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ESTABLISHED 1880. j ,J. H. KSTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j ITEMS iy THREE STATES. FOIU.IV FLORIDA AND SOUTH ' CAROLINA PIT IX TYPE. Suroßier T | ! , e Lovers Make Marriage Doubly -ecure by Haring the Cere mony Twire Performed—Aaron Lamp l,ot Down In hie Doorway at Tif ton _ Wayeroaa Residents Inventive Geniute*. GEORGIA. , , m;.liber of old Confederate, met at . . .-metery at Marietta last week, ‘; r j [ggi . w ork. r . Mr. Chr -!ian, rf >av.anuab. was ex . ’ -unday morning and evening -' . ‘' ,* jjjj- 1 ~f Home. -urvivora of the Forty . Tt will be held at Gaines- J t : _;rove. on Tuesday. Aug. \[ r< . Wilkin* w. f Orlatulo, Florida, nee s, of Tun county, died r .1. in ttie former place Thursday “x .. )• r springs Agricultural Club had . xting last >aturday. One ,rt -of the day was a fine speech f r .ii., Torn Howard. . died at Waynesboro Tues - irlrt fever. The case is said to have n rted one. The Council b.vl her i. !i lues'iay night. So other case has - nil McNeil, of Brooks county, captured or 1 !iv last George Washington, n ..'tempted to kill William Golding and a : man last year, lie is a dsaper .te fel i, ~. I mado threats against any one who ! attempt to arrest hnn. He is in jail. ’ Gor-tj, a negro girl who was ont i as a nurse by .lames A. T,ewis. of : ! ii. was kieked by a horse on Thursday a tied from the effects Thursday night. - was spending tnesuminer with Air. Lewis’ i on t!ie plantation of Dr. E. C. lloo<i in llirris county. 1 ur negro prisoners in jail at Conyers lined to kill the sheriff wnen he brought i in their breakfast and make their escape. They h*d secreted a heavy club and bar of w ith which to deal tlie deadly blows. An • r negro in the jail conveyed a warning to ti. 'heriff and the plot was, of course, frus \i.tr Alpine, in Chattooga county. Thurs . bam Hardwiik. a reputable citizen of int . u|H>n g<og out upon bis porch to P ■ :i drink of wafer, was fired at by some -i unknown, ami two loads of buckshot ! 1 in his body, killing him almost in* Miti.i.nv Williams, a black old sinner, was c :i itt. dto jail last Wednesday for raping ■ :ri viri nain and I> - e Parks, in the >i\- ;n •:.-tri.-t of Sumter county. A number ■ f :i■* "W a race made the arrest, carried him r. lie girl for identification, and then p.r I him over to an officer, w " n* unijht: .Messrs. Le-ter .V Rav ..f * naunah. and I 01. John C. McDou f Waycross. have filed suit in Pierce - . r r i curt against the savannah, Florida \\ -tern Railway for |2U,<MO damages in tv r.d Mr-. < hauncy Folks, whose husband, . • renumbered. was killed in a colli ,i,,a last February. At -envy, on the Fast Tennessee Road, last v. due-day, a small neg-o boy was passing . w ith a bucket of water and a uegro man ,4. : ti. h: or a drink. Fpon being refused a ’ ■ i ti-iied in which the man cut the boy t. r in several places. The cutter was tr i I down with dogs, caught and lodged in at < edartown. The boy will die. ! : k Herald: A negro man was se f ,r. tied across the railroad track, about f rii . - north of Eastman on Friday night, j . < umc thundering along and cut his ! ..i n hi-lody. The train stopped, and it- 'y Hie vicinity was alive with ne v -v. tin had undoubtedly bmnd the man to tr ... no! were hypocritically lament l' affray lietween three colored men— I’ \i -i .ii. Massey -earlett and Hampton - -at Brunswick. Massey Scarlett Wits in ibe shoulder with a knife, flic which was so deeply imbedded in his i I the point could not be pulled out. i l; r: r l tried to extract the blade, but r - -t< and all efforts at extraction. Austin is 11.-carle:t e-caped unhurt. - merville Ornette: Someone stole Dr. 1 a IV horse Monday night. Killing to .1 1 . ivii ■ x‘s with a rope, be went in to get a i r . Tom Knox, coming from meeting, f. ! hun there, thought he was one of the put his hand on his shoulder. He an- rered hi- mistake when a pistol was stuck fee. with the remark: “stay a word a I'ii blow your brains out.'* Torn called for . One or two from Sam Knox's ran 0.. ! several ineffective shots were dis 'i! on both sides as he ran off through t: Id, being cut off from the horse. \ few weeks ago a negro in Chattooga ■ :*y ( inmuted a horrible crime upon the i . r-. .of respectable young w hite girl near - icrvfth*. V posse was at once sent out :■ ii the fiend and he was captured, l ar i' i . fore his victim and identified, after uii ' ‘ he confessed his horrible crime, but wi. a t art of his captors were after their l r- - the scoundrel broke awav and suc ■ 1. 1 in making Ins escape. < n ltust Wednes '*'. however, information was received iu - ct-rv die that the negro was near there, : .ii a few hours he was brought to town at t • imi of a rope and lodged :u jail. Uii Wedne- lay night an attempt was made to wreck a train uton the Fast Tennessee, ' .iV m i and Georgia Railroad, near ltig Ce lt ir ereek. In the curve jut beyond the rrci me one unbelted a rail on theou er carve, and moved it two inches and left it '•< One of the bolls that held the rail not tie unscrewed, so was twisted off. If iii rail had iieen taken front the inside, uL.-ro most of the weight is thrown in a curve, the train would iuo*t certainly have b < n wrecked. Several trains ran over it that night. The division master found it the next morning. No clew to the persons who removed the rail. Vnanv Mniium : Aaron Lamp was killed last Sumiav while standing in the door of l>r. tv lute's office at Tifton. in Berrien county. It seems that he had some words with Mr. lake Young on that day. and that a gun had been fired, the ball from which shattered the stock of Lamp's gun, which lie held rc-ting in the hollow of his arm. >OlllO of the splin ters wounded Lamp in the breast, lie left fur the purpose of fixing hi* gun, and later in the day was standing in the door of Dr. W lute's office, someone shouted to . in to “lo.k out!" and this was imme ,:e!y followed by the report of u gun. Lamp fell in the doorway, pierced by a ballet. If entered one am. be tween the shoulder and elbow, and passed en t;ri ly through his body, from the effects of It hhe died soon after. Lamp was a white rear, and bore the reputation of tieing a dec ile character. He seemed to be prone to t Ac up other people's difficulties, anu it was ti - trait that led to bisdeath. He was strictly t* rate, so w e have been informed, even r>-f -eg to drink soda water. We met him nTyTv, and judged from his manner ip pea ranee that he was tailoring under • kind of insanity. The person wno fired the fatal shot is not known. FLORIDA. [.< 0.-bnrg sisrlis for a bank. iv i West's hotel project is said to be nap artcsian well is being mooted at Ker caniiina. I! re are 42 t atholies within the conwrnte "f Orlando, but they have no church, l. tit rial ears at Pensacola are plagued by ' ontinued screeches from the steam whi-tles of the town. T 1 -t. khoiders and others who take an irsl. i;->t in the h.itel prospect at IVnsacola nn-et witn the Board of Trade Wednes t lit hundred and ninety-eight thousand -and about I7t> bales of sponge were 1 to New York from Kev West last Sat urday. : d'.i l for the house and lot owned by the ' !. • ! S'. Joseph, on Fourth street, Ker > us :ii a. will come off on the evenings of Aug. '! f victim of tiie recent outrage at Fer n.ir. ru was over 60 years of age. She will r*' ‘ ’■* r. Two negroes have been arrested on iic health officers of the town of Orlando at work looking after the unclean and putting the town through a gen era, purifying process. The County Democratic Convention, to i > nate a Representative from Clay county next la g,.-ature. will assemble in-Mid- Ob liurg next V\ ednesday. V rattlesnake was captured on Anatasia Kami, pear St. Augu-tine, measuring 13 1‘ hcs in ctrCPmfen uce. 5 feet in length anil had 7 rattles. It was sold for fS 50. Cast season's vegetable crop in Marion 'it., amounted to over 54.000 cra’ea. For it hardly amounted to 13,000. This year it will reach nearly, if not over, PC,OOO. 11 i- stated that Lake de Funiak, Fla.,U*et- T * with a class of farmers from lowa Wisconsin, who will engage in raising i. cattle, rice, sugar pecans, olives and itrapts. "• v .'nowden, of Alachua county, gath • i ; lj> crates of cucumbers from three r til an acre of land. He sold them ! r 75. Hu lias a line crop of corn now £ivw ing on the same land. 1 Id county jailator.cn Cove springs et n torn down and tlic debr s burned up. i . ; tract lor anew jail has been let to 1. t,. ami be will liuueoiatcly begin Us crec -1 Bon the site of the old oni, The night blooming cerena of Mrs. L. P. , "it. of Orlando, one night put out seven and another night four. They l -iiortly after dark, remained open un til ■ :break, and then closed their eyes to the w-r.-I forever. ; *r!c- C. 1 onvcrsc will start a laundry in • -as -.ion as he can procure a build ing. He says that he has engaged the ser vi'es of two Ch namec to begin with, and b ut if ti e business justifies him in doing so he w.i! use steam. “inner liwches, of Leesburg, accidentally sli"T himself last Thursday night. He was attempting to shoot a rabbit and in someway, he does not know how, the pistol went off sn ‘irau mg it from his pocket, the ball pene traling his abdomen. Henry Cunningham, of Albany, X. Y.. has hsen in Orlando for a week or two, and is so favorably impressed that he has invested flatte heavily, and proposes to go there for a Perin-meut residence, lie purchased the Mc- Murray place on the west side of Lake Con cord. There are 89 colored children in Orlando of •chool age, and i9i white children of school •ft within the corporate limits of the town. This does not comprise the school district, as there are many who live within the district *ho are outside of the corporation. The number within the district must be about 850. Wat Simmnali Jjjem The Democratic party of Bradford county will meet in convention at Lake Butler, Tues day, Sept, t, for the purpose of nominating one State Senator and two Representatives, to represent the county in the next General As sembly of the State "of Florida, and to attend to such other business as inay properly come before the convention. The schooner FUa M. Hawes, loaded with a cargo of ice for Wm. F. Forward, of Palatka. was damaged to snch an extent in a receat gale off Currituck beach, near Cape Ilatteras, that she was compelled to put into Fortress Monroe in a leaking condition. Her main and mizzen masts were carried awav and a heavy leak sprung. The cargo of ice will prove a loss". starke Telegraph : Mrs. A. J. Hagen, resid ing at Lake -file, eigh - miles south of this city, has produced the finest crop of grapes, cucumbers and sweet potatoes this season we have ever seen. She had bunches of grapes weighing one pound each, encumbers weigh ing four pounds eaco, and sweet potatoes measuring 22 inches long and 12 inches in cir cumference. The immigration agencies of Florida have been discontinued, m consequenee of the ex haustion of appropriations for that purpose, until further action by the .State Legislature, which meets in January next. Anv inquiries on the subject of immigration must hereafter be made direct to Hon. I*. W. White, Com missioner of Lands and Immigration, Talla hassee, Florida. Tlie citizen, in the vicinity of Oviedo are subscribi-g quite liberally in'iands and money to induce the early extension of tjie Sanford and Indian River Railroad to lhat place. Thei • subscriptions are contingent upon the completion of the road to Oviedo by Feb. 1. l*s:>. and it is understood to lie the intention of the railroad managers to have the line in operation to that poiut as early as that date— jiossibly sooner. The following figures are given as the result Of till' OfcilsU* UUtk*.-wV ui in.t.rf-Toiat nmnliei'popuiation, l.tKSfi; white males, tS9B; white females, 461: colored males, 280; col ored females, 224; born iu United States, 1,594; foreign. 42; number of voters 011 registration book, 219; sehools—children lietween 0 and 21 years of age, white, 292; colored. 99; total, 291: churches—number members M. E. Church, white. 154; Baptist, white. 60; Episcopal, white, 65; ( atholic, 42; Presbyterian, white, 102; total, 423. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Democratic primary election in Edge field county will lie held on Aug. 26. There have been almut 15ca*csof diphtheria in the lower part of Barnwell county. I’.-of. James W. Reid, of Jacksonville. F'la., is to lie the principal of the Abbeville High School. 41st 1 reek Baptist Church, iu Lancaster county, was organized on April 10, 1778. and is consequently 106 years old. Dr. Joseph LeConte, of the University of < alif< rnia. who has been visiting relatives in Georgia and ;-outh Carolina, has returned to San Francisco. In ]s>2 there were 39 candidates running in the Democratic primaries in Lexington county and 1,723 votes were polled. This year there are 52 candidates. The Rev. DeWitt Burkehead, of Texas. Is a successful revivalist. Recently he conducted a revival meeting in Anderson which resulted m the addition of 64 members to the Presby terian Church. The Rev. Robert Lathan, D. It., of York ville, who was a delegate from the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church to the Pan- Presbyterian Council at Belfast, Ireland, lias returned to his home. It is said that Miss Woodrow, a daughter of the Rev. Dr. James Woodrow, of Columbia, has gone all the way to China to marry a young man who is a successful missionary" in that distant country. A conference of the Presbyterian ministers, elders and deacons of Anderson county will le held at Anderson on Sept. 3 and 4 to excite renewed interest in the spread of Presbyte rianism in that section. The Spartanburg district of the Methodist i hureh is composed of the counties of Spar tan uirg, Laurens and Union. There are fif teen itinerant preachers in the district, and the churches have 5,000 members. F.x-Gov. Bonham is reported to have said that when he was a hoy he met his kinsman, the Rev. Neheiniah Bonham, of North Caro lina. who said to him: “My dear young man, the Bonhams are a proud, high-toned and honorable family, but 1 never knew one of them to have any money.” The Milliter Ad ranee says that Capt. W. R. Delgar lias received a letter saving that Mr. 11. D. Melntvre. Secretary National Jockey • lull, who has just formed a Southern circuit for racing this fall, will be willing to include Sumter, provided the association there will conform to its dates, so as not to conflict with the meetings at Greenville. Columbia, Barn well, Augusta or < harles.on. Union Time*: There is a mistaken idea among our citizens that the debt of the coun ty is enormous, and that nothing has been done bv the County Commissioners to reduce it. After the present collection of taxes the county will owe no debt for the ordinary county expenses of the present fiscal year, and the levy of l mill for past indebtedness will nearly wipe out that debt, which is now hut little over $3,600. The lioard has also re tired 48 railroad bonds—l3 at their face value and 35 at 90 cents on the dollar. Between John Bowers and B. F'. Welsh, of Lancaster, a fend has long existed. Bowers was not sparing in the epithets which he heaped u|k>u his enemy. A few days ago Bowers and his son George drove to Lancas ter in their wagon. In the afternoon lie loaded his wagon, hitched up his team, and with his son started to drive home. About Ibis time the Welsh lioys disappeared from town. Bowers and his son were nearing the depot, and were just passing the Episcopal church wheu a trace came loose, aud tne eider Bowers stopped to fix it. As he was doing so It. K. Welsh stepped out into the road from behind the church with a double barrelled shotgun in liis hand. Behind the church were a party of Welsh’s friends, who remained in readi ness to help him. Welsh hailed old Mr Bowers with the remark: “You’ve got to take back what you have said about us.” “I'll not do it." was Bowers’ reply, ac companied by an oath. At this Welsh raised his -hot-nun and fired at the old man. The charge struck Bowers’ hat brim and carried part of it away, and tlie old man fell for ward. Welsh then fired the second barrel at young Bowers, the charge taking effect 111 the side of his face and severing a large artery. The shot-gun being empty. Welsh drew a pistol and fired at the young man again. The bullet entered young Bowers’ groin. The team in the meantime had be come frightened and dashed off, being stopped some distance down the road by a colored man. Welsh, supposing that he" had kiTed lioth men. at once fled, and up to our latest information had not been captured. Several of the men who were in ambush with him be hind the church have been placed under ar re-s.. On Thursday, Aug. 7, a constable came to l’r.'f. G. M. Yancy's farm in Colleton county, accompanied by l>. Is. Connor. Dr. Jim Con nor and Frank" stokes, and there urre-ted Prof. Yancy’s two sons, who were having fod der stripped, along with a young white man named Abe Mc Alhanev and a colored boy. The armed meu then went into Prof. Yancey’s house and took out two guns and two pistols without permission. They then made the hoys under arrest take their horses aud oc conipany them to Waiterboro. twenty-three miles. They would not permit the liovs to get anything to eat before they started, nor would'they let them stop on the way to get refreshments, although one of them was ill and asked to buy something to eat with his own money. Prof. A’ancey's boys asked to be taken to their father at Branchville,or to have him sent for, but their request was de nied. They were harried on to Waiterboro, where Dr. Peter stokes had l*‘cn and ar ranged the trial beforehand. They asked for counsel, but were refused and carried through a bogus trial before Trial .1 ustice l’rice, of Waiterboro, •nd then locked up in jail. Dr. Black, acting sheriff in his uncle’s place, wished to take the boys down with his family, but Judge Ben stokes and Trial Ju*tiee Price warned him against doing so. These men tried to extort money from the boys, hut fail ed. The next day Prof. Yanoev was told oi the affair, and burned to Waiterboro and soon had all the boys liberated. These boys of Prof. Yancey’s are grandsons of the Rev. Paul A. M. Williams, deceased. The land the boys were on had been inherited from their grand parents. Some dispute arose last fall about the land adjoining a part that Dr. P. siokcs had bought from his late wife, who was the widow ox the late Rev. P. A. M. Wil liams. The trespassing party had been elect ed by law and these boys put into possession by an officer for their mother. State Politics. At the Senatorial Convention at Hinesville Thomas Clifton was nominated. jV. j|. Cobb, now Depute sheriff of Sumter county, offers for the higher position of ■sheriff. 11. H. Singletary Is announced as a candi date in the nominating convention for Repre sentative for Schley. Brooks county will on Vug. Sft sc’ect dele gates to the Congressional Convention, to be held at Albany Sept, 3. J. P. Lane was nominated for the Legisla ture at the Early County Democratic Con vention on the eleventh ballot. The friends of Hon. J. H. Kirby, of Berrien, are soliciting him to stand for the Legislature. He has represented Berrien in days gone by. The friends of lion. Thomas Paulk, of Ber rien. are pressing him to be a candidate for re-election to the Legislature. Air. Paulk has represented Berrien county several tunes. John C. Middlebrooks' friends at Barne villehave announced him a candidate for Representative. Mr. Middlebrooks is Presi dent of the Agricultural Society at Barnes vlile. The friends of Hon. Scab Wright are urging him to make the race for re-election as Rcp re entative of Floyd county in the State Leg islature. W. F. "Jenkins and J. T. Dennis have been nominated to represent Putnam county in the State Legislature. The Democratic Executive Committee of Clayton met Thursday and ordered a primary election on Aug. tl, for Repre sentative. there being four in the belli for Representative and tv ~W .r Senator, at the time—Hon. R.J2. Col. J. T. Spence. Mr. epencc has declined the race in favor of Col. W. A. Tigucr, who has been put forward as the proper man, and is now actively engaged in the canvass. The nomination for county officers of Upson will take place on Sept. 13. There are already several candidates in the field, among whom re W. H. Richardson, J. G. Lewis, B. F. Matthews, J. J). H. Thompson and Simeon Moore for Representative, and an unusual number for Tax Receiver and Collector have made their appearance. The contestants for the other offices will probably not be so plenti ful. Col. J. E. F. Matthews will be a candi date for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court. GREELY’S LIFE IN THE ICE. THE ARCTIC HERO TELLS THE STORY OF HIS TRIP. Last Glimpse of the Proteus—Pleasures of the Winter Life at Fort Conger- How the Men Spent Their Time—Lieut. Lockwood’s Journeys to the North. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 17,-For the purpose of obtaining some idea of the general nature and probable value of the scientific observations made by Lieut. Ureely at Lady Franklin Bay, an As sociated Press agent visited the Lieuten ant at his cottage oti Seavey’s Island Saturday afternoon. He was very cordi ally received by Lieut, Greely, and when he stated the object of his visit the Lieu tenant at once willingly consented to give all the information desired. Lieut. Greely first stated the object of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, viz., to establish at Lady Franklin Bay a polar station as one of the thirteen sug gested by Lieut. Weyprecht of Austria, who discovered Franz Josef Land. Sim ultaneous observations of all physical phenomena were to be taken. The" com plete programme which was to be follow ed was arranged by an International Polar Congress, in which representatives of thirteen nations took part. The obser vations. in which the srrentest possible accuracy was to be had, were those of the declination and deviation of the mag netic needle, the temperature of the air and of the sea, height of the barometer, and the mean and maximum rise and fall of the tides. All explorations were in cidental to the main objects, of the expedi tion. START OF THE EXPEDITION. The expedition was fitted out under the authority of an act of Congress approved May 1,1880. The party was composed of three officers of the army, one acting As sistant Surgeon and nineteen enlisted men, selected by recommendation from the ranks of the army. Stores for twenty seven months were put on the Proteus for the party. The Proteus steamed awav from St. John, N. F., July 7, 1881, with the party on board. She touched at Disco Island and Upernavik to procure sledges, dogs, skins and dog food. Two Esquimaux were added to the party at Proven. A landing was made at Carey Island in north water, and provisions cached by Lieut. Nares in 1875 in tlie Alert were found in good condition. At Littleton Island Lieut. Greely per sonally recovered the English Arctic mail left by Sir Allan Young in the Pandora in 1876. At Carl Ritter Bay, in Kennedy Channel, a cache of provisions for use on the retreat was made. It was the original intention to establish a polar station at Water Course Bay, but heavy masses of ice which were" encountered rendered Water Course Bay an exceedingly dangerous anchorage. THE FIRST STATION. In moving to Discovery Harbor a sta tion was there established on the site occupied by the English expedition of 1875. The erection of a house was at once commenced and stores and equip ments were landed. On Aug. 28 came the parting between tlie Greely party and the men ot the Proteus. The little band gathered on the frozen shore and watched the Proteus as she steamed slowly down Lady Franklin Bay, leaving them to the "mercies of the cruel north. On the evening of the same day the tem perature sank below the freezing point, and the icy Arctic winter was on them in earnest. Their house was finished about a week after the Proteus left. It was named, in honor of Senator Conger, Fort Conger. During the first month the cold affected the men more than at any subse quent time at Fort Conger. Later on, in December, the temperature sank to irom 50 to 65 degrees below zero and so remained for days at a time, but even in that weather the cook’s favorite amusement was danc ing bareheaded, barearmed and witn slippered feet on the top of a snow drift. HOW THE TIME WAS SPENT. During the day the men dressed in or dinary outside clothing, but their flannels were very heavy. Five of the men were generally lor a part of the day engaged in scientific work under Lieut. Greely’s di rection, and in the duties of the camp. The rest of the men were employed gen erally about one hour per day, and de voted the remainder of the time to amuse ment. All slept in bunks. The quar ters were heated by a large coal stove, the average heat maintained being 50 decrees above zero. Playing checkers, cards and chess and reading were the amusements of the evening. The life was said by Lieut. Greely to be far from a lonely one, and many of the men said that they had never passed two hap pier vears than those spent at Fort Con ger. On Oct. 15 the sun left them for ISS days, and twilight, varying from half an hour to 24 hours, succeeded. For two month it was so dim that the dial ot a watch could not be read by it. On April It the sun came above the horizon and remained there 135 days, giving the party a great sufficiency of midnight sun. WEIRD SCENES BY NIGHT. During three months the stars were visible constantly, the constellations of Orion, the Bear and Great Bear being brightest. The North star looked down from almost overhead. Standing alone outside of the fort on one of these nights the scene was weirdly grand. To the north flamed the aurora borealis, and bright constellations were set like jewels around the glowing moon. Over everything was a dead silence so horribly oppressive that a man alone is almost tempted to kill himself, so lonely does he feel. The astronomer of the party said that with the naked eye a star of one degree smaller magnitude than can be seen here in the same way might be discerned. The moon would remain in sight lor from eleven to twelve days at a time. The thermometer registered on June 30, 1882, tlie highest temperature at Lady Franklin Bay which we knew during our stay. It was 52 de grees above zero. 66 BELOW ZERO. The lowest was in February, 1883, and was 06 degrees below zero, in this Feb ruary our mercury froze and remained solid for fifteen days, so intense was the eold. The mercury in the thermometer invariably rose during storms or high winds. The highest barometer was slightly above 31 and tne lowest slightly below 2ft, showing a great range. The greatest variations were in winter. An electrometer, an instrument used to ascertain the presence of electricity, was set up, but to the astonish ment of Lieut. Greely, not the slightest results were obtained. The displays of the aurora were very good,but not to be compared with those seen at Disco Island or Upernavik. As far as Lieut. Greely could observe no crackling sound accompanied the displays, and the general shape was that of a ribbon. The southwesterly horizon was the quarter in which the brightest displays were seen. Sir George Nares reported in 1876 that no shadow was cast by the aurora,but Lieut. Greely says that he distinctly observed his shadow cast by it. NO ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCE. There were no electrical disturbances save those manifested by the rumbling of distant thunder, heard twice tar away to the North. In the course of tidal obser vations a very interesting fact was dis covered, viz., that the tides at Lady Franklin Bay come from the north, while those at Melville Bay and Cape Sabine come trom the south. The temperature of this north tide is 2 degrees warmer than that of the south tide at Cape Sa bine. Why this was Lieut. Greely would not venture to state. He used in meas uring the ebb and flow ot tides a fixed guage, an iron rod planted in the mud. The average rise of the tides at Lady Franklin Bay was found to be 8 feet. At Cape Sabine the highest tides rise 12 feet. Serf was only observed twice during the two years at Lady Fran k lin Bay. The average tempereture of the water is 2ft degrees above zero, or 3 degrees below the freezing point. Wolves weighing 90 pounds were killed around Fort Conger, and there are foxes and other animals there. Of fish there is a wonderful scarcity. SALMON IN AN ARCTIC LAKE. Perhaps the greatest surprise of the expedition was taken trom Lake Alex ander, a fresh water lake 15 feet above the sea level, a 4 pound salmon. From the bay or sea ody 2 very small fishes were taken during the entire 2 years, and very few are "to be found North of Cape Sabine. Yegitation at Lady Frank lin Bay is about the same as at Cape Sabine, and comprises mosses, lichens, willows and saxifragn. Snow storms are, of course, most frequent, and rain falls very rare. The high est velocity of the wind was registered during a terrific snow storm at 70 miles per hour. Lieut. Lock wood’s trips to the north in 1882 and 1883 were productive of most valuable results. Standing on May 19 in each year where Dr. Hayes had formerly stood at about SAVANNAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1884. the same dav. Lieut. Lockwood, from an elevation of 2.000 feet, using his strongest glass on Hall’s basin and Robinson’s channel, could discern nothing but ice packs. Here it was that Dr. Hayes claimed to have seen his open polar sea. THE NORTHERNMOST POINT. On the trip of 1882 Lieut. Lockwood reached the highest latitude ever attained, 83 degrees and 25 minutes north. This was about 300 miles directly north of Lady Franklin Bay. but to get there he traveled over 1,000 miles of open water and broken packs, frequently causing him to retrace his steps 50 miles. Lieut. Lockwood sounded the sea both years be tween Cape Bryant and Cape Britannia but could not touch bottom with a 135 fathom line. Lieut. Markham, a few years be fore, about 100 miles to the west, got bot tom at 72 fathoms. Lieut. Lockwood found at his furthest point north about the same vegetation as at Lady Franklin Bay, but no signs ot a polar current or open polar sea. In 1883 he was stopped near Cape Bryant, 125 miles from Lady Franklin Bay, by an open channel, ex tending west to the coast of Grinnel Land. The width of this channel varied from 200 yards to five miles, but on the north ice packs extended as far as could be seen with a glass. WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE GONE. With his supply of provisions, the fail ure of which had caused his return the year'before, Lieut. Lockwood was confi dent that he could have reached 85 de grees north if this open channel had not 4tarred his way. No fossil remains were discovered on this trip, and the only ones found were the trunks of trees on the southwest coast of Gnnnel Land. The only sea animals seen by Lieut. Lockwood at longitude 83 de grees and 25 minutes were walrus and seal, and strange to say walrus is not to be found at Lady Franklin Bay. At lon gitude 83 degrees and 25 minutes the de flection of the magnetic needle was 104 degrees west, more than one-quarter of the circle. As far as Lieut, Lockwood went the northeastern end of the coast stillcontinued. Maps of the newregions he discovered are in the possession of Lieut. Greely and are very carefully made. All ’hrough the two years at Lady Franklin Bay the magnetic needle was never quiet, except during the storms in February, 1883. The preparations for retreat were made by establishing a depot at Cape Baird twelve miles to the south. DAYS OF ANXIETY. Day after day the anxious men looked off over Lady Franklin Bay expecting the ice to open, so that they might commence their journey towards home. At last, on Aug. Ift, 1883, the welcome news that the ice was open was brought. All had been made ready, aud that very day the party embarked in a little steam launch. Be hind them they left their dogs, as they could not be taken. Four barrels of pork and some seal oil were left for the ani mals. Lady Franklin Bay was crossed to_ Cape Baird, a distance of thirteen miles, and then the western coast of Grinnel Land was followed south as far as Cape Hawks. Large quantities of heavy ice were met, and there was dan ger every moment that the little launch would be crushed. Several times all the boats were nearly lost, and the suffering of the men was great. They were now within fifty miles of Cape Sabine. Steering from Cape Hawk’s direct for Bates Island the party was caught in an ice pack and frozen in ten miles south of Cape Hawks. In thirteen days they drifted South 25 miles in the floes, suffer ing horribly from the cold. So they drifted to within 11 miles of Cape Sabine, and were obliged to abandon the steam launch on Sept. 10. The pack now re mained motionless for three days, and several times the party got within 2 or 3 miles of Cape Sabine, only to lie drifted bac kby southwest gales. Five seals were killed and eaten while the party were drifting abaut. Driven past the cape eventually, a heavy northwest gale drove them bv Cape Sabine, within a few miles of Brevoot Island, but they could not land. On Sept. 22, there arose the most terrific gale they had yet seen on the Arctic ocean. Their ice floe was driven hither and thither by the tempest, and the waves washed over them again and again, the spray freezing to them and causing them intense suffer ing. Night came on, one of inky black ness. The wind threw tlie heavy floes to gether, and crash after crash of ice breaking from their own floe warned the men that death was almost certain. In a few days they returned. Their report sent a chill of horror toevery heart. At Cape Isabella aud Cape Sabine were found only 18,000 rations, and from Lieut. Garlington’s re cords they learned the late of the I’roteus. Every one knew that death must come to nearly all of the party long before a ship of rescue could force its way into Melville Bay. Efforts were made to sustain the spirits of the men by lectures and light reading. On Oct. 15 the party removed to Cape Sabine. DYING MAX BY MAX. On Jan. 18 Sergt. Cross died of scurvy. In April the rations issued daily had dwindled to lour ounces of meat and six ounces of bread. Alan after man died, and all hope had fled when on that stormy day the blast of the Thetis’ whistle roused the survivors front the lethargy of ap proaching death. Lieut. Greely, when asked as to his ideas upon the probable results of arctic explorations, said: “I don’t think that the North pole can be reached unless everv circumstance hitherto found to be unfavorable should prove favorable to the party attempting to reach the pole. If it Is to be done at ail, it will be done by way of Franz Josef Land. It could never have been reached by the Jeanuette’s route. That there is an open polar sea I am well nigh certain. This is proved by ice drift ing out of Mussel Bay and Spitzbergen in mid winter, and the northern drift of the polar pack experienced by Lieut. Pavy and Lieut. Lockwood in longitude 82 degrees and 83 minutes. Men can stand two winters very well at Franklin Bay, but physical strength rapidly deteriorates further north. If we had every supply and necessity of food, we could have lived perhaps eight or ten years at Ladv Franklin Bay.” LOGAN’S CASTLE IN THE AIK. Fancying Himself Already Vice Presi dent) He Kents a Palace. Washington, Aug. 17.—Senator Logan has evidently made up his mind that he is to be the next presiding oflicer ot the Senate, for alter boarding for a number of years, he has now determined to go to housekeeping. Capitol' Hill has been chosen as his future home, and he will reside at “The Maples,” as the property belonging to “Olivia,” the correspondent, is termed. The house is charmingly situ ated in the square at the intersection of Pennsylvania and South Carolina ave nues and Sixth street, southeast. Here Senator Logan proposes to receive and entertain visitors in a very different style from what he has been wont to do in a Washington boarding house. Be sides, there are disagreeable recollections with his present abiding place, as it was at its common table that he first met the assasin Guiteau. Alsop and Graves Killed. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 17.—At 11 o’clock this morning a man living nine miles from here notified the Sheriff' that George Alsop and Theophilus Graves, two of the escaped convicts who led the recent revolt in the penitentiary at Frankfort, were seen in that neighborhood. Deputy Sheriff Rogers headed a posse and imme diately left for the scene. The men were discovered in a cornfield belonging to Geo. Cassell, who joined the posse. The con victs,being surprised. immediately opened tire on the posse, killing Cassell. The posse returned the fire, killing both Alsop and Graves. A Ship Load of Nonnandles. New york, Aug. 17.—The steamship Assyrian Monarch which arrived here to day brought 124 thoroughbred Normandy stallions and mares. They were bought in France and shipped via Havre to Lon don. They are intended for stock farms in various parts of the country. The im porters’ agents report that the French Government is beginning to scrutinize these shipments very closely, and regards the deportation of this class of 6tock with anxiety and disfavor. Fatner Matthew's Birth. New York, Aug. 17.—The Central Council ot the Father Matthew temper ance societies of New York met to-day and perfected arrangements for the cele bration of the anniversary and jubilee of Father Matthew's birth, which will be held in the great hall of Cooper Union on Oct. 10. The oration will be delivered by Rev. Father Walworth, of Albany, New York, and Rev. Father McGlynn, of New York, will be director of ceremonies. Fever on Shipboard. Key West, Fla., Aug. 17.—The brig Clarabelle, from Aspinwall for Hampton Roads, in ballast, arrived here to-day with all bands except the cook and one sailor down with fever. KOW MILES WPS THE DAY DR. BLAND PROVES DAWES FULL OF BLANDISHMENTS. Papers which were Meant to Kaze the Scalp of the Wicked Indian Agent In nocently Handed Over to the Chuck ling Senator and Confided to the Waste Basket. Washington, Aug. 17.—At the time the row between Agent McGillicuddy, of the Pine Ridge Agency, and Dr. T. A. Bland, of this city, was published, Sena tor Dawes In an Eastern paper defended the former, and made some unpleasant references to the latter and Chief Red Cloud. Dr. Bland has written a card in reply. While trying to justify himself and Red Cloud he is very caustic and makes some very severe charges against Mr. Dawes. He says that the defense of McGilJicuddy set up by Mr. Dawes is characteristic of its author and is therefore not very reliable. He then says: “1 will note first that Mr. Dawes attempts to discredit me and thus weaken the force ot my statement of facts by dis cending to personal abuse. To this I shall not reply. But he says that while I have some notions about Indians that seem kind, yet I make trouble with every body who is trying to help that people (the Indians). WHEN DAWES WAS TROUBLED. “This statement revives the recollec tion of a time not remote when I did give Senator Dawes some trouble, not when he was helping Indians, but when he was doing just what he is now sustaining, a bad agent. He seems to be the special champion ot the class of agents who save up from $20,000 to $50,000 a year from a salary of SIO,OOO a year. The case I refer to is that of Agent Miles of the Osage Agency. Miles was reappointed agent of the Osages in January 1883, on the recommendation of Commissioner Price, who knew that there was at that time on file in his office the most serious charges against Agent Miles and abundant proof that those charges were true. More than a year before that time Commissioner Price had admitted to me that the charges were all substan tially sustained by the official evidence on file in his office. Because I insisted that Miles be retired and an honest agent appointed in his place, Mr. Price thought that I was making him trouble, and got quite out ot temper. THE VISIT TO DAWES. _ liearin o of the reappointment of Miles, I called on Senator Dawes and tiled with him, as Chairman of the Indian Committee of the Senate, a statement of the facts in the Miles case. He said, ‘I am very much obliged to you, and I shall lay your communication belore my com mittee.’ He did not lay my communica tion before his committee as a body, nor did he show it or speak of it to any mem ber of his committee. He did not tiring Miles’ case before the Indian Committee, nor did he ask any member of the com mittee to sanction the confirmation of Miles. 1 make this statement on the authority of the Clerk of the committee and every member of the com mittee except Dawes. Instead of placing Miles’ name and record before the com mittee for consideration and "action as was his duty, and as he had promised me, Henry L. Dawes, Chairman of the Indian Committee of the United States Senate, professed philanthropist, defender of In dian rights, etc., smuggled Miles’ name in with some other names then before the Senate, and by that contemptible trick he got him confirmed as agent. Less than one hour atter he had irotten Miles confirmed and before I had heard of it I sent my card to him, and had a talk with him in the marble room of the Senate about the c..se, and filed with him some additional evidence against Miles. He said: ‘1 am very much obliged to you, and 1 will lay your communication before my commit tee.’ To my great astonishment the even ing papers of that dav announced the con firmation of Miles.” 78 BUILDINGS IN ASHES. The Best Part of Grenada, Miss., De stroyed—Flames at New Iberia. New Orleans, Aug. 17.—A special from Grenada, Miss., says: “A fire which broke out last night destroyed the greater portion of the business part of this town. The fire burned for three hours, consuming 78 buildings and their contents. The loss is $300,000 and the in surance $45,000.” INCENDIARISM AT NEW IBERIA. Aspeehtl from New Iberia says: “Early this morning Gall & Pharr’s saw mill was destroyed by fire. It is believed that the fire was caused by an incendiary, as threats to tire the town have been made. The loss is $20,000. There is no insurance. Mr. Pharr, one of the owners, is a member of the militia, and has taken an active part in the preseut troubles. This inci dent has increased the excitement here.” SEVERAL BUSINESS PLACES BURNED. Altoona, Pa,, Aug. 17. —Fire broke out this afternoon in the ofiiee of the Sunday Morning , and before the flames could be stayed the following business places were burned: Sunday Morning office, 4V. H. Kehler’s confectionery store, A. Leubbert’s tobacco store, A. K. Lackey & Co.’s store, L. Metts’ dry goods store, J. Steir’s tobacco store, Jno. Stebls’ hotel, and several dwellings and out buildings. The loss will aggregate $50,- 000, and is partly covered by insurance. The fire was evidently of incendiary origin. CHOLERA’S CORPSES. Deaths Not Decreased in the Small Villages of France and Italy. Paris, Aug. 17.—Five deaths from cholera occurred at Arles during the 24 hours ending at 8 o’clock this evening. At Montfort-sur-Argens two new cases and one death are reported. At Toulon, during the 24 hours ending at 0 o’clock, there were nine deaths from the dieease. The sanitary condition of Toulon is less satisfactory, owing to a relaxation of the precautions on the part of the inhabitants, and a re vival of the epidemic is feared. At Castelnovo, in Italy, one Iresh case and 1 death are reported, and at Livignano 1 patient died. Reports from other points in Italy give a total of 8 fresh eases and 8 deaths. Cincinnati Getting luto the Old Rut. Cincinnati, Aug. 17.—The jury in the case of McDermott, who is charged murder in the first degree, of guilty of murder in the shortly after midnight, after delWmating for 9 hours. McDer mott was knocked down in a saloou by two brothers, John and Charles Kennedy. After this he went to his boarding house, procured a revolver,’returned, and shot and killed both brothers. Mexico’s Revolutionary Sensation. City of Mexico, Aug. 17.—1 t is re ported authoritatively that Gens. Ita mierz, Mejia and two others, implicated in the reeent foolhardy conspiracy, have been shot by order of the President. La Diana officially publishes the proclama tion of the conspirators, which decrees that Gonzales, Diaz and all the others engaged in government affairs since the revolution of Tuxtepec, in 1876, 6hall for feit their lives and property. The Labor Statistics Commissionership. Washington, Aug. 17.—Candidates for the position of Commissioner of Labor Statistics continue to multiply. The President, puzzled by their conflicting claims, will, it is now stated, appoint on his return Charles S. Hill, of the Bureau of Statistics of the State Department, who has fine indorsements for the posi tion. Belford’s Hays Sealed. Washington, Aug. 17.—1 t is now said that the House is to lose its Belford as well as its Ochiltree. Belford will, it is said, decline to be a candidate for re-election, or in the event that he is such a candi date will fail of the renomination. A Theater Treasurer’s Corpse Found. Boston, Aug. 17.—The dead body of G. H. Tyler, Treasurer of the Boston Bijou Theatre Company, was found in the water at Hull to-day. RAILROAD RUMBLINGS. Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near and Afar. The switch was put iu at Andersonville last week for the Buena Yista Railroad and the actual railroad is now pointing up this way, and the regular construction train will be put ou this week. Yaldosta Times: Work on the F. M. & G. R. R. has been suspended on the grad ing, but the bridge force is pushing ahead. Exactly what this partial suspension means is not known here. Various ru mors are afloat, but we are convinced that the road will go through to Madison, AN EXCITING EPISODE. A St. Louiftan Relates an Adventure With “ Belle Boyd ” “Your article on ‘Belle Boyd,’ the famous Confederate spy,” remarked Mr. J. W. Meyer, the Main street merchant, to a St. Louis Republican reporter, “called to memory a littte experience I had with the dashing young lady years ago. I was at Winchester, my home, soon atter the battle in 1864, and Belle was there. I had heard a great deal of her and her daring, and, I may say, wonderful exploits, but I had never met her. We met at the Winchester depot in March, 1864, both go ing to Baltimore. She was with a number of her friends, and a number of my friends accompanied me to the station. We were introduced, and when the fact was re vealed that we were en route to the same place, her friends insisted that I play the gallant for the handsome aud lively young heroine. 1 was young, -and this was, of course, just to my taste, and I enjoyed the honor greatly. Soon after leaving Winchester Capt. Ban ning, a famous Federal officer and after wards Congressman from Mount Vernon, Va., got on the train. He was going to Washington, and was considerably the worse for having lingered a little too long with the wine cup. He was rather drunk, and having learned that Belle was on the train, he made up his mind to get acquainted with her. He had a real good opinion of himself, and resolved to ‘jump her,’ to use a slang phrase. He was going to learn something of the enemy’s move ment. He sat down in the same seat with the spy, and the two were soon engaged in enrnest conversation, the spy leading by several lengths. At last the Captain began to ‘yawn’ and ‘gape,’ and in a short time he let his head fall back, and was asleep. Miss Boyd asked me for my knil'e, and while the Captain was snoring away in good order, she removed his shoulder straps. MISSING EPAULETTES. “The passengers enjoyed this amaz ingly and laughed heartily. In an hour or so the Captain awoke, and the laugh ing crowd soon caused him to look about, and he discovered the absence of his shoulder straps. He charged the little rebel, as he called her, with removing them and demanded their return. She refused. He stormed and she laughed. He declared that unless she returned them he would arrest Belle and myself. Still she refused. lie was as good as his word, and we were confined in the Utah House, Baltimore. 1 was kept there three weeks, the spy was kept some longer. She was still there when 1 left, and as happy and light-hearted as you please. She seemed to enjoy the situation ex tremely well. I have not seen her since, and lost all trace ot the little woman with whom I had a most romantic expe rience. She was the most remarkable woman l ever knew—handsome, dash ing, perfectly formed, a splendid talker and an actress of remarkable force and power. 1 never saw a woman of so many remarkable traits of character.” EATING HUMAN FLESH. The Horrible Effects of Cannibalism on Those Who Survive. One of the junior officers of the Thetis, says a New York special of Aug. 15, talk ing to-day on board the ship of the charge against the Greely party, said: “Here, on this very spot, one of the survivors held us through all one night telling, if words can tell, of his first taste of human flesh. He would give years from his life to forget it, but, be said, that first taste, the sensation of having between his teeth the flesh of one who had once been his friend, was with him always. Waking or sleeping, be seemed to feel his lips pressing the smooth, flabby meat that must be choked down somehow if he would live. And then the inhuman, savage way of getting it! Each feeder upon such food must cut off his own shreds of flesh. No friend could be found to perform this horrible office. Every man, if he would eat, must of necessity be his own butcher, and these canni balistic orgies, these midnight feasts, were secret. The little beaten path, worn smooth between the graveyard and the wretches’ tent, told its own tale. But every dweller in that tent shut his eyes and refused to see. Body after body was stripped of flesh, but none of those t hat trod that little path dared speak of this. No man asked a question at the too common sight of a starving wretch creeping up to the only fire at midnight, carrying in his hand a strip of flesh. As he thrust this into the flame on the end of a poiuted stick no one of his compan ions says a word. And when tearing the smoking flesh with his teeth he lies down and another of the would-be sleepers rises up and goes silently down that mysterious path, knife in hand, it is easy to guess his horrid purpose. “And the after effects of these ghastly feasts were as awful as the descent upon the mangled corpses. The mere thought of what the}' had eaten brought on nau sea, and in their weak state the stomach refused to retain this human flesh, is it wonderful that these men will carry that sensation of chewing human flesh for ever? ‘I hope and pray I may forget it when I die,’ was the only prayer that the wretched cannibal could truly pray. It was his heaven of heavens to forget that awful, sickening taste.” Blockaded with Porpedoes. St. Petersburg, Aug. 17.—The Mari time Board has notified Uussian ship owners that the harbor of Canton is block aded with torpedoes. FRANCE’S FINGER IN THE FIE. Paris, Aug. 17. France has made overtures to Berlin, Vienna and St. Peters burg for an entente cordiale on the sub ject of the limitation of English occupa tion in Egypt, neutralization of the Suez canal and the independent policy as sumed by England. The overtures from the French Government have been well received. ANNAM’S CORONATION. AnnaMj Aug. 17.—The coronation of the new King of Annam was performed to-day with great pomp. CHINA SEEKING MEDIATION. Shanghai, Aug. 17.—The Ministry of For eign Affairs on Aug. 12 addressed a pro test to the foreign diplomatists here against the action taken by France, and a request lor the mediation of their re spective governments. The protest is couched in pacific terms. France and the Leeward Islands. Paris, Aug. 17.—31. Deschanel, editor of the Journal dee Debate, has commenced an agitation, under the prompting of Prime Minister Ferry, for the cession to France by England of the Leeward Isl ands in exchange for French concessions on the coast of Newfoundland. M. Deschanel, in a lecture before the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, ad vocated the acquisition of the Leeward Islands as a part of the prospective French line via Panama, Tahiti and Aus tralasia. France’s Big Divorce Suits. London, Aug. 17.—Judgment in the Patti divorce suit has been postponed un til after the vacation. It is supposed that this indicates the failure of the applica tion of Mme. Patti to obtain a divorce from Marquis de Caux. Madeline Brohan has obtained a di vorce. Games of the League Clubs. Washington, Aug. 16.—The games of ball to-day were as follows: At Cincinnati—Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 10. At Indianapolis—lndianapolis,'. Louisville 2 At st. Louis—St. Louis (Unions) 3, Chicago (Unions) 2. Gen Millot to he Recalled. Paris, Aug. 17.—A Cabinet Council was held at the Elvsee Palace on Saturday, the deliberations lasting seven hours. It was decided to recall Gen. Millot, com mander of the French forces in Tonquin, and place Gen. Negrier at that post. Liszt Denies That He is Blind. Berlin, Aug. 17.—Abbe Franz Liszt, the famous pianist, has sent an autograph letter to his friends denying the story that he had become blind, lie says that he is able to work without difficulty. England’s Mission In Egypt. London, Aug. 17—Lord Dufferin, the British Ambassador to Turkev, has as sured the Porte that Lord Northbrook’s mission does not indicate a change in England’s Egyptian policy. Another J. G. Blaine. Bouton Gazette. One of our English cousins was recent ly placed at dinner by the side of a charm ing woman who had been requested by the hostess to amuse the stranger. They were getting on very well, when he drew attention to a guest opposite by saving, “Oh, I say, do look at that spotted man: did you ever see such an object?” Ami the lady said with much dignity, to stop his prattle, if possible, “Yes, that is my uusband.” And the wretch said, “Oh, how delightful, you know, because you can tell me—is he really spotted all over?” A VISIT TO LIBERTY HALL CRAW FORD VILLE A THOROUGH LY ANCIENT TOW N. Gov. Stephens’ Fame the Town’s Pride— The Old House About as it was When Its Great Occupant was Alive—Short Stops at Other Georgia Towus. CRAWFORDVILLE, Ga., Aug. 15. Every admirer of the late Alexander Ste phens is anxious to make a pilgrimage to Liberty Hall. Among the number of pil grims recently was the writer. The first impression on arrival at Crawfordville is one of disappointment. The town is an old one. The idea appears to nave pre vailed from the first improvements that it was finished. Nobody has had the cour age to doubt this opinion or change the status of affairs. One new house and a few buildings repaired con stitute the improvements ofl the last de cade. There are some very clever and intelli gent people here. Some charming young ladies passing on the streets relieve the dull monotonyzif the scene. Business is dull, aud numbers could be seen around the pool tallies and playing draughts on the sidewalks. There are some good stores, with splendid stocks of goods. To day, the citizens say, has been an excep tional dull day. This fact, taken iu con nection with the' unpainted buildings, and the dilapidation apparent everywhere, was calculated to impress the pilgrim unfavorably. There was but one talis man that would arouse the average citi zen from his dreamy indifference, and that was the name of “Little Aleck.” They never tire of disc-anting upon his virtues and proudly point to the plain, unpretentious building, almost hid by the grove of locusts, on the distant hill as the home of the Great Com moner. To an unsophisticated stranger the impression is made that these people bank largely on Mr. Stephens’ reputation. There are some industries here which are worthy of all commendation. There is an excellent gin factory, from whence some of the best machines in the State are sent out. Messrs. Andrews & Jones get up an excellent paper, the Democrat. THE WRITER BELIEVING A TRIP to Liberty Hall would be best en joyed alone, wended his way thither unaccompanied. There was more time to look upon the scenes that had become part of the life of one of Georgia’s greatest statesmen; more op portunity to meditate upon those things which employed one of the greatest minds of the day. It is one of the remarkable characteristics of human nature that sim plicity is the charm of the truly great. Ostentat on belongs to the vulgar and the would-be patriot. Here simplicity reigns supreme. The house is modeled after the old Southern residence, with its long pi azza in front anil wide hall through the centre. I was met very cordially by Airs. Corry, a niece of the dead statesman, and conducted through the apartments open for public inspection. The parlor and Air. Stephens’ bed room remain just as he left them when he went to occupy the more luxurious apartments in the Governor’s mansion. Everything comfortable and substantial, but there were no tinsel ornaments. When the good lady threw open the library room 1 was surprised that such an extensive collection had not been secured by some of our public libraries, not only because of its associations, but because of its real merit. It was purchased by Col. John A. Stephens, who, no doubt, would dispose of it to some public institution on reasona ble terms. The Stephens Memorial Asso ciation, through the efforts of Aliss Gay and Mr. Meyers, of Augusta, purchased the buildings and grounds, and the furni ture in the parlor and bedroom. They did not feel able to purchase the entire property as it stood. It is a great misfortune that they were not able to do so. Sitting on the broad piazza and looking down over the lawn in front of the bouse I gave free reign to imagination. Here the great man had ofttimes sat, and gazed in wondering admiration upon these same trees, and the sloping lawn, until every object became to him ani mated with life, and as familiar as his own thoughts. Here he sat and heard the songs of praise that went up from the humble Alethodist chapel that stands in the left corner of the yard, which had been erected in accordance with his wishes. I was aroused from my reverie with the consciousness that tbat which made this spot grand aud great was no longer here. The mortal was held iu a rock-bound tomb in the cemetery in Atlanta, while that which made the man great aud grand had entered into the pale realm beyond, where, unfettered by frail mortality, he lives the real life awarded to the just. Slowly the writer wended his way through the long avenue of shade and passed out into the outer world. The little village of unpainted houses* was soon left behind, and only the memories ot the day remain. THE CROPS ALONG THE GEORGIA from Atlanta to this point are the poorest I have seen during a month’s travel. On the Athens branch they are very fine and this is true also along the Washington branch road. In this immediate section they have not had a good rain since the first week in July. Athens, with its spirit of progress and templed hills, suggests gn air of thrift and contentment that would lure the pil grim to rest and enjoyment. This one, however, being indisposed, was unable to take in the charms of the ancient city. It has been Ift years since I looked upon the college campus, and it is the most famil iar scene in all the city. Editor Gantt has given the Athenians one ot the live liest daily papers in the State. His let ters on the editorial excursion are com mended by many. Aly stay was short, and I turned reluctantly away from scenes in which 1 had anticipated much pleasure. A hurried trip to the old town of Lex ington and a few moments only with the Echo man, I hurried forward to spend the night at Washington, in AVilkes county. Every foot of ground about it is historic. The town has not only become famous be cause it is the home of one of the grandest men Georgia has ever produced, Gen. Robert Toombs, but during the closing days of the late Confederacy some re markable occurrences took place. Look ing out from the Arnold House door the frame building stands where the last Cabinet meeting of the Southern Confede racy was held. From here the government officers scattered, and the world has long since learned the result. Near here the wagons con taining the government gold were aban doned and the suspicion stiil lingers with many that much ot the treasure lies buried yet in this vicinity. Here the Baptists are building an elegant brick church—one of the finest in the State. Here is the Catholic Orphan Asylum and their Fe male College. Near here is Sharon, the old est Catholic diocese in Georgia. There are some of the loveliest homes here that can be found in the county. There are many other attractions, but time and space fail me, and so I mu9t hasten on to Thomson. Jack Plane. It LACK JACK, JR. His Inherited Exuberance of Language Causes Him to l>e Court Martialed. The Newburg (N. Y. ) llegiater of Aug. 15 says that John A. Logan, .Jr., the son of the Kepublican candidate for Vice President, who is in the fourth class of cadets at West Point, has been placed under arrest there to await trial by court martial on a charge of using profane lan guage while on duty and for conduct un becoming a cadet and prejudicial to mili tary discipline. The story goes that young Logan used profane language to the corporal of the guard, while doing guard duty a few nights ago. The corporal was on his rounds relieving the different guards, and when he approached Logan, was saluted by the Senator’s son with “who goes there, by G— d?” The corporal, although surprised, gave the usual reply, when young Logan, in a clear voice, cried out. “Advance friend and give the counter sign, by G —d!” Logan was relieved from guard duty, and the case was reported to the Super intendent. The following day he was placed under arrest, and has since been on trial. The court held a session Wednesday, the llegister says, but none of the proceedings have been made public. Slialcegpeare Says Truly: “That which we call a rose By any other name would smell ns sweet.’’ But the reverse is equally true, and the simple fact that so many" wretched per fumes are designated Florida Water does not impart to them any of tbe sweet fragrance of the genuine Murray 4 Lan man Florida Water. Beware of these counterfeits and make sure of obtaining only the right article, which has won for itself the foremost position as a toilet requisite. A CLEAR STEAL OF A MILLION. How Diamonds Were Sown With Shot guns In the Hills of Arizona—An Old Story Retold. In IS7I two rough-looking prospectors walked into the Bank of California, says the Chicago Herald , and asked for Air. Ralston, the cashier and leading spirit of the bank. They had two little buckskin bags, which they said contained some thing and they did not know exactly what it was. One of the bags they said they believed had diamonds in the rough, but the other they said they did not “know what kind of a d— 9tone it was. They mout be garnets.” Ralston laughed at the idea of “diamonds,” but he asked to see them. There was about half a pint of black, dirty-looking crystals, ranging in size from a pea to a hazelnut. The other bag had dark blood-red stone 9 that were promptly pronounced Arizona “garnets” by the great banker, and cast aside as worthless. He told the prospectors to leave the bag with the black crystals, and he would have them examined by experts, lie did so. Professor Le Conte, the geolo gist of the Uuiversity of California, pro nounced them diamonds. So did Profes sor Janin, the best mining expert in San Francisco. Shreve and other leading jewelers all agreed they were diamonds. Shreve had one partially cut, and it re vealed a beautiful white stone. The question then arose: l/ \Vhere did they come from?” Ralston was greatly ex cited. He called in Sharon and even took D. O. MiHs into his confidence. The two prospectors gave tbeir names as William Arnold and Isaac W. Slack, anil said they had been prospecting in Arizona and Utah and Wyoming, aud they had found these stones in one of the regions named, but refused to say just where. They said, however, that there were “bushels” of the same kind left. The diamond fever grew, and finally Ralston, Sharon, Nicholas Luning, a great San Francisco capitalist; William 31. Lent, S. L. At. Barlow, of New York; George D. Roberts, the present postal telegraph man; Alichael Reese, the great Jewish millionaire, aud several others formed a syndicate and agreed to take the “diamond fields” at $1,000,000, provided the representations of Arnold and Slack were verified by experts. Alean time tbe other little bag of specimens was submitted to tests and found to contain genuine rubies. Some were sent to New York to be cut, and were found to be gen uine stones. These were said to come from the same “fields.” “When they had the bargain drawn up in black and white and $25,000 paid as earnest money, Arnold and Slack reveal ed secretly to Ralston the location of the find, and offered to pilot three of the bank’s own experts to the ground. One morning in April, 1872, .four disguised figures crept down In the dawn to the Oakland Ferry. They were Arnold, George D. Roberts, Henry- Janin and George Hearst. Janin was the most ac complished geologist and mining engineer in the city, and Roberts and Hearst were, and are yet, the best practical miners in California. The party took the cars and Arnold piloted them to Green River, Wy. T. There they left the train, got mules and ambulance and struck tor the Green River Mountains, forty-five miles south of tbe railroad. They were on the ground a week. The ‘diamond lield’ did not seem to be more than fifty acres in extent, and was at the base of a low range of barren red sandstone hills. They" found dia monds in the greatest quantities scattered about in the low beds of dry gravel. They dug down and found them in groups of six and eight. They were all greatly ex cited except Arnold. When at the end of a week they prepared to leave they had more than a quart of diamonds and rubies of all sizes. Well, when they got back to San Francisco the town was aflame. A company was at once organized with $3,- 000,000 capital. The million dollars to pay Arnold and Slack was advanced by Rai ston, and in part made good by the syndi cate. Roberts, Lunning, Lent, Ralston and Sharon each put in $100,060, and Bar low made up a pool in New \ r ork to take $250,000 more. Then the public began to clamor for the stock, but so confident were the promoters of the scheme that they had anew Golconda tbat they locked the stock up in the Bank of California and refused to let a share go out. Arnold and Slack took their money and left the coast. Arnold got $440,000 in cash. He went to Elizabethtown, Ky., bought a magnificent farm and settled down. Slack went to Europe and was never heard of again. “Clarence King, the United States geol ogist, had made a survey of that region and remembered the exact spot in which the diamonds were said to be found. He knew it was not a diamond country. He suspected a fraud. Anyhow his reputa tion as a geological surveyor was at stake, and he went to examine it quietly by himself. A week’s close study reveal ed the whole truth, and in an elaborate report he showed how the ground had been salted, and even the mechanical ap pliances used. He found a few of the dia monds and unhesitatingly declared them of the same character as the stones from South Africa. An investigation followed, and in a few months the whole truth came out. Harpending had put up the job and had supplied Arnold and Slack with the money to carry it out. The lat ter bought in London $40,000 worth of rough diamonds and SIO,OOO worth ot com mon rubies. They picked them up at odd times and in odd lots, and Arnold smug gled them into the country by way of Quebec. Slack, who bad been in South Africa, selected the field—and Clarence King said the immediate region was well selected, too—aud together they planted them, poking them down one by one with slim steel rods. They also scattered some into a gravel bank with a shot-gun, and it was this last method that King detect ed by the powder stains. “The company burst up at once and Ralston and the rest set about recovering a portion of the money. Lent and Roberts hunted up Arnold, in Kentucky, and it was said by some he gave up a portion of the money, but others affirm that he never did. Several suits were begun, and not long after Arnold was murdered in a local quarrel. It was a ciean steal of about a million dollars. THE MOREY LETTER. The Story of the Man Who Says He Forged It Made Public. The long delayed expose by U. S. Com missioner John I. Davenport of the Morey letter, says a New York special of Aug. 15, will be published to-morrow morning. It makes a book of 150 pages. It is largely made up of fac similes of docu ments showing the forgery in its various forms. The narrative is. only a brief part of tbe whole volume. Tbe book sets forth that the person who actually penned the forged Morey letter was a lawyer of this city named Henry 11. Hadley, of 13 Park Row. Davenport describes him as tbe manipulator of insurance companies of doubtful character, and of other mat ters equally precarious, with an innate love ot intrigue and with a craving for notoriety and an unconquerable desire to dip into politics and to correspond with public men. He quotes from his letters to show that he was alwavs a Democrat though at the time of the" commission of the forgery he was the Secretary of the Hancock Republican Association, in the rooms of which the iorgery was com mitted on or about October 2,18 SO. The according to Hadley’s ad missions and confirmatory evidence col lected by Davenport, was originally in the form of an extract trom a supposed interview with Mr. Garfield. Mr IJaven port possessed himself of about 1,000 let ters written by Hadley between 1873 and 1879. and finds all thedistinguishing marks of orthography and caligrapbv alike in them and the forged letter. It was on the display of the evidence of guilt that Had ley confessed his part in the crime. Mr. Davenport attempts to show the connec tion of Mr. Barnum and other members of the .National Democratic Committee with the forgery and the employ ment of the forger, claiming that he paid Hadley various sums for the work done by him. Hadley admits that there was no such man as H. L. Morey, to w hom the letter was sup posed to have been written, nor was there ever any such person as John W.Goodall, who claimed to have been the executor of H. L. Morey, and who transmitted the forged letter to Truth. Hadley wrote the Goodall letters also. Charles A. Dana, of the Sun, was informed of the existence of the letter ten days before its appearance in Truth, but he declined to have any thing to do with it, because he believed it to be a forgery. Duels With Swords. Paris, Aug. 17.—A third duel with swords has been fought between Al. Emanuel Orne and M. Ernest Gudet journalists of this citv. M. Orne was wounded in the arm. M. Perreries, of tbe Paris Figaro, and M. Mariatu, a violinist, have also fought a duel with swords, the latter receiving two wounds, j PBJTCE SIO A VKAK.I f 5 CENTS A COPY. | BLAISES BOMBARDMENT. THE DATE OF HIS CHILD’S BIRTH CL T FROM ITS TOMBSTONE. A Clue to the Culprit's Identity Be lieved to Have Been Obtalned-Wat terson Deprecates the Attacks on the Blaine Family, and Shows How the Plumed Knight Will Make Capital Out of Them. Augusta, Me., Aug. 17.—The Ko*nebec Journal to-morrow will say: >%luch feeling has been excited in this commun ity by an event of extraordinary charac ter. In the well known cemetery lot cf the Stanwood family an infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine lies buried. The child died in July, 1834, and its resting place is marked by a beautiful memorial of marble, erected in 1855, on which the dates of the birth and death were plainly inscribed in raised letters. About two weeks ago it was discovered that the date of the child's birth had been carefully chiseled away. It was quickly discovered, and an intimate friend of the Blaine family placed a detective on the track of the perpetra tor, who has not yet been discovered, but it is thought that a clue has been found in the fact that directly after the mutilation of the memorial a person whose name is known had copies of the alleged record sent to newspapers in numerous parts of the country antagonistic to Blaine. The motive lor the act of vandalism is scarcely apparent. There is great indignation among all classes ol people over the sacreligious act.” WATTERSON ON MUD SLINGING. Ho Frowns on the Attacks and Shows How Blaine Will Use Them. Louisville, Aug. 17.— Henry Watter sou returned from Virginia to-day, and in answer to a question as to the Blaine scandal said that ho had long ago dis credited and dismissed it lrom serious con sideration. lie had oceasiou some fifteen years ago to look into the matter, aud had found nothing which could justify an im peachmentMdjJh-s. Blaine’s virtue. The Courier-J ol to-morrow will in the course of an editorial, say: “To the integrity of the good woman who lor thirty years has presided over 31 r. Blaine’s household, recognized by all who knew her to be the best of wives qnd mothers, an entire generation of testimony may be called and will be confidentially and cordially answered. The only effect of the sense less and wicked invasion of the home life of the eminent and corrupt statesman w ho heads the Republican ticket, the one re deeming feature of his career will be to furnish him an opportunity to pose in the character of a defender of the fireside and hearthstone aud his own honor, a char acter offering especial opportunities for histrionic display and driving di rectly at the most susceptible corner of the popular heart. It is, besides, his purpose to advance this wanton attempt to destroy an honest domestic fabrication as an offset against the personal attacks made by the Re publicans upon Gov. Cleveland. Iwo wrongs do not make a right, nor are the cases in any w T ise alike—one case in volving nothing more than the chastity of a bachelor, and the other the foundation of a family.” Hlaine’d Suit for Damage*?*. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 17.— John U. (shoemaker, proprietor of the India napolis Sentinel , was here last night with the purpose, it is believed, of employing Senator 3 oorhees in the libel suit brought by 3lr. Blaine aginst the Sentinel. 3lr. v oorhees was out of the city, hut 3lr. Shoemaker had a consultation with bis law partner, Judge Carlton, lasting sev eral hours. PEDDLING PADRE ISLAND. Mythical Titles to Texas Property—For eign Capitalists Swindled. “A specious swindle has been quietly and successfully prosecuted in this city for some time past,” said Mr. Baxter Noyes, a broker and negotiator, of No. 120 Broadway, to a New York Herald reporter. “There is an island off the Gulf coast of Texas known as Padre Island. It contains about 550,000 acres which would make pretty good ranch land, a kind of property which is begin ning to be valuable in Texas. For the past two or three years various sets of adventurers, who have everything to gain aud nothing to lose, have infested New A ork, besieging the offices of capitalists and promoters ol companies, endeavoring to sell the title to Padre Island at tempt ingly low figures. Their scheme has nearly' always been to get New Porkers to take the island at what seems to be a cheap price, and then sell it in London to a syn dicate of English capitalists, who are ready buyers of Texas aud other Ameri can grazing lauds, and are always look ing for investments of that kind. “Now, the swindle lies iu the fact that neither these men nor anybody else, so far as 1 can learn, can give a legal title to the island. It lias been in dispute for generations and nobody knows just who owns it. Here is a letter to me from J. 11. C. White, the Postmaster of Corpus Christi, Texas, in which he says, in an swer to my inquiries: “‘There is hardly a mau who lives or ever did live in AVestern Texas who does not claim the whole or a part of Padre Island, or the Big Sand Bar.’ “After I had been repeatedly approached by these men to get capitalists interested in their schemes 1 consulted my frie.gl 3lr. Charles 11. Mallory, of the Texas lino ot steamers, and by his advice I wrote to Mr. Mifflin Kenuedy,a wealthy landowner in Texas, whose reply comes through the Postmaster in the language I have quoted. 31 r. Kennedy says he has received thous ands of such letters'as mine. “The adventurers show what they call a title deed, which is secured in this way: They have some of their confederates in Texas execute a quit claim deed for the island, which anv man may do. This deed is duly recorded, and then the Town Clerk is asked for a certified copy of the deed. This is shown in New York and forwarded to London. Such a title is absolutely worthless, but it has deceived many people. I don’t know of any Ameri cans who have put their money into the thing, but I do know of Englishmen who have put from £I,OOO tq £IO,OOO into the scheme in the belief that the property was worth over half a million dollars, and it was necessary to pay something down to secure the refusal of it. 1 have no doubt that over SIOO,OOO has been sunk in Padre Island in this way in England at various t'mes. 1 suppose no public complaint has been made before liecause the losers are all rich men, and the amount asked for from each has generally been small— about £1,000.” Emory’s Little Cathartic Pills are suffi ciently powerful for the most robust, yet the safest for children and weak consti tutions. The action in any disease is uniform, certain and safe, painless and effective. Druggists. 15 cents. Salttr.3 poteftrr. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel purity, strength and whoiesomeness. 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