. W. Moore, at < alrerton.
minty, was burned one night la.-t
yhe lire, it is thought, was the work
>t m me* (chary.
• m j ha- been ■otweribed i<> la
the completion of the proposed Athens
'“j tv.-tern Railroad. A charter will
„—c<hlv lie applied for.
tv F. Brantley, of Washington county, was
tten a moccasin one day last week, but
a|i|.|viog the usual remedies recovered
jp, m [j, r effects of the bite.
Henry McLendon, a colored |>orter, of
tin. pen-, who lias effected a series of small
„r l u .._ tv i- caught robbing a store on >at
urta night and held to answer.
11, v. W. 11. Robson, pastor of the Methodist
i i,*,rc|i at' ovington, was dragged some dis
tan. . In a runaway horse on Friday last, re
,eit ing painful hut not serious injuries.
Knough members have been obtained to
sarrsnt the formation of a military company
it sparta. The corps will lie known as the
Hai.c.. k Vanguards, and will lie neatly
uniformed and well ei|Uip|ied.
On Tuesday as the up-freight train which
Wavnesboro just after daylight tv a
na-sing Thomas’ station, oneof the'rods of the
engine broke. The wood passer, K. Carton,
uerjnie frightened, thinking that the acei
,jr iit wa, more serious, and jumpe.l off and
i- n-tantly killed, his neck lieing broken.
Hi, remains were taken to Augusta, his home.
v i idartown special says: “Late on Satur
iav evening, within some four hundred yards
~f in- dwelling house, situated four "miles
nurthwest of this place, liiek Katchford, rol
„jvd, received two gunshot wounds, which
produced his death on yesterday. lan in
i -ri l that previous to liis death Rateliforii
-tat,-1 to his physician and others that George
kirk, white, was the person who shot hint,
kirk was arresteil early vest, .o'ay morning
at In- home in the neighborhood of thecrime,
and brought here and placed in jail. It was
known lor some time past that bad feelings
i-M-ted between the parties."
The Columbus TV/.-e* states that about noon
Tuesday lightning struek a small two-room
r.ittage’on up|*er Jackson street, m the North
ern l.ilierties. setting lire to it. The building
tr.t- -sin wrapped in flames, which caught on
to two other smaller houses near bv, and all
three were burned to the ground, there being
no means of extinguishing the tire. The
1, - were new and valued at alwjut 1400
each and belonged t.. Mrs. Adams. They
in re occupied by negroes, and a woman lx nig
mi a lied in the house struck was stunned.' but
bring borne out she shortly afterwards recov
ered. There was no insurance on the pro
perty. hence it is a total loss. Most of the
good-of t|ie occupants were saved.
The< ovington Suir states that on last Fri
day afternoon, while the street force was en
gagrd. under < orporal Bums, in Ida-ting the
l ira' nek at Floyd’s mill pond. on AlcDou
, _ii street, the 'blast was prematurely c.\-
jled. which seriously injured Biirtoii W.il
la.'e. colored, about the face, eye- Tied hands,
amlshghllv injureil Alf Moss, also colored.
Unit the eyes. Burton Wallace is severely
burned and bruised about the faee and eyes’,
while his hands are fearfully lacerated. One
of his eyes, it is feared, is almost destroyed,
while the other is badly injured. He was
blown several feet and’fell upon the rook.
Mr. Burns and the other hands were not hurt.
Their escape is remarkable as they were all
working alioul the blast.
The funeral of Judge Crawford took place
from the First Baptist Church in Columbus
on I nesday morning at !* o’clock, and was at
tended by a very large concourse of people.
1 i.b,-ei|iiies tv'ere conducted by Rev. .1. 11.
' uiipliell. assisted by the pastor. Rev. s. M.
Pr-xinee and I>r. W.’A. Carter, pastor of the
I’resbvterian Church. They s|Mike in touch
ing arid tender tones of the pure life of the
distinguished deceased. Associate .Justice
Samuel Hall, of the Supreme < ourt. Judge .1.
T. Willis, ami the members of the Coluinhtis
liar, attended in a body. The following gen
tlemen acted as pall-bearers: Hon. Porter
Ingram. John IVabody. Esq., Col. M. 11.
lilindfonl. < 01. B. A. Thornton. I>r. \. J.
Bii-ex. Mr. 11. H. Kpping, -r.. Col. W. A.
Bedell and Mr. J. A. Frazer. A large cor
tege followed the remains to the grave.
The Jesup Sentinel remarks: “Last week
she large.-t herd of beef cattle that ever pass
ed through Jesup, went through the town en
route for Tampa. Florida. Capt. A. I’. Nut t,
of Brookville, Hernando county, Florida, was
the owner aud was with them, lie also had
with him three Florida cow boys—Wickler,
Lean aud Seward: he also had with him
about half a dozen Georgians from Appling
and Wavne counties, assiting in the
drive. The henl numbered, when it
iseed hero 122. and t aptain Nott had others
sn. sged ahead of him to make the herd nutn
!„.r , 050 head. The herd that passed here
xxa- gat ’’ered on the line of Appling and Cof-
through Appling and’Wavue
•o a idles to till® place. Captain lien. Milif.ni
:h !i 1 as their agent at this place, and he
U ught for them what rattle was brought
In-re for shipment to Savannah. The butch
ers and buyers of Savah'iab had letter bsk
-bar; or they will get no more lieef from
- beast and'Southern Georgia. Capt. Nott
I un ha-ed from Mr. Isham Reddish, Sr., of this
countv. 125 head of lieef cattle at *l2 |ier
lieail.’ This in itself is a handsome income.
< aptain Nott offered to enter iuio a written
agreement with Mr. Reddish, to take ail of
hi- beef cattle for the next live years at the
same price. When these cattle arrive at
Tampa, Florida, they are shipped from there
tot üba. This new market for south Georgia
beef will help stock raisers in this section to
obtain a better price for their beef cattle, and
• on- inters of beef here will have to pay high
er price* m the future than they have in the
pa-t for that desirable article good lieef."
FLORIDA.
Melons are still worth liftv to sixty rents at
Key West.
it is reported that Fort George* has quaran
tined against Talbot Island.
Anew mail route has been established l>e
'ween Titusville ard Cape Canaveral.
M -! of the stock for building the St. John’s
■ad Atlantic Railroad has been subscribed
and the question of building the road settled.
Heala will soon have another large mill
erected. lia\ ing the capacity of 20,00n feet per
u\. It will lie one of the largest in South
Florida.
v corps of surveyor* lielonging to the Tran
- : Railroad were in the Fort liade region
la-i week, making a survey Tor the Tropical
Peninsula Road.
Another heavy storm passed over Jaekson
• Wednesday afternoon, the lightning
striking two houses aaul stunning the inmates
• g any MM damage.
It i-understood that steps are being taken
to run a branch of the Fernandina and Jack
sonville Railroad from the main line to the
Florida Central and Western track, the
branch to pass through I.aVilla.
It is reported that a steamer is being built
at the North for the Southern Railway Com
pany, to be run in .connection with the road
between Charleston and Palatka. and t he con
tract requ im its delivery in Florida waters
by Novemtier Ist.
h h. Fuller, residing about a mile and a
naif from Apopka, has succeeded in raising a
CTlnadilla. an East India fruit. It grows on
vine somewhat similar in appearance to the
itviird. The fruit is oval in shape, of a light
ydliiw color when ripe, anil is about the size
• an egg plant.
, fy“ lays ago. as Abe Osteen, one of Pa
■ttka's oldest citizens, was loading a flatcar
With cord wood on the Florida Southern Kail
r". near Brittain’s log camp, in Putnam
y>‘ *nty. the load became overbalanced and
. Min ing him out of sight. After the re
main- werv found they were discovered to lie
’ # a terribly mangled condition, and death
badensned.
Alexander Jones, who was bound over at
4ii k-onvilie on Tuesday in the sum of SSOO
or ms appearance at the next term of the
umut i ourt bv Justice Marry, was released
“ ''cine-day irmn the custody of the Jus
nee by Judge Baker on a writ of habeas cor
pus, on the ground that he was detained
J 4 probable cause and placed in the cus
of the Sheriff. He gave liond in the
■ jiiniißtof *SOO to the Sheriff forliis appear
' •■efore Judge Baker for a Anal hearing
r ‘'day morning.
-SOUTH CAROLINA.
~' ■ Boyd, Esq., has been appointed I’ost
r at Hardee ville, Tice Mays, resigned,
i,. Tops on Ei I into, which have Ihh- u sufler
r{ } w want of rain, have been relieved
'■at.!Xi Bra ; Ue y* vvhik ‘ 4iTinK into Aiken on
■a'l ii, was thrown out of the huggi
h, r eoUar bone broken.
•ImwSi't " lan named Swaynegran was
hf n'V, i" *>"-* fiver at PeUer, while in b.lh
-* * turday. Ilis laxly was recovered,
crndltj. fvnry W. Ifavenel, one of the most
Z*. ' “ f erntMT of **The Royal Imperial
Al 7 °' B,,, anical Society of \ ienna."
correspondent of the Aiken
ull ,, , a v* the stock law is giving ainole
t *^“l >l *^ Dt, y* A great manv w'ho
*<it. tnrst opposed to it are now in favor
r' w,r v*vnt meeting of the school trustees
tbi>, n waflSS W f* bel ‘ l laßt Tnctljy. Pro-
I'Obiic * or a higher grade free
hut eountv 4 ,han has heretofore existed in
i!®* country is very much excited
hi tUe railroad from the seacoast
orth Carolina line, and the Marion,
W* Sattitmwh MU ruing |jj fu'i.
Marllsirough and Horrv Railroad. Meetings
will be held on Saturday in the different coun
ties to elect delegates to attend the central
meeting of the three counties at Marion on
>v ednesday. August 15.
A ten year old daughter of Mrs. Barbara
tox, of Fairfield county, was severely bitten
by a mad dog on the 13ih ,nst. The'wound
was excised and cauterized as soon as a phy
sician could reach the patient.
It. X. Fling and*;. D. Denton have been ar
rested in spartauburg for attempting to
draw money from a bank in that city upon a
forged check. Both were strangers and pro
fess to hail from North Carolina.
A cash fund of some $2,500 has accumulated
in the Orangeburg treasury, which the School
Commissioner, by an act of the last Legisla
ture. is authorized aud required to appor
tion among the various school districts to be
used for current school purposes.
-ays the Bteordvr-. “Cp to a few davs ago
the crops around Aiken, and, indeed, through
out the countv, were never more promising,
but they are now suffering greatly for want of
rain, and unless we are soon blessed with co
pious show ers, crops of every description will
lie materially injured.”
The Carol)ua Spartan says there is to he a
convention at Paeolet depot the 24th and
25th of August, for the discussion of scientific
questions; a sort of summer school of philos
ophy. A two days' programme has lieen ar
ranged and a number of our best speakers in
vited to join in the discussions.
Governor Thompson has issued a requisi
tion on the Governor of Georgia for the body
of Saneho Thompson, colored, who escaped
from Cahill and Wise, at the Ten-mile House,
in Colleton county, some three months ago.
Saneho is at Waynesboro, in that State, and
in prison for some crime committed there.
Lad Saturday, while Eddie I’enn DeVore,
eldest son of Mr. J. Knox DeVore. of Edge
field, a lad of about 15 years, while in the
woods gunning with a son of Mr. T. S. Ouzts.
was accidentally shot bv voting Ouzts, the
load entering the small of the back, from the
effects of which he died Monday morning.
Carolina Sjxirtan: “For the last week our
people have teen hoping most earnestly for
rain. At morning, noon and night they have
looked diligently for signs of an approaching
-hower, but no shower has come, High and
parching winds have prevailed, and the earth
has become very dry. There is a large area
of the county, across'by Ezeli’s store, towards
Camp’s creek, X. C., in which there has not
been a good season since April or early in
May. The last rain in a large portion of the
county was the 15th of June. In these dry
sections early corn, cotton planted on red
land, and all crops issirly cultivated are l>e
ginning to fail rapidly.”
STATE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
Full Text of the Bill Prepared by the
Committee Appointed for that Pur
pone.
Atlanta, July 25.—The report of the
Special Committee appointed to visit the
North and inspect the best schools of
technology in that section is a lengthy and
elaborate document prepared by the able
Chairman, Hon. X. E. Harris, of Bibb,
and meets a hearty reception on all sides.
The following is the full text of the bill
attached to the reports
J-KCTIOX i. Beit enacted by the lleneralAe
*> ,"t,ly of the State of (ieoryia. That the fol
lowing named five persons, to wit: be
and they arc hereby appointed a Commission,
who shall serve without pay, but w hose actual
and necessary expenses while away from their
several places of residence may be allowed.
sec. 2. That it shall bethedutyof said Com
mission, a majority of whom may act, to pro
cure necessary ground and buildings in the
cor|Mirate limits of the city of in this
state, or as near the corporate limits as may
lie most eligible and practicable, for the estab
lishment of an Industrial school, which when
established as herein provided shall be a part
of the University of Georgia, and under the
control and management of the Board of
Trustees of said luirersitv as hereinafter
provided
Sec. 3. That said Commission shall proceed
as early as practicable to have erected on
such ground, either in whole or by remodel
ing any building thereon, or the erection
ot additional buildings, suitable houses, and
place therein the necessary machinery,
IH.xxer, fixtures, tools, appliances and appa
ratus. as will 1 h‘—t carry into effect the inten
tion of tin- act. and as w ill furnish to the stu
dent- therein education in English, mathe
matic-. chemistry aud drawing, and practical
training in tin: use of tools ami
machines in wood and iron working, as is
taught and practiced in similar industrial
schools, and as near as may be practicable
with the appropriation herein made, to the
curriculum ami course of training at the Free
institute. Worcester, Massachusetts: J‘ro
ri.lol. that a regular course of manual train
ing shall be provided for all students in -aid
school, and no -ludcul shall be received ex
cept for the full course as prescribed, and no
student shall Ik- permitted to remain at said
school, unless satisfactory progress shall lie
made in all the department-; anil jfrocided
further, that the Board of Trustees of the
University of Georgia, may from time to time
add -uch special features and make such rules
and regulations for th etearhing and training
of students in -aid school, as will best suh
-t'l vc the puri>oscsof this act.
sec. L That in the erection of such build
ings. the selection and placing of the 111a
ehiuery. tools and appliances therein, said
i ommi—ion i- authorized and empowered to
procure the services of a suitable person, who
shall have been a student in good standing of
a similar school, to aid in said work, and who,
by virtue of -uch employment, shall be the
su]erintendent of the manual department of
-aid school for one year after said school shall
have been opened, when his place shall be
tilled by the Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity of'Georgia, or in such manner as they
may direct.
site. 5. That when the necessary buildings
shall have been erected and completed, and
the machinery, tools and appliances placed
therein as contemplated l>y this act, and said
-ehool shall lie ready for tne reception of stu
dents. said Commission shall notify the Board
of Trustees of the University of Georgia, anil
shall turn over to their control and manage
ment said selusil property, and said Board of
Trustees shall make all needful rules and
regulations for the government and successful
management of said school, and shall
either by thimselves or through the local
Board of*Trustees as herein created, select
and employ coin|>ctcttt teachers, of such
numlier, on such terms, and forcucli time, as
may seem best to them, and fix such terms of
tuition, not exceeding dollars jier an
num. as they may see proper, prodded that
the rates of tuition to others than residents
of this State, -hall not he fixed at an amount
lielow one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum.
-Ex’. (>. That the five persons named as the
Commission in the first seetionof this act. are
hereby created a local Board of Trustees for
said school (with power to till vacancies) and
shall have such control and management of
the a flairs of said school as may be provided
bv tlie Board of Trustees of the University of
Georgia.
sec. *. That the sum of st>3,ooo, or so ranch
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro
priated for tlie establishment of said school
and te carry this act into effect, and the Gov
ernor is authorized to draw his warrant on
the Treasurer of the State in favor of the
commission herein created for such parts ol
Mid sum as may be applied for.
sec, 8. That tlie sum of money named in the
preceding section is appropriated with tlie
understanding that it is to pay all the cost of
grounds, buildings, machinery, tools and ap
pliance- necessary for the establishment of
said school and its operations for one year,
and should said Commission tind the same in
sutfieient for this purpose, they must, before
any purchases are made, rejsirt that fact to
the Governor, who will in that event issue uo
warrant for any part of the sum appropriated.
sec.'J. That all property purchased under
the authority of this act shall be free from
liens or encumbrances, that title to the same
shall be taken in the name of the Trustees of
the University of Georgia in their corporate
capacity, and said property shall become the
property of the Stale of Georgia, anil the
same shall uot Ik 1 alienated by any person,
nor shall any valid lien be created tliereon,
nor in the erection of auy buildings connected
therewith, either by the act of any person or
by operation of law.
"sec. 10. That when any one of said Com
mission shall have incurred any necessary ex
pense while away from his place of residence,
in the jierformance of his duty under this
act, then, on verification of the same br his
affidavit, the Governor, if the same shall seem
reasonable, shall indorse the same correct, and
order it paid out of the fund herein appro
priated, and any indebtedness for plans and
specifications must likewise lie indorsed by
the Governor before payment of the same is
made.
'EC. 10. That when said Commission shall
have performed their duties under Jhis act.
they shall turn over >aid property to the
trustees of the University and submit to them
at the same time a full and ilnal statement,
describing the property purchased, the
amount of money expended therefor, the
nature and character of the property: and
-aid Board of Trustees, after a verification of
the same, shall transmit to the Governor said
re port, with such suggestions connected
therewith as they may deem proper, and the
Governor shall transmit to the Gengryl As
sembly a summary of the same.
While it is true that the Finance Com
mittee is inclined to favor this bill, and
that thor„ is a strong outside pressure for
its passage, oldest the utmost harmony
shall exist in the ranks of iu supporters
in the General Assembly, 1 fear it may
not pass.
If the question of loeation.can l>e set
tled without a contest, and the friends of
the measure press its claims in a judi
cious and practical manner, there will be
but little difficulty in getting the bill
through.
The l>est men in the State, in and out of
the General Assembly, heartily favor a
school of Technology, and certainly no
better time could be selected than now to
inaugurate the institution, Skilled arti
sans are in great demand all over the
South, and Georgia alone will be able for
some vears to come to give employment
to all the graduates of the school.
Chatham.
Poison in Ice Cream.
Joliet. 111.. July 26.—Over one hun
dred persons in attendance at a lawn
party here last evening were made seri
ously lit Gy eating ice cream, which is be
lieved to have eou*<jined poison. None of
the victims have died, too*, gp several are
in a critical condition.
Mr. N.U. Perden, Wadley, Ga., says:
“I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for indiges
tion and debility with good results.
FLASHES FROM ATLANTA.
YESTERDAY’S WORK IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
The Camden Contest Settled—The Loral
Option Bill and Other Measures—The
Supreme Court Vacancy A MH>d
Shooting Scrape—Refreshing Showers
Reported from Various Quarters.
Atlanta, July 20.—1 u the Senate a
special Joint Committee was created to
consider Mr. Livingston’s resolution in
reference to the convicts on the North
Georgia Railroad.
The Waycross Branch College bill was
discussed.
Senator McDonald moved to disagree to
the Committee’s unfavorable report
uiion the bill, and spoke strongly for the
bill, as did also Messrs. Dußignon,
Tutt, while. Messrs. Pike, Davis and
Jones opposed it. Pending the debate the
special order came up, the memorial to
Governoi Johnson.
Mr. Smith, the Chairman, presented the
rejiort of the committee upon the life and
character of the deceased and appropriate
resolutions, which he discussed in elo
quent terms.
Mr. Dußignon seconded the report in a
s|ieech marked by rare beauty and thrilling
eloquence, after which the Senate ad
journed in token of respect to the de
ceased.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House to-day Mr. McGregor,
ot Warren, moved a reconsideration of
the action of yesterday seating Anthonv
Wilson.
Mr. Park, of Greene, moved to table tlie
motion and called the previous question.
Mr. McGregor wanted the roll called.
The result was 75 yeas to t>4 nays.
Mr. Dart, of Glynn, offered a resolution
in regard to putting certain election re
turns in the hands of the Solicitor General
of the Brunswick Circuit to he used in
illegal votingcasesin Camden. Adopted.
Mr. Falligant offered a resolution to
postpone the Hill memorial services from
Saturday until the portrait is ready for
unveiling, in Representatives Hall.
Adopted,
The special order, Mr. Pringle’s local
option hill for the State, allowing coun
ties, militia districts, or towns, to vote for
prohibition or against prohibition, came
up.
Air. Peck, of Rockdale, moved to print
the substitute, and make it the special
order for next Wednesday.
The House concurred in the Senate
resolution to elect an Associate Justice
ol the Supreme Court on Thursday next.
A resolution was offered to furnish 800
copies of the Code lO CtTlsjj; XOu.ries
Public, who are ex-oflicio Justices of tlie
Peace. Several amendments were offer
ed and discussed, hut were voted down,
aud the resolution passed.
Considerable time was occupied in dis
cussing a local hill for A1 organ county to
allow another election on the fence ques
tion, the fence men claiming that they
were deceived by bogus tickets having
“No” concealed in a fancy design at head
of many fence tickets.
Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, made a speech
against the bill. It was finally ordered to
a second reading over the adverse report
of the committee.
Congressman Turner was invited to a
seat on the floor of the House, and was
cordially greeted by his old friends and
associates.
A large number of leaves of absence
was granted for the balance of the week.
The Judiciary Committee to-night de
cided, by a vote of It to 9, to stop the suit
against the Western and Atlantic Rail
road lessees if they give bond in the sum
of five hundred thousand dollars, and pay
the costs of the suit. A minority report
will probably he made.
TUB VACANT JUDGESHIP.
Colonel Blanford’s friends are hard at
w ork and will withdraw some of Colonel
Basinger’s expected support. Yet I still
think the contest will he between Messrs.
Reese and Basinger. On all sides Colonel
Basinger’s candidacy is highly commend
ed, and he will have a strong outside itt
fluence favoring his election. If the peo
ple of South Georgia will stir up their
Representatives that section of the State
can he ably illustrated on the Supreme
Court bench.
VARIOUS TOPICS.
Captain A. O. M. Gay, a leading mer
chant of this city, had a little shooting
scrape with Ids' brother-in-law, Walter
Childs, in Newton county, recently.
Childs attacked Gay about a family busi
ness matter, and Gay shot in self-de
fense, but without serious effect.
The colored politicians succeeded in de
feating Lewis and electing Pledger as
Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Battal
ion Colored Volunteers of this city, and
Adjutant General Stephens will ’desig
nate Colonel William Garrard, of Savan
nah, Colonel W. 1. Heyward, of Atlanta,
and Colonel W. Maugham, of Griffin, to
examine him for a commission.
Refreshing rains are reported along the
several linos of railroads the past lew
days, and the farmers are more cheerlul.
VI KG INIA HEM OCR ATS.
The Lynchlnirg Convention—A Sound
Platform Adopted.
Lynchburg, July 26. —At the Demo
cratic-State Convention yesterday, Hon.
John Goode reported a series of resolu
tions, whieh were adopted. The platform
tirst declares against any increased taxa
tion, and accepts as tinal the recent set
tlement of the State debt. The abolition
of the internal eevenue system is
advocated, and a tariff for
revenue limited to the necessities of the
government is favored. The foundation
of mixed schools is opposed, and separate
schools with teachers and trustees for
both races are urged. Blanks in favor of
economy in the State and General Gov
ernment and of genuine civil service re
form are inserted. The platform is es
pecially vehement in denouncing bossism
as corrupting and degrading to gov
ernment. The tinal resolution arraigns
in strong terms the administration of
national and State affairs, and especially
condemns the corrupt bargain between
the President and Mahone. The conven
tion then adjourned, after a harmonious
and satisfactory session.
HALTER AND FLAMES.
A Montana Lynching Followed by a
Blaze.
St. Paul, Minn., July 26.—A special
from Miles City, Montana, says that a
party of masked men proceeded to the
county jail last night, overpowered the
jailer and seized a prisoner named Rig
ney. The mob took him about a mile and
hanged him to a projecting end of a rail
road tie over a culvert. Rigney had been
lodged in jail the day before for disorderly
conduct, and was reputed to be a hard
citizen, being accused of robbing and
other crimes. He was a bar tender in the
saloon of the Cosmopolitan Theatre. Two
hours after the hanging the Theatre was
burned down, with six other buildings,
entailing a loss of $50,000. It is generally
believed that the tire was the work of ah
incendiary, in retaliation for the hanging
ot Rigney.
FOLK’S PENALTY.
The Defaulting Treasurer’s Stern Pun
ishment.
Nashville, July 26. — The jury in the
case of ex-Treasurer Polk brought in a
verdiet of guilty of embezzlement, fixing
the penalty at imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for twenty years, and imposing
a line to the full amount of the embezzle
ment.
The Philadelphia Pension Swindlers.
Philadelphia, July 26.—Rankin and
Frank and Mrs. Peabody, alias Rriggs,
arrested yesterday charged with swindling
the Pension Office, were brought before
the United States Commissioner to-day.
It appeared that the name of the pensioner
was genuine, and that Rankin had been
employed as her agent, but the applica
tion had been made sixteen years ago,
and the applicant has been dead some
vears. Rankin used the genuine name
and the actual facts to swindle. Both
men were held in default of $5,000 bail,
and the woman was held as a witness.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal observer,
Washington, D.C., July *26.—lndications
for Friday:
In the South Atlantic States, partly !
cloudy weather and local rains, north to
east winds, stationary barometer, station
ary or rising tem[>erature.
The New Hampshire Deadlock.
Concord, July 26.—0n the thirty-fifth
joint ballot for Senator Bingham had 116,
Chandler 61, Pike 58, Marstou 35, the re
mainder scattering. Chandler lost four
f T>tes from the last ballot.
Hill’s Hair Dye, black or brown, fifty
cents.
WIRED FROM WASHINGTON.
Southern Rivers and Harbors—Another
Call for Bonds.
Washington, July 26.—Capt, Mercer,
of the Corps of Engineers, United States
Army, in charge ot river and harbor im
provements in Virginia and the Carolinas,
has submitted to General Wright his an
nual report of operations in that district
during the last fiscal year. From the re
port it appears that improvements
were made of tlie harbor at Norfolk and
its approaches, Archer's,Hope river, Va.,
Blackwater river, Va., North Landing
river, Virginia and North Carolina, Ale
berrien river, N. C., Currituck sound,
Coanjock hay and North river bar, N. C.,
Pamlico and Tar rivers, N. C.; Beaufort
harbor, N. C.; Neuse river, N. C.;
Trent river, N. C.; New river, N. C.; Con
tentnea creek, N. C.; Cape Fear river, N.
C\; AVilmington river, N. C.; Town creek,
N. C.; Yadkin river, N. C.; Georgetown
harbor, S. C.; Waccamaw river, S. C.;
Great Pedee river, S. C.; Santee river, S.
c., and the Wateree river, S. C. During
the year $201,468 was expended, and $475,-
200 is the estimated sum required
for the continuation of the work during
the next fiscal year. Owing to the crowd
ed condition of the harbor at Norfolk a
demand has been made for the removal of
the naval anchorage and the dredging of
Berkley fiats, but the appropriation is in
sufficient for the purpose. At Beaufort
operations were confined to the construc
tion of Jetties, and on the Cape Fear river,
near \V ilmington, to the removal of snags
and overhanging trees. At Georgetown
harbor, S. C., no w r ork was undertaken
because <>f the appropriation.
A CALL FOR BONDS.
A call was issued this afternoon for
bonds for redemption, including all of the
3V£ per cents, known as continued fives.
The amount embraced in the call Is about
$11,000,000. Interest on these bonds will
cease November 1.
’ A NEEDED REFORM.
Hett<*r Mediuul Treatment Auked for
Emigrants.
London, July 20. —A deputation of the
British Medical Association and several
members of Parliament called to-day frpon
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, President of the
Board of Trade, and asked him to appoint
a committee to consider the inadequate
medical and sanitary management of the
Atlantic steamers. They commented
strongly upon the want of proper precau
tions oh emigrant vessels, from which a
large annual sacrifice of life resulted.
They suggested that ship owners be com
pelled to increase their start's of ship sur
geon’s, and that the American Govern
ment Pc requested to contribute a small
sum tofvard tlie expense of vaccinating
passengers on board of vessels. Air.
ChamberKH'n replied that he intended to
introduce in Parliament in 1884 a bill
dealing with the subjects mentioned and
amending'the shipping act.
LEADERS OF THE STRIKE.
Who t'e Alen Are Who Organized and
I>irect It.
Xew York World .
“Wjio are the spirits who have arranged
and control the telegraph strike?” is a
question frequently asked and which few
people outside of the telegraph offices can
answer. The men who originated the
Brotherhood and who first made it a chap
ter ->f the Knights ot Labor are John
Caufipbell and Thomas 11. Hughes, both
of pjUtsburg. Late in the fall of 1880 Air.
Cain pbell talked the matter over with Air.
Hug'jes, and when the first of the year
cam'- round their plans had been’dis
cussed over the wire with every operator
in the - United States and Canada.
joiS.ii Campbell was born in Steuben
ville, y>hio, and is thirty-five years old.
He is (five feet eight inches tall, usually
dressetr in dark clothing, and wears eye-
His complexion is dark; his
hair aiu l moustache are black. He has a
prominent nose and black eyes. He is
well educated, and the tribute paid him
at the Chicago Convention of the Knights
of Labon, of “Honest John Campbell” is
n sufficient description of him, if his ca
reer .is a telegrapher is excepted. He has
been an operator for fourteen years, and
for six yetat's sent press stuff from Pitts
burg. He iiias the reputation of being one
of the mostlrapid and accurate senders in
the United T tilteSi alu ' never was known
to liave a “blreak,” except on a “plug,”
as a poor operator is termed.
Thomas liuighes, Campbell’s coadjutor,
was born ne ar Pittsburg in 1858. He is
tall, dark c<>mplexioned and youthful
looking. He/wears a small, dark mous
tache. He is' called the “thinker” of the
Brotherhood./ and recently was entitled
by his adtSjirers the “Second Napo
leon.” It was’/L e who, seven months ago,
sent the word {over the wires that if the
companies did n- it accede to the demands
of the operators; a strike would be inau
gurated, amt lie also personally commu
nicated with e’f ery telegrapher in the
country. It is t o him that the operators
to-day are aceout itable. He is notin New
York' and xvill nqit be, but he controls the
movements of air, interested. He is finely
educated and a .Capital speaker. He, to
gether with Air. Campbell, signed the first
call for the Brotherhood to meet at the
Chicago Convention of the Knights of La-
bor held in 1881. ‘
John S. McOleluan is the next most ac
tive man in the*, organization. He was
born at St. Catheri nes, Out., aud is 31 years
old. He is light P’n complexion, five feet
ten inches tall, ty tid, like Brother Camp
bell, wears eye-gllasses, which give him an
austere appear/ nee. He is endowed
with singular w ill power, and his per
sonal appearance - at mass meetings is
always the signal 1 for an outburst of ap
plause. He lias stflidied medicine, and now
holds a diploma’t as an M. D., though
ho has never prricticed. He has been
an operator for tw ’elve years. His resi
dence is Hoboken,( at which place he has
been the State pres s operator. He is very
rapid at both send/ug and receiving, anil
was never known ‘to “break.” He is an
excellent speaker, and his addresses at
the meetings at and Irving
Halls have been listened to with marked
attention and gree(Aed with applause. He
is also the Chairrman of the Executive
Board of the Knigiijrts of Labor.
John Mitchell, tr b ae master workman of
New York, was bo*Vn in St. John. N. 8.,
and is 33 years old'''. He is a little man,
but one of the best b peratr - s in the world.
He was at the New York end of tlie cable
for many years. t,;lp to the 26th of last
May he was in the C - in ploy of the Western
Union, but when tlx e word came he w - ent
out and started a paper called the
Teleqraphers ’ Adiriocate. Since then
he lias been a ’/zealous advocate of
their interests, and yin May last was made
the head ot the mov' ement in New York.
He has presided er all their meetings,
and is considered t‘o be the best man for
the position. He ir 1 a well educated man,
and wields great influence over the strik
ers, one ol whom ~4a id last night: “We
lo\ - e him as a brewther, respect him as a
man and revere o him as a leader.” He
was the man who*) caused all the male
telegraphers in . the country to pledge
themselves to ref', rain from intoxicating
drink, and to him' is due the fact that so
far not one case h.r-as been reported.
Frank R. Phillijdps, the man who gave
the signal for then’ strike on Thursday, is a
stout, sturdy youjuth of twenty-live, and is
called “Pud” for ( .short. He was born in
Canada, and is f well-educated. 110 has
no hair on bis facLe, and might easily be
mistaken for a doctor of divinity.
The Sltuntjjftoxi in Tamatave.
London, July u2B.—A dispatch to Reu
ter's Telegram Coaimpanv from Tamatave,
under date of the” 13th inst., says that a
state of siege is st riotly maintained there.
There are four F'/jench men-of-war in the
harbor, and othel.r French war ships are
en route lor Tau-matave from Reunion.
The British war Vships Dragon and Dryad
have sailed lor Tt amatave, and the Ameri
can man-of-war V Enterprise has gone to
Zanzibar. Six El‘oglish missionaries, with
their families, aifj’e detained in the interior
and are unable fjO reach Tamatave.
The Clqtlolera’s Ravages.
London, Juljr y 26. —The following re
ports of deathe's from cholera yesterday
have come to h! jnd, At Damietta 6, Tan
tab 28, MehaliaP; 25. CbobarO, Samanoud 7,
Mehall 56,
zeh 55. Menzal L -'eh 3, Cairo 422, Alexandria
3. Lord Hartfjngtou, Secretary of War,
stated this afUyirnoon in the House of Com
mons that thei- -e had l>een 14 cases of
cholera among tl j he British troops in Egypt,
11 of which prod f ed fatal.
The Uod Templars.
Athens, G 4 0 *~ July 26.-The Grand
Lodge ol Gowy Templars this morning
rendered a of important decis
ions, passed .resolutions of thanks, and
adjourned to *' meet in Atlanta on tLe
second Tuesda_y in July, 1884. A Joint
stock companyi ' was formed this morning
for tbe publication of an organ of the
Good Templars*}!
For chills, ffZever, ague, and weakness,
Colden’s Liqutitid Beef Tonic, Colden’s.
Take no other n . Qf druggists,
SAVANNAH. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1883.
STRIKERS SCORE A POINT.
THE AMERICAN RAPID COM
PANY SURRENDERS.
Six Operators Quit at Washington—The
Press Service Unhurt—Threats of
Telephone Alen—Business Alen Moving
—The Baltimore and Ohio Expected
to Yield—Latest Phases of the Situ
ation.
New York, July 26.—8 y the majority
of persons the surrender of the American
Rapid Telegraph Company to the demands
of the strikers xvas regarded as certain.
The indications were that the strike was
near its end, and that the other compa
nies would soon follow suit and yield to
the combination ol operators. It was ru
mored that the Baltimore and Ohio Com
pany would be the next to give in, and
that negotiations were pending looking
toward a consolidation with the
American Rapid Company, and thus
forming a combination against the
Western Union, and securing a large
portion of its business. If the two com
panies were united, it is claimed that all
important points in the West and South
could be reached without difficulty, and
that the delays which have thus far im
peded business at the exchanges could
thus be overcome. It was stated this
morning at the offices of the Baltimore and
Ohio Company that it was the intention of
the company to remain firm. At the office
of the American Rapid Company 166 ope
rators were on duty to-day, including 116
men that went out on’ the day of the
strike. Ninety-five out-of-town’ offices
were opened, and 400 operators in all had
returned to the employ of the company.
The thirty-eight branch offices in this city
were also reopened, and a large
amount of business is reported
to have been handled. The West
ern Union Company still remains
firm, however, in the position it has as
sumed since the beginning of the strike,
and shows no indication of weakening.
The large force of operators on duty yes
terday returned to-day, and the reports of
the managers of the operating room
showed that business was being handled
promptly. Encouraging reports were re
ceived trom the General Superintendents
at Chicago and Nashville, Tenn. Press
Agent Somerville said that the action of the
American Rapid Company would have no
effect upon the policy of the Western
Union. There seems to’ have been a little
improvement at the exchanges this morn
ing, and uo complaints were made any
where except at the Cotton and Produce
Exchanges. At the latter place nine
operators were at work, and it is expect
ed that there will lie less delay and greater
accuracy in the reports and quota
tions to-day. The Postal TelegraphjCom
pany has put on two Chicago wires,
which have been quadruplexed,
and this will be equivalent to 8 wires.
No operators of the Western Union Com
pany are at the Cotton Exchange, and
messages have to be sent to the main oi
fiee for transmission. At the Stock Ex
change there were 9 Western Union opera
tors, and it was reported that the direct
wires to Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia
and Baltimore were entirely clear, and
that no delay would occur to-day in the
transmission of messages to these points.
Alutual Union and Baltimore and Ohio
offices were closed, but merchants and
bankers were doing a large business ap
parently.
The Western Union bulletin at nine
o’clock reported the wires for business
clear for all points, and to-day business
is moving in good time.
The usual routine was carried out this
afternoon at the meeting of the striking
telegraphers in Clarendon Hall. Chair
man Alituhell announced that he would
be absent for the remainder of the day on
business connected with the Brotherhood,
and that he would probably liave some
important intelligence t,o communicate
when lie came bace. It was understood
that be referred to the pending negotia
tion with the Baltimore aud Ohio Tele
graph Company looking toward a compro
mise with the Brotherhood. Dispatches
were read from Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Oil City,
Pittsburg, St. Louis and other points,
giving encouraging reports and urging
the strikers to remain firm. Numerous
offers of pecuniary assistance were re
ported to have been made by labor organ
izations and by business men who were
in sympathy with the operators. Many
accessions to the ranks of the strikers
were also reported by various assemblies
in different parts of the country.
Washington, July 26.—Seven Western
Union operators, not members of the Tel
egraphers’ Brotherhood, who last week
signed an agreement to strike by a cer
tain date, if no action should be taken by
the Western Union Executive Committee
looking to a compromise of the questions
at issue between tlie company and the
strikers, were discharged by Superinten
dent Zeublin at 12 o’clock to-day. Super
intendent Zeublin arrived here’last night
with four men, one printing and three
worse operators to take tlie places of the
seven above named. All of those who
were discharged to-day were first-class
men, and they constitute the majority
of those who remained at their desks when
the strike began.
The discharged operators say that Su
perintendent Zeublin this morning ap
pealed to each of the seven men individ
ually, and endeavored to induce them to
withdraw their names from the agree
ment above referred to. He informed
them that he was instructed to discharge
them unless they consented to withdraw.
Each man replied that he would keep his
pledge to his fellows. The hour at which
the agreement was to be carried into
effect was 12 o’clock. A few minutes be
fore noon the seven men congregated in
an ante-room of the operating room,where
alter a tew words more from the Superin
tendent they were informed that they
were discharged. They all went to the head
quarters of the Brotherhood, where they
met with an enthusiastic reception, and a
meeting was held, it is supposed, for the
purpose of initiating the new men.
In response to an inquiry from the As
sociated Press office as to the condition in
which the exodus has left the Washington
office Superintendent Zeublin made the
following reply in writing:
“With exactly tlie same number of men
who arrived from Philadelphia, Harris
burg and Chester, Pa., last night, and
with four more en route, we now have the
office fully equipped with ‘gilt-edged,’
first-class loyal and enthusiastic
operators. The business will no
longer lie intentionally mangled and
errors willfully caused by traitorous em
ployes. J. E. Zeublin,
July 26. Superintendent.
It now appears that only six men were
discharged from the Western Union main
office to-day. The seventh signer of the
agreement to the strike has not been sat
isfaetorilv accounted for by either the
strikers or Western Union officials. It
was given out to-day, however, that tbe
entire seven had gone. One member
of the night force is absent
to-night, but he is reported to be tired out
and resting. Including this tired man
there remain in the Western Union main
office only live men, exclusive of the chiefs,
of the entire day and night force employed
when the strike began. One of the five is
a printing operator. Among the strikers
are two brothers of Manager Marean and
a son of each of the chiefs, Young and
Bender. To-night Chief Young announces
that press reports are going off in good
style andthe wires are working well.
Tbe men discharged to-day indignantly
deny the assertion of Superintendent
Zeuolin that they had intentionally man
gled and willfully caused errors'in the
business passing through their hands.
They say that the fact that they were re
quired by Mr. Zeublin up to the moment
of their dismissal to withdraw from the
agreement to strike under a threat of dis
missal is conclusive evidence that the
charge is wholly groundless. Superinten
dent Zeublin will have his headquarters
in Washington for the present.
The six discharged operators gave an
Associated Press reporter to-night their
story of the circumstances leading up to
their dismissal. They said at the time the
striking operators left the office thev did
not go with them, because they were
not members of the Rrotherliood, and
that they had discussed the reasons
for the strike and were in sympathy
with the strikers. Thev had not’ decided
what they themselves should do. Appeals
were made to them by the Brotherhood to
come out. but up to last Saturday they
had not determined what to do. On Sat
urday evening a notice was posted in the
Western Union office informing the opera
tors then at work that double pay for the
jitne they worked Would be given all those
whose names were found on the pay roll at
the end of the month. This the operators
looked upon as a direct attempt to bribe
them, and as a result of the indignation
with which it was received seven of them
drew up and signed a paper, in which
they pledged themselves that unless
reasonable and proper concessions were
made to the Brotherhood by Thursday,
July 26, at noon, they would withdraw
their services from the company. It was
intended during Saturday night and Sun-
day to obtain additional signatures to
this pledge, but the fact that such pledge
had been agreed upon leaked out, and
w r as published on Sunday morning. On
Sunday, Superintendent Zeublin came
over from Philadelphia and wanted the
seven signers of the pledge to withdraw
their signatures from it. They say he
affected to consider it as a threat against
the company, but they deny that it was
Intended as such, and assert that it was
simply a pledge to stand by each other in
pursuing a certain iine of con
duct. Zeublin, they say, hand
ed a pledge to them, which he
wished them to sign, iu the nature of an
ottset to the first pledge, but it was of
such a character that they refused to
sign it. Then, at his request, they drew
up a letter to Manager Whitney,’ which
some of them signed, in which they dis
claimed any intention to threaten the
company, and said: “We do desire
the Executive Committee of the West-
Pi' l ' T nion to act favorably and promptly
in this matter, as a long-con
tinued struggle will impose an
amount ol labor upon us which human
nature cannot endure, and we do most
heartily protest against any delay in
beginning negotiations for a settlement.”
Nothing further was heard, they say,
in relation to the matter until this morii
itig. Superintendent Zeublin came here
last night with a force ot operators, and
this morning, at 11:45, fifteen minutes
before the time at which the signers of the
pledge to quit work had agreed to leave,
he invited them to consultation with
him. Five of them went into his office,
and he asked if they proposed to carry
out their origiual agreement. Each mail
replied that he intended to stand by
pledge, whereupon they report that Air.
Zeublin violently assailed them as traitors
to the company, telling them that instead
of going out with the strikers at the
outset like men they had remained
in the office and exhibited their sympa
thy for the strikers bv giving' them
information about the office. Replying
the men said they had not acted dis
honorably, but that if they did not live up
to their argeement they would be traitors
to their fellow-workmen. As soon as
Zeublin heard this he turned to Manager
Whitney, who was present, and told him
to do his duty, to discharge the men on
the spot. The men say that in his con
versation with them he did not accuse
them of mutilating dispatches or delaying
business. His only charge was
that they sympathized with
and furnished information to the strikers.
This charge, they say, is absolutely false.
They also assert that when he conferred
with them on Sunday lie told them they
were the best men on the force—men iii
whom he had the utmost confidence—and
they suggest that it is rather late in the
day for him to speak of them as traitors
and bunglers. They say that if
there is any law in this District
to reach the ease they will sue him
for slander. They think liis statements
and correspondence between him and
General Superintendent Tenker att'ord
sufficient foundation for a suit for defama
tion of character. Of the six dismissed men
Stewart has been in the employ of the
Western Union for 20 years, Kanode for
17, Alarean for 15, Alustin for 13, Bender
for 8, and AlcKelden for 7 years. Speak
ing of the condition of business here since
the strike began these men say that while
the force that the company had was suf
ficient, working as thev worked, to handle
the business, which was more than 50
l>er cent, the ordinary quantity,
the impossibility of getting connection
with the other ends of wires at times, or
of getting receiving operators to take
Alatter sent them, greatly delayed work,
matter received here yesterday was,
they say, two and three days behind.
One operator received dispatches lrom
Chicago dated the 23d, and one spoke of a
dispatch from the West received yester
day bearing the date of the 19th. The
force actually on duty nowin the AVestern
Union office here, they say, is, including
the chief operators, about oue-lialf its
regular force.
Cleveland, 0., July 26.—The Board
of Trade to-day adopted a rosolution pro
testing against the further continuance
of the present state of affairs in telegraph
ing which is causing stagnation in gene
ral business. The resolution states that
lLc board believes that the Western Union
Company is in duty bound to immediately
arrange for its usual transmission of mes
sages, so that the great business interests
shall have relief, and request that the
Western Union Company take such action
as will bring about the desired result.
The Secretary was directed to notify the
managers of the telegraph company of the
board’s action.
Philadelphia, July 26,—The striking
operators of the American Rapid Company
returned to work this morning in a body,
escorted by a number of AVestern Union
and Baltimore and Ohio strikers, who are
still out. The company increased its
force by hiring about ten of the unem
ployed men, and gives netice that it can
now handle all business tendered.
At the Western Union office business is
reported to be moving smoothly, and two
ot the strikers, one a lady, have been won
over to the company’s side.
The linemen and inspectors of the Bell
Telephone Company this morning pre
sented a bill of grievances to the officials,
and declared their purpose to strike at 3
p. in., unless their terms were acceded to.
The number of linemen is thirty-seven,
and of the inspectors twelve. They de
mand an increase of 15 per cent, on sala
ry and a reduction of hours to nine. On
receiving the petitions of the men,
Manager Alorton telegraphed Superintend
ent Zeublin, of the AVestern Union Tele
graph Company, who is also General Mana
ger of the Bell Telephone Company, and
who is now in Washington. Zeublin
directed Alorton to inform the men that
lie could not give a decision at once in
reference to their petitions, but that he
would meet their representatives upon
lus return to the city on Saturday, when
he thought a satisfactory adjustment of
the difficulties could be arrived at. Later
in the afternoon the linemen and inspec
tors informed the managers that they
would postpone any action upon their
complaint until to-morrow morning, when
they would acquaint him with their de
cision in regard to awaiting the action of
the officers of the company.
The members of the Commercial Ex
change met to-day to take action relative
to the interruption to business caused by
the telegraphers’ strike, but without tak
ing action the meeting adjourned until
Saturday upon request of Superintendent
Zeublin, of the AVestern Union Company,
who telegraphed from AVashingtoii asking
that he be given a hearing before resolu
tions in regard to the strike were passed
by the Exchange,
Chicago, July 26. Superintendent
dowry this morning reported that all the
business of the Western Union Companv
in this city was cleared to all leading
points except AVinnepeg, to which place
the wires were down. All the main wires
in the Board of Trade are manned to-day.
Mr. dowry also reports that the day arid
night forces in the main operating room of
the company are now getting their full
rest. The wires on the Northwestern road
were cut again last night, but were
speedily repaired. The officials of the
Baltimore and Ohio Company have been
negotiating with the strikers for the past
two days, but as the latter demand the
recognition of the Brotherhood as a pre
liminary to a settlement, no conclusion
has been reached.
Norwich, Conn., July 26.— The entire
force of telegraph operators, except the
Manager, struck this morning,
ASSISTED EMIGRATION.
Results and Cost of the Tuke’s Commit
tee's Operations.
London, .July 3fi.~Tee report of Mr.
Tuke’s committee states that in three
months 5,327 emigrants were assisted at
a cost of £35,000, of which £26,000 were re
ceived from the government. The com
mittee says it hopes that State-hided emi
gration will be continued for some years
so as to thoroughly relieve the neeuiesf
districts, it says tho majority of the
holdings vacated by the emigrants have
been consolidated with those of the neigh
boring tenants.
t\vKvrv-i ivt; years.
A 3RStiff! l id Murderer's Lengthy Sen
tenee.
K ansas City, .July 26.—The jury in the
case against Orthstein aged 21, lately
city editor of the Evening Star, who
killed Geo. Fredericks, the proprietor of
the Coinique Theatre in this city, on dune
9, returned a verdict o( murder in the
second degree and fixing the punishment
at twenty-five years in the penitentiarv,
the full penalty. The defendant's coun
sel tluyi gave uo.tice o.f a motion for anew
trial, and tho court granted four days in
which to file the motion,
TUe Killing of Cetewayo*
London, July 26,—Additional advices
from Durban in relation to the death of
King Cetewayo at the hands of the insur
gents, state that all of his wives and
many of his chiets were also killed.
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
RESOURCES OF THE SOUTH
WHAT THE SOUTHERN STATES
HAVE TO SHOW.
Facts and Figures—Products of Mines
and Farms—Wealth ' in Fruits and
Vegetables—Her Large Forest Area—
Constantly Increasing Transportation
Facilities.
Baltimore Sun.
The Southern Exposition, which will
open at Louisville on the Ist of August,
while containing exhibits from all parts
of the United States, as well as from many
foreign countries, will, as its name im
plies, be primarily devoted to displaving
the resources of the South. The sixteen
States stretching from Delaware to Texas
and from Florida to Missouri, with their
900,000 square miles of surface and nearly
twenty millions of people, contain almost
one-half of the settled area of the country
and well-nigh two-fifths *t its popula
tion. Slavery, the war and the poli
cal disorders of the reconstruction period
all_ retarded the development of the mag
nificent natural resources of these States.
Carrying such weights as these, it is no
wonder that the South fell behind in the
race for wealth, and it is not surprising
that in proportion to its population it can
show but two dollars for every live in the
North and West; that the average resi
dent of Massachusetts is four times as
rich as his countryman in Virginia, and
that, man for man, Ohio can quadruple
the wealth of Georgia. The bonds that
have so long restricted the free expan
sion of the capacities of the South are
at last broken, and in the past five years
there has been throughout all its bor
ders a wonderful movement in almost
every branch of industrial activity. It
knows that it has lost ground to make up,
and it is earnestly addressing itself to the
task. The cotton exposition at Atlanta in
1881 was a revelation to the world of the
power that lay in the new South, and it is
confidently predicted that the exhibition
about to open at Louisville will have even
more surprises for those who have been
brought up in the belief that to the south
of Mason and Dixon’s line there was a
commercial Nazareth out of which there
could come no good thing.
In any display of resources of the South
its agricultural products and its agricul
tural systems are entitled to the place of
honor. Nearly two-thirds of her employed
population find their bread in the till’ing
of the fields. In the last census year the
products of her farms amounted "to more
than $760,000,000, an average of about forty
dollars for every inhabitant. Of this ag
gregate more than one-third was repre
sented by the value of the cotton crop. In
the more distinctively cotton States, such
as South Carolina, Mississippi and Texas,
more than half the value of all the pro
duce of their soil was in cotton. In her
cotton lands the South has a perennial
source of wealth. In cotton she controls
the markets of the world.
No foreign competition has as vet been
able to even seriously threaten her su
premacy. While her crop of the great
staple gets larger and larger, with in
creasing population here and else
where, her farmers and planters are be
ginning to raise in addition many things
which they were formerly in the "habit of
buying from their neighbors. Food sup
plies of all sorts are now being raised on
the farms of the progressive men of the
South. In places convenient to means of
rapid transportation landowners are
availing themselves of the advantages of
fered by their more advanced seasons to
raise early fruits and vegetables for the
Northern markets. Every resident of
Baltimore knows that tomatoes, peas, po
tatoes, strawberries and so on make
their appearance in considerable quanti
ties in our markets some weeks it not
months earlier thnr was the case ten or
twelve years ago. The industry, now in
its infancy, is capable ot almost indefinite
expansion. The steadily growing city
populations of the South will continually
increase their demand for early produce,
and the improvement in the means of
transportation will reduce the cost of
bringing the garden truck of Georgia and
Carolina to the tables of New York and
Philadelphia. The crowded town that
will spring up around the already form
ing manufacturing centres of the South
will afford an even more certain and
profitable home market.
In Florida the raising of tropical fruits
has become an important and extremely
lucrative industry. So well has it paid
that unimproved lands in the orange belt
now command prices that would buy ten
times the number of acres in any of the
neighboring States. Three years ago the
value of the tropical fruits raised in Flori
da was nearly three-quarters of a million,
and it must since have greatly increased
With the extension of railroad facilities
the business must assume still larger
proportions, and it is, perhaps, not too
much to expect that the products of
Florida orchards will drive out of our
markets the foreign fruits, which now
cost us something like eighteen millions
a year.
The reduction of the tax on tobacco can
hardly tail to stimulate the cultivation of
that great Southern product. The cattle
raising industries of Texas bid fair to lie
come every day more lucrative and more
valuable. Hostile legislation abroad can
be but temporary. The demands of the
poorer classes in European cities for flesh
food must in the end prove too strong for
the protectionist interest of the agricultu- j
ral population. The wool product of •
Texas has increased more than fivefold in
the last ten years, and between 1870 and
1880 the wool clip of the South had ad
vanced from 10,000,000 pounds to more
than 30,000,000.
It would be useless to go through the
long line of the products of Southern farm
labor and dwell upon their present condi
tion and their future prospects. But there
are some changes in the general system
of agriculture that call for a passing men
tion. Wherever close cultivation and
varied crops will pay, the best results are
likely to be gained on small tracts of land,
worked by their owners or renters, and
the great increase in the number of the
farms of the South, and the accompany
ing decrease in their acreage, are among
the most promising features in the present
condition of that section. The 760,000
Southern farms of 1860 had become
1,740,000 in number in 1880, while their
average size had fallen from 320 acres to
154. A large part of the old Southern
farm, as a rulo, remained uncultivated;
in this respect there has been a decided
advance, the proportion of improved land
in farms having risen from 30 per cent, in
1860 to 37 per cent, in 1880. Further im
provement is.still necessary to put the two
sections of the country upon an equal
footing, as in the North the improved land
forms 06 per cent, of the farms.
The completeness with which a farm Is
equipped with proper implements and
machinery has much to do with the prof
its realized. The South is making rapid
progress in this direction, the value of
machinery in proportion to the number
of acres in farms having increased nearly
2,5 per cent, in the last decade, though it
is still behind seme other parts of the
Union. aJ'he greater use of machinery in
the North enables the same number of
men to raise more valuable crops.
Thus, though the South has 4,000.-
000 of people employed in agri
culture and all the rest of
the country has but 3,500,000, the annual
Value of the products of the former was
only *760,000,000, as against $1,4,50,000,000
raised by the other section; or in other
words, while in the North every person
engaged in agriculture raised on an aver
age $414 worth of various crops, in the
South a man’s labor only prouuced some
SIOO. Qn the other hand, it must he re
membered that the average monthly
wages in the South for farm labor, where
the hand finds himself, is but sl6, against
$26 in the Northern States.
Gradually the most serious remaining
drawback to the prosperity of the South
is being remove,’,. Every year more and
more of its people are beginning to pay in
cash for all they buy; the credit astern
hot unfrequently made the farmer pay
two prices for all that he used.'
Land in the South is now held at little
more than one-fourth the price asked in
the North, hut its annual produets, acre
for acre, are more than half as valuable.
In such a state of affairs there should be
a strong temptation to the industrious
immigrants, whether he comes from for
eign shores or from some less favored nog.
tion ol our own country. W ith laud at a
fourth of the price it is elsewhere, the
same labor and the same skill will raise
upon it crops nearly or quite as valuable.
There will not much longer be a lgck of a
home market for products of every sort.
The days when the bale of cotton raised iu
South Carolina was carried to Massachu
setts to be manufactured and then return
ed to its native State to be sold are rapidly
passing away.
The South is beginning to manufacture
its own cotton. The enormous profits
that have rewarded the enterprise of
those who have already embarked their
capital in such enterprises is the best
guarantee that they will find many imi
tators. There are many reasons why cot
ton goods can be more cheaply produced
in the south than in New England. The
cost of transportation to and from the
Northern mill is saved. Already the New
England manufacturers are making ear
uest appeals to the railroads to reduce
the freight upon their materials and their
products, but whatever favors the rail
road companies may be disposed to show
them, the cost of carrying the goods five
hundred miles each way must remain
great enough to make all the difference
between a large profit and none at all
In 1870 there were but 4,5,000,000 pounds
of cotton used in the mills of the South
and in 1880 there were 115,000,000 pounds!
The rate of increase in some of the States
was even greater. Georgia manufactured
but 10,000,000 pounds in 1870, while in
1880 her mills consumed 33,000,000 pounds.
The consumption in the manufactories of
South Carolina rose during the decade
from 2,000,000 pounds to 15,000,000.
The expenses of living at the South is
less, and as a consequence labor is
cheaper. In 1880 the average yearly wages
in the Northern manufactories were $360,
and in the Southern only $256. It is quite
possible that at the present time labor in
the South is. man for man, not as efficient,
as it is in the North, but it is rapidly be
coming so. A widely disseminated" and
at tlie same time utterly baseless delusion
exists that the climate of the Southern
section renders continued active exer
tion impossible. Now it is doubtless
true that there are certain lim
ited areas in the coast region of the more
southerly States that are too hot and moist
for the health of the white man; but
throughout by far the greater part of the
South a man can work quite as hard as he
can anywhere else. Large parts of Vir
ginia and West Virginia have a mean an
nual temperature as low as that of Bos
ton and Detroit, and lower than that of
such manufacturing centres as Pittsburg
and Philadelphia. The cost of running
machinery is not likelv toffie anv greater
in 5 lrgiuia or Caroling than "in Penn
sylvania or Massachusetts. The natu
ral water power of many parts
of the South can scarcely be excelled
in any section of the country, and fuel is
at hand for the production of" steam pow
er in yet more lavish supply. That the
mountain region of the South was rich
in coal and iron has long been known,
but it has only been within a very short
time that any considerable efforts have
been made to develop its wealth. The re
sults that have been obtained have been
astonishing. In 1870 not a ton of coal
was mined in Georgia; in 1880, the census
reports that 154,000 tons were produced.
In 1880, Alabama dug onlv 11,000 tons; in
188,her production had risen to 322,000 tons.
In Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Ken
tucky, Tennessee and West Virginia the
coal out-put rose from 900,000 tons in 1870
to 3,700,000 tons in 1880.
There were in 1870 but 46,000 tons ot
iron ore mined in the States oi Alabama,
Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and AVest
Virginia, and in 1880 there were 575,000
tons, an increase of more than twelve
hundred per cent. Great as these gains
were, there is every reason to believe that
they have been far exceeded in the three
years that have elapsed since the census
was taken, and still greater progress may
be expected in the future. The ore is
more easily to be come at, labor is
cheaper, and a ton of pig-iron can be pro
duced in Virginia or Alabama for twelve
dollars where in Pennsylvania it would
cost eighteen. So long as this inequality
continues the movement of the iron in
dustry must lie towards the South.
Already much Northern capital is invest
ed in Southern iron and coal
fields; in some instances the land
lias doubtless been purchased with a
view to prevent its immediate develop
ment, but all such mameuvres must, from
their very nature, be productive of tem
porary results merely. For the present
little beyond the smelting of ore into pigs
is done at the South. The superior cheap
ness ot its production enables the maker
to bear the cost of transporting it to the
foundries and machine shops of the
North, but, sooner or later, the
latter will be necessarily moved nearer
to the source of their raw ma
terial, and all the many branches of iron
working be actively "carried on in the
Southern States.
In any review of the resources of the
South account must be taken of her rela
tively large forest area. The rapid de
struction of the timber trees of the North
and AVest is yearly making the remaining
forests of the country more valuable, and
within a very few years the larger part of
these will be in the south.
“Transportation facilities, hitherto and
still insufficient, are rapidly increasing.
Every year new railroads are piercing
into before unopened tracts of Southern
territory. The Southern Pacific and the
Texas Pacific place the South upon the
line of transcontinental movements. The
Mexican railways now in course of con
struction will find their nearest connec
tions in the various Southern lines, and
will c irry to the South the first fruits of
awakening enterprise in the long-sleeping
land beyond the Rio Grande. The rail
road now being built down the Peninsula
of Florida will have its terminus less than
a day’s sail from the Island of Cuba, and
all the many valuable productions of the
AA’est India Islands will find their most
convenient markets in our Southern
States.
In the South the world is about to find a
new competitor in the strife for the prizes
of agriculture, manufacture and trade,
and the Louisville Exposition will give
the public an opportunity to estimate her
chances of success in such a contest.
THE SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA.
A Poor Outlook for the Republicans of
the Pacific Slope.
Xew Turk Herald.
General AV. S. Bosecrans was at the
Grand Central Hotel yesterday, looking
apparently as young as eighteen years
ago, at the close of the war:
“If the feeling,” said he, “in other
States of doubtful complexien tie like
what it is in California, there is little hope
for the Republican party next year. The
tendency of all v independent voters
throughout not alone California, but the
whole country as well, is against the fur
ther continuance in power of the Repub
lican party. It has had its day of use
fulness and is no longer needed, it was
never before so badly off for an issue on
which to go before the people. Abuse of
the South is no longer available to fire the
hearts of Republicans. The bloody shirt
can never again be waved to any purpose,
and, in fact, the whole old-time stock of
ammunition on which the party relied to
carry the country is completely exhaust
ed. There is nothing for them but tne
tariff, and the Democrats can make as
good use of that issue as their opponents.”
“AA’hat is the Republican strength in
California?”
“The Republican party is not nearly as
strong in California to-day as it was.
The fact is, the party of late years has by
its corruptions weakened its hold upon
thousands of men who were formerly
loyal to it. This is particularly the ease
in California, and there is no question but
that a large number of Republicans will
be found voting with the Democrats at
every future election. The people of the
Pacific slope want a change and mean to
have it. They want to see new blood and
new methods in the conduct of the gov
ernment, and I expect that is pretty much
the feeling all around.”
“Who do you think will get the Demo
cratic nomination lor President?”
“Oh, I have no idea; but whoever gets
it may be sure of election. The country
is ripe for a change.”
A Duel With Pitchforks.
Louisville, July 26. —Two farm labor
ers in Nelson county, fought a duel with
pitchforks yesterday, in which both were
mortally wounded. One was white and one
black. They were working together and
quarreled and fought it out alone. Both
are likely to die without being able to de
scribe the circumstances.
Abram S. Hewitt,
. Philadelphia ffeoerd.
Hon. Abram S, Hewitt Is mentioned every
uow and then by somebody as a good
man for President. Mr, Hewitt is a good
man, and he has made some excellent
speeches in Congress on the tariff, espe
cially one In which he exposed the cooked
up statistics in regard to the profits of
Bessemer steel manufacturing. But he
appears to be a skittish kind ot a person
and is apt to go off hall-cocked. He
makes loolish speeches sometimes. That
was a foolish speech, and in bad
teste, in which he said, in retort to
a member, that “they used to say
Abram 8. Hew lit is tue son-in-law of
X eter Cooper, hut now people sav Peter
vooper ia the tether-iodaw of Abram S.
Hewitt.” The saying was original and
w-itty when uttered by Talleyrand. Gre-
Vllle, in his “Memoirs,” says someone
asked Talleyrand if Count St. Aulaire was
the father-in-law of the Due Deeazes.
Talleyrand replied: ‘‘They used to say St.
Aulaire was the father-in-law of the Due
Deeazes, but now they say Deeazes is
son-in-law of St. Aulaire.” In that neat
way Talleyrand expressed the opinion
that the father-in-law had become the
greater man of the two. Mr. Hewitt bor
rowed the story, applied it to himself, and
spoilt it.
Dr. II N- Aattle, Jr., Wadley, Ga., says:
“Brown’s Iron Bitters are very popular
m this section and give entire satisfac
tion.”
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FIGHTING YELLOW JACK.
ONE DEATH AT THE PHILADEL
PHIA STATION.
Governor McEnery’s Prompt Action-
No Cases at New Orleans thus Ear
Reported—An Infected Vessel Bound
for the Chesapeake—A Protest from
the Merchants of Norfolk.
Xkw Orleans, July -.Hi.—The Times -
Democrat's Baton Rouge special says:
“In pursuance of the resolution of the
State Board of Health Governor McEnery
has issued a proclamation directing that
all vessels now at the quarantine station
in the Mississippi river, which are
infected with yellow fever, be re
moved without unnecessary delay to the
quarantine station at Ship Island for in
spection, cleansing and fumigation. He
further orders and directs that all v ea
sels from the ports of Vera Cruz, Rio de
Janeiro and Havana and such other ports
as may become infected with vellow fever
be prohibited from entering the waters of
the Mississippi river. Quarantine officers
are directed to enforce strictly the execu
tion of this proclamation.”
M ASHiNGTON,JuIy 26.—President Jones,
of the New Orleans Board of Health,to-dav
telegraphed to Surgeon General Hamilton
that up to date there has not been even a
suspicious case of fever in New Orleans
this year and that the city is in a healthy
condition, l'he Norfolk quarantine officers
have been directed to cause the bark Sa
lome, which is suspected of being infected
with yellow fever to anchor off shore,
should she pass the capes until an inspec
tion can be made.
Philadelphia, July 26,—The quaran
tine physician to-day re|iorted to the
Board of Health that Patrick Kellv, a
seaman of the brig Julia Blake, died of
yellow fever last night at the hospital at
the Lazaretto station, to which place he
had been removed from the vessel. The
brig, which was bound from Havana for
this port, loaded with bones in bags, is
detained at quarantine and will be thor
oughly fumigated and the cargo reloaded
before being permitted to pass up the
river. She will probably be detained at
the station for three weeks.
Norfolk, July 26.—Surgeon General
Hamilton’s order, establishing the hospi
tal barge Selden off Sewell's Point? and
Secretary Folger’s telegram to the Collec
tor of Customs at Baltimore, to instruct
the revenue steamer Ewing to stop all
toreign vessels entering the capes, and, if
any sickness be found on board, to require
them to anchor near Ocean View until
boarded by a Health Officer, lias aroused,
in connection with the arrival of the Brit
ish steamer Andean at Hampton Roads
from V era Cruz with a case of sickness,
supposed to lie yellow fever, alarm and
protest at this port. The Norfolk and
I arts mouth Cotton Exchange, and the
Norfolk and Portsmouth Merchants’ and
Manufacturers’ Exchange held meetings
to-day and pasfed resolutions petitioning
the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Surgeon General to remove the hospital
barge to Lynn Haven Bay, just outside of
Cape Henry; and also to order into quar
antine at that point all infected vessels
that may enter Hampton Roads.
FLEET FLYERS.
The Sandown Park Meeting—Events at
Saratoga.
London, July 26.—The second summer
meeting at Sandown Park began t<?-day.
The great Kingstone two year old race
was won by Lord llossly’s Silver Sea,
Redfern’s Camlet second and Ben Holmes
Kincardine third. There were ten start
ers, including Lorillard’s Vixtrix.
The race for the Surbiton handicap
plate was won by J. Barnard’s Antler-
Sir F, Johnston’s Exilecamein second and
C. Hibbert’s Angevine third. There were
live starters, including J. R. Keene’s*
Polo.
Saratoga, July 26.—The first race, one
mile, for all ages, was won by Boot Jack
Buccaneei second and Lord Lyon third
Time 1:42J, 4 .
The second race, a mile and, a furlong,
lor three year old fillies, was won by Mrs.
Woodford, Bessie second and Vera'third!
Time 1:57^.
Ihe third race, one mile and five fur
longs, for all ages, was won easilv i>y
George Kenny, Drake Carter uccond and
General Monroe third. Time 2:60.
The fourth race, three-quarters of a mile,
for all ages, was won by Disturbance,
Brunswick second and Talleyrand third.
Time 1:17^.
Hat and Ball.
t hieago—Philadelphius 5; Cbicagos
At Cleveland—Providences 2; Cleve
lands 5.
At Detroit—New Yorks 0; Detroits 2.
At Baltimore—Baltimores 8; Allegha
nys 11. °
At Philadelphia—Metropolitans 8; Ath
letes 1.
At Buffalo—Bostons 4; Buffalos 7.
At Columbus, O.—Cineinnatis 8; Colum
bus 2.
At St. Louis—Eclipses 6; St. Louis 4.
At Richmond—Newarks 0; Virginias 12.
Another Victory for Hanlan.
Syracuse, July 26.—The Ilanian-llos
mer-Lee race at Fulton to-day resulted in
favor of Hanlan. The course, three-quar
ters of a mile with a turn, was rowed
over twice. Hanlan won easily, Ilosmer
second, eleven and a half lengths ahead of
Lee. Time—Hanlan 1D:45, Ilosmer 19:50,
Lee 19:51. Many think that the course
rowed over was not fully three miles.
The Revolution in Ecuador.
Guay aquil,via Galveston, July 26.
By spontaneous action the people to-day
proclaimed Pedro Carbio Chief of the Gov
ernment of Guayaquil, with full inde
pendent power. The three governments
will jointly convene a national conven
tion. There is great public rejoicing.
Big Schemes Foiled.
Paris July 26.—The proposal to raise a
loan of 220,000,000 lrancs, which was re
jected yesterday by the Paris municipali
ty, was a government measure. It was
the intention, if the measure had passed,
to expend money for sewers, water
works, schools and hospitals.
A Probable Lynching.
Atlanta, July 26.—An unknown ne
gro attempted to outrage Mrs. W. G. Hill,
übar East Point, last night. He was ar
rested, and on the way to court to-day the
guards say he escaped, but it is believed
he was lynched.
Prussia and tlie Pope.
Rome, July 26.—Intelligence has reach
ed here from Berlin that Bismarck will
continue to negotiate with the Vatican
for the settlement oi the differences be
tween it and Prussia.
The Parnell Fund.
Rome, July 26.—Information has been
received at tbe Vatican from New York
that the Catholic clergy in the United
States will follow the instructions of the
Pope in regard to Parnell and his follow
ers.
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