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, ESTABLISHED 1850. >
i J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PIT IN TYPE.
t-'urth* l " Particulars of Mrs. Arrali
smith’s Pathetic Death—A Sanguinary
l-.mounter near I.afayette—An Athe
nian's Confidence in Aerial Navigation
—Tallulah on the Booui.
GEORGIA.
Then* hat e been more than 5.000 visitors to
Tallulah thi-season.
T. J. Blackwell has rented the Carnesville
Hotel, formerly occupied by Mrs. Asa 11.
Ayers.
Ti attendance. Sunday, at Crawfish, was
over two thousand. North Georgia never
siirned out a better behaved crowd.
It !- said that a prominent tiotel man from
K .nda is negotiating Tor the lease of both of
, houses at Tallulah Pall-.
Prank Daniel, of Carteraville, was one of
first settlers of Canton, ami has attended
—ions of the Cherokee Superior Court.
The foundation for the new conrt house in
t. iiuesville has been constructed, and work
upon the building is progressing satisfac
-Thirteen thousand dollar- was paid Tues
;av last by Mr. I.illy to Mr. J. 15. Gravitt for
- farm and mine located five mile east of
t uturning. •
George and Kdwanl Winn, colored, were
,riv-ted at t umining on Tuesday last upon
warrants charging them with setting lire to a
■ burvh house.
1. >. Askew, of Praukiin. will move to Car
rollton and go into the livery stable business,
at the stable now occupied by Dr. Cheney, on
New nan street.
Milton 1.. Wade, of Quitman, has been ap
p.inted Deputy Collector of Itevenue for the
. -.unties of Wilcox, Irwin. Lowndes, Col
quitt. Cotfee. Berrien, Brooks and Thomas.
Mr. Wade will at once proceed to the dis
cliurge of his duties.
t apt. Henry Wells, a prominent civil en
gineer of Athens, believes atrial navigation
will lie a successful accomplishment, and that
the mode of rapid transit will, in future years,
supplant all other motors. upturn "Wells
-:us that to navigate the air. a bird must lie
duplicated in every particular, the tail lieing
~-<d as a rudder to circumvent the current-.
-lames A. Itumsey, living a few miles east of
1.i.-i-ou, has a number of the Athenian bear
mg the date of Xovemlier 17. lain, and pul>-
■ -lied at Athens by O. I*. >haw. The sheet
i- a five-column ii'uarto, plaiiili printed in
bourgeois and minion typ<*. ami is *<jua) in
appearance to the average modern weekly,
exi-ept that the ia|>er used is not -iliooth or
tine or white as that generally use.l in these
days.
The LaPayette Messenger > ays: **There was
a cutting m’rape last Sunday near the 15ig
spring, about S p. m. Pliick Knox was at the
house of John Nash and his brothers. There
had lieen an old grudge Is-tween Kllick and
the Nashes. Nash’s tior-e had been driven
hard in a wagon in which Kllick rode. Tin
matter having been brought up. Kllick said
he had nothing to do with the driving. Hue
word led to another, until they made an at
tack on him. lie defended hiiuself with his
knife, cutting John Na-li in three places, tine
dangerous blow split the chin, and grazed the
neck. One was acre—the left breast. Another
ranged from the left shoulder to the eiliow.
Kllick. who, by the way, i- one of the l>e-t
hands in the uetghliorhood, has sought other
pastures.”
A Macon special to the New York Times ba
the following: “The story of tin- deatli of
Mrs. Arrah smith, the mysterious lady whose
death in Montgomery, last Sunday, was the
cause of so much sensation, finds it- explana
tion in Bolingbroke in tlii- state. The fart
nre given lv Mr. -litliti- 11. ltazt-imm*. a broth
er of the lady. The liazeuiore family is one
highly esteemed. The father, Thomas.!. I!a/.c
--more, was one of the highest citizen.-, and the
tad] who died in Montgomery was a daugh
ter of this man. her correct name tieing
Araminta Viera ISnzcmore. She had acre—
to the best society and was welcomed every
where, having hosts of admirers. Her eldest
-i-tor was married to Mr. \V.
H. lient, a gentleman well known
here. His relationship to the family he made
use of to ruin the tru-ting sister. "This fact
transpired last January. The sen-ation
* au-cd in Bolingbroke was indescribable,
t itizens were anxious to lynch the cowardly
wretch, when veugeance was stayed by the
family, who knew lliat Dent's death would
plunge the other sister as well into despair.
The Family called together its entire relation
ship and laid the matter l**fore them. They
decided tiiat Miss Araminta should remain at
home, that even in her downfall she should
hold their tenderest affections. To this the
young lady demurred, as -he wished to go
where she "could begin life anew. It was
then agreed that she should go to Virginia to
live with relatives there, and her brother
Julius was chosen as the person to ac
company her. When the brother and
tin* unfortunate girl reached Atlanta,
Mi— Araminta changed her mind and
refused to go to Virginia, she preferred
going where she was not known. Finally Ju
lius agreed to change the location. Then" they
went to Selma, Ala. Thi- place the voting
lady did not like. Then they went to Mont
gomery, where sin* adopted the name of Mrs.
Arrah Smith, and secured employment in a
•in—making establishment, it tieing her in
tention to learn the trade as a means of liveli
hood and then go West. Her brother supplied
her with money, but left the family in Geor
gia under the impression that nis sister had
gone to Virginia. In Montgomery she toiled
on uncomplainingly until last Sunday , when
-he died among stranger- without divulging
her identity. The family knew nothing of her
hiding place or deatli until a statement of her
burial was published in the p:i|n*rs.’’
FLORIDA.
I'cdar Key lias cnmmeni-eil flipping turtles
North.
Madison wants an artesian well, and will,
questionless, have it liefore long.
A gentleman near Apalaehieola has graft -
e<i the pecan into hickory trees with success.
The County Commissioners of Hamilton
have issued a license toi harles K. Duckworth
to establish a public ferry at Blue spring.
The members of Hopewell Baptist liureh.
south of Madison, are building a church, and
li(ie to have the building completed bv the
Ist of September.
Mrs. Reed, w ife of ex-Covernor Iteeil. will
represent the Women's < hristian Tern|s-rauce
In ion at the National Convention, to assem
ble at Detroit in < lr tuber.
Rev. S. A. Hurl but of -t. Vngustine. who is
also a carpenter by trade, wliile :tt work on a
building a few days ago, was attacked w ith
lockjaw. At the last advices lie was pari lally
able to open his mouth.
SOUTH C A KOI. IX V.
A negro was sent to jail at Yorkville last
week for cutting out a horse's tongue.
south Carolina has had ninety-six Gover
nors, dating from likMi to Ink; inclusive.
V Mr. Peacock, of Barnwell, committed
suicide on Saturday by taking thirty grains
of morphine. The cause is not known.
The residence of Mrs. >l. P. Rhodes. Old
Allendale. Barnwell county, w as accidentally
burned on the sth instant.’together with all
its contents. There was no insurance.
The commissioners appointed under an act
of the General Assembly to build anew court
house in the county of Beaufort are calling
for bids for the erection of the same.
Mrs. Mary K. Deloach's dwelling-house, at
It ichardsonville, K.dgetlelrt county. was
burned last week by an incendiary. Nothing
was saved. The loss 1- estimated at $1,300.
with no insurance.
The Sea Island AW* says: “Tlie phosphate
business is booming. All of the works have
as much as they can do to till their orders.
The dredge in from of the town has been
working day and night during the week."
The Camden Journal says: “We believe
from ivl-.at we can learn that the cotton crop
of this county will beat least 25 per cent,
short this year, and the corn crop 50 per cent,
less than the usual crop, all owibg to the
drought."
The Newberry Olftrrer says: "Taking the
county over the crops will scarcely exceed
two-thirds ai this time; they might come
under it. But there is time yet for great im
provement, and the rains of the last day or
two will help the prosjiccts wonderfully."
The Yorkville Enquirer says: “ltejiorts
that reach us from all sections of the county
regarding the growing croiw are of the most
unfavorable character. The drought hascon
tunit'd until it is feared the consequence* to
cotton and corn wall be as serious as in l.Nsj."
Joseph B. Clark, a native of New Jersey,
employed at the Haile gold mine in Lancaster
county, made an outrageous assault last week
on Mr*. Sarah Hogan while her husband was
down in a shaft of the mine at work. He has
lieen lodged in jail for trial.
Last week there was a terrible hail
storm in the neighborhood r.f Manville,
-uniter count'-. Mr. Henry G. -haw and Mrs.
W. O. licCutelien were the worst sufferers,
I heir crops of cotton lietng re|K>rted as com
pletely destroyed and other crops projiorlion
ately damaged.
The Lexington A savs: “In conse
quence of the continued drought, eight weeks
in some parts of the county, crops are gener
allv poor. Did corn has been badly injured
i nil young I lot tom corn has begun to suffer.
Cotton has also suffered materially and many
Gills have lieen shed."
The Abbeville J ft'lium says: “Unit-** we
get a real good season in a tew days we will
nil lie in a deplorable tlx. The gardens are
mined and have nothing in them. Corn is not
doing any good and the crop will fall fur short
oflialf a crop. Cotton is almost past redemp
tion and scarcely enough will be made to pay
for the guano used. - ’
I'he Vs is* defends the health of Beaufort as
follows: “An erroneous impression has gone
forth, emanating from parties in Augusta,
that during the months of August anil Sep
tember Beufort is unhealthy, andpersoiis vis
iting here do so at the risk of having malarial
fever. The cards of three of our best know a
physicians will go a long way to correct such
' impression, whieh should never have lieen
iii.i le without an examination, as the effects
reach further than most people Imagine, and
injure* the materia. prosperity of our town.
I,! ‘e of the proudest boasts' of Beaufort,
aud one of the greatest advantages she pos
i- her health record, which is the best
•J all seaboard cit'es acil tow ns. and in no de
partment of her efficient city government has
'here lieen shown more prompt, energetic ami
3udirionrVdioß titan in all matters pertain
*®g to her cleanliness and health."
It Keeras to satisfy
V family want, and I wonder how we
ever got along without Parker's Ginger
Tonic. It cured me of nervoua proatra
tion. and I have used it since for all sorts
of complaints in our familv. Mrs. Jines.
Albany.
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SPOILING FOR A FIGHT.
A Kentuckian who Wished to Avenge
Gen. Boynton Just for Cincinnati.
Washington Correspondence Boston Post, 13th.
The other day Gen. H. V. Boynton was
waited on by a native Kentuckian who
hail adopted Cincinnati for his home. The
visitor was a tall man with a good-hu
tnored face and a blonde moustache. He
was of modest appearance and apparently
of a retiring disjwsition, for he came into
Boynton’s office in a timid way and knock
ed softly on the door of the inner apart
ment, first, however, removing a shiny
silk hat and holding it in the manner that
seems to be prescribed as proper for
funeral occasions, as though the mourn
er's hand had been arrested suddenly as
he was in the act of respectfully removing
hi** bead-piece.
“Is this Gen. Boynton?”
The General had been taken by surprise
and assaulted only the day before, and.
not intending to lie again attacked as he
sat in his chair, he jumjied up, and, ad
vancing to his big visitor, answered:
“Yes. sir, I am Gen. Boynton.”
“Well, General, you’re in trouble, and
I’ve come up here from Old Point Com
fort to see that Cincinnati has fair play.”
The big man said this quietly and kindlv.
Gen. Boynton replied as politely as the
big man: “I’m greatly obliged to vou,
sir.”
“Well,” continued the big man, “I want
to hel-> you out, and if there’s going to lie
any tightin’ I want to be in, for I come
from Cincinnati, General. Oh, we’ve
met before, under political circumstances.
You don’t remember, but I do. I’m for
Cincinnati every time, and I savs to my
self, the morning w hen I read about your
trouble, * I’ll go up to Gen. Boynton’sand
see him through tor the sake of Cincin
nati.’ ”
• But I don’t thiuk there will he any
fighting,” said the General. “If that lei
low Fitzgerald should see so big a man as
you you couldn’t get within gunshot of
him.”
“Well, I don’t like you. General,’’ said
the big mail, in a very mild voice; “1 don’t
like you a bit; I don’t like any Republi
cans. I’m a straightout Kentuckian and
a Democrat. Republicans don’t please
me, and I says t" my self this morning that
I don’t like Gen. Boynton. His politics is
mean, and he writes mean—but it’s Cin
cinnati. and ii there’s any fun l want to
lie in it.”
“Well, I’m greatly obliged, sir,” repeat
ed the General; “but there won’t lit* any
more of a fight, I guess.”
••oh, well now, that won’t do,” replied
the big man. “This ought not to end this
way. If you can’t shoot, General, I’ll lie
principal.” The big man’s eyes shone
with pleasure in anticipation of having a
hand in the fight himself, and he went on:
••Why, Gem *l, I just took out as pretty
a pair of deringers this morning as you
ever see, and I’ve got them out there now
in a wagon’. 1 tell you, General, they’re
loaded mighty heavy, too. Now just "say
the word aud 1 11 "go into thistight for
Cincinnati.”
The General again assured the visitor
that "there was no chance -ol a fight, but
the big man went on telling Boynton that
he hated his politics, but wanted some
fun. Finally he said in a sorrowful tone:
“Now, General, just think of them derrin
gers nut there in that wagon, loaded just
as pretty as any pistols you ever see,
without any show. It’s mighty mean, 1
say. Then there’s such a good chance for
tun. too. Can’t we just get one little shot
at him. General? Say just one; just for
Cincinnati.”
But the General wouldn’t give the big
man the chance, and he had to go away
unsatisfied.
AN ALLIGATOR IN FEATHERS.
VV bat a Woman who Lost 17 of Her SO
Children Pound in Her Pillow.
Pittsburgh Special, 13th.
Hundreds of people within the past fonr
days have v isited the house of Mrs. John
Smith, on McLaue avenue, attracted by
stories of witchcraft in connection with
the death ol a number of her children.
Mrs. Smith, a woman of fair intelligence,
was seen to-day, and tells the following
remarkable story, which is vouched for
by her neighbors:
”1 have lieen married for nineteen years,
and in that time have become the mother
of twenty children. Of the twenty only
three are in tutting, the births and deaths
having averaged one a year. The last
death occurred a few weeks ago. the child
being an infant. A week or so ago a
neighbor, Mr. Caffrey, who had been sick
for some time, found a curious formation
of flowers, roses ami crosses in the pillow
of his bed, made of feathers. After find
ing them lie became liettor. I came home
and looked through my pillows and
leather beds. Mv husband nail been ailing
for some time, and in his pillow I
found an alligator woven out of feathers.
It was about fifteen inches long and two
inches wide, and the feathers were so
tightly woven that I could hardly pull
them out. I did not know what to" make
of it, and asked some of the neighbors.
They said it was the work of a witch. I
kept the curious piece of feather work for
a day or two, until I became annoyed by
the hundreds ot jteople who came" to see
it. Nome wauted to buy it. 1 burned the
alligator,with all ray bedding, yesterday,
i don’t know whether to account for the
death of my seventeen children through
this evil influence or not, but I think there
is something in it.”
The superstitious are all agog over this
development. There are not less than
three witch doctors in this city who prac
tice strange mummeries, and they have a
large practice. Strange to say," half a
dozen similar cases have occurred in the
last six months, one case resulting in a
suit in court. The story of the Smith wo
man regarding her numerous and fated
progeny is as much a novelty as the witch
craft story she tells. Her husband is em
ployed at Oliver's wire mill.
Tlie Future of New York.
A striking article in the September Cen
tury is W. C. Conant's inquiry: “Will
New York lie the Final World Metropo
lis?” which he answers in the affirma
tive. "The pivot of the whole develop
ment of the metropolis," he says, “is on
tlie eastern side, at the lower end of Man
hutteu Island. Here is the permanent
financial centre. It will not move, for all
the world seeks it where it is. Wall
street will preserve its character as long
as the eosutetropolis endures. Banking,
exchange, stocks, insurance, capital, and
merchandise brokerage, specula
tion, and financial and commercial agen
cies from all parts of the world. will cir
cle around Trinity church until its walls
crumble. Offices of railroad and mining
companies, of steam and other shipping,
of telegraphs, of staple imports and ex
liorts (stores and warehouses crowded
into the distance and for the greater part
on the Jersey flats) next centre closet
around the financial hub. attended by
manufacturing and miscellaneous cor
porations. lawyers without number,
brokers, courts, newspapers, anti,
farther up, the importers of for
eign and agents of domestic manufac
tures. The physiognomy of this part of
the city is fixed, and will only become
more pronounced in time by the' crowding
out of small manufacturing coucerns and
warehouses for the storage of heavy pro
ducts. The jobbing trade will continue
its march up town, and perhaps halt
-around the Hudson ltiver Tunnel depot
to be opened near Washington square.
Tlie retail dry goods trade, following the
tide of fashionable life, will go northward
until stopped or turned by the corner of
Central Park.
••After finance and foreign commerce,
fashionable trade and society w ill event
ual! v lie the chief features of the central
citv’ The centralization of true metro
politan commerce, which is to make lower
New York the London of the future, will
make upper New York its Paris. Exclu
sive soeietv in New York cap scarcely be
salt! to have any fixed and distinct habitat
at present. It is in transitionary lodg
ings, looking about, as it were: ready
lioised to take wing for some choice new
quarter, well walled from vulgar intrusion.
Where that quarter is to be, however, can
hardly lie a question. One suitable spot
remains, and that is at once so beautiful,
so isolated, and so admirably adapted,
that one is almost constrained" to believe
that the susceptibilities of sublimated
snobbery are not b-neath the Providence
that cares for the sparrow. Four or five
square miles have been laid out by nature
on the peninsular upper extremity of the
island, between the Hudson and the Har
lem. at an elevation of from fifty to a hun
ured feet above plebeian street grades,
expressly tm the “court” quarter of New
York's future arlsiocnpey It is a ridge
about a mile wide, with abrupt side# and a
broad top: overlooking at once, on either
baud, the magnificence of the Hudson be
neath the palisades, and the romantic
nooks ot the Harlem andbpuyteu Duyvil,
with the glittering reaches of J.ong Island
Hound; swept by the purest airs from
land aud sea; almost self-drained and
drained again of drainage at its base; in
accessible, in short, to the odors of the
common world, to the heavy wheels oi
commerce, and to the enterprise of specu
lative builders."
Daniel Buie. Laston, Ga., says:
"Brown’s Iron Bitters relieved me of se
vere suffering from dyspepsia."
NEW BILLS BY THE DOZEN.
THE HOUSE KEEPS UP ITS REC
ORD IN" INTRODUCTIONS.
Sunday Excursion Trains Not to be
Stopped—Labor Contracts to be Dis
cussed on Wednesday —The Session
Over Eighty Days Long—Carter Blacks
Pitman’i* Eye.
Atlanta, August 20.—1n the House to
day, Speaker pro tem. Rankin presided,
in the absence of Speaker Garrard at the
death-bed of his little son. The roll call
showed over sixty absentees. Bills were
introduced as foliows:
By Mr. Rice, of Fulton—Making it law
ful for the Clerks of Superior Courts to re
cord certain deeds.
By Mr. Fite, of Bartow—Amending sec
tion 1553, letter B of the Code, as to fertil
izers.
By Mr. Lgtton.of Bibb—Amending sec
tion 3533 oWie Code as to garnishments.
By Mr. Harris, of Bibb—Amending sec
tion 2850 of the. Code as to insurance
agents.
By Mr. Walthall, of Butts—A resolu
tion looking to the recovery of Indian
Spring from the lessees because of their
failure to comply with the lease.
By Mr. Russell, of Clarke—Making the
Sheritf. Tax Receiver and Ordinary a
Jury Commission for each county. Also,
exempting all new railroads, constructed
after January, from taxation for five
years. This is hill No. 1000. Also, by
Mr. Russell, incorporating the Classic
City Street Railroad, of Athens.
By Mr. Sweat, of Clinch—A resolution
providing Supreme Court reports for that
county to replace those burned in the
court house tire.
By Mr. Bishop, of Dawson—Changing
the time of holding the Superior Courts
of Gilmer and Fannin.
Mr. DeLacy, Chairman, reported sev
eral counties without legal weights and
measures, including’’ Charlton, Colquitt,
Dodge, Miller, Mitchell, Fierce, Telfair,
Ware and Worth. A bill accompanied the
report to provide for the same.
By Mr. DeLacy—Authorizing the State
University to accept the Branch Col
lege at Eastman, in Dodge county.
By Mr. Jordan, of Hancock—For an ap
propriation to pay the expenses of the
pupils of the Blind atul Deaf and Dumb
Asylums when in Atlanta for medical
treatment.
By Mr. Gordon, of Houston—Providing
Supreme Court Judges with certain re
ports.
By Mr. Silman, of Jackson—Requiring
the Clerks of tlie Superior ( surts to issue
subpo nas within five days.
By Mr. Mason, of Johnson—Amending
the act creating a Board of Commissioners
for that county.
By Mr. James, of Douglass—A resolu
tion to adjourn sine die at noon September
15.
By Mr. Sutton, of Meriwether—lncreas
ing the pay of Supreme Court Judges to
s.*>,ooo.
Bv Mr. Head, of Forsvth—Making the
collection of taxes more efficient as to de
faulting tax-payers.
By Mr. Redding, of Pike—Establishing
a City Court at Barnesville.
The Judiciary Committee reported
against taking Clayton county from the
Atlanta Circuit, and the bill"
drawn. w
By Mr. Crittenden, of Randolph—A
resolution to adjourn sine die at noon Sep
tember 1.
By Mr. Gary, of Richmond—Providing
for distributing Supreme Court Reports to
City Courts. Also, requesting our Sena
tors and Representatives to push appro
priations tor the Savannah river below
Augusta.
By Mr. Calvin, of Richmond—Provid
ing for an Assistant Librarian of the State
Library.
By Mr. Peek, of Rockdale—Amending
the act creating the Agricultural Depart
ment so as to continue the geological sur
vey of the State.
By Mr. Wilson, of Sumter—Authoriz
ing a chain-gang in that county.
By Mr. Harris, of Bibb—For the relief
of the bond of 11. J. Peter, Tax Collector
of Bibb.
By Mr. Eason, of Telfair—Referring to
the issuing of garnishments.
By Mr. McGregor, ot Warren—Adding
anew section to the penal Code as to
burglary and larceny.
By Mr. Fite, ot Bartow—Creating
another branch college for the University
at Cartersville.
By Mr. Irwin, of Cobb—Amending the
constitution so as to put headstones at
the graves of the Confederate soldiers
buried in Georgia.
By Mr. Ray, of Coweta—Amending sec
tion 2683 of the Code.
By Mr. Johnson, of Lee—Creating a
Board of Trustees for the Atlanta Colored
University.
The Clerk read Senate bills the first and
second time.
The Senate hill requiring railroads to
furnish agents and warehouses at certain
]>oints was lost by an adverse report.
The bill prohibiting the running of ex
cursion trains on Sunday was adversely
reported and tabled.
The bill against betting on elections
was adversely reported and tabled.
Senator Tutt’s labor contract bill creat
ed some little discussion. Mr. Peek, of
Rockdale, moved to make it the special
order for Wednesday, of next w eek. Mr.
Reese, of Wilkes, and 31 r. Jordan, of Han
cock, opposed, but the motion prevailed.
The House concurred in the Senate reso
lution of thanks to Col. C. C. Jones for his
memorial on Governor Jenkins, and pro
viding for printing 500 copies. And also
the resolution extending the time allowed
Augusta to build a fish trap in the dam
across the Savannah river.
IN TllK SEN ATE.
In the Senate a committee was appoint
ed to look into the business on hand and
report when a final adjournment can be
reached.
New bills were introduced as follows:
By M r. Baker—Amending section 279 of
the Code.
By Mr. Frederick—For a branch college
for the University to he located at Alar
shallville.
By Mr. Gustin—Providing for bringing
cases to the Supreme Court. Also, amend
ing section 4253 of the Code.
By Mr. Lamar—For a University branch
college at Haw kinsville.
By Mr. .Vaudeville—Providing for a
survey of land where the County Surveyor
is interested.
By Mr. McDonald—Amending the con
stitution to have annual sessions of the
Legislature. Also, making the session 50
instead of 40 days.
The present Legislature has occupied
already over eighty days.
By Mr. Oliver—Regulating the law as
to the year's support.
By Mr. Rouse—Authorizing the making
of non-residents parties to suits by three
months' notice.
By Mr. Smith-Amending section 4258
of the Code.
By Mr. Meldrim—lncorporating the Sea
port Shell Road Company.
Bills passed as follows:
Amending section 3094 of the Code.
Appointing guardians ad litem.
Procuring portraits of Governors Ste
phens and Johnson.
Paying the mileage of the extra session.
Mr. McDonald opposed, but it passed.
Limiting the power of road commission
ers to punish contempt.
The resolution relieving members for
the loss of the State books burned in their
rooms at the Kimball House tire.
Several local bills passed amending
town charters.
The Senate did a lively day's work.
CARTER BLACKS PITMAN’S EYE.
Messrs. Pitman and Carter met in front
of the Constitution offiee and had a brief
but vigorous scrimmage, Carter getting
ill a black eye on his opponent. It might
have been "a serious affair but for the
presence of friends.
HAY GOOD'S UTTERANCES.
National Aid for Negro Education Advo
cated as per the Hayes Plan.
Chautauqua, N. Y., August 20.—Dr.
A. G. Haygood, of Georgia, lectured this
evening on “Universal Education as De
manded by Universal Suffrage.” The
speaker said that emancipation doubled
the responsibility of the South. The war
left it poor, but it is improving in all
its industries, but not iu proportion to the
increase of its illiterate population. It
left an increasing burden with a shorten
ing lever. Help is necessary for a time to
meet the emergency, and thq nation is
concerned that we should have intelli
gent suifrage in every State. It should
help the South teach the negroes; for it
made them citizens before they were pre
pared for suffrage. The speaker criti
cized Senator Logan’s plan of distributing
aid on the basis of population, and com
mended the points of the Woodstock
speech made by ex-President llaves.
Strength for Mind and Body.
There is more strength in a bottle of
Parker’s Ginger Tonic than in a Dushel of
malt or a gallon of milk. This explains
why invalids find it such a wonderful in
vigorant for mind and body.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1883.
THE RECENT STRIKE.
Operators Seeking Re-Employment in
Large Numbers.
New Yckk. August 20. —Superinten-
dent Humstone, the Western Union
Telegraph Company, was kept busy this
morning receiving applications for re
employment from the striking telegraph
operators. About one hundred male
operators have been taken back since the
strike ended. Five more were re-employed
this morning. Sixty ladies went out on
the strike, and of that number only
twenty have been taken back. It is
expected that twenty-five more will
be taken on this week. All the
linemen who apply for reinstatement are
rejected with the answer that their plaees
are filled. Nearly all the branch offices
were opened this morning. Jay Gould
lias expressed great satisfaction with
General Eckert’s management during the
strike and the success resulting from it.
It is expected that the company will be
able to find positions for nearly all the
strikers within a couple of weeks. It is
emphatieally denied that there is any dis
position on the part of the company to
punish the strikers by refusing them em
ployment.
Toronto, Ont., August 20.—The tele
graphers’ strike in Canada has complete
ly collapsed. The managers of the Broth
erhood waited upon Mr. Dwight, the Gen
eral Manager of the (treat Northwestern
Telegraph Company, to-day. and informed
him of the failure of the strike, and asked
that the operators be taken back into the
company’s service. Mr. Dwight inform
ed them that the places of striking opera
tors had mostly been tilled, but said that
he would carefully consider any applica
tions for employment that he’ might re
ceive, and do all in his power to provide
situations for those who were -most de
serving.
VESSELS ON THE ROCKS.
Due OH' Cobh’s Island and the Other
Off Long Branch—A Yacht Ashore.
New York, August 20.—The steamship
New Orleans, which arrived here to-day
from New (trleans, reports that twenty
miles south of Long Branch she saw a
brig-rigged British steamer ashore with
tugboats alongside.
Norfolk, August 20.—A British steam
ship is reported ashore on Cobb’s Island.
She was from Galveston for Newport
News for eoal. Particulars cannot be as
certained until the return of the wreck
ing steamers sent tiiis morning to her as
sistance.
Eastport, Maine, August 20.—'The
steam yacht Ideal, with her owner, Mr.
T. J. Havemeyer, of the Now York Yacht
Club, on board, from Bar Harbor for
Campbell’s, ran ashore near Luebre on
Sunday afternoon in a thick fog. All
hands were saved. The yacht is now in
a dangerous position. Mr. Havemeyer
has telegraphed to Calais for a tugboat
and to Bastine for the revenue cutter
Levi Woodbury, and will try to float the
yacht off at the next high tide, which will
be at midnight.
JUDGE ULACK’S DEATH.
Tile End of the Statesman Ollicially
Announced from Washington.
Washington, August 20.—The fol
lowing circular announcing the
death of Judge Black, was issued from
the State Department to-day:
Department of State, i
Washington. August 20, 1883. C
The President directs the undersigned
to perform the painful duty of announcing
to the people of the United States, that
Jeremiah S. Black, formerly Secretary
of State, and distinguished by faithful
service in various public trusts, departed
this life at 2 o’clock on the morning of the
19th inst. Asa mark of respect it is here
by directed that the Department of State
l>e closed on Tuesday, August 21, the day
of the funeral, that the building be drap
ed for 30 days, and that the Hag be placed
at half-mast until after the funeral.
[Signed]
Fred’k T. Fkelinghuysen,
Secretary ot State.
A similar notice was issued from the
Department of Justice.
AN ENGLISHMAN A PRISONER
The French at Madagascar to Court
Martial Him for Acts of Hostility.
London, August 20. —In the House of
Commons to-night, Mr. Gladstone, in re
plying to the question of Sir Stafford
Northcote, relative to the case of Mr.
Shaw, who was imprisoned by the French
in Madagascar stated that Mr. Shaw had
been accused of having relations with
the Hovac, and of direct acts of hostility
to the French. Mr. Gladstone said that
-M r. Shaw was confined on hoard a French
man-of-war, and would be tried by court
martial, having full facilities for defense
and right of appeal.
Sir Stafford Northcote was not content
with the statement and announced that
he would repeat’the question to-morrow.
Mr. Gladstone declared that he would
be unable to say anything further relative
to the case, as public interests might
thereby be injured. Replying to a ques
tion ol" Mr. Cowen, he said there would
be a very grave cause for complaint if
Shaw was not accorded a fair trial.
MeENERY’S SCRIP.
Tlie Governor to Ascertain tlic Status
of tlie Case at the Bar.
Baton Rouge. August 20.—Governor
McEncry has requested the Attorney
General to institute proceedings to annul
the entries of land for which payment
was made in scrip, issued to his brother,
John McEnery, under contract made by
the late Governor Wiltz, with a
view of testing the legality of
the same. This action is taken on
account of the charge made
by the New Orleans Picayune that
the issue of scrip to McEnery was illegal,
or if legally issued had been illegally used
in intercepting money on its wav to the
State Treasury in payment for the land
entered, the scrip having been substituted
for cash after the money had reached the
State Land Office.
A DRINKING HUSBAND SHOOTS
His Wife Dangerously Wounded and
His Own Life Ended.
Cincinnati, August 20.— A special to
the Commercial-Gazette from Selma, In
diana, says: “Last night Mortimer Hill
shot his wife in the breast at she was lying
in bed with her babe, and then shot him
self in the bead and through the heart,
tin* latter wound causing death.
Hill had been married a little
more than a year. The couple have lived
unhappily, owing to his drinking habits,
and a short time ago he sent his" wife ts
her father’s, saying that he could not
support her. Last night he went to her
father’s house, crept to the window of his
wife’s room, and did the shooting as
described. Airs. Hill was seriously
wounded, but is not yet dead.
A ROYAL CHRISTENING.
Tlie German Celebration Made the Oc
casion for Kingly Courtesies.
Berlin, August 20.—The second son of
Prince William, of Russia, who is a
grandson of the Emperor, was christened
at Potsdam yesterday with imposing
ceremonies. All the members of the Im
perial family, the Duke of Edinburgh, the
Duke of Albany, and the King of Rou
raania. were among the distinguished
persons present on the occasion.
The presence of the King of Roumania
is regarded as giving force to the idea
that the alliance of Italy, Germany and
Austria is about to receive fresh strength
by the accession thereto of Roumania,
The Emperor of Germany gave a banquet
Saturday in honor of the birthday of the
Emperor of Austria, and sent "his con
gratulations on the recurrence of the day
to the Austro-Hungarian monarch by
telegraph.
Carolina Cotton Badly Damagpil.
Charleston, S. C., August 20.—The
Xews and Courier to-day publishes re
ports showing great injury to cotton bv
drought, and stating that greater injury
is threatened. The upland crop is esti
mated at three-fourths of an average crop
and the sea island crop at less.
Notorious Offender Arrested.
The Chief of Police iu Hartford has ar
rested and effectually brought to a stand
still that old offender, “Cramps.”
“Cramps” was "known to the police” fora
Jong time; in fact, the Chief had him in his
bowels. "Cramps” came unexpectedly
and at inconvenient times, with severe
gripings and neuralgic pains. Perry Da
vis’Pain Killer proved to be more than
old “Cramps” could stand. The notorious
villain surrendered, and acknowledged
himself beaten.
FIORIDA’S SHIP CANAL.
GEN. STONE’S REPORT SUBMIT
TED AND ADOPTED.
The Story of the Survey anti Its Result
—How the $40,000,000 will be Ex
pended—Great Saving of Time, Dis
tance, Danger and Expenses—No Time
to be Lost.
New York, August 20.—The meeting
of the Board of Directors of the Florida
Ship Canal and Transit Company ad
journed to-day, after a session of four
days. Among those present were Hon.
John C. Brown. President; Hon. G, C.
Gorham. Secretary; Governor Cameron,
Senator Mahone, General Grover and A.
W. Jones, of Virginia; Townsend Cox,
Michael Jacobs and 8. T. Meyer, of New
Y'ork, and Senator Mann and Charles H.
Jones, of Florida. The meeting was called
for action upon the report of Chief Engi
neer Stone as to the practicability and
cost of the canal. The report was en
tirely satisfactory, containing detailed
estimates, and was adopted after a care
ful examination of the map aud statistics.
General Stone furnishes the following
summary of his report for publication :
New York, August 15 1883.
To, Uon. John C. Stolen, President :
In my last in accordance with a resolu
tion ot the Board of B-rectors, l begun a
survey to ascertain whether or not the
construction of a tide water ship canal
across the peninsula of Florida would be
practicable, and if so, what it would cost.
I secured the services of Air. A. F. Hill,
Civil Engineer, who went to Florida on
the first of last June, with authority to
secure engineering assistance and labor
there. He was well furnished
with instruments and all obtainable
information, and with the aid of four
corps of engineers, made in two months a
thorough examination of three lines. On
the most favorable line, his examination
was so thorough as to justify me in visit
ing Florida for a personal examination,
the result of which was that I adopted it
with certain modification, as furnish
ing the best route yet proposed.
Taking that route as a basis I have com
puted that a tide water ship canal of suffi
cient width and depth, to allow the pas
sage of two sea-going steamers of the
first class, without inconvenience, can be
constructed at a total cost of $4(5,000,000,
divided as follows. Excavations, $36,000,-
000; harbors at the termini, $4,500,000;
engineering, right of way and contin
gencies $5,500,(K)0. The total length of
the canal would be 137% miles and the
highest elevation in crossing the water
shed 143 feet, but this deep cut would be
only for a short distance. A large amount
of the excavating can be made by steam
dredges. Asa whole, lam able to report
that the engineering difficulties are de
cidedly less than expected. Of the com
mercial advantages I will mention the
following as the most important of the
many:
First. The great saving of distance be
tween the Gulf of Mexico ports and the
ports of the Atlantic States and of Europe.
Second. The complete avoidance of the
great danger of navigation through the
Florida straits.
The saving of distance on steam vessels
between New York and New Orleans is
500 miles; between New Orleans and Liv
erpool, 412 miles; and between New York
and Pensacola, 600 miles. This means
that a steamship sailing eleven miles per
hour, would gain about forty-five hours in
the passage from New York to New Or
leans, and the same on the return trip,
less the time of steaming through the
canal at six miles per hour, or about
thirty-seven hours each way. Taking
the present average of the round trip at
twenty-one days, including four days in
each port, the canal would reduce the
time of the round trip to eighteen
clays, enabling her to make prof
its on at least three more
round voyages per year,
at no increase of expense. The gain by
avoiding the dangerous passage through
the Florida straits is very great. The of
ficial statistics of five recent years show
that 326 salvage cases were adjudicated
in the United States District Court for the
Southern district of Florida to the value
of more than $11,000,000, and careful esti
mates show flic present loss from wreck
age to beabouts3,Ooo,oooperyear. Though
somewhat out of my province as engineer,
1 may suggest that not the least important
commercial advantage of the pro
posed canal will come from the saving
on insurance, which is now much heavier
for the Gulf ports than for the South At
lantic ports and in the expense, which
on a large steamer is from SSOO to SBOO per
day. Within six weeks I shall be pre
pared to begin such detailed locating sur
veys as will be necessary before I can re
port to your board the precise line which
the canal should follow from the Atlantic
to the Gulf, but the above estimates of
the cost are more likely to be reduced
than increased by a closer examination of
the route.
[Signed] Charles P. Stone,
Chief Engineer.
Gov. Brown was seen this evening at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and in response
to an inquiry as to the prospects of the
enterprise said that while not prepared
now to disclose the exact plans of the
company he would say that things were
rapidly taking practical shape, and that
the outlook was very bright. The enter
prise would take rank among the greatest
[>f. an age oi great enterprises, and the
initial step must be taken with care and
deliberation. The first step was to ascer
tain, on conclusive authority, whether the
canal could he built at a cost which would
give a fair prospect of profit to the invest
ors. Gen. Stone’s report having settled
that there will be no great difficulty in
obtaining the money for the prosecution
oi the enterprise, which will henceforth
be pushed with the requisite energy and
vigor. Being asked how soon the work of
construction would actually begin, the
Governor said that it was proposed to begin
as soon as Gen. Stone had completed the
locating survey and the right of way had
been secured. Prominent capitalists are
forming a construction company, which
will submit the proposition to the Board
ot Directors at its next meeting on Sep
tember 17. Should the hoard accept
the proposition the money question
will be settled, and thus the Florida
ship canal maybe numbered among the
facilities which capital and engineering
skill are providing for modern commerce.
In conclusion Governor Brown expressed
the belief that portions of the work would
be under contract within ninety days.
IRISH IKE IN THE COMMONS.
Tlie Violent Speeches tlie Subject of
Unfavorable Criticism.
Dublin, August 20.—The Freeman’s
Journal deprecates the violent language
to which utterance has been given in the
House of Commons recently by certain
Irish members. It says that it serves no
good end.
London, August 20.— This morning’s
Times, commenting on the language
used of late in the House of Commons by
a number of the members lor Ireland
and particularly that of Mr. Healey in
his response on Saturday last to Mr.
Gladstone’s remarks, when the former
declared that there was a state of war
between England and Ireland, says that
a sterner demeanor on the part' of the
House will before long be necessary in
view of the revolting excesses.
Another Home Rule Commoner.
London, August 20.— The election in
Sligo county resulted in the return of
Nicholas Lynch, the Home Rule candi
date, who received 1,596 votes against
1,02" for Kane O’Hara, the Conservative
candidate. After the result of the elec
tion had been declared, Mr. O’Hara
charged Mr. Sexton with resorting to
vulgar personal abuse during the can
vass and with slandering the living and
dead. Mr. Sexton will make a public re
ply to-night,
A Peril to Coasting Steamers.
Nkw lokk, August 20.—The steamer
City of Columbia, which arrived here to
day trom Charleston, reports that on
August 19, with Body Island lighthouse
bearing north by south, in sixteen fathoms
of water, she passed a sunken three
masted schooner with her topmasts about
two-thirds out of water. She is in a dan
gerous position. being in the direct track
of the coasting steamers.
Uniting Against French Democracy.
Madrid, August 20,—The Madrid
newspapers are discussing the expediency
ol'forming an alliance of Spain, Austria
and Germany in order to check the influ
ence of French Democracy in Spanish
politics,
The Cholera Death List.
London. August 20,—There were 182
deaths from cholera in Egypt Snndav,
including four at Cairo. There have lieen
43 deaths from cholera in the provinces of
Ghizeh and at Fe in the last four days.
Mrs. J. \V. Johnson, Rome, Ga., says:
,‘I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for indiges
tion and derived much benefit."
CATHOLICS VS. ORANGEMEN.
Coatbridge, Scotland, the Scene of a
Bitter Religious Riot.
London, August 20.—it is rumored iu
the lobby of the House of Commons this
evening that three policemen have been
shot during the eviction of an Orangeman
from his tenancy in County Down, Ire
land. *
There was serious rioting in the town ot
Coalbrtdge, Lanark countv, Scotland, Sat
urday between parties ot Orangemen and
Catholics. Twenty-six of the participants
in the disturbance were arrested. Two
poMce officers were dangerously wounded
in quelling the disorder. The rioting was
resumed this morning, when a number ot
Catholies, armed with picks and hammers,
paraded the main street of the town in
search of their religious antagonists, and
resisted the efforts of a force of police
sent to disperse them. The officers, who
were unsuccessful in their attempt to
break up the mob, were subsequently re
inforced by a body of mounted policemen,
and the combined force, after a sharp
fight, charged upon and dispersed the
rioters, twenty oi whom were arrested.
The town is in a state of great excite
ment, and fresh trouble is expected.
Rioting was renewed at Coatbridge
to-night. The police were stoned by tbe
people, whereupon the riot act was read,
and the police charged and dispersed the
mob. A number of Catholics were
severely beaten, as were also two Pro
testants, one of whom is now lving in a
precarious condition. Fifty of the riot
ers have been arrested.
Affairs in South America.
Lima, August 20.—1 t is thought that
the members of the government of Gen.
Iglesais will not be positively known
till the return of Castro Zaldivar
from Trujillo, the names already given
being merely speculative. Le Diario
(official) to-day prints a telegram from
Aricante stating that the Arequipa Con
gress has agreed to push forward mili
tary operations as a means of gifting bet
ter terms from Chili to authorize the pro
visional government to treat for peace in
conjunction with Bolivia, aud to submit
tbe terms to the deliberation of Congress.
Tlie Crops in England.
London, August 20.—The Mark Lane
Express to-day prints reports from 361 dis
tricts in England and Wales in regard to
the harvest of 1883. In 239 of the dis
tricts the indications are that the wheat
crop will be under the average. In 89
there will be an average yield, and in 33
the crop will be above the average. Alanv
of the reports state that wheat is thin,
blighted and mildewed. Other crops are
reported to be above the average.
Afore French Republican Gains.
Paris, August 20.—The second ballot
was held yesterday for members of the
Councils (ieneral in places where no re
sults were reached in the election on the
previous Sunday. The results show
further Republican gains of sixteen seats.
Al. Jaunier de La Alotte, Bonapartist, a
member of the Chamber of Deputies for
the Department of Eure, who was a candi
date in that department, was defeated.
The National Telegraph Company.
Albany, N. Y., August 20.—The Na
tional Telegraph Company was incorpo
rated to-day. The capital stock is fixed
at $250,000, with a provision that it may
be increased to $10,000,000. The stock
holders are Calvin S. Brice, of Lima,
Ohio; Frank E. Worcester, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., and John AY. Simpson, Herbert L.
Ferrell, Walter Katte and James E. Childs,
of New Y'ork.
A Negro Slayer in Danger.
• Lynchburg, Va., August 20.—At
Abingtou, on Saturday, William Bridge
man, a drunken white man, made an as
sault on a negro whom he shot, and w hen
Edward Hawkins, the negro’s half-broth
er remonstrated, Bridgeflian turned and
killed Hawkins. The murderer is in jail,
and serious threats of lynching are made
by the negroes.
A Conductor Torn to I’ieees.
Lynchburg, Va., August 20.—8. C.
Boswell, a conductor on the aud
Pittsylvania Railway, was rag,over last
night at Franklin junction by an express
train on the Virginia Midland Railway,
and literally torn to pieces. He had been
drinking, some think, and fell asleep on
the track, while others suspect foul play.
An Ejectment Writ Costs Three Lives.
Albuquerque, N. AL, August 20.—At
Estauchia ranch on Saturday, Joel P.
AVhitney, ot Boston, and his brother-in
law, A. Fernandez, attempted to serve a
writ of ejectment on Manuel Oetero. A
fight ensued, and Oetero and Fernandez
were both shot dead. Whitney was mor
tally wounded, and has since died.
A Northern Pacific Section Finished.
Washington. August 20.—The Secre
tary of the Interior was to-day informed
that a section of 75 miles of the Northern
Pacific, uniting the two ends near Alil
lano tunnel, had been completed. The
company has requested the appointment
of a commission to examine and report
upon this section of the road.
Cetewayo Seeking Revenge.
London, August 20.— Cetewayo, the
Zulu King, lias recovered from the
wounds which he received in the late en
gagement between his forces and the in
surgents, and has made a request of
iQueen Victoria that she will have a full
inquiry made into the treatment he lias
received.
One of the Fitxjjeralds Disbarred.
Washington, August 20.—The Acting
Secretary of the Interior to-dav issued an
order disbarring from practice before the
Interior Department Jenkins A. Fitzger
ald, a pension agent of this city, he hav
ing failed to disprove charges of fraudu
lent practices preferred against him.
I’roiiiinent People Dead.
London, August 20.—Most Rev. Roger
B. de Vaughan, Catholic Archbishop of
Sydney, Xew South Wales, died suddenly
at Liverpool Saturday.
William Wirt Sykes, United States
Consul at Cardiff, died at that place Sat
urday.
James Carey’s Brother Attacked.
Dublin, August 20. —Two men have
been put under heavy bail for threatening
Francis Carey, brother of the late James
Carey. When Francis was attacked he
drew a revolver on his assailants and pur
sued them, and finally gave them into the
custody of the police.
A Reconnoitre of the Cochin Coast.
Paris, August 20. —A dispatch (offi
cial) from Harphong announces that the
French fleet has sailed from that place to
reconnoitre the Cochin China coast.
Killed by a Pall from a Gin House.
Bayou Sara, La., August 20.—Dr. R.
H. Ryland, a prominent phvsician and
planter, accidentally fell from a gin house
to-day, and was killed.
I)e Chamltord Failing Fast.
Vienna, August 20.—The doctors state
that the end of Count de Chambord has
been rapidly approaching in the last
twenty-four hours.
Victoria’s Health Improved.
London, August 20.— The Queen will
go to Balmoral next Friday. The health
of Her Majesty is much improved.
A CURIOUS STORY.
In which a Robbery and an 111-assorted
Marriage Play Parts.
6't. Louis Post-Dispatch.
In the audience at Uhrig’s Cave the
other night a couple were pointed out to
me who have a very singular historv, if
all the world says about them is true.
They are married, and, as far as the
human eye can discern in the gaslight on
a fair summer night, seem to be happy.
The lady, though, has silver hair, ana ap
pears to be over 50. She is a stately,
matronly female, and her dress
of complete black adds to the
majesty of her appearance. Her husband
does not look to tie over 20, is
a handsome man of the brunette type, and
dresses like a broker or bank cashier. He
is not in business here. The remarkable
phase of the story is that about twenty
one years ago a gentleman of exceeding
wealth died in Cincinnati, leaving all his
fortune to a young wonmff whom he had
adopted and educated, and who at the
time of his death was with her sister in
Paris, where she had spent most of her
years, The news was sent to the French
capital, and, the cable message falling
into the bands of the oldersister, she with
held it from the young one. Gatherin''
up all the \ aluables, and taking all the
money the two possessed, the older sister
fled to this country, and, presenting her
self to the court under the other sister’s
name, succeeded in establishing her iden
tity and was awarded the fortune. Noth
ing was ever heard of the sister in Paris
by letter or in any other waj% and this
woman has since held undisputed title to
the property. Her husband was the son
of her gardener, to whom she took a
strange but lasting fancy, They live in
Cincinnati, but are now here at one of the
hotels, A curious story, isn’t it?
LIFE ON JAMES ISLAND.
A PRETTY PICTURE OF A FLO
RIDIAN SUMMERING PLACE.
The Slow Trip by. Land and Water—A
Reminder of Long Branch—The At
tractions and the Amusements—The
Tliomasville and Tallahassee Railroad
to Run to the Island.
Correspondence of the Morning Sexes.
St. Teresa, James Island, Fla., Au
gust 17.—1 have occasionally alinded to
this delightful summer resort, and now,
like many others, I have shaken the dust
of our Floral City off my feet, and am en
joying the invigorating pure breeze of the
Gulf. There are two routes hither; one
overland about torty-eight miles; theother
by train to St. Alark’s and thence by sail
boat to thi9 point. Neither route
is very expeditious, and neither
can be made with much com
fort. But the journey once being
made the traveler feels amply repaid for
the discomforts experienced. The latter
route was the one I chose. Leaving Tal
lahassee at 9:30 a. m. we reached St.
Alark’s at 11 a. m., and getting aboard the
trim little sloop John Edwards, Captain
ruts, master, were soon on our way.
But in these days of steam a sailboat, so
very uncertain as to the time made, is not
very pleasant to those accustomed to a
more rapid mode of conveyance. The
narrow quarters and the light baffling
winds all conspire to make it irksome to
landsmen accustomed to travel in steam
boats.
M ith head wind and tide against us.
and at times a dead calm, our progress
was slow, and it was not until 2 a. m.
of the next day that we reached our desti
nation. The distance from here to St.
Mark’s is forty miles, and with a good,
stiff, favoring wind the run has been
made in three hours. This place, in some
respects, reminds me of Long Branch in
the location of its cottages. A fine bluff
but a few yards from the beach ex
tends for about a mile, and on this,
in a line with one another, are built
the various cottages of the summer resi
dents. They are all of wood, one story in
height, with a broad piazza in front. Op
posite nearly every one of these cottages
is a path, and, in some instances, steps
leading down to the beach. Here the
sojourner can indulge to his heart’s con
tent in a good salt water bath. St. Teresa
is situated in a cove on the south side ot
James Island, and, as no land intervenes,
is directly on the Gulf. Front the piazzas
a fine view is obtained, and vessels can be
seen almost every day on their
way to Apalachicola and other
Gulf ports. Residents here inform
that they never suffer from heat, a
Constant breeze modifying it and making
a summer sojourn delightful. Those usual
pests of the seaeoast, the mosquitoes and
gnats, are seldom seen and felt here. The
residents use nets, it is true, but these are
to shelter them from flies during their
noon tide siesta, for, as most of those who
come here come lor recreation, leisure
and salt air have their usual effects,
drowsiness and naps in the day time
are often indulged in. Fish abound,
and it is a common thing to
sit down to breakfast on some of
the finny tribe that but an hour before
were sporting in their native element.
When served up fresh this way they are
delicious, and can be appreciated more
by those who have been accustomed to
have them prepared long alter they have
been caught. 1 find the f mr families who
came hither in the early summer free
from the malaria incident to the interior
and enjoying* anew lease of life. The
wat‘-r here is cool and pure, and springs
abound, so that artificial cooling through
ice is not needed. There are also quite a
number of mineral springs in the
vicinity. Yesterday I visited one
only a few yards from the beach,
that seemed to be strongly impregnated
with sulphuretted hydrogen. A fisherman
informs me that some twelve miles from
here there is another sulphur spring with
a flow of water sufficient to furnish the
motive jiower for a mill. There are also
some chalybeate springs. With conve
nience of access, no better spot could be
selected for a winter or summer sanita
rium than this island. Fish and game
abound, and the invalid can indulge in
aquatic sport to his heart’s content, while
the great number of deer about here makes
it a Nimrod's paradise. I find quite
a number of cottages without tenants, the
owners of some being among the moun
tains of Tennessee and North Carolina,
while a few others have contented them
selves to remain at home this s*tson, be
ing deterred from coming on account of
the- inconvenience experienced in get
ting here. In another year a Strom'
etlort will be made to put a steamer on
the route between here and St. Mark’s. If
this is done, many will resort here both
from Middle Florida and lower Georgia.
At present most of the visitors here are in
valids who seek to build up shattered
constitutions, but with regular and
rapid communication many will come
for pleasure and recreation as well as tor
health. Until this summer, there was a
tri-weekly mail here from Ist May to Ist
November, but this season the visitors
get their mail either from St. Mark’s or
Carrabelle,some fifteen miles distant. This
is a great inconvenience, but a better ar
rangement will be made another year.
For the information of such of your read
ers as may desire to visit this spot, I will
state that there is a sail boat that leaves
St. Mark’s every Tuesday and Saturday
on the arrival of the train from Tallahas
see. The John Edwards is a staunch little
craft, built expressly for the carriage
of passengers. She has a neat little cabin,
and her master, Capt. Tauts, is an able
and experienced sailor. With such a
one, the timid landsman need have no
fears, for, with experience and an intimate
knowledge of every landmark and bar, he
combines watchfulness and care. The
tare trom Tallahassee here and return is
$3 95, which, considering the time occu
pied, is certainly reasonable. Those
who came here in the eariy summer
appear to be very well satisfied, and as a
residence here is so delightful, affirm that
they will not leave until the middle of
October. This week the number of sum
mer residents will be increased by three
other tamilies front Tallahassee. Add to
these the transient visitors who come over
every week, and we will have quite a
lively little village. This is also a
favorite resort for marooning parties from
lower Georgia and Middle Florida. They
make this their headquarters, and from
here go off to the grouper banks and en
joy a fine day’s sport in hauling up these
line large fish, or with gun and dogs take
a deer hunt in the interior, returning
after a couple of weeks well bronzed, but
robust and healthy. The lands along our
Atlantic and Gulf coast are usually verv
poor and unfit for cultivation, but bn this
island I have seen as fine timber as anv
where in the interior. The soil, too. ’is
very fertile in some places, and there are
several tracts of fine hummock.
The charter of the Thomasville, Talla
hassee and Gulf Railway provides for a
terminus on this island, and if that road
should ever be built, it will materially af
fect this place and the lands adjoining
here. Alligator Harbor, which is on the
northern part of this island, is of fine ca
pacity, having a good anchorage. It is
said the British fleet rendezvoused here
alter the battle of New Orleans. At the
entrance there is a depth of ten feet of
water over the bar, and should there be
a railroad terminus here, this
depth might be increased by se
curing the necessary appropriations by
Congress. It is a better harbor than
Cedar Keys, St. Mark’s and other places
on the Gulf, which the high bluffs along
the coast prevent the usual inundations
during the equinoxial storms. But if the
present company do not build their road
to this point some other will. Though a
terra incognita to the business world* its
advantages will soon lie known, and capi
talists will yet be found who will lie will,
ing to make an investment of tiiis nature
that will tie sure to pay. With good tim
ix.To(l land, ££ood soil, unci exc*6l
lent places for summer resorts, some
point on James Island must
eventually lie the Gulf terminus of a rail
road from Tallahassee or some point in
Georgia. Carrebelle, on the western part
of this island, is a thriving little place of
some five or 6ix hundred inhabitants. It
is situated near the mouth of Crooked
river, which is an important tributary for
rafting the logs for its mills. A few years
ago it bad no existence, but the zeal and
energy of its founder, Mr. Kelly, has made
it quite an important place, and it al
ready aspires to be the Gulf terminus
of the proposed railroad from Tal
lahassee, Like St. Teresa it is famed for
its health, but is not so attractive, and
therefore has not near as many visitors.
It boasts of several mills, a good, sub
stantial hotel, a public hall, and several
stores. There is a vessel that sails from
there twice a week for St. Mark's, stop
ping at this point for letters and passen
gers,
While in the interior we have had heavy
and frequent rains of late, there has been
but very little in this vicinity, but as the
community is not agricultural no incon
venience has been experienced. Leon. -
WHAT A LIE DID.
A Candidate’s Story of an Adventure.
Arkansas Traveler.
I once had an example of how well it is
to tell the truth, said a gentleman who
was once a prominent candidate tor Gov
, ernor of Arkansas. Some time ago I was
traveling on horseback through a verv
lonely part ot the country. I was never it
brave man, and I was not in the least sur
prised upon discovering that 1 w as scared,
very rustle of the leaves, everv sudden
cry of a bird startled me. I couldn’t think
of anything but robbers and desperadoes,
aud shuddered as I remembered a man,
who, years ago, had been found in the
woods murdered in cold blood. Everv
feature of the ghastly face came up, and 1
turned sick when the gaping wound in his
throat came up with startling verisimili
tude.
While I thus reflected, a short turn of
the lonely road, winding around a thick!v
wooded hill, brought me almost face to
tace with two men who seemed to be
standing for me. Their horses were
hitched to a neighboring grape-vine, and
the suggestive manner in which they
looked at the animal I was riding sent a
thrill like a streak of ice-water up my
back. I saw at once that they were des
perate men, and felt that they’ would not
hesitate to kill me. Flight was out ol the
question, for any such move on my part
would, I was convinced, prove certain
death. For the first time in my life I re
solved to play the bully, and, "assuming
what I fancied was an unconcerned ex
pression, I said, “Good morning.”
“How are you ?” they replied. “Going
far?”
“I don’t know that it is any of your
business,” I replied. "I don’t want any
trouble with you, for I have decided to
lead a better life. Never again do I want
it said that I shed the blood of a human
being.”
“A bad man, I reckon,” said one of the
desperadoes.
“Atone time I could not have denied
such an accusation; but, as I tell you, I
have resolved never to kill another" man.
I hope that you will not molest me.”
“Hold on, pardner!”
“I’ve got no time to talk.”
“But hold on! "What’s your name?”
“I'm Bill Boston, the outlaw, and the
man of whom you have often heard. 1
have killed men for less than this, and I
don’t want you to cause a breaking of mv
resolve.”
“Do as you like about your resolve,”
said the taller of the desperadoes. “I
don’t know who you are, but I know that
you are not Bill Poston, the robber.”
“How do you know?”
“Because I am Bill Poston, and this is
my brother.”
“Oh, Lord!” I supplicated; “have mer
cy on me!”
“Climb off that horse. Cap; I reckon
we’d better hang you right here.”
I begged, but saw no mercy in their
eyes; I prayed, but I heard no answer.
“I’ll teach you how to go around the
country committing depredations and lay
ing them on to me! Fine man, you are!
Stole this horse, I reckon. John, get that
rope off my saddle. We’ll swing him up
right here.”
“Oh, my kind friends! I have com
mitted no depredations. I am a candidate
for Governor of Arkansas, and am on my
vyay to meet an appointment at a place of
discussion. You wouldn’t hang a Gov
ernor, would you? Just think of what
your State would lose!”
“Who is your opponent?”
“Colonel Blanket.”
“What sort of a fellow is he?”
“He’s a bad man.”
“Are you well acquainted with him?”
“I never saw him, but know that he’s a
bad man.”
“He’s a much better man than you are,
or at least will soon exhibit more" capac
ity for executive duties than you can
possibly show. In short, he’ll be the
liveliest man pretty soon.”
They put the roDe around my neck. 1
prayed in vain, I asked the Lord to for
give my sins, and closed my eyes, every
moment expecting to he drawn up.
“If I let you go will you promise never
again to use my name?”
“I swear I won’t. Let me live and I’ll
he a better man. I’ll do anything for you,
and when I’m elected Governor I’ll par
don you.”
“All right; you may go this time. Take
oft the rope, John.”
I mounted mv horse and rode away,
with teariul thankfulness and a determi
nation never to tell another lie. Next day
when I reached the place of discussion a
large crowd had gathered. When I ap
proached the people were shouting with
laughter. Great Alexander! Someone
was relating my experience. Shoving my
way forward I recognized in the speaker
the tall man who had accused me oi" tak
ing his name. He was my opponent. I
could not face the crowd, and left as rap
idly as possible. The whole thing was a
joke. At the election I was defeated l>v
an overwhelming majority.
Artificial Sea-Bottoms anl the Chame
leon Flounder.
In describing “Professor Agassiz’s La
boratory” at Newport, Ernest Ingersoll
says in the September Century: “The ta
bles are not of large size—about like a li
brary desk—but are firmly constructed
and serviceable. They are covered with
English glazed tiles—while, except two
black rows at the end, furnishing oppo
site backgrounds to the glass vessel in
which the often almost invisible morsel
of animal life is floating. What cannot
readily be seen against a white surface
may become plainly apparent in front of
;i black one. On the long middle tables
Mr. Agassiz has enlarged upon this idea
by covering them with spaces of variously
colored tiles simulating natural sea bot
toms. The clear gray does well enough
for sand; dark leaden gray for mud; a
mottled castile-soap pattern in brown for
pebbles; and dulse-green for sea weed.
It is a popular error, or, at any rate, pre
valent thoughtlessness, that sea animals
pay no attention to the sort of bottom n
-dernpath them as they move about. If this
is true of any, it certainly is not ol a large
number of kinds. Some are confined to
districts limited by one sort of bottom
because it provides their onlv food;
others because they are safer from
harm than they would be elsewhere; a
third class perhaps from choice, or for
some reason not readily discernible. In
any case, it has‘been both suspected and
proved that the character of the bottom
has great influence, particularly in the
matter of color, upon the tishes and others
frequenting a district of mud or sand or
rocky or weed-grown bottom respectivelv.
It was in order to experiment in this di
rection that Mr. Agassiz invented and
provided these imitative surfaces, which
should form an artificial bottom resem
bling sand, pebbles, etc., when the dish
containing a fish or invertebrate to lie de
ceived should be set upon it.
“I can mention here only one of the in
teresting results of the experiments. The
flounders, as everybody knows, is an ill
looking, dark-colored flat fish, which
creeps close along the bottom, and fre
quents for the most part banks of mud,
from which it is almost indistinguishable.
Occasionally the flounder occurs in sandy
districts, in which case it is of a yellowish
tinge, though not otherwise different from
its black neighbor of the mud. Taking
young flounders, Mr. Agassiz experi
mented upon their power of changing
color. Placing them upon the blackish
tiles, they quickly turned mud color;
moved thence to the ‘sand’ tiles, only
a few moments elapsed before their leaden
skins had paled to dull yellowish white;
transferred to the initnic ’sea-weed,’ in
less than live minutes a greenish hue
overspread their skins, which would have
served well in their native element to
keep them unobserved against a mass of
alga l . As the flounders grew older, the
rapidity and facility with which these
changes were effected lessened, and per
haps they would altogether cease in aged
individuals who had never practiced as
turncoats; but the readiness with which
the youngsters altered their complexions
to suit their circumstances, as shown bv
experiments in this laboratory, would
give them high rank in partisan politics.”
Hat and Ball.
Washington, August 20.—Games of
base ball were played to-day as follows:
At New York—Cincinnatis I; Metropol
itans 0.
At Brooklyn—Commercials 4: Bed
fords 3.
At Cleveland— Clevelands 4; Chicagos 3.
At Buffalo—Buffalos, 12; Detroits, 1.
At Richmond, Va.—Trentons, 5; Vir
eiuias, 15. The Virginias will leave on a
Northern tour to-morrow.
At Wilmington, Del.—Brooklvns, 12;
(Quicksteps, i >.
At Philadelphia—Athletics, 9; Colum
buses. 4.
At Pittsburg—Louisvilles, 8; Alle
gbauys, 2.
Towfik’s Cabinet Not to Resign.
Alexandria, August 20.—The report
in circulation Saturday that there was a
crisis In the Cabinet, and that Riaz Pasha
would lorm anew Ministry, proves to
have been without foundation.
Cleanliness and purity make Parker’s
Hair Balsam the favorite for restoring the
youthful color to gray hair.
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PENSACOLA’S PROTECTION
OVER 17 ARRESTS MADE BY
THE VIGILANT CORDON.
An Attempt to Bribe One of the Senti
nels for S3OO—A Total of Eight Cases
and Three Deaths at the Navy A'ard—
The Feeling Against New Orleans.
Washington, August 20.—The Acting
Secretary of the Navy to-day received the
following telegram from Lieut. Welch,
commanding the Pensacola (Fla.) Navy
N ard, dated yesterday: “The total cases
(naval) todateare six, including Surgeon
Owens’ child. There was one death on
the l.th instant. There arc no new cases
to-day. One case is reported to-day in
Woolsey. We send the marines to camp
to-morrow upon recommendation of the
Surgeon.”
The Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital service to-dav received the
following dispatch from Pensacola,
Fla., dated August 20: “There
are no new cases at the yard to-"
day. Pensacola is i>erfectly healthy. 1
will commence an inspection to-morrow
and will give you the progress every day.
Ihe cordon is perfect and under my per
sonal supervision. It has performed good
service, having already arrested thirteen
persons. The cordon is seventeen miles
rung, well protected by swamps and water,
and all possible landings are guarded.
[Signed] “John B. Guttman,
“President Board of Health.”
Pensacola. Fla., August 20.—The
total number of cases of yellow fever at
the navy yard up to noon to-day is eight
and the total number of deaths three.
Surgeon Owen is better. Two attempts
were made to pass the cordon last night,
one party attempting force and the other
ottered a bribe of $2(K>. The guards’ bonds
have been doubled. No alarm is felt in
this city.
Galveston, Texas, August 20.—A
special trom Austin says that, act ing upon
dispatches fiom Galveston stating that
there were reports of yellow fever at
Ocean Springs, Key West and New Or
leans, Governor Ireland, in order to be on
the safe side, has issued instructions to
the Galveston Health Officer to prevent
the entrance of vessels from the suspected
points. The Governor states that com
merce could stand twenty-four hours ces
sation, in which time he could
get reliable information. Tho order may
be recinued to-morrow morning.
Terrible Scene on the Scaffold.
London Xeiva.
)ameß Burton, aged 83 yearn, was exe
euted yesterday morning within the walls
of Durham jail for the murder of Eliza
beth Sharpe, at Tuustall, near Sunder
land, on May Bth last. The condemned
man, who passed a fairly good night, rose
at, about 7 o’clock and was soon joined by
the chaplain, who remained with him
until tho end. The prisoner was verv
pale, but was still calm, and walked with
a firm step. Marwood at once set to work
adjusting the noose and putting the cul
prit in position with his back to the
lever, allowing a drop of about
feet. Burton, who had confessed
his crime on Sunday morning, was heard
by the distant spectators praying ferven
tly, and he was giving a response just as
Marwood took hold of the lever. One of
the wardens touched the executioner,
who waited for the moment. The words
“Lord, receive the soul of this man about
to die!” had issued from the chaplain’s
lips and the culprit’s response had ceas
ed, when at 8:03 the lover was raised and
the condemned man disappeared down the
cavity. He was too far oft for the distant
spectators to see him, but the rope swung
violently the moment he was thrown off,
and Marwood’s hurrying round
to the north side of the cavi
ty and stooping down in
the effort to get hold ol the rope showed
the distant spectators that something was
wrong. Warden Cox caught the rope
and jerked it over to Marwood, who, as
sisted by Cox and Warder Thompson,
drew the man upuntil he was placed in a
sitting position, although he appeared
to have only his elbows on the ledge as
seen by the oil-lookers, who were much
below him. It was found that the slack
of the rope had caught as he fell under
the right elbow and stretched across his
face, thus relieving the pressure on the
neck, but giving the appearance to
the spectators of the noose having
slipped up and caught against his lace.
He presented a ghastly spectacle, but
a part of the face gave an appear
ance of blood. There was no blood, how
ever, and in half a minute Marwood had
adjusted the slack of the rope to its
proper position, replaced the white cap,
which hud been ruffled up, and holding
the culprit by the shoulders as tho two
warders relinquished their hold of him, he
threw him with a strong push into the
cavity again. The force he used sent the
convict riirlit across the cavity almost to
the opposite side, and as the rope return
ed lie steadied it, and all was over. It is
stated that while the rope was being
adjusted the second time the culprit twice
muttered: “Oh, Lord, have mercy on my
poor soul!” The body was cut down at 9
o’clock.
The statement which was made some
time ago as to England furnishing images
for Hindoo idolaters is now reiterated
with increased emphasis. It is said that
these false gods are made in great quanti
ties at Birmingham, and supplied as or
dinary merchandise. They are mostly
small affairs, intended for household use.
The large images for the temples, some of
which are of the size of wooden Indians,
and some larger, are made by the natives.
In costly temples these large images are
sometimes richly ornamented, even if
rudely carved. It is by no means rare to
find their eyes made of diamonds or other
precious stones. The names of the Bir
mingham manufacturers of small idols
have not been made public, although there
lias been considerable inquiry for them on
the part of persons interested in mission
ary affairs.
The debt of the Metropolitan Metho
dist Church of Washington, D. C., has
been reduced to about $13,000, at which
it seems to stand still. Chaplain Mc-
Cabe, who has been laboring most dili
gently for its reduction, finds this debt
the most troublesome ecclesiastical ele
phant he ever had on his hands. Among
most of the Methodists who have money
there is a feeling either that the Metro
politan Church ought never to have been
built, or that, if built, It ought to have
been paid for in cash by the men who
built it, and there are some who say that
the church was not built for the glory of
God, but rather to gratify the pride of
certain carnal-hearted brethren.
A low condition of health is common
with many who allow themselves to worry.
Mental anguish causes bodily sufferings.
Anxiety and care have broken down many
constitutions. A train of disorders usu
ally follow mental distress. Heart affec
tions, nervousness, sleeplessness, dyspep
sia, liver complaint, kidney troubles, etc.,
are among the list. A sure remedy for
relieving all mental and physical distress
is Brown’s Iron Bitters. It at once
strengthens every part of the body, mak
ing work a pleasure and care unknown.
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