Newspaper Page Text
THE WEEKLY SUN.
1 I|llMA S DK WOLF. THOMAS GILBERT.
THOS. GILBERT & CO.,
PROPRIETORS.
terms of subscription.
line POI.V, "110 year % I 50
?lx inontlis I no
club RATKB. .
j - r ,-H copies, one year, to same j.ost-
at *1 40 each 4 \iO
r i- one >ear, to same pORt-
at «l :t.i each li 75
I. ,1 ,dpios, one year, to same j.ost-
at si its each I*4 50
l (p en copies, one year, to same post-
at each 17 ‘45
t ,-ui v eople.’, one year, to same poat
'.m. at *1 each ‘4O (ID
S.iliccripMons iliscontlnued at the expiration
-1 time.
\ll remittances must he hy registered letter
~ inifice money order, otherwise at the risk
, i ,|, e sender. Address,
Tima. Gilbert & Cos.,
Oulumhus, (ia.
ADVERTISING RATES:
A dcertisements inserted at $1 per square (ten
ili-... -r less, in small type,) lirst insertion, and
| ny cents each suhsoquent insertion.
i defense: or cotton futures.
We regret to see that a paper of r.o
miu h respectability nml of so much influ
ence in its sphere as the Financial
Chronicle defends the practice of dealing
in “cotton futures.” it bases its article
on the decision of an Alabama Judge,
p, -noiinoin ; such transactions “gam
no," and ruling that no legal recovery
can be had upon them. The Chronicle
that this question will “speedily be
carried to our court of last resort.” To
that tribunal, then, we leave the legal
question involved, with something of
confidence in our hope that tho decision
of the Alabama Judge will be sustained.
lint the Chronicle defends the practice
on the score of custom. It says: “Deal
ii,;m in futures are no novelty, for they
li.i,been a recognized mode of transac
ti.,ii in Kiiropean ports for rape seed oil,
hemp, etc., ever since the Napoleonic
wars. Liverpool, upon the establishment
of channel telegraphs to tho Continent,
applied them to cotton in its dealings
with Continental spinners, and tho mo
ment. the Atlantic cable became a fixed
institution futures in cotton were intro
duced among us. Even prior to that such
contracts were in nso in oilier trades.
Ten years ago petroleum was sold months
ahead in our market. Now, transactions
of this description have become a neces
sary leading element in modern mer
chandise dealings, as well recognized as
any other form of agreement, and al
though at first received with little favor
by our older merchants, they have finally
been accepted by all as of great service
in every branch of trade when rightly
used.”
We are not advised of the effect upon
prices produced by “future” operations
in rape seed oil, hemp, etc., in Europe;
but we know that the Uuetuatious in pe
troleum for the last ten years have been
hard to account for except by the disturb
mg element of speculations in futures,
ll i: moreover apparent that such specu
lations have not been beneficial to the oil
producers generally, however much some
of the dealers in “futures” may have made
by these speculations. Hut all this wo
look upon as begging the question, both
as regards the legality of gambling in
“futures” and tho benefits of the system
to any class. If “custom” can make an
act rigid or beneficial, manslaughter can
date ils claim to legality and beneficence
from the days of (fain and Lamech, and
illicit trading can claim respectability
from the time that Joseph’s brethren sold
him to the Egyptians.
But what we wished particularly to no
tice is the following proposition of the
Chronicle:
“ But we stated that this mode of deal
ing is a decided advantage to the planter.
We have not the space to-day to develop
the idea as fully as wo would like, and yet
it, will require only a moment's reflection
to see many ways in which lie receives
benefit. For instance, every one knows
that the most of the cotton produced is
grown on borrowed money, and that tho
difficulty or facility with which the
needed money is obtained is a very im
portant element in the cost of the crop.
Under this new system the country mer
chant can now sell cotton in New York
for October delivery at about 18,1 c, and
hence lie has a sure basis upon which he
can negotiate with the planter, and will,
of course, make the required advances
on lunch easier terms Ilian he could do if
he were ignorant as to u bother he
could get in October Ufa or 18c per
pound for cotton. Then, again, the plan
ter has all tho time he is producing his
er.*p to lake advantage of the market.
Whenever he thinks the prices are right
he can sell. In olden times he had to ac
cumulate and store it at great expense and
risk, frequently to be forced into the
lowest market by his factor, after paying
a ruinous interest on an uncertain value
as a basis. Or if the planter desires to
hold his cotton to a later date, lie can
realize upon it, and buy a contract for a
future jiiotilh, being at no greater risk
aH to price, and at much less expense
than if he had to store and keep the
oi it ton us under the old system. That the
purely speculative dealers are at times
oaugiit and lose largely is of little interest
to the people at large—that is simply the
abuse of the system.”
The Chronicle, misunderstands the mode
el doing liiisineas between tho cotton
planters of the South and the advancing
merchants, if it supposes that the planter
can. with the New York quotations for
cotton futures in October or November in
hi- Imuds, go to tho merchant and obtain
from the latter an agreement to take his
cotton in the fall at those quotations ; or
that he can go to any cotton buyer here
and obtain an advance based upon such a
“future” price. Neither can tho mer
chant feel that h ' has any assurance that
he will lie able to got 18 cents for cotton
in October because that is now the New
York quotation lor cotton deliverable in
that month. If the sellers of “future”
cotton were bound to make an actual do
livery of the nuiubor of bales sold, at tho
times and for tho prices stipulated, that
might have an effect beneficial to planters
by causing a demand when tho contracts
foil due But we know that such is not
the custom that they only pay or receive
the difference iu price between
tbut agreed upon and tho current
quotations at the time stipulated.
And herein is where the custom fails to
give to the producer any share iu the
speculation, be it illegal and gambling or
legitimate. The little spurt that has now
advanced cotton in Now York above Liv
erpool prices will not benefit planters at
all, because its effect will be entirely over
before they have any more cotton to sell.
It has, indeed, as we are advised, been
caused as much by Hie tricky devices of
those who have to be paid cotton at a
certain price, as by the necessities of
those who have to pay it. It is not an
advance based upon the state of supply
and demand, nor is it caused by auy in
fluences which tho planter can control,
now or hereafter It is, therefore, a
‘'peculation in his industry, which does
not regard his interest to the value of a
pin, and which can only lie hurtful to him
by bringing other influences than those
in which he can take a part to affect the
price of his produce.
* Kors I \ ALABAM I.
Avery ..l.scuMiit and reliable gentle
man, all.) ins reocutly traveled extensively
th rotighuut Alabama on business, favors
us with his information concerning tho
crops in that State. (Join is everywhere
looking well, and if the late long contin
ued rainy season is not immediately fol
lowed by (.»> dry a spell, the yield must
"e large. Cotton generally is grassy and
backward, aud the planters have much
liaid work to do to bring it to a good con
dition. TLe finest and largest cotton
"Inch our informant saw was on tho line
1,1 the Montgomery aud Eufaula Railroad,
>ut supposes the crops on the Bigby
fora U | Ut sueu laU dy) * ,e equally
5 inrinuati paper says a Chicago horse
falliul a . l *) his life last week by the
f eb] * “ “is diamond pm on oue of his
VOL. XV.
THE FORT ST. Fill LIP CANAL.
An Inland Water L.ine for the South
and West.
A dispatch of Tuesday night reports in
fluential officials at Washington (Jity as
interested in tho Port St. Philip canal
project, and prepared to urge its impor
tance upon Congress. Fort St. Philip is
on the Mississippi river, perhaps about
forty miles above its mouths. The design
of the canal is to flank the bars at the
months of the great river, which so seri
ously impede tho commerce of Now Or
leans. Avery short canal here will con
nect the river with the Gulf, at a point
more favorable to navigation than the
present places of debouchure. The de
tention of largo vessels at the mouths of
the river is at times very annoying and
injurious to the trade of New Orleans,
and at no time has it been more so than
this spring, as is indicated iiy the single
fact that for weeks lately five millions of
dollars worth of property in ships and
their cargoes has been embargoed by tho
bar of Pass al’Outre.
The great value of this projected canal
to Now Orleans and to tho commerce of
the West generally, in the facilitation of
its trade with foreign ports, cannot be
questioned. But New Orleans needs also
-—and the great West needs —another
canal connecting the Mississippi river and
the Gulf, to facilitate their domestic com
merce. Tho great South needs it, to
cheapen the freights <*f Western produce,
and to enable our people to raise cotton
at less cost. This paramount need of both
those sections is a canal, or system of ca
nals, connecting the Mississippi with the
Atlantic by an inland water communica
tion—a land-locked water line that will
allow a steamer loaded at St. Louis, Cin
cinnati or Louisville, to make a through
trip, without breaking bulk, and discharge
her cargo at an Atlantic port, or at ports
on the Alabama, Apalachicola, Chattahoo
chee or Flint rivers. It has been ascer
tained t hat tho distance to be canaled
along (his route from Now Orleans to the
Apalachicola river will not exceed forty
miles. It would connect the several la
goons ur sounds along the northern shores
of the Gulf of Mexico, requiring only one
canal of four or live miles from the Mis
sissippi to the Lake and the Gulf, one
short one between the mouth of Mobile
Bay and Pensacola, and two short cuts be
tween Pensacola and the Apalachicola.
No locks would anywhere be required,
and there could be no lack of water at
anytime. Is not its feasibility apparent,
and that at a cost that ought to be consid
ered trifling in comparison with the great
benefits to be secured?
We have no opposition to make to the
proposed Western and Atlantic canal, con
necting the Tennessee river with the At
lautic. If ils friends can prevail on Con
gress to undertake it, we shall be pleased.
But we say frankly that we have little
hope of this, and that we are not satisfied
as to the practicability of the enterprise,
even at the immense sum named as its
estimated cost, lint we have in the Gulf
coast, project an improvement certainly
foasible, and that nl a cost, inconsiderable
in comparison with the Tennessee river
canal. It may not be quite so short or
direct as the lasL named project, but in
view of the abundance of water, audfree
dom from locks that cause so much de
lay iu navigation, the trip could be made
as quickly and cheaper. The truth i:s,
nature has almost finished the inland Gulf
water line for us, leaving so little of it to
be made by man, as seemingly only to
test his energy and sagacity—to see
whether he would give the finishing touch
es to gaps left merely as a temptation to
his enterprise.
TAPPING A COTTON MARKET.
St. Louis has got control of the entire
cotton trade of the Indian Territory,
Western and Central Arkansas, Central
and Southeastern Texas. And this has
been accomplished by that city getting
control of a lute of railroad thence to
Dal,as, Texas, on the Southern Pacific,
wit h feeders int o the edge of Louisiana at
Shreveport oil tho East, and to several
points West and South into the heart of
the best agricultural regions of Texas.
The New Orleans Herald says “cotton
is now carried from the Indian nation
and West Arkansas to St. Louis for three
dollars a hale, which could not be sent, to
this city (New Orleans) for six dollars.”
The St. Louis Democrat says the mer
chants of that city have made “an im
mense hit in securing the cotton trade of
Texas; that this traffic is almost doubling
itself every month, and will soon bo one
of most important elements in our (St.
Louis) commercial industries.”
Now, if we consider that this road, with
its feeder's, is about 750 miles in length;
that it cost St. Louis directly and indirect
ly about $ I *?,<)( 10,000 to secure control of
it, we can see how enterprise and nerve
pay.
Cincinnati has a chance to secure the
cotton trade of a country worth double to
anv city that which has been licked up by
St. Louis. She can do it by building 331
miles of road against St. Louis’ 750 miles.
And the cotton trade of Central Alabama,
Central and Sothwestern Georgia will be
a more bagatelle (an adjunct) to the trade
iu ores, coal and manufactured iron that
her road will secure to her merchants anil
manufacturers w ithin ten years after its
completion.— Chattanooga Times.
Party Strength in Virginia. —An in
telligent Washington correspondent, who
seems to bo well posted on Virginia poli
tics, says that the total voting population
of that State in 1870 was 2(1(1,080, of
which, with the following proportions ol
white and Mack populations respectively
as a guide, it may he assumed that thero
are 155,080 white and 111.011 blacks twen
ty-one years old and upwards, making a
white majority of 11,111)8. The white rad
ical vote, including the straightout demo
cratic element which could not swallow
Mr. Greeley, is estimated atteu thousand.
Making the most liberal allowances, the
writer does not think that the conserva
tive majority can fall below twenty thous
and. Most of the municipal elections held
recently in the principal tow ns of Virginia
were earned by the conservatives, and the
vote m all indicates that their party
strength is fully maintained.
The New York of Friday, says:
The nomination of Nelson Dingley, Jr., as
the Republican candidate for Governor of
Maine, and the appointment of George F.
Sanger as United States District Attorney
for Massachusetts, settle two (hiugs, to
wit That Speaker Blanks influence iu
the Republican party in Maineissnpreme,
for the nominee is familiarly known as
"Blaine's man,” and that the power of
General Butler among the Republi
can party in Massachusetts preponderates
over all opposition, for Mr. Sanger was
Butler’s candidate against the combined
forces of the anti Bui tellies. This would
seem to secure Butler’s nomination as the
Republican candidate for Governor, iu
which event his election, like that of Mr.
Dingley m Maine, may be considered a
foregone conclusion, for in both States the
Republicans have overwhelming ma jori
ties.
A Railroad to the Atlantic Coast.
Capitalists at Chicago held a meeting last
Tuesday to take steps to organize a com
pany to build a direct trunk line of rail
way from Chicago to the southeast At
lantic coast. The route proposed is
through Indianapolis, Lexington, Ivy-,
Knoxville, Teuu., and tjien connect with
present lines to Savannah, Port Royal and
Charleston. The air line distance be
tween Chicago and Savannuh is 787 miles.
TH E WEEKLY SUN.
THE POLARIS.
RESULT OF ROBESON'S INVESTI
GA TION.
Ills Report to the President.
Washington, June 10.—Secretary Rob
eson has scut to the President his report
iu full of the investigation of the Polaris
matter iu which he says the statement of
all the persons rescued who could speak
or understand English except that of the
wife of Haas Christian was taken down
and now together with a diary kept by
some of the party on the ice and the diary
of the cruise of the Polaris (tho latter kept
in German by* Herman Searons, one of
the seamen remainiuing on board, and
picked tip on the ice after separation from
the ship; are being rapidly printed, the
bulk of them being already in type.
BUDDINGTON VET TO BE HEAKD.
Secretary Robeson says it must be clear
ly understood that in permitting this pub
lication t)*« Department will neither make
nor declate any judgment against Bnd
dington, who has no opportunity for de
fence or explanation. The facts show
that, though he was wanting in enthusiasm
for the grand objects of the expedition
and at times grossly lax in discipline, and
though ho differed iu judgment as to the
possibility, safety and propriety of taking
the ship further north, yet he is an expe
rienced and careful navigator and a man
not affected to liquor, of which none re
mained on board at the time of the sepa
ration, a safe and competent commander.
The Secretary then gives the details
already made public of the measures taken
by him to send the steamers Juniata and
Tigress to the relief, if possible, of tho
Polaris and tho remainder of her crew.
The Tigress he proposes to purchase and
strengthen for the service required iu
search in the Arctic regions. Capt. Ty
son, Esquimaux Joe and all the rescued
seamen will accompany tho expedition,
being anxious to rescue their comrades
and bring out their old ship.
CAPT. hall’s NOHTUEF.MO.ST REACH.
From the report of the testimony we
make tho following extracts:
In his sleigh-ride towards the pole,
Capt. Hall discovered as appears by his
dispatch a river, a lake and a large inlet,
the latter in latitude 81 degrees 57 sec
onds north. lie named this Newman’s
bay, calling its northern point Cape Bre
voort and the southern one Summer
headland. At Capo Brevoort, in latitude
82 degrees 2 seconds north, longitude c>!
degrees 20 seconds west, he rested. On
October 20th he wrote his last dispatch to
the Secretary of the Navy, the original
draft of which is fouud iu his own hand
writing and iu his own desk. As proved
I on examination at Washington, after it
was delivered to the Secretary of the
Navy by Esquimaux Joe, who had kept
the desk in his custody front timeto time,
it was picked up on the ice after the sepa
ration of the rescued party front the ship.
After detailing his death, the report
proceeds: From a personal examination of
all the witnesses, and front their testimo
ny as given, we reach the unanimous
opinion that his death resulted naturally
from disease without fault on the part of
anyone. All persons examined testify to
the uniform kindness and care of Capt.
I tall and to the good order and efficient
condition of the Polaris while under his
command.
After wintering in (lie ice, early in
June, before tho Polaris was released
from the ice, Capt. Biuldington dis
patched Mr. Chester and Tyson with
boats to endeavor to get as far north as
practicable. With much difficulty and
delay they got as far north as Newman’s
bay. They there awaited tho possible
j opening of the ice till the middle of July,
when written orders from Capt. Budding
| lon directed their return to the ship.
THE SEPARATION.
On the night of tho 15th of Oct., in
about latitude 7!) 53 north, during a vio
lent gale of wind and snow, the ship was
suddenly beset by a tremendous pressure
of ice which was driven against her from
the southward and forced under her,
’pressing her up and out of tho water and
by successive and violent shocks finally
throwing her over on her beam end.
Capt. Haddington directed the provisions
and stores, out iu partial readiness before,
to be thrown overboard on the ice and
ordered half tho crew upon the ice to car
ry them upon a thicker part of the ham
mock where they would be comparatively
safe, lie also sent, nil the Esquimaux
with kykaeksont of the ship and lowered
the two remaining boats upon the lioe.
While so engaged in the darkness of an
arctic night in the midst of a tierce gale
and driving snow storm, the hawsers of
the Polaris failed to hold her and she
broke adriftj from the lioe and in a few
minutes was out of sight of the party
who were at that moment on the ice.
THE SHIP STILL VISIBLE.
After losing sight of the ship some of the
men and a large part of the provisions
were found to be afloat on a separate piece
of ice. The men were rescued by means
of boats which liad been saved on tho
ice, and the party thus collected on the
main 1100 passing the night as best they
could. The Polaris came in sight to the
northward apparently coming toward the
ttoe under steam and sail. An india-rub
ber blanket was hoisted in tho air and dis
played from the top of a hammock, colors
were set and other siguais were made to
attract the attention of the Polaris, and
as she approached so near to them that
they plainly saw her down to her rails and
could distinguish her escape pipe, and
kept on towards them until they supposed
her to be not more than four miles* off,
they felt sure she could force her way
through the ice to their position, and in a
little while they would be again on board.
Iu this they were disaappointed. The
Polaris altered her course and disappeared
behind the shore. Some time afterward,
as tho iloo drifted away, she was again
seon by some of the men under the land,
with sails furled and apparently at anchor
or made fast to the shore. It is most
likely that tho party on the ice were seen
from the Polaris. The hut erected on tho
lioe, the ship’s boat, the colors, the eleva
ted signal, the blanket and the ground
of nineteen persons standing iu relief
against a white background, could scarcely
have remained unnoticed. It was nat
ural, under these circumstances, that the
party on the ice should have felt deeply
disappointed at tho failure of the ship to
cotue to their relief, and should, at the
same time, have ascribed it to over cau
tion, if not indifference, rather than to
the inability of the commander. But it
must nut bo forgotten that they, like our
selves, were and are w ithout full informa
tion of the actual condition of the Polaris
at the time spoken of, and cannot know
how far the real dangers of their position
were understood and appreciated by those
on board of her. Much information
and knowledge is necessary to a correct
judgment and must not be assumed as
the foundation of censure against per
sons acting under circumstances so try
ing, who by reason of their enforced
absence have no opportunity of explana
tion. It seems most likely the actual
condition of the Polaris was such us to
impose upon her commander the duty of
gett-iug her with the lives and property
which remained under his charge at
once into a position of safety under the
shelter of Northumberland Island, where
she was last seen by the party on the
lioe. If such were the case it was the
| duty of Capt. Buddington to look after
h:s vessel, particularly as he probably be
lieved the party could by the aid of the
two boats, the kykaeks and scow iu their
possession, find their way la.ck to the
Polaris quite as easily as he could force
his way to them. But whatever may
have been his opinion on this, the ele
! meuts quickly determined the question.
| Shortly after the Polaris had been
| sighted for the second time, a violent
j gale from the northeast sprung up, the
weather became thick, and ship and land
were lost sight of.
In view of the circumstances detailed,
f it is therefore our unanimous judgment
I that this final separation from the ship
! was also accidental.
PROBABLE SAFETY OF THE POLARIS.
At the time of their separation from the
Polaris every one belonging to the exjie
! dition was ill good health. Ihe Polaris
| had plenty of provisions, but not much
coal probably enough to last through the
winter. She Wvas seen last apparently at
anchor under Northumberland, where it
is most likely remained for winter
quarters. Dr. Hays found an Esquimaux
residing on that island, and an Esquimaux
settlement at Navick is close by. Commu
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 1,1873.
nication with these people could bo easily
opened and maintained, and no appre
hension for the Polaris, in the absence of
accident or sickness for those on board,
is entertained by any of the rescued per
sons.
CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
Winter temperature found to be much
milder than expected, minimum being 59
degrees below zero. The soil during the
summer was covered with more or less
dense vegetation of moss, with which sev
eral arctic plants were iuterpersed, some
of them of considerable beauty but
entirely without scent, and many small
willow scarcely reaching density of shrubs.
The rocks in some instances contained fos
sil plants, specimens of which were col
lected.
ANIMALS.
Animal life was found to abound, musk
and oxen being shot at intervals through
out winter. Geese, duck and other water
fowls, including the plover and other
wading birds abounded during the sum
mer; although species of laud birds com
paratively few. No fish were seen, al
though nets and lines were frequently call
ed into play at attempting to catch them.
Flies, bees and insects were observed.
GEOGRAPHY.
The geographical results of the Polaris
expedition, so far as they can now he
ascertained from the testimony of Tyson
and his comrades, may be summed up
briefly: The open Polar sea laid down
by Ivane and Hays, is found to be iu
reality a sound of considerable extent,
formed by the abrupt expansion of Ken
nedy channel to the northward and broken
by Lady Franklin’s bay on the west and
on the east by a large inlet 20 miles wide
and certainly extending far inland.
LARGE EXPECTATIONS.
The full sientifie results of the Polaris
expedition cannot be known until that
vessel has been found and brought back
with the treasures gathered and the re
cords and details of their arctic explora
tions, but enough is told by the witnesses
whom we have examined to excite expec
tation and encourage the hope of large
and valuable additions to human knowl
edge, Geo. M. Robeson,
Secretary of Navy.
tyson’s testimony.
Capt. Tyson says in his testimony that
in a consultation of officers with Capt.
Hall on the 2(>th of September, 1871, in
relation to going further north, it was de
cided to advance. Buddington opposed
the plan, saying he would be damned if
she would move from there. Capt. Hall
then had some further conversation with
Buddington. The ship then went into
winter quarters, although the channel was
then open as far as they could see.
During his sickness Capt. Hall was de
lirious. After getting somewhat better
he still seemed to think someone was go
ing to injure him. He was very suspi
cious; thought someone was going to
poison him. He accused Buddington and
the Doctor with trying to injure him.
When ho partially recovered he was ear
ful of what he ate and drank. Tho night
of his death he retired and Mr. Chester
who was with him said he was feeling bet
ter and would be around in a few days.
During the night he grew worse and died.
Tyson obtained the information from
Buddington who came to his room and
told him the Captain was dying. Capt. Ty
son went to the cabin to look at him. lie
was insensible and lay on his face in his
berth. Capt. Tyson could not see his
face, which appeared to be buried iu the
pillow, and he was breathing heavily, and
so he died. He never said a word before
his death. There had been some little
difficulty between Capt. Buddington and
Capt. Hall. It was before he started on
his journey. Capt. Hall was about to
suspend Buddington from duty. The
difficulty was his foul language about the
ship, and his taking anything he could
lay bauds on, provisions or liquors.
Capt. Buddington assumed command in
his own way. Spring came on, and no
body was allowed to go. He swore he
would be damned if anybody should do
anything, but he allowed an attempt, at an
expedition with boats.
Just north of Cape Frazer Capt. Bud
dington was intoxicated, and run his ves
sel off in the middle of the sound. He
was not drunk on rum, but alcohol, which
he obtained from Dr. Bessel’s stores.
The Doctor caught him at it and they had
quite a tussle together.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Frederick Meyer’s testimony was iu ac
cord with Tyson’s as to Capt. Hall’s sick
ness and death. Buddington was drunk
most always. Esquimaux Joe and his
wife Hannah having been examined, the
former said the ship was all light when
Capt. Hall was alive. Capt. Hall com
plained to him that the coffee made him
sick. He said something about being
poisoned but Joe could not tell exactly
what it was.
Hannah testified that Capt. Hall told
her the coffee was too sweet for him and
made him vomit. Did not hoar him ac
cuse any body of poisoning him except
when he was out of his head.
From the Eufaula Times.
EARLY TIMES IN BARBOUR.
Wellborn’s Pea River Rattle.
From the fact that the squad of Indi
ans, fought by Cooper’s company of Lou
isville militia, exhibited such a determin
ation to reach Florida, and from other
facts, it was believed throughout the
county in the spring of 1837 that all the
Creek Indians intended to join the Semi
uoles. The Creeks were satisfied that
they could only make peace with the
whites by being removed to a reservation
in the Indian Territory, beyond the Mis
sissippi. But they further believed if
they could join Billy Bowlegs in the ever
glades of Florida, they would ho secure
from further molestation by the United
States. Iu consequence of tho knowledge
among the whites of this intended attempt
by the Indians to cross into Florida, there
was a general feeling of uneasiness from
Pea river to the Chattahoochee, each set
tlement not knowing but that it might be
in the line of the exodus. Asa means of
mutual protection a fort was built on the
hills south of Beauchamp’s mill, to which
tho neighbors all resorted at night, anil at
every alarm (and there wore a great many
amusing incidents from those alarms,
some of which may hereafter bo recorded
in these memoirs). Other arrangements
were made in different parts of the coun
ty for protection from the expected visi
tation. Scouts were,constantly kept out
i between the settlements and the Indians.
About the loth of March, a considera
ble band of them under the leadership of
Enotichopka were discovered near tho in
tersection of Dry creek aud l’ea river,
traveling very much as the baud which
| Cooper had encountered six weeks before.
There wore supposed to be nearly two
I hundred warriors aud about the same
number of women aud children. Suppos-
I ing they had left all the United Stales
troops behind them they were not afraid
i of any serious opposition from the whites.
' The alarm was sounded however, aud all
: the volunteer companies iu reach were
i called on to assist in driving them back,
j Successive reports of the burning of dif
ferent dwellings near Pea river, com
mencing near Anglin’s bridge and extend
| ing down toward Hobdy’s bridge, suffici
i ently revealed the direction which they
were taking. Enotichopka’s progress was
discernable at a distance by the confla
grations of the dwellings near his line of
march, just as his more Christian imita
tor, William Tecnmseh Sherman, illumi
nated his march through Georgia and
South Carolina.
In two days three companies were in
camp near Ilobdy’s bridge. Capt. Jett.
Buford’s company, from Pike, camped
near H. Hobdy’s, on the west side of the
liver, Capt. Win. Wellborn’s company,
from Georgia, camped on the Barbour or
east side of the liver. Besides these,
there were forty or fifty men unorgan
ized, citizens of the surrounding country,
present, with the intention of taking part
in the expected conflict. In all, there
were two hundred aud silty men. Scouts
sent out reported the Indians encamped
about two miles above the confluence of
Pea Creek, aud Pea River, near the run
of the river, and in the present planta
tion of Matthew Fpnn. High water from
recent rains had impeded their progress.
They were encamped on an island in the
swamp, and it was impossible to get to
them without wading.
A council of war was held. It was
agreed that. Capt. Buford should make
the first attack, on the Pike side, and
should try to draw the Indians out of their
; camp, which wa» supposed to be forti-
tied, and while the warriors were follow
ing up Buford, believing they were
driving the whole force, Wellborn, with
the remainder of the force, was to at
tack and capture the camp, containing
the old men aud women and children,
and then the two commands proceed to
annihilate the warriors. It was splendidly
planned, could not have been better ; and
although tho result was very much as de
sired, the details did not occur according
to arrangement.
Early iu the morning Capt. Buford left
his camp near Ilarrei Hobdy’s place, with
eighty men xvell trained iu the use of fire
arms. About eight o’clock he arrived op
posite tho ludian camp. He dismounted
and formed his men on foot, leaviug a
few with the horses to guard them. The
loud talking of the Indiaus, and the bark
ing of their dogs, could now be distinctly
heard by the men. Deployed as skir
mishers, the command moved forward
through mud aud water frequently to
their waists, every man resolved to do
his duty.
The Indians seem to have become aware
of the intended attack. Before reaching
the run of the river filing began, aud
soon became very rapid. After making a
respectable stand, Buford, according to
the programme, ordered his men to fall
back slowly. The men at first obeyed his
order, and acted finely for about a hun
dred yards, firing and falling hack to the
trees. They began to move faster, and a
little faster, until when they reached the
edge of the swamp, notwithstanding eve
ry effort of their brave commander, their
retreat had become a complete stampede,
two hundred Indians yelling at their
heels. Some did not take time to get
their horses, but kept iu the thickets
next the swamp, running for life. Some
of those who got on their horses ran them
to Monticello, eight miles distant, aud
still felt unsafe. The Indians pursued
about two miles. There was ouo casualty
only. Oeliee Bill Davis, not being able
to keep silent drew the fire to himself,
and received a ball in tho mouth. That
Indian shot well at a noiso.
Iu tho meantime, Captain Wellborn
was preparing to perforin his part of
tho programme. Ho left his camp early,
but compelled to go up to the mill (now
King’s mill) to cross. He left a detach
ment of twenty men at the bridge, to
prevent tho Indians from escaping down
the river. Owing to the circuitous route
which he had been compelled to take, he
arrived at the camp on the east side toil
late, and after the most favorable oppor
tunity had passed. Most of the warriors
had already returned from the pursuit of
Buford’s retreating force.
Wellborn dismounted his men, and hur
riedly formed them, with his company
in the centre, Morris’ company on the
right, aud the citizens on the left. They
were deployed, and the advance began.
As before stated, tho swamp was overflow
ed, and as soon as the whites entered it they
were compelled to wade, the water being
waist deep in most places, though gener
ally about knee deep. 'The line arrived
within two hundred yards of the camp,
the Indians opened fire. The centre pro
tected themselves with trees and re
turned the fire, shooting at the noise
and smoke, in the absence of any visible
object. The right and left wings, not
having anything to oppose thorn, contin
ued to advance, until they arrived near
the run of the river—the one above aud
the other below the camp, thus enclosing
it in a semicircle. The whole line was
then ordered to charge, which they did
in splendid style, capturing the camp and
its entire contents, with the loss of only
two men killed, Bradley and Wellborn,
tho captain’s son, and two wounded, Hart
well Ball, one of the volunteer citizens,
and one of Captain Morris’ company,
name not remembered. B. F. Dennis had
on an Indian shot-bag, aud to prevent its
getting wet, had it thrown over lii,sshoul
der, aud suspended against his breast.
A ball struck this aud knocked Frank
down, and for several moments he was
satisfied that he was perforated by a rifle
ball. Ho jumped up, however, exclaim
ing, “Did you see that?” ami went gal
lantly forward with the rest. He has
often been beard to remark that he could
feel distinctly the point at which the ball
came out on the opposite side.
For some time after the capture of the
camp an indiscriminate slaughter of wo
men, children, old men and warriors en
sued. The killed were estimated at oue
hundred and fifty, though the number was
never known accurately. ■ Some were
killed in the l iver and the bodies of others
thrown in, so that no reliable count could
be made. No warriors were made pris
oners. The women and children captured
were made slaves by the captors. We can
all remember seeing some of them, and
indeed one or two of them l'emaiYaiuongst
us even to the present day. There is one,
we believe, still living in Eufaula.
Tiio band was completely broken up.
No subsequent effort to collect the scat
tered remnants was ever discovered.
Several individual stragglers were from
time to time found by the whites and
killed, within a few weeks afterwards.
It was supposed that very few, if any of
them ever made their way to Florida.
The disastrous result of this attempt to
reach the Seminoles made it the last by
that route. Soon afterwards they per
mitted themselves to be removed to the
hunting grounds set apart, for them be
yond the Mississippi, in the Indian Terri -
tory.
From the Natchez Democrat.
THE REPUDIATED MISSISSIPPI
RON OS.
That there is such a scheme on foot,
well organized, we cannot donbt, because
we were made aware of its existence
nearly three years ago, when quite liberal
offers were made, in a very delicate way,
to the Natchez Democrat, tho Vicksburg
Herald, and one or two others of our in
fluential St ate papers, to procure their in
fluence in favor of the bondholders, or at
least to buy off their hostility while the
scheme was pushing through. It was then
well understood that certain parties in
Memphis, and their agents iu Jackson,
had several hundred thousand dollars
furnished by the Philadelphia and Am
sterdam holders, to be “placed where it
would do the most good.” But it was
then found that public sentiment was not
ripe for the venture, so it was indefinite
ly deferred, but not entirely abandoned.
Another faint effort w*as made to revive
the scheme for payment during the last
session of tho Legislature, but it, too,
failed to meet such encouragement as
warranted ils then being pushed. It was
then that the Jackson Pilot, the leading
organ of the ruling party iir the State,
published this very significant utterance,
and, as far as it could speak for the Re
publican party, placed it on record for
bond payment: “That this debt (Union
Bank and Planters’ Bank; will ultimately
be paid by the State, provided the Repub
lican party remains in power, there can
not exist the shadow of a doubt.” As
this expression has never been expressly
repudiated (to our knowledge) by auy of
the Republican leaders in the State, it
may be taken as true that that party is
committed to the payment of this immense
debt, which now amounts to about thirty
millions of dollars, or as much as twenty
per eent. of the valuation of all the leal
and personal property in the State.
It is also well to know, in view of the
pending State election, that it has been
stated in certain quarters (with how much
truth we are not prepared to say) thai
Benj. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, is one
of the counsel for the holders of the re
pudiated bonds, and that the proposed
elevat ion of his son-in-law, Senator Ames,
to the Governorship of the State, has in
view, and is part of a well laid plan to
bring about the early assumption by the
State of this debt, and its ultimate pay
ment, principal and interest, in full.
The St. Louis Democrat of the 17th
inst. says: “There is a paragraph circu
lating among our exchanges to the effect
that the present winter wheat crop (now
largely beiug harvested) is a bad failure.
From every quarter of Missouri, Kansas
and Southern Illinois we hear but one
story, namely: that no crop ever looked
better or promised to yield better wheat,
or more of it, than theoue now ripening."
Kuklux Prisoner Pardoned. The
President has pardoned the Rev. John E.
Zell, a Baptist minister of South Carolina,
who was convicted of knkluxism and sent
to Albany penitentiary by Judge Bond
and one of his packed juries.
THE Kill PAN IVAR.
Tlie Russians Capture Khojaill ami
Mangit—The Khivans Fall Back to tlie
Capital.
St. Petersburg, Judo IS. —Dispatches
from Kungrad report that the Orenberg
division aud the column which started
from Mangyshlak, on the eastern shore
of the Caspian Sea, effected a junction
outlie 2Cth of May before Khojaili. Here
the Khivans made a stand; and the next
day the combined Russian forces attacked
aud carried the place by storm. 'The
enemy fled southward closely pursued,
until they reached the fortress of Mangit,
where, re-euforeed, they made prepa
rations for another assault to check the
progress of the Russians. The latter
having come up in sufficient force by the
first of June, another battle took place,
this time of a more desperate character.
The Khivans were again defeated, tho
fortress was captured, and the remains of
their army fell back toward tlie capital.
At the last accounts the Russian comman
der was pushing on in the same direction.
Intelligence has also been received that
Gen. Kauffman, commanding the eastern
column from Tashkand, Las crossed the
Amu-Daria River at a point OHly 25 miles
from Khiva.
St. Petersburg, June 23. —Gen. Kauf
man’s column of the Khi van expedition
has captured a strong fortress within GO
miles of the capitol of Khanoth.
GUANO NAVAL lIEMONS TRATION.
London, June 23.—One of tho grandest
naval displays ever beheld in British
waters was made to-day in honor of the
Shah of Persia, at Portsmouth. 'The
town was ornamented with streamers,
and triumphal arches. Tho harbor was
filled with shipping of all kinds, decora
ted with the flags of all nations, and ihe
shores on both sides were covered with a
mass of spectators, thousands of whom
came from London. The fleet, drawn up
at Spitheail, consisted of forty-four
vessels, the finest and largest in the
British navy, comprising the entire chan
nel squadron, with numerous additions,
and nearly all the great iron clads.
A train bearing the Shah arrived at
Portsmouth at noou. His Majesty was re
ceived with cheers by tlie assemblage
around the depot. The royal yacht
Victoria and Albert was waiting with
steam up and the Shah immediately em
barked, accompanied by the Prince of
Wales, Prince Alfred and the Czarowitz.
The yacht steamed slowly out of the
harbor, and arriving in front of the fleet
was greeted with salutes from the iron
clads.
The fleet was drawn up in three long
lines. The Shah took a conspicuous po
sition in the yacht, surrounded by the
Princes, and proceeded to inspect the
fleet, passing up and down in front of
and between the lines Tho yards were
manned anil salutes fired as the royal
yacht passed.
When inspection was completed, tho
Victoria and Albert, steamed to the front
again, aud the review terminated with a
grand salute simultaneously by all the
vessels of the fleet.
The Royal party then returned to
Portsmouth, where a banquet and other
festivities are now in progress.
The Shah of Persia, in conversation
with tho American Minister last week,
regretted that distance and want of time
prevented him from visiting the United
States.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Carllst Defeat—Riot in Barcelonla.
Madrid, June 2-I.—The War Depart
ment has advices of tho defeat by the
troops of the united bands of Carlists.
The Insurgents lost sixty killed and
three hundred wounded
It is officially announced this morning
that the Republican troops in the North,
under Gen. Norillas, defeated a force of
Carlists on Friday last, inflicting severe
loss.
Barcelona, June 24.—-There are serious
disturbances in Barcelona, in tho
suburbs of this city. Yesterday somo
men of the garrison to the number of
twenty-four or thirty, being drunk in
the streets, interfered with the town
people, occasioning a conflict, in which
weapons were drawn on both sides.
Some of the drunken soldiers were
arrested and their comrades threatened to
release them, and further rioting is
feared.
A PIITLA DEL PUT A HORROR.
Tivo tittle Girls Start • ! in a Closet.
Philadelphia, June :o ■ ITie excite
ment attending the tindi . i two chil
dren who had been missile; nee Wednes
day in a closet of an unoccupied house, still
increases. At the post mortem examina
tion this afternoon it was e.early shown
that the child had not been lavished. She
died of suffocation. Her stomach reveal
ed the fact, that she had eaten nothing for
nearly 48 hours.
This goes to strengthen the opinion of
some, that the little ones hail strayed into
tho house and locked themselves up in the
closet, but., the testimony of officer Den
gee and others, is to this effect, that on
Thursday afternoon, they made a search
of the house and the children were not in
it at that time.
The coroner’s physician says the bruis
es on the knees, hips and elbows of An
nie Rogan are easily accounted for. They
might have been caused by the child’s
own efforts to get out of the closet, or
they might have been inflicted by Maggie
Malony, who, when fouud was sitting on
the dead body of her companion. Mag
gie, when taken from her place of con
finement, made the remark, “A woman
took me to the country for a gum doll
baby, and when I got back a man put me
in the closet.”
At this time the child was laboring un
der great mental excitement, and the
statement is not credited. By direction
of the attending physician no one is al
lowed to see or converse with the little
one and the officers have not as yet un
dertaken to question her.
Au examination of the live child, did
not reveal any evidence of outrage. The
theory now is, that someone out of pure
hatred of (he Mulvay and Bagan families,
or some idiotic person caused their im
prisonment in the closet, and now fear to
confess.
I‘RESIOENT GRANT.
Efforts to Remove Secretary Richardson.
Minister Jay,
New York, June 25. —The Tribune's
special from Long Branch of tlie 24th,
says the President, accompanied by Thus.
Mui pliy, left here to-day for Washington.
He was visited last evening by several
gentlemen who urged the removal of Mr.
Richardson from the Treasury Depart
ment, and it is known that Wall street is
making a determined effort to induce the
President to make this change. E. I).
Morgan is urged for succession, and all
these facts aud others that can’t now be
given induce well informed men here to
believe that the President’s visit to Wash
ington at tliis time has reference to this
subject. Persons who have spoken to
the President lately on this matter say
that while he del not declare his intention
of making a speedy change iu the Treasu
ry Department.
They left his presence with the belief
that his decision was made to do so.
It is also ascertained that the official
life of Minister Jay will terminate upon
the close of the Vienna Exposition. lie
has long been marked by the President
for removal, and lie would have been dis
placed several months ago but for the fact
that his residence at Vienna seemed to
furnished sufficient reason to the adminis
tration for retaining him aud his expe
rience during such au important period.
Crops Along tlie Railroads.
A brief trip as far as Griffin has proven
to us that the reported damage by grass
has been greatly over estimated. If we
have a few days of dry weather fields can
be readily cleaned. Com aud cotton, es
pecially the latter, is very backward.
Cotton that should lie knee high hardly
more than extends above the ankle.
There is an abundance of fruit. Between
Macon aud Griffin are some of the finest
j orchards iu Georgia aud the trees are
! laden with splendid fruit of all kinds.
In the cotton fields, oxen aud cows are be
ing used to pull plows. The small grain
crop appears good. Large portion cut.
Many hands working in fields, near the
city.
-4 G RIC ULTURAL B UR EA I r.
Report of tlie Coinlition of the Crops.
Washington, June 24. —The following
is an extract from the report of the De
partment for June: Twelve mouths ago
an increase over the previous year in the
cotton areas was reported iu every State.
An increase over that of last year is now
reported in every State. The percentage
of increase in a State as found by divid
ing the aggregate of increase iu couuties
by the number reported is, as a rule, too
high, because almost always the largest
per cent, of increase will be from counties
having a comparatively small acreage.
But reckoned in the rough way of esti
mating, the increase indicated in is in
Virginia 23 per cent., North Carolina 14,
South Carolina 2, Florida 3, Alabama 9,
Mississippi and Louisiana 4, Texas 31,
Arkansas 40, Tennessee 45. This makes
the average increase in the cotton States
reckoned in the same way nearly 12 per
cent.
The per cent of increase reported last
year was, in North Carolina and Arkansas
10; South Carolina, Georgia and Tennes
see 12; Florida and Mississippi 10; Ala
bama and Louisiana 11; Texas 18, and
the average throughout the cotton Stales,
approaching 13 per cent. It will be no
ted that in both years Texas makes the
largest relative increase. Our reports
indicate a prevalent increase in the rela
tive amount of fertilizers used. The av
erage cultivated will fall considerably
below that planted, a cold backward
spring causing much seed to rot in the
ground, a very wet May preventing work
and increasing the subsequent demand
for it, aud the imposibility of obtaining
labor to subdue over the whole breadth
sown, tlie excessive weed and grass con
sequent upon the extraordinary wet sea
son, conspire to make this result inevita
ble.
Returns concur in placing the crops
from two to three weeks later than usual.
Florida reports an average condition of
2 per cent, above the annual average;
all tho others fall below. Virginia and
Alabama 7 per cent., and North Carolina
15, South Carolina 11, Georgia and
Louisiana 0, Mississippi and Arkansas
8, Texas 14, Tennessee 10. But it will he
seen from the extracts below that very
generally the weather in the last days of
May was favorable, and there was a
hopeful prospect that the condition would
rapidly improve. Another- part of this
record will show that worms aud cater
pillars have made an early appearance at
various points and are causing con
siderable apprehension of destruction
by the ravages.
Virginia, from which four counties re
ported the culture of cotton last year re
ports this 8 and an increase of acreage iu
all except Patrick, Chesterfield and King
William, in which it is unchanged. The
statistical reports of corn completed to
June first do not include the area and
condition for tlie reason that it is 100
early. But the foot notes of correspond
ents show that the planting of corn in
most sections of the country have been
much retarded by excessively wet and
cold weather, and that the pests which
usually thrive in such a season, the cut
worms, have commenced extensive opera
tions and they threaten great damage to
the crops.
THE NATIONAL REVENUE.
Special to tlie Courier-Journal.
Washington, June 20. —The estimates
of the Secretary of the Treasury for cus
toms for the current fiscal yoar wore
$191,000,000 in coin. From present in
dications tho actual result will vary but
little from this estimate. Tho receipts
for this month arc larger than during
June of last year. They were diminished
last year by the fact that business opera
tions were suspended iu order to wait for
the now tariff law of July to go into effect,
by which a good many articles were made
duly free. The revenue has been much
diminished this month by fluctuations in
the price of gold. But for this tho de
partment believe that tlieir estimate would
have been largely exceeded. 'The inter
nal revenue receipts preseut a more fa
vorable showing. The returns for to-day
were $339,738 84, and for tho first
twenty days of June $(!, 134,372. The
grand total for the year thus far is $112,-
150,894 49. The estimates for the year
were $110,000,000, and the indications
no v are that t here will be an excess of
four aud a quarter or four and a half mil
lions. The commissioner reports that the
bureau is working very satisfactorily, and
especially the new provisions in respect
to direct assessments.
OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.
Washington, D. (!., June 21. —It is ru
mored this morning that our Spanish re
lalious were under discussion at the Cabi
net meeting yesterday, and there was a
decided feeling expressed iu favor of the
struggling Cubans. The rumors seem
continued by the following utterances of
tho National Republican, the recognized
organ of the Administration, in an edito
rial this morning, headed Spain and Cuba.
The Republican says: “Recent occurren
ces have attracted attention to the condi
tion of affairs in Cuba, and the almost
unanimous verdict is that the patriots on
the Island, after live years of war, during
which time the home government has
failed to maintain its own, are entitled to
a better recognition than has yet been as
sured them. The argument that the man
dates of international law prevent all ae
knowledgeiuent of belligerency does not.
find a submissive response, and the im
pulsive sympathy of tlie people mani
fests itself in expressions of warm denun
ciation of the restrictions which inter
pose to prevent the accomplishment of
their most earnest wishes. But our Gov
ernment is actuated by motives of a
pure and independent desire to confine
its policy to the equities of the case as
viewed from an unprejudicedintemational
stand-point. We cannot afford to destroy,
iu response to our sympathies, the record
of generations in which we have preserved
a consistent refusal to take part in the
internecine or national quarrels of our
neighbors; nevertheless, it must bo
acknowledged that the growing disfavor
towards Spain may result in a demand
from our people to so change our life-long
policy as to include warm encouragemeut
for Republican rule wherever and when
ever it may he asked.” There is logic in
this which is plain, and which has been
applied to Spain iu the proihpt recogni
tion of a republic iu that country. It is
evident from the hurried statement that
our relations with Spain, imperilled in
their friendliness as they are by constant
ly recurring outrages against American
citizens, are getting to bo complicated.
It is known that they demand the most
serious attention. In other words, while
adhering implicitly and patiently to the
line of duty presented by law and prece
dent, our State department is harassed by
influences of a contrary purpose. — St.
Louis Globe (Adm'n).
FORT ST. I'll I LIP CANAL.
Washington, June 24. —Senator West
to-day called upon General Humphries,
Chief of Engineers, aud ascertained that
the Chief Engineer is favorably impressed
with the report of Maj. Howell on Fort
St. Philip Canal. It being a matter of such
magnitude, however, the subject will
be submitted to a board of engineers for
their opinion. A final report from Gen.
Humphries may be looked for when Con
gress convenes.
PENSIONS.
Washington, June 25.—The Commis
sioner of Pensions has promulgated the
following older: “On and after the Ist
of July the consideration of all invalid
increase of claims will lie suspended by
the pension office until after the biennial
examination which takes place on the 4th
of September, proximo. Medical examina
tions, however, will continue iu such
cases so that no applicant may suffer loss
| as to the commencment of the increase
; by reason of date of the medical exami
nation. In the meantime all original cases
{ upon the files will be considered aud dis-
I posed of so tar as the evidence will
! warrant.”
WHAT'S A WIFE WORTH 2
New York, June 23. —Judges Ingersoll
and Brady have decided in a general term
j of the Supreme Court, that a man cannot
; recover damages for the death of his wife,
| even if willfully murdered, but he may
sue for the value of her services and so
! ciety, while she is under the care of the
I doctor.
NO. 21.
MEXICO.
The Revolution In Jalisco Assumes Se
rious Proportions.
Matamoras, Juue 21.—The revolution
iu the State of Jalisco, Loaded l>y the
priest, Aguilar, growing out of the at
tempt of the State Government to collect
the taxes for the past sixteen years, while
the State was under the control of the In
dian chieftain, Lozada, who was recently
deposed by the Geuend Government, has
assumed serious proportions, anil Gen
eral Palacio has been 6ent, with his com
mand, to assist in quelling it.
General Carlos Fuero telegraphs to the
Government that it will he impossible to
restore order iu Jalisco if the State au
thorities enforce these taxes, and it is be
lieved that the Stale Government will be
compelled to abandon their collection, or
the Federal Government will suspend the
State Government.
A BRUSH WITH THE SIOUX.
Bismarck, I">. TANARUS., June IS. —The engin
eering party escorted by a detachment of
infantry begau the survey yesterday and
surveyed over three miles up Hart Htver
valley and walked four luilos to the camp
at Fort Lincoln. This morning about ti
o’clock the surveying party started out
with a company of infantry, and others to
follow. On their way to continue the
survey the escort was attacked by 150
mounted Sioux. Two companies of in
fantry, 2t! Bee Sioux, and 30 cavalry went
to their assistance. The tight was two
miles from Fort Lincoln. The Sioux
were driven back and four of them killed.
The cavalry pursued some distance. The
Sioux dispersed and disappeared. The
engineers then wont on with the survey;
ho one was hurt on our side except one
boy scout, who was wounded in the liesby
part of his leg.
These particulars were obtained from
Gen. Carlen and other officers who wit
nessed the light. The main escort, in
cluding the 7tli Regiment of Cavalry, will
march from Fort Rice to-morrow. Iu a
few days they will form a junction with
the six companies of infantry, to start
from Fort Lincoln. The escort is so
strong that the Indians cannot succeed iu
any regular light.
CHOLERA AT CHATTANOOGA.
Chattanooga, Juno 23, 1873.
Some alarm was manifested last night
on the announcement that two persons
had died of the cholera. One of the de
ceased caught the disease in Nashville.
The othor, an excellent, lady, had had a
severe bowel complaint for a week, and
having a house full of hoarders, had ex
erted herself too much under the circum
stances. She also carelessly eat a quanti
ty of ice cream.
The doctors report that we have several
cases of the “prevailing disease,” but that
they readily yield to medical treatment.
The wildest rumors have gone abroad
from here that have no foundation of
truth. I can only hear of three casos this
afternoon, and none of these are danger
ous. Two deaths occurred this morning
—one was a negro and the other a poor
woman who lived in an ill-eared for por
tion of the town. The foregoing are the
faels, all rumors and false reports to the
contrary notwithstanding. —Atlanta Con.
IIAI Lit OA D ACCIDENT.
Richmond, June 23. —A Pullman car of
the night express train to Cincinnati, on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Kail road, was
thrown from the track last night soon
after leaving Richmond. The car was
turned bottom uppermost and badly
wrecked. A number of persons were in
jured, though nono fatally or very seri
ously. Among the injured are Mr. Geo.
Ailing of England, Mr. and Mrs. Waller
and Miss Waller of Chicago. Mr. Waller
had his shoulder-blade broken.
THE ST. LOUIS EAILURES.
St. Lours, June 20. —The amount for
which the provision dealers failed was
greatly exaggerated. The actual losses of
three linns are less than SIOO,OOO. All
meats bought by the parties involved re
vert to the original owners, and the rest
of the losses are margins on purchases
for future. The figures given yesterday
were, however, furnished by the parties
themselves, and were supposed to be cor
rect The failures created no excitement
on ’change, nor produced any influence
on the market.
A VERDICT I'Oli LIBEL.
A Bribed Jury.
New Ok (.rank, June 22. —TlieHawkius-
Picayn ne lib I i,e which has been goiug
on for eight .lays before what is known as
the 41 h District Court, terminated in a
verdict at 10 o’clock to-night. The jury
returned a verdkjt of slß,ooofor Hawkins.
Immediately auer the adjournment two
of the jury went to the Picayune and
acknowledged that they had been bribed—
one receiving $125, the other an order for
SSOO. The Picayune will apply for a
new' trial.
THE RICHMOND DUEL.
Richmond, June 23.—The seconds in
the Mordecai duel made successful effort to
get bail. To-day they were taken on
writ, of babas corpus before .Judge Lacy,
of New Kent below Richmond, and after
hearing the case and argument of coun
sel, were admitted to bail on five thous
and dollars each to appear before the
Grand Jury on the 17th of July.
A TLANTA NE tVSEAVERS.
Atlanta, Juue 33.—The Atlanta Sun
has been merged into the Atlanta Consti
tution. lion. Alex. 11. Stephens has be
come corresponding editor of the Consti
tution.
THE BEST .ToHE OE THE DA V.
New York, June 20. —Somebody at
Louisville forwarded to President Grant
at Long Branch, for his son Jesse, a live
alligator, four feet long. Jesse declined
the present, and the President paid the
express charges, sl4, leaving the alliga
tor with the baggage man. The monster
soon aftorwards became dejected and
died.
BLOODY END OE A QUARREL.
Aiken, S. C., June 22. —John Harden
shot and killed his cousin, Elbert Harden,
yesterday, at Beech Island, near Ham
burg, and about fifteen miles from here.
Both parties were respectable white fann
ers in moderate circumstances. They had
quarreled several times before. After
killing his victim, the murderer broke his
gun-stock over the head of the dead man,
and then walked to Aiken and surrendered
himself.
Nfw York, June 24.—The Walworth
murderer trial opened this morning. The
Court was crowded. Young Walworth
and his mother and two of his younger
brothers were near him ; also Rev. ilr.
Backhouse, a Presbyterian minister and
the husband of Mrs. Walworth’s sister.
Several friends of the family were also in
the court room. The work of getting a
jury has been commenced.
The crop report of the Agricultural
Bureau, made up to the first of June,
affords lint littie support for those
who are making estimates of a crop of
four millions and a half or five millions of
bales of cotton. It will be seen, on ex
amining it attentively, that in only one of
the largest cotton producing States
(Texas) is the increase of acreage planted
over 8 per cent. Virginia, which has in
creased 23 per cent , Tennessee 15, and
North Carolina 11, are not heavy cotton
producing States. Making allowance for
this excess, which does not amount to a
great deal, and limiting the excess ac
cording to the proportions of the crop
which each State raises, the average ex
cess will fall considerably short of 12 per
cent. It is also apparent that the Bureau
is aware that deductions from this excess
must he made ou account of bad stands,
the caterpillar, and the abandonment of
small portions of the crop planted. But
it is too soon to estimate the extent of the
losses from these causes. Perhaps the
July report can do this.
Washington, June 25.—The Presi
dent’s movements, reported by the New
York Tribune, are unsubstantiated.
KIMBALL’S CREOI I" J/, ..
It is generally known, (says the Atlanta
Herald,) that H. I. & Ed Kimball have
gone into bankruptcy for a large amount.
The public may be interested to know
who aro the losers. Below we publish a
complete list of the creditors of H. I. &
E. Kimball, and of the personal creditors
of H. I. Kimball. This list was issued by
the Bankrupt Court at Middlesex county,
Massachusetts, and brought to Atlanta by
ltolaud B. Usher, United States Marshal
for the District of Massachusetts as Mes
senger ;
CREDITORS OP H. I. & E. N. KIMBALL,
Morton, Bliss &. Cos, N. Y., about $ 45,W0
“ “ “ 65,000
“ “ “ #o,ooJ
Coin’l Warehouse & Security Cos., N.
Y., about 295,01 W
l’ulton National Bank, Brooklyn,
about 35,000
•T. Boormau, .toUnsen a. Cos., N. Y.
about 80,000
Kussell Sage, New York, about, 80,000
Union Trust Cos., “ “ 75,000
Kichaml lying &.Co., NY., “ 100,000
Broadway Bank, “ “ 133,000
Metropolitan Savings Bank, N. V'.,
about 75,000
Brooklyn Savings Bank, Brooklju,
about 100,000
Ad a ins Lx press Cos., New York, about 50,000
Kidd, Pearce, & Cos., “ •• 375,000
DuKtiaui, & Cos., “ “ 2,100
Henry Clews, & Cos., “ “ 1,000,000
H. K. Tbutter, & Cos., “ " 50,000
GiteaJ A. Smith N Cos. “ “ 200,000
Tredtgar Iron Works “ " 60,000
Marino National Bank, “ “ 80,000
S. 11. Kneeland, “ “ 30,000
tirant, Alexander & Cos., Atlanta,
about 24,000
Lapham, ad’r, Millwaukee Wisconsin,
about 62,000
Pittsburg Locomotive Works, Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania 60,000
Henry S. Wells, New York 25,000
Hoyt &. Jones, Atlanta 4,500
O. H. JonesN. Cos., Atlanta 0,600
H. K. Thurher it Cos., N. Y., about 40,000
A. .1. Whiten, “ 10,000
K. N. Kimball, Atlanta, “ 47,000
J. C. Kimball, “ “ 2,000
Georgia National Bank, “ 45,000
J. A. Burns, Attorney, Atlanta, about, 200,000
George Cook, New Haven, Connecti
cut, about 6,000
Rutus B. Bullock, Atlanta, about 26,000
Georgia Railway Contracting Com
pany, Atlanta, about 75,000
11. ft. Brown, Atlanta, about 550
Fisher & Bird, New York, about vtoo
Richard Gage, Borland, Me., about 2,300
Hoyt it Jones, Atlanta, “ 4,5u0
O. H, Jones it Cos., “ “ y,500
J. G. Soars, Gritfin, “ 40,000
Kidd, Prince it Cos., N. Y., “ 65,000
H. K. Thurber, & Cos., “ “ 40,000
PERSONAL CREDITORS OP H. I. KIMBALL T
Russell Sage, New York $ 375,000
11. A. Johnson, “ 57,000
Paton it Cos., “ 6,600
John Rico, Atlanta, Ga 118,000
Joseph Thompson, “ 46,000
Richard Peters 6,000
John P. King, Atlanta, Ga 8,000
Lapliam, ad’r, Milwaukee, Wis 66,000
Geo. Cook, New Haven, Conn 25,000
F. Contina, Now York, 22,500
Nicol Stllavidson, “ 12,000
Purdy & Cos., “ 6,000
W it J Sloan, “ 13,000
W. H. Jenkins, “ 5,500
B. Slianingor, New Haven, Conn 2, 000
L. Cauder, “ “ 3,300
Kimball Bros., Boston u,ooo
Eliot National Bank, Boston 12,077.45
Fisher it Bird, New York woo
Griffith St Thomas, “ 800
.1. G. Sears, Griffin, Ga 40,000
(Signed) Roland G. Uuuek,
U. S. Marshal, Massachusetts District,
as Messenger.
THE NE tVS I'ROM A ERICA.
Wo print this morning a brief letter
from Khartoum, giving the pleasing intel
ligence that Baker Pacha has been rein
forced aiul is pushing toward the great
basin of the Nile with his imperial expe
dition. With Goudokooro as his capital,
the elephant hunter of Ceylon sat down
to build au equatorial empire. It is a
lofty purpose, and, iu connection with the
Soudan Railway, we believe that its reali
zation is not far distant, lie lias an army
for land operations of over two thousand
men, a navy for the two Nyanzas—engin
eers, machinery, vast quantities of cotton
seed, and, what makes the pioneer con
tent in unknown lands, a courageous wife,
who. has shared the honors and perils of
his long experience as au African travel
ler. Miani, the septuagenarian explorer
is reported as approaching the source of
the Nile from the westward. We hope he
will arrive in time to obtain that recogni
tion which should reward a long life of
solitary journeying among savages of the
African tropics, lie lias been snubbed
by the geographical societies of Europe
because of his peculiar views, and his
present expedition has been undertaken
to sustain what he believes to be just.
Wo perceive also (hat (lie Viceroy has
actually begun preparatory work on the
Soudan Railway, and that he is endeavor
ing to suppress the predatory tribes who
infest the Abyssinian frontier Well done
Africa!—.TV. J’. Herald, Tld.
The Herald’s Letter.
Khartoum, )
Junction of thkßlue and Whitr Niles, -
April 30, 1872. )
On April 7tli, there arrived three ships,
with 150 cantars of ivory, direct from
Goudokooro. We have thus news that
SIR SAMUEL BAKER AND FAMILY
were well, at Fatuka, in the mouth of
February. The forces of Agate belonging
to the mercantile establishment had been
placed under the command of Baker.
The vakel Woad-el-Kek hail been sent to
Fatuka ou February 5, with
A REINFORCEMENT OF TWO HUNDRED SOL
DIERS.
With these reinforcements, it is said,
Baker will renew his inarch to the Albert
Nyanza, in the Territory of Kabarego
(formerly lvamrasi). Thus the rumors of
Baker’s assassination which had circula
ted iu Cairo are exploded. We are hour
fy expecting a fleet of nineteen govern
ment harks, carrying mails and direct re
ports from Baker, and then we may throw
light on the obscure rumors which have
been circulated.
WAR ON THE ABYSSINIAN FRONTIER.
I stated in my last that Adam Pacha, a
negro, had gone to Kalabat with 2,G00
soldiers and four caravans, with a view
of protecting that province against the
robberies of the Abyssiniaus. He had
previously given warning in writing that
those robberies would meet severe punish
ment with all the military forces at his
disposal. If we are to believe rumors,
the Abyssinians
BURI’RISED ADAM PACHA
during the night while feasting—took 300
guns Without killing any one, however—
they subsequently surrounded the village
Mattamma, and it is apprehended that
Adam Pacha would be compelled to sur
render. Another rumor says that many
of Adam’s soldiers have died, and that he
solicited succor from Khartoum. It is
doubtful whether these reports are cor
rect. Anyhow, the fact is that 200 sol
diers were hastily despatched to Kalabat,
and another 300 will be sent from See
naar, as well as from Egypt.
Another obscure report states that
THE TRAVELER MIANI
hail advanced south through the territory
of Manbutta, with the view of reaching
the western shore of Albert Nyanza.
This, if confirmed by Miani, will interest
the entire scientific world.
English engineers, it is said, have left
Cairo, in order to provide
WELLS IN THE DESERT OF DONGOLA,
in view of works for the future line of
railroad through that district.
GRAIN I'ROSEECT IN THE WEST.
Our Western exchanges give much
space to information concerning the grain
prospect which is unusually cheering. In
a summary of the situation one of them
says: “Advices generally have concurred
in representing wheat and other small
grain as very promising to the present
time. Harvesting has already been be
gun in some counties in Illinois, neigh
boring to St. Louis, and it was reported
by merchants on Change having business
correspondence with them, that it would
probably begin generally the present
week in the southeastern counties of Mis
souri and some of the noar river counties
of Illinois; while newspapers further
north stated that harvesting would proba
bly commence in their sections iu ten
days or two weeks.
Wheat cutting was reported as begun
Monday last at Bandy Ridge, .in Madison
comity, near Alton. Corn, though plant
ed late, owing to unfavorable weather,
and consequently backward in develop
ment for that cause, is said to be rapidly
making up for lost time, under the in
fluence of the genial weather prevailing,
and apprehensions are yet expressed of
anything but an abundant but may be
not so large a crop as in the previous
year. The wet weather so continuous
early, and prevailing iu showers since,
may limit planting in very low localities,
but it may be believed not to any very
appreciable extent. Large amounts of
last year’s crop are reported in crib in
some localities, and there is a tendency
among grain merchants to think that
there is a large surplus to come forward
in any exigency, and hence no short sup
ply is at present looked for. ”
The Houston Telegraph says that Texas
gives Gen. Mackenzie honor for his raid
into Mexico to protect her frontier set tiers,
and that should Mexico make it a cause of
war there are 20,000 young Texans who
will gladly volunteer to defend our flag
and carry it again victorious into the halls
of the Montezumas.