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As Witnessed from tiie Deck of
Ironclad Texx esse e-Thrillin< i
Narrative of the Most noted
Battle of the Late War.
[From the Nashville American.]
Some days since I received a re
quest from Commodore I\, United
States Navy, to write him my recol
lections of the Naval battle in Mo
bile bay, August, 04, when Admiral
Farragut’s fleet entered the harbor,
lie is writing an account of it and
desired some facts as looked at from
a Confedeiatc standpoint. I have
complied with the request, and think
ing perhaps these recollections
might interest some of your readers,
I submit the same to your consider
ation, only premising that it is a
narrative of what was done and wit
nessed from on board a single vessel,
and is, therefore, not a complete sto
ry of the entire action.
Respectfully yours,
A. D. Wharton.
The Confederate squadron consis
ted of the wooden gunboats Morgan,
Gaines and Selina, and the ironclad
Tennessee. The first two were twin
vessels of about five hundred tons,
and carried six guns each, Lone lieav
ler than sixty-fours —with comple
ments of say one hundred men.
They were built either at Selma or
mobile, and were considered fair
gun boats. The Selma was an op?n
decked vessel, mounting four light
guns with no bulwarks about them
to protect the men, and had been a
towboat. Her crew numbered one
hundred men. The Tennessee was
built at Selma out of timber growing
in that State in 1853. She was to
wed to Mobile, where the iron plat
ing and her armament were put on,
which iron and which guns had been
ore m the ground probably not more
than a year before. W hat a hitherto
power in the Southern people does
this fact reveal ? It took about
four months to put the casing on,
and this, with the armament, made
her draft about fourteen feet. On
her trial trip, March, G 4, she made
nearly eight knots. Her sides and
ends were sloping and twenty-seven
inches thick, with a casing of six
inches of iron on her bow and stern
and five on the sides. She carried
two seven-inch rifle gnus, fore and
aft, and four G. 4 inch rifle on bol
shies, two each. Her engines, I be
lieve, had originally belonged to a
Mississippi steamboat. The comple
ment of her crew was about one him
dred and fifty men. A serious de
fect in her construction .was the run
of her steering apparatus, which was
much exposed.
CROSSING THE BAR.
And now had to be accomplished
what we esteemed a great feat in nan
tical engineering. Dog river bar
was between the vessel and deep wa
ter in the lower bay; on it at high
tide was only eight feet of water,
while she drew fourteen. How to
get her across the bar was the prob*
lem. To do this huge wooden tanks
called camels, were built, to be fit
ted to her sides, sunk and fastened
by great chains to the vessel; the wa
ter being pumped our, their buoy,
ancy "would raise the vessel and thus
diminish the draft. The camels
were completed and all ready, when
they were fired and destroyed. This
caused a delay of two months, while
trees were being felled in the fors
est and other camels built from
them. However, m May, (54, they
were a second time completed, and
by means of them the i enucssee,
weighing upwards of 5,000 tons,
was lifted bodily in the ail seven feet
and we passed the bar.
Thus, all told, the Confederate
squadron consisted of four vessels,
carrying 32 guns and some 50 men.
The Federal fleet consisted of four
ironclads and fourteen frigates and
sloops, carrying 200 guns and 2,700
men.
GETTING UNDER WEIGH.
It was sa. m. of August 5, 1894,
that Federal fleet was seen getting
under weigh and starting for the
entrance of Mobile hay. It was a
errand sight to see when they were all
m line, the monitors leading sing
ly and the wooden vessels lashed to
gether, two and two. On tne Ten
nessee we had ample time to wit
ness the pageant, for such it was for
half an hour, before it became a
TIIOMASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER <;, 1877.
bloody, fiery leality of war. The
water was smooth as a mill pond,
ahd the tide was flood, which fact
argued a determination on the part
of the enemy to come in anyway,
for in case of being disabled their
vessels would float in. Our men
were at breakfast. They finished,
replaced things in their mess chests
were called to quarters, the anchor
slipped, and we were.
IiEAY .FOR ACTION.
1 he rest of the squadron was sig
naled to follow the Tennessee. By
tnis time the firing between Fort
Wagner and the advancing fleet was
becoming heavy. Our vessel led up
the narrow channel and close to ti e
fort. Athwart the channel and ab
reast cho fort a row of torpedoes had
long been planted.
THE SWIFT TORPEDO.
I had cammand of the first divis
ion of guns on the Tennessee, and re
lieved the Captain of the bow gun
personally for an expected monitor
fight at close quarters. This gun
was loaded with a 140-pound bolt,
and we awaited the leading monitor,
the “Tecumseh.” It was never fir
ed at her. In less time than I use
in writing this line her bow was seen
gradually to sink—the water rose up
on a slanting turret, she was over
on her side—her screw visible in air,
and then she was out of sight. One
hundred and thirty souls perished
thus in less than ten seconds. A
few men only were seen to leap wild
ly from her turret as she was van
ishing. There was no disturbance
of the water except the Splash and
gurgle she made as she went do An.
The lull force of the terrible torpedo
expended itself inside the vessel. 1
could scarcely believe my eyes. We
were possibly not more than one bun
dred yards apart, and it had been or
dered that I should not fire until we
were touching. The event created
great excitement on the Tennessee,
and I know 1 felt intense relief at see
ing her disappear—not of rejoic
ing at the terrible fate of her crew,
but she did look so formidable an an
tagonist.
A HEROIC ACL
In a few moments a small boat
with the United States flag flying,
was rowed up over the spot where
the Tecumseh lay, and, in !he midst
of a hot fire, endeavoring to rescue
the survivors. I can scarcely dcs
‘cribe how I felt at witnessing this
most gallant act. The muzzle of
our guns was slowly raised, and the
bolt intended for the Tecumseh
swept harmlessly over their heads
and far down in the line of foes.
We were in hopes that the confus
ion into which the advance of the
line had fallen at witnessing the sink
ing of the monitor would extend and
prevent the passage of the licet; but
no, in a few moments we behold a
large wooden vessel, bearing an Ad
miral’s flag, steaming up and taking
the lead.
IT IS THE HARTFORD,
and we make for, her, but she is too
fast for us, and only a parting per
cussion shell, intended to strike at
the water line, is sent after her, and
exploding over the forecastle, seems
clear that deck of previous crowd.
She is in, and one after another, in
a great hurly-burly —in the midst of
a rain of shot ancl shell both going
and coming—with an unsuccessful
attempt on our part to ram one here
and one there—the Federal fleet is
in Mobile harbor. No more venge
ful topedoes do their work.
BACK TO FORT MORGAN.
We steam back near Fort Morgan
go up on the shield of the Tennesse
and look around. No casualties so
far on the ram. The Selma has been
captured after a gallant running
fight—the Gaines is in a sinking con
dition near the shore, and the Mor
gan is not far olf apparantly uninjur
ed. The latter escaped ho Mobile
that night.
NOW FOR THE FLEET AGAIN.
The fox is now alone, only one of
the geese lias been caught in passing
to their base, and now he determined
to proceed to the base itself. A few
sheets of thin iron patch the holes
in the smoke stack, and oil we start
alone for the Federal tie ;t some three
miles away. One ironclad against
three monitors and fourteen wooden
vessels ! One advantage we did
have though, like that we had in the
Arkansas in July, ’(52, in coining
through Farragut’s licet to Vicks
burg, we could Jirc at anything we
saw and had only one vessel to look ,
after, while the enemy had to be care 1
ful in handling the many and not
to hit each other. Indeed it Imp
elled during the engagement that
their bag ship was run into and cut
down nearly to the water’s edge by
one of their on vessels.
OPENING OF THE BALL.
We soon approached the enemy.
A half mile olf I distinctly recollect
firing a bolt at the bunch of Federal
vessels. It missed. It was the be
ginning of a naval combat the like
of which history has not seen. For
an hour or more a single vessel con
tended against a multitude of foes.
She was the focus of the fire of a
hundred guns. Cannon ahead an
cannon astern, cannon to starboard
and cannon to port, volleyed and
thundered ; a perfect storm of shot
rained upon our shield, and from
within it for a long time came forth
in reply peal after peal, shrill and
loud, and the shrieking shell went
crashing, hurling home, every one
of them. At one time a monitor—
a hideous looking monster it then ap
peared —came creeping up on our
port side. The slowly revolving tor
rent revealed the cavernous depths
of a monster gun.
“STAND CLEAR OF THE TENNESSEE
I shouted. An instant after a thun
dering report shook us all, a blast
of dense, sulphurous smoke covered
our po it-holes, and five hundred
pounds of iron, impelled by fifty'
pounds of powder, made daylight in
our side, where but a moment since
there had been over two feet of solid
wood encased by five inches of solid
iron This was the only 15 inch snot
that struck us. It did not xnr.e
through; themside netting caught
the splinters, and there were no cas
ualties from it. I was glad to find
myself alive after that shot.
“CLIMBING ON** TO THE TENNESSEE.
In army style, charge after charge
was made by' the Federal y esse Is up
on the Tennessee. The idea was
unique, that of one vessel climbing
u pon the sloping sides of another
and sinking it by sheer weight ; and
it was persisted in with a reckless
daring and unfaltering bravery worth
yof success. I remember the first
shock ; ’tws, I believe, by the Mon
ongalmla—a fourteen hundred ton
ship rushing through the water at ten
knots an hour. The Tennessee viel
ded to the impact and spun swiftly
aroud as upon a pivot. 1 felt in the
tor ward part of the vessel as if i was
going through the air. “Abatis
the matter, Captain Johnson ?” I
asked. ,‘ We’ve been rammed, sir,”
was the reponso from the pilot house
where he was standing. Our adver
sary damaged herself badly, and did
us no harm. Five times the effort
was made to sink us by ramming
and live times it failed. The last
time 1 think was by the flag-ship.
She came in gallant style, bearing
down, quartering on our port bow,
and struck us a glancing blow.
While alongside and touching us she
fired an entire.
BROADSIDE OF FIFTEEN GUNS
throwing an aggregate of twelve hun
died pounds of metal 1 What a huge
effort it seemed to crush us at once,
but it did no material injury. Wc
bad two guns to respond and they
did so with fatal effect. After the
action I saw where the powder black
ened her sides around the two shot
holes.
And so the action went on for an
hour or more. Instead of ramming
wc were being ramed; we began the
battering and it ended in our being
battered. Our port shelters mova
ble upon pivots and intended to pro
tect the men while loading, were
one after another jammed in a clos
ed condition, the steering appara
tus and relieving tackles shot away,
the smoke stack carried away flush
with the shield steam going down
consequently, and we became as
A LOG UPON TIIE WATER,
"While the attempt was making by
a fireman and seaman to remove one
of the jamed shuttered, a shot struck
the edge of the port, and Breaking
into innumerable fragments swept off
these men figuratively and literally
into a thousand pieces, and mortally
wounding the other. These were
the only killed on the Tennessee
FEDERAL GALLANTRY AND COURTESY
Wc fought until wc could fight no
longer, until we could move no more
All did their duty, in an almost
hopeless situation, unfalteringly
and bravely ; and when at last the
token of surrender was hoisted, no
accusing conscience was whispering
“'we could have done better.” With
Capt, Johnston, the commander of
the Tennessee, and one or two oth
ers, I was taken on board the Ossi
pcc. There the warm-hearted cour
tesy and kindness of Capt. Leßoy,
his executive officer, Lieut, John A.
Howell, and, indeed, of all his offi
cers, touched us most deeply. For
myself. 1 could hardly realize these
were the men we had but just been
m contact with.
There were ten killed and sixteen
wounded in the Confederate squad
ron. Admiral Farragut’s official re
port shows nearly as many killed and
wounded as composed the entire
force opposed to him.
New York Fashions.
A humorous writer says, “if you
want to do well in tljjc music busi
ness have a top note.” Mv verdict
is, “if you want to do welt in the
fashion business, i. e., if you want
to be fashionable —wear beads.”
Have them on your bonnet ; shower
them on your costume, wear them
peeping forth from beneath your
dress, bestrewn plentifully on your
stockings, and even on your shoes.
The beads just mentioned are bronz
ed, or made to glitter with metalic
effect ; the latter style being the
clair de line jet of which we shall
see and hear good deal a before the
expiration of the winter. Bronze
will be the leading color. Tis going
to be bronze, bronze, bronze, in silk,
dress goods, millinery and I know
not what. Now “why is this thus,”
one asks, and I answer, for several
reasons, Firstly, because the various
bronze shades harmonize so well
with the different yellows now so
fashionable. Then again, bronze is
a handsome color, and affords a va
riety from brown, on which the
changes have been rung so unlast
ingly that despite its many advanta
ges, we have grown somewhat tired
of it. Running the gaunlct of col
ors over, we fmd that bronze is moie
generally suitable than blue, green,
plume, or grey, and therefore while
we shall see all the above hues pat
ronized, yet bronze will bo the color.
DRESS MATERIALS.
Is it a result of woman’s rights,
that dress materials look rough
enough to suit so many Amazons go
ing to war. Be that as it may, it is
a fact that they do. Yet the vanity
of the sex comes out in the bright
intemiinglings of color which are
apparent—gay hashes or riot tings—
(maybe both) of red, blue, or \e!lo\v
scattered, broadcast and at random
goods, as one would sow
wheat in a field. The ground work
may be plain, or again it may be
wrought i 1 mosaic figures, but reg
ularity of design is thus, set at
naught an 1 counteracted. New
silks also are devised in similar fash
ion, and both come under the Head
ing of bowrette goods. But should
some doubting soul exclaim, “vou
have just said that bronzes is the
leading color !’’ So I have, and so
Ido now. Let me explain. Bow
rette goods being so rough, need an
effect, and hero conies in your
hrouzc, effective in plainly woven
woolens and silks which will appear
as parts of combination costumes.
Standard materials are among the
first importations, and as for general
wear nothing is so desirable as black,
wc find that special attention is pai 1
to the better class of black goods.
In cashmeres, the grand opera brand
is preferred by purchasers of discrim
ination, and in mohairs the heaver
brand is excellent, being silk; finish
ed anti a fast black, while the sable
brand of Turkish bnlliantre possess
es the highest degree of brilliancy,
and is the most beautiful black lus
tre goods ever imported.
MILLINERY.
We are rushing after satin and
plush with the avidity of a widower
“along in years’’ who seeks to fasci
nate a girl of sixteen, velvet is class
ed as thoroughly respectable, but
who wants to dress ‘•respectably ! J ”
We want something stylish—some
thing stylish, something which will
cause Mrs. A over the way to
look at us and feel jealous. In .Mil
linery, especially, sparkles the clnir
tie line jet. Tis everywhere—nlaccd
on plain foundations, bustling on
aigrettes, hanging as petals, be*
strewn on leaves, glistening on moss
peeping forth on braids, gleaming on
buckles, and giving out changing
hues with every change of light.
Shapes arc various, with square or
slightly pointed crowns, and narrow
brims and foliage is marred in heavy
monturcs, occasionally lightened by
flowers.
COSTUMES.
Princess polonaises lead, but close
fitting basques and overskirts are not
discarded, or again we find the prin
cess dress all in one. One of the
handsomest designs in the last nam
ed style is the “Davenport’’ moss,
having the front draper across, quite
low down, and a planted train inser
ted about midway down the back,
producing a fair like effect. The
“Czarina” polonaise is also novel
and distinguished, being a pinqc de
sign in which the waist, both back
and front is partially shivered and
confined in a deep yoke. The “'Ca
milla’’ basque is a distinque’ design,
tight fitting, with the trimming ar
ranged to simulate a vest, and the
neck cut low and shawl shaped.
The “Juanita” over skirt is irregu
lar in arrangement, and very stylish,
the front being disposed on the
right, in deep diagonal folds, while
the left side is plain and lapping over
the right at the belt. The closely
clinging drapery at present fashiona
able, demands a support for the
dress other than that afforded by the
ordinary underskirt, and hence we
find different kinds of toil mo res de
signed which combine both elegance
and comfort. Perfection has been
reached in the “Queen,” which be
sides being very stylishly shaped,
possesses a durability and claslicitlv
combined with a gesomar lightness,
never before equalled. It is entire
ly new. made without pockets, clasps,
buttons, or other mctalic device, and
the tapes are sewed to the wires by
a lockstitch sewing machine of novel
construction, made especially for
t!iis purpose. One will he sent, post
paid, on receipt of $1.50, by J. S.
Colby & Cos., Broom Stre.et.
Lucy Carter.
STATE AEWS.
Shaw, who murdered his wife in
Baldwin, has been refused anew
trial.
Georgia will realize from dried
fruit this year about $1,500,000.
"Rockdale wants the next Senator
from her district.
Mr. Green B. Meadows of Craw i
ford county is dead.
A Mr. Youngblood of Fayette
county committed suicide.
Bob Toombs and Ben Hill pull
together in Cuthbert as a livery
team.
German millet is being used as,a
rice in lower Georgia.
A suit for £IOO,OOO has been insti
ted against the Western Railroad for
killing Master Earnest Daughtery,
near Columbus.
Hon. A. H. Stephens has gone to
Washington. He will go on to New
York, remain ten days and return to
Washington, so as to be at the open
ing of tiie extra session of Congress.
An Augusta Factory girl fell dead
while working the other day, at her
loom.
Savannah and Augusta now
'“talk through the telephone” to
each other.
It is said that the Messrs. Moore,
of Knoxville, threshed out 7,200
bushels of grain, with one machine
last season.
An exchange says Georgia buys
eighteen millions of dollars worth of
meat a year from other States.
Campmeetings are still enjoyed.
A barrel factory is to be started in
Rome. l'oo late,the Upson “Ad
lers” arc going tj quit.
The Savannah News says :
The increasing necessities of the
General Govern incut demand a rigid
cnfoicement of the revenue laws,
and the Collector of Internal Reven
ue in Washington, it appiais, has
boon looking around and has made
the discovery that there are a large
number of untaxed liquor dealers
among tiie domi mondo of the Un
ion. Tuc result is a circular to his
assistants throughout the country,
calling their attention to the state of
affairs and advising prompt action.
Under this order nearly ail the keep
ers of disreputable houses in this
city have been arrested and brought
before L nited States Commissioner
L. DcMontmollin, Esq., and require
cd to give bond for their appearance
before the next term of the United
States Court.
Colored Dan Tucker Brown of
Macon lias been attempting to pass
counterfeit money.
Macon lias been getting about 100
halos of cotton a day.
A whole hoarding house in Macon
inis been poisoned, and an analysis
has been in progress by two chem
ists.
A purse of s*l,ooo has been made
for the racing at the State Fair.
It is now said that tin spoons were
used at 110 Hayes Banquet in Allan
ta. As Hayes took a stolen ofliec,
it was feared that he would butler—
he-the tableware in Atlanta.
Dr. \\. I’. Harrisons mother was
buried in Atlanta recently.
North Georgia papers are clamor
ing tor their subscribers to bring in
[line knots to pay subscription:
Hog cholera is in attendance on
Twiggs county.
The Catoosa Courier thinks all
North Georgia will be for Gordon,
for tiie Senate, and that Legislators
should be pledged, before election.
It is said that the Augusta com
mittee, that went to Atlanta after
Hayes, had to pay their own expen
ses.
Two whites and two colored per
sons died in Macon last week.
The North Georgia Citizen under
stands that Dr. L. A. Folsom, of
Dalton, has perfected an invention
of great yalno to mankind. It con
sists in encassing the dead body into
a composition, strong and indestruc
tible, preventing decay any number
of years. It will certainly be inval
uable in epidemics of a contagious
nature, as bodies so encased will be
harmless, left in a tenated room.
Bodies may be conveyed m safety
any distance without bad odor.
Patent applied for.
I’OIJTICA L.
In all the speeches Ilayca made
while he was junketing through the
different states he has not once spok
en of the office to which lie was elec
ted. lie said “the ollice which for
the time being it is my foitune to
ocupy.”
r I here is some liberality, with some
Republicans yet. The Washington
Republican thinks it would he but
a deserved and substantial token
of reconciliation to concede the
speakership to the South. Verily
this is more liberality than we had
thought any Radical cspable of.
It is thought that it will be an
easier matter to get Senator Patter
son of South Carolina into the pen
itentiary, than to get him to re
sign.
The chairman of the workingmens
meeting in Baltimore, in addressing
the meeting said he was pleased to
announce the complete destruction by
fire of the United States Patent office.
He said it was the enem y of the work
ingmen and that it work! never he
rebuilt.
EHhu B Washburn ex-Minister to
France, has just returned and repre
sents France as being entirely Repub
lican. There is a probability of a
combination of the Reactionists and
the Bonapartists, against the Repub
licans, but little will be accomplished
in the coming elections. Gamlietta
is being persecuted by tne Marshal-
President, which will result in a bene
fit to him and the Republican par
tv.
The New York State Republicans
held their convention last week
at Rochester. C'onkling ruled the
roost and carried the convention his
way. George W. Curtis, editor of
Harpers Weekly, was present and
championed Hayes, lie introduced
resolutions to that effect and advoca
ted them, but Conklings resolutions
were adopted, The New York Press
except the Sun are generally' severe
on Conkling. He now shows his
opposition to the administration.
Around him will gather all the oppos
posing elements. He will be the
leader of the opposition in Congress.
Senator Conover claims that he
will yote on all measures, during the
extra session of congress, according
to the dictates of his judgement res
ganlless ol’ party behests, '1 his is as
much as to say he will vote with Conk
ling or the Democrats if he does not
like Hayes.
Judge Kelley of Pennsylvania has
taken quarters at Y/aaliington for the
1 winter, to transact private business
with the departments. He says that
the Resumption Act cannot, will not
; be, and should not l*e enforced.
The Indian Delegation waited on
President Hayes last week and made
their speecdies. The object in their be
ing brought to Washington, was to
persuade them to peaceably remove
; their tribes to the reservation on the
Missouri River, in accordance with
the fiat of last Congress.
'The reason that Hon. I>. 'V. Voor
hees cant take part in Ihe Ohio can
vass, he is said to b: watching Mor
tons health.
lion. A. 11. Ntevcns is being inter
viewed by the northern papers and is
repo: ted to advise a complete en
-1 dorsement of Hayes, lie favors the
election of Sara Randall a? Speaker
of the House, because Ids course dur
ing the hist session entitles him to the
position. Mr. Stevens favors the
Southern Pacific Railroad Scheme,
and thinks Mr. Randal in opposing
it could do less harm in the speakers
chair than he could on the floor.
All lionornhlc 4'allin^.
When people condemn fainr life,
because of its “drudgery,” I won
der if t hey ever count up {lie advan
tages of bring on a faun. The fruit
the vegetables, the frerh eggs, poul
try, milk aud butter, to s.ty noth
ing of ihe many rules the family en
joy. How many of these could Ik*
indulged in if the family lived in
town, and the same capital was in
vested there, that it takes to carry
on the farm ? When about to move
to my farm, an old lady gave me this
rather doubtful congratulation,
“And so yon are going to be tied
down to a farm!” “Yes,” said i,
“and to answer you in words 1 ha\e
heard my mother say many turns, 1
would rather he the wife o f an intel
ligent farmer than the wife of a main
following any other occupation you
can mention.” Since the hard tim
es I haye felt like repeating the same
many times, with interest. To me
town life would be as uudurahlc as
country life would be to one who de
lights in the bustle of the city. I
love the quiet life on a farm. The
horses, the cows, tiie fowls, and even
the pigs lam interested in. I have
another and greater icason than any
yet mentioned for liking the farm.
It is such a good phu*.* for the chil
dren. The fresh air, the freedom
from restraint, the [Hire milk—a!**
most any thing tha t can be men
tioned in connection with the farm
the influences there brought around
them, all tend to make them health
y, happy boys and girls, and later,
good and honest men and women.
Give them an interest in a patch of
ground, some of the animals to care
for and train : if their taste points
that way, give inventive ability a
chance to expand, make home as at
tractive as it should, he, with books
and music, and the children will love
the farm and the home too well to
ever wish to leave it for the over
crowded and dangerous city.— Mass.
Plowman.
NO. 41.
Senator Sharon of Nevada will not
attend the extra session of Cougicsson
account of private business. This will
be a loss of one Radical Senator, If
there should be a full attendance, and
each Senator be faithful to Ids party,
there would be 40 Republicans and
Democrats. There are two vacancies
from Louisiana and one from So ilh
Carolina. Morton, of Indiana, r.ml
Dennis of Maryland, will be absent, on
account of sickness. We may say
they pair. Counting Conover and
Spencer with the Republicans, they
will have three majority.
Sickness is increasing in the Russian
army.
It is confirmed that Mchcmct Ali has
fallen back to the line of tire Kara
Loam.
The Charter Oak Life Insu-ancc
Company requires relief to tbo amount
of forty per cent, from its policy holders
or a receiver will be in need.
Morton expects to l>c able to sit up
soon, as he is improving.
The fire has rendered more clerical
aid in the Interior Department necessa
ry-
A man was sentenced to ninety days
confinement in the county jail, at New
London Connecticut, for pleading guilty
of manslaughter.
Horse tliieycs are troublesome in
Ohio.
Indiana has seutenced a woman to
the penitentiary an 1 tiued her £2OO be
sides.
The citizens near Bowling, Green
Kentucky, have been much troubled
with an organized gang of horse
thieves. Their depredations have lx!-*
come so injurious that the citizens had
to organize and hunt them down.
Frank Leslie's failure leaves his crcd
itors considerably in the lurch. His to
tal indebtedness is set down at
144,52. Ilis nominal assets are set
down at £230,307,05, and his real assets
at $65,100,93.
Pay roll Clerk, Goodrich of the lutes
rior Department, is reported to be irreg
ular to the extent of $2,000 by forgery.
Congress will certainly convene on
the 15th mstant.
The Turkish newspapers publish a
report that Osman Pasha has defeated
the Roumanians before Pleyna.
The porte has refused to permit the
transit of timl>er across the Danube for
housing the Russian wounded.
The Collector of customs at Fer
naudina, F red E. Grossman is dead.