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rrTTSX TXT3STE] 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.