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Newspaper Page TextColtimlm wmircf. r OL. XIX. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1877. NO. 195 WASHINGTON. ' Another American Whaler Fired on by the Spaniards. COLLECTOR BUSSELL S CASE NOT CLOSED — THE BIO GRANDE CITY OUTRAGE—PROMPT REPARATION TO RE DEMANDED—MORTON WILL GET WELL—COLLECTOR OAMPBELL'S COMMISSION—MINISTER TO OBEEOE THINKS THE UNITED STATES CAN CONTROL GRAIN MARKETS OP THE WORLD—SITTING BULL COMMISSION—SOBU1Z CANNOT FIND A CIVILIAN TO GO AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. ANOTHER WHALING SCHOONER FIRED UPON. Washington, Angnst 16.—The Tress ury Department bss advioes that the whaling sohooner Edward Lee reoeived a broadside of round shot, followed by grape, from k gunboat while whaling in the Oarribean Sea. The Treasury De partment at the instance of the State Department has instituted inquiry. COLLECTOR RUSSELL NOT OLOBED. The Republican says a deeision in the ease of (Jolleotor Russell, of Riohmond, Va., i* not olosed. THE RIO GRANDE CITY OUTRAGE. Alluding to the Rio Grande Oity out rage, acting Secretary Seward does not hesitate to characterize the affair as a most outrageous proceeding and a most daring violation of international treaty obligatioss ; and is quoted: “Not only will this Government insist upon the prompt pursuit and oapture of the despe radoes, but will also demand their signal and immediate punishment. Every one of the offenders must be brought to jus tice.” MORTON WILL GET WELL. Bliss, Morton’s Washington doolor, tel egraphs he is confident of Morton’s recov ery. MENTIONS. McCrary comes back Saturday. The^coast survey steamer Gideney, ar rived at the navy yard from a season’s duty off the coast of Florida. All are well. Campbell’s commission as collector of the Third Texas District dates from Sep tember 1st. The State Department is informed by our Minister of Greeoe that the United States oan now and henceforth, to a great extent, control the grain markets of Europe. , SITTING BULL COMMISSION. The Sitting Bull Commission, of which General Terry will be obairman, will re port direct to Hayes. Sohurz has not yet found a civilian to have on the Commis sion at bis own expense. SUSPENDED. E. J. Smith, Surveyor General of Mon tana, is suspended for a misdemeanor in office. THE NEE PERCES. THEY ESCAPE FBOM FREEDMAN BUBEAU HOWARD. Washington, Aug. 16.—A despatch from Howard's Camp, dated Aug. 9tb, the day on whioh Chief Joseph atruok Gib bons, says of the enemy: They have been persued into a headlong flight, whioh has exhausted their powers and dragged them into misery. Their families and their little ones have accompanied them in the hurried exile into which they have been driven. The latest offioial advises Bay of them: They have already made their way through Pehme Pasa, and are following the Salmon River up. By this means, they take the roughest route, whioh makes it very difficult for the sol diers to pursue, and it is probable the Indians will suoceed in reaohing their destination in northern Idaho. THEY CONTINUE TO RETREAT. Helena, Montana, August 16.—The following is received : Virginia, Montana, August 15.—To Gov. Potts, Helena: News just reoeived from Bannock says a soouting party haB just returned, bringing with them the bodies of Montague, Jos, Smith, Flinn and Farnsworth, and that there are more expected to come. The Indians were thirty-five miles south of Bannock yester day morning. They bad taken all the horseB in the Upper Horse Prairie and were moving slowly. CHINAMEN MURDERED ON HOB8E PRAIRIE. Deer Lodge, Montana, August 16.— Intelligence from Virginia, Montana, to Gov. Potts is that Gen. Howard’s com mand arrived at Bannook on the night of the 14th, and would leave for Horse Prairie next morning. All the Chinamen of Horse Prairie are missing, and are sup posed to have been killed there. One guard of Indians was still in Horse Prairie. TEXAS-SIEXICAN BORDER. INDIANS FIGHT IN MEXICO—MEXICAN TBOOPS AT CAMARGO— MEXICANS STEAL 150 MORE CATTLE. New Orleans, August 16.—A special dispatch to the Galveston News reports a tight in Mexico reoently between the Kiokapoo and Lipan Indians in which seventeen LipanB were killed. The Mexican troops are concentrating at Camargo, opposite Ringgold barracks. A special dispatoh from Fort Clark, to same paper, says that Mexioan cattle thieves drove 150 head of oattle aoross the Rio Grande on the 14th inst. GEORGIA. CONVENTION DISCUSSES THE REGULATION OF RAILROAD FREIGHTS. Attorney General Decides Treasurer Can Fay bnt $*25,000 to the Conven tion and that flaw been Raid. ▲ NEGRO KILLED IN SAVANNAH AND OTHERS FATALLY INJURED. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Atlanta, ‘Ga., August 16th., 1877. The regulation of freights was discuss ed all day. Gen. Toombs made a magnificent speeoh in favor of regulation. The Convention leans that way. It is rumored on good authority that the Attorney General has advised the Treasurer that he cannot pay more than $25,000 for the Oonvention. The decis ion will cause some commo tion. F. H. E. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S DECISION. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Atlanta, August 16.—The Attorney General has decided that the Treasurer was not authorized to pay the Constitu tional Convention any amount above the $25,000 appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred. The amount was expended sev* eral days Since. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SAVANNAH. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Savannah, Angnst 16.— A platform in front of the Stoddard Range, Bay street, gave way this morning under the weight of an iron safe whioh was being moved. Dennis Wills, colored, was instantly killed; John W. Reilly had both legs broken; John Daley and Riohard Brode and five negroes were injured. A Han Horribly Mutilated by a Woman. New Yobk, August 16:—James Wilder- mott, aged 48 years employed in the Del- amatro Iron Works was taken to the East ern District Hospital, Williamsbarg, last night, shockingly mutilated. He said he had been injured by a woman named Mrs. Honora McCormick. She said she had out Wildermott, because having seduced her several years ago, separated her from a good and loving husband in San Fran cisco. She came from there to get re venge. Wildermott has a wife and mar ried children. Long laitund Kavin|i Bank. New York, August 16.—The snspens sion of payment by the Long Island Savings Bank continues. Secretary Fowler declared to-day the bank was sol vent and has a surplus of $26,000, but it ia necessary to take advantage of the sixty days’ rule in order to avoid the need- law sacrifice of securities. ABOUT LOGS. THE LEGAL STATUS OF THOSE SEIZED IN LOUISIANA. Washington, August 16.—Messrs. Sheldon and Bryce have a joint let ter from Judge Billings this morning to the effect that in case there is any ob struction put in the way of defendants and intervenors to bond the logs under his order in Chambers of the 13th, he will proceed to New Orleans at once to hear and pass on the question at issue with a view of allowing the property to go into the immediate possession of the claimants. There are some fifty thousand of these logs detained, the aggregate value as they lie being $35,000. It is stated good secu rity has been offered the Government to the amount of $150,000, and it is asserted when the matter is settled about one-tenth of these logs will vest in the Government. These logs have been held over ninety days, and involve the employment and subsistence of some fifteen hundred work- Death of Attorney General Daniel or Virginia. Richmond, August 16.—Hon. Raleigh T. Daniel, Attorney General of Virginia, died at 4:30 p. m., after two days’ illness, from hemorrhages of the bowels. He was aged 72 years. He was renominated for the same position by the Conservative Convention last week, at which time he was in apparent good health, and made one of the best speeches before that body ia accepting the nomination. He has been in publio life over forty years, dur- iog which time ho has held numerous places of the .highest trust. He was recognized as one of the foremost legal minds in the State. The community was greatly shocked at his sudden death. Newark Striker Fined and Impris oned . Newark, N. J., August 16.—McDaniel, one of the Central Railroad strikers, was sentenced by the Vice Chanoellor to $50 fine and imprisonment until farther orders of the Court. BATTLE OF BENNINGTON Speeches by Mr. Hayes, and Secretaries De Facto Evarts, Key and Devens. FRANCE. COURSE OF EMILE OLIYIEB. London, August 16.—The Daily News' Psris special says Emile Olivier has solic ited Government patronage ss a candidate in the Department of Bar, but then re fused. Lemercier, formerly a Bonapart ist prefect, runs against him. SILK FAILURES AT LYONS. London, Angnst 16.—The Financier gays, according to private advices from LyonR, several failnres occurred in the ailk trade, including one for a million dollars. Rritish Rifle Team. London, August 16.—The City of Riohmond left Liverpool with the British Rifle Team, to oompete in the Interna tional match at Creedmoor, consisting of Sir Henry Halford, Col. Pell, Col. Fen ton, Major Walley, Captain Boneby, Lieutenant Fenton, and Messrs. Armi. tage, Evana, Ferguson, Frazer, Gilden, and Greenhill. ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES—FLUNKEYISM AND A “damnition” FOOL. Bennington, Angnst 16.—The ceremo nies to-day were tumultuously snoaeasfal. During the prooession President Hayes acknowledged the tributes of applanse by slight inclinations of the head, and did not appear to enoourage the exuberant manifestations by frequent and conspicu ous bowing. There was a slight delay on Main street, which several persons availed themselves to ruah np to the Pres ident's oarriage and shake hands. Cne of these, a prominent looal politician, re marked “I like you personally, Mr. Pres ident, bnt damn yonr policy,” to whioh Mr. Hays good humoredly replied, "Come now, no politics to-day.” The exoilement is over. MB. HAYES' SPEECH. Special to Enqulrer^Sun.} Bennington, Angnst 16.—After the formal oration, President HayeB was loud ly called, and spoke as follows : Ladies and Fellow-Citizens—1 need not say to you that I am grateful for this greeting. I am greatly obliged to those who had oharge of this oelehration for their courtesy in giving mo an opportuni ty to eujoy with them the oeremonies of this day. I am quite snre none of us will forgot its ooourrenoe—the notable event, the battle of Bennington so great an event toward national independence. I am sure we foel it has been filly oelebrated to-day. Only think of the procession that we beheld an hour or two ago—citizens, soldiers—dis ciplined soldiers from Vermont, from Connecticut, from Massachusetts and New Hampshire were here. [Applause.] Bnt more touching than all the long prooes sion, were the veterans of the Union army, anrvivora of the twelve hundred battles that saved the Nation and made liberty throughout the world forever pos sible. [Applause.] And what eye was not dimmed as we saw proudly marching with bis comrades that maimed soldier walking with his orntoh. But, my dear friends, I mast not detain you. I reoognize that among the pages of the speech to which we have listened, so paoked full as eaoh page was with in teresting matter, tonohing on that great event of one hundred years ago, that no one page in it was more valuable than this and all—years ago it was meritorious to be a minute man, to fight in the oause of independence. Is there not some merit in my becoming a minnta man ? [Applanse.] ATTORNEY GENERAL DEVENS was then loudly called for, and smilingly advanoing, he said : It is said to be of the maxims of the Chinese philosopher, Oonfaoius (I have never read him) to “put a few words in yonr speeoh that may be removed,” so I will follow the example of my predecessors. But I will detain you a few moments to tell you a short story—a story with s moral. PerhapB I had better tell the moral first, for I know that in study ing jEsop we used to skip the moral. The moral of the story is simply this: that in the cause of patriotism, however weak we may be, we may all do something. The story is this: although loth to confess this in the presence of so many ladies, it was something more than thirty years ago that I, a yonng lawyer, was invited to deliver an oration on the 4th of July before my fellow-citizens of the State of Vermont at Brattleboro. There were still left at that time s few of the survivors of the great revolutionary army. Three or four were waiting in the hotel where I was stopping. With my oration simmering inside of me, and a great deal embarrassed, as I am now, [applanse] —constitutional bashful ness I shall never get over—there came in with these three or four old gentlemen a somewhat younger gentleman than they, bnt still considerably ovor Beventy. He said : “I am not a revolutionary soldier, bnt I should like to ride with the revolu tionary soldiers to-dBy. I would like to explain my position,” and asked, “if I have not right ?" Of oonr.-e they readily gave him permission. He went on to say that when he was a boy about eight yeara old, hiH father left a ferry somewhere on Lake Champlain, at Fntnam or Winabam. There came to the river to orosa, while my father was away and I was at home alone, two men, one of whom seemed of superior rank to the other. They were soldiera evidently, though there was little uniform among men in revolutions- ary times. They wished to croBB the fer ry, and said they mast cross. I said that I was only a boy and could not run the ferry across, BDd even if they assisted me oonld not get back. They said they wonld help me to cross and some of the neigh bors oonld help me back. I undertook it, and after I had orossed to the other side I said to the superior gentleman, “When my father comes home, I shall wiHb to be able to tell him who it was I have osrried aoroBS the terry.” “Well,” ho said, “you may toll him that it was John Stark.” Ho said that Bix weeks after that he heard of the battle of BeuDiugton, “and now,” said he, “I have a claim to be the person who oarried John Stark across the ferry to fight the battle of Bennington, and I should like to ride with you revo- lu'ionary soldiers.” Of course the an swer was (hat they all thought ho was s good enough revolutionary soldier for them, if he was only eight years old at the time of tbo battle. MR. EVAUTS' SPEECH. “Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen : I R is fair that I should warn yon that, though I am very slow to begin e speeoh, I am mnoh slower to olose, and I know yonr only safety ia in my retiring beforo I commence." [Applause.] SECRETARY KEY was next oalled, and responded as follows: “My dear frieods, this oall is grateful to me. I do not acoept it as a personal com pliment to me, but an indication of fra ternal feeling on the pert of our Northern friends to their Southern brethren.” [Ap plause. ] THE BELLIGERENTS. RUSSIA ORDERS OUT ALU UKR RINKKVE, SAM RANDALL. TURKS ADVANCING NORTH OF THK BALKANS —FORCES ARB NOW NUMERICALLY EQUAL —GEN. GOURKO RKTIRKS TO ST. PETERS BURG TO COMMAND THE NEW CORPS OF GUARDS—GRECIAN SQUABBLE. RUSSIAN ABREST8 IN GALLAOIA. London, August 16.—Tko limes' Ber lin oorrespoudeut telegraphs, thoro have been numerous arrests in Gullaoia in con- seqnenoe of the secret oulistinont of volunteers to serve against Russia in Poland and Turkey. Tns ARMIES IN BULGARIA—SICKNESS AND LOSSES HAVE ABOUT EQUALIZED THEM. The Times' occasional correspondent at Vienna send* the following summary of the situation : In the Balkans the fragments of Gen. Gnorko's corps are intrenching themselves in the Shika Pass. The 8th oorps ap pointed to support them is echeloned between tielvi, Brienovn, and Tirnova. A division of the llth corps occupies Koyarawitz. Against these troops which form the bulk of the Russians forces in Western Bulgaria, a Turkish oorps is slowly but steadily advancing from Shumla by Osman Bazar. Suliemau Pasha, too, with a portion of his army, is advancing in the direction of Elena. Lastly, some of Osman's men are maroh-* iug from Louvatzon Gabrova. The Rus sian reinforcement aro more than count erbalanced by the troops which the Turks are receiving from Asia, Tho sanitary condition of the Russians is so much worse than that of the Turks that the gaps occasioned by sickness in tho army of the former, almost establish an equilibrium of forces between tho combatants. ARDAHAN ADVANCE DENIED. London, AugnBt 16. — An Erzeroum dispatoh to the Times says the report that Russians are advancing from Ardahan the Oli are unfounded. There are only six battalions, two batteries and one regi ment of cavalry at ArdAhan. Four bat* talionB detached from that direction are now encamped at Zaim. ALEXANDRIA GREEKS. Alexandria, August 16.—The Greek volunteer movement is increasing. A fur ther detachment of 120 started yesterday for Greece. The authorities detained 60 volunteers intending to leave on the ground of their being subjects of tbo Porte. GEN. GOURKHO—BEIGE OF RUSTCHUK RAISED. London, Aug. 16.—The special edition of the Evening Standard has a dispatch from Poredin saying: Gen. Gourkho has gone to St. Petersburg to resume com mand of the Guards, who are coming here. The siege of Rnstchuk is virtually rais ed. ALL RUSSIA CALLED TO ARMS. Special to tho Enquirer-Sun.J Constantinople, August 16.—An Im perial decree calls to arms nil hitherto ex onerated. Those who have already serv- od, but not yet attained their fortieth year,will be divided into National Guards, who mAy ultimately be sent to the seat of wAr, and National Giuuds for protection and iuternal security. tiaratoKA lime*. Special to Enquirer-Sun.I Saratoga, August 16.—Three-quart or mile for two year-olds, dead between Duke of Magitana and Spartan, War Danoe colt second. Time 1:16}. Mngi- tana and Spartan divided stakes. One and three-quarter mile—Vera Cruz won, Ochiltree second, Vicoroy third. Time 3:17. One and one-eighth mile—Madge won, Mary second, Sister of Mercy third. Time 2:0lJ. Redding won hurdle. Ben Wade Interviewed.—A corres pondent of the New York Tribune, haw interviewed ox-Senator Ben Wade, of Ohio. Ho decnlres that bo has not modi tied his opinions in regard to President Hayes’ Southern policy. Whilst he re gards him as an honest man, he thinks the President made a great mistake in surrendering Louisiana and South Caroli na, and that he misjudged his duty shock ingly. He says the country has been abandoned to tho rule of the South. With the South in powor, Mr. Wade says tho Texas Pacific subsidy bill will bo passed, and also a $100,000,000 hill for the ievcos of the Mississippi. Mr. Wedo finally declares that “it has ceased to be nuy reproach to a man to have been a traitor, and Northern people look on tho rebels as men who took a dfferent view from themsevlcs of a doubtful question of constitutional interpretation.” Mr. John G. Whittier has finally ac knowledged himself as the author of the ode, “The Hong of tho Vermontors,” whioh has frequently been attributed to Ethan Allen and others. Mr. Whittier says the ode was written in 1833 or ’34, and that it was an attempt at liter ary mystification hardly exousablo even in yoang writer. Ho was curious to see if it could be received as an old-time pro. duotion. —Jokes are thrown away on the American Indiau. Tho noble red inan never laughs. HIS SIGNIFICANT INTERVIEW WITH A TEXAS EDITOR—IN FAVOR OF THE TEXAS PACIFIC SUBSIDY AND LEVEEING THE MISSISSIPPI— THE 8PEAKEBSHIP. A Texas editor who visited Philadelphia reoently, sends tho Galveston News the following account of an interview ho had with Hoo.iS. J. Randall: Thinking that the views of Hon. Samu el J. Randall on the oiuront events of the day, tho Pacifio railroad and tho Spoakor- Hhip would be of interest to the News, 1 paid tho honorable gentlemen a visit yes terday at Havonford, a delightful retreat some eight mites from the city, where he and his family are spending the heated term. After leaviug the railroed n bull hour’s walk through a narrow, shaded lnno brought me in sight of an old-fuHhiuuod, uuassumiug two-story stone house, standing baok iu tho woods, without u fence to keep stray cattle from the door. To the right of the house, in a hammock swung between two trees, lay Mr Randall, reading; by his side Nat his wife and three children—two daughters amt ono son. Mr. Randall roooguizmg me at a distance, rolled UiuiKolf out ot the hammock aud mot me before reaching the house; with a hearty shake of tho bund ho led me towards the front stops aud up on the front porch. Then came his wife aud eldest daughter—a young lady of seventeen—followed by the two other children. After a general shaking of handH, Mr. Randall and myself being loft to oursolveH, the conversation at once began ou the condition and affairs of tho country. “I would like to visit Galves ton,” said Mr. Rundall. “It appears to me that Galvehtou should bo one of the main seaports of this country. That Mexioan trade should never be allowed to go to Franco and England. If the inlet to Galveston is not deep enough or wide ouough it is the Government's concern, and the Government should attend to it. Tho entire South needs tho aid of a help ing hand to start her on tho road to prosperity. Tho thirty million acres of land now covered by the waste waters of the Mississippi should be reclaimed. There are great improve ments that are wanted, yes, greatly need ed in the South.” I said : “Mr. Itaudall, your views on the Texas and Pacifio Rail road aro not yet generally knowu through out the South.” “Why,” said he, “the people to be benefited by that road should agree among themselves an to tho route it should take. Several Southern mem“ bers of Cougress aro opposed to tho Tex is and Pacifio bill as it now stunds. I know Mr. Mills, of Texas, was in opposition to tho bill last winter. But when tho South ern members agree ns to tho geographioal lino tho road should take, there will be little opposition to it, as it is generally conceded that some such route to tho Pacifio is wanted.” I alluded to the re cent strikes and outbreaks throughout tho country. “That,” said Mr. Randal), is the fruit of the hard times and tho long depression of business that tho country has experienced since 1873. Tho cause is easily arrived ot, but o proper rem edy is not so readily found. If it lies within tho power of Congress to alleviate this suffering, tbore should be no delay in acting. No country can long withstand such internal eruptions. If internal im provements will help us, then lot us buve internal improvements. Wo want a mar ket for our products. Wo can produce iron in Ohio and Pennsylvania at twelvo dollars per ton, but wo have no place to send it to. We oau produce cotton and woolen goods nt astonishingly low prices, but the market is overstocked. ‘The tramp' iH tho only deadwood of energy that could bo and has been utilized in better times.” We were hero interrupted by the ap pearance of Mr. Randall’s brother Bob, who bad just arrived from New York. Offering to go at once, Mr. Randall in sisted on my remaining for supper, after which be accompanied me to tho depot. Before taking leave, I said : “Mr. Ran dall, is there any doubt in your mind about the Speakership ?” Mr. Randall—“Oh, that matter, I think, is already settiod. I don’t think them will be any organized opposition to JUHAIft F. BENJAMIN. TIIE UPS AND DOWNS OF A GREAT LAWYER. Correcting some misstatements con tained in a London letter to a Cincinnati paper, the New Orleuns Democrat says : “Mr. Judah P. Benjamin was not horn in San Domingo, but in ono of the British West Indies, a fact which guvo him the position whioh enabled him to obtain ud mission to tbo bar of England. He was an infant when his parents emigrated to Charleston, S. C , and his name appears in tho naturalization papers of his father. It is true in general that Mr. Benjamin's income from bis professional labors was large, bnt no larger than his eminent tal ents, wonderful industry, power of work, and versatility and solidity of talents merited. Bnt it is not true that in the Aldiuadon quicksilver mine his foes amounted to $500,000. On tho contrary, believe that Mr. Benjamin's share of the compensation allowed with aevoral distinguished attorneys iu that case was smaller than that of soveral others, and did not exceed $20,000. The largest fee derived from the case was that of the late Robert ./. Walker, which amounted to $240,000. The late Louis Janin, ulao of our bar, received some $58,000 iu tho same case. Large fees were also paid to the late Edwin M. Stanton, we think ; also to Jeremiah S. Black and Edmund Randolph, formerly of our bar. Tho case was one of immense importance, and involved many millions of value, and the services of those emi nent jurists were not overpaid. It is an in teresting and sorrowful fact that the late Robert J. Walker, with all his greot abili ty as a jurist and financier, lost every dol- lur of this large fee by investing the whole amount in Sir Morton Pete’s grand railroad swindle and left his family in poverty. Mr. Benjamin was alike unfor- tnnato or improvident in his inveatment of his large professional revenues. Sugar planting swept off about $560,000. Tehtuantepoa large amount, and guano speculation in South America tho remain der of his oarnings. Finally the downfall of tho Confederacy drove him a fugitive from our country. In an open boat, rowed by a negro, he passed from Florida to Nassau, where ho landed with a single dollar in bis pocket. The war had de stroyed every vestige of his property. Weather* Washington, Aug.. 16.—Indications— For South Atlantic and East Gulf States, northerly winds, rising barometer ; stationary temperature, and partly cloudy or clear weather will prevail. UOWHIhINU AN EDITOR* MR. MURTAOII, OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLI CAN, FLCQOED BY A KENTUCKY JOURNA LIST—DETAILS OF THE AEFAIR AND ITS CAUSES. By Telegraph to the Herald.} Washington, August 13, 1877. A very exoiting scene was witnessed on a by street, near Pennsylvania avenue, this morning, whioh served to disturb the smooth current of Washington life dur ing thoso dull and hot days. It took shape in a severe cowhiding, administer 'd upon Mr. William J. Murlagh, editor of the National Republican, iu the pres ence of many witnesses, near a sporting saloon and restaurant, known as “Tho Club.” Tho assailant was Mr. Joseph Richard Wheatley, a Kentucky gentleman aud journalist, who is a lithe, active, de termined person, somewhat slighter in physique than his victim. Mr. Murtngh will be remembered iu connection with the Robeson frauds and Rcandals, and as one of the former Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police of this district, in which capacity ho was charged with con spiracy against Congressman Whitt homo, of Tennessee, and investigated by Con gress. He is of stout, well proportioned and dashing physiquo, nffootiug a mili tary air, and is some few years the senior of Mr. Wheatley. STATEMENT OF THE ASSAILANT. Tho latter states that having been very unjustly assailed in the Republican, ho demanded correction of what he terms false and injurious misrepresentations of his character, which Mr. Murtngh prom ised him would he done. Failing to do this Mr. Murtngh waH mot by Mr, Wheat- ley as he caiue from his counting room to-day and upbraided with tho fuiluro to give him satisfaction. Mr. Wheatley then drew' from his pocket throe cowhides braided in one and commenced to admin ister a quick succession of blows upon Mr. Murtagb’s head, face, shoulders, buck and legs. Placing his hands np, entreat- ingly, to ward off tho attack, the latter cried out : “My God! Wheatley, what aro yon doing ? Stop this.” An oiderly lady passing at tho time in terfered to protect him, when, receiving a few more of the cowhido applications, he took refuge in a building near by, in whioh ex Secretary Robeson has some clerks at work closing up his affairs. THE EXPECTED SEQUEL. No arrcHt has yet beeu made, but Mr. Wheatley inviteH ono in ordor to have tho merits of the case brought out. Ho will publish a card to-morrow denouncing Mr. Murtngh nnd his managing editor. If the latter is rh game as represented a more serious affuir than oowhiding may occur. A itlldtuko of VlgllnutcM. William Audorson, throe grown sons and a beautiful daughter, Carrie Ander son, aged sixteen, lived in a hillside cot tage iu Carroll oounty, near Worthville, Kentucky. AnderHon owns the patch of ground on whioh tho cottage stands, and owned ferry privilogos and a tavern at the ferry landing. Homo woeks ago the sheriff told out Anderson’s ferry nnd tav- ern. Ho thon proposed to keep tavern in his cottage, whioh was only about one hundred yards from the ferry lunding up the hillside, but was very much enraged whou he learned that the business of tnvern-keoping was to bo carried on nt tbo old stand by the new proprietor. An derson grew desperate over bis fallen for tunes, and had previously been regarded as a dangerous character by his neighbors. Whon, therefore,the old tavern was burned down rf nigbt or two afterwards, it was tho most natural and reasonable thing in tho world to suspect the Ander- sons of firing it. At all events ho was held responsible for tho crime and re oeived information by lotter that bo was watched, and unless he quit the oounty iu three days he must suffer tho conse quences. It was signed “Citizens of Car- roll County.” Tho Andersons in turn posted up the information that they wore ready to try oouolnsions with these vigi lantes whenever they wore ready. At the end of three days tho Audersoiis were all in their house—one of them so ill as to bo bed-fast. At midnight, lying ou his bed, the ill man discovered a fire in the corner of the house where his room was. He immediately suspected the vigilantes aud aroused tbo others. Tho idea occurred to the Ander - sons that their enemies had fired tho house and were waiting for them to bo smoked out of it when they oonld bo shot down by fire-light. And they were about right. Carrie Anderson thought they wonld not shoot her; at least she was willing to run the risk. Sho got a pail of water and opened tho door to go out and throw tho wator on the burning corner. She no sooner appeared in her night dress than the gnus opened ou her. She fell, and her life wont out through eloveu wounds. Tho mob beard a woman’s shrieks, and discovering tho inistako they had made fled. 'The Andersons—what was left of them—put out the fire. It was communicated by a ball of candle wick saturated with kerosene, placed be tween tho logs and the weather-boarding. The father and brothers buried poor Car rie, and tho Governor of the Stato has off ered rewards for the arrest of tho mur derers. Jay Mould'll lilts Protector. At tho time of the Selover-Gonld en counter it was stated that Jay Gould, when assailed, was on his way to accom pany hiH family to Irvington, on tho Hud son. Mr. Gould had been sojourning at Long Branch np to that time, nnd his friends could not understand why he had decided to live at Irvington. It has leaked out, however, that whon Mr. Gould made up his mind to throw over Keene aud his following, he took pains to post himself as to the probable consequences ot his action. Ho went so far, it is said, ns to employ detectives to watch Keene and his friends. Reports from detect ives, together with his owu observations, convinced Gould that it was unsafe to re main at Long Branch. Keene was so journing at the West End Hotel. Ho Gould made arrangements for secur ing a residence at Irvington. lie had alroady removed his family from Long Branch to New York when he wns as saulted in Exchange place by Major Sol- over. Ono of tbo reasons why Gould selected Irvington for a residence is because Gio vanni Morosiui, bis faithful book keeper, lives there. Mr. Morosiui is an Italian, and fought under Garibaldi. He has a reputation for oourage, and Gould fools Hafo when in his company. On tho day of the assault Morosiui had just left Mr. Gonld when Major Solover attacked him. Jay Gonld at present goes nowhere unless accompanied by Morosini. Mr. Morosini is a giant in strength, and it is generally understood that very few people about Wall street are a match for him. THE NT AT B AGRICULTURISTS. INTERESTING FACTS ELICITED — A NEW GEORGIA GRASS—THE GROWING CROPS. Special to tho Atlanta Constitution.] Newnan, Angnst 15.—Tho trains yes terday, both from Atlanta and Griffin, brought in large crowds, and the actual attendance has reached quite three hun dred. Capt. Davis, of Thomas county, opened the discussion oa that woudorful forage plant. “BEGGAR lice”OR INDIAN CLOVER, liioh is destined, if half what its friends claim for it be true, to become the orop for forage and grazing on our Georgia farms—supplanting to a great extent both clover and pens. This leguminous plant, known botauically us desmodium canas- cenes, has beeu grown in Florida thirty years, in Southern Georgia twelvo years. Capt. Davis has had an experience of eight years in its cnltnre. It iH an annual, but “rattoons” or grows from the root the second year, after which it must be per** milted to reseed itsolf. It grows eight or ten foot high aud oan be out three times a year. Tho leaves and stalk aro vory soft nml the hay has n rich, strong aroma like new fodder,bnt stronger. All stock are very fond of it, and will ref us o all other feed, either grain or forage, for it. It grows very thick,mulling an imponetratde shado. It should be out just as it is budding or blooming for Heed, but shouldn’t lie too long iu the sun. Simply let it wilt and then cure in the shade. It is also superi- or for grazing and green soiling. It is called “beggar lice,” from the fact that it bears a seed pod covered with fuz that adheres to any object with which it comes in contact, but is in no other particular similar to our old Middle Georgia “beg J gar lice,’’which is only a pest. It is pri marily a tropical plant, and must be grad ually aoolimated iu high latitudes. It oan be sown at the last plowing of corn, iu tho drill, one qnart of seed to the aore —which is tho host time, even better than spring—nnd it is then fully ready the fol- lowing year. For turning under as green manure there is nothing superior. THE CROPS. The call of tho counties for o report of the orops showed that they have been more affected by drought than is generally sup posed, bnt iu most localities either the first or second plantings have hit the rains, nnd the result will likely be more than throe fourths of a orop of corn and very nenrly an average of cotton. A great deni of German millet, chufas and peas havo boon planted—more than uhua!, and these crops aro vory promising. WHEAT. A vory general discussion ou whent was hnd at the experience meeting last night, tho rosult of which was that our farmers, as a goneral thing, sow too late; that tho last of September aud first of Ootober are roally tbo true times to sow wboat—the stiff rod lund, whou practicable, should be se lected, the land Mibsoiled and the wheat plowed in shallow. Drilling was univer sally proforrod, where it had boon tried, aH increasing the yield. A member from Morgan county reported an experiment with drilling oats, which gave an increas ed product, other things being exuctly equal, of five bnshels per acre over thAt broadcast, besides, the drilled oats were not winter-killed while the broadcast wore frozen out. If drilled, one bushel per aore was thought to bo sufficient for sow ing—many had sowed only a half bushel with fine results. Dr. Little, State Geologist, and Profes sor of Agriculture in the State College at Athens, delivered au address on “Scien tific Education,” in relation to agriculture, whioh we will notice more particularly horeufter. J. A Negro in ArkitnnfiN Burned at the Stake for Hupe and Murder. Fiom tbo Hamburg (Ark.) Monitor, July 28. On Friday night, about midnight, a posse of between sixty and seventy-five men quietly entered our town, wont to tho blacksmith shop, broke it open, pro cured toolH, and proceeded to tho jail aud broko open tho door. They wont to the cell iu which Goorgo Jackson, the negro ravisher and murderer of the little girl Comma II ugh, was confined, and break ing open the door of the cell, they took George out and departod. They carried him south of town about four miles, near the Berlin roud, where they chained him to a green suppling and there burned him. Tho whole affuir was conducted so quietly, except the noise made in breaking open the shop, that vory fe*.v porsonH were uware of their presence until they wore leuving town. As they were going out they sot up a loud yelling, which was done to prevent the voice of tho negro from being hoard. Some of our citizens saw them riding through the streets, and learning they had the negro followed them till they came to the place of execu tion. When they arrived there, however, the negro was burned to death and the men all gono. At Mr. Brnzzealo’s the kinnappers halted and gave Goorgo some water, and asked J. C.( Brazzealo to go with them nnd hoar what George had to say. This ho declined doing. Wo are told by Mr Brazzea'e and others that George’s cries were vociferous, aud were hoard by the neighbors ns fur us two miles off. While at the jail these meu informed Mrs. Holmes, who lives in the jail, and who wus no donbt very much excited, that she need not be alarmed, as their business was to protect femaleH. As to who they were or whence they came, all is wrapped in mystery. They were seen in the evening south of here, and with some the citizens conversed, and notwithstanding they wore undis guised,yet none of them were recoguizrd. Some said they were from Monroe, some from Bastrop, and some from Vicksburg. These statements as to the localities, however, amount to nothing. Some per sons visited the scene on Sunday, and found only a small portion of tho body— siy about fifteen pounds. The Electric Light in Naval War - FARE.—The London Times has the fol lowing: “An officer with tho fleet in Bo- sika bay, writiug ou th* 12th of July to a friend in Cork, says: ‘We were practicing with tbo eloctrio light last night. With its aid you could examine a ship from stem to stern; oven tho smallest cruft is within reach of this powerful light, every thing under tho influence of its intense brightness standing out as clear and well defined as at midday. No doubt it will he invaluable iu naval warfare in detect ing tho approach of on enemy nnder cov er of night who might be desirous of at tempting a surprise, or testing the effica cy of his torpedoes on our iron-clads. A general belief prevails tbrough the fleet that we shall be active participators in the Russo-Turkish quarrel before long.’” On a Hounding Expedition. Fort Monroe, August 16.—Sailed: U. 8. steamship Essex for Brazil, via coast of Africa, on a sounding expedition.