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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY 8 U N.
THE DAILY SUN.
Saturday Morning August 26
THE STATE ROAD MUDDLE.
k Brilliant Elanlt Movement by
Foster Blodgett—A Struggle for
Supremacy—A Compromise.
The Era of yesterday morning con
tained an Executive order -to which
tl*e omme of Gov. Bullock was at
tached, dated the 19th inst., of which
the following is a copy:
Ordered, That the Hon. Foster
Blodgett, Superintendent of the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad, be, and he is
hereby authorized to remove any or all
of the persons named and appointed in
the Executive Order of January 23d and
24tli, and February 1st. 1871, to bring up
the accounts and records of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, so as to disclose
the complete and final balance of the af
fairs of the road to and including the
date of its transfer to the control of the
lessees &c.; and he is hereby empowered
to appoint others in their stead, as he
may deem necessary to perform the du
ties assigned to said persons in said Ex
ecutive orders; • and to discover any
frauds or irregularities in the accounts
or conduct of any agent of said road.
Annexed to that was an order signed
by “Foster Blodgett,Superintendent,”
dated the 24th instant, which, after
referring to the foregoing as authority,
soys:
Ordered, That Is. P. Hotchkiss, Audi
tor, Isaac P. Harris, Treasurer, and
Chas. P. McCalla, General Book Keeper
of the Western Sc Atlantic Railroad, are
hereby removed from the Board of Com
mksioners to bring up the accounts and
reoords, etc., of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad.
iPISTOL IN HAND.
Yesterday morning when Major
McCalla went to his office, he was
astonished to find a man stationed at
the door with a pistol in hand, who
informed -him he was there by order
of Foster Blodgett to keep him out of
the office, as he was discharged..
The Major regarded this as a very
strange and unwarrantable proceed
ing, and determined
NOT TO SUBMIT
to it. lie was appointed to the posi
lion he lias held since the lease, by
order of ‘Governor Bullock, and he
decided that ex-Superintendent Blod
gett jcould not remove him from a
place held by Executive appointment.
True, Blodgett claimed Bullock’s or
der as authority, hut it is well known
that Bullock was not in the State at
the date of that order, and his power
to issue such an order while out of
the State was questioned.
But if the power to issue, and the
legality of the orders in both cases,
were admitted, there wns-no necessity
for any such a
HIGH HANDED PROCEEDING
in McCalla’s case. He is a man whom
no one had accused of inrproper con
duct, and was at least entitled to an
honorable discharge and theprivilege
of turning over liis office and -books
decently to his successor. He .and
his friends quickly determined that
such a disgraceful proceeding should
not be submitted to.
Besides, why should it be desired
on the part of Capt. Blodgett to
eject him thus summarily and dis
gracefully? The answer to this
however, is obvious to some minds.
McCalla’s honor, in the public mind,
is untarnished. Ho one has charged
that any of the State Bond funds
which have been
ILLEGALLY ABSTRACTED
or appropriated, has ever stuck to his
jfingers. On the contrary, he has
.been active and vigilant in ferreting
.opt the frauds aud peculations, co
operating zealously with Maj. Har
grove and others who have under
bake p this herculean task; and it is
upon Ms affidavits that all the ar
rests have so far been made. He has
also beeju watchful, aud lias kept im
portant hooka and papers out of the
way of those whom he suspected of be
ing very desirous of putting them
where they could not show evidence
of their guilt
The gentlemen who have been la
boring in this cause for months, 4 de-
termined further not to recognize
BLODGETT’S AUTHORITY
at all, and not to allow him to take
the books, records and vouchers in
his possession. Acting upon this
idea, Maj. Hargrove, who is the legal
adviser of Maj. McCalla, at once de
termined not only to rescue the office
from such a forcible and lawless oc
cupancy, but to prevent the books and
papers from falling into the hands of
Capt Blodgett and those who are
suspected or charged with the crimes
of embezzlement plundering and
forgery. He, therefore, directed Capt.
Tim. C. Murphy, of our city police,
to take charge of the office, giving
him the following
WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS :
Atlanta, Ga., August 25, 1871.
To Capt. ciin T. Murphy:
Sib:-—The interest of the people of
Georgi a as well as that of Major Charles
and allow or reject them, as they might
think proper.
When this took place, we know the
P. McCalla, General Book-keeper of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, demands
that rooms No. 45 and 46, Capitol build
ing, bo not entered without the consent , .... , ...
and presence of Mr. McCalla and his Wople thought they were done with the
counsel. You will, therefore, proceed at Bullock-Blodgett administration of the
once to said rooms and prevent the en- State Road, and of all Ring robberies on
trance of anj’ one, unless otherwise di
rected.
Criminal prosecutions are now pro
gressing against several late officials of
the State Road, at the instance of said
McCalla, and it is deemed necessary that
all books and papers be preserved.
Z. B. Hargrove,
Counsel.
THE PLOT THICKENS.
Meanwhile Capt. Blodgett was not
idle. In order to fortify himself, be
issued the following order addressed
to Attorney General I*arrow, who is
also attorney for the State Road by
Executive appointment:
Office W. & A. Railroad, |
Atlanta, Ga., August 25, 1871. )
H. P. Farrow, Attorney TV. «ft A. Rail
road: Sir—By'virtue of authority in me
vested, I have removed the General Book
Keeper of the W. & A. R. R.; and in
consideration of the condition of the un
finished business of the said road, and in
consideration also of the fact that the
past conduct of certain persons hereto
fore connected with the road needs in
vestigation, you are hereby instructed
and required, as attorney of the W. & A.
R. R., to take charge of the books and
papers of the said road, and employ sucb
assistance as you may need to bring up
the same and take all legal steps proper
in the premises.
Foster Blodgett, Sup’t.
Upon this the following entries are
made: “ . ■
11 a. m., August 25tb, 1871.
The above is a true copy of the instru
ment under which I have taken posses
sion of the books and papers of the road.
H. P. Farrow,
Attorney W. & A. R. R.
Col. Farrow lias not possession of the
books and papers of the W. Sc A. R. R.,
by authority of the within order. This
August 25, 1871,11 o’clock 20 minutes.
Chas. P. McCalla, G. B. K.
It Appears that Capt Tim Murphy
and McCalla and bis friends were too
formidable to be kept out of the office
by the' one man who was stationed
there with a pistol, and they went in.
Col. Farrow, it appears, also went into
the office about the same time, and
claimed to have taken possession of
it, as per the foregoing order of Capt.
Blodgett and Col. F.’s indorsement
thereon, which • McCalla denied, as
per his counter indorsement; and
thus they were in the rooms, each
claiming possession, but McCalla and
his party really holding it.
And this dispute was a matter of
seriojns consideration and negotiation
all day, till very near night, when, we
were informed, an understanding and
agreement was arrived at between the
Counsel for each party, that posses
sion of the books and papers is to be
given to some eminent person, hav
ing the confidence of both parties,
who is yet to be selected—meantime,
each party is to have free access to
rooms and the books in the presence
of each other, but not to he consid
ered exclusively in the possession of
either.
And thus the matter rests at the
present writing.
P. S.—Since the foregoing was
written, we learn that Lieut. Queen
with a posse of three Policemen were
designated to guard the hooks in the
rooms of the Capitol, where they
now are—also, that it has been mu
tually agreed to turn over the entire
books and papers of the office to Dr.
C, L. Redwine.
THE RULES OF THE-W. & A. R. R.
VIOLATED.
Ex-Superintendent Blodgett Takes Of
fense, and Removes tlxc Offend in
Party.
Day before yesterday Maj. McCalla, the
General Bookkeeper of the W. & A. R.
R, paid in the State Treasury 83,950 of
“Restitution money,” and the following
morning (yesterday) an order from
Foster Blodgett, by authority of Gover
nor Bullock, appeared in the New Era,
removing McCalla from office !
It seems that Major McC. was for the
moment oblivious of the fact that for ten
months of Blodgett’s administration pri
or to the lease, not one cent of State
Road earnings had been allowed to find
its way into the State Treasury ; that
claims against the Road amounting to
over §400,000, mostly arising during said
administration, have already been paid
in cash out of the State Treasury, with
large amounts still behind and unpaid,
f£hd that in the eyes of Blodgett it is an
unpardonable offence to pay money into
the State Treasury, and thus violate the
rules of the Road! It could not be en
dured for a moment, and he was re
moved.
Major McCalla and Major Hargrove
have been, and gre cow zealously en
gaged in trying to find out the exact
whereabouts of the abstracted and miss
ing earnings of the road, and it is be
lieved their investigations are pressing
closely on the Ring Masters of the grand
scheme.
On the 27th December last, the road,
with all its effects, was turned over to the
lessees, with authority of law to settle
with, all connecting roads, and a Board
Was appointed by the Legislature to ex
amine into all claims against the road,
that account.
Who can tell as when we are to find the
end of their usurpations, peculations and
and audacity?
j&£a?"Tlie Petersburg Progress wishes to
be known as a “New Departurist. ” Let
it skedaddle if. it wants to. It is a re
trograde Progress anyhow. *
BgL- A Radical paper says: “Grant
has appointed but forty-one relatives to
office;'* but neglects to add that he was
unhappy because there was no more to
be appointed.
BgLAn English Savan has written a
work on “The Meteoric Origin of Man.”
Whether or not men eame to the earth as
“falling stars,’’some of them have fallen
dreadfully since they got here.
BgL. The Louisville Ledger says : “the
most obstinate man in the United States
is Parson Brownlo w. ” That is true. He
lived out the natural term of his life ten
years ago ; but be lives on just for con
trariness.
JKaf* The Terre Haute Express is under
the conviction that “best thing the Demo
cratic party can do, is to die.” That
conviction will be terribly deepened on
the mind of the Express and all other
Radicals by the incidents of next year.
EgL.lt is claimed by the “New Departu-
rists” that their platform would entrap
many Republicans. True, some of them
might get upon it, mistaking it for the
real, original Radical structure. There
are abundant reasons why such a mistake
might be made.
The Louisville Ledger asserted
that an article in the Nashville Banner
was written by the editor of the Courier-
Journal. The editor of the Banner de
nies the charge in a manner that would
lead one to believe that he is not “Hap
py,” but he is.
B-2L- The Capital says : “ there never
was a President before who did so
much social injury to Washington as
the present extraordinary head of the
Government.” Humph ! and his party
is doing a “social injury,” to the entire
nation,, by miscegenation, and such.
Yellow Fever.
A Charleston correspondent of a
recent date speaks thus : An old
resident told me there had been five
deaths from what he had no doubt
were sporadic cases'of yello w fever.—
There is quite a division of sentiment.
All died of black vomit, but a chemi
cal analysis, they say, settles the ques
tion that it is only a high stage of
bilions fever, produced by decaying
matter near the market. A little
while will certainly settle the ques
tion, and none will rejoice more than
myself to learn that Yellow Jack has
not again cursed this hospitable old
city.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Misses Beta and Gamma, of Colum
bus, furnish us with the following inci
dent which they think mama “did splen
didly :” A young gent of our city, whose
moustache was visible by the aid of a
Craig microscope, went to visit a young
lady upon whom he had been “soft”
some time, and the would-be mama-in
law thinking they were too young, gave
“young hopeful” a gentle hint to that
effect—firstly, by calling the young lady
out and sending her to bed, and sailing
into the parlor with a huge slice of bread
and butter, saying, in her most gracious
manner : “ There, buddy, home is a long
ways, off, and I know your mama is anx
ious.” “Young hopeful” wentslowly out,
and when, he got into the street, gave
vent to his feelings of astonishment bv
softly exclaiming to himself : “Gracious
Dick ! The mischief you say ! ”
COVINGTON.
The Examiner of the 25th says: We
regret to announce that a telegram was
received here (this Wednesday) announ
cing the death of Captain Elijah Rosser,
at Greensboro, Ala. Capt. Rosser has
been for a number of years, a citizen of
Covington, and was on a visit to some
relatives in Alabama.
MACON.
A correspondent of the Telegraph,
writing from Twiggs county, says:
There is a greater area planted in com
than was last year, but wifi be only half
as much housed, with veiy little fodder,
as it was burned before the corn would
admit of its being pulled. Owing to the
cotton plant being so full of sap from the
excessive rains, and then the long drouth,
the bolls are opening very rapidly, though
little more than half grown. The weed
is small, consequently has on very little
fruit, and is shedding rapidly. So we
cannot possibly make more than an aver
age crop.
-*-•-*
State Road Officials Gone Crazy Since
the Lease.
Editors Atlanta Sun: In your notice of
the arrest of Messrs. Harris and Wrenn,
for having a large amonnt of money in
their hands which they have heretofore
failed or refused to account for, you
state that they excuse themselves on the
ground that they have been wailing for
the Legislature to designate some person
to whom this money could be paid.
Now, the Code of Georgia requires Mr.
Wrenn to pay over instanler, to the Treas
urer of the Road, whatever money he
may receive, and the Treasurer is required
to pay over monthly, all surplus in his
hands.
The excuse rendered by these officials
for not complying with the law (if the
report be correct) is most extraordinary,
and I can see no escape for them from
the punishment of a violated law, except
in being held to be crazy or lunatics. The
law is plain as the noonday sun.
Detective.
The Correspondence Between Col* Far
row and Maj* McCalla*
Those who have boldly, and in the face
of difficulties and discouragements that
but few would like to encounter, under
taken the mighty work of detecting the
acuity parties and exposing the frauds,
forgeries, corruptions and thefts, which are
believed to have been carried on in con
nection, with the State Road under the
Radical administration of Capt. Foster
Blodgett, were resolved,, iat all hazards
and at whatever cost, to prevent the rec
ords thereof from falling into his hands,
with no one to watch them but himself
and those whom the people generally sus
pect and believe to be complicated with
whatever of wrong doing may finally be
established.
In the order of Blodgett, which we
published on Saturday, removing
McCalla, Hotchkiss and I. P. Harris,
based upon the pretended (or real) order
of Governor Bullock; the subsequent
“order” of Major Hargrove to Captain
Tim Murphy, to take charge of the
rooms and not allow any one to enter
them without authority; and the still
subsequent, verbally confused instruc
tions of Captain Blodgett, transferring the
whole matter to Attorney General Far
row, requiring him to bring up the “un
finished business” and investigate “the
past conduct of certain persons hereto
fore connected with the road;” in all this,
we say, there was a semblance of lawful
authority on the part of Blodgett and
his friends; for he had the so-called or
der of the Governor, (remember, that
Bullock was, at the date of said order
outside of the State, and his authority to
issue it under such circumstances was ;
and is, questioned;) while the friends of
the people, in their action, had nothing
to sustain them but a consciousness of
correct motives, and a determination,
that no opportunity should be given to
any one hereafter, to cover up any pil
fering tracks that may have been made,
See how “conscience doth make cow
ards of us all!” and how a man who has
occupied a high place, where great pub
lie frauds are believed to have been per
petrated, and who is generally believed
to have been cognizant of, if not in com
plicity with, them; and who, if not ac
tually guilty in either of these respects,
ought to have known of and prevented
any sack frauds and robberies, if they
were perpetrated; and if not perpetrated,
ought, at least, to have so managed the
important trust in his hands as to have
satisfied the country, and saved himself
from the public odium now resting upon
him—an be gmade to quail, and surren
der what be claims as his legal rights,
before the high indignation of a virtuous
public sentiment!
Whether Capt. Blodgett be guilty or
innocent of the charges which the
public mind entertains against, him;
whether his effort on Friday to get
the exclusive posession for himself
and those of like ilk, of the books
and papers, was with a good or evil in
tention—no matter which—that attempt
has the appearance of a last desperate
effort—a dying kick, an expiring gasp—
in the vain struggle once more to put
himself in a position of importance and
assume an attitude of some consequence
before the public at this juncture. That
dying kick was a dead failure! It did not
put him on his feet again! He is down,
and there he will remain (if he is not
sent to lower depths), unless the public,
after a thorough investigation, shall come
to the conclusion that he ought not to be
kept down, and shall come to his relief
and help him up! This will be done if
they find he deserves it; if 'not, he might
as well submit without a struggle, for
there is, in such case, ho salvation for
him. If it is clearly ascertained and
proven that his skirts are clear and his
hands clean, none will more cheerfully
come to his. relief than The Sun; but
until this proof is furnished to the peo
pie, he must lie in the mud; aud he might
as well take it patiently.
This much by way of introduction to
what we intended to say of the corres
pondence between Colonel Farrow and
Major McCalla, which we now proceed to
do :
We commend its spirit. It is highly
creditable to both of them. It evinces,
on the part of each, an earnest desire and
determination to make searching inves
tigations at once, and to bring to a speedy
account all delinquents and all pecula
tors and forgers, if feuch ^re found.
We have not the slightest doubt of the
good faith of both these gentlemen.
Major McCalla has heretofore shown this,
by having warrants issued [and procuring
the arrest of five or six parties. We are
aware that he performed this, from a high
sense of public duty, after failing to in
duce Captain Blodgett to take the same
steps, and perform this work himself.
Colonel Farrow we have known for years;
and notwithstanding we have had no
sympathy with his political views, we
have confidence in his integrity of
purpose, and rest contented that he
wfil vigorously press the work upon which
he has entered, sparing neither friend nor
foe, political or otherwise, who may be
found to have offended. This is our
opinion of Col. Farrow, which we do not
hesitate to express; and we shaU enter
tain it till some reason for changing it is
furnished. We are aware that some of
our readers wfil differ with us on this
^ he has been connected
with Bullock s Radical and justly odious
administration. We respectfully ask all
such to suspend their judgment till they
see the result. J
The books and papers are in the hands
of honest and responsible men—in win m
the people have the utmost confidence J
and whatever is done under their direc
tion the country will be satisfied wi h—
no matter what that may be. Such is
our judgment, and such is the feeli ng o
every respectable man in this community.
►»-<
«I Was Very Glad of It.”
Captain Blodgett, ex-Superintendent
of the State Road, who has been unnec
essarily * ‘prolonging” his term, in his
letter to the Editor of the Era, which we
publish this morning in The Sun, makes
allusion to a conversation, which he says
took place between himself and Major Me
Calla, in relation to the report of the latter
having paid into the State Treasury a
certain sum of money, and says he told
McCalla that he was “very glad of it!”
GLAD!! Ye Heavens, listen! Foster
Blodgett ‘’GLAD,” that a little money lias
at last been paid into the State Treasury,
by a State Road official!
If this little mite, paid into the Treas
ury, at this late day, and under such
circumstances, has so rejoiced his
heart, why did he not make’himself more
than twelve times as glad at the end of
every month during the past year by
paying into the State Treasury more than
twelve times as much (which he could
easily have done from the earnings of the
Road) as that small amount of “restitu
tion money!” If less than §4,000 of
“restitution money” going into the State
Treasury now, has made his soul “glad,
would not the payment of 850,000 or
over into the Treasury every month, from
the legitimate earnings of the Road, have,
kept him supremely happy, and in ec
static pleasures, all that time?
No doubt he would now be glad and
rejoice if he had done so. No doubt he
would give the world if he could recall
the past.
But opportunities once lost are gone
forever\ They can never be recalled; and
let all who are exposed to temptation, or
who have opportunities- to involve their
honor in the hope of gain, remember
that the path of stern, unbending recti
tude is the only safe one !•
You inust not toy or dally with sin, nor
stop to consider its tempting allurements;
if you do, you are already more than half
lost; and ten to one your loss is irre
trievable. Woe to the man that is tempt
ed and yields up his honor!
But to stop moralizing: It seems that
Capt. Blodgett was deeply concerned and
exceedingly anxious to have that money
deposited in the State Treasury lest he
might be arrested! Ah, arrested! What
virtue there is in the fear of arrest, and
in being arrested! Did Foster Blodgett
have any of the money which has come
into his hands (or into the hands of those
under him, which is the same thing)
since the lease of the State Road, depos
ited in the State Treasury, or manifest
any anxiety or desire or disposition to do
so? The fear of arrest was not then be
fore his eyes! but this time it was!
It seems that Isaac P. Harris and B.
W. Wrenn never manifested any sort of
disposition to settle up the balances in
their hands, till they were arrested; and
we have been informed that they even
denied, on several occasions, that they
owed anything to the State. How this
is we do not know; but it seems that
there is virtue in being arrested, and in
the fear of arrest.
ment upon the charges preferred
Since that time Mr. Cobb has* been •
and about this city and was here w
Tuesday. The telegraphic news 0 f”
arrest published in the city papers ^
yesterday morning was indeed news to
his friends, who expressed great surprise
It. is supposed that the arrest i n
York on Saturday was upon a charge o'!
complicity of the safe robbery. ih e
only news we are able to give in relatio
to the affair amounts in substance to the
above statement.
More Arrests.
Yesterday officer Kendrick returned
to this city bringing with him Mr.
James.Mullins, whom he arrested some-,
where below Macon, and Mr. W. R. D.
Millar, of Savannah, arrested in that city.
Both are charged with complicity in the
State Road frauds and peculations, and,
wo understand, will have a hearing before
Judge Hopkius this morning at the City
Hall.
Mr. Millar is accompanied by his wife,
and is stopping at the Kimball House.
Both he and Mullins are in the custody
of the officers.
ARREST OF GEORGE S. COBB.
More of tile Express Robhery, and xvliat
Came of It.
Our readers will remember that about
two or three months since the safe of the
Express Company in this city was robbed
of a considerable amount of money.
Several arrests were made of the em
ployees of the Company, but nothing ever
came of the investigations instituted at
that time. At the time of the robbery,
George S. Cobb was the money clerk at
the- office, but was not arrested. Subse
quently, at the session of the Superior
Court, he was indicted for cheating and
swindling, and placed under a bond for
his appearance at the next term of that
Court.
The evidence upon which this in
dictment was predicated, consisted in the
statement that, as money clerk, he made
overcharges, collected the same, and put
the money in his own pocket. For in
stance: A package coming from West
Point, upon which the tariff was fifty
cents, he would enter it as seventy-five
cents or a dollar, when the consignee
paid the charges, etc., he put the over
plus in his own pocket.
The story goes, that about the time of
the big robbery here, he took sides with
parties who were arrested upon suspi
cion, and made himself objectionable, if
not suspicious, with those who were em
powered to ferret out the robbery. Any
way, he resigned his office as clerk, and
quit the service of the company. Then
came the Superior Court, and his indict-
T E L EG R AMs;
The census tables give the total norm
lation of the United States at 3» «a§f
983. ’ 00> *
The following has been received at
Washington without signature: c
“St. Augustine, Fla., August 25 -jtv
O. A. Mallory Sc Co., New York It
Lodimi was wrecked 75 miles South of
here. Twenty were lost. The Messbov
was picked up yesterday. He brought
the news of the total wreck of the vessel
The survivors are the Captain’s son, the
first and second mates, the chief and as
sistant engineers, firemau, four sailors
and the mess boy.”
Savannah, Aug. 25.—The steamship
H. Livingston, in the river yesterday
collided with the schooner M. B. Bram!
hill, and carried away the schooner’s jib-
br om and bowsprit, and damaged her
upper works. The Livingston proceeded
on her voyage. She is supposed not to
have been injured.
Martin’s Industry Light Ship put into
Warsaw Sound this morning. No one
was lost. The ship is not badly injured.
The steamship Leo spoke the ship
Rosa Sprague, of Boston, with the loss
of all her topmast, off Port Royal, at one
p. m. to-day, heading for S lvannah.
The Spanish bark America came to the
city to-day.
Selma, Aug. 25.—The army worm
commenced operations on the*21st in
this vicinity, and is now committing
fearful ravages. The crop will be ma
terially shortened.
Wilmington, August 25.—For two
day’s we have had reports here that the
yellow fever prevailed at Charleston. In-
formation received to-day removes all
doubts as to its existence there, and, it
is feared, in epidemic form. A letterre-
ceived this morning, from one of the
most prominent clergymen of Charles
ton, states that a malignant type of the
yellow fever is there, and that the writer
has himself seen four cases. Informa
tion from another source states that the
disease is there, and is thought to be
spreading. The city authorities of Wil
mington telegraphed to the Mayor of
Charleston for information, yesterday,
but have received no answer up to five
o’clock this afternoon. Notwithstanding
the above testimony, the Charleston pa
pers of yesterday say the health of the
city was never better than it is now.
Palis, Aug 25.—The Government has
forbidden public rejoicings in this city on
the 4th of September, the anniversary of
the Revolution in Paris last year against
the Bonapartists.
It is reported that assurances have been
received at Versailles that the Prussian
troops in France will be reduced to fifty
thousand on the 1st of September and
those who remain will be lodged inbar
racks.
Don Carlos has arrived at the Bay of
Oune. His adherents in Spain are di
vided in opinion as to what course to
pursue.
In the Assembly to-day the amended
bill providing for a gradual disbandment
of the National Guard was passed.
The journals sorrowfully comment on
the scenes iu the Assembly yesterday.
It is said Thiers will accept no compro
mise on the question of the prolongation
of his powers.
Gen. Faidlierbe has written letters
censuring the Assembly, and resigning
his seat as Deputy.
Charleston, Aug. 26.—The Medical
Society of Charleston, in view of the
prevalence of yellow fever here, held a
meeting last evening, and after full inves
tigation and discussion resolved to make
official publication of the real facts of the
case as follows:
That the yellow fever of a mild type
does exist to a limited extent in Charles
ton; that it is mainly confined to one
neighborhood; that the first ..case dated
from July 27th, and the disease has pre
vailed during the month that has elapsed.
Since then there have been, perhaps, in
all, up to this time, thirty-five cases, nine
of which have proved fatal, but that the
disease does not seem of a character dis
posed to spread rapidly or widely. It is
added, that difference of opinon exist in
the profession as to the probable spread
of the disease. The Board of Health
announce this morning that the number
of cases reported since the 23d instant
indicate that the disease is assuming an
epidemic form.
New York, August 26.—The Coroner’s
jury of Brooklyn over the Westfield vic
tims return a verdict that the boiler was
originally defective and worn out by use,
and invited the catastrophe. Vander
bilt, President of the company; Mat
thews, United States Inspector; Braisted
Superintendent of the company; Robin
son, Engineer, are responsible, and
should be accountable for the deaths.
The arrest of the parties has been or
dered.
A dispatch from Charleston, alluding
to the progress of yellow fever, says the
declaration of the medical society is con
sidered by leading physicians, including
the health officer, as an extreme state
ment. Many of the cases on which it
was based were doubtful. The health
officer does not consider that the facts
in the case justify him in withholding 8
clean bill of health from the New York
steamer which sails to-day.
It is reported that a canal boat in the
Racitan river was ran down by the pro*
pellor Annie. Captain C. Thurman 3
two sons and daughter were drowned.
George T. Cobb, of Atlanta, Ga.,
arrested, charged with larceny of §10,000
from the office of the Southern Exp resS
Company. Cobb was the money clerk
of the Atlanta office at the time of the
robbery.
Athens, August 26.—During a video*
storm which passed over Earnia, a t 0 ]^ 1
on the Turkish frontier, lightning struck 8
powder magazine, which exploded
terrible effect. The destruction of l )U ’k
erty is very great, and inhabitants, terro
stricken, fled to the country.
