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ESTABLISHED 1860. I
J. H. ESTILL, Kdltar and Proprietor, j
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAHOLINA PUT IN TYPE.
Crop Prospect. in the Counties—Cold-
Bloixled Murder Near Levyvllle, Fla-
A t harleston Child Narrowly Escapes
Heins Burled Alive While in a Trance
\ llorse Believes a Cow of Her
ToD|U€.
GEORGIA.
\b arte?.an well it. to be sunk at Union
1 si ana, near Darien.
1 *e * • ; rof the Madison Madisonian car
,-a }S ketknife which is 9* years old.
I 'dkir s residence at Carnesville, one
■ > . ie-t in the place, has been burned.
Brvo.ks county cucumbers are not bringing
- i ,r "“' to their raisers, prices being now
very low.
farmer? around Milledgeville are appre
ncti-ire ui;it the dry weather will be injurious
to the wheat and oat crops.
e Ham? ha? apiioinled Peter VV. Martin
1 . inni;s?iocer of New Orleans industrial ei
po-olioo for Coweta county.
WW I?>at which is 's-ing built at JefTer
s-mville for the Merchants' and Planters'
line will be laum lied Monday.
Major t . It. Wilkinson, of Newnan. de
clines to allow tin. use of his name in connec
tion with the state Treasurership.
There ha? been e-tablished in Madison a
pr ■ .md • .did', exchange, under the man
agement of -I. W. Bearden and .1. S. Hogue.
John Williams, charged with the murder of
Policeman Alien at Valdosta, will probably be
tried at an adjourned term of the court now
in scfsuon.
K, D. Walker, of Berrien county, after hav
? . it off the nos,-- of hi? hogs for three or
f .r generation-? i? -aul to have succeeded m
securing a breed of noseless hogs.
A better pro-pect for a good peach crop lias
never been known around Wrightsville. The
tree? an- loaded to their utmost rapacity. The
apple crop is a complete failure.
Uaod ltandj of cotton are generally report-
Sl throughout MSrlWcther county. Chop
ping out i? al>ut over, and the choppers have
Hot t>een in such demand a? formerly.
The sentiment in Franklin county in favor
of the stock law i? growing stronger, and. no
• e.uUt, ?.s>d a petition will is* brought before
tie < r>i.nar> asking f .rtlie ordering of am
election.
Th<“ prosjicct indicates a large peach crop
in Meriwether county this year. The fruit
healthy and |<erfect.so tliat the qual
• a well as the quantity will be all that can
tie desired.
\t ?* 1' gni:* Vt illougidiy 1 loud, chargeii
Wl,l ‘ s . . plead guilty to involun
: r ’.nan- aughter in th commission of an
'■'■fid act, and wa? sentenced loonc year's
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Mr?. M. House, living near Whitesliurg,
hi- ? .nio c ounterpane.? that are between 60
an.’ years of age, ami are as white and neat
- king as if they were recently made. They
an band-made and were made by her mother.
sir. it-- t ix-sigiicl his jiositiou as pas*or of
u. Bap; st i hurehat Milledgeville a week or
two ago. The c hurch refused to accept Ins
resignation, ancl askc-cl him to reeousi'ier hi?
■ic-i. rmination. lie has not vet decided
whether be will go or not.
It i? now proposed .n Wilkes county not to
pn: in the new county building, but instead
to away wdh the court house, which is
Ii ill a very much cramped square and
a i ! anew • curt house on the corner where
it w is intended to erect the new county huild-
IBg.
dan,. ? smith, ccne of the most popular col
ored citiieus of oweta county, has become
insane, lie was accustomed to work very
hard during the day and then sitting up till 2
or s o'clock in the morning reading andstudy
if ?' The strain proved 100 much for him. lie
owned one farm and rented another.
T . •; re Myler. who was assistant io*t
tna-tcr of Vilanta ciiiring Mr.Camp's term of
- . stmaater, and who waa corn
mis.?.. nod ~n inspector after Mr. Wilson was
" s appointed inspector in
■ f i- division, consisting ofjAlabama,
in *. to rgia. .south Carolina and Ten-
Ant gro named Henry Collins, who waa on
the road to his home, in the neighlcorhood of
B. >. Barks', near Katouton. was knocked
• iown anti robbed alscul two weeks ago. l>r.
t; B. Ni'ls t wa? called in to sec him, and re
l-cri? a very ?cnou? blow on the head, with
w ha; he stipjKve* - to lie an a\. The negro savs
heel f. not know who struck the blow. He
ow.a his life to a thick skull.
1: rc|v>rtcd a: Blackshear that Thomas J.
Bird, a young white man. living near Kate.
t.">k Ins wife ancl a negro woman to the house
. f Mr>. Mary Leggett, a widowed white lady,
ar.rtnc'ded his wife and the negro to an at
t . (in Mr-. Leggett, whiah resulted in
Mr* I eggett bring pretty badly used up
U .. r-.i* wife and the negro were placed un
ier arrest. Bird denies his implication in the
: * ci’dy and says he put a stop to it.
1 - hiey county some corn has received its
,* pow ng. though rather small. The ap
• w bear qui tea abort crop thia year,
r ariiic r? arc working out their crops rapidlv,
if and remain? clry they will soon lie up with
i heir n.'ik, !\?>r stands c>f cotton is a general
c “-it-la.i t. caused from plauting immature
sc-ed and the irregularity of the season?. The
on! crop has been materially damaged by the
last two weeks drought—probably 25 percent.
< arroll Fr., A little girl of .1. T.
It . . • k. living four miles north of Carroll
i n. while playing on the hanks of a ditch
x*' . her father was covering, had the stub
and a siuai! cane to -tick through her foot.going
■ ..j; the underside of the instep. The piece
and ane wc? altogether nearly two inches
. . ar.-t went clean through "the foot and
he taken out from Ether was
administered and the operation performed
? —fully, and the child is now doing well.
" .'hirgt.cn tlasetts: \V. A. Burdett brought
a line load of about fourteen hundred
... i..is of rod clover hay and soldi! at 80cents
,? r hundred. It heats Western hay by all
. . i- mot ? pure clover. But the finest feature
and all. -.1 ? home raised. Mr. Burdett has
I‘cie. acr.s in this clover and has already cut
:u--ill i'.Ad pounds. He ?ars he can cut it
aga.n in a month or two and get about a*
i*>. i morv hay. ancl that with good rains he
will make tw o catting*. He cut- with a mow
er and rakes up the hay.
t r speakers' places at the coming com
a.'emciit at Athens, the following voung
n-a wen- chosen: Uhocies Brown. K. A..
‘ . I . t lay. s. A. K.. Savannah;
A vt . i arter. K. A., 'avannali; .T. VV. Fain.
• 1‘ . Ailanta: .1. VV*. Grant, C. P.. Atlanta:
1 li gh. A. E.. Madison: .1. S. Ml-,
ihraurry. S. A. K... kTMSboro: S. McDaniel,
P.. Atlanta; V.. < . Seluian. Monroe: .1. M.
-x: -i. C. P.. Atlanta; M. Purse. K. 8.,
nab; E. T.Whatley, I>. TANARUS.; I*. J. A.
Vi kr.e t. K A.. Katoniccn; VV. K. Wooten,
? E.. Albany; G. N. Wilson, K. A.,
Athena.
1 > ar> r ,r: Mr. J. 11. 'inqueticltl, of
!■•? r • cunty. Bailiff for the Seventh Dis
tr t. while trying to effect the arrest of a
w man cn th. plantation of I*. W. Jones, in
; ?; unty, last week was prevented from
? g- i y the interference of the hanclson
;Be j in a very threatening manner. In
the melee which occurred Mr. Sinqneffeld
was force 1 to defend himself, ana knocked
one or two of them down while advancing
him with uplifted weapons of every de
wrtpjnon. They set the law at defiance', and
Mr. Sißctucfield'only escaped with his life bv
the closest •■shave.'
Elbert,cn -v>srl: A rather novel case was
?. the County Uourt on Saturday last. A
young man by the name of Wansler was
charge.’, with -eduction, under promise of
marriage, which contract he had refused to
eon > with until he found that he had got
nto a tight place. In the court room. after a
full investigation of the charge, and it ap
pearing to he his only chance of escape from
the i nalty of the law. he concluded there
ami then to execute theTontraot, and having
the Ordinary with his license, and a minister
of the t.o-ja-1 present to perform the cere
mony, he told hia victim that he wa? rcadv to
rnarf; her right then and there, but she 'de
clined, and said she would let the law take its
course? believing that if he intended to niarry
icr n good faith, that he would have done so
t- fore that time. The voung man was placed
under a bond of SSOO for his appearance at the
>i,r>erior t ourt to answer the charge above
mentioned.
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist'.
Yesterday the c.‘Ulity police made a neat cap
tar. fa cuiprit who is believed to have hu
man blood upon hia hands, and who twelve
years ago killed Daniel Walker, colored, in
To rk- ■ ,:ily. The name of the fugitive is
Marcus Ellis alias Joe Mitchell, colored, and
the d* . and was done in !?72. when he is said to
have killed his man w ith a shotgun after quar
reling about the possession of a basket. The
?... : was tired through a crack in the cabin in
w .-.,. h Walker lived upon the premises of Dr.
Kh u-s. Walker was instantly killed. A re
war*! of SIOO was offered for the apprehension
.and Fo.-. itc seems to have made his escape,
however, int.. South Carolina, and has been
w -rking at KUeuton. on the Port Koval and
Augusta Railroad. A day or two 6inee Ellis
returned lo .Augusta? and the county police,
like the giant of old, smelt blood with the
keenne-s 0 f true officers of the law. He was
accordingly arrested and lodged incur count/
a: . whence he will lie turned over to the
iiurke county officers to answer to the charge.
FLOKIPA.
12.:*yt crates of vegetables have been shipped
from Pensacola in five days.
Ihi Democratic primaries in Jefferson
county will he held on Saturday, June 7.
Judge T. T. Long, well known all over the.
-Ute. died at hisresidence in Starke recently.
Femandina's contribution to the Confed
erate Home Fund aggregates f3t>o 30. Jack
sonville'? is creeping up toward $2,000.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Kaiinrav u soog to lie enclosed its entire
length with a harhed-w ire fence for the pur
pose of keeping out stock. The wire has al
ready been ordered and the work of putting it
up will soon lie com am need. This will lie the
first railroad in the state enclosed with a fence.
t t-dar Kev Journal'. We learn that a mur
der was commuted on Thursday of last w eek
near Levyville, Ela. Crieghton Herring and
Bob Fisher, both colored, quarreled, and Her
ring went awav. -After he had gone. Boh
ma le some remarks of Herring to some of the
neighboring white people, and these people
started in pursuit of Herring, but before they
e.; i.gßt him he heard of this pursuit, and the
cauce of it, and he then took, his gun. and set
out to And Fisher. He came upon Fisher on
Thuroday *t work in the field of Mr. Perry
i’hiltips. three miles from Levy ville, and at
once opened lire upon him. After shooting
turn once Herring took a handspike and beat
him. then shot him twice more. Some men
working m the field came to the rescue and
Herring fled, and has not yet been recap
tured. Herring is a very large ginger-cake
colored negro, and is said to have gone into
the Levyvule neighborhood with a drove of
Mexican mules, aud is thought to be a Mexi
can.
Savannah looming Hum
SOUTH CAROLINA.
John H. Lopez, of Charleston, died Friday
rac?Fndav eV0 ‘ r W °“ lhe Charleston yacht
On Alonday night a lire occurred at Black
ville. Logs 17,500.
< T. Fuller, pastor of the Baptist
Church at Aiken, has resigned.
, Presbyterian Church called Beulah has
countv rganiZe<l *“ the Waxhaws ’ Lancaster
W . H. Burditt. the oldest citizen of Oconee
county, died on the 20th inst., in the 108th vear
of his age.
The Key. W. T. Hundley has been elected
pastor of the Baptist Church at Johnston,
Edgefield county.
Dr* Bruce, of Greenville county, who is
more than eighty years of age, joined the
church last week.
M.S. Toomer, of Sheldon, shot a burglar
who was trting to enter his store, and it is
feared that the wounds will prove fatal.
J W Brewer, who shot and killed James
E. Hughes in Oconee county recently, has
been hade 1 by Judge Cothran in the sum of
f 1,500.
Mro. Martha Wright, the widow of a soldier
the war of 1812, and a pensioner of the
L mted States Government, died last week in
the 95tli year of her age.
There is some talk that a cotton mill com
pany will lie formed for the purpose of start
ing a factory in the town of Spartanburg or
just outside of the corporation. Of course
steam would be the motive power.
J. .8. Allen, of Marlboro county, has brought
suit against the County Commissioners for the
purpose of testing the validitv of the new
county bonds issued for building the new
.county court house. The case w ill be heard
shortly before the Supreme Court.
The town of Chappels, in Newlierrv countv,
which was destroyed liK the recent cyclone,
is to lie rebuilt again. Win Thursday'of last
week a large number of lot* were sold there
and many of them were bought hv Edgefield
men. The sale of lots amounted lo about
ss.i;oo. the price of a single lot ranging from
*65 to *4OO. •
lii Kershaw county last year there were 61
schools in operation, having an enrollment or
591 white males and 572 white females; total
whites 1,168. Colored fciales 753, colored fe
males 711; total l,4rd. Excess of colored over
white pupils, 298. Total males 1.347; total fe
males 1.28.1; grand total 2,630. Total amount
paid to teachers during the year *7,533 92.
On Saturday. May 17, a white man named
William Anderson and three negroes had a
difficulty on the railroad track between la-es
ville and Batesburg. The negroes attacked
.Mr. Anderson with knives aud pushed him off
the track, when Anderson drew a pistol and
killed one of the negroes and shot at the oth
ers. It is said the parties had been drinking,
and it is likely that whisky was the cause of
the trouble. The name of the negro killed
was George Owens.
At Cheraw Saturday, Ball & Pope,
counsel for E. B. C. Cash and
Samuel I.cc, applied to Trial Justice
Mi-yueen for fortr-seven witness war
rants for parties whom they claimed were
material witnesses for the defense of E. B.
C. Cash, also for ten witness warrants for
parties whom they * 1 aimed were material
witnesses for the defense of Samuel Lee.
Court convenes at Chesterfield court house
oil Monday, with Judge Wallace on the
bench.
A singular accident happened to a cow be
longing to Mr. K. >. Wright, of Johnston.
Edgefield county, one day last week. She
••poked" her tongue through a crack in lhe
stable door in search of food, when a horse
seized it with his teeth and bit off a goodly
portion, which lie carefully deposited in the
trough, fn his contact with the tongue it was
drawn up.where the aperture in the door was
smaller, and became fastened. Then the cow
pulled hack and the tongue parted at the
point where it joins to the jaw.
Policeman John T. Hayden, of Charleston,
had his infant child, aged about a week, pre
pared for burial, the family having decided
that it was dead. The child was clothed in its
shroud aud prepared for the coffin. In the
evening a number of Mr. Hayden's friends
came to offer their condolence and to sit up
with the corpse. About Bp. m. the company
who had assembled in tlie room were con
siderably astonished and somewhat fright
ened by the child moving its arm and grunt
ing. When the doctor arrived in the evening
the baby was alive and able to take its food'.
The doctor, of course, had not seen it in its
comatose state andyould not venture a posi
tive opinion, liut saitHlUiLat-rwas probably a
case of trance.
HOME TO FORTUNE AND SWEET
HEART.
The Widow Henzel Finds a Tall, Sun
burnt Alan Sitting in her Parlor.
Tne Widow Ilenzel, says the New York
Sun of the 24th inst., lives in a cottage
Aset amid fruit trees and flowering shrubs
on the Bull’s Ferry road in North Bergen,
N. J. She is well advanced in years, and
is reputed to be well to do. Since her
husband's death last year she has led a
very secluded life. She is a regular at
tendant at church, however, and her slen
der. stooping figure, her pleasant face and
long white hair are familiar to every per
son in the village. Her neighbors sav she
lias spent her time in charitable work aud
in praying for her son, who went away
from home four years ago because hi's
father would not let him marry Miss
Annie Koch. Farmer Henzel thought she
was not rich enough to be his son’s wife.
The widow startled her neighbors yes
terday by announcing that her son had
returned, aud that she was to give a partv
in honor of the event.
‘•There is John,” she said, pointing to a
stalwart young man who sat in the neat
parlor of the cottage, blushing at his
mother's unconcealed admiration. “There
he sits. In 1880 he wanted to marry Annie
Koch, the prettiest girl in this town, but
my poor dear husband objected, and so
John ran away. Then my husband died
a year ago. I prayed for John to come
back. While I was busy about the house
on Wednesday my hired girl came and
said there was a man in tlje parlor who
wanted to see me. I went down and
found a tall man with a sunburned skin
sitting there.
“ *Well ?' I said.
‘“Don’t you know me?’ said he, and
then I gave a glance at him and saw it
was John.”
Young Mr. Henzel, who had been out
West, made a little fortune, but lost it,
and was for a time a stage driver on the
plains. He now inherits his father’s pro
perty, and he has discovered that his for
mer sweetheart is still alive aud unmar
ried and living in Brooklyn.
CASSIUS M. CRAY.
Hia ((uarrel with Toin Marshall.
At his farm a few days ago Cassius M.
Clay, in conversation with a Courier-
Journal reporter, related many interest
ing reminiscences. -Among other things
he said;
“1 don't think I'm of a vindictive dis
position. 1 rather concentrated my dis
likes on two men—Seward and Tom Mar
shall; but they both treated me very
meanly. Tom Marshall was a renegade,
lie started out with me in opposition to
slavery, but his courage failed him when
he saw what a devil we were raising. In
184. j 1 was mobbed in Lexington. Tom
Marshall led that mob. 1 made up my
mied that if ever an opportunity arose I
would pay off the score. Marshall and 1
went to the Mexican war. 1 always kept
myself ready for him, for I knew he was
liable to break out any moment. The
time came one evening. My troops had
just camped. Marshall came blustering
along and said I had trespassed on his
camping ground. Now was my oppor
tunity, and I took up the quarrel.
'Marshall,’ I said, ‘one time’s as good
as another with gentlemen who carry
swords. Dismount and let’s have our old
tight out here!’ We both had cavalry
swords, but I was then on foot. Marshall
said it would not do to fight before our
men; that our two commands would get
involved. ‘Do you recollect, Marshall,’ I
said, ‘when you headed that mob against
ine at 1-ex’ington? Then women and
children as well as men were involved;
but that did not stop you.’ Marshall rode
away. Shortly afterward I saw him re
turning with’his holsters on. Stepping
into my tent I got a pair of dueling pis
tols. With one in each hand 1 saluted
Marshall and told him I was prepared for
him. He rode away and jumped into the
river and tried to drown himself, so great
was his mortification. He was fished out
With his grim humor, that even then I
could appreciate, he said, ‘At any rate I
didn’t say, ‘Save me, Cassius, or I sink?”
In my memoirs I immortalize the infamy
of Seward and Tom Marshall, and I just
skin some two or three other men?”
CORNER LOT O’CONNOR.
How a Penniless Printer Amassed a
Fortune of 83.000,000.
About fifty years ago a penniless Irish
printer, Owen O’Connor, came to this
city, says the New York Times, of the
24th inst. He saved a few thousand dol
lars and began speculating in damaged
imported hardware, which he bought at
underwriters’ sales. He soon had a re
tail hardware store, in Catherine street,
which he subsequently turned into an ad
junct of a wholesale Store in Liberty street.
His next ventures were In real estate.
All his purchases were advantageous to
him. and he devoloped a peculiarity which
soon caused him to be dubbed in the real
estate market “Corner Lot O’Connor.”
Twenty years ago he was estimated to be
worth over *1,000,00<). About-five years
bacs he was robbed of $50,000 ip Hannibal
and St. Joseph bonds while,he was carry
ing tbem to his home, having been unable
to stuff them into his safe in a safe deposit
company’s vault because there were so
many other bonds in it.
CONGRESS’ WEEK’S WORK.
A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE
WALL AC E-M’KIXLE Y" C?ASE.
Mr. Willis to Try and Get the River and
Harbor Bill Up Next—Other Appro
priation Bills Also to be Pushed to the
Front.
Washington, May 25. —To-morrow's
session of the House of Representatives
will probably be devoted to consideration
of the Wallace-McKinly contested election
case. A final vote is not expected before
Tuesday. As soon as this shall have been
disposed of there will be another struggle
for precedence in behalf of sundry mea
sures standing in the category of “unfin
ished business” and various long deferred
special orders which were enumerated in
last week’s forecast. Representative Wil
lis intends, however, to call up the
river and harbor appropriation
bill whenever tLe election contest
is out of the way, and Mr. Randall says
that he will ask the House to enter upon
consideration of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriations bill as soon as
the river and harbor bill is disposed of. It
is estimated that the latter will consume
about three days. Some members favor
limiting the general debate upon it to six
hours. It is possible that during the lat
ter part of the week the sundry civil and
fortification appropriation bills will be re
ported to the House. There will then be
only one appropriation bill named in the
general deficiency bill to be prepared by
the committee. The remainder of the
thirteen annual appropriation bills, the
pension,- Indian, naval and post office
have been passed by both House and Sen
ate, but the House having refused to con
cur in numerous amendments made by
the Senate they wefe all referred to con
ference committees and still await the
adjustment of the points in controversy.
More than one hundred amendments were
added by the Senate to the Indian appro
priation bill. Brotnineut members of the
House are of the opinion that the confer
ence committees will fail to agree on the
Indian, naval and post office bills, that
they will therefore be reporled back to the
House and the Senate without conciliatory
reeommendation, and that a long discus
sion of each bill will follow. The army,
District of Columbia aud consular aid
diplomatic appropriation bills are yet to
be considered by the Senate Committee on
Appropriations. Only two appropriation
bills, viz: the military academy and ag
ricultural, have been finally passed by
both Houses and become laws. Saturday
next, by special order of the House, has
been set apart for consideration of bills
and resolutions reported from the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs. The Senate is
likely to consume a week in the discus
sion of the Utah bill, with a possibility
that it may lay that measure temporarily
asidg if the Appropriation Committee re
port! back one of three appropriation
bills now under consideration by its sub
committee.
WHITE HOUSE PARK CONCERTS.
President Arthur Notifies Objectiona
ble Characters that They are Not
Wanted.
Washington, May 25.—The President
has done a very good thing in causing all
iVnproper characters to be carefully ex
cluded from the AVhite House grounds
during the musical performances on Sat
urday evenings. Lieut, Arnold last week
received instructions to that effect. Such
of tbe demi-monde as were known were
notified to absent themselves. The result
was a great improvement is the charac
ter of the assembly last evening. It seems
to be the determination of the President to
turn these Saturday afternoon concerts
into fashionable gatherings. Tbe mem
bers of the Cabinet are now to be seen
moving about among the audience on the
green, and many well known ladies of so
ciety grace these occasions with their
presence. President Arthur had quite a
reception on the south balcony yesterday
afternoon, and many ladies and gentle
men paid their respects to him there.
GRANT DEJECTED.
His Disaster in AVall street Ages Him
by Ten Years.
Washington, May 25.—A personal
friend of Gen. Grant, who saw him in
New York last xveek, tells me that his ex
perience in Wall street has cost him not
only his fortune but ten years of his life.
He seems broken in body "and mind. He
is not allowed to read the newspapers, so
that he probably does not know half that
the rest of the world now knows about the
firm of Grant & Ward. But he knows
enough to give him a keen sense of his
humiliating position. He thinks that he
has earned the condemnation and con
tempt of his friends, forfeited the confi
dence of the country and tarnished his
hard-won fame. He is a wretched old
man. He takes no iuterest in politics or
in anything else but his ruined fortunes.
All his thoughts are given to plans lor
their restoration in such a way that in his
later years he may have peace with honor.
Revenue Reformers.
Washington, May 25.—The Post to
morrow will publish interviews with
more than eighty Democratic members of
the House, including Messrs. Hurd, Car
lisle, Morrison, Cox, Dorsheitner, Black
burn, Blount, Scales, Singleton, Herbert
and Buckner, favoring a clear and ex
plicit statement of the revenue reform
principles in the platform to be adopted
by the National Democratic Convention
at Chicago.
ED ITOR IA L EX CIRSIONI STS.
Missourians in Atlanta—Txvo Recep
tions Contrasted.
Atlanta, May 25. —A special train
with 100 Missouri editors, some of whom
were accompanied by their wives and
daughters, reached Atlanta this morniug
by the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad. They were on the way
to Florida, and after spending the greater
portion of the day in this city left in the
afternoon for Jacksonville. The excur
sionists are making tbe trip as the guests
of the East Tennessee, Virginia- and
Georgia Railroad. Their arrival occa
sioned no stir and they left almost unob
served. The New England editors met
with a warm reception, and
everything was done that could
be thought of ’ to entertain
them. There were no carriages, no com
mittees and no receptions for the Mis
souri editors. They had to take care of
themselves as best they could The con
trast between tbe reception of the NeW
Englanders and those who were here to
day is quite striking in view of the fact
that the latter were informed as to the
manner in which the former were treated.
LOUISIANA'S DEILGE.
Thirteen Inches of Rain Since the Ist
Instant—A Gloomy Outlook.
New Orleans, May 25.—A dispatch
from Coushatta, Louisiana, says the
heaviest rains on record have fallen dur
ing the past ten days. The total rainfall
since the Ist instant has been nearly 13
inches. The river is higher than for a
number of years. It rose 7 inches during
the past 24 hours, overflowing plantations
and sending stock to the hills. The crops
are suffering from continuous rains and
hands are unable to work. The prospects
are more gloomy than lor years. All the
creeks and bayous of any consequence
are swelling into immense proportions.
Planters and businessmen are very much
discouraged. The river at Fulton has
risen 12 feet since last Tuesday.
Death's Harvest at Port Royal.
Port Royal, S. C., May 25.—J. D. Ma
nett, a prominent and prosperous mer
chant of this town, was stricken with
apoplexy on Friday night and died this
morning at 5.30 o’clock. He did not re
cover consciousness until the moment of
his death. He was a native of New York,
but has been a resident of Port Royal for
many years. He was a partner in the
firm of Schefer & Manett. He was a
warden of the town, and has ever been
one of the most public spirited of our citi
zens.
Four Persons Killed and Seven Injured.
Savannah, N. Y., May 25.—The
West Shore Railroad train No. 54,
from the West, due here at 9:30 o’clock
last night, was to have met west-bound
extra 51 at this place. No. 54, supposing
No. 51 was on the side track, came down
at the rate of 30 miles an hour and struck
No. 51, which had not got on the siding,
completely demolishing one coach and
part of another. Four persons were killed
and seven injured.
A Baker’s Dozen Claimed by Yellow
Fever.
Havas a, May 25.—Thirteen deaths from
yellow fever occurred here during the
week ending yesterday.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1884.
WORK OF THE FLAMES. •
A Vescv Street Confectionery Estab
lishment Gutted by Fire.
New York, May 25.—a destructive
fire occurred early this morning in build
ing No. 62 Vesey street, occupied by E.
Greenfield & Son, manufacturers of con
fectionery, whose factory in Barclay street
was destroyed by fire in 1877 with the loss
of more than a dozen lives. The fire was
caused by an explosion of flour dust, and
the flames had gained great headway be
fore the tire department arrived in re
sponse to a (ftneral alarm sent out at
3 o’clock this morning. After three hours
hard work the fire was finally brought un
der control. It had extended to two ad
joining buildings, Nos. 50 and 54, causing
considerable damage. The entire loss is
probably over $60,000.
BEATEN TO DEATH BY HIS WIFE.
The Woman 65 Y ears Old and Insane—
The Husband Aired 75.
Toledo, Ohio, May 25.—A dispatch
from Bowling Green says: “George
Anderson, a farmer, aged-75 years, was
beaten to death this morning with a hick
ory cane by his wife, aged 65. His head
was beaten to a jelly. Mrs. Anderson, who
is a large and powerful woman, has been
twice confined in an insane asylum, and
xvas evidently insane when the deed was
done.”
A TON OF WEDDING CAKE.
The Marriage of the Daughter of the
Late Iron l’rince of Cornwall, Pa.
When G. Dawson Coleman was alive he
was known as the Iron Prince of Corn
wall.in this county, says a Lebanon (Pa.)
special of the 22d inst. to the New York
Sun. No wealthier iron estate is to be
found in the United States. To-day one
branch of the heirs of this colossal iron
mountain had a great celebra
tion. Miss Hattie, daughter of the
late Iron Prince, was married to
Mr. H. S. Glover, of New Y'ork. Some
390 fashionable people arrived from New
York and Philadelphia on special trains,
which were run out to the elegant Coleman
mansiou in North Lebanon on the private
railroad of the estate. There five elegant
graystone mansions occupy a splendid
park of 200 acres, with stables and other
buildings further in the rear. Caterers,
servants, refreshments, and viands filled
two cars. Brussels carpet was spread
for two squares to their own Presbyterian
church. The wedding procession marched
under a canopy of evergreen.
The church was thronged with a fash
ionable audience in full dress. A recep
tion followed at Mrs. Coleman’s residence.
Subsequently about a ton of wedding cake
was distributed to the workingmen and
their families in the service of the estate.
A general holiday followed. There was a
car load of wedding presents. The bride’s
gifts to the bridesmaids, the reception ex
penses, etc., are put down at $25,000. Af
ter a brief wedding trip the couple will
locate in New York. Everything to-day
was on a grand scale of magnificence.
CAUGHT HIM AT LAST.
A Groom AVlio Did Not Get Away.
Miss Jellis Storm, says a Luray, Va.,
special to the New York Times, a pretty
girl of 24, and Rudolph Claycey, 20 years
old, boarded the Shenandoah Valley train
Wednesday morning, at Patterson, in Au
gusta county, they were bound for this
place, to he married. Soon after the train
started the expectant groom began to
grow restless, and in a short time com
municated to a gentleman on the train
the object of the trip, and said that he
had arrived at the conclusion that he did
not want to get married just at this time.
He asked with great solicitude how he
could get out of the scrape. He was ad
vised to board the south-bound train
when the two passed each other
at Marksville, and to get out of
reach of the lady. .Ilia adviser promised
to give the girl enough money to return
to her home. Claycey decided to act
upon the suggestion) and when the train
reached Marksville, he quietly, and un
observed by the girl, boarded the other
train, and the two were soon traveling in
opposite directions. When the girl dis
covered her loss, she left the train at the
next statiou, declining the use of money.
She then started on a walk on the track
to overtake her fleeing lover. She reached
Patterson to-day, a distance of 50 miles,
having walked the distance in a day and
a half, and found Claycey at a store in
which he was a clerk. What took place
ia not known, hut the two started soon
after for Hagarstowu, where they were
married late this evening. The young
man’s parents were opposed to the match
on account of the inferior social position
of the girl, and the fact that she is older
than Claycey.
FOR BAITING THE HORSE.
A Man wlio Remembered a Bill of Forty
Cents Thirteen Years.
An occupant ot one of the offices in City
Building, says the Rutland (Mass.) Her
ald, told Friday evening a little anecdote
that we reproduce: “The first part of
the story took place just about thirteen
years before the main event that I am
going to tell you about. 1 wds a young
fellow and was taking a girl to ride. We
drove into Greene to a party in winter.
We got out at the house where the party
was to lie, played games for half an hour,
kissed the girls, perhaps, and then
wrapped up and drove home. Well, sir,
thirteen years afterwards, a number of
years ago, a man dropped into my store.
He said, ‘How d’ye do,’ and so did I. lie
said,‘Your name’s B , ain’t it?’ Said
I, ‘Yes’ ‘Let’s see,’ said he, ‘you was out
to my house to a party, warn’t you,
once!’ ‘Yes, sir; and had a good time,’
said I. Thentheold fellow drew a piece
of paper out of his pocket and passed it
to me. ‘You owe me a little bill, don’t
you? It’s all writ down on the paper.’
The paper was a bill for forty cents for
baiting the horse thirteen years belore. 1
made him sit down and reckon interest
before I paid him, and then I told him to
get right out of the store.”
A CORPSE AT THE TILLER.
Fisherman Chappell Dies of Heart Dis
ease while Sailing Down the Thames.
As the 8 o’clock train from New Lon
don was passing Thamesville this morn
ing, says a Norwich, Conn., special of
the 23d inst., the passengers noticed a
large fishing boat, with all sails set, beat
ing aimlessly about in the river. There was
no sign of life on board. The vessel con
tinued drifting hither and thither, the
sails filling and bagging, until the wind
blew her, half an hour later, against the
wharf at Thamesville. Charles Whteler,
of that place, peered into the open hold
and saw a dead man reclining on the seat
aft. His hand tightly grasped the tiller,
and as his body lurched with the motion
of the waves it steered the craft. The
body was that of Charles Chappell, a fish
erman, 70 years-old, of Mamacock, near
New London. He had been in Norwich
selling sea bass and porgies, and had set
sail down the river at 6 o’clock this morn
ing. Death was caused by heart disease.
Laying a Corner Stone. *
Baltimore, May 25.—The corner stone
of the new Roman Catholic chapel, St.
Charles Borromeo, was laid this afternoon
at the corner of Baker and Gilmore streets,
in the northwest section ol the city, in the
presence of a great throng. The corner
stone was laid by Bishop Gross, of Savan
nah, who preached the sermon. Pastor
Rev. Father Corrigan was assisted by
Vicar General McColgan, Father John
Foley, Father Bartlett, and other clergy
men from the Jesuit college.
Communists* Graves Decorated.
Paris, May 25.—About 150 persons, in
cluding several women, deposited wreaths
of red immortelles upon the graves of
Communists in the cemetery of Pere la
Chaise this morning. In the afternoon
several thousand, mostly sightseers,
visited the cemetery. Many red and black
flags were displayed. Several speeches
were made and cries of “Vive la Com
mune” were raised.
Rase Rail.
Washington, May 25.—T0-day’s base
ball games resulted as follows:
At Chicago—Chicago 0, Baltimore (Unions)
At Columbus, 5, St. Louts 2.
At Indianapolis—lndianapolis 1, Louisville
5,
At Cincinnati—Cincinnati (Unions) 1, Key
stones 7.
Troops Ordered Back from New Iberia.
New Orleans, May 25.—A special
from Baton Rouge says: “Gov. McEnery
received a telegram this morning from
ex. Senator Perrv, of New Iberia, stating
that quiet prevailed there and that there
was no necessity tor troops. Thereupon
thff Governor revoked the order issued for
troops to proofed to that place.”
TEXAS GOES FOR TILDEX.
THREE - QUARTERS OF THE
COUNTY CONVENTIONS HELD.
President Arthur Confident That He
wi 1 go Into the Chicago Convention
• with at Least 375 Votes at His Rack—
Hopeful but Not Positive of Nomina
tion.
Washington, May 26,—President .Ar
thur goes to Annapolis to-morrow with
Secretary Chandler aud a party. They
will be the guests of the Superintendent
of the Naval Academy. On Thursday or
Friday he will go to New York and will
be there on Decoration Day, returning
here previous to the meeting of the Na
tional Convention in Chicago. The Presi
dent maintains a keet\ interest in the re
sult of the convention hut his mind is
placid. He believes tint as many as 375
votes will be east for Jim in the conven
tion, and thinks it quite possible that he
may he nominated, bui of course he does
not (eel sure of that result.
TEXAS FOR THE OLD TICKET.
Three-Fourths of the Counties In the
State Hold Conventions.
Galveston, Tex.,? May 25.—Three
fourths of the counties of the State held
Democratic conventions yesterday to se
lect delegates to the State convention at
Fort Worth, June 11, to elect delegates to
Chicago. Up to a late hour last night
the Daily Sews had received returns from
about forty counties. These indicate that
the sentiment of the Democracy of Texas
is in favor of Tilden and Hendricks. 'The
returns are nearly unanimous for the old
ticket.
BLAINE’S MANEUVERING.
Conferences Held with Logan and Alli
son—Sherman Blaine’s Second Choice.
Washington, May 25.—The Blaine
managers have picked out John Stewart,
the Pennsylvania Independent candidate
for Governor a year or two ago, as the
man to present Mr. Blaine’s name to the
Chicago convention. Mr. Stewart is a
fine orator. William H. West, of Ohio,
has been selected to second the nomina
tion. Mr. Blaine did not go to church
this morning, instead, he drove to Sena
tor Allison’s. Alter a talk with him
he went to Senator Logan’s, where he
spent an hour. It seems to be under
stood that Mr. Blaine will get so much of
Senator Logan’s strength as Senator
Logan can deliver after the delegates
tire of voting for him (Logan). Messrs.
Blaine, Logan and Sherman seem to be
fighting President Arthur together. Mr.
Blaine is expected to turn his strength
over to Senator Sherman. Senator Sher
man is the second choice of a large num
ber of Southern delegates who remember
his past favors.
SCHURZ ON THE SITUATION.
The Strength of the Independent Re
publicans of Massachusetts and New
York.
In regard to the Independent Republi
can movement, says a New York special
of the 23d instant, the Hon. Carl Schurz
says: “This State of New Y'ork, in all
probability, will he the settler of the cam
paign. There are 12,000 school districts
in the State, and in each of these districts
our returns show that several Republi
cans will refuse to vote for either Arthur
or Blaine. That would be a sum total of
vast consequence in a State most likely to
WTa closely contested battleground. It
would he idle to count on placing New
York in the Republican column with
either of those candidates. A Demo
cratic victory in the campaign will not
only mean the defeat ol the present or
ganization, called the Republican party,
hut its utter disintegration.
“The sudden break among the Southern
delegates for Blaine Is an alarming fea
ture, in fact the most alarming so fay in
the situation, for they will clearly hold
the balance of power, and may give Blaine
an irresistible strength if they break soon
enough after finding it useless to stick to
Arthur. I presume the vote on the con
testing delegations from Virginia will be
more or less a test vote, but not an abso
lute one, for the reason that anti-Blaine
men from New England might. )n princi
ple, vote to admit the regular Republican
organization, while they could not be at
all counted upon as votes for Blaine di
rect.
“These Wall street troubles have all re
sulted, in the natural order of things,
from wild and excessive speculation, and
tbe disaster has aroused the sensible com
mercial spirit of the country against the
application of such principles in the rou
tine of business life. This feeling will
naturally he reflected in political senti
ment when it comes time to select the
executive head for tbe government. I
have always been in favor of moderate
tariff, and am now. It is bound to come,
and with this discontent in the North
west, may come much sooner than we an
ticipate. Congress will he forced by the
condition of the people to pass reduction
measures.”
AN INDIAN GRAVEYARD.
Strange Objects Found in a Necropolis
of Forgotten Races.
About eight miles north of Little Rock,
on the hanks of Bayou Meto, says a Lit
tle Rock, Ark., special of the 20th inst.
to the Cincinnati Times-Star, is situated
an old landmark in the shape of an Indian
graveyard. It is a necropolis of forgotten
races and has long been regarded with
fear by the children and superstitious of
the neighborhood. Many curious tales of
ghosts flitting about at night have gained
credence from such sources, and those
who have less belief in such things have
unconsciously quickened their steps if
darkness caught them in its vicinity.
It was in this bed of antiquities that E.
W. Murphree and two others found them
selves a few days since. It was shortly
alter a soaking rain had deluged the sur
face ol the earth, aud as they stqod in the
grewsome place and looked "about, some
thing glittered in the fair rays of the
sun that straggled there. Mr. ’.Murphree
stopped and picked up two shining objects,
which proved to be two plates of solid
gold, ill-shaped, something like a harp and
about the size ot a trade dollar. They
seemed to have been suddenly washed out
of the ground. Heretofore bones, teeth
and whole skeletons of human beings,
besides quantities of Indian crockery,
pots, vases, etc., in all shapes and size’s,
have been found. The last curious and
valuable find has created considerable
excitement, and a thorough investigation
of the contents of this Indian graveyard
is to be made.
MUSTY WITH -AGE.
The Splendor of Ancient Rome as De
scribed in 1612.
Mr. J. P. .Smith of (Jarondelet, while
searching among some family books and
papers a day or two since, says the St.
Louis Jiepublican, brought to light a
quaint and curious old book bearing the
title “Antiquse Urbis Splendor” and dated
in the year 1612. It is a collection from
the works of the Roman sculptor and
artist, Jacob Laurus. The .illustrations
are printed from very elaborate wood-cuts
finished in very "artistic style. The
minutest details are faithfully carried
out. and a more interesting collection it
would be difficult, to find. It was printed
at Rome, and by the permission of the
sovereign pontiff and other Princes. It is
dedicated to Sigismund 111. of Poland,
and the frontispiece reminds the reader
that “Rome was the ornament ot the
whole world.” lloratius at the bridge
aud Mutius Scaevolo thrusting his hand
info a flame of fire and a half dozen other
historic incidents are illustrated on an
other page. After these pages follows a
dedication to Pope Clpment VIII. Then
follow 160 pages of engravings showing
Rome in panorama; the renowned places
of her history in separate views, the
Coliseum, the various temples, etc., and
representations of scenes on great public
occasions, triumphs, sacrifices, etc. Each
paste is a chapter in itself, and the old
volume bound in sheepskin a most valu
able relie.
Dr. Penn Sentenced to Hang.
New Orleans, May 25.—A special
from Hazlehurst, Miss., says: “Argu
ment on the motion for a new’trial in the
case of Dr. Robert G. Penn, convicted of
having murdered R. B. Rials on April 8,
last, was commenced Saturday morning,
and had continued several hours when it
was discovered that the prisoner was not
present, whereupon the Sheriff brought
him from jail and the argument was be
gun anew, continuing till a late hour.
The motion for anew trial was overruled
and the prisoner was sentenced to be
hanged on July 9. The case will be ap
pealed to the Supreme Court.” ,
THE KING OF THE LOBBY.
Something About Sam Ward's Career.
Mr. Sam Ward, whose death in Italy
was announced last Monday, says a
Washington special to the Baltimore Sun,
was for some years one of the most noted
men about Washington, and was perhaps
as well known in social and political cir
cles as any public man. Although his
vocation as a lobbyist was a matter of
common notoriety, "and he always took
much pleasure in assuming the title of
“Vestibuli Rex,” which was first applied
to him by a brilliant journalist, such was
the affability of his manners and the at
tractive style of his conversation that
Senators, members and leading public
men in all departments of official life as
sociated with him on terms of the closest
intimacy, and were quickly responsive
to his invitations. Asa host he waa
said to have had no equal in his day,
either in the raYc and delicate character
of the liquids and substantial which he
spread before his guests, or in the won
derful tact with which he gathered con
genial spirits together and supplemented
their conversation with contributions
from his own rich storehouse of experi
ence and reminiscence. The era which
included the four years of the war and
the ten years suqceeding was known here
as the “days of the empire.” Schemes of
every description were sucoessfullv
pushed, the public money literally flowed
like water, and no green bav tree ever
flourished like the lobby. The'king of the
lobby was popularly and doubtless
properly credited with the receipt of fab
ulous gains, and could very well from his
bursting coffers dispense a hospitality
far more profuse and expensive than that
of any other person who kept open
doors in Washington. All the big
fish and all the little fish of the
lobby were proportionately prosper
ous, and it was rather considered as the
tiling to be known as of the lobby. But
as things settled down and war practices
and war extravagancies went out of
vogue, the power and profits of the lobby
shrank most perceptibly. The press
began to turn its searching eye upon it:
public men became alarmed and hesitated
at accepting its favors. The king of the
lobby was the first, to foresee itsfcpproacli
ing decline, and often was heard to ex
press his sad regrets. He was also the
first of those who had been so prominent
to disappear from the scene of his former
greatness, being resolved, as he communi
cated to some of his confidential friends,
not to stay and see his prestige and his
position slip away from him. In the
years which have passed since then his
tamiiiar face and form have been seen
at the longest of intervals at any of
his accustomed haunts, and for a con
siderable time have been missed alto
gether. As he had no equal, so he left no
successor. The lobby is still in existence
and always will be in existence, but it is
not the lobby which it is was when Sam
Ward stood at the head of it. So timor
ous of criticism have some members of
Congress become that they will vote
against a measure which they believe to
he just if there is a suspicion that the
lobby favors it. The lobby dares no longer
to conduct its operations openly, except
perhaps when the plea can plausibly he
made that the measure advocated is for
the public benefit. Lobby hospitalities
are not now paraded publicly, hut the
endeavor is to invest them with all possi
ble secrecy. Few of those engaged- in
the lobby are now anxious to have the
fact a matter of notoriety, and all the big
lobbyists are members’of the bar who
hide themselves under cover ol their pro
fession.
A CITY KEEKING WITH FILTH.
Tlie Condition of New Orleans as De
scribed by a Clergyman.
At the meeting of the New Orleans Aux
iliary Sanitary Association on the 22d
inst., says a New Orleans special, the san
itary condition of the city was pretty
thoroughly discussed. Dr. Robert A. Hol
land, rector of Trinity Church, stated that
a gentleman connected with one of the
largest business interests of the country,
while on a recent visit to this city, de
sired to make a thorough examination of
its worst portions after having been shown
its most favored. The reverend gentle
man then related the experience of a trip
made by the gentleman and himself
through Burgundy, Franklin, Lib
erty, and North Robertson streets,
where blocks ot garbage reeking
with the odor of dead chickens and" cats,
offended both the nostrils and the eye.
Thence they went through St. Louis,
North Galvez and North Roman, and
never before had he seen such evidences
of filth in any civilized city, not even in
Cairo nor in Constantinople. They next
visited Clio street from Villiere to Clai
borne, and the dumping grounds, the
climax of the win#. Hereafter when he
should refer to the degradations of sin he
could say they stand in the nostrils like
Clio street. He did not believe there was
another city on the globe where such
sights would be permitted, and he could
not understand how any municipal gov
ernment, no matter of what party, could
tacitly allow the citizens to be murdered
through negligence and ignorance.
Considerable time was taken up in dis
cussing the best, if there was any, method
of reaching the City Council, so that
through them the city can be cleaned.
The general injpressio’n appeared to be
that nothing co'ukl be expected of the au
thorities in charge who have just re-en
tered office for another term,of four years,
in spite of the efforts of three-fourths of
tlie voters of the city to dislodge them.
The Board of Health has already directed
the attention of the sanitarians to the
filthy condition of the city, and asked for
financial aid. Since the city officers, to
whom such work belongs, 'seem indis
posed to do anything, the only hope seems
to be in Major Burke, Director General of
the Exposition, who will enforce compli
ance with It is demand for a clean city as
an absolute necessity, on account of the
great gathering of strangers coming here
from abroad.
NOBLES K ITH SMALL FORTUNES.
Labouchere’s Description of a Dncal
Entertainment at Darmstadt.
I was once attached to the legation
which was accredited to the extinct Ger
man Confederation that used to sit at
Frankfort. The legation was also accred
ited to the Grand Duke of Darmstadt, and
two or three times a vear we had to go
over to Darmstadt to figure at a state ball.
I remember that I was at first somewhat
astonished to remark that the guests ar
rived in coveys, until it was explained to
me that, as none of his Serene Highness’
subjects had carriages, it was the kindly
habit of the potentate, when he gave a
ball, to send a conveyance round the town
and bring his guests' bv omihus loads.
1 still think with awe and reverence of
these august creatures. Every one of
them was noble, for none but nobles were
regarded as.fitting guests for the Grand
Ducal fetes. The Minister in whose suite
I went was, it was known, fond of whist,
and it was felt that an English diploma
tist could hardly be expected to play the
game for less than florin points (Is. Bd.).
Such stakes, however, the fortune of no
Darmstadt nobleman could stand. A sort
ot joint purse was therefore formed, which
was entrusted to the three best whist
players of the Grand Ducal Court, and
these champions encountered the English
man. It was amusing to watch the anx
iety depicted on all countenances; when
the Minister won, all was gloom; when he
lost, counts and countesses, barons and
baronesses skipped about in high glee,
like the hills of the Psalmist.
CHINE-E IMMIGRATION.
The Feeling in the Orient Over the Sup
plemental Restriction Hill.
The supplemental bill to restrict Chi
nese immigration, says a Washington
special to the Philadelphia Press , is pend
ing before the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations, and it is expected that the
committee will make a favorable report
on it at an early day. The Secretary of
State has sent a letter to the committee
enclosing a communication received at
the State Department from Minister John
Russell Young. In this letter Mr. Young
says that he has been told by the Chinese
Foreign Oflice that the Imperial authori
ties are not responsible for the issue of
fraudulent certificates to subjects of China
intending to come to America, and that
the government was ignorant of the is
suing of these certificates until its atten
tion was direoted to the matter by Ameri
can consular and diplomatic officers.
According to Mr. Young’s letter, the
persons responsible lor this breach of
faith are importers of Chinese labor. As
surances have been given that the Impe
rial authorities will do all in their power
to prevent any violations of the immigra
tion act. Senator Miller save that in his
opinion the Chinese Government is indif
ferent whether the supplemental act is
passed or not, and that the friendly rela
lations existing between the two countries
will not be disturbed by anv action to
prevent Chinese immigration that Con
gress may see fit to take.
WARD’S HOURS IN PRISON
WHAT HE CAN TELL ACCORDING
TO HIS BROTHER.
Fish Cognizant of the Firm’s Condition
—Tappan’s Suit to Shut Ward’s Mouth
—Notes Indorsed by Clerks.
Mr. Ferdinand Ward arose about 7
o’clock Friday morning, says Saturday’s
New York Times, after his first night’s
rest in the Ludlow street jail. After writ
ing a short time the previous night he
went to bed about 10:30 o’clock and slept
lor eight hours. About 8 o’clock he ate a
hearty breakfast of steak, mackerel, pota
toes and strawberries. He was dressed
with great care, his manner was brisk,
and there was a touch of color in his
cheeks. He told the warden that he had
never slept better in his life. After break
fast he called for all tbe morning papers,
and gave word to the warden that he
watited to keep quiet, that by the advice
of counsel he had nothing’ to say, and
that he would see no one. He read all
the papers, and wrote until 10:30 o’clock,
when his brother, W. S. Ward, came in
•and was closeted with him for about an
hour.
When he went away W. S. Ward car
ried four letters to mail which had been
written by Ferdinand. About 12 o’clock
a closed coupe drove up in front of the
jail and a closely veiled lady got out and
walked quickly up the steps. When she
was admitted she told the gatekeeper that
she was Mrs. Ward. She met her hus
band in the reception room and kissed
him, and they went into his room. They
were both calm and there was no scene.
They took lunch together, and Mrs. Ward
remained in his room until about 4
o’clock, when her brother, Mr. Sydney
Green, entered the jail. At 4 o’clock lie
came out, accompanied by Mrs. Ward,
and they walked away together. Her
veil was removed and she was smiling.
She had short dark hair, a pleasant face,
and wears a turban hat and a dress of
dark brown cloth.
Soon afterward AY. S. Ward returned,
and he was soon followed by the portly
form ot Parson Newman. “I did Dot
come,” said he, after a call of about half
an hour, “in relation to any of Gen.
Grant’s affairs, but 6imply as "a Christian
minister. The father of these young men
was a minister and a missionary in Mad
ras, and he has written some of the best
"books on the Indian religion. I saw this
young man last at the New England din
ner. where Brother Beecher and I talked
on Mormonism. Now he is here. The
transitions in this life aie sudden and
strange.”
About 5 o’clock a bulky letter was
handed in addressed to Ferdinand Ward.
On it was the name of George Francis
Train and “7 cents due.” This, in addi
tion to a paper, Was the only mail Ward
received during the day. Shortly after
ward lawyer Scott Lord entered and spent
some time with the prisoner, as did also
Mr. Stillman.
It was said yesterday that Ward had
detei mined to make a clean breast of it.
and had begun work upon a statement of
the true state ot the affairs of his firm,
and incidentally of his dealings with per
sons who are' its creditors In large
amounts. It was also stated, that this
statement would serve to clear up the
hitherto impenetrable mystery surround
ing many of his unique transactions. W.
S. Ward was asked if there was any truth
in the story that his brother was prepar
ing a statement, and he said, in reply: “It
is not entirely correct,” the report that
he was, with the prompting ot his ad
visers. to make a statement. There was
nothing designed but that the trutli should
tie told and every wrong righted as far as
possible. He is not preparing a statement,
but is putting me in possession of facts
that will tend toward the efforts we are
making to explain the exact condition of
the operations of the firm and of himself.
He was preparing to do so himself,
but the arrest acted as a clog. His arrest
seems to point toward the endeavor of
someone to embarrass my brother’s free
action in this respect. I believe the en
deavor was made by those who had profit
ed rather than lost by the operations.
There is an enormous amount of docu
mentary evidence which can be produced
to fortify one in the idea that there are
people who want to suppress the very
actious which my brother ahd myself have
been engaged in furthering.”
“Has your brother been embarrassed by
his partners?”
•“-“My brother has uothing to say,” re
plied Mr. Ward, “but what Gen. Grant
would be willioir to have said regarding
himself. As tor Mr. Fish, time will right
any injustice he may have done. If he
nas nothing to fear, why. then lie need not
fear any statement. He said that my
brother was a scoundrel. This was tele
graphed all over the country, and was the
first announcement the world had of him.”
■id Mr. Fish encourage your brother
in his speculations?”
“The evidence in regard to this is com
plete, and it is documentary, too. My
brother was making everyjeffort tojright the
wrong, and somebody put it in his power
to await events, if he chese to do so, by
placing him where he is now, and as a
man under arrest he has the privilege to
remain reticent or otherwise. There is
an accumulation of^l acts which are now
being sifted and arranged. Some ot them
may be significant and some not, and all
or none may be used. This compilation
of tjie facts is almost ready now, but it is
a long story, extending over a term ot
years and covering much ground and
many transactions. My brother’s rela
tions with Mr. Fish were very intimate,
and the correspondence between them
was very voluminous, and all is still in
existence.” —-
"* n Mr. Fish’s son said that his father was
only a silent partner in the firm and knew
very little of its transactions, all of which
were carried on by your brother.”
' “That is not so,” said Mr. Ward; “he
was not a silent partner. He had a great
deal to do with making the numerous
loans.”
.“Who else is trying to shield himself
behind your brother?”
“No other of the members of the firm
are flying to do so.”
“Did Mr. Fish profit much by the opera
tions of the firm ?”
“My impression is that he has not lost
much; but that is a matter of figures, and
to determine thaf now would be prema
ture.”
“Are there others who have profited by
the operations ?”
“There are many gentlemen in New
York who have profited by the operations,
butjust what their relations were might
he disputed and are open to investigation.
Mr. Stillman represents me, 'and he is
making efforts, under my direction, to
assist my brother in righting any wrong.
The motion to set aside my brother’s as
signment to Mr. Warner comes from us,
and has been done with a view of dis
tributing property on an equitable basis.
1 wish you distinctly to under
stand that my brother’s arrest did not
have the effect ot putting a stop to his
doing what he had a prospect of doing
smoothly, but only of temporarily check
ing him, and that he is still continuing
his efforts in that direction.”
Mr. Ward added that the suit on which
his brother was arrested was begun by
Mr. Tappan, but he thought it was a
question whether there was not someone
prompting him.
Some inf9h®sting particulars of the
stock notes made by Grant <& Ward have
been ascertained, 'there are a large num
ber of these notes out, and it is said the
clerks employed by the firm have in
dorsed them to the extent of over $1,000,-
000. It was a common occurrence in the
office for the clerks to indorse them.
Ward would tell them that it was a mere
matter of form, and it is said that even
the colored porter’s name appeared on
them as indorser. From many of these
stock notes the collateral has been de
tached, and it is said that many of them
are held by the Marine Bank. The report
is to the effect thy; after Mr. Ward pre
sented them at the Marine Bank Mr. Fish
let him have them again, and Ward de
tached the securities and rehypothecated
them. Now some of the persons who in
dorsed the stock notes are anxious to
learn whether they are to be held respon
sible as indorsers, the firm being insol
vent. When they signed their names as
indorsers the stock collaterals were at
tached to the stock notes and the names
of the securities were enumerated in the
notes. Now it is claimed that they are
not liable, as the bank allowed the col
laterals to be detached and disposed of.
At the Marine Bank, when the receiver
was asked how ijiuch these notes held by
the bank amoWted to, he said he had not
reached these securities yet in his exami
nation. They were in the vaults, and he
could not state how they stood. If the in
dorsers were liable, he would hold them
responsible,
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GEN. HOOD’S LOVE ROMANCE.
• How HU Sweetheart Helped Him to a
Position, and How She Repudiated
Him when He Failed to Win Battles.
A writer in the Washington Chronicle
relates the following dramatic incident
in the dead warrior’s life: There was
visiting Mrs. Jefferson Davis iu Rich
mond, at that time, a lady belonging to
a family in the South of very powerful
convictions, who, in beauty, cleverness
and ambition has never had her superior
iu that section. She was engaged to be
married to Gen. Hood. With all a
woman’s natural ambition for her prom
ised husband, she determined, if possible,
to help him to a position where his un
qualified abilities as a fighter would find
a proper sphere. The instant a change in
the commander of the second great army
of the Confederacy was noted, she
saw her opportunity. “I will try
to have you given the command
ot the Western Army,” she wrote
him, “and you must succeed!” Gen.
Hood was then about thirty-three years
old, and had first distinguished himself in
two of the greatest battles of the war as a
division and corps commander. He was
a man who was always ready to fight, no
matter against what odds;'and as the
Army of the Tennessee could not be re
cruited much more.it was decided at
Richmond that someone should com
mand it who would two or three ter
rible battles, and, if it were possible, get
Sherman’s corps far enough apart to fall
on them and defeat them, each one at a
time. So Gen. Hood was selected. Every
one knew would fight whenever
he got the * chance, and this was
mainly what jru wanted at Rich
mond. It was •Pi oud day for the stately
woman he loved when it was announced
that Gen. Hood was to be raised provis
ionally to the grade of full General and
given this well-trained army. On the
17th of July (1 believe that was the date)
Gen. Johnston was relieved, and it was
understood that thereafter there would
be no more flunking or strategic
operations, but some terrible battles.
Hood did his best, but the transcendant
genius of Johnston was lacking, and
the final battles of the 14th and Isth of
December, 1564, in front of Nashville,
nearly destroyed his army. After this
occurred Gen. Hood was sent lor to come
to Richmond at once. The day after his
arrival he received a note from the ladv
mentioned, requesting him to call on her
at his earliest convenience. There hap
pened to be an officer with Gen. Hood
whom he knew very well when the note
reached him, and he asked the officer to
go with him to the house where Miss
was. After a few moments of waiting
when they were announced, the lady came
in with a packet in her hand. “Gen.
Hood,” she said, looking straight into his
eyes, “when 1 became engaged to you I.
had the fullest faith in your success. I
tried to help you, and did assist in hav
ing the command of the Army of Tennes
see’given you. You have failed; why
or how is now beside the question. I can
never bring myself to bear the name of a
a man who wears the prestige of defeat,
and I sent for you to say that our engage
ment must be at an end. Here are your
letters and some things you gave me.
Now, good-bye, and let the dead past be
forgotten. Good-bye!” AVhile this was be
ing said >Geri. Hood was standing on his
crutches, for his leg was gone and his
arm shattered. He turned very white,
but said not a word, nor did he look at
the hand outstretched to bid him good
bye. He gravely bent his stately head and
went out from her presence forever. But he
never forgot nor lorgave the bitter, cruek
words, and years after, in speaking of the
matter, he showed deep emotion. It was
so hard to bear, for he had done all that
loyalty, pluck and the most distinguished
courage could do to win. It was an awful
position for the officer who went with
him. When the conversation commenced
he rose and walked over to a window, in
order that he might not be a witness to
what he foresaw would be a most pain
ful scene. But he could not help hear
ing, and never until his dying day
will he forget one of the most re
markable Incidents of the war. Gen.
flood jin 1869, married Miss Marie Ilen
nen, a daughter Hon. D. N. Hcnneu, of
New Orleans. She was a tall, handsome
woman, worthy of her gallant and chival
rous soldier husband. The sad death of
both husband and wife in quick succes
sion of yellow fever in 1878 is still fresh
in the public mind, as is the fact that
they lelt nine little children, the eldest
only 9 years old, to the care of strangers.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE.
Some New Points About Jtr. Baldwin’s
Speculations.
A gentleman who has long been inter
ested in the affairs of the Louisville and
Nashville, says tie New York Times of
the 23d inst., gave anew version of the
recent trouble in regard to ex-President
Baldwin yesterday. He said: “I think
there must be some mistake about the
purchase by Mr. Baldwin and his associ
ates for their individual account of SBOO,-
000 of city bonds, which, after a heavy de
cline, they saddled on the Louisville and
Nashville at the purchase price. This, I
think, you will find to be the story: Two
years or so ago Baldwin and E. H. Green
bought ol the city of Louisville, Ky., in
their individual capacity and for their
own account and personal profit,
$1,000,000 of and Nashville
stock at about 80. Alter holding the stock
for several months and witnessing a
heavy decline in it they turned it over to
the company at the original purchase
price. Mr. Baldwin restored $206,000 on
account of the losses. It would be inter
i esting to know what became of the re
mainder of the enormous speculative in
terest. 1 understand that the company
has taken what remains of the purchases
of stock for the pool. The stock was all
bought, and is held on margin. If the
pool were to liquidate at the present
prices the loss would lie between $450,000
and $500,000. Will the company assume
tnis loss with the further large contin
gent liability in the event of an additional
decline, or will it hold Baldwin responsi
ble?
“Mr. Baldwin speculated also in the
bonds of the company, in which there was
a large pool. These bonds were also pur
chased on margin. The query naturally
arises whether the company furnished
the money for tne margins, as in the case
of the stock operations. Not content with
these transactions, Mr. Baldwin exe
cuted notes of the company to take up the
second mortgage bonds falling due last
Novemt>er, instead of selling in the mar
ket $2,000,000- general mortgage bonds
specifically reserved in. the treasury of
the company to retire the •seconds. ‘The
general mortgage bands have declined
from 97 and 96 to 85. Who is to bear the
loss of this peculiar financiering?
“Jay Gould, I believe, says that when
he entered the directory the company had
25,000 shares of its own stock in its treas
ury. When trouble came on Mr. Gould
looked over the stock and found 5,500
sharesMiissing. He insisted on Mr. Bald
win restoring the lacking stock. Gould
was in the pool with Baldwin. Mr. Bald
win is still kept in the board, because his
associates, or a majority of them, were
interested in his operations.”
VETERANS IN VIRGINIA.
A Visit to the Graves of Fee and Jack
son— Continued Hospitalities.
The Twenty-eighth New York Volun
teers, under command of Col. E. F.
Brown, escorted by the survivors of the
Fifth Virginia Confederate Infantry, Says
a Lexington, Va., special of the 23d inst.
to the Baltimore Sun , arrived here at
noon to-day on a special train from Staun
ton. They were met at the depot by the
corps of cadets, under command of Capt.
James, and a committee of citizens, who
conducted them through the University
grounds to the parade grounds of the Vir
ginia Military Institute, where they wit
nessed a dress parade by the corps of
cadets, and had an opportunity of making
the acquaintance of “Old Fancy,” Stone
wall Jackson's war horse.
After leaving the parade ground the
visitors marched back to the college cam
pus, where an excellent collation was
served under the shade of the trees, and
which was heartily enjoyed by all. The
veterans were then conducted'to the Uni
versity chapel, where they saw Valen
tine’s superb figure of Gen. R. E. Bee. A
short but appropriate address was del'v
ered by Judge Peck, of New York. The
next point of interest visited was the
grave of Stonewall Jackson. While at
the depot, and just before their departure
for the Natural Bridge, the visitors were
addressed by Hon, W. A. Anderson in a
speech of broad and liberal sentiment,
which was vociferously cheered. The
whole ufiuir was a complete success,
wbioh our Northern triends recognized
and appreciated.
The Parisian Jockey Glob Race,
Paris, May 25.—The race for the
jockey club prize took place at Chantilly
to-day. Seven horses ran. The race was
won by Little Duck, with Arehiduc sec
ond and Fra Diavolo third.
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SAD AFFLICTION OF MRS. MOH
DECAI. OF BALTIMORE.
Her Ailment the Result of Exposure to
the Sun While on a Yachting Crnlse
—The Misfortune Precipitated During
the Slugiug or a Hymn—Tito Congre
gation Hastily Dismissed.
While the congregation of Franklin
street Presbyterian Church were singing
the next to the last hymn, toward the close
ot the service Sunday evening, says a Bal
timore special of the 23d to the New York
Times, the shrill tones of a lady’s voice were
heard above the volume of melody. Those
on the front pews soon identified the singer
as Mrs. J. Randolph Mordeeai, wife of the
well-known shipping merchant re9idiugat
No. 257 North Charles street. The liev.
Dr. W. U. Murkland, the pastor of the
church, at the first sound of the lady’s
voice, appeared to become somewhat
excited, and by his bearing
showed that the interruption caused
him great distress. The lady’s voice con
tinued to dwell on the notes of the hymn
after the choir andeeugregation had ceased
singing, and there was a hurried move
ment among the other occii|>aMtß of the
pew, who were evidently endeavoring to
induce the lady to be quiet. Dr. Murk
land, after a moment’s hesitation, be
stowed the benediction and dismissed the
congregation liefore the closing hymn of
the service could lie given. Mrs. Morde
cai's friends then escorted her from the
cliureh to her residence, on North Charles
street. Drs. Alan P. Smith, 11. P. C.
Wilson and Francis T. Miles were suc
cessively called iu and the next day pro
nounced Mrs. Mordeeai to be insane". On
their recommendation she was removed
to Spring Grove Insane Asylum on Thurs
day.
The sad affliction which has overtakeu
the lady, who was very prominent in the
highest social circles, has been the one
topic in society circles since Sunday.
Last week Mrs. Mordeeai, who is a lady
of attractive peisonal appearance, about
37 years old, was one of a partv who
went down the bay on Mr. William H.
Graham’s steam yacht Gleam. She was on
that occasion one of the liveliest ladies on
board and contributed largely to the
pleasure of her companions by her bright
and cheerful bearing and genial good
humor. On the way home last Saturday,
the sun was oppressively warm, and Mrs.
Mordeeai was exposed' to its full power
for several hours. It is to this sir
cumstance that the development of
her mental troubles is attributed. On
Sunday morning, while attending ser
vice at Franklin Street Church, she
did not give any evidences of mem
tal trouble. About half an hour before
the night service commenced she called
on tne Rev. W. A. Murkland at his resi
dence, accompanied br her husband, sis
ter and several of her children. While
talking to the minister she suddenly asked
him t preach that night on a certain text.
This Dr. Murkland kindly declined to do,
stating, as an excuse, that he had alreadv
prepared his discourse, and could not,
therefore, oblige her. Dr. Murkland
stated to-night that he suspected the true
state of the lady’s mind at this time.
When she commenced singing so loudly
in the church an hour or so later his sus
picions were confirmed and he cut short
the service in order to prevent a scene.
Dr. Murkland expressed the greatest
sympathy lor the ladv and her family.
Other friends of the Mordeeai family to
night said that they confidently hoped the
unfortunate lady would shortly be re
stored to health.
Mrs. Mordeeai is wealthy, having in
herited trom a relative, Miss Florence
Patterson, a large fortune. She was for
merly a Miss Emma Patterson, and was a
relative of Mine. Patterson Bonaparte,
the grandmother of Col. Jerome Bonaparte
and Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, both’ well
known in Baltimore. The mental trouble
of Mrs. Mordeeai is believed to be heredi
tary, as her brother has been an inmate
of Spring Grove Asylum for some time.
WASHINGTON’S TOMB.
The Regents of Mount Vernon Intend to
Have it Repaired.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran was among the
large party of excursionists who visited
Mount Yernon yesterday, says the Wash
ington Post of the 24th inst. The council
held its third meeting of this session in
the morning. The reports of the Vice Re
gents were read and found in order, and
the showing from the various States repre
sented was very favorable. An important
subject considered was the necessary re
pairs to the tomb. After a close inspec
tion of the tomb, the council decided to
accept an estimate made by Mr. Emmset,
of Baltimore, for its thorough restoration,
and he was instructed to begin the work
at once. It was also resolved to macada
dize the road leading from the tomb to the
wharf, and as far as possible make the
drive up the steep hill more comfortable.
Resolutions of regret for the death of Mrs.
Barry, Vice Regent ot Illinois, were
passed. It decided to change the order ol
farming at Mount Vernon and abandon
the cultivation of cereals. The arable
land will be devoted to pasturage for the
raising ot pure bred Ayrshire cattle.
Turkish Troopg iu Egypt.
London, May 25.— Lord Dufterin has
stipulated that if Turkish troops are dis
patched to Suakin, English officers must
command them, England to pay all ex
penses and to have sole control during the
period of the withdrawal of the Turks
from Soudan. The Sultan declined this
proposition, and negotiations are pending
for a mixed expedition of English and
Turkish troops.
MESSENGERS EN ROUTE TO KHARTOUM.
Cairo, May 25.—Ten messengers are on
their way to Khartoum, and others will
be sent via Dongola. A thousand rifles
have been sent to the Governor of Don
gola, whose loyalty is established.
A Millionaire in Trouble.
Proceedings were entered in court here
to-day by liquidators of the Exchange
Bank, says a Montreal special of the 2§d
inst., against Alexander Buntin, the mil
lionaire paper manufacturer, formerly
Director of the bank, for drawing out
several days after the bank suspended’
SIO,OOO in gold which he had to his credit.
The Dominion banking act makes such an
act a criminal offense, as well as render
ing the party responsible for the amount,
so obtained to be returned. The accused
has heretofore stood so high that a charge
against him causes astonishment. More
developments are expected.
Light beads ot cut jet are much used
now for edging the cuffs and collars of
dresses next to the skin. Sometimes the
front of the bodice is cut out In a large
diamond, edged with beads, and filled in
with gathered black or cream lace.
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