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THE ATLANTA SUN
Frmn the Ui»ll>- Sun <>f the l'Jth.
OiPI. U. J. FJKR.U KK.
Wx L ite referre<o this gentleman
frequently iu the co!u one of this paper|
as one of the rising railroad men in the
South. Wo dow refer to him again, not
merely to bedau * him with meaningless
flattery, hut simply t<» make a few etate-
mentb iu regard to him that ought to he
mod" known as au ae of jastt.-e to a man
Birmingham
^ Col. G. W. Adair returned yesterday
the only Or.eutal potentate who has'from Birmingham, Ala., whete Lehad
•ieut seclusion of his au-, gone to officiate as auctioneer at tde
eust rank. The £mp* ror of China has great auction sale of lots in that young
hiniw lf to the vulgar and thriving town, which was advertised
the sow «k heaves
It seems that the Miaado of Japan is
not
forsaken the an
actually shown
world outside of the Dragon Palace.
He! for Wednesday last.
lately paid to the tomb* of his ancestors Owing to several very untoward events,
the annual visit which is exacted of every I the sale was postponed to some future
occupant o* tne imperial throne. On i day, Dot yet named— among which ' are
coming forto from the p»lace, he asked the following:
Where dl the people » re. The streets, 1st Tbe whole country — all north-
aco. rding to custom, were as deserted as eastern Alabama—was flooded with water
who has i^rtormed his duty in a'l the ^ ^ Qf Q oWtUliy wben L a j y Godiva from the late excessive raiLs, preventing
relations id husinesa to wnmu b.- h * 8 ! famous horseback exercise; even trave., interrupting farm work, and thus
the lattices and doors were sealed with kept great numbers away
strips ot paj er. Toe Sou of Heaven,
been Called.
It will be remembered that wlieu he
took charge of the Montgomery &. West
Point Railroad,now known «s the Western
(Am.) Rail'oad, as its Superintendent, a
few yeais ag.», that it was in a most de
plorable and unsafe condition; that it
was by his indomitable energy, ue.ver-
cexsirg p<-rsev» ranee and lice adminis
trative anility, tout it was. iu the course
of his connection with ir, made one of
the lust running roads iu the h< utb,
aud that he left it on the 3i»t of March
last in a highly pioaperons condition, to
become the Superintendent of the Ma
con A Western Railroad, on the the 1st
of April.
W’utn Captain Foreacre left the West
ern Railroad, such had been his uniform
kindness to all tbe employees of the same,
c upled w.th Ins splendid management
of it, tnat a presentation of a fine gold
watch and chain, worth $725, was made
to him ry the liberal contributions ot
a 1 conneotei with the road, from tne
highest iu position io tbe humblest iu
its employ, white and black.
Aft.-»- the watch | resentatio.i had been
made, which is a maguificeLt time-piece,
it was tonud lhat there was a surplus of
the funds left. Wba! to do \v »h it was
the question, wbi"b was decidtd without
much delay, aud it was dt-teimiued that
the remaining tuuds snould be expended
in compliment to the wife of Capt. Fore
acre. This consists of a splendid ice
pitct er, of solid silver, together with a
large, handsome and unique salver aud
two silver goblets, gold lined; also, a
handsome tiDger-bowl uud receiver. This
whole set is of solid silver and of the
latest style of silver ware. This pitcher
has the name, “Mrs. Delia II. Foreacre,”
tastefully engraven upon it iu German
text, aud the initial “F.” is engiaven
upon Ihe other pieces in the same char
acter of letter.
Tnis elegant present to Mrs. Foreacre
reached Atlanta on Thursday morning,
in the special charge of Mr. H. W. Crit
tenden, of the Western Radroud, who
safely delivered it at Inr home; audit
would be difficult to say who was most
pleased on the occasion, the recipient of
the pre.-t ut, or Oe who was charged with
its delivery.
These testimonials to Caj t. Foreacre
are iby spontaneous sentiments of all
those uud r him in the em; loy oi the
road. They were uoexp°cted by him,
and me the free-will offerings of a class
of men who know where to place their
confidence, and how to appreciate that
cootideLce when so eut rely reciprocal as
in this case. And while Capt. F. urn'
not ex; rets his gratitude to i.tr old
fueuds in -.entences of beautiful diction
ft-id riiptuiieal liuish, he feels 'Tore than
these can express the ovei flow ing of a
generous and gratdul heart.
2d. An important bridge on tbe South
when told that n . common eye was per- and North Railroai, above Birmingham,
milted to look upon the form of the Em- was washed away by tue flood, prevent-
perorol CLiu», replied, rather irrever- ing purchasers Ir. m all the northern and
eatly, that he did not see why the peo- northwestern portions of tbe country
pie should not see him. Accordingly,
when he returned from ihe aneestral
from reaching tbe ground for tbe sale.
3d. The Alabama aud Chattanooga
tombs, after several days’absence, the Ridroad suspeuued its operations two
imperial show was witnessed by ah who
chose to look. Au En >lish coriespond-
ent of a Shanghai journal, who stood in
line most lojaliy seven hours to gaze upon
the person of "the Solitary Mau,” des
cribes ilie Emperor as looking about forty
years of ug,, rather than nineteen, as he
is r* puted to be. He had a dissipated
look, long, pointed face, with a Worn ex
pression. Tne Erupt ess Dowager, and
Empress Mothei accompanied him, each
borne in chairs on nitii’s shoulders. The
pr •ces'-iou was a mob < f officials and
spearmen, and was concluded with eigh
teen carts covered with yellow cloth con
taining the Imperial concubines. The
exhibition, though significant, was dis
appointing to the tor ign spectatois.
The Last Tobacco Crop of Missouri. —
The great tobacco lair which was held in
St. Louis last week,says the Fulton Press,
develop some facts which show how easily
even expt rienced lnen may be deceived
when mukiug up general estuuuUs. Ii
was generally suppaseJ that tLe tobacco
crop raised list year in tbit State was
not onl' the largest in quantity, nut the
finest in texture ever cured in Missouri.
But the exposition showfcd that til crop
is not nearly so g~od as it has oeeu ii.
previous years, the bluest grades being
very scarce, aud falling far below the
standard upon which the average vaiue
of the crop was based. There is always
a vast | repouderauce oi coaise over fiue
tobacco, but this year the proportion is
considerably increased, while the veiy
oest fails short in quality of that formeily
raised.
The Southern Claims Commission.—
Th• New Yoik Sun thinks that the do
ings of tne Southern Claims Commission
will bear investigation. A number i»f
Georgia negroes are said to have pu- in
claims for cabu..^, calling thim residences,
days before the sale, preventing any
one from reaching tuere by tiie
trains on that road.
The consequence was that nobody
was there except from the immediate
vicinity, and those who went on the
South & North Road trom Montgomery.
Not a tenth of the persons were there
who would have been on hand, but lor
these unforeseen events.
As it wub Col. Adair made a speech to
tne crowd, telling them it would be un
just to the Land Company to put their
property up at auction, but as a consid
erable number of persons were there
from a distance, who had come expressly
to bay properly, they should noi be dis
appointed. If they would come forward
and point out on the map the lots they
d< sired, they should have them at satis
factory prices. This proposition was ac
ceded to at once, and over $8,000 of lots
were closed out to them at once at low
prim s.
Col. Adair says Birmingham is
bound to be a great place.
It is to Alabama what Atlanta
is to Georgia—a great railroad cen
tre, in a healthy region—with this ad
vantage: Their everlasting supply of coal
and iron. He says it is hardly possible
for one to exaggerate the immense quan
tity of these articles, which constitute
the basis of the world's wealth, power
and progress. From forty to fifty car
loads per day, of the crude iron ore just
as it is dug from the earth, is shipped to
the iron mills of the North and West. A
great mountain, forty miles long, was
poiu„vd out, which is almost a mass ol
the richest at.d best iron ore.* Great
numbers of foundries are already in ope
ration at and near Birmingham.
Col. Adair speaks most encouruginglv
of the Georgia Western P.ailroad. It is
to pass tnrough the very heart of a re
worth three tn usaud dollars api* < e. j g*ou of coal and iron this side of Bir-
Notwitbstuud ng the fact that under the miugham, where the supplies uie simply
laws of Georgia, before the war, a negro
conld not hold property, these claimants
are now asking Uncle Sam to reimburse
them for their cabins, sets of marble-top
furniture, mule-, cittle, &c., one county
alone presenting claims of this character
amounting to a million aud a hah dol
lars.
SOU I liEItJi AUTHORS.
Wt are ..iwajs glad to note tne success
of,and givt what ence uragement we can,
to abie aud meritorious SontLi rn au
thors; and now take special pleasure in
stating to the public th; t we have iu this
city a giutlrmnn of extraordinary genius
and power m a writer ot heti >u—though
hitherto unheralded and nnknc wn ussucu
to any ex ept a very f,» int.ma.o per
sonal fi lends.
Many thousands of readers in the
United States huvo been eutrar ced by
perusing h’t tnrilliug productions. They
arc v-ry popular and many of th-m are
sold iu this and oibei Southern cities,
the cnarm-d readers of which ucver
dreamed that the gifted am nor w«:s a
native Georgian, residing in this c.ty,
whose meueety in such thulh's real name
in conceded behind a noin de plume upon
the title page oi his books.
We ill idb to Harvey K. Shackleford,
E q., and trust he will excuse us for
naming him, which we have done with
out Lie knowitdgp, in the hope oi secur
ing to bun a small share of that public
appreciation to which he is justly enti
tled. We predict for him a brilliant
career in 1 u vocation, for which he is
so higuly mowed.
Mixed.— A Kentucky paper lias dis
cover d another of those fearful family
compilations and tells ihe story thus:
"John W. Daniels married tbe daughter
of Mrs. Sarah R. Bravaid; afterwards B.
S. Daniels, the father of Jokf^ married
the cid lady, and still later James W.
Daniels, the nephew of John, married a
sister to John’s wife. It is very easy to
that John is son and son-in-law of
B. S. Daniels, and that James W. is
grand-son and son-in-law of the old man
mid brother-in-law and nephew of John,
thmn»h d ,h ,0h ? “° W de “*» to know,
through ihe columns of the local newspa
per, w^at relation the children of thLe
Uirec Seta of parents mb to^h ni
Cornelius S. Brady, third officer of
ihe iil-faied Atlantic, was presented
with a parse oi sovereigns by the pas-
eengers on board of the Celtic, on the
passage of the latter from this pert to
Liverpool, in honor of his heroic action
id rescuing passengers of the Atlantic.
The St. Lotus Times thinks that
the ievolutions adopted at the “combi-
na’ion” meeting iu New Orleans, on
Tuesday last, are of a f-omewbat extra-
i ordinary nature, and will attract general
attention. Iu accepting the situation on
such a basis says that paper, the people
of Louis.ana cuuid not have demonstra
ted with more terrible force the humilia
tion to which they have been subjected.
The editor of the Golden Age says
that, on attending old Trinity Episcopal
Chnrch, New York, Le found the congre
gation made up of what the 1 rayer Book
i styles "all ranks, classes and cond-tions
of men”—the rich and poor, white and
bieck, native and foreign, higb and low,
all intermingled iu Christian tquality in
that grand and costly temple.
JB^f O -enu freights ou grain have been
advancing at New York for some time,
aod have at last reached thirteen pence
sterling per bushel to Liverpool. This
i* * qua. to twenty-six cents iu gold,
American money. The reason for this
advance is the insufficient supply of ves
sels.
Miss Rosa Poe, sister of Edgar Al
lan Poe, is old, feeble and in destitute
circumstances at Norfolk, Va.
A Talk With Captain Jack.
Judge Steele accompanied by several
gentlemen, had an in interview with
Captain Jack and the Modoc captives at
Boyle’s Camp on Wednesday last. The
Telegraph says:
Capt. Jack, Scar-faced Charley, Bos
ton Charley, Schonchin, Mose, Williams,
Princess Mary and Lizzie were esoorted
to the office tent under a corporal’s guard,
so that Judge Steele might talk wiih
them and gain such information as might
throw light upon certain acts which are
now enshrouded in mystery. Jack,
Schonchin, Boston and Moee were in
chains. The others were loose. The
captives formed the usual semicircle in
the tent. Jack had an ugly, sullen
look, apparently displeased at being
brought forth for a talk. The dark lines
abont his eyes, wbioh are bright and
glittering, indicate that confinement even
in a large airy tent is beginning to wear
him. Restriction
of his liberty has a _ _
greater effect on him than the suspense I grappled with Glover, who thereupon
inexhaustible to all human appearance.
An Interesting Relic.—We chanced
yesterday to meet with a copy of The
Georgia Gazelle, published in Savannah
in 1789. The copy we saw was dated the
19th November, 1789, and is numbered
356. The Gazelle was published by Jas
Johnston, on Broughton s:reet. One
thing peculiar about it is, that it contained
no editorial whatever. The sheet is
small and filled with advertisements, ex
cept one poetic effusioD, which was an
ode to Gen. Washington in contempla
tion of his visit to that city. We give
one sample ot its quaint advertisements:
“ Bibles, New Testaments, Watts’
Hymns and Psalm.*, bound together;
Dd worth’s Schoolmaster’s Assistant;
Shorter and Proof Catechism, to be sold
at the Printing Office,
The Temperature and Weather.—
Yesterday the thermometer rote in some
places in ihe city to 82 degrees, render
ing it very hot for locomotion in the
stra t, even under the shade of an um
brella. The genial shower, however,
came up about 2 o’clock, which brought
it down several degrees, and the cout.n-
ued clouds rendered the remainder of the
evening quite plea.-aut.
Fatal Affair In Edgtficld, S. C
From a gentleman of Edgefield Court
House, South Carolina, we learn that
difficulty occurred in that villag- yester
day, which result-ti iu the killing uf Mr.
William Gomillon and the probably tatui
wounding of hi3 father, Mr. Lovett Go-
millon, by Mr. Arthur A. Glover. The
particulars of the affair, as we obtained
them from our informant, are as follows
It appears that about twenty-eight years
ago a Mr. Joseph Glover was killed by
Loyett Gomillon. A coldness had since
that time existed between the two fami
lies. Abont four weeks ago Lovett Go
miilon struck Glover in the face with his
hat, in a jocular manner. Glover
resented this and ordered Go-
milion not to do it again.
William Gomillon, son of Lovett, hear
ing of the affair, made some threats in
reference to Glover, which reached the
latter’s ears. Yesterday morning, abont
ten o’clock, all of the parties being in
Edgefield, Glover sent wotd to tbe
Gomillons to meet him at the drug st re
of Mr. A. A. Clisby. Young Gomillon
reached the store first. Glover was in
the store, and when Gomillon entered he
fired at him with a small derringer. The
ball struck Gomillon in ihe head, and lie
fell aead.
In a few moments Lovett Gomillon,
who had been inquiring for his son,
reached the store, and seeing William
Gomillion lying dead upon the floor, he
Georgia. Items.
Dr. Hicks is lecturing in Augusta.
Rome boasts of nut having au in
terment for two weeks.
Columbus has bad a six day’s rain
with prospect for more.
Columbus is to be excurted by an
Opelika party of 15th amendments.
The prospects for the grass crop in
Cobb county was never better.
Macon has given her vote by 231
to 31 for water-works.
Granges of the Patrons of Hus
bandry are being rapidly organized
over the State.
Sumter county has nineteen cases
for the July term of the Supreme
Court.
Talbot county Agricultural Society
have a meeting on the first Tues
day in July.
Coiumbus has dramatic entertain
ments, aud winds them up by a gen
eral dance, the audience participating.
Muscogee Superior Court has
reached its thirty-second day, and
have just called the motion docket.
A negro desperado was killed re
cently in Lee county by a Mr. Hitt.
He hit him with a bullet.
Corn crops in Floyd county are
very promising. Wheat aud cotton
are not doiug so well. Too much rain.
Nathan Renfro, of Washington
county, died on the 11th instant, aged
.eventy-six.
Mr. Baker, v.f Thompson, Gu., had
two children burned to death by the
explosion of a can of kerosene oil.
Mr. William Harris, of Atlanta,
was married on the 18th inst. to Miss
Virginia Daniel It was a brilliant
affair.
John Swain lias recently returned
to Savannah from Liberia, and ex
poses the frauds of the Colonization
Societies.
The Odd Fellows of Gainesville
celebrate their anniversaiy t^-day,
and “trip the light iantastic” to
night.
The citizens of Dawson county
have been swindled out of a hanging
by the order of the Judge, and are
somewhat exercised thereat.
W. L. Cash, a Columbus policeman,
who was charged with the killing of
one Jordan Webb, a thief, was lion
orably acquitted on Wednesday last.
Willie Dawson, the youth who ac
cidentally shot himself on Tuesday
morning in Savannah, died on
Wednesday last.
Warren county farmers are throw
ing away portions of their cotton
crop on account of the verdancy of
nature’s carpet.
The Democratic party of Washing
ton couuty will hold a convention on
the 30th mst., to nominate a candi
date lor the Legislature.
Moses Almau, Esq., died of heart
uisease, at his residence, near Rocky
Mount, in Meriwether countv, on
Sunday night last, 15th inst
Talbot county takes the load in
the matter of huge vegetables and
early fruits. The farmers complain
of the prevalence of grass and the
frequency of rain.
The commencement exercises of
the Female College at Americus are
over, jvitb the most flattering evi
dences of success. There are four
graduates.
A little child fell from the second
story window of the Pulaski House,
Savannah, on Wednesday last, to the
pavement, and strange to say escaped
without injury.
Gen. Sorrell, oi Savannah, was
elected Alderman ou Wednesday
night last, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Col. T. H. Har
den.
Whmt it l\as Done— 1 action
done
The Legislature
Gen. Butler’s Campaign The
Chances of his Opponents
A Grant on
Louisiana*
about his future fate. Only a few days
since he told the officer in charge of the
prisoners that his Indian heart was dead
and his body cold. All that he wished
was that Lizzie, his favorite squaw, might
be allowed to set beside him. His re
quest was granted, and the squaw came
to him. Daring the inteiview he and
Schonchin sat on a dry goods box, and
L zzie tqaatted at their feet.
fired npon him with a second dernnge..
Tbe ball struck Gomillion in the head,
and he fell tatally wounded. At the time
oar informant left the village the old
man was not expected to live five min
utes. The Gomillions live! about eight
miles from the village, on the railroad,
this side of Johnson’s. Glover, alter the
shooting, gave himself up to tne author
ities.—Chronicle and Sentinel, I8lh inst.
wouM bring about thTwlT?
action more quickly than it * Tsl
e many other way. T\|l. tatl '
old Homeopathic
other dav, he expressed h'U tl
Butler’s election. Krowin ? lr -
heartily detest every m.it, hl, N
ster, I inquired his reason If**-
wishing. “Well,” 8aid he n • '
you my reasons: You know h l-
great principle which dicin’? 1 "
our system of medicine istoX
flil* I'.lVM A/1 1 i U .. i. 1
OfltUi
, on a htai
similar to
Correspondence of the Sun.]
The Legislature, which adjourned
at Boston last Thursday, was beyond
comparison the most tiresome assem
bly with which Massachusetts has
been bored for many years. The de
bates have been dull and driggling
beyond adequate description. Some
of the speeches have been so devoid
of point as to be ridiculous. The
session has been long and protracted,
lasting 163 days, Sundays aad holi
days included. As the result of this
lengthy sitting, one unacquainted
with the collective body of the assem
bly might suppose it to have trans
acted an immense amount oi bus.-
ness. Such is not the case, however.
The whole number of acts passed
was three hundred and eighty-four.
The principal objects of the session
were to elect a successor to Mr. Wit- j
son, and to finally dispose of the j .
Iloosac tunnel question. Mr. Bout- ! patronage; for the other d
ter remedies that produce
thy person effects sim;l :u ...
under which the patient stiff,v
the politics of Massachusetts
pretty far gone in the down^i
road, and I propose to amilv ■! '
dy which, in a short time. Z'
pace a “healthy” State in tl» e Z
pos tion: but for once I should^
to depart trom the usual practi
giving small quantities and adnvi
ter a tremendous dose” \
many will vote for Butler with p
view, i. e., that it is the shortest ^
back to the straight path.
So far no one except Mr
burn is talked of as Butler’s
Wa
tor.
Mr Dawes may allow SS;
to be used, but it is extrenu-lv dun -
I'ul. Although a strong supporter'
Grant last fall, lie will wield very K
, ,, . - , - ay iu j-
i address he uttered these words n
i gardiug Louisiana: “Anarchy alot
w J bds power, and its minions sit in t
acts ha\e been to j seat judgment on the dearest rH;,
?nsure of Senator I a stricken people.’’ Of course j
man who speaks in that style -
Grant, Gasey, Kellogg, etc., will x
no patronage to dispose ol. a. I
affairs stand at present, Gen. Butler';
prospect are decidedly good. Iftb
Democratic party has the good sen*
to run the right man—Charles Fran,
cis Adams, lor instance—they w.
materially lessen the 75,000 BepuLi.-
can majority next fall.
VlXCEXT.
JMiscellaneoua Ileina.
Henry Ward Beecher has nearly
completed his second volume of his
“Life of Christ.”
It is reported that Gen. Canby’s
brother became insane immediately
after the funeral of the murdered gen
eral.
Texas will elect on the first Tues
day .u December next a full State
ticket, both Houses of its Legisla
ture, and many minor officers.
Rossi, the eminent Italian trage-*
dian, will act at Y r ienna in the exhi
bition season. He has lately been
playing at Rome.
The Secretary,of the Navy intends
to continue to pay Mrs. Hall the sala
ry of her deceased husband until the
next session of Congress, when, in
all probability, a pension will be
granted her.
The Richmond Enquirer thinks
that since the Governor of Arkansas
has gained the victory over Clayton,
all the office-seeking Radicals will
change sides again, and we shall have
a new popular edition of Baxter on
Conversion.
Tne Germans of the Republic are
about to be delighted by the advent
of a German Band which proposes to
make a tour to the United States.
The Band belongs to the Prince
George Regiment of Saxony, and has
the reputation ot being first class.
The receipts from Internal Reve
nue for the fiscal year are $78,000 in
excess of the estimate. The revenues
of the Government naturally increase
with the growth of business anci in
crease of population, aud will very
soon allow of a further reduction of
taxes, while still keeping up a mod
erate reduction of the N aiional debt.
well was elected on the 12tli day of
March, aud there is no reason whv
they could not adjourned shortly
after. Its chief
pass a vote of censure
Sumner; to pass unnoticed the Credit
Mobilitr robbery, in which we are
painfully conscious of figuring prom
inently, and by silence to approve of
the salary grab. A bill providing for
the annexation of several towns to
Boston was introduced and defeated,
ilad it passed Boston would have
had a half a million inhabitants. The
labor question has been indelicately
handled. A bill providing for a ten
hour law passed the House, but was
defeated in the Senate. This Legis
lature has aised the pay oi'all State-
house officials, and a District Court
bill was defeated, which would have
augmented the amount of annual
salaries to the extent of several thou
sand dollars. Taken throughout it
has not been a Legislature of which
we are unduly proud. Every attempt
to increase the pay of members has
friled, most happily. An impartial
journal, alluding to the members,
passed this neatly-worded criticism :
“They are said to be satisfied with
their work as legislators, which, if
true, is the sharpest censure that can
be passed upon them.”
1’lie great matter of interest
throughout the Stare is Gen. Butler’s
proposed raid on the Gubernatorial
chair. This gentleman, who felt his
services to have been so insufficiently
rewarded as to be justified in perpe
trating the salary steal, is npw exer
cising h's Herculean powers in what
promises to be a successful attempt
co capture tin* Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. He will not conduct
this campaign as he did that of 1871;
far less speech-making will attend
this; open defiance of the press will
not characterize it. He has chosen
the surest and easiest means of se
curing ihe nomination. The weight
of the administration is with him,
and he has the Federal patronage en
tirely at his disposal. Immediately
after ihe back pay bill passed the
House, many journals at the North
sarcastically remarked that Butler
had been spoken of as a possib'e can
didate lor Governor. Since then a
a vague feeling of uneasiness has
crept into the Republican camp, and
despite their assured ct lifideuce, the
leaders feel^that Butler is possessed of
sufficient force to carry the day. In
deed, a large minority of the Massa
chusetts editors talk iu a strain
which implies that they will surren
der the field in advance. Either But
ler really possesses the great strength,
or he has created a false impression
to be spread to that effect. Mr. Wash
burn’s (the present incumbent) claims
of re-election, where he is best
known, are considered slim. His
recent veto of the Lee and
New Haven Railroad scheme
alienated from him the support of
Berkshire county. Gen. But er pos
sesses an equal cliance with him in
Washburn’s own county. The Gen
eral wields au almost magnetic power
over the laboring classes, which will
stand him well in time of need, wliile
Washburn is totally wanting in sym*
pathy with tUern. * In the campaign
of 1871, while Loring and Butler
were wrangling, Washburn slipped
into the arena and secured the nomi
nation ; but Butler carried into the
Convention two fifths of the delegates
and was finally defeated by the other
candidates withdrawing in favor of
Washburn. T.ie Gubernatorial chair
once in Butler’s possession, and a seat
in the United States Senate will be
in order, at the expiration of Sum
ner’s term of office. It may seem
strange to the people of the other
States that the people of the hitherto
grand State of Massachusetts should
entertain, even for a moment, tne
idea of intrusting so high an office to
the keeping of such a man as Gen.
Butler. W hoever marvels at this re
ward of his late Congressional ser
vices, is wholly ignorant of the ex
tent of the control which certain
rings of unscrupulous politicians ex
ercise over the State. They are un
aware how utter has been the State’s
overthrow. It will, no doubt, be for
the best interests of Massachusetts
that Benjamin F. Butler be elected
Governor; it will perhaps be for her
own good if he carries out his threat
that, “He never forgets his friends,
rarelv his enemies.” Such a result
TELEGRAMS.
Nashville, June 20.—Thirty nfgto«!
and four whites died of cholerayesterdw'
There have been five deaths in 1’ iducii |
but none in Cairo yet.
Berlin, June 20.—Several coses oi
cholera -eported at Dantzic.
Memphis, June 20.—Twenty-four it-
ferments; seventeen from cholera,
Nashville, June 2.). — For;y-nine
blacks ana twenty-four white ueatksto
day. Weather Jiscour giug. Slow rain
ami sultry.
London, June 20.—Tne London Timet
takes a discouraging view of the progrea
of reform in political aud fiuarml circles, j
London, June 20.—The Shah visits *
Victoria to-day.
Baltimore, June 20. — Mt. Yemen .
Cotton Milts, W. Kennedy President, jl
n»s burned. Loss $200,00(J.
Halifax, June 20. — Two whites and ]
one black mau, belonging to the fishing
schooner, Ben Beny, drowued.
Milwaukee, June 20.—Burning woods I
stopped the trains between Cedars and I
Escaubia.
I
Georgetown, Del., June 20.—A col
ored raper was hanged to-day.
Little Bock, June 20. —The wet
weather is unfavorable to crops. It Ins
rained every day for a mouth in seme
counties.
Owensville, Ky., June 20.—Ad ont-
law, Hogan, has been arrested. He gives
eighty names of a band of robbers, work
ing between Pendleton county, Oeio,
through Kentucky, Virginia and Nuith
Carolina.
St. Louis, June 20.—Harris A Thomas,
Guthrie A Co., Cheatbem, Draughon A
Co., provision dealers, have failed. Their
stock and contracts aggregate G.'jOO.OOO
pounds meat aud 12,000 barrels pork.
Philadelphia, June 20.—Hughbmitli,
wno attempted to swim the Bcknylkill,
drowned.
A brakexnan on the Pennsylvania Rail
road was crushed to death oetween two
T wo girls, aged live, were found locked
iu a closet iu a vacant house. They had
been missing since Wednesday. One
survives. Tue perpet ator has been ap
prehended.
New York, June 20.—Seven siup
strokes.
Uor-.ce F. (A -rk is dead.
J it ingruc.tm, iu the Supreme
C lira, ua« ar.'uieil ai aos -u r c divi roe in
,uc c..--e <<i Pauiiiie Lucca against her
nusband, 'Wou V.M Kuoda, nidi leave
to a arrv again.
At Mici-igm Lake there were 200
anus, s burned and 18 1:v a io.->t.
Washington, June 20 —W. A.
n-is Oec-u upp«Giit<-.d Gt ntennl 1 CoRdS-
sioner from South Carolina.
William McIntyre, convicted of K'l-
Kiuxirg and recommended to the mercy
of the President, has been pardoned after
suffering three-fourths of a two years
sentence at Albany.
Boston, June 20. —The case of Gass
way B. Lamar, agent of Albert G. Browne
and others, an action for the conversion
of 1,800 bales cotton, valued at $o00,-
000, which plaintiff claimed that defend
ants took from him in Georgia in looo,
and which has been on trial in the United
States Court for a week past, closed yes
terday. Judge Chipley, after the evi
dence was closed, ruled that as the evi
dence was uncontradicted that the cot
ton was turned over by the military to
defendants, who claimed that they were
appointed special agents of the Treasury
to take charge of c. ptured and aban
doned property in the seceding States,
no action could be maintained by the
plaintiff, ana directed a verdict for de
fendants, subject to revision by the Su-
! preme Court of the United States.
Baltimore, June 20.—The total loss
to the Mount Vernon cotton mill is over
a quarter of a million. The building
was of Btone one hundred and thirty-fou-
teet long, forty-three feet and live stoneis
high. Valuable machinery ai.d stock
completely destroyed. The first story
contained’ looms; second, card room,
third, spinning room; fourth,
fifth, warping and twisting rooms, ine
packing establisnment aad a tire prooi
building near tbe mill were saved. About
[wo nuudr.d bauds are thrown out oi
employment.