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■pRiHA AND_ FLORIDA.
. vf XV - <>l THE TWO STATES
■ tH IOM'I' PARAGRAPHS.
1 H “T ood - A
ll (tl , „|,ich Fulled the Heart
■ f* aer _>t 11 liter Most Foul In Kara! -
S' 88°* l hr Melancholy Romance
1 Bat* Born Out of Wedlock.
A.
. , • • . ..r.-inaii • .tiuller is criti
.•art convener) next Mon
ti *** n : • .It :itiis last week in Au
, # ,. K ari l•• white.
f-' 5 ' . ....-lit the tirst new postal
- nrtier Montlaj morning.
•t(• >n at Columbus for the
- r. rnlo-r 1 were S.7;H haled
irf'?' , jj. etveil the year In-fort'.
. .oi ta "uia.-rior t.ourt show
■. -iint}. 2 claim, 4 certiorari
\ .; a.- i iiiered for this term.
, , .a.-* Ijo years, formerly of
. :,a i Atlanta, died m an m
fr-f • .. .uiiati a day or Dm ago.
... .. i.nty taxes of Thomas this
f r* vc. cent-on SIOO. despite the ar
il other extraordinary ex
.... . . ii-i-d Itaptiat convention
j .:Mot Vssoeiatlon met at Mil
re'.r ihiiii-and itolortnl people
FT*; ..... the branch college at t uth
i'l. I <:.• ih>- s:,uu •ut down hy the
Sow*,' 1 !• -‘*-t -tty. hy Increasing the
i, i. r... ihe .irtcsian well at Tlioiua.—
• r -nnetliing like coral wa
; .V. .. .1 .Icpth of over 1,800 feet lie
„ , IV n „ ha. in. who ttuto long and
-.4-a • '.iiici-n-'l with the Irish I.and
fir. i-iiri-r. was to arrive in Au-
UH-‘
N. to-p-tt. ■> well-digger, died in u well
I , M iiUr.t.itfU of Walter handler, six
* fr.ro >■ iii-sviUe. Monday, from the
Elwt of rr- • - -.'s'S
s B an. : .->lored proprietor of an At-
Ma tv-taut .1. aas stahlted, in that city,
, a’ .tr man named Moore. The
.j,.T iatisirrolls.
r , r la. ti'.inner of hales of the new cotton
'.'j, ,• 1; iiinnsvdie np to noon Mon
lage price for middling
set I- steady.
the negroes had a meeting at
Vi-ill ir • Ils.ut ten miles east of Katon
in ■ acolocwd woman suddenly
I cs' ID which she was riding,
r . and goods of Messrs. >. I*.
a-, i' .at F ayellev ille, were destroyed
j, .' 1 • morning at half-past three
,- t ;.Lt . r with two luilldings lielong
jr i: h lleaaien, of t.artersville, was
■ iceted padtor of the Baptist
(jB iit dome on the second ballot. He
# .-(- me pulpit made vacant hy the
. of Dr. G. A. Nunnaliy.
ry . rin of the Middle Georgia Mili
x. m i Vgricultural College will often on
' lant. From applications already
v the President it i- 'neiieved the
jajiliio w ill lie larger Ilian ever In-fore.
f. P. Martin, of Brownsville, trailed for a
Mi tnc tuare and coll, and put the mare in
I, ~. avaig the colt on lln- outside. The
Lgcattempted to jump the fence to get to
Eits.l. the leap was too lime It for her
tj.;y (. on the -harp pointed pailings'
fariiifce-> I ilirotigli her Ihmlv. killing her
I i-- ' ii. neer of tin- steamer Minus
Lr, a .rings the Uoreun Embassy to
fc v • - an Augusta hoy. who. in'lsflk
Clmie-i !c.-in the 1 nited States Naval
5.,.;.i \-in i|sills. He is the don of Win.
Ca.t. "I K I county, and lirollu-r to
fti,:. I Hu . t Augii'la. amt hi' name is \\ m.
[-, •. . tie-to me Colored ( onvention at
hi-f.ii.- not millet the leading hotels
r j- :;.e.r p-—m e. ilc.-pile their lirni deler
[j::.iii i- -o. The hotel proprietors re
ft. : 1 j.voin-ii.slate them, and will dodge Ik--
-i,-l tic' i.argain. on aceonnt of the
<?. . . . u . ulln-ir hostelries incident
IV v.'.'.r s -ays that Dr. .1. .1. IV.
(itnn m I Mr. I-*iii Mmand made a trip hi
lit., ire. i Milton county this week.
Wi l lin' -of fueling a silver mine shown
ft.it.elci ii toriy > ears ago by an I udian.
IV. i-i.:n. ; •••- never to work it unless
irßir-ui • .oi-eni while they lived, hut in
.. | other was at liberty to work
ti-. • pro|K-r. Dr. iilcnu went
fikre i.' ' Imlian lived at the time the
m .. - I and learned llie Indian was
si. il. :-* r; 11 v> it h returned without
IV t -..[ * . mty Commissioners hav<-
tax f..r i' <• eii-mug year, making it
Say-three cent - .a tin- iiundred dollars.
lUntnieti.cr nil the Slate tax of tweiitv
fcifn'i-. makes it -ixiv -eight cents. The
kul-i'- -r- . • r". f llie county is given in at
■U>. >i.i . r \ngur. a ieading memlier of
Slixiar l. -.; - that if llie property was
n,-. ! . o.tr-i Hu- amount would run
tMVrr 11-v'e." ‘>n llie llrsl day of .lauu-
JT!Mr. will pay the last did
hr -ii.- -vvi - \ jj.OOu Is-nd given for a
Aiir-.t! ... ; . tieettales due on that day.
TV Way.to— c.-.s -ays: ‘-We under
ttk.. 1 . :!.ai tlr.ee will likely be a hill intro
•ls-i-i an i|t I.y ;ln present legislature
alien - _ t i ...vt rnor to offer a suftieient
: r par;.. - who have been forging
lia! .it'..-., t . bring them to justice. The
ff:a. a life term in tile pcnilen
!u.*> I'., -teal !at;.l' i- the meanest and
K [..cm ~f -i, ~.ing known. Should there
b-siich ahu i nact. and. Mexico will be much
Fwocarf.-r -ah tv for some we know of in
itrs |..ir:-. >! - ut'farious business must
b-!>n*e:. . in- : .in- the reward will lie
k’ f..r cv. ry .. nv jction. Thai will fetch
TV * •' -t .j the follow mg: '-With
in Us- i..’A: h o a . a publieation will apfiear
*in t - pref t.-t :
M. a: I pit. -. at Monteagle. Tennessee,
A!.-.-- ::. a- i h.nutauqua. New York.
Aifr-t i.'i.,. \iigii--. .oth and August 24th. is
s-sUic<-i ii. rh.- pui.iication. The Hrst three
vv, . writieti out in full and deliv
rtsi fr in the manuscript; the l;i.-t, with
Is-' I .. - speech, was taken down liy
tkspirt.-r. in i is here found as he w rote ft
ATTHTS G. lIAYUOOD.'
<. ’i i.,, 7, J’fv-'f.
"Tic ation w ill In- sent free, |>st
s•*•*. :• ary ,i.hires*. Fapi that will kindly
M -h iin- card will oblige
A. ti. II *rOon."
"t. r r- last a sister of Alford Morgan.
Si, ievt!;.. ar- of age. who resides near Fon
v*. r.nj. || iralson county, left her moth,
f-ivvas- t.. ..ring up scme sheep from the
*>i- pa-’ re. a half mile oil >ne did not
Firs, a; -. areh was instil lived, and. on
"•isMai evening late, her Isllv wus found
l; .- II a dense thicket in the w .^sls.
Cir. v -umiiioncd and an inquest held on
■■day moil ing. Ir. Wright, of Talla
•*vi. i 0..,? „.or.Vo* examination. The
•jK-turne-i a verdict of "death from un
®"vr..a :., .- There is a strong lielief that
'*a- .i.i i. red. a-a lire was found aliout
phts-lns! yards of tin’ place, and some
p****m Jmt ueck or throat and arms and
kps and ■ ![is. it is thought that some
b. V. . . ... . lr ,drcls attemptevl ra’s- and
Th-i ; .-y o, <7.irion says; —Two or three
u-s; \.r. I e - [tin .1 oi uer accidentally shot
■* valuable mule. He was riding in
w.ili a loaded gun in hi* hand. He
•“'■satieticd by the driver that it wa- iin
~ • o-arry gan except at half-co, k. llc
tl * ds Ii unun : r, prohnldv to place it at
•“s-.'ck. ‘ut the joilting the w agon, tie
c 1 i l -- i h'.s thumb to slip from th<* ham
- barrel was discharged. This
-•s-iifaci: o mules, and they starved to run.
■ :atr ''aught the linen, at the same lime
*br.-. oi ! the gun about midway of ttie
Jl - 1 s:ng tile lines to atop llie mules
- o k the front gateof the wagon
H*. y-btr. •; Up. other barrel, which was
i* ii a vvirc cartridge. Tin- load tinik
f ‘ ’ - d.)uarters of one of the mules,
hi its tracks.”
j'. f'.;..vvo.g from the Athens Banner-
Br .‘ ; ■ • vi!l touch a touvler spot in every
i wandering through Oconee Ceme
;i > afternoon, the writer had occa
— a sight that w .aeo:aieiilated to
melt a heart of sloue. It was the
A11“ ‘ iold. Stai.ding u|hiu the brow of
"“•’ikingof those who were buried
.... our eyes wandered to the gate ami
—. ' spproaehiug a funeral procession.
.-...isisteU of one Mump-eart, - driven
Jr -,-r.. man. in which was tin- rude eof
*‘n. li contained the !stj j[ )t .
- !■ lowed b} a -’-"si* woman
mother. They made Iheir
to where the little grave wa- dun !--
v ..-rhanging shrubliery. and there,
t a., luster or a single friend to offer
the grief-stricken mother, a
, ' ' - ntiVnyen, who happened toiie
[ ,rn:i.' , i! l and taking the little
I. '• t i:|>n bare ground, for no
u placed tipreia. and, as clods
ire lid of coffin, 'lie mother,
inning from Him- eyes. fr-CH i
e, ..vended her wav u, her desA
l'', '.!. which the siinshyje of God's
Lc'y'-f a time, been taken from he and
usd alone."
dWf - ' ! '"-ring last March an Infant
lav - old. was deposited in
Mr, Harrison’s residence, tin
t, m Atlanta. The little
. jig' 1 , v ' - attracted the attention of
11 ' H .rrison's familv.and tku basket
ktotkcV wa * w armly headed was c-u ried
when the baby was detected.
llii a! 1 V. I*atients now at the Southern
irkar .• H a young Swede who has
c ’ rself to be the mother of the
't>. le tin- young woman Mid
" i- Matilda Pierson, anil that
l was A. T. Waters. >he
ihat Watera had worked ker
. -• i.. hint passed her off as
8. vji. . . -id s ev.-ry was related to the
hi. .I’d a warrant, at
was worn out by Miss
' '• v’” ! " aters. di&rguig him with
C’i-.,T. ‘a 1 Warrant was placed ju the
r- of the Atlanta police
liv .j.'.'.'.by-force Waters was arrested,
►ii,-,., ' 'T-'nlcutity he succeeded in
' IS i Sti " * l * ar B e ' Piorson
*' i,.,. aismt nineteen years of age.
; died real pretty and was
*Utr- • tliose who X 11s.vs her.
P*. 1 . Vf> nng uiiin. He is out ot tvi'
kj,: ft-OBIDA.
the ambitious name of
A -'lacliua county.
.■ ; e **° factory is to lie ereisted at
ml *- twad of Pine street in Jaeksou
; belonging to George H.
- the yaejit Marguerretta. lielong
ing to p. T. Sweeny, of Key West, will sail
some day next week for a purse of 1100;
, J L *f n c°nty negroes own some 10,000
acres of land, and thetr propertr in Taila
w ,ll J' h has a total population of about
.UWO, must be worth $50,000. They own in
tne countv *25 head of horses and mules, have
h ?*u of , altle and sheep, nearly
2,jou head of Jiogs, and their other personal
property is valued at over $12,000. There an
other counties in which their condition is
eveai better. They show no disposition to
emigrate from the Mate. They appear to lie
anxious to have their children educated.
Almost all of the public lands and a grt-at
portion of the private in Florida are cov
ered with timber. The lands perhaps ex
ceed 30.000,000 acres, three-quarters of which
an-covered with vellow pine, which is the chief
timber marketed. The State contains an im
mense amount of pine timber, estimated to
reach 7,o00.ui)o,0Oo feet. The last census
estimated that for the year ended Mav
31. km, joh.-034.000 feet were cut. But
the amount marketed annually becomes
greater. The long-leafed pine is
situated in the northern part of the State
T?. 1 . 1 ~f 27 degn-es North the forests have
little commercial value. The greater part of
the tiinlH-r land- are contiguous to railwavs
or navigable streams, and the rapid building
oi railroads is increasing the facilities for
marketing the product every year. The de
mand for the timlver increases each year, and
a lante amount of capital is being invested in
it. The land varies in price from $1 to $2 per
acre, and is usually purchased in tracts of
15.000 to 20,000 acres, but small tracts are also
largely bought.
Gf.ASC'OCK COI XTY NOTES.
jAn Unsuccessful Railroad .Meeting—
Tile Condition of the Crops, Fite.
Correnvotulence of the Morning -Veto*.
Gibson, Sept. I.—On Thursday, August
doth, a meeting was held at Vining’s
i Bridge, in Jefferson county, for the pur
j pose of procuring share purchasers in the
J construction ot a railroad, to be termed
the Augusta,Gibson and Sandersville Rail
road 1 ompany, and to lie conducted,
maintained and operated in the State of
i (ieorgia, to wit: from the city of Augusta,
j in Richmond county, to Sandersville in
J Washington. The meeting was largely at
tended, but the ideas suggested by the
j speakers were not approved of by many
jot the audience. Addresses were made
Iby Col. m x. Jordan, Col. J. K.
Hines. Col. T. C. Wicker and
: others. Col. B. A. Lane delivered a vigor
ous address in behalf of Gibson. He
thought the most feasible route to be from
j Augusta to stellaville. thence to Gibson,
and terminating at Sandersville. It is
| strongly believed that Gibson will get the
| railroad. The Gibson people are striving
] earnestly,and will leave no stone unturn
;ed to score their jioint. When Gibson’s
people want anything that will realize
any profit to them and the outside world,
they are going to get it. no matter what
.■. mu -. Dr. Ramsey, of Jefferson coun
ty if your correspondent understands
him . thinks the most probable route
would be from Gibson. So be it then.
Refreshments and a dinner were spread
alter the s|>eeches. Twenty sheep and
goats constituted the barbecue. After
dinner dancing reigned supreme until
nightfall. Two squeaking fiddles enli
vened the occasion. Several young ladies
irom surrounding towns were pres
j cut. Among those were the preposses
sing twius, the Misses Wheaton, and the
; pretty brunettes, the Misses Martin, all
of Sandersville. Judge Thomas Walden
ami amiable wife, Mr. Billy Walden, l)r.
J. N. Oliphant, Major John B. Williams,
Rev. Me. McGehee, l>r. t rsury. Dr. Ro
ney, Col. W. D. Alien, the champion cro
quet player of Glasscock county, and
others were present.
Your correspondent is under many obli
gations to Col. E. R. Brinson, of Augusta.
.Mr. ti. Hudson, aud Dr. Ramsey for favors
shown.
Farmers are done all around here pull
ing fodder, and cotton picking has lie
gun in earnest, but the prospects of mak
ing much cotton are rather gloomy.
We had refreshing rains here" a few
days ago. We have cool mornings and
plenty of bleak winds. Schools are run
ning short in attendance on account of
the children la*ing required in the cotton
patches. Reall Springs is crowded with
guests, and many invalids are coming
here. Gibson ought to have a telegraph
office, and her merchants ought to see
about it at once. Mr. Calvin Carter aud
wife, from Americus, are visiting rela
tives in Glascock and .Jefferson counties.
They feel so well pleased with this section
of country, and Air. Carter’s health being
unproved, they seem to think that they
will stay a little while longer lielore re
turning home. Air. Carter islme of Ameri
cas’ pros|ierous merchants. AA’e hope to
meet them soon. AI-. E. C.
A Big Day in Bryan.
Bryan Court Hocsk, Sept. s.—^To
day, at this place, about five or six hun
dred people assembled to attend a Ala
sonic picnic. Y'our correspondent, in
company with Hon. R. E. Lester, the
orator of the day, left the city on the 7 a.
m. train, and reached the place at 11
o'clock. The Alasonic Hall and court
house wft too small to accommodate the
vast audience. Colonel Lester spoke from
a stand erected under a large oak. He
was introduced by Captain S. D. Brad
well, of Liberty. Colonel Lester told the
audience that lie had come there to cham
pion no new faith, but to speak of the
principles of Masonry, which never
changed. Ilis address lasted al>out three
quarters of an hour, and was certainly
one of the finest efforts of his life. The
lodge at this place is in a most flourishing
condition, and from the wholesome speech
of Colonel Lester it is bound to flourish.
There were a great many long tallies,
which were loaded with all the good
things to satisfy the inner man.
The committee spared no pains to make
all present comfortable. The day being
very w arm ice water and lemonade were
in great demand. Airs. Julius Smith,
Mrs. Alorgan, Airs. Dukes and other
ladies were very active in seeing that
every one was well cared for, aud the
gathering will be long remembered by all
present as one of the most pleasant pic
nics Bryan county ever enjoyed.
Long life to the’ good Masons and citi
zens of Bryan county. AV.
Willacooc’liee Items.
AVILLACtHM'IIKR. COKKEK COUNT Y,(iA.,
Sept. 3. —AA'itlacoochee is pleasantly
situated on the Brunswick aud AYestern
Railroad, 101 miles west of Brunswick.
It is on the dividing grounds of the Gulf
of Mexico and the Atlantic; the Alapaha
liter runs Into tte ouif, while the Satffla
river runs into the Atlantic,
At the mill of B. B. Gray A Bro.. one
mile from this place, occurred a very se
rious difficulty yesterday which will end
probably in the death of one Air.
Stewart. Vv. s. Stewart and John
Dußose were playing, when Du-
Bose got mad and drew his knife
and stabbed Stewart in the left side, in
flicting a very painful, if not mortal,
wound. Dubose has fled to parts un
known.
Air. A. Moore and brother are running a
turpentine still at this place. *
( Tops in this section will turn out a
very handsome yield.
sugar cane aiid late field i>eas look well.
All’, A. Aloorc. i* running a large dry
goods store here. He has just got up his
fall stock aud is doing a good iiustucvs.
Our clever merenaut, Air. B. F. istmer
lin. is doing it good business here,
;>r. Al. M. AlcCaskell, of Florida, is just
nut up here and is permanently located.
The doctor U well known iu Florida and
Georgia, and is ktiewn as being a good
pnysu-iau,
Mont enema Dika.t rouaiy Defeated.
Lim v. sept. 5.—A dispatch to L’Diario
• /‘."c ml from Chicla says; “An engage
ment took place at Calca. August 28, be
tween a body <u Monteneros and a Peru
vian force uuiler Col. Duarte. Twenty ol
the Monteueros were killed and manv
were wounded/*
Fenians Again on tlte Any},
London, Sept. s.—The police me iu
possession of tacts which show a revival
of Fenian activity in this city. All the
noted rendezvous of prominent Irish agi
tators here have again been placed under
strict police surveillance.
UeterslMirß’s First Bale.
Pkterski ho. V *.. slept. s.—The first
bale of this season’s cotton received here
arrived to-day. It was raised in North
ampton county, N. C., and was classed as
middling and sold at 13 cent*.
Foundry stmt Machine Shop.
He** hard work, intense heat in sum
iner. and *io*vly congregated hands.
Summer com pi aims common, under
such conditions. The mea ciu/; afford to
lose strength by diarrhicas, nor time Ly
•vipe.ss. Humane employers provide
Perry t.ayis’ Pain Killer to fortify their
help against tWsg diseases. AA T here it is
not thus furnished us ;,”en themselves
keep a supply on haha. acd thus
save fbemselves from pain and depleting
disease, investment of a few dimes
saves them from protracted doctor’s bills
and toss of wages by loses of time
AFIELD DAY IX ATLANTA
BOTH HOUSES KNUCKLE DOWN
TO HARD AVORK.
Railroad Overcharges to be Again Re
considered The New Capitol Bill
Again Cndcr Fire, and a Conference
to be Ordered—The Governor Signs
Several Measures.
Atlanta, Sept. s. —ln the House yes
terday. Mr. Pendleton, of Lowndes, was
incorrectly reported in regard to tlie*Lou
isville Exposition. He opposed any ac
ceptance of the invitation until after the
final adjournment. It is an encroachment
upon the public duties of the memliers.
On his motion the excursion was put off
until after adjournment.
To-dav Mr. Fite,of Bartow, moved to re
consider the action rfon-cont-urring in the
senate amendment striki ngout the Presi
dent ol the Senate apd the Speaker of the
House as Commissioners ex-officio for the
new capitol building. He gave his reasons
for the motion.
Mr. Humlier, of Putnam, opposed and
the motion was tabled.
Mr. Jordan, ot Hancock, moved to re
consider the action indefinitely postpon
ing the bill making railroads in certain
cases liable tbr overcharges, and ex
plained that the Georgia Railroad by an
injunction against the Railroad Commis
sion had charged merchants more for
freight than the Central Railroad. He
proposes by his lull to have the road re
fund these overcharges.
Mr. lloge, of Fulton, opposed, arguing
that the railroad had a right to contest
this matter in the courts.
Mr. Spence, of Mitchell, sustained Air.
Jordan’s views, and cited the action of
the Savannah, Florida and Western Com
pany.
Mr. Falligant, of Chatham, explained
what course the railroads had pursued in
the courts, and claimed that the matter
was still unsettled, and therefore this bill
was premature and unjust in its opera
tions.
Mr. Pendleton, of Lowndes, who never
loses an opportunity to cut off prolonged
and useless debate, called the previous
question, and reconsideration was
granted by st yeas to :>7 nays.
The resolution to adjourn sine die on
the loth inst. was taken up.
Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, said it was
useless, as the Legislature would adjourn
at that time if the business was com
pleted. On motion the resolution was
tabled.
The bill providing for suitable superin
tendents of election in the State came up.
Mr. Hay, of Coweta, opposed as did Mr.
Redwine, of Hall, Mr. Russell, of Clarke
and Mr. Rountree, of Brooks.
The author of tlit* lull advocated it and
was followed by “lr. Hulsey, of Fulton,
and Mr. McCurdy, of Hart, in eloquent
appeals for the measure.
The roll call showed *2 yeas to 5 nays,
and the bill was lost for want of six more
votes.
The vote on the bill amending section
3'it! of the Code so as to provide for cases
in which the Ordinary may be disqualified,
was 87 yeas to 11 nays, it was thus also
lost for want of one more vote.
The bill requiring the State Librarian to
represent the state in cases in the United
states Courts was amended to apply to
solicitors General and passed.
The bill making it a felony to utter or
pass a forged deed or other muniment or
titie, or sell or lease land with a forged
title, passed.
The bill increasing the salary of the
State Librarian was lost. There were
only 77 yeas.
The bill prescribing the costs of cases
withdrawn or dismissed in the Supreme
Court passed.
The bill preventing memliers of the Leg
islature from changing their votes in bal
loting for candidates came up, and Air.
Harris, the author, moved to table it in
definitely, to nostpone, or that he be al
lowed to' witlieraw the bill, but all were
voted down
Mr. Little, of Muscogee, and Mr. Fite,
of Bartow, opposed, while Mr. Spence, of
Mitchell, and Mr. Harris, of Bibb, fa
vored the bill. The roll-call showed 85
yeas to 53 nays, and the bill lacked three
votes of passing.
The rules were suspeuded, and the Sen
ate bill changing the time ot holding the
Superior Courts of Bulloch, Emanuel and
Scriven counties was passed.
The bill providing for the taking of tes
timony in injunction cases passed.
The bill requiring physicians to serve
as jurors on commissions of lunacy came
up. and Mr. Drewry, of Spalding, moved
to amend so as to fix the pay at $lO lor
such services.
Air. Brewster, of Harris, also advo
cated it.
Air. Head, of Forsyth, the author of the
bill, opposed the amendment.
The bill passed by 03 yeas to 17 nays.
Tiie Governor announced that he has
signed the following, among other bills:
•Providing for a Judge of the Mitchell
County Court.
Amending the charter of the Gumming
and Sewanee Railroad.
Amending the act creating commis
sioners of roads
Paying J. B. Palmer a tax on wild lands.
Protecting bridges in Pulaski county.
Chartering the Sweetwater Railroad’.
Prohibiting eamp hunting in Clinch
oounty.
Regulating fences west of the Flint
river in Dougherty county.
Regulating the’liquor license in Ap
pling county.
Amending the liquor license law of
Wayne, Liberty and Appling so as to ap
ply to Coffee county.
At the afternoon session the House bill
making wire fences lawful fences passed.
The bill encouraging private schools by
allowing public school children to be in
cluded among the pupils came up, and
Air. Mitchell, of Gwinnett, Chairman of
the Educational Committee, presented a
minority report against the bill, which he
followed by a speech against it.
Air. Wood, of Walker, earnestly advo
cated the bill, while Air. Everett, op
posed.
Mr. Watts, of Stewart, the author of the
bill, closed the debate for the committee
bv a strong appeal for the measure, and it
passed by 121 yeas to 21 nays.
The bill amending the stock law of
Morgan county, so as to allow fence men
to have another vote on the question,
came up. This was a reconsideration of
the previous action defeating the bill.
Air. Patton, ol' Thomas, opposed the bill
as not desired by the best people of Alor
gau county, the matter having been con
tested before the Ordinary and abandoned.
Air. Bartlett, of Bibb, also opposed.
Mr.Studdard again appealed for the bill
to give the people of lus county anew
election tree from fraud.
Air. Aliddlebrooks, of Newton, claimed
that Air. Studdard represented Alorgan,
and should be treater! fairly in this mat
ter and given an honest election.
Air. Park, of Greene, followed on the
same line, and Air. Hulsey, of Fulton,
closed tin; debate against the bill. The
roll call gave 75 yeas to 45 nays, and the
bill was lost.
The Governor announced his approval
of the bills appropriating money to com
plete and furnish the buildings and gas
works of the lunatic asylum, and the ex.
penses of the committee’ that investigated
the institution.
The House having closed all local bills
for third reading proceeded to read lulls
the second time.
fN TIIJi sp.NATK.
In the ftenate reoonsbjerafioi; was
granted on the temperance lull by ji
yeas, but it is not thought that this indi
cates the passage of the measure.
The resolution to visit the Louisville
Exposition, vis amended by the House,
wu2 tabled fer the present.
The Seii2?e refused 7o concur in the
House action to retain'the president of
the Senate aud the Speaker of tEe House
as Capitol Coiniisloers. A con fere n,e
will be ordered. Several other unimpor
tant amendments were concurred if) Of
rejected.
'Air. Baker introduced resolutions in re
gard to ex-Treasurer John Jones, that his
clue be pressed to trial. They passed.
The i/ilt changing the time of holding
Washington Superior passed.
CAPITAL NOTKsI
The Senate confirmed the appointment
of J. 11. Scaife, County Judge of Alitchell.
The iqQyernor has been unusually
crowded with l>usu,eLg to-day, and was
compelled to close the doot 'l, sn early
Uowr in the afternoon. He gives each bill
a gareiul examination before approving
Major Campbell vy alta.ee eigned the
Presidency of the Merchants Back and is
succeeded by j, if, Rorter, aii old idScittf
of the bank amt a wealthy citi/eu. Major
At allace needs rest and more tiii.e t o de
vote to the Railroad Commission.
4 scaffold on a brick building lieing en
larged iu Alabama street fell this morn
ing, seriously injuring AVillis Wheeler,
the foreman, and a negro named Henry
Jackson Redding.
Air. Theo. F. Gaillard, Savannah, Da.,
saYs: ‘fl used Brown’s Iron Bitters tor
general debility aud weakness with good
results.”
SAA’AXNAH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1883.
BOSTON’S EXPOSITION OPENED.
Gov. Jarvis Clasps Hands Over the
Prosperity of a United People.
Boston, Sept. s.—The opening exer
cises of the American Exposition of the
Alanufacturers and Aleehanics’ Institute
took place to-day. The exercises were
held in the hall, at the north end of the
building, in the presence of a large num
ber of invited guests. It was 12:15 o’clock
before Gov. Butler entered upon the plat
form. followed hy his staff and the guests
of the occasion. An ong the party were
Secretary Chandler. Lieutenant Governor
Ames, and representatives of foreign
governments. The exercises liegan with
a prayer by Rev. Edward Everett Hale,
D. D. John M. Little, in a few words,
then presented, as the presiding officer.
His Excellency Governor Butler, who de
livered the opening address. This was
followed by speeches from Secretary
Chandler, Judge Symmes, of Denver,
Governor Jarvis, of North Carolina, Julia
\Yard Howe, and others, and an oration
by General Francis A. Walker. Governor
Jarvis, in responding for the South to
Governor Butler’s welcome, said that he
came not to shako hands over the bloodv
chasm, but to clasp hands with
New England over the growing
prosperity of a united people. The differ--
ences which led to the war had been set
tled when the Southern people came back
into the Union. They came pledged to
loyalty, but under the reconstruction pol
icy adopted by Congress found their State
and county governments in the hands of
persons who did not serve the interests
of the sections iu which they lived. This
was what made the South solid. Not ha
tred of the government, but a desire for
wise laws, justly administered. The de
velopment of the South had been con
fined mostly to the past ten years. In
North Carolina over twenty new cotton
factories had been erected, and factories
in wood and iron were improving, and all
over North Carolina to-dav there was
a spirit of contentment. “Our business
and the public interests,” he said, “re
quire that there shall be no more harsh
speaking of one section by another. “1
bid you to join me in t his sentiment. ‘Our
united country, to thee we cling.’ ”
Alayor Palmer was the last speaker,
and at the end of his remarks, the Gov
ernor formally declared the Exposition
open. The exhibits are far from being
perfected; Alueh space on the main floor
is still vacant, and many of the exhibits
are incomplete. North Carolina makes
the largest exhibits of any single .State
outside of Massachusetts.'
VIRGINIA’S COUPONS.
A Decision which Makes Them Payable
Before Taxes Can he Ceyieil.
Richmond, A' a., Sept. 5.—A decision of
the utmost importance was tendered yes
terday by Judge Bond, of the United
States Circuit Court, concerning the State
debt. After the decision was rendered by
the United States Supreme Court last
spring in the Virginia debt case, the
counsel for the foreign bondholders in
London, through their attorneys, Alessrs.
AV illiam and Royal, of New York, insti
tuted a number of suits iu the Circuit
Court of the United States here, to test
the conclusions which Mr. Royal insisted
that the decision led to. Judge Bond de
cided these eases yesterday. He holds—
First. That the tender of coupons for
taxes is a legal tender; that ail conse
quences which flow from any other legal
tender flow from this, and that this is the
ettcct of the Supreme Court decision.
Second. That the officers ot the State
will be enjoined from levying on a tax
payer’s property after the* tender ol the
coupons has been made.
'lined. That as the questions in these
suits depend on the constitutionality of
the State’s legislation, the suits arise un
der the constitution, and that tiie Circuit
Courts of the United States have jurisdic
tion of them without regard to the citi
zenship of the parties.
Judge Bond’s jurisdiction extends over
the entire State, and if bis decision is not
reversed it would seem that the State can
collect no more revenue until she provides
for her coupons.
IIOADLY NOT TO WITHDRAW.
Tin* Ohio Democratic Committee Hold
a Secret Session.
Columbus, Sept. s.—The Democratic
State Central Committee were in secret
session from an early hour last evening to
12:20 o’clock this morning discussing mat
ters pertaining to the campaign. They
decline to make any statement regarding
the business under consideration. A fea
ture of the meeting was a wordy encoun
ter between Chairman D. R. J’aige and
the correspondent of the Commercial Ca
zette ot Cincinnati concerning an item in
that paper to the effect that Air. Hoadly
would withdraw from the ticket. All the
members of the committee deny the truth
of this report.
Philadelphia, Bept. 5. An effort was
made to see Judge Hoadly here to-day
with regard to the statement published
that he would withdraw from the Demo
cratic ticket in Ohio, but lie could not bo
seen. His physician, Dr. Bartholomew,
was then called upon, and he said with em
phasis : “It is right and proper that such a
statement should be promptly contra
dicted. I should like for you to say that
Judge Hoadly is a candidate for the Gov
ernorship of Ohio, and that he will resume
liis canvass in a short time. Just as soon
as I consider that he is equal to the exer
tion, he will actively re-enter the tight.”
YELLOW FEVER ON THE AA'ANE.
No Spread of the Disease Near Pensa
cola and Brunswick Safe.
AVashington, Sept. s.—Orders have
been issued from the office of the Surgeon
General of the Alarine Hospital Serv ice to
the Board of Health of Pensacola, direct
ing a discontinuance of the house to house
inspection at that place.
Pensacola still remains in a healthy
condition. Five new cases and one
death was reported at the navy yard
to-day. The sick are doing well.
Supervising Surgeon General Hamilton
the other day telegraphed to the health
authorities at Brunswick that the Spanish
bark Doee de Junto had left Havana for
that port after having had yellow fever on
board. He to-day received a dispatch
from the Brunswick health officers saying
that the bark had arrived, but with no
sickness on board and a clean bill of
health. Instructions were asked. Dr.
Hamilton replied as follows: “The Doce
de Junto left two yellow fever cases at
Havana. She was eighty days at a sus
picious wharf, but was disinfected, site
is probably safe now.”
CINCINNATI’S CARNIVAL.
ltcx Welcomed to the City with a
Deafening Din.
Cincinnati, Sept. s.— The arrival of
Bex, aud his reception hy Cincinnatians
to-day was an imposing spectacle, A
flotilla of ten steamers all decorated with
flags took their places at 1 o’clock p. m.
Their appearance was greeted by the
blowing of whistles and the ringing of
bells by all the river crafts as well as by
the factories along the shore. A salute of
artillery was responsive to the screams of
the flotilla's’ whistles,. Uqu seated the
wildest enthusiasm among the crowds of
people along tiie shore. The royal pro
cession moved as soon as possible alter
landing to the Exposition Hall, where
Rex was duly welcomed.
COX AND CARLISLE.
The New Yorker Denies Tj.at He Has
Made Any Combinailo)..
AV asminiiTOn, Sept. 5. —Representative
Cox, of New York, who is here looking
after his house, said to-night to your cor
respondent that the report that he and
Representative Carlisle had made a com
bination against Air. Randall was a lie.
DO ’-. ae conducting his canvass, he said,
on his own hook He whs satisfied with
the progress which’Tie was making, and
thought his chances were a, good as any
one else’s. He does not think that the
democrats will make any combined efforts
to reopen £te tariff question at the next
session, but hopes that they yyijl
•20.000 Trades Unionists on Fannie.
ShV Y, Sept. 5.—A parade of the
labdr organizations of i,'ctV York, Brook
lyn. Jersey C'ilv and adjacent cities, came
Off hefe tordaj’.' Jt vyas said thaf'SO.QQQ
uien wme iq Hue. almost
every branch of labor. Crowd, of people
were gathered along the route taken by
the procession, which was reviewed by
prominent labor agitators.
Mr. C. O. Alingledorf, Savannah, Ga.,
says: “I used Brown’s Iron Bitters and
now weigh 30 pounds more than ever I
did.’’
GOULD’S RISE IX LIFE.
LEAPING FROAI A CATTLE TEND
ER TO A MONOPOLIST.
Lucky Strikes in Railroad Ventures—
Telegraphv Taken Up on Account of
Its Kinship to Railroading—Western
Union’s Worth Unknown to llim
Skeptical of Fostal Telegraphy.
Nkw York, Sept. s.—Jay Gould was
the principal witness to-day before the
Sub-Committee of the Senate Committee
of Education and Labor. There was a
large attendance of persons curious to see
anil hear him, and his examination oc
cupied nearly the whole day, covering a
great variety of topics more or less closely
relating to the labor question.
He was first asked to give the story of
his life and business enterprises, and he
complied by giving an outline of his bus
iness life from boyhood, from his first
start tending cattle on bis father’s farm,
through several experiences, as a maker
of sun dials for farmers, as a
surveyor, a tauuer. a rail
road superintendent, speculator, and
director. His first railroad "'•anection,
he said, was as Superintendent of what is
now a part of the Rennselar and Saratoga
Railroad. During the panic of 1855
he bought in a large amount of stock
of this railroad at ' a low figure and
afterwards sold it at a handsome
profit. He next interested himself
m Cleveland and Pittsburg, which
he afterwards leased to the Pennsylvania
Railroad. He told of his connection with
Union Pacific, which he had taken up
when it was at the point of being
placed in the hands of a receiver.
He afterwards sold the stock of this
railroad, and it was now in the hands
of more than 7,000 investors, and
represented the capital of many widows
and orphans. It was now higher than
when he sold it. His next venture was
the building up of the Gould Railroad
system in tiie South and AVest. beginning
with the purchase of the Missouri and
Pacific. At this time, he said, he had
passed the point where money making
was an object, and bis idea in carrying
out the system was to see what could be
done. The combinative system now ex
tends, he said, through Ohio, Illinois, In
dityia, Aiiehigan, Alissouri, Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana, Indian Territory and
Mexico, and its construction was com
pleted last year. It embraced
10,000 miles of road. AYhen
lie took possession of these
litres their earnings aggregated about
$70,1)00 a month. Theearmugs for the past
month were $5,500,000. He said that be
was now a director in the Chicago and
Northwestern, Chicago and Rock Island,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
New York and New England, and several
smaller companies. His telegraph con
nection, he said, was incidental to his
railroad interests, the two being inti
mately related. lie had been instrumen
tal iu starting the American Union to
compete with the AYestern Union, but
finding this impossible had turned his
attention to getting hold of AYestern
Union. His object in securing con
trol of Western Union was to
make bis friend, Gen. Eckert, business
manager of the Western Union Com
pany. lie said its value was neariv
equal to its capitalization. He thought
tiiat 7 per cent, was a fair estimate of the
earning power of the company. The
state of its franchises could not be esti
mated by any known means. Its contracts
with railroads had been made under vary
ing circumstances. Its stock was dis
tributed all over the country, $00,000,000
of it being held by investors, and he
thought that within twoyearsevery share
of this stock now upon the market would
le absorbed. There might be water in
Western Union, but the same could be
said of all kinds ol property which had in
creased in value. In reply to the question
of Senator Blair tiie witness said that it
would be impossible for him to give an
‘approximate estimate value of the AY Test
ern Union Company’s property. lie
judged of the value of property by its
earning power.
AVith respect to the postal telegraph Air.
Gould said that he thought the institu
tions of this country were opposed to any
such thing. Again, the telegraphic busi
ness, more than any other, required to
be managed by experts. Under the gov
ernment system the management would
be subject to chance and the particular
political party in power. The postal ser
vice would, he thought, be better managed
by private enterprise than hy the govern
ment. He would not object to the gov
ernment taking hold of the telegraph sys
tem of the Western Union if it would
pay for it what it was worth on a fair
appraisal, lie did not think that there
could be any lasting competition against
AA r estern Union, its facilities were so
great. AVhen there were powerful rivals
rates were not reduced, because the com
petitor was obliged to ebarge rates as
high as Western Union in order to live.
The government had a right to fix a limit,
beyond which the profits of the company
could not go, hut it had not the right to
take away private property without just
compensation.
The witness testified at length as to
railroad rates and competition, and ex
plained railroad pooling arrangements,
lie did not believe- in government
interference with railroad rates,
as competition would always regulate
them.
He was questioned as to stock specula
tion in food products. He said he was not
familiar with speculations in corn and
wheat, but thought that there was
nothing unfair in stock speculation. Such
speculation might for a short time in
crease to a certain extent the price of
food products, but the laws of supply and
demand would always regulate ’these
things. AVith regard to the labor problem,
he said that labor and capital, if left to
themselves, would tiring about
a satisfactory adjustment of their
difficulties. There was no panacea
for the discontent of one or the
other. lie believed that labor got its fair
share of the product of labor and
capital, and that the returns for capital
were constantly growing less. The
cause of the present discontent of the la.
boring classes was that there was a sur
plus of labor in this country, owing to the
large immigration and the stoppage of
railroad building. The surplus ot immi
gration was, however, placing itself in
the Northwest on government and rail
road lands. It was to the in
terest of the railroad* to
get small fanners on these
lands. It would be contrary to
the interest ot railways to sell large tracts
of land to private speculators. He thought
that the animosities and grievances of
the laboring classes had been fostered and
exaggerated by Ibe societies tu which
they belonged. The only safeguard for
society was the education of the masses,
and any legislation in the interest of labor
should have this iu view. The legitimate
field of trade otganizatious was, he
thought, confined to benevolent institu
tions.
In answer to questions presented bv
Senator Call, Mr. Gould s,aid that' be did
not think it jusi for the government to
attempt to limit in any way a
man’s capacity to acquire wealth, and
that wealth should certainly not be lim
ited by the amount to be obtained in fann
ing. He said, with regard to AA'estern
Union and its employes, that that com
pany paid more attention to its employes
than auy other company with which he
was connected. The recent gtrikp Wa rf ,
in his opinion,' the result of a feeling ol
dissatisfaction on the part of the poorer
class of employes.
Laying a Corner-Stone in Dakota.
Bismarck, D. TANARUS., Sept. s.—The corner
stone of Dakota’s capitol was laid here
to-day in the presence of the A'illartj
Northern Pacific excursion party and a
large conch arse of people, speeches were
made by Übyernbr jirdway, Air. Vdi'ard,
Baron yon Eisendecker, the German Alin
istor, Hon/ AVilliam Aj. Evarts, [( e n.
ii rant, Carl geliur*. Secretary Teller and
Sitting Bull.
Germany’s Attitude Toward France.
Berlin, Sept. s.—The , Xorth German
Gazette, in an editorial, says that in all
questions pertaining to its foreign policy
Since tl)" last war the government of Ger
many Tia strictly Mpserveu towards
France a bonevoieht and friendly at titude,
aud is prepared to observe the same atti
tude in the future whenever France sees
flr to assert her interests iu a legitimate
maniiei
Tpe Anti-Magyar Demonstration.
Agram, Sept. s.—Anti-Magyar clisor
deyf brgke out at Redia to-day and troops
vrerq'called on to’ restore order, A con
flict arbse between a hiob of peasants and
4 troop of hussars, aiid the latfef were
obliged iq retreat tor reinforcements. The
peasants then attacked a body of infantry,
and several persons wore killed and
wounded on both sides.
It is better to remove than to hide com
plexional blemishes. Use Glenn’s Sul
phur Soap.
PROFESSIONALS IN THE SHELLS.
Conley Outrows Ross, Homier and
Teemer on Lake Morancook.
Lakh Morancook, Alk., Sept. s.— The
race for professional scullers, which was
jiostponed yesterday on account of rough
water, took place to-day at 2 o'clock. The
men were placed in the following order:
Ross, Conley, Hosmer and Teemer. Casey,
who drew first place, and Riley, who had
the sixth position, did not row. The course
was three miles. Hosmer got away first,
with Ross and Conley struggling for
second place. Teemer was last to start
but he took the lead at the eighth of a
mile post. Ross was then second, Hos
mer third and Conley fourth.
After about half a mile Conley made a
strong spurt and got a sufficient lead to row
across the bows of Teemer and Hosmer.
A spirited contest followed between the
three men. Hosmer. however, soon
stopped rowing and claimed a foul on
Conley, which was not allowed. He then
resumed rowing, but finished a long way
behind. The race ol the others down the
home stretch was exciting, but Conley
had too long a lead, and finished eight
lengths ahead of Teenier in 22:32. Teemer
and Ross rowed a good race for second
place, the former winning by six seconds.
Teemer’s time was 22:53. Hosmer’s time
was not taken.
THE UPHEAVAL IN THE IVI)IE f
A Few Lives Reported Saved and the
Kush of the Sea Described.
London, Sept. 5.—A dispatch to the
Standard from Amsterdam, says the fact
that the Dutch Comptroller atKatimborg,
Sumatra, was saved, together with his
family, indicates that the destruction in
that quarter by the volcanic eruptions
was not absolute.
One European bookkeeper and two na
tives were the only persons whose lives
were saved at Alerak, where not a build
ing was left standing.
At Taudjoig l’riok, 58 miles distant, the
sea suddenly rose eight teet aud then fell
ten feet, causing widespread devastation.
ARTHUR’S RETURN.
The Party to Arrive in AVashington Fri
day Morning,
AY ashington, Sept. 5.—A dispatch
was received at the AVhite House to-day
stating that President Arthur and party
would leave Chicago at 10:30 o’clock this
evening, aud expected to reach AVashing
ton Friday morning.
Chicago, Sept. s.—At 11:30 p. m. to
night President Arthur left for AVashing
ton by a special train over the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway.
The Railroad Rate War.
>r. Louis, Sept. s.—The only new fea
ture in the railroad war which was de
veloped here yesterday was a meeting
late last evening by the Ohio and Alissis
sippi Railroad Company and the an
nouncement of a $1 rate to Louisville.
The incoming trains by the Air Line from
Louisville and Cincinnati were crowded
full, many passengers being without seats.
Sea liters are selling tickets to Louisville
for 75 cents. They predict that the regu
lar rate will drop to 50 cents before the
end of the week, and that other lines will
be forced into the tight. Just how it will
be brought about nobody seems to be able
to tell.
Bat and Ball.
AA ashington, Sept. s. — Games of base
ball were played to-day as follows:
At Baltimore—Columbuses 9; Balti
rnores 2.
At Harrisburg, Pa.—Harrisburgs 9;
Trentons 4.
At Chicago— Chicagos 14; Detroit* 1.
At Buffalo—Clevelands 0; Buffalos 1.
At Pittsburg—AUeghanys 15; Cincin
natis 9.
At New York—Metropolitans 8; Eclipses
0.
At Philadelphia —Athletics 5; St.
Louises 4.
The Explosion in Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. s.—The ex
plosion at the Pratt mines last Saturday
resulted in the death of two white con
victs and the wounding of two colored
ones. The accident did not occur in the
mines, but in an oil room, in which there
were several miners to whom powder was
being issued. One of the miners had put
a lamp by the door and it was accidentally
overturned, causing an instantaneous ex
plosion.
Editors Oil' for Louisville.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. s.—Some of the
editorial excursionists to Louisville and
Cincinnati will start to-night by the 1111-
nois Central Railroad, and the remainder
to-morrow morning by the Mobile and
! Ohio Road, all meeting at Milan, Tenn.
Thence they go to Louisville, where they
will arrive on Friday morning. The party
numbers about ninety editors and sixty
ladies.
A Stock Train Wrecked.
Galveston, Aug. 5.—A special savs
that on the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad, four miles west of Rossa, a
freight train, loaded with 500 head of cat
• tie, was wrecked yesterday. James Caro
ther, a stock man, was’ killed. E. W.
Talbott, a stock man, had his collar bone
and thigh broken, and brakeinan Neal was
badly bruised.
Shot Dead by a 17 Yea'r-old Boy.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. s.— At Hazel
hurst, Miss., this morning Charles Hart,
a boy 17 years of age, shot and mortally
wounded A. W. Burnett, a prominent
lawyer of that place. It is reported that
Burnett cut Hart with a knife and Hart
shot him while he was attempting to do
further injury.
Naming a Losing Ticket.
Rochester, N. Y„ Wept, s.—The
Greenback State Convention to-day nomi
nated Rev. Thomas K. Beecher,’ of El
mira, for Secretary of State; Louis A.
Rost, of New York, for Attorney General;
G. S. Halsey, of Unadilla, for Comptroller,
and Julian Winne, of Albany county, for
Treasurer.
New Cadets for Annapolis,
Annapolis, Md., Sept. s.—The follow
ing candidates, among others, have passed
successful examinations for admission to
the Naval Academy as naval cadets:
Erie Edmondson, of Tennessee; William
G. McMillan, of North Carolina; Edward
P, Morgan, at large;'.lames W. Sims, of
Virginia.
St. Louis Saloon Keepers Upheld.
Sr. Louis, Sept. s.—ln the Court of
Criminal Correction to-day over eight hun
dred cases against saloonkeepers fqr sell
ing beer on Sunday were pot pressed, at
the suggestion- of the court. This ends
for the present the fight against the saloon
keepers and a triumph for them.
Benjamin Burgiss & Sons’ Failure.
Boston, Sept. s.— The suspended sugar
house of Benjamin Burgiss & Sons
to-day made an assignment fo the New
York banking hpuse of lirexel, iforgan ,y.
Cos., as their indebtedness is principally
to parties in that city and in foreign coun
tries.
Militiamen Killed on a Train.
Chicago, Sept. 5.—A special from
Springfield says that while Company A,
of the 9th Regiment of the State Militia
were returning from the encampment 9
were killed apd 15 Wounded by a railroad'
ijccidejlt '
The Expedition into Madagascar.
Paris, Sept. 5. —There is no question of
a French expedition into the interior of
Madagascar. The French will retain
their present positions in Madagascar un
til satisfaction is given them by theHoras.
De Chambord’s Bequests.
P aris, Sept. 5.— THe CoiVnt de Paris has
arrived here. Le Temps reports that' the
Count de Cbambord left (>0.000,000 francs
which are to be diyidetj between the Duke
Of Faring apd Uie count dti ijardi,
Political Mooting* Prohibited.
Goritz, Sept. s.— lt is stated that or
ders have been issued prohibiting politi
cal meetings here. This course, it is said,
was prompted by a communication from
the French Government.
O.iarantlne on thv fcnea-C'nnai.
Port vob, Sept. s.— Quarantine has
been abolished on the Suez canal, and
traffic lias been resumed as before the
cholera epidemic. The British troous re
returning Jo Cajro • i j •
Heart afTeetlons, kidney and liver trou
hies affect nearly one half of all mankind.
Vet how many pass through a‘
shortened life giving no car# to th£se com
plaints which cause tl|e family
sych great Yioes your heart heat
violently lrom the least excitement l If aye
you fits of dizziness ? Does yaur back
ache I Arc your bhweis oonstipatedf
These symptoms are the first warn*—-
Delay is dangerous 1,.. „T„. •
Bar
INDIFFERENT TOMILUONS
HOW THE TREASURY EM
PLOYES GROW CARELESS.
Treasurer Wyman's Excuse for the Re
cent Glaring Negligence—Naval Officers
Plotting—How the Next Congress will
be Housed—The Pathetic End of Mas
ter Putnam.
Corrfsjyyjiijence of the \fominj \ew*.
Washington, Sept. s.—Mr. Wyman,
Treasurer of the United States, recently
made a report upon some missing notes.
In that report he incidentally referred to
the fact that quite a number of similar
cases had come within his knowledge, and
that clerks, as a general rule, were care
less in the haudling of money. I asked
Mr. Wyman about this to-day. He has
been in the Treasury Department for
twenty years, starting in as a $1,200 clerk
and winding up with his present position
of United States Treasurer. He said in
reply: “The whole thing can be ex
plained in comparatively few words.
I have noted, from the time that 1 have
been handling public money, that the man
who is accustomed to have government
checks, money and bonds, and the inter
est on the latter, pass through his hands,
in the course of time becomes callous.
Though thoroughly responsible in every
respect, he—and it is in accordance ith
human nature—becomes so accustomed to
handling big sums of monev that he does
not regard it as of any value beyond the
responsibility that a man would feel who
tied up for a customer a twenty-flve-cent
parcel of dry goods. The people
who handle the government funds,
therefore, get reckless and careless. They
see no value in what passes through their
hands. Mistakes must occur, but they
are not willful. They are simply the re
sult of an inevitable action on the human
mind. 1 have noticed this for years.
There is not a man now in the cash room
who is not more or less careless. But it
would be nonsense to remove any of them.
And for this reason: Although an old
man in the business may by usage, as 1
have described, make many mistakes, he
would not make half the errors that a
new man would.”
THERE HAS BEEN A CONFERENCE
between naval officers stationed here and
among officers who come here to receive
their orders and depart. In fact there
have been a number of conferences of this
character. Officers of the navv are smart
ing under the injustice which they think
was done them at the hands of the last
Congress. They want what might lie
called remedial legislation. They don’t
expect, they say, to get back to'where
they were before the last naval
bill was passed, but they want
something. Therefore they have banded
themselves together, and’ will work to
undo something of that which was accom
plished by Mr. Robeson at the last session.
As the South has always been somewhat
partial to the navy, both before aud sineft
the war, they expect to be received favor
ably by the next House, aud hope that Mr.
Robeson’s legislation may be made a
nonenity or be materially altered, so that
the lower grades of officers in the line may
hope that in far distant years they may be
enabled to get enough pay to allow them
to take unto themselves wives.
Your correspondent has within the past
few days talked to a mimiier of
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
in this city. Of course they all say that
AVashington is just booming for the in
vestment of money in that kind of prop
erty. But that is not the idea which *1
wanted to get at. I wanted specially to
know it there was any clue as to how
members of the next Congress were going
to live. I bad heard it hinted that
they were going to give up cheap
boarding bouses and hotels and live in
private houses rented for their own use.
I found that such was the case. There
has never been a Congress like the next,
wliicii has concluded to flock by itself eu
famille. Members and Senators, both
new and old, have rented and are renting
houses, furnished and unfurnished, to an
extent never before known. They usually
take furnished houses. There is* one po
tent reason lor this beyond the fact that a
member of Congress is charged more at a
hotel or boardiug-house than anybody
else. That reason is the privacy
which is the accompaniment of occupying
other than public quarters. A man who
stays at an hotel, or a public boarding
bouse, is public property. He can be an
-noyed indiscriminately. When he, how
ever, lives privately he ceases to become
a common target, and the fact that he
lives in bis own house, ffven temporarily,
is sufficient to ward off an army of cor
morants. The movemeut thus started
promises to result in a prevalence of
memliers of Congress at their houses of
nights instead of an overwhelming mass
of them around the various hotel lobbies.
THE LATEST INFORMATION
received by the Navy Department from
the vicinity of Alaska indicates that cer
tain small relics of a supposed naval
officer have been found on Prince Ed
ward’s Island. These relics—a button
and a penny—are supposed to have be
longed to Master Charles F, Putnam, who
was swept out to sea from the Alaskan
coast on an Ice floe. Putnam was one of
the officers of the Rodgers, which was
sent in search of the Jeannette. His death
was a singularly sad one. His parents
were wealthy. He had all that even a
young man could desire. He was of dark
skin, big black eyes, sinewy and agile.
He was in short an admirable criehton.
"When at Annapolis his handsome bear
ing, clear mind, physical ability and per
fect independence—the latter character
istic so seldom found in New England
people—endeared him to all. Unlike a
great manv young men possessing these
qualities he was always to lie found,
When opportunity favored, in the com
pany of ladies. He could suit himself
with an easy grace to any com
pany in which he found himself.
He would fight—which is a
characteristic of the thoroughbred Yam
kee—at a moment's notice. Before leav
ing Annapolis and afterwards in the ser
vice he frequently engaged in battles with
those with whom he had differences. He
would not. however, seek a quarrel, hut
being quick at taking offense often found
himself compelled to tight. He never shirk
ed that duty. AYhen lie left on the ftoitoers
trom San Francisco, iib was eugaged to
a beautiful young lady of that city. His
father died soon after he graduated from
Annapolis in 187. He was an only child,
and his mother, in the midst of her wealth
is said to lie inconsolable. Jim short his
tory, with the wipkedness left out, re
minds one forcibly of the character of
siteerforth, which Dickens presfems to us
in LJavifl Copperfield.
Monument to Leblanc.
“W hen M. Dumas visited Glasgow more
than forty years ago,” says St. Jaws'
Gazette, “he was surprised tofind in many
o( the factories monuments erected to liis
countryman, Nicolas Leblanc, while in
Ira nee his very name is almost unknown
and forgotten. Yet Leblanc’s was one of
the most useful discoveries in cbeinistrv
that was ever made. Soda, which only a
century ago was imported into Europe
with great expense, has, since Leblanc
hrst discovered how to extract it from
salt, been used in all branches of chemis
try to such an extent that a recent french
writer says the influence of this discovery
has had *jn effect on civilisation which
c.ao oply he compared with that which
followed the invention of the steam en
gine. ‘Anyone,’ says Dr. Decaisne, ‘who
would study the services rendered by
Nieolas Leblanc, trom the year of his dis
covery, 1790, to the present day, would he
able to write a most interesting history
concerning the progress of the human
mind. leblaue'.s birthplace, IssOundun.
ia about to erect a monument to hie
memory. Considering that from '7.000 -
(Kioto 8,000,000 of carbonate of 1 soda
are used aurally in commerce, this reso
lUfion husheeu taken none pi sonn,”
family Reunion,. "
If there is one American institution
w-hich is making a more rapid conquest of
the country than any other it is the family
reunion, and this is the height of the •W
son. The descendants of Vaa„
will reunite for the third tiddi September
Fountain county, Ind.
isaao Tappen, from whom the family be
gins its genealogical record, migrated in
the summer of 1665 from jjiuw *
to Woodbridge,Midd'e-e* cuuiui',N. .L, un
der the auspiopi’df hIS liiinister, the Rev.
iiohu : W oottbrldge, after whom the town
was natned. .tallies Tappen of ‘he tturef
generation, bad ten children,'of whom all
but two ‘yho remained in New Jersey, re
moved fb uftfo' itbU Indiana between 17*y>
arfi<T 1814. 'Uis grandson, dpuge Tpeter TANARUS
Good, of the t’iLr fcurj O.f PJaiuffeld, N.
X , Mas prepaid a taburated statement a>
W the efglif generations, spnop from
which it appears that dunng tiuu-- r i“
ihwp have been mi ton*-
Bra da lighter* • ’" sons and
h- ' ~.*o sons and 126 daughters
-->e died: 138 sons and 122 daughters
have married.
RtfcK’s TdOtrptcjpr Drops cure In one
ON A SARATOGA PIAZZA.
Devices of Ladies to Attract Pergonal
Attention—Enchanting Stockings and
Dainty Slippers.
Saratoga Letter.
The summqr loiterer at Saratoga who
has been here for a week and has saun
tered along its beautifully shaded streets
on a series of lazy local excursions will
probably find himself at the end of that
time strangely intimate with the fashions
in ladies’ shoes and slippers. He will
know the various shapes, designs and
colors, though not by their appropriate
names perhaps. Indeed, the visitor is
not infrequently haunted with the suspic
ion that he is called to the shoemaker’s
trade.
Every house in .Saratoga has a piazza.
It is usually out of all proportion to the
size of the house, suggesting that the
house belongs to the niazza rather than
the piazza belongs to the house. These
piazzas are built lor the most part so that
their floors are on a level with the eves of
the passing pedestrian, and on their broad
expanse the entire boarding house or small
hotel, as the case may be, sits at large dur
ing the daylight hours. This open-air ses
sion is interrupted by occasional trips to
the dining-room of the establishment, to
Saratoga Battle-Ground, to Mount Mc-
Gregor. and other near-by points on the
part of individual members, but a ma
jority are always present. The new ar
rival who strolls through the town finds
hundreds of tiny boots poked at him.
Naturally? lie sees larger boots, too, but
having seen them all his life he takes no
notice of them. The new arrival takes
further strolls, and in a short time dis
covers, if he ponders over the subject, that
he has made a distinct advance in knowl
edge on the subject of feminine foot-wear.
"I can draw all the fashionable shapes
in shoes,” said a voung man to-day.
“These tiglitly-laeed boots with red seal-
skin in the uppers on either side of the
lacing are very much worn. Button
boots are common. The school teachers
here go around in them. Oxford ties are
favorites, but there a wonderful and gor
geous variety of slippers. There are
daintly dressed alligator slippers and
French kid ones, heavily beaded in all
manners of color and design; there are
cloth ones, magnificently embroid
ered, and sealskin of all colors; there are
Louis (juinze heels and flat heels, pointed
toes and broad toes. The Cuban
ladies, and there are hun
dreds of them, wear the most splen
did specimens of slippers I ever saw.
They are of French kid and the bead-work
on them is intricate and marvelouslv
lovely. And what pretty feet they put
into them! Sensible young American girls
wear the shoes with broadest soles and
flattest heels. The last generation of
girls, who are now passe and threatened
with single blessedness, indulge in Louis
(Juinze heels and toes pointed almost
suarply enough to write with. It is a
study to see them walk. Ido not wonder
that there are three chiropodists in town
and that they are all doing a big busi
ness.”
This young man had an eye for the
beautiful. The ordinary traveler who
goes over the ground will see a mass
meeting of the products of the Crispin art
which for mingled splendor and ugliness
will dwarf a fair at a negro church into
insignificance.
There is a freedom of movement about
the American girl which has been re
marked upon repeatedly. Notwithstand
ing these piazzas are built so peculiarly,
and ttiat the dwellers on them are conse
quently brought into public notice, the
American maiden swings about her feet
with spirit, independence, and what Oscar
AV ilde would describe as perfect joyous
ness. The Saratoga maiden, or rather
the maiden from Oshkosh, temporarily
resident at Saratoga, has, moreover, a
most reprehensible fondness for the large
cane rocking-chairs which a manufactory
in Massachusetts sells here by the thou
sand. She sits in it for hours at a time;
she rocks backwards and forwards with
force and energy.
Tiie fashionable stockings here are
black slk. Some girls wear brown and
dark blue, but the really stylish damsels
wear them as black as night. And it can
not but be admitted that a prettily-turned
ankle seems to win a dainty gracefulness
of moulding from this dark yet delicate
covering. In the matter of stockings it is
to be remarked that it is the very youth
ful and most blooming ol the gentle sex
who wear the sombre tints, and
it is the older specimens—the same
who wear Louis (juinze heels—who
encase their more ancient limbs
in gaudy tints and still toler
ate the elaborate clocking that was so
generally favored several years ago. For
tunately for human happiness, however.
the numbers of passe young ladies and
incipient old maids are small, and there
fore the display of stockings is not a daz
zling one. In fact, a stranger would
probably declare after a mile’s walkalon<?
the piazzas that the whole town was in
mourning. And it would take another
mile’s walk among the shops to rid him of
the idea.
Long Branch, As'bury Park, Cape Mav,
and other favorite resorts along the New
Jersey coast, are faithfully putting forth
the entire programme of their attractions
to lure summer wanderers to their sands,
and in doing so particular emphasis is
laid on the elegance, the varied color, and
the abbreviated nature of the liathiru?-
dresses to be viewed at leisure on the
beach. I have read some few hundred
descriptions of these interesting gar
ments . and have enjoyed some
fascinating details touching the
lithe and graceful figures thus
becomingly attired—how they stretch
themselves on the sands and roll about in
playful curves; how they suddenly dis
appear beneath the neighboring waves
when wondrous!y lovely outlines are lost
and then revealed and lost again, or ten
derly veiled beneath the shimmering and
sunlit waters. 1 have never met with
one who has beheld these visions of female
beauty, and it is believed that the most
substantial originals to lie found for the
descriptions so frequently printed are the
colored trench pictures on bathing sub
jects which are displayed on the walls of
some updQwn “sample rooms,”
A Colonel’s Novel Way of Curing
Drunken Soldiers.
The Contort/.
lii different sections ot the army various
expedients were resorted to for the purpose
ot correcting minor offenses. AV r hat par
ticular shape the punishment should as
sume depended very much upon the inven
-7!'/‘ faculty of the field and staff or of such
officers of the line as might have charge
oi the case.
Before taking the field a few citizen
sneak thieves were discovered prowliiu'-
nbout among the tents. These were
promptly drummed out of camp to the
tune of “The Rogues’ March,” the whole
iegiment shouting in derision as the mis
erable iellows took to their heels when the
procession reached the limits of the camp,
where they were told to be&one and never
sho w their faces in camp again on pain of
a more severe haudling.
If, while we were lying in a man
refused to do his duty, ho was at once
taken to the guard-house, which is the
military naiie tor ‘‘lock-up.Once there,
a* tUe discretion of the he was
either simply confined and put on bread
and water, or else ordered to carry u log
of woou, or a knapsack filled with stones,
v two pours on and two oft/* day and night
.until such time as he was deemed to have
uone sufficient penance. In more extreme
oases a court-martial was held, and the
penalty of al! pay due. with hard labor
lor thirty days, or the like, vyaq inflicted.
One day down in front of Petersburg,
a number of ns had been making a friend
uU • some acquaintances over in
another regiment. As wo were returning
home we came what we took to be
wishing a drink, wo all
stopped. Fhe well in question, as was
usual there, was nothing but a barrel
sunk pi the ground, lor at some places
the ground was so full of springs that, In
order to get water all you had to do was
to sink a box or barrel and the water
would soon collect of its own accord
Stooping down and looking utO tne bari
rel in question, Andy a man
standing in ti,e well, engaged in bailm
ent Up water,
'•‘'What’s he doing down there in that
hole?” asked some of our com
“AA by, said the guard, wno was stand
ing near by, and wuoiu he had taken for
the guard qf the spring, “you
comrades, our Colonel has bis own
wwmE U , nish J ng the toW*-. < toe thing he
v\°n t let em & won’t let ’em get in.
if they do, they go into the
sup tier hole. Jim, there, is iu the gopher
hole now. That hqla tots a spring at the
bottom, apd the water comes in prettv
vASt, ud if Jim wants to keep drv he’s
got, to keep dippiu’ all the time, or else
stapd ip the water up to his waist, and
dm isn’t so mighty tond o’ water, neither ”
A New ton* tit li* ‘on for
Sophia, Sept. s.— Prince Alexander has
issued a manifesto in wych.he anuounoos
that he hag ttecWcff tC appoint a eoinmis
v° drfi.lt anew constitution for Bul
garia,
Hill’s Haik Dyk, black or bro,y?ttotl
t PRICE #lO A TEAR. 1
I 5 CENTS A COPT. J
CHINA’S RUSH TO ARMS.
ALL THE TONQUIN FRONTIER
ALIVE WITH TROOPS.
France Calmly Preparing for the Al
most Inevitable Death Struggle—A
Report that the Oriental Emperor
Would Accept England as an Arbi
trator.
Paris, Sept. s.—The Chinese legation
here is still without any official informa
tion in regard to the reported massing of
C lnnese troops on the Tonquin frontier.
It is admitted, however, by the members
of the embassy that if the French Asiatic
squadron had been charged with the duty
ol notifying China of the signing of the
Hue treaty, the situation might be greatly
complicated thereby.
The Liberte states that besides the two
transports which will sail with 1,000 men
for Tonquin between the 10th and 20th
instants, another transport will take a
battery of mountain guns and material
for 40,000 men, who will shortly be sent
from the African army.
The Nationale says that there is reason
to believe that there will be a French
naval demonstration on the Chinese coast
in the direction of Canton. Admiral Pey
ron, the Minister of Marine and Colonies,
has received a telegram t*>m Sargon.
saying that according to Mandarin ac
counts, 1,200 Annamites were killed and
1,500 wounded during the recent bom
bardment of forts on the Hue river.
London, Sept 5. —A dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company from Paris
says that the French Cabinet has decided
that upon his arrivalinParis the Marquis
Tseng, the Chinese Ambassador, will he
asked to explain the reasons for the move
ment of the Chinese troops to the Tonquin
frontier.
The Ministry is seriously weighing the
prospect of war with China, which event
is now considered hv no means impossible.
Admiral Pierrepont, the Minister ot
Marine, will remain in Paris to superin
tend the dispatch of reinforcements to the
French contingent in Tonquin.
Marquis Tseng left this city last night
for Paris.
A correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph Company at Paris says that if the
negotiations between the Marquis Tseng
and M. Challomel Lacour fail China will
be willing'to accept the good offices of
England with a view to a peaceful solu
tion of the question at issue between the
French and Chinese Governments.
A dispatch from Paris to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says tiiat the news
papers of that city demand of the govern
ment that it shall explain the real situa
tion of affairs connected with the Tonquin
difficulty. It is stated also that the Cham
ber of Deputies will probably he convoked
to consider the relations between china
and France. The general impression is
that France has now gone too far to re
treat.
A dispatch to the Standard from Hong
Kong states that the reported crossing of
the frontier of Tonquin by the Chinese is
as yet unconfirmed. War, however, is
considered at Hong Kong as certain to
ensue unless the French Government
fully recognizes the suzerainty of China
in Annam.
lhree large steamers have disembarked
Chinese troops at Canton for the Tonquin
frontier.
Berlin, Sept. 5.—A note published,
evidently from the Chinese Embassy,
stating that nobody acquainted with the
intentions of China considers that she
will ever give her consent to the treaty
between France and Annam. The latest
advices lrom Pekin show that the authori
ties favor war.
A Prominent Electrician Dcatl.
London, Sept, s.—Prof. Yarley, who
was electrician to the Electric interna
tional Telegraph Qompany, which laid
the hrst cable across the Atlantic Ocean
is dead. ’
Cadet Wlnram Acquitted.
Annapolis, aid., Sept. s.— The court
martial has acquitted Naval Cadet B.
\\ inram, charged with baaing. The trial
ot Cadet A. Campbell began this after
noon.
A Charlestonian Drops Dead.
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. s.—Edward
Labatieu, aged 42 years, a tailor of Charles
ton, S. C., dropped dead here to-night.
I’ere Hyacintlie Coming.
London, Sept. s.— Pere Hyacinthe will
go to America shortly on a lecturing tour
The Boss Liar.
Bismarck Tribune
“Talkin’ about high winds,’* said a
seed} to u crowd who were dis
cussing the Rochester disaster. “Talkin’
about high winds, that wasn’t nuthin’.
” out >’ :lr on the Tongue river in ’99 i
seed it blow so hard that it peeled the
bark off’u every bush an’ tree in the val
lev. It actually blew every drop o* water
outen the river, and fur three davs the
cattish laid around under the stones with
their tongues lollin’ out a pantin’ an’
prayin’ fur rain S’*
W hen he had ceased a small man ad
vanced toward him and said:
“I’ll bet that 1 can prove vou to be the
biggest liar in America!”
The stranger drew him aside and asked:
Are you from Clay county, Missouri’?”
“1 am not.” 3
“Ever live in Coffee county, Kansas?”
“Never did.”
“Theuyer assertion that I am a liar Is
entirely based on recent observation and
not on previous knowledge o’ my acquire
ments.” 1
“Entirely so.”
“Then, pardner, I’m disappointed. You
spoke so confident like that I thought you
might’a knowed me down below and that
I might get some late home news from
you. Come up an’ drink with the damd
est liar that ever helped to swell the tide
o Dakota immigration.”
An Electric Gun.
Electrical ,/aurruil.
Colonel Fosbery created a sensation at
recently nave to an assembly
■of officers, small-arm inventors and other
experts at the Royal United Service In
stitution, by suddenly withdrawing from
its place of hiding, under the table, a
wonderful new gun, which he had just
brought from Liege. He called it a “baby
electric gun." It looked like a pretty
carbine, but it had no mechanism anil
could not possibly go off until connected
op. to the source of electric force.
I’his done, U could be fired with
amazing rapidity, 104 rounds having
a few days before been fired from it by its
inventor, M. Pieper, of Liege, in two
minutes. Col. Fosbery fired two rounds
with infinitessimal powder charges. Ho
had prepared himself hy secreting under
his vest a small oirouii of wire and put
ting on a banderole, supporting what
looked like a two-dunce vial, but was in
fatu an electric accumulator, with suffi
cient stored-up energy to discharge 2,000
pounds. The cartridges were innocent
looking mites, and containing no detona
tiug substances, nothing in fact but
simple ponder and a wad. The opinion
was expressed by various speakers that
Uto electric gun must once more revolu
tionize the manufacture of small arms
within a brief period.
Bulling poaiOfr.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never variw, A marvel of
purity, strength and v,poleaoiaeuesH. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, cannot
be sold in c<>mr*piio with the multitude of
low test, weight, aliun or i>liosphatv>
potyd\o.' -Sold oply in t ana by ail grocers.
At wholesale in Savannah by
HENRY SOLOMON A SON.
8. GUCKENUEIMKR&SON.