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ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17.
A Havel lobKrlpUeo.
Tbe ben Id n keen,clear, concise and, (or
the berried man of lmaincm, moat excellent
New York journal. With Ita accustomed
independence and boldness, it accepts tbe
new postal situation by banging up a sign,
“So Free Hat.” Tbe proprietors of To*
Coainitnun acknowledge tbe receipt, by
yesterday's mail, of ten dollars from tbe
wide-awake Son for a year’s subscription.
This action of tbe San may inaugurate a
new system of newspaper exchanges. The
leaser papers of the rural districts would
doubtless feel aggrieved. So far, tbe San
■■mi to be alone, bat we believe that other
leading journals will follow suit. If the con
tagion spreads, are may expect at least one
amendment to tbe postal laws as soon as
Coiyrcss convenes; far tbe village press is a
power that Congressmen are boand to respect,
if they with to retain lhar places.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
THE CHICAGO EXCURSION.
was Ont-IlIIMls Scenery—A Jolly
Pnrty-Hlght an the Missis,
sippl -Champagne
Lunches.
On THE Iuxnois Central RarutoAD, 1
June 10,1873. 1
/Mr OnuUtutim: A cool day, a beauti
ful country and sprightly companionship
here pot me in e good frame of mind to
scratch The Conan muon’s, myriad of
readers a batch of wayside paragraphs.
Tbe managers of this road bare paid out
$3,300 a mile on the road bed. Tbe result is
a smoothness of motion like unto the eerene
gliding of sn amiable swan, end tho conse
quent capacity of your correspondent to
write es the train swiftly moveth. The coun
try is list prairie, cultured highly. A softly
undulating, continuous billow of exquisite
farming, studded with simple white booses,
and alive with contented, foil-conditioned
herds of cattle in tbe roomy, luxuriant pas
tures, constitutes a scene of singular loveli
ness this fresh, humid spring morning.
Tbe soil is black enough to famish Mason
inimitable acres of h!s famous challenge
polish for boots. A Iniak, white, smart look
ing village or town pops gently upon the
vision at brief intervals. The towns grade so
softly into tbe country, and the country
glides so imperceptibly into the cities as to
make the distinction rather dim and at-
tractive.
Our party b very jolly. Wcnumbersbont
twenty-four souls. Augusta furnishes n
choice delegation. Colonel J. M. Clarke is
tbe leader, assisted by Ms wife. We note
next Mr. J. O. Matthcson.a portly alderman,
and hb wife, Mr. J. T. Botbwell and wife,
Mrs. Bowen, and a small guard of single gen-
tlenmn, Mr. Bizzell. Mr. Williams and Mr.
Wallow.
Atlanta sends a compact and united dele
gation. Mr. W. Goodnow and wife arc in
command. CoL E. E. Rasnon and daughter,
Mr. V. R. Tommey and wife, Hr.C. E. Boyn
ton and wife, and Mr. Uiracbfield and
Tna Coxsvm: non’s representative complete
tbe brigade. Mr. Jonea,of Griffin, Hr. Free
man, of Marietta, and tome others close up
tbe party.
I never before knew how pleasant a thing
railroad travel could be. To have a
luxurious car all to yourselves; to
have it only comfortably filled; to have a
homogeneous concern of ita contents, all
animated by one will and bent to one destl-
, all on their good behavior, and that
si to individual and collective enjoy-
Cstua-Rs, 41*
The receipts this week are 19,001 bales;
7,000 more than last year, and 8,000 leas than
two yean since.
It b likely the receipts for next week will
be about 10,000 bales; compared with 9,000
last,and 34,000 the year before; and the re
ceipts at the interior towns 8,000 bales; com
pared 1,000 last year, and 8,000 the year be
fore.
We have had another week of rain as we
iggested, in No. 39, was likely to be tie
case, the rains have been by far tbe heaviest
of the
Tbe themometer bat avenged 81 degrees
at noon; one day 98 at neon; two days clear
and warm, and five days cloudy and warm;
very heavy rsioa three days, and almost a
deloge one night.
This week, last year, the thermometer waa
79 degrees at noon; clear and warm most of
the week, with light showers two days
Next week, last year, the'thermometer.waa
79 degrees at noon; clear and cool for five
days, with light showers on two days.
WEATHES.
We have now had seven weeks of rainy
weather; and tbe indications are that the
will not change for some time. For
sometime, in May, the light rains wire a pos
itive benefit; but for thb month, the exces
sive moisture has canted the grass to over
grow tbe cotton plant so much as to almost
destroy it. The complaint of grtssand scarci
ty of hands still continues. In tome places
the cotton has not been chopped out, and in
consequence b injured fully one-third, even
if we have a late falL A letter just received
from Louisiana says: “It baa rained nearly
every day for a month; jnd we had bat two
days in May when the ground was in good
order for plowing." Bo far we have not heard
of a single cotton bloom, but squares or forms
are reported plentiful. *
FERTILIZERS.
Tbe general role b that one ton of fertil
izers Increases tbe yield of cotton five bales
but for tbb year we think tbe benefit or in-
crease will be much smaller. In consequence
cf the wet weather the fertilizers need have
forced not only the cot: on forward but tbe
grass also. The rain has been so constant
tbe grass could not be killed, consequently it
b choking the cotton and stopping its growth.
The cotton plant will not take on fruit while
it b surrounded with grass, but will grow tall
and slim like a rank weed where the ground
b rich.
Then at the end of thb wet weather, wc
may have a protracted drouth, and if ao, the
cotton plant that has been forced to grow
rank by artificial manures, will droop with
the blight and throw off much of ita fruit.
Our reports are that the cotton caterpillars
are apreading over the country, but other
wise not Increasing in numbers.
The market in New York has been active
thb week, and one day very much excited.
The sale of spots, 9,500 hales, will! a rise of
1 j cents a pound. Sale of contracts, 125,00Q
bales with a rise of 1 to 1J cents a pound.
The cause of thb active market has been
considerable falling off In the receipts, dam
age to the growing crop from excessive and
long continued rains, and the largo short in-
tcre.l which has been Increasing quite fast of
late, in consequence of the generally pre
vailing belief that our growiog crop would
be veiy large, no matter what damage was
complained of.
We fear that some of our Southern friends
may have-been caught by this last turn of the
market, as many of them were before by the
decline. As the price for uplands in Liver
pool, was 8 7-3 for 31 days, and middlings in
New York were 19 1-4 for 37 days, and the
talk of 4 12 to 5 million bales for thb crop,
it weaver/ easy to believe that when there
was a change in the price it would be down
ward, and so some of them sold short. We
thought some of our friends might take thb
view of the subject and so have cautioned
them agolnBt selling short, and stated in Nos.
39 and 40, that we believed when a change
in price did come it wonld be upwards.
The market in Liverpool has been firm
with medium sales. Total for trade and
export 75,(ICO; of which 33,000 have been
As we have now i
that any one .can sub
arrangement so
for the Sunday
mooingbsujjofthbpaper,at tbelowprice
of two dpjlsrys year, we will stop .sending
it to ournioMs, except to those ritih whom
we exchange.
PBOSFECTi.
For next week we see no good reason for
any material change; but if tbb rainy
weather continues the price is more likely to
adriirr* ‘k~i fediTf
■ Dalton to Chattanooga the lessen
t ns deftly and comfortably. From
tonga to Nashville Colonel Cole's
road b fine, and whisks us through that
booming land of milk and honey—Middle
Nashville b on her head about that grim
demon of tbe cholera. Wo sped through
her like a number one case of the epidemic
and left the demoniac possibilities gaily be
hind.
Ftom Nashville to Columbus through
Weal Tennessee brought us where we
dropped oar sleeping car for good. An hour
and a half ride on the Mississippi, from
Columbus to Cairo, gave us the most charm
ing episode of the leant. Night on the
water was ever romantic. Borne pleasant
‘ ‘ “ w suggest some pretty
i how my fancy has be-
I enjoyed tbe gleaming
Into rippling silver under
tbe wondrous alchemy of woven moonbeams.
I drank in the soft, sweet night air as ilswept
by to the rhythmical music of the water’*
flow. And I was not insensible to the mys
tic glamour of ghostly scenery at night, when
shadows give romantic obscurity to the
world, and weave weird phantasmagoria ont
of the prosaic.
At Cairo we met with a disappointment.
Arrangement* bad bean made for a special
sleeping car, bat the lllloob Central adminis
tration forgot- The Superintendent, a Mr.
Beck, wae there, bat was ignorant of the
blander, and while willing coaid not at that
late hour rectify the damage. The one regu
lar sleeping car could not accommodate the
crowd, mil nearly did ao.
We shall anon be in Chicago. The author
of the delightful excursion I* Mr. Goodnow,
tbe Southern Manager of I tbe Republic
Life Insurance Company. His provisions
for the trip were thorough an 1 business-like,
covering all points, and inst ring enjoyable
malts.
I shall write you again fro n Chicago, the
farther adventures of oar most pleasant
rarty.
Oar party has received nnm nil conrtcay on
the various road*. Bnt we rare found no
official more polite end nccou modeling than
Mr. A. M. White, tbe conduct >r of thb train
on the Illinois Central Roa I. He bad in-
•tractions from headquarters, in Chicago, to
afford n* every favor, and he ise fulfilled the
instructions to tbe letter, mak ins our ride as
pleasant as official amhorit r. inspired by
generous courtesy and onfli; ging attention,
coold possibly da ” A.
directed to individual and collective enjoy- American. The cause of thb better feeling
meal, all go to make np something decidedly .
pleasurable. Add to all tbb opportune' 13
lunches and timely champagne, -chatty
scraps of impromptu talk with amiable chig
nons and the picture b complete. The hours
roll away unheeded. Whatever of scenery
is worthy of notice is certain to be noted.
A spray of fan enlivens continuously the
flitting moments. And if there is little
courting it bbeeaase the sombre material of
settled matrimony composing the party has
sorter got ont of the nr. of enthusiastic
lovcr-likc demonstration.
But tbe jollity b none the less marked
becaose anti-sentimentaL Champagne is
■one tbe less palatable because dry. And
ao as tbe yean go, pleasure, In some of its
mast enjoyable phases, has not a particle of
Crags In Hie Sontljxrcst
An intelligent gentleman, writing from
Cuthben. Jane 12th, to a fric id in thb city,
says: “The expression b freqt ently made by
persons of intelligence and integrity that
nothing short of a good cn p and a good
price can save the people fro n general and
hopeless rain. Tbe crop prospect is the
lineal I ever saw at thb set* n of the year,
all things considered, in the < ramies below,
where I have been; bnt it b no w wtll aulhen
ticated that the cotton caterpill rhas appeared
in numerous localities, and {rest fears arc
entertained cf a general desi ruction of the
crop. There weic bo!is”enor ;b for a small
crop last year beyond the p iwcr of beak
before be was batched; the destruction of
leaves and small forma was,! herefero, not a
total destruction of the crop Bnt yon can
easily com prebend tbe fears of the intelli
gent planter when be b made to realize that
the worm has preceded tbe rutting of bb
cotton, aad when he can see no reason why
it b not wholly at the mercy o I the destroyer.
If the worm should increase aa it did last
year, there wiil not, in all t lb put or tbe
State, be cotton enough grown to pay the
taxes cn tbe land.”
•re nt Fertl Hera.
Tbe shipments from Char eston and Sa
vannah have been as follows
IS7L ira wa.
surts sa.ns
mjm «,sh
the redution of the rate of interest by tbe
Bank of England, from 7 to G per cent, per
annum; thus making money easy and abund
ant, the fear of damage to our growing crop,
and the active firm markets in New York
and tho Southern porta.
There arc now 211,000 bales of American
cotton float for Liverpool, of which 67,000
bales will be due, and should be received
there, next week.
For the week ending Jane filh the receipts
at Bombay were 25,000 bales; shipments to
Great Britain, 14,000; to continent, 12,000.
Last wi ck ’wc stated tbe receipts would
soon fa.I off, hut Uic decrease has been more
rapid than we expected. Tbe causes have
been the very low prices, causing the natives
to hold back their cotton, which they always
do much more than Americans for the same
reason, and that the Monsoon has set in
much earlier thb year, than ttsuaL The re
1 ceipta from now en will be comparatively
small.
Our estimate of receipts for the last two
weeks bos been almost exact The receipts
at all the Golf ports show there b bnt little
more cotton to come forward to those ports,
Soil b likely the total receipts for the
balance of theteason will not be over 125,001
bales, making tbe crop possibly not over
3,8500,00 bales; and, as a number of intelli
gent cotton men have believed, up to tbe first
of thb month, in a crop of 4,000,000 bales,
thb will have some effect in steadying np Ihe
price.
The large stacks in the interior are given
by many aa a basis why we should have
comparatively large receipts, but we do not
think so. The stocks at the seven interior
towns are just about what they were in 1870
same time; and 17,000 bales were still on
band August 31st, a large portion of which
was good cotton; wbibt thb year,say 30
per cent, or 15.COO bales, b extremely poor
and almost unsalable worth not over from
8 to 10 cents a pound. Onr estimate
there will be from 20 to 23,(00 bales inte
rior rtocks August 31st. Of tbe 99,000 bales
excess of stock at the ports thb year over
last, wc estimate that 50 per cent, of it jb
very peer, so much so as to be hardly sala
ble at all This would rednee the stocks of
useful cotton to an excess of 45,000 bales,
compared with last year, and the price is
six cents a pound lower.
I' will soon be time to expect new cotton.
Last year the first bale was received at Gal
veston, July 15tii, and sold for 27 cents In
gold; was shipped by express to New York
and sold at auction for 43 cents.
MONEY AND GOLD.
Money is abundant at low rates in New
York; and b likely to continue so for three
months to coma The cause of the recent
depression in the price of gold, b that tnc
Secretary of the Treasury has called iu after
September 6lb, twenty millions of five-twenty
bonds, for which he will pay (principal and
interest) in gold. Thb announcement caused
the Bears to sell gold down to less than 17
percent; bates it is three months off several
otter things may occur to affect it before
then.
As rome of our readers wish to know the
probable supply and demand for cotton for
the next year, say from September 1st, 1878,
for one yea; thereafter, wc have compiled
this table for reference; and will add, our
estimate of the American crop b from three
and a halt to four and a half millions; dc-
pendirg entirely upon the season; so we have
taken the average smeunt cf the two call
ma’es.
To be expor e3 from B**= 1 252X60
To be exported fr.m tfTP- ani other adja
cent cscatrte* 500000
To be expend from Weft India 830,000
Ta be exported from last I d'a UOOjgO
American crop 4,002.000
Increase of Deaths in Nashville.
Memphis Still Reticent.
Tbe federal Petit from 1837 to 1871.
The following is statement of the out-
Sliding principal of the national debt at
Ihe dose of each financial year since 1857,
from the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, December 4J871, page 13
JatrList *' 8s.es»jai8s
July J, ISO 41,011,831 03
Jaij 1. MM 52,496 9*7 68
Juljl. 1S00 64 817,887 to
Jatr7.M*< 90860,978 78
«y 1,190 t94.t7S.41S 18
Jolj 1.MG3 U19.77I.U8 61
-loir 1.790> 7,915,784 879 57
Jail 1,7965 8,010 547*809 74
Jaly 1, M0J 8,773830.173 69
JsJy i, ten 3,678,126,103 87
July 1,1866 2,011,687,631 19
Jsly 7.1919 2,568,432,213 94
Jaty 7,1970 8,480,679 487 81
Jaly 1, M71 2,333 *11,31 38
Georgia Crop Hews.
FORSYTH COOT TV.
Cumming, Ga., Jane 9,1873.
Editors Constitution : The firming interest
of thb county b suffering severely from the
continued rains. , Corn and cotton need
work, and our farmers would gladly furnish
it, bat the ground continues so wet that noth
ing can bedonc. Without a favorable change
■non, the cotton will be seriously injured.
Oats are the only crop that looks promising.
C.
Gordon County. Jnne 13,1873.
The rain storm night before last is said to
be the most severe known in thb section
since 1852. The cotton and com lands are
terribly washed and torn up, and great
damage has been dona Many of tbe plant
ers looked blue all day yesterday. Some
grumbled slightly; some were philosophical,
and took it in a pleasant way—believing it
wonld all be just right in the end.
W.
FAYETTE AND SPALDING COUNTIES.
Editors Constitution: I notic-i yon have re
quested tuberibers to write short letters in
reference to the crops and their prospects. I
have lately traveled throagb Fayette and
Spalding counties. I find corn generally
looking well, though not as much planted as
should have been. VV heat is very fine where
it b town on good land. Tbe oat crop b
better than usual; do appearance of rust as
yet. The season has not been propitious for
the growth of cotton; has been too wet and
cold. There are some farms that have been
well worked and have nice cotton crops,
Ihoogb this is not a general thing, the crab-
grass having got the assendency in many
fields and will doubtless keep it until Jack
Frost coiucs to some of our farmers’ relief.
The people arc industrious and doing tbeir
utmost to conquer tbe gra s and may succeed
if the rainy weather discontinues; otherwise
many farms will go by the board.
Subicribsil
NEWTON COUNTY.
Crop prospects were never better iu our
coenty. Wheat is being harvested and is an
average crop. Oats are fine, and the field
crops'arc very good. Gardens are excellent
Wc will have Iruit in abundance.
Me. N.
FROM AN OCCASIONAL COR
RESPONDENT.
Tbe Summer Uesorts-Rnsblng t<
tbe Springs—Soaibernera Go*
lug to Europe—Virginia.
Crops—Tbriving Towns-
General Improve*
ment — state
Elections.
In Virginia, June 11,1873.
Editors Constitution.' The tide of Irsvel
to the summer resorts has already set in.
The Alleghany Springs have fifty or sixty
visitors already, and other, springs propor
tionately. Rumors of cholera in various
cities are not only increasing the nqmbcr of
visitors, bnt hastening their journeys to
places of life-preserving waters and pare
mountain breezes.
fob toe wonr.D's Expasi non.
A large party are on the train haili g from
Middle Tennessee, and under charge of Dr.
Paul Eve, the eminent physician, on their
way to cross the Atlantic for Vienna and a
general European tour. They sail from New
York on ^Saturday, the 14th inst. Quito a
number cf' Southern people are Unuing
means and time to visit the Old World. Vi
enna, Venice, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Rome,
Paris, Lake Lucerne, seem to be the leading
points of interest I only wish onr people
generally bad the means of going.
TOEOltOWINO FIELDS.
Rains have not been so excessive in Vir
ginia and Tennessee. Vegetation is in line
condition, and the fields arc ripening with
grain. The old battle grounds are blossom
ing like the tosa
TOKIVINQ TOWNS.
The people all seem to be prosperous, and
the towns along tbe railroad show great im
provement There is considerable excite
ment over the approaching State elections.
Tbatold gas-big, Henry A. Wise, wants to
be Governor, bnt tbe Democrats will have
nothing to do with him, anil be will not run
as the Ridicnl nominee, though he wants to
run independently. The pi ospccts are bright
for the Democracy. Moecc.
Fr. m the special dispildies of the enterpris
ing Knoxville Press and Herald, wc leant
that there were twenty, burials in Nashville
on Ftiday, June 13th, fifteen of which were
cholera cases. On Saturday the number of
interments numbered twenty fear.
A dispatch from Greenville, dated June 14,
10.40 r. sr, says:
Since A. Mr Piper’s death, his daughter,
lira. Mitchell, acd, also, Mrs. Arrowwood,
have died. About a dozen persons were at
tacked, *11 of whom are convalescent but
one.; The physicians call it sporadic or idiopa
thic cholera. All precautions are beingtsken,
but there is no serious alarm. There were
> new cases to-dsy.
Tbe Memphis papers contain plenty of
cholera news from other localities. They
may not have “the prevailing,” but they have
got something that wedonot want Witness
the following paragraph from the Appeal:
Night before last. Chief Atiiy heard aback
pass by his residence, on Brinkley avenue,
and tbe voice of a woman crying as if in
great pain. And so she was. She wssa
colored Woman, returning from Raleigh, and
being suddenly attacked with cramp colic,
she was imploring the hackman to stop so
that she might die as easily as possible. The
cries of the unfortunate woman were touch
ing, and the hackman complied wiih her re
quest. In less than three minutes she was
dead, and the vehicle slowly moved on with
its corpse.
The Appeal whistles editorially to keep tbe
Memphis courage up:
People need not be despondent It will
not rain always. The source of these ever
lasting floods must be exhausted after a lima
Then, when the earth is dry, and poisonous
exhalations are no longer wafted about on
the wings of every wind, hcalthfnlneas will
again bless the land. Then the wants
of the country and of interior towns will
have* accumlated. They will [break down
restraint! which dread of disease has up
lifted and Memphis will be crowded with an
active, busy, trading population from each
<f the adjacent Stales. Not only are pres
ent evils transitory, but Memphis suffers no
special detriment. Wherever heavy, cease
less rains fall, in all towns and cities, and
villages, from the Alleghsnies to the
Rocky Mountains, the same causes
are producing like effects. There is no con
tagion or infectious disorder; bat that quality
of drenched, heated atmosphere, which begets
lassitude and. toadstools, and is burdened
with odors from saturated bogs and soils,
generates tbe disorder which is sometimes
akin to cholera. It is not contagious or half
so fatal But let us be hopeful Trade was
never so active as it will be when health. with
ruddy cheeks and sparkling eyes, looks down
and blesses the land we inhabit.
At s recent meeting of the Hamilton Coun
ty hledicsl Society, in Chattanooga, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
1. That it is not prudent at present to turn
out the contents of privy vaults, or cesspools,
hut it is better to cover them with disinfec
tants and absorbents, and thoroughly neu
tralize their poisonous emanations.
2. Drains pnd gutters should be disinfected
and then thoroughly drained, cleansed and
purified.
3. All garbage from kitchens and other
sources should be pat iato tubs and carted
away each day or buried.
4 As absoibanls, “dry earth” and slacked
lime, tbe latter is preferable.
5. As disinfectants, the best are Bnlpbatc of
iron, (or copperas.) carbolatc of line, (refuse
Castaways.
HALL’S DEATH B7 POISON.
Spiaaiaf demand for Ssropc per
week
Same for Northern SCI!*
Sasic for Southern XUls
X06.000
<4.000
Total for week 735.000
Total per year 7,030,03)
Our readers can alter these estimates to
suit their own Mess.
Commencement at Emorr College
Oxfokd, G a , June, 1873.
Editors Constitution : It may be interesting
to some of your readers to know the appoint
ments of speakers for our approaching com
mencement These appointments arcslways
looked for with the deepest interest by the
stedents. The speakers from the junior and
sophomore classes have been announced.
The final examination of the senior class wili
take' place in a few days, aftci which the
honors and speakers' places for that class will
be awarded. Tbe junior speakers are tbe
following: N. T. Burks (C. P), Texas; W.
M. Craw (C. P), Texas; E. M. Hammond
(C. P), Atlanta; W. M. K«-n<r (P. D. T.),
Augusta: E. It. Kwmcbrew (K. A),Lexing
ton; R. □. Lewis (K. A), bparta; W. W.
Lewis (C. P.), Greencsboro; J. B. Park,
Greenes boro; S. L Smith (C. P.), Ox
ford; ,T. Smith (Ct. P). Greencsboro; J.
M. Myers, Macon: P. P. C. Timmons (C.
I'.). Carrollton The sophomore speakers,
those eager aspirants for oratorical distinc
tion. are D. Q. Abbott (K. A.), Columbus;
W. H. Bolshaw, Savannah; W. A. Candler
(K. A). Villa Rica; C. C. Cody (P. D. T),
Covineton: T. W. II. Harris (K. A.), Cartcrs-
ville; \V. H. McMillan (K. A.), Clarkesviile;
J. O. Ponder (K. A), Korsytb; J. A. Staf
ford, Covington; J. A. Wright, Oxford.
All of these young gentlemen are calcula
ting on “spreading themselves” at com
mencement. Epsilon.
Resigned to ms Fata—When I was a
little baby, gala would never “let me be,” for
every cue would snatch me up and pltce me
on her knee; thin to kiss, tqutizo, and hug
me. I'm sure ' dad'’ and “ mam ” must Save
wondered I survived it—but I stood it like a
lamb! And again, white but in ooyhood,
they'd umptme from my home, through gar-
decs and through pleasure grounds, o’er fairy
spots to roam: thin with luscious froits ana
sweetmeats my .mcl tummy they wonld cram
and half sl.il: me with kisecs—but I stood it
like a lamb! W hzu older still, they'd lure me
though cicgV, dale or Beil to gath-r cu's,
or flowers and ferns—and they seem'd to love
it wtll! Yet startled, oft at trifles, with
shriek that seem’d co sham, they’d fling their
arms around me—hot I stool it like a lamb!
At last one charming creature (who could
non my sou! entrance,) by wonderons win
ning archness, and a tender, melting glance,
seem'd to say, “Yen know y en love me, why
not lake me as I am?” and I felt obliged to
do i;—bnt I stood it like a lamb! Thus
through childhood, Vi-irb and an inbond—xy!
each in unen: of my life—my heart has felt
the witching power of gni, or maid or wife;
and the spoil will leave me never, for like a
potent dram, woman's charms subdue meever
—but “I stand it tike a lamb! ’
of lime, carbolic acid and sulphuric acii
The “prevailing disease,” says the Bannct
of Thursday, is rapidly playing ont. The
usual drily mortality of the city is seven out
of a population of about forty thousand.
The to-al number of interments on Wednes
day was 20. Whites, 6; colored, 14; of
which 15 were of cholera.
Whites—Mrs. Lenizi Ford, South Union
street between High and Summer.
Miss Martha Thompson, South Spruce
street
H. Bassrn, South Spruce street
Bailie Niff, South Spruce street.
Engene Bellanny, Booth High street.
Mr. Brown, corner High and South Union.
The Union and American of Thursday says
that “ for two days past most of the cholera
casrs have been of a mild form, and yield
readily to treatment. Prudence in diet is
now ail that is necessary os a preventive of
jbe disease. One of Ihe interments is a col
ored woman named Elizt Blood, living in- the expedition/
Edgefield, who is alone responsible for her ‘
death. Against the advice of friends, she per
sisted in getting lid of a half dozen green
apples, and in three hours afterwards cholera
got away with her.”
Buddington Eager to Carry
off the Honors of the Worth
Pole Discovery.
HIS THREATS OF SH00TIN6.
Washington, June 12,1873.
The final orders for the sailing of the
United States steamer Juniata, Com
mander Brainc, now at New York, in quest
of the Polaris, were issued bv Secretary
Robeson this, af ternoorp The Juiniata is a
third-rate screw of 823 tons, and was re
cently fitted out at Boston. She will leave
at '.once for Disco and Upper Upenavik.
There tho Secretary hopes some of tbe crew
of the Polaris will have arrived by the time
the Juniata reaches these points, and infor
mation may be obtained of Captain Bndding-
ton and his vesscL The Polaris, Captain
Tyson thought, would go into winter quar
ters in Northumberland Sound, but from that
place some of the crew from the ship might
reach either Disco or Upenavik. Comman
der Braine is ordered to remain at these points
n reasonable lc-gth of time, and should he
ascertain that the missing vessel is all right
he wiil return at once and so report If no
trace of the Polaris anHiercrew can be got,
then it is the intention of Secretary Robeson
to fit out as soon as possible an expedition to
;o in search of her. He it determined to
cave nothing undone to quiet all apprehen
sions of thesafety of the ship.
The seamen of Captain Tyson’s party, who
have been at the Navy Yard for a week,
leave to-morrow for , New York. Enough
has been gathered from theiribroken conver
sations and oonlidemfc wiih persona about
the Navy Yard to .ffatoate that Secretary
Robeson’s report will exhibit
A BLACK RECORD AGAINST CAPTAIN BUD
DINGTON,
and to some extent against Dr. Bessels. It
would appear, upon the authority of these
seamen, that from the day the vessel entered
the Polar waters and hopes of success grew
high, inlrigec and jealousy prevailed on
board, (specially among the higher officers.
Hall, who had been it^ersonal friend of Bud-
dinglon,found the latter, who was the main
stay of the expedition, against him in his
purpose to penetrate the Polar regions. Being
neither navigator nor scientist, it was thought
hard that Captain Hall, with nothing but
enthusiasm to support him, should carry off
THE GREAT HONORS AWAITING TOE DISCOVERY
OF THE NORTH POLE.
At the highest point reached by the Polaris
nothing was either aqen or known of s dis
couraging character. The weather was fa
vorable, the water open, and everybody on
board full of faith in lira-certainty of a swift
and easy triumph over the short remrininj;
distance between themselves and the gram
object of the expedition. At this junction
Buddington positively refused to go further,
and Captain Hall, who had the authority but
not the nerve to displace him and put Captain
Tyson in his place,
WAS ALMOST HEARTBROKEN
at this determination. If he had jxisscsscd
resolution cmragh to force the pending diffi
culties to a crisis the crew would have stood
by him to a man; but his policy was tempo
rizing, and Buddington was tuc controlling
sonl of the ship. After Captain Hall's death,
which, it is thought by tho seamen, was
caused by an affection of the brain induced
by anguish and anxiety. Buddington gained
free access to the medical stores and was
almost constantly intoxicated. Captain Ty
son’s position was of a more trying nature
than liis own testimony is likely to reveal,
and if death had been the certain end of his
venture upon the ice floe it would have been
likely enough his deliberate choice. All his
companions on the floe were, as the seamen
express it. Hall men. One or more of the
seamen have admitted that tbe circumstances
attending their departure from the ship were
marked by execrations and
TOKEAT3 OF SHOOTING FROM B7DDINGTON,
who was drunk and flourished a revolver.
The only accidental circumstance attending
the separation of tbe party from the Polaris
was the sudden breaking up of the ice. Mrs.
Hall, widow of Captain Hall, arrived here
this morning from Cincinnati, for the purpose
of talking with the Polaris castaways, and
was surprised to learn of their dejiarture.
She c-imo to Washington before the Polaris
sailed to dissuade'^uJiusband from going ii
fas convinced lie would
never return. ’ Iicr tstorts, aa well as those of
btr triends, failed, and she to-day regrets tbe
venturesome spirit whicbl cd him to start on
his third and lost voyage.
had been cut and not
the trunk quickly excited suspi-
it waa remembered that Mrs
tyedbut little sorrow at her bo
t, and the fact that West’s life was
heavily insured, atarted the authorities
on a new theory—viz: that West
had, to use * police term,
“put up a job” to defraud the insurance
companies, and to do which more success
fully had added murder to his crime. The
examination also showed that the skin had
been carefally peeled turn the body. The
next thing to ascertain was tbe name of any
one who was missing and whose body could
have been operated upon by the Professor.
It was quickly ascertained that a few days
before the explosion. West bad taken into
his employ a colored man named Henrv Tur
ner, but more familiarly styled “ Cooch'* Tur
ner, and a search for him failed to elicit any in
telligence of his whereabouts. Some believed
that “ Cooch” had murdered bis master, muti
lated the body, caused the explosion, and then
decamped, while the great mass of the peo
ple suspected that the negro was the victim
and the professor the criminal. The latter
theory was followed by the officials here,
who soon ascertained that a man, with his
face closely muffled, a few minutes after the
explosion, boarded a freight train bound
south, which had stopped at that place. Con
ductor Evans informe 1 them that the man,
who had a bundle, left the train at Dclmas,
entering a carriage, and was driven away.
From there he proceeded on foot to
Salisbury, where he stopped Thursday
night,purchased shag,into which he packed
the contents of his bundle, and on the follow
ing day he appeared at Farmington, ninety
tmlcs'Jistant, by train. At the station he
joined a crowd who were convening about
tbe case, and, making himtelf known, called
fora constable, to whom he surrendered, and
he was at once conveyed to this place and
put in the custody of Sheriff Hargardine, to
whom he made a confession of the murder,
but claimed that he committed it in self-de
fense-
On the 8th of December, before the cor
oner’s jury, West made a full confession, in
substance as follows: He arid that on Mon-
A BUNCH OF VIOLETS.
A STORY.
By Aula Jourdan Westmorelands
Author of “ Heart-Hungry,” “Clifford
- Troup,” etc.
Written expressly tor Tnx Atlanta Constitution.
QOBGEOUS RICHNESS OF IRISH FIELDS.
Tho' River Lee is a broad, quiet river,
bordered with lovely hills ud valleys on
either side, with country seats of the
wealthy people, the grounds around which
are simply perfection. For seven miles
beforo we reached Cork, there is a walk
and drivo for tho pcoplo along the bank of
the river, supported by a stone wall rising
directly from the water, which can onty be
equalled by the very best drives in Cen-
trxl Park; even better for it, as well as all
the roads here, are made of the white rock
which wo soo everywhere and so tho roads
are perfectly even, hard and white.’ We
met on the road a
Wholesale Change of Fatto.—An en
tire congregation of German Roman Catho
lics, within the jurisdiction of the Episco
pal Bishop of Central New York, daring the
Utter part of May, signified their desire to
the Right Rev. F. D. Huntingdon to be
placed under hit care; whereupon, the Her.
A. F.Rumpff, a German priest of the Epis
copal Church, was sent to them.
E9*‘ Yben a feller makes his arm around his
1, and tbe vis liken dot pooty well, dben
4 vas Shkribture, on akound it wus maken
habineaa come on some waist blaces, ain’t
itr
GOOD ADVICE FROM TOE BANNER.
“We have every reason to believe that
many deaths have resulted from an overdose
of cholera medicine, taken or given indis
criminately. Wc have beard tbatia negro,
who had been attacked, took no less than
three different mixtures in a very short space
of time, which was sufficient to produce
death, and nrged him more rapidly to disso
lution than the diseaso itself wonld have
done. There are instances where persons,
believing themselves sfitictcd with the pre
vailing disease, have taken double doses,
hoping it would afiord more speedy relief.
A young man, having been frightened Tues
day with a simple belly-ache, took a
dose of medicine and sent for a physi
cian, who on making a diagnosis of his
case informed the patient that he wonld cure
him ns soon as he could rid him of the medi
cine he had taken. There arc instances where
persons haro taken a dosqof medicine and
have failed to admit the fact to the physician
who, of course, was laboring under the im
pression that the patient had taken nothing.
It may not produce death, but the chances
arc that it does not fail to bring the patient
very near to the brink of tbe grave.
No person should take a cholera mixture
unless it comes well recommended by a
physician. Most all of them contain more
or less of opiates, which will kill if too large
doses are token, and more especially if the
person does not happen to bo ulllictcd with
tho disease intended to bo treated. It is best
ol ways to call s physician whenever possible.’
TOE CHOLERA IN NSW ORLEANS.
It will be seen from the following, which
wc take from the New Orlctus Times of the
8th instant, that cholera has about died out
in that city:
•' A most gratifying report reaches us from
Dr. White, President of the Board of Health,
concerning the general health of the city, par
ticularly as to cholera. From the disease
there have been no deaths for the past two
(lays, and Only four fatal cases daring til
past week. Since May 231 there arc on re
cord only one death June 3, two Jane 4, and
one Jnne 5. The report wc now give is up
to 3 o’clock yesterday, and it is barely possi-
biethst the report of Coroner Graver when
received will give one or two additional
cases. These reports are made up r.nd sent
to tbe Board every day at 3 p. m , when the
President instantly causes every place where
there has been a case of contagions or infec
tions disease to be visited by an inspector,
and the premises thoroughly fumigated and
disinfected.”
The only cholera item that the Memphis
papers contain is this: “Hon. Jacob Thomp
son is quite ill at his residence, on the Her
nando road.” The wires say that he has the
cholera, hut is better.
There are no signs ef the disease at Chatta
nooga.
tS'“ A good deal of laughter has greeted
the following letter, which is said to have
been written in these circumstances: Two
well-known young men had anarrcled about
some trifle. Cards had been exchanged;
seconds summoned; a duel arranged. At
daybresk the morning of the fight, the chal-
leng d principal received this letter from
the challenger: u 3Ty Dear Sir ani Dear
Adversary—l have two objections to the
duel which over-obliging friends have ar
ranged between us. My first objection is,
I am afraid of hurting you. My second
objection is, I am afraid you will hurt me.
I really can’t sec what earthly advantage
it would be to put a ball into your body,
even were I to lodge it In the most fleshy
part of your back. 1 could not make the
feast culinsty use of you after your death,
for you are neither a rabbit nor a turkey;
besides, I am not a cannibal, and ao
not feed on human flesh. Wherefore,
then, should I kill a man whom I can put
to no sort of use? Beef is a great deal
better, for, while I am quite sure yours
is tender and delicate, I am afraid
it lacks that firmness which takes salt,
and 1 am sore it would not keep long.
As for myself, I confess I have decided
objections to putting myself in the path
of a dangerens projectile, 1 am down
right frightened to think you might hit me,
and I feel prudence requires me to keep in
doors at the time appointed by onr over-
obliging friends for you to shoot your pistol.
If you persist in your whim of trying your
pistols, oblige me by taking for your mark
some object of nearly my dimensions—for
instance, the trunk of a tree. You will find
plenty of them in the Bsis de Boulogne. If
you hit it drop me a line to let me know, and
I will instantly confess that, had I stood in
the tree's place, you would have hit nit toe.
Accept, my dear sir and dear adversary, as
surance* of my most distinguished considers I ereda large quantity of posfder under the
tion."—Penis Letter, ' floor, near the body; and the additional dl9-
THE DELAWARE MODOC.
Prof. West, tho Murdorer, on
Trial at Dover.
A Siclscning Narrative ol (be Crime—
Prompted by a Desire tor Gain—
Slow tbe White Savage Kilted
Uoach-Turuer, Ihe IScgro,
Scalped, Shinned and - Be
headed Atm.
The Impression Lett that Ihe Body
xvn* that of West, Who Had
Heavy Lire Insurance,
. Duveb, Del., June 3.
The resi-lcnls of this quiet little place ore
on the quivite of excitement, growing ont of
the opening i f the trial of Dr. J. C. West, of
this place, who, the readers of the Herald will
remember, commit led ashocking murder last
December, upon “Gooch” Turner, a negro,
evidently wiih the' intention of giving tbe
public the impression that he (West) hid
died n horrible death while expert
mcnliiig with “nitro-oxygen gae,” as
he terms an invention of his. Tbe trial will
begin this morning before a special session
of ihe Court of Oyer and Terminer, for Kent
county, hidden for this purpose, and already
(7 a. it) the streets are dotted with strangers
from the surroundingjeoantry, who have cen
tered hero to watch a criminal trial tlm<
promises to be one of the most interesting
that has ever excited the people of the State
—Ihe more so from the social standing of the
accused Professor, and llie diabolical manner
in which he set about taking off the poor
cole red friend and brother, evide nlly with a
view of palming his body off os that of the
perpetrator, so that his wife might obtain
twenty-live thousand Aillars insurance upon
his lite, and Join him in distant parts to reap
the benefits of their ill-gotten wealth. The
case was called up for trial at the regular
fall session of this Court, hut was then post
pone d till now at the request of Wcst’sconn-
scl. From the time of tVest's incrceration
he has enjoyed moderately good health, has
received the kind oversight of tiherifl Wil
liamson and the rcvcr-ewising attentions of a
most devoted wit a ~ lift appears hopeful of
acquittal, and yet itTfUaret to sec what de
fense a sane man could possible make. This
is-oce of tho most peculiar features of Ihe
case—he is impressed With tho idea that ho
nevet committed any real crime, and does
not see why hu shonid So punished.
Tho friends of Wesfowho are numerous,
ere iu full sympathy with him, and are hope
ful of a favorable issue of ihe rase. The
State has already summoned about thirty
witnesses, while the defense has about sixty.
Dr. West, who is aeA about 24 years, n
Dciawarian hv birth,anda mau of education
and refinement, has resiled iu this town for
tome years, tied was weil esteemed by
all with -whom ho became acquainted.
He is a man, Lowevrr, given to ex
periments and scientific research, and
for over a year previous to his
rest had been experimenting with
new kind of gas, tho! proxrtics and ob
jects of which he cnrofu’lj- guarded from bia
mighbora. His ostensible buriccss, however,
was tli-.- cure of pulmonary complaints.
About tho tirao ho began operations in his
laboratory in this place, he insured his life
in favor "of his wife far $25,CM); and the
better fo prepare for the work he had laid
out, ho repotted that the new gas was of
snob a character that it would remove the
skin from tho human body and destroy all
chances of identification, or oven to deter
mine the complexion or color of the body.
On revered occasion, he invited perst ns into
his laboratory and expatiated upon the
wonders of his invention, and even in
some casrs iaviled his visitors to partake of
it. Mo one’s suspicion.however, wasardnsed
until Thursday morning, December 5,1872,
when the people of the neighborhood were
startled by a terrific explosion in the labors,
toryof Dr. West The citizens hurried to
the place, and upon the floor, after the fire
had been extingu’shed, ws* found the body
of a man, supposed to be the Professor, and
subsequently identified ty Lis wife as that of
the experimenter. The heel, feet and hands
were missing, and the skin hod been peeled
from the fish. Shreds ol clothing found near
the remains were identified hy Mix. West as
her hutband's, and for a lithe time the peo
ple believed that the ingenious West had
fall- n a victim to his invention. A more
careful examination of the premises discov-
water to hb room in the second story of
Kirbin’s building, Turner oflered to carry it
He then told Turner he had some work for
him. About three m the afternoon Turner
wheeled a box! to his laboratory, and
when he paid him twenty-five cents
Cooch said, “Boss, you seem to be pretty
flush.” They went down to a bar to
gether and got a drink, and Turner promised
to call later and do some work. Later in the
evening Turner entered his room, where
West was fixing bis gasometer, which he had
taken to pieces, intending to fasten a sledge
hammer to the weights. One of the weights
was a bolt or piece of an axle. West says
be got where the bolt was when “ Cooch"
picked up the hammer and said, “Give me
your pocket-book or I will kill you.” West
detailed how be resisted the attack and
killed “ Cooch,” but did not intend to do so.
He proceeds:
“I left the body lying there and came up
to Wiliam, and I got my supper. Did not
return until about eleven o’clock. I then
thought I wonld cat up the body and bury il
I cut oil his head and feet with a penknife
and skinned the body. I had broken several
of the bones with the bolt previously. Went
to dinner that day, but did not return to my
room that afternoon, bnt went to Haziel-
ville with a horse and wagon, intending
to come back and take the body
away after dark. Returned about 6 r.
M, brought down Turner’s skin in the
bucket; had a piece of paper over it The
horse smelt it and wouldn’t let me take it I
set it down inside the outer door and locking
it, took the horse to the stable. Went to the
hotel, prepared myself, and about eight r. x.,
went to the loom to carry off the body in the
bucket and bury it. West then details how
he failed to get any tools to dig a grave, and
finally resolved to box the corpse and ship it
on the Delaware Railroad and then bury it.
It was then late, and he returned to tbe hotel
at eleven v. K., and returned about nine A. u.,
on Wednesday, to find the remains smelling
badly. About two in the afternoon I
took my knife and cut some pieces off the
abdomen and lipe and nose off the head. He
then smashed the bead so that it could not
be recognized, took the head down to a lime
kiln near the railroad, put lime on it and
brought it back to a fence, where he buried
it iu a heap of briars. I then returned to
my room about ten o’clock and had a candle
and two lamps, one for tbe pnrpcse of burn
ing alcohol and tbe other for kerosene. Af
ter attempting to bury the ekin, and being
alarmed by persons in Ihe street, I returned,
melted tallow on the floor, stuck
candle on it, took one foot, and, pour
ing alcohol over it, set it on fire. 1
thought that would change the color, and, if
it succeeded, I waa going to spread the skin
ont on the floor and change its color also. It
failed. If it had succeeded 1 intended to put
the Ekin back on the body, and tit it as well
as I could. The alcohol caught fire, but I
was unable to put it out with my hat Then
I gathered up the skin, feet and hands in my
bands and got out, fearing that the
fire would catch the powder in the
hole, and walked towards the Method
ist graveyatd. I saw that tho fire
had gone out. Aftir I bad got away some
distance, started to return but was afraid,
knowing tho candle waa on the floor. When
I got up near Mrs. Jones’ house I saw the fire
flash up again. Tbe prisoner describes his
efforts to bury the skin, feet and hands in ttic
graveyard and finally he hid them; and see
ing the train at the depot, boarded it and
went to Delmas; thence to Salisbury, Mary
land, where he remained until Friday, when
ho proceeded to Farrington and surrendered
himself.
He is a man of more than ordinary intclli-
ligcnce, a graduate of Dickson College, at
which place he studied both law and medi
cine. His first engagement at Dover was
as an assistant in a select school, after which
ho engaged in the manufacture of a peculiar
“gas," lor which be claimed extraordinary
merits, and professed to have a private re
cipe. The real purpose of the gas, it seems,
was its’inhalation for its wonderful exhile-
ratingj.cffects, it being nothing more than
nitrous oxide gas, disguised with a color.
Ho was engaged in the manufacture of this
article when he committed this deed, which
in its details exceeds anything ever hereto
fore recorded in the annals of crime in this
State.
TOE I’Jl- FRSEOn ACQUITTED.
Dover, Del, Juno 11.—la the West mur
der cose, the jury rendeted a verdict of ac
quittal on the ground of self-defense. Tbe
remains of a negro mutilated for anatomi
cal purposes was' found in Dr. West’s office.
Before patting the boay to his use, Dr. West
killed the negro, as the jury avers, in self-
defense. _
The member from dusllnnoogi
The editorial correspondent, of the Wash
ington Star, who accompanied the Congres
sional cxcnrsii nists on tbeir recent trip to
Louisiana, describes a Tennessee delegate by
the name of Crntchfleld ns the soul of the
party. He says:
Crutchfield, by his qasiut remarks and incy
narratives of moauiainccriog experiences,
had made himself vastly popular with the
whole party, and when he left the train at
Grand Junction, it was conceded that we
could have “ better spared a belter man.” So
there was a general d-.mxnd that he should
make a parting speech while the train waited,
and be mounted a platform barrow and pro
ceeded about as follows:
“Qen-tel-men: We are about to part after
having traveled about a good deal by nr end
thar; but I hope to meet you next winter over
thar at Washington. My friend Hyne (of
Arkansas) give me some good advice how to
keep from bt ing sea sick when we war down
thar on the Gnlf. It war to lay my head
back and look up. I think, my friends, in
these mo bidet times, that will lie a good
thing to do when I get to Washington. |Tro
mendous applause.]
“Gen-tcl-men: Wc have been through a
great country. Napoleon Bony-part truly
said when ho threw down the pen after deed
ing Louisiana to the Americans: “Thar’s the
heaviest blow Great Britain ever got !*’ [Ap
plause] Gen-tel-mcn: I wish you could
have gone up home with me. I am the little
(login big rye up than 1 have got the smart
est old woman and the finest brats you ever
sot eyes on.
“We’re got the tallest mountains and the
best whisky you ever sampled. [Applause.]
Thar is Lookout mountain, from which you
can see four States—Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia and the drunken state. Gentlemen,
if ever yon”—here the engine gave a snort
and the train moved efi, amidst loud cheers
for Crutchfield.
THE FORCE 111- HABIT.
The Coxv That Retains to Her 91 Ilk
***.
Never have we known or heard of an in
stance in which the above remark applied
more perfectly than the one we are about to
narrate. A day or two ago some young gen-
t.emen were quictlr reclining in their chura
after a morning’s hard duties had been at
tended to, ruminating upon the pleasures
they had experienced, and those in anticipa
tion as scon as they should have an
opportunity to slip off and indulge in
the cooling and delicious application of
a milk punch. Strange to say, while think
ing thusly, up walked a first class cow, wiltt
her udders beautifully distended and evident
ly desiring to be milked. Fortunately our
friends had a good supply Of rum and white
sugar on hand, and the milk being the only
thing wanting, Madame Cow, no relation to
Mrs. Leary’s, was invited inside. In a few
minutes she was relieved of her burden, and
our jolly young friends were luxuriating in
the pleasures of a delicious milk punch
apiece. The kind cow was dismissed with
the blessings of the community. But the
cream of the joke is that the cow rather liked
the fun, and assn evidence of it, she returns
to her milking daily, and that’s the reason onr
next door neighbor has been raising the hair
off her milk woman lately.—Sicannah Ad-
tertuer.
In a distant State, at tho academy of
W , a young Georgian was winning the
laurels to which his brilliant intellect justly
entitled him. His name was—Hugh Ellis.
Naturally ho was social and genial, and
might have been the favorite here ho was
at home, but from somo secret cause, he
shunned the society of his fellow-students,
and almost led the life of a recluse. The
cause, dear reader, was jealousy—that
most terrible of all passions—and horriblo
as it may seem, he often had it in heart to
murder tho man whom he fancied was his
rival. But one day, a smile of joy danced
in his bright bluo eyes—ho joined in the
sports of his companions, and altogether
emerged from tbe gloom in which he had
incarcerated himself. And this was on a
day—a cherished day, when he received
Nellie’s long-delayed letter. “ Where can
it have been?" he said, as he kissed it over
and over again—then seizing a pen ho
dashed off a hurried answer which burned
and thrilled with the love he felt for the
absent one. In it he also told her how
wretched he had been, for he believed she
was only trifling with him—then he plead
for forgiveness for his long silcnco, toltin;;
her he could not write when ho believe! i
she was falso to him, and so on, until the
letter numbered more pages than any mor
tal except a lover would ever have had tho
courago to inflict upon any other human
being but the beloved. But each word was
sweet to Nellie, and when she finished'
reading the loTc-laden document, she
sighed becauso there was no more.
Quick as a flash the wretched days
of tho past few weeks were forgotten and
onco more she became tbe light of the
home which her unhappiness had clouded.
Thus a reconciliation was effected, and the
months of separation that divided the
lovers from each other, saw no day in
which they failed to exchange a mutual
love-greeting. So tho time flew hy on rosy
wings, and ono night, a year-hcncc, Hugh
trod his native soil,' and in pressiag his
mother to his heart, whispered: “To
morrow, I go to sco Nellie.”
A few hours later, Hugh was enjoying a
supper with somo of his friends at a fash
ionable restaurant, and during a lull in
tho conversation, Fred Trczvant, who sat
next him, said:
“Have you heard tho nows about our
old friend Nellie, Hugh?”
“No,” exclaimed Hugh, with surprise
and terror in his face, “ what is it?” And
whilo Fred sat smiling and running a
moistened finger around the rim of a gob
let, Hugh turned his chair around, and
said again, as his whole being trembled:
“What is it?”
“ She's soon to bo married, I hear.”
Then, quick as thought, Hugh Ellis
sprang to his feet, and slapping his
informant in tho face, said:
“ IVs a lie /”
Surprise, indignation, rage, gave Trcz
vant superhuman strength, and seizing his
opponent, he dashed him to tho floor, as if
ho had been a feather. No word was
spoken, and as the friends separated them
they did it in amazement, for the conversa
tion had only been heard by tho two most
interested. For a few seconds the combat
ants stood eyeing each other, then turning
to Walter Manning, Fred Trezvant said
u Come with me—I have need of you.’
Then giving his adversary one lowering
glance, ho added: “ You will hear from
me,’ 1 and taking tho arm of his friend,
slowly left the saloon.
u You will find me here,” answered Ellis,
and then asking to bo excused by his
friends, ho entered tho reading room and
despatched a note to Tom Boyd to como to
him at once. The party had scarcely dis
persed before Boyd entered hastily, and
Hugh had but just finished telling him for
what purpose he had sent for him, when
a note was handed him, which proved to bo
what ho expected-^—a challenge. Handing
it to Boyd, no said:
“ Sec Manning and make all preliminary
arrangements. To you, I entrust my honor.”
An hour later, tho details wero perfected
and Hugh was saying to Boyd:
“ I will go homo, now, as I promised my
mother to bo thero, but will mcctyou.at
six at the train; good-night,” and shaking
hands with his friend ho walked out into
tho starlight, and silently wended his way-
homeward. A light was burning in his
mother's room, but passing silently on,
Hugh sought his own chamber, and threw
himself upon a bed to rest Not being able
to sleep, with the early dawn ho arose, and
after writing a- note to his mother to say
that ho had been - unexpectedly called out
of town for a day or two, scaled it, left it
in a conspicuous place, and let himself
noiselessly out of tho house,
a * * * * * *
The same afternoon, as the sun was hur
rying down tho western sky, five men
might havo been seen standing upon tho
banks of a certain river which has become
historical from certain tragic events which
havo occurred upon its shores. The hour
was fraught with a terrible solemnity, for
tho lives of two human beings hang within
tho scales which were to weigh the next
few minutes. A last attempt was made at
reconciliation, and that failing, two pale,
desperate-looking men stood ten paces
apart, with pistols drawn.
The signal being given, two shots rang
out clear and sharp upon tho evening air,
and with a piercing cry, Trczvant fell back
upon tho grass.
Ordering Manning to bring somo water,
tho surgeon raised him in his arms, and
dropping his pistol, Hugh said:
“ My God—havo I killed him?”
[to de continued.]
OUR IRISH LETTER.
REAL OLD IUlSIt GENTLEMAN
who entertained us all the way with dcs
criptions of tho country, etc. About 3 r.
wo arrived at
CORK
and was disappointed at not finding the
filth and dirt that wc have heard so much
said about Most of the streets are broad
and splendidly*paTed, bnt tho poor people
are most miserably poor, bare-headed, bare
footed and scarcely enough rags to cover
Wo had a dinner, a good night’s rest and
a good breakfast And hero let me say
that wc eat our first mutton chops. You
can’t imagino how good they were. At 8
o’clock we were seated in a jaunting car,
and our way to
BLARNEY CASTLE
six miles from Cork. Tho road lay along
tho side of a range of hills; on tho right
tho pleasure grounds of the country places
of tho rich people and nobility; on tho left
tho ground descended abruptly to tho
River Leo, which wound along like a
silvery ribbon, nearly 100 feet below
among tho green Holds covered with
daisies and other wild flowors. Blarnoy
castle is a fine old ruin; ono )>art was a
fortress and the other a dwelling for tho
family. Tho
FAMOUS nLARNEY STONE
is hung from tho top window of tho tower
by two iron hooks or supports, iu a most
difficult position to kiss. Our companion
accomplished tbo feat, but wo had tc con
tent oureolves with kissing a part which
had been broken off and put in a conveni
ent place for the ladies.
Wo got back to Cork in timo to tako
tho train for
KII.LARNEY,
and reached here in timo for dinner. Di
rectly opposite tho hotel is a convent and
church of
FRANCISCAN MONKS,
and so after dinner, wc went to church, and
here, though thousands of miles from home,
wo felt as not quito a stranger as tho bene
diction hymn was being sung by tho
choir. Wo could closo onr eyes and im
agine ourselves in our church in Atlanta.
But it was necessary to closo our eyes on
the congregation. For tho most part they
were bare-headed, barc-footcd and ragged.
Our hearts bled for. them. In all their
poverty and misery they cling to their faith.
On our right, touching onr elbow, knelt
ono of Ireland's most wretched beggars, in
squalid rags; on our left, a wealthy gen
tleman from New Jersey, who is traveling
in Europe with his family. Wo realized how
wide the Catholic Church spreads her arms
to ctnbraco her children.
Of our visit to tho lakes wc will speak
in our next. Bek.
ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW
with Norman at her house, at this interview
they wonld beaecret listeners. Falling thor
oughly In with tbeir plana, Mrs. Baker di-
rectly thereafter saw Whitney and appointed
a meeting to take a place at her house on tho
evening of June 5th, and notifying the de
tectives they appeared before the appointed
hour, and were deftly disposed of iu hidden
fiaccf—Pecora rn the top of the bedstead
tester, and Donovan
WtTOIN TEE ARMOttL
In due time Whitney came to tho front,
when Mrs. Baker directly upbraided him
with a want of faith in her, saying: “It
seems that you hadn’t sufficient confidence in
I me to ask m,[services in totting fire to your
store last May, bnt engaged some ono etae.”
To this ho made an evasive reply, wherein
he did not commit himself touching his
agency in the affair. Rbc then remarked: “I
guess you must have b-en the ’thick-set t
who was seen to leave the building on that
night. Perhaps you arc
TOE JEW FROM BAYOU SARA,
who was referred to as the incendiary on that
GREEN EKIN.
Superb Scenery—Blarney Castle
aud tlio Blarney Stone—Emi
gration— Railway Hotel.
Lakes of KUlurney.
Railway Hotel, 1
Lakes of Kii.i.ars-ey,>
May 17,1873. )
Editors Constitution :■ As we steamed
across the hay to Queenstown, wo thought
at first tho bay was not as pretty as repre
sented but changed our mind as it came into
view.
UUEEXSTOWN
appears like a crescent on the western
shore of the bay. Wo stopped long
enough to sec the prettiest part of it, and
tho street that faces tho hay is certainly
beautiful. On our right, as wc walked
along, the ground rose abruptly to a great
height, with very handsome private resi
dences with elegant gardens, built on what
seemed almost impassible places as the
hill was almost perpendicular, hut terraces
and elegant walls of stone had accom
plishcd wonders, and with Ireland’s mag
nificent flowers and foliage, rendered it
one of the handsomest streets wc have ever
seen.
In the town it seemed that
EVERYBODY WAS TAKING HOLIDAY.
Wc could not understand it at first, bnt
soon found that nearly every soul wo saw
was waitieg for the ships to’sail in order
to embark for America. The agent ef the
National line told us that
THIRTEEN THOUSAND EMIGRANTS
had left this one pert in the past month.
At 2 r. >i., we took tho boat for Cork,
which is fourteen miles up the river Lee;
and
SUCH A LOVELY RIDE
it was. Wc can welt understand why Ire
land is called the Emerald Isle. Snch
ireen we never conceived of, the grass and
eaves are like nothing wo have ever sees.
The velvety lawns of Central Park look
poorly compared with the
THE EIKUOBN BRIDGE ACCIDENT
Thirty Thousand Dollar.* Worth of
Fish Turned Into Ihe Hlver-
Hoadmaster Gary
Killed.
Fro n the Omaha Bee, Jane 9 ]
The first serious accident that has hap
pened on the Union Pacific railroad for a
long time occurred yesterday afternoon, be
tween one and two o’clock, at the crossing of
the Elkhorn river, twenty-eight miles from
Omaha. The western-bound passenger train
that left this city at nearly noon was slowly
passing over the trestle-work to the bridge,
when suddenly the trestle-work gave way,
precipitating the engine, tender and fish car
into ten feet of water, and the mail car
about a third into the stream. The shock
caused by the stoppage of tbe traio was but
slight as it was running only at the rate of
three mile tan hour, but the crash of the fall
ing trestle-work and the precipitated locomo
tive, tender, and fish car was very loud and
startling, and was hoard throughout the
whole length of tho train.
At the time of its occurrence there were
in the cab of the locomotive Engineer Wood,
Fireman Joseph Hays and I toad master Cary.
When tho engine went down it sank wholly
under water, and tho tender rau into the
cab and the fish car collided with the tender.
The three men in the cab did not have time
to escape till they were under- water. En
gineer Wood and his fireman then crawled
out of the cab windows and swam a distance
of two rods under water, down stream, do
ing so in order to escape anything that might
fall upon them. Engineer Wood, titer
coming to the surface, succeeded by great
Waggles in reaching it telegraph pole and
clinging to it, while Fireman Hays struck on
a sand-bar, and there stood in water up to
his waist Road master Cary waa seen by
the firemen a few momenta after he got upon
the sand-bar, and was beard to make a most
agonizing groao, as it he had been struck by
something. That was the last that was seen
or heard of Mr. Cory, and it was very likely
that he was fatally iojured when the tender
telescoped the cab, and that he waa almost
immediately'afterwards drowned, and bis
body carried down Uic rapid stream of the
swollen river.
The fish car, when it went down, soon
swungclear of the tre tic-work. It contain
ed thirty thousand dollars' worth of live
trout, ctl and other fish, Trum the celebrated
fish-raising waters of Beth tilern, the great
piscnlluiist of Massachusetts, who has a
large contract for stocking California lakes.
The fish were contained In tubs and tanks,
which were all upset, allowing the hundreds
and thousands of young fish to mskc their
escape into the muddy waters of the Elk-
horn.
To these last assertions he declared that he
was neither tho one nor tho other, and then
earnestly desired her to say nothing further
about it. and he would mike it all right.
“Yes,” said she, “you have often promised
the same thing, but you know I havo often
asked you for money, and you have inva
riably put me off; not long ago I asked yon
for some, and you
GAVE MB ONLY FIFTY CENTS.
All I want is sufficient to tako me to Ireland,
where 1 want to spend my days in peace and
comfort.”
The upshot of this interview was that
Whitney begged her to “keep quiet” and all
would bo wo1 with her.
“But you never paid me for my prevkras
services fi r you,” returned Mrs. B.
Whitney—“Well, I’ll give you $500 to
morrow for what yon havo done for me.
Will that be satisfactory J”
Intimating that it would be satisfactory,
Mrs. Baker arranged for another meeting for
the next dsy, and Whitney left, whereupon
the detectives emerged from their biding
places, and also appointing to be on hand, de
parted. Accordingly, the next evening saw
all parties
DISPOSED AS nSFOUE,
and true to his promise, Whitney appeared
with the funds, which, before the gaxe of tha
detectives, be counted ont to bis companion
—twelve $20, one $10 and fifty $5, making
up the amount.
Directly thereupon Whitney left, and tbo
detectives becoming once more rerfiareas, Mrs.
Baker turned over to them the $500.
The final meeting occurred on the night of
June G.and, with the evidence thus collected,
Messrs. Pecora and Donovan visited tho
officials of the insurance companies in which
Whitney was insured, and they directly ap
pearing before tho Third Justice of the Peace,
John L. Larescbe, thatofficid’s services were
invoked to bolds preliminary examination
(under an old statute) as to Ih i cause of the
fire herein referred to.
At that examination, which waa begun on
the night of the 9th instant, and continued to
a late hour on Wednesday night, there was
offered the evidence which hu been herein
act forth. Tho result of that examination
waa the filing of an affidavit liefore Judge
Btaes, of the Second Munirqul Court, and
tho arrest of Mr. Whitney on Wednesday
night. Of thccvcntawhicbdircctly preceded
and
LED Ur TO DIB AHRE-T,
He waa ignorant until captured hy tho offi
cer of the law. Ho was conveyed to the
Tbitd Precinct 8tation, and I hence before
Judge Star*, on Thursday, who remanded
him to the Parish Prison lor a further hear
ing; the prisoner being meanwbilo without
the privlcge of baiL
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
WICKED WORE.
A Prominent JUrrchuiit Arrested
for Firing His Store—Start
ling Revelations.
t rom lbs NeaOr'cios Times. 1!Ul]
It will lie recollected that on the night of
the 10th of May, thero occurred a large fire
on Bienville street, near Exchange Alley, the
result thereof involving the dmtrocUon of
several stores, including Ihe extensive furni
ture establishment of Norman Whitney,who,
according to reports then given, was insured
for $jo,ono.
At the time it was intimated that shortly
before the breakiag out of the conflagration,
persons in the vicinity "saw* thick aet man
hurriedly departing as i f from Whitney’s store
and this report being thereafter dwelt on by
the detectives, they were Impressed with thq
belief that an incendiary was at the bottom
of tho affair.
Accordingly, Messrs. Pecora and Donovan
of the detective force, took np the trail and
followed the slight cue, but for three weeks
not even the glimmering of satisfactory re
sults rewarded theirefforts.
AT TOE END OF TOAT TIME
early in the present month they learned inci
dentally that a Mr*. Baker, living on Rampart,
near Antony street, could famish some valu
able information, and without delay proceed
ing to interview her, they learned that she
was indeed fully posted on tbe subject of tbeir
research, and further, that having been cruel
ly deceived and wronged by a certain indi
vidual, she declared herself ready to expose
what die referred to as a villainous transac
tion. Her story then came out tc the effect
that for a long time she hsd been cognizant,
and In a measure an assistant with,
noeman wnrrHET
in certain schemes which dated back to 187L
In that year, so she related, Mr. Whitney
left New Orleans for Cincinnati, reaching
which, he registered himself at the Barnett
House as Mr. Benson, and directly thereafter
over the same signature, he dispatched to
Mrs. Baker a letter, in which he suggca'ed
that “if she would set fire to hia store he
wonld provide handsomely for her
for the balance of her life,” supple
menting the proposition with the remark
that “it was to be done in tcconunce with
previous negotiations.” Mrs. Baker stated
hat before Whitney atarted for Cincinnati,
he had spoken to her about the work here
referred to, and to the understanding tb<
had, he referred when he wrote of “pterions
negotiations.” Stating that Mr. Whitney
had then
AN INSURANCE OF $50,000
on his stores, he further declared that upon
the receipt of the letter, she pat forward all
preparations to cany out the instructions
therein, looking to the firing of the store, but
as she was on the eve of consummating the
ireject, she received from Whitney a second
etter, advising her to defer the work for the
present
After gleaning sufficient to confirm them
in their suspicions concerning the author of
the fire in May, tho detectives suggested to
i Mrs. Baker that eko
CONNECTICUT.
TERRIBLE ATTEMPT ON HUMAN LIFE AND
DESTRUCTION OF RAILROAD TRAIN.
Norwich, June 10—To tbe list of
brave men should lie added tbe names of B.
P. Cooper and George Uarvcjr. engineer and
fireman of the Norwich and Worcester Rail
road, who went down with their cneine Sun
day morning.
Running at the rate it waa, the engine
plowed its way over the tics for nearly two
two rods before it leached Ihe bridge, and
then with a mighty bound it plunged into tbe
bed of toe stream below, a distance of nearly
Iwcenly feet. Aa it fell it turned com
pletely over, striking tbe ground with ita
wheels uppermost, and Imtii-d its pro
jecting works deep in the earth. The
tender, aa it followed, came with ter
rific foree, and the coupliig breaking it was
hurled completely over the engine and placed
as squarely on its end as if it bad been dono
by tbo band of man. Tbe great flat car,
with its heavy load of coal, was thrown
beyond the engine, the terrific fall of twenty
feet crushing the strung iron boxen. Tbe
express car, crowded with freight, fell upon
tbe engine; Turning aa it fell and laying
with one aide completely demolished.
This terrible attempt upon human life.it to
supposed, waa for the purpose of jobbery.
It ia thought that all the iqjured wiil re-
eorer.
In addition to on*- thousand dollars reward
offered by a com uiltcc of citizens, the 8u-
S rintendcnl of th<- Norwich and Worcester
vision of tbe Nck York and New Eogland
Railroad pubiiabc- * card this afternoon nf-
ftring fire hundred doll.ira reward for tbe
conviction of the wretches who placed the
plank and ticson bia track.
Three men were arrested ia Plainfield last
night, and arc now in the city prison. They
are charged with placing obstructions upon
the track of tho Norwich and Worcester
Railroad on Sunday morning.
Tbo engineer, Sidney P. Cooper, and Geo.
Harvey, fireman; were severely injured by
escaping ateam from Ihe locomotive. A plank
waa placed on tbe track just below the depot
at Daysrillc, bnt was swept off by tbe cow
catcher. About two hundred feet further co,
in tho very heart of the village, tho engine
en countered a tie, and swept it some five
handled feet to a switch where it caught in
the frog and threw the locomotive firm tbe
track. The whistle Mew down brakes and
every effort waa made to keep the train on
the road bed, but the speed of tbe train waa
so great that Ihe engine could not be
stopped, and, therefore, swept the cap-stones
from tbo bridgo oven the Five Mile River,
and the locomotive and three can, contaioioe
sixteen persona, fell into a bog meadow some
fourteen feet below, burying tbe engineer and
fireman beneath tho ruins. After an boar’s
labor, they wero extricated, bully braised
and scalded, but are reported as doing wrll
to-day.
Atu meeting of the citizens, a reward of
$1,000 was pledged In behalf of the town, to
be paid on conviction of the rascals who were
guilty of this diabolical crime.
NEW YOBK.
KINO COTTON.
NewYobe, Juno 14.—Tho market for
cotton on the spot during tho week has been
excited, with a marked advanco in prices.
The influences were various, and the speca-
lation demand active, and abort interest is
said to be large. For contract stock tbo
same feeling was imparted, and rates ad
vanced rapidlv—fully i to | of a cent—hot,
with incriraaed offerings, the market becamo
1ms firm, and clored lower at a declinelsaS
of tho week, 141.319 bales, of which 131J850
were contract stock and 9,409 for immediate
delivery, aa follows: 2,050 for export; 5307
to fpinners; 800 for speculation, and 700 in
transit. Included were 304 bales to arrive.
Naval stores qniet with a fair demand. A
decline in both rosin aud turpentine ia lead
ing to uneasiness.
a demented loves.
Nmhua, N. Y.. June 14,-At Hudson, N.
B., Henry Jewett, twenty-five yean of m,
b< 5?,“,i c * T ? ri . nR lo force hia anil with
Miss Ella Wood, daughter of Chat. Wood.
Hiss Wood rejected h& offer of marriageAnd
her parents also opposed iL This morning
Jewett visited Mia Wood and polled from
hia pocket a six shooter, aimed at her head
and.fired; the ball entered her forehead jnat
,nd lodged under the skin.
Sf* r ?' upon ,bo floor, but not insea-
slbl£ and it ia hoped that tbe wound it not
J 00 .'* 41 - Jew'tt then passed from the house
to the yard where he met Mr. Wood, and en
deavored to assassinate him. Mr. Wood
caught the enraged man by the throat and
warded off tho aim of the pistol, and ao for-
traatdy eacapcd. Jewett then placed his
>iatol to his own ear and discharged it, tho
tall entering his head and causing a wound
that most prove fatal. The indications are
that it waa Jewett's intention to murder tho
entire family.
IENN E84ME1C.
IwiivtLLE, June 14.—Leading physicians
in Nashville are now, and havo been from
the first, divided in opinion among them
selves on the question whether there has been
a tingle case of real cholera in Naihvilleda-
nng this season. Tbo mortality to the city
certainly increased for ten day*, until four
days ago, it began to dnrrc** Tbe doctors
report cases of whatever nature they may be.
a* entirely contractable. The aTcragc num
ber of deaths are twelve to fifteen a day, and
occur mainly among negroes.
INTERMENTS.
Memphis, June 14.—There u>ie only 12
interments here to-day, from all diseme*
against 17 yesterday. There were iSdeatto
from cholera during the week.
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