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MACON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1?, 1873.
Volume LXVJI-Fo.15
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ton important difference m
•’ l ' ~T„ t'-ose families who do
r ‘fSLr. The way of observ-
FT ^.similar- The drat thing is
up on hour earlier than
teethe boiler Wo Son't
PfV ,rh V a boiler is kept on tho
ffl nobody but himself can
crimps it is not intended
feflW-l tt- Having got.
, !„il r and taken his place at
if v! pronounced grace with a
r£f aspect, he is-called into the
Bfiin to lift the tioiler on the
u f finds it foil of water and
, "about three-quarters of a ton,
fib his teeth into his lips, lay3
his cheeks and aecom-
UtVta-*’ After breakfast, which
^LtilT.and from a table that is
wta a bar of soap, a package
and a blueing bag, he is sent
■I tubs, washboard,
Retrospection.
I note tins morning how tho lime falleth.
• uxt hs it InU oncmonii’i:.* longngo.
A white clove wnlks the window-1,si*-, soft cooing-
Tho waters murmur in their ebb and flow.
j wronght imagination. It is rather a fall
j below the reality. It can only be appre-
I dated by seeing it. It beggars descrip
tion, even from a pen accustomed to all
the superlatives contained in the English
vocabulary.
There are the beautiful fishing grounds
with fight canoe and smooth eddy waters
just above the new hotel, erected at t;:o
head of “Indian Arrow Rapids.” Through
the Rapids the waters of the wide Tal
i’ gold, wind-toss.nl and wild: j lulah rush with a roar as of approaching
licvorj’winds stir memories with their waiHtwii 8 *® rm " Farther down, the beaut-ful
The very cloud* that dot the azure iky; golden sheet flows over a slight fall and
benelmtropo within4ny window blooming; I is known as tho “lac d’ or ” (water of
The aspen whispers to the autumn-breezea-
I see the golden-rod on sloping hills;
I catch the odors of the brown leaves dying.
And licar tho babble of the shrunken rills.
I listen to sonic notes of children’s laughter.
Smiling to think how late I was a child—
A happy elf, with cheek? of sun-kissed crimson.
And curls of tawny —” -’
Even the swallows swiftly skimming by.
On e dead onk that lifts its leafless branches,
AVaven sits and croaks with fretful tone.
Like some old Prophet who with mystic lore fore
sees
The evil that ho secs with sob and moani
A sense of pafu, half-hidden, half-dcfiiiod.
JJtim in my heart, an unborn babe of sorrow,
birth, unwelcome and unasked, with wail
Sliall usher in a darker, sader morrow.
•V!iU, s ' in FV noe * »? I met the day departed,
VV itli nndo unlieiiding and an iron will
That holds me steadfast in tho path I chose, but
liatod.
Yet, hating, love, and, loving, loathe iutill.
I see and hear; I know I am not dreaping;
Ami still, somehow, I cannot make it seem
Bu t that I sleep, and see and hear things dimly.
As ono docs often in a troubled dream.
Ah. well! what matter, since so soon for all
Our struggles and our dreams will hovo an end
ing,
Ind onr tired hearts and brains shall rest for nya
In that blest land to which our feet are tending.
Garnet B. Peeeman.
EX.PEBSIDEST DAVIS.
He K\plains i s Late'Speech, Made
Before the Southern Historical S«-
clcty. |
Actuated by the great blow about.
IP l TEL 5GRAPH.
-otherandthe wash-
Ij-,!,. w ;t'i a view to avoid coming
S Lain, although he has ten
• -rir.'’ pr.vttiisii demonstration that
fin-3 cm' 1 be carried at one time,
u masin the iruide of the tubs witji
lisa*! Likes t ie wash-bench in the
" ; ~f ,• for t b e stairs. If o one who
i-tti.-! it can begin to understand
a.vit of circumspection required to
wish tub and wash-bench up
'„ e;t ainray at the same time. He
*» but there is an undying hope in
isi-t that there is a way to nccotn-
■it al he starts. Before reaching
•j; the tubs slide around and the
lips out. lie thinks first that he
<*Ms heel on it and split it in two,
h-gts his mind, sets down the
* jh.i replaces the board. Then
i-eti again, and when he lias got
o »p the stiirway as he can with-
r-weline’ sideways, he turns the
iMV.e front, but as his hold on them
isa jndrally yielding all the while,
i s tie; are so low they strike the
-ad in an effort to raise them the
jjaw and to save that he loses in
fa Lol l on the tubs, and before he
-it the board slips out and goes
is* the cellar t-o steps at a jump,
Imre round and looks over the tubs
tV board, which ho eyes with an
r there appears to lie no call for,
la attempts the ascent. He gets
tench st vrt-.-l ahead, but the end
is in the top step, and having el
ite endure nee nndreach in getting
far. fla ts him df completely pow-
» lift it over the obstruction. It
Pith wry vara in the last minute
iis Iro.ti 'macs very short and
it seems as if the arm which
the tubs will soon drop off at the
akand leave him a cripple for life,
lit this juncture the tub loosens and
s to slip and threaten trouble,
s his arm all the tighter to the
itub, and tries to get his knee up-
t the out ado one, but it is too late,
aba squirm o: two, and then it is
The outside tub is down with the
loud, having accomplished the trip
> noise that is almost deafening,
other tub follows at once, being
1 theretobyakick that nearly throws
fern his feet, and then getting tho
'••[til lie shoves the bench into the
ten and clear across the room, to the
it jeopardy of tho legs of tho en-
hmily.
[liter that he gets up the other things
■making no remarks to anybody, but
around on every one in a maimer
Kited to re’loct the greatest amount
i&icdit. Then he puts on his coat,
arms, and starts down the street,
pts out on the walk, when he is
seiiack to bring up some wood. If
f-twood was in the shape of a burial
v1 *'' it is eitremely doubtful if he could
• T tkoied more solemn in taking it up
^ At noon he comes home to dinner
only one leaf up, the table
his the wash, and that his wife has
f!w broad after cutting the soap,
^t waunents he contemplates making
'ws state of affairs are never made,
•isdit oat in the yard armed with a
' line,and an injunction to not drop
kj* dirt, and in the seclusion of the
f devoted to the back yard he vents
iplron that has b-on gathering with-
i®- **d whips that clothes line around
'j.’J’dpoic joy. After that he comes
i «ii * “ vtu together, and lifts two
■sfwlof water to the floor, and then
,','j hed room and puts on a pair
[-*7 an '^ Sfritnly cats his dinner.
,~- v to him that there is no dif-
tkin Monday from any that has
’ter Jt, but he can’t help but wonder
(.fand of misery that is which comes
p'ftfy time so fresh and formidable 03
t ® ett totiivly new.—Banbury News,
^ Pitiable Sight.
I 1 < t lumbi.t Hcmlvl, Reptomher 5.
|y; r i Wtre P asa i n g through the wild
1*^ country, about fifteen miles
Iwt °‘ Waynesboro, one day last
|l a niost pitiable sight.
Iw^ r ' ame ^ Summers w»3 traveling
I'ks'v • to his form in Haywood
I*l7: m a little one-horse wagon, and
■te •«» bis wife and six little chil-
Itb J biu right ann at the
c Mcainanga; and his wife was
In;The horse became frightened
IV »‘'' m I lt<K l to run away. She started
to take hold of tho bridle,
l^w r un<3er tho horse. It kicked
I'fctiTi • ann ’ tho rough iroti‘ 'dim
Ibilk"i Uit below the elbow joint,
I . I crushing it to pieces. After
IteUi ■' Tm " oiany difBcultrea they sne-
setting her to a house—Jlrs-
Ite* and put her down upon the
I^IIsmv ’ “®® which position..sho
. 1 be moved and had to lio there
■ iifeiii ®°° r a ’-l night. Her six little
pi.!, “1 slept near her on a blanket,
lu anxious and distressed father
jtand, watched over them all.
hWuii 8 n ° BUr « l ’on in ten miles of the
on e coaid not be obtained until
|vtjte "ext day. With the bones of
ti i eruslicd; tired and haggard
i^e "ay s travel; writhing in excru-
KL 1 *® 8; lyi"ff upon a hard floor;
M. undressed, and arm un
ited “ her little children around her
, \ & ’ ai p6d and uncared for; her
nhr- U ! aimod > helpless and without a
jftyj '. a “Undrod and thirty-five miles
h^eoi.vf' 3 ’ , a etra nger in a wildor-
VtnfLTteT,’ horse crippled and not able
tec /7T*b° can imagine a condition
4*5^ Plorablc? And yet, with, nil this
10r murmured nor complained
Eti *tbo D
THE WONDERS OF HABERSHAM:.
Toccoa ar.d Tallulah, Tempestta,
nnrrlranc and Oceana Tails—The
Eagle's Kiest—Grand Chasm, Etc.
Tallulah Falls, September 4,1878.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger t Hab
ersham county will grow rapidly into no
tice liencefprward on account of the won
ders of nature so largely developed with
in her boundaries, and the easy accees
made to them by the completion of tho
Air Lino Railroad. No more remarkable
features of nature are known in any of.
the States than arc to be seen in the
county of Habersham. Toccoa city is
situated in said county. It is ninety-five
miles from Atlanta, seven from tho Car
olina line, and, until very recently, the
end of the Air Lino road, which is now
running its trains through to Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Toccoa City is the point at which vis
itors to the many places of interest in
Habersham, and the adjoining counties
leave the tram. At a distance of two
miles northwest of said city are the fa
mous Toccoa (beautiful) falls. The mean
dering stream is crossed four times before
the spot is reached where nature seems
to have performed one of her most beau
tiful and wonderfnl jobs. A well beaten
path leads through a shady glen along
the dear limpid steam—the view dark
ening as you advance into a lofty rotunda
of rock walls formed, as it seems, by some
sudden freak of nature. Suddenly the
eye lights upon the silvery sheet of roar
ing waters, pouring over the perpendicu
lar heights 185 feet above the foaming
pool at the base. The sheet of water
seems about 20 feet wide. Thero are no
rocks projecting at intervals up the stu
pendous wall to break the stream in ita
falL In one solid sheet it pours over the
edge of the rocks—a little projecting—
and unobstructed, except by the weight
of the atmosphere, strikes the massive
boulders of rocks around the edge3 of the
foaming pool, and bounds into spray that
sends a shower for many feet distant,
and a current of cool air that makes a
forcible reminder of an approaching Oc
tober storm. .
The pinnacle of the mountain wall that
lifts itself majestically above the mouth
of the channel to the right from where
the observer stands, from below is not less
than three hundred feet. It. is impossi
ble to scale these stupendous walls—in
deed it is no easy task to reach the . edge
of the rocks above, even by a flank mover
ment of four or fivo hundred yards to tho
left. After a severe exercise of limb and
muscle the rook near the water edge may
be gained, It is a large hare granite
rock. By. careful movement on the all
fours the observer gains tho edge that
projecte in the direction that the water
falls. This is about fifteen feet above
the sheet of water, and at least two hun
dred feet perpendicularly above the rocky
base below. Lying fiat on the rock and
extending tho neck a little, tire observer
/.■in S oe that the rock is scooped, and all
the way down two hundred feet under
tho rock on which he is lying the walls
seem sinoothe, as if sawed or chiselled
by the hand of art. This is awful gran
deur! The falling of the water, the
shady little valley below, and the wide
spreading spray are*beautiful, and gave,
no doubt, the name (Toccoa) to the falls,
but the dark cavernous places a little -to
the right, the stupendous heights and the
large boulders that seem, in time, to have
broken off from the side of the massive
walls, and the highest peaks of the rugged
heights on the opposite side of where the
observer stands, render the scene terrible
as well as sublime. . , , - •
There are no accommodations to bo naa
at these falls. The hotel at Toccoa City
affords ample accommodations to all vis
iting this wonder of nature. Hard by is
a nrottv grove where excursion, parties
"“tad.
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Ajin
their rustic tables
tain breeze. Hero, also, is • found
country store, where winek and cham
pagne axe served by one who served the
some round of duty a few years ago at
the Niagara Falls. The testimony of
said server of wine bibbers is, that those
falb surpass in depth of fall and beauty
trod grandeur of £urroundin**cenerY, the.
world-wid® famed Niagara. The.faU.of
the Niagara in said to be lf>0 feet, while
that of the Toccoa is 185 feet.-tWw
miles from Toccoa FaBs, amidstethe
mountains, along tho line of Habersham
and Rabun countieo, are situate® tiro
Tallulah (terrible) Falls. Tho country is
very much broken, .and the roads very
rough, but the monotony of railroads, and
the novel way of traveling ogross tho
country beguile the fatigue thatwoifld.
otherwise attend Abo trip ; r .
scenery of Tallulah so far exceeda ^ an
ticipation that the visitor feels a delight
on his arrival at the hotel, such as only
the sublime st works of naturo can m-
E Virginia has her mineral springs, the
Carolinas andTonncssoo have their moun
tains, Louisiana and Missouri their cities,
and Toxas her vast prairies; but Georgia
alone has her Tallulah. ' For richness and
"orgeousness of sconeiy the valleys of
Virginia and tho low lands Of Florida
may take the palm, but for beauty,
grandeur and sublimity, for wild and
rugged heights, dark and cavernous
depths, rapid currents and successive
water falls, no country, perhapp, m tae
world con surpass Habersham county,
Tnd no stream, the Tallulah. The repr^
eentations sent to this county of the
} gold), and a hundred feet below is the
foaming “ Hawthorne pool,” so-called,
because of the drowning there of the
Rev. Hawthorne, an Episcopal minister,
who, daring to bathe in its pure crystal
waters, was carried by the swift current
into the rapids and down the rocky cliff
many feet below, into a watery grave. ,
_ Tempestia Fall is eighty feet high and
six hundred feet below the (op of ‘the
bluff, whence the observer first beholds
it. Fifty yards below the lost named
fall is the Hurricane Fall, sixty feet per
pendicular front the rocky base, where
the waters, are dashed into a cloud of
spray that has all the appearance of a
rain cloud beneath a November sky. The
combined roar of these two falls is per
fectly deafening. A descent is made to
them by a f circuitous route, steep, and
tiresome to the adventurer; hut the
sights will repay all the toil and fatiguo
spent in reaching them and returning.
“Oceana Fall” is not so high as tho two
last named.. Here tho waters rush for
many feet over; rugged cliffs and pass
angrily under the “Devil’s Pulpit”—a
mass of .rock?. upon which the visitors
stand, eight hundred feet above the rush
ing waters. Hard by is “Lover’s Leap,”
a sharp ledge of rocks projecting several
feet from the main body of the bluff, and
having a perpendicular height of eight
hundred feet above the huge granite
boulders that lay in yawning ruggednes3
below. No despairing lover need tire of
a disappointed existence longer, who, pre
ferring the romantic’ leap, stands with
outstretched’anns above these stupendous
heights.'
The “Students’ Rostrum,” with gran
ite seats and platform, projects a distance
of 1,000 feet perpendicular from the rocky
base. Schools hoys who, like Demos
thenes, would train their voices By roar
ing waters, may find here a fit place for
that delightful exercise. When their
voices have gotten above the deafening
roar of the cataracts, a -thousand feet be
low them, they may congratulate them
selves that as orators.they are a success.
Over across the dashing waters of the
Tallulah, and about 1,500 feet above
them, is distinctly seen the • “Eagle’s
Nest.” It is a hole apparently one foot
square—hut in reality about four—in the
rugged walls of rock, and had never been
explored until a few days since, when a
daring spirit, a kinsman' of Mr. Young,
tho hotel proprietor at the falls, let him
self down by means of a rope a distance
of twenty feet, and thus hangingover the
cavernous depths of more than 1,200feet,
crawled into the dark chamber of the
‘•Nest,” and thus gave to wondering visi
tors the first report of the appearances
within. It is so deep the danger is too
dreadful to advance more than twenty
feet from the mouth. The walls seem as
if constructed by the rules of arcliitectnrc.
The deep and narrow channel—tho steep
and jagged sides of the rising cliffs, would
remind us of the valley that Smbad, the
sailor, got into, whence ho was taken by
an eagle. And the name of “Eagle’s
Nest’ 4 was given that wonderful hole in
the side of the steep cliff because of its
great resemblance to the places where
eagle’s build.
The “Grand Chasm ” is the last place
to he referred to in this paper. It is in
deed the first in interest and importance
to the visitor. Its gr r at depths and
awful grandeur surpass any views along
the Tallulah. The rock makes a slight
inward curve from the direction it is ap
proached, and continues it on either side
in the shape of a horse shoe. With the
aid of saplings and roots the extreme
edge of .the “ Chasm ” is gained, and, by
securing the hands well about a firm sap
ling, growing from the granites, and
leaning forward somewhat, the awful
depths of 1,200 perpendicular feet almost
make the brain seel and the blood cnrdle
in the vein! The- “Chasm,” although
several; hundred yards wide, is yet so
deop that a rock the size of the doable
fist thrown from above, is lo3t to the
sight before it is broken into atoms on
the rocky bottom near the waters edge.
ThisfBh&km has also recently been ex
plored. It takes a .half -day to make the
descent and'return. Down in the recesses
thereof the rays of even the meridian sun
never penetrate. This indeed seems, as
if is sometimes called, the “jumping off
plate of creation!” There are many other
places of interest about the Falls. The
mountain views are sublime. The “ocean
view’-’ is so called from its resemblance to
the distant views of the sea. The sunrise
and sunset here seems 'to he cut off, and
into on airy deep enveloped with fog and
smoke.- From "Hickory Nut and Long
Mountains; and the sharp peaks that rise
above the clustered crags over against
the “Grand Chasm” and “Lover’s Leap,”
the view is splendid for many miles
around.
Several thousands have visited this
•wonderful spot this summer. The hotel
accommodations are of a good rural char
acter—the faro good and board cheap.
Mr. Young, at the Falls; Dr. Branch, at
the foot of the mountain three miles from
the falls ;'Mr. O’Callagan.atClarkesville,
and Mr. W. Lecroy, at Tuccoa City, are
extending their improvernefrt^ and will
be prepared fdif-the thousands of romance
lovers wfio will take adtentaga of the. ro
man ticroute-via the Air Line railroad,-
and visit the extraordinary scenes at Tal
lulah and Tnccoa Falls. T. B.C.
The New Y ork Warehouse and Se
curity Company.
,, , , Nevi-York, September 9.—It appears
nothing that some of the papers were get- the trouble in the New York Warehouse
ting off over the Into speech of Mr. Davis and Security Company arose from the re
made before the Historical Convention, at latibua with two of Ha directors. Francis
Montgomery Wlute Sulphur Springs, an' of 00> their offer ' andea 3 r that the fever is
editor of the- Memphis Appeal called on j heavy sugar importers, were directors of epidemic and on the increase; that we
hire. and the following is how they talked the NewYork Warehouse and Security experienced
the matter over: I Company, and also directors of the Mis- nurses » we
Editor—I come, Mr. Davis, in the in-! 80nri ' Kansas 41,1 Texas Railway Com- present to compensate them. We also
;pany, now m course of construction.
declining to pay tins rat ■ the mills ha\ ■
bet*u closed, and nearly i,500 laborers aro
a of e - v >loyment.
T o Fever Epidemic at Shreveport.
New Orleans, September 9.—The fol
lowing dispatch was received to-day from
Shreveport, La., i-> W. S. Pike,* Vice-
President of the Howard Association:
We return our sincjre thanks to tho
Howard Association of New Orleans for
require five physicians.
[Signed] L. R. Simmons,
President Howard Association.
B. S. Lindsat,
President of the Board of Trade.
A Malicious Prosecution.
Savannah, September 9.—Simon P.
Gaskins and Jesse Lott, respectable citi-
■te.e War in Spain.
Basccluna, September 0.—The Re
publican garrison at Oio* has beer, re
inforced. No apprehensions are felt of
che qppture of the town by the Cartists.
A regiment of government troops i-
tionod at Bor^.t, mutinied yesterday .J
compelled its officers to leave the city.
Leaving the Government Service.
Madrid, September 9.- Twenty-seven
general officers have thus far left the
Government service, becapse the military
laws are not enforced. Generals Gon
zales, Ceballos and Pavia have been pro
moted to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Failure of the Brooklyn Savings Bank.
New York, September 10.—An exam
ination of 3,200 pass books of the Hoboken
Savings Bank shows a deficit of $113,000.
There remains to be balanced 1,300 botes.
The defalcation of Klenner, who has re
cently absconded, will probably reach
of his
'V m Racine, Wisconsin, wants
They say tho Huggin Houso CIJHllJluIio ....... —
enough,” but the name you scenery along the Rhine and the Kho ,
c and in the bmdpfthe S^and^-^J
to rent its Common Italy would
„ ' "' of one dollar ^r toot per an-1 % an^l
tere.'t of the public, who feel, and must' They had invested so heavily in thin road
always foel, an interest in anything you : and elsewhere that their large ro.- ources ,
sav, or that concerns you, to ask some ■ and excellent creditcould not carry them ;
questions relative to vour recent speech! ^ therefore obtained
before the Southern Historical Soci^at I'
White Sulphur Springs. Virginia. I tiw - attorand ^
^ USQ 8 P e ? c ^ j °°ThcteVVareiiouso and Security Compa- zens of Coffee county, were brought hero i $150,000. The bonk owes depositors
cd by “any who have heretofore been. (^ nrnj unless some of the leans -tempting to rob the post-office at Doug-
munbered hmong yonr friends and ad- ^ -mn-rlo to Skiddy and Gaudy lass. The examination before the United
nnrws, actuated to this, as they believe, wero up they could not meet their States Commissioner proved that the fuss
' oUigations. Frequent consultations were was’a street .fight and the prosecution
This speech was not prepared nor ttionght without satisfactory result, as malicious.-The. persons were discharged.
^iSS^disordered condition oFthe money? ‘JamlgersLy Celebration.
market, and the fact that the Kansas, f New Yoek, September 9.—Commodore
Missouri and Texas securities were not MeadeandotherofficersvisitedthePres-
negotiahle in Wall street, precluded mak- • ident to-day! with an invitation to join
ing loans in other and less partial quar- them in celebrating the anniversary of
tors. the capture of the City of Mexico. •
A meeting of the directors had there-1 An appeal for aid for the destitute who
fore been called yesterday morning, an^ were recently burned out of homes in
it was resolved to suspend temporarily . Havana, Cuba, is made by Messrs. Alex-
and call a meeting of the creditors<on andria & Sons, owners of the Havana
Thursday to take action in the matter, steamship line in this city. The firm were
Francis Skiddy is the head of the firm to-day appealed to by telegraph from
of Skiddy, Memford It Co., of No. 101 Havana, the dispatch stating that there
Wall street, who are among tho heaviest is great destitution there. This refers to
importers of sugars in this . ci(y. | the fire of the Plaza Vapor, which in-
Mr. Skiddy has been identified with the volved the loss of $8,000,000.
steamboat, railroad snd other-interests j - d, angC8 i n the Spanish Ministry.
Mr. Davis—Certainly, it was impromp
tu. It was a reply made to an address of
welcome by the president of the Histori
cal Society of the ex-Con?ederates.
Editor—A political significance has
been given to this speech or short address
that, you no doubt never intended, re
moved as you are from the politics of the
day.
Mr. Davis—It seem3 strange indeed
that a. few remarks addressed to a few
friends and associates on a subject upon
which between .them and myself there
could be no diversity of opinion, with the
propriety of a historical vindication of
the cause and conduct of the Southern
people in the late war, should be regarded
as an address made to the public, with
any expectation of affecting political
opinion. But waiving all questions as to
the character of. the address, the place
where it was made, and the circumstances
under which it was delivered, what is
there in it to justify criticism, or .excite
apprehension of evil effect upon the
efforts of thoso whoso political success I
desire? The expression which is usually
referred to is that the Southern people
have been moro “cheated than conquer
ed.’’ Now, is this true or not? Did the
Congress of the United States, by solemn
resolutions, not assure the people of- the
’South that there was no purpose to inter
fere with the institutions of tho States?
that the object wa3 to preserve the Union,
and tire purposes for which it was or
dained and established? Did not the
Executive, (Mr. Lincoln,) by proclama
tion, give likp assurance to the people
of theJSonthem States? Did not United
States} Generals commanding depart
ments encourage the same belief among
the people ? And did not this lead to the
impression on the part of very many* that
for many years, and has always homo a
good namo for financial strength.
Shepherd Gaudy i3 a member of the sugar
Madrid, September 9.—There have
been some modifications in tho ministry
since its announcement yesterday mom-
firm cf Shepherd Gaudy & Co., of No. 60, Senor Birges, who was first named
Wall street. Neither of the 50 houses £ or Minister of Justice, has been appoint-
have been suspended as yet. I ^ Minister of Public Works, instead of
Painful Accident. ; Senor Cervera, and Senor Debrio has re-
While the Seventy-first regiment was ceived the portfolio of the Minister of
parading on Fourth street, Williamsburg, Justice.
this morning, a balcony crowded with j General Martenez Campos has relin-
spectators suddenly broke down and all' quished tho command of the Republican
were precipitated to the side-walk. One land forces besieging Cartagena, and has
person was killed and fifteen, more or less, been placed in command of the troops in
soverely injured. j Valencia.
Suits Against the Erie Company. General Salido succeeds General Cam-
T , . , ® , , T . , ^ . pos as commander of the forces before
It is stated that a number of suits, in- Cartagena
spired by Jay Goidd, will soon bebrought Vio ° A dmiral Sir Hastings Yelverton,
against the Ene Railroad Company and the British sqSadron in the
directors, personally, for alleged illegal Mediterranean, has informed tho Govern-
acts done in connection with recent de- me „t that howill surrender the frigates
duration of dividends. , Vittoria and Almanza, now held at Gi-
TllO Butler War. hraltar, if a crow of five hundred men is
Boston, September 9.—Chelsea sends placed upon each vessd.
ten Butler and four Washhume dele- More about the New York Ware*
ptes. • A bolt was made in ward six af- h(m8e and Security Company,
ter the regular meeting, and_ a set of , New Yo rk, September 9.—A director
tho war was waged for an abstraction, or j Butler delegates elected at midnight last 0 j tte Warehous.* and Security Company
at most for the preservation of property j night. The count stood, accordhng to stato3 t5iat tho Compands assets are
in slaves ? And was not tho consequence the Journal, Washburne 567, Butler 39Z, alK)ut §2,500,000, but does not know how
frequent desertions in tho winter of 186-1-'doubtful 57, with about 100 to bo heard mucll of thi3 ^ in ^ form of un p a i(j
«A Dread Flat Dismal Failure
•FJmiind, Yatos -thus 'characterizes the
Vienna Exposition in a late letter to the
Herald. He says the exposition cost tho
Austrian Government 18,000,000 florins,
and that the receipts Rave not reached
2,000,000, and adds:
The distance from the recognized cen
tres of civilization and commercial enter
prise; tho long delay in getting matters
into proper working Order, the’intense
heat, and finallyrtbe dread alarm of chol
era, which, widespread though it has been,
has never even-yot revoaled the true state
of the case, have combined to bring about
this result- The Viennese are a sanguine
people, and in this cr.se they, allowed
thelt expectations to outrun all prudential
calculation. They built enormous new
hotels, immense caravansaries, magnifi
cently appointed and fitted and furnished
in the most luxurious manner, which have
never had anything like their proper
compliment of guests, and which now are
almost empty; they stocked their shops
with high priced goods, white remain un
sold ; they provided theatrical and musi
cal entertainments, at white the waiters
and tho policemen constitute the sole au
dience.
Sure enough, wo had almost forgotten
that the election in Maine is to come off
next Monday. ■ But it is not important to
recollect the fact. Maine is safe for the
Republicans until a new party comes to
the fore.
’65, and were not people reluctant to fur
nish commissary.supplies for the support
of tho (Confederate! armies ? And was
not all this the result of the belief that
their material interests and domestic
peace might exist as weB under one gov
ernment as the other, as the result justi
fied that belief ? Is there any well-in
formed mau who .will not say, that had
the armies known what a surrender would
bring, that they would and could have
continued the struggle, and that the peo
ple of the counfry, as long as they had
any food, would h ive eontributed.it freely
to the support of the armies, and that the
ontest would have continued until he in
vader, weary of what might be regarded,
an endless struggle, would have retire ! ,
and in the language of General Scott, al
lowed tho “erri-r sisters to go in peace ?”
from.
Bader’s Defeat Certain.
; loans. Its liabilities are $1,300,000. The
' Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad owe
The Great Balloon—Voyage Post*
poned.
The .enormous balloon-, is visited .by
thousands. If the weather is favorable,
the balloon' will be launched at 6 this
evening. The aeronauts expect to land in
Europe on the morning of the second day.
Later.—The ascent has been post
poned. The inflation commenced' at
tliree o’clock this morning. When tho bal
loon was a quarter filled it became un
manageable, and a hole’six feet in diam
eter was cut in it by Major Donaldson.
The safety valve was said to be out of
fix.. v 1 * . ..:
Massachusetts. Radical. Convention.
-Worcester, September 10.—The Re
publican State Convention meets at 11
to-morrow. - All day - long the- incoming
trains halve been crowded with delegates
and prominent politicians from all parts
of the State. To-night the city will be
full of strangers.
-The State. Central Committee meets
early, and will probably bo in session
nearly all night, hearing and deciding
upon claims of contesting' delegations
and preparing a report to be presented
to the convention in the morning.
The canvass just doting has been the
most exciting that has ever occurred in
Massachusetts.
. General Butler arrived here this after-'
noon, and stopped at the Bay State House.
The Butler faction had. engaged Mechan
ics’ Hall, the largest in the city, for this
evening; but contrary to general expec
tation no meeting was held, and the hall
has not been opened.
The convention will organize by the
choice of ex-Gov. Bulloch, Chairman;
John D. B. Cogswell, Chairman of the
Committee on Credentials, and ex-Gov.
Claflin, Chairman of the Committee on
Resolutions. The names of Geo. F.Hcar
and Charles Hale will bo on the commit
tee.
Booth’s Chances In California.
San Feancisco, September 10.—The
Bulletin gives the following summary of
the composition of the next Legislature,’
viz: Republicans, 44; Independents, 36;
Democrats, 40; total, 120 ; necessary to
elect United States Senator, 61. Many
of the Republicans recently elected are
Springfield, September 9.-Tho Re- the Company a million dollars, one-half of the Republicans recently eiecrea are
uhlican says caucus results to 1 o'clock 0 f which wassecured by .bonds of the road anti-railroad aM mmmtpof Booth for
publican says caucus results to 1 o’ clock q{ which was secured by bonds c
this morning make Butler’s defeat in and notes of tlio Land Grant Railway and
Wednesday’s convention absolutely cer- TrustCompany,and the other half by tho
tain. The present connt is, Washburne, personal guaranty of five railway direct-
643; Butler, 410; doubtful, 45. ora . Two of these were Skiddy and Gaudy,
The,Anxious Irving. directors also of the Warehouse Com-
San Francisco, September 9.—John pany. The notes of the Land Grant
Irving has made further statements to Company, of which Skiddy is Fre3-
deteetive officer Lees, in which he insists are considered good. The
upon the trute of his former statements, Warehouse^ Company also made a loan
and will swear to it before tho judge of °f $200,000 to the New Orleans, Mobile
one of the courts to-morrow. Lees will and Texas railroad, not yet completed.
forward the statement to New York. Ir- This loan matured last spring, but it is ,
’vine says that, with proper guarantees not paid, but is see’[ed by p^rrfenal guar- Hot political, differences led to the asses-
for%ifl safety in Ne*v York, lie will pro- A loan iu.so made to the Ination. a Radical and
duce Nathan's memorandum hook and Missouri railroad, amonuLmg to $o0,000, Harris a Democrat.: Both leave families.
FdiC 3 -Ot'L' Za diiTnoTmean"bv bond? taken from his safe on tho night of f &** (bough not yet ma-
Jiiditor—ut^raeyouoianoi;meanny _ o to*id., l ie same was true of several
the use of the word “cheat to reflect j , T.pnrt Wine ot::er railroad companies. Whether the
upon any of the officers who surrendered ^ A vronueriai Aieau «uire. _ suspension of the warehouse company will
without communicating with you as the Kansas Citt, September 9.——Col. Aay- fpmnorarv or final, denends ontirelv on
executive of the Confederacy? They held lor, tho old Utoh miner, reports a won-
out as long as they had troops and muni- j derful lead mine near Bailer Springs,
tions, and only gave up to overwhelming • from which they take pure solid nuggeta
Senator. Assuming that the latter will
be supported by part of the hold-over
Senators, his friends claim confidently
that his strength from the start will bo
mute greater than can po.’ ibly be com
bined for any other candidate.
Louisiana—Assassinations.
Monroe, La., September 10.—Judge
T. S. Crawford and District Attorney
Arthur H. Harris were assassinated in
Franklin parish while on their way to
hold court. It is thought that personal,
numbers and the pinohings of poverty
everywhere felt ?
Mr. Davis—Of course the idea con
veyed by the word “cheated” was that
the people of the South were deceived by
assurances given them by the United
States Government, through its officials,
into the belief that if they laid down their
arms they would be restored to all the
advantages and privileges of citizenship
which they had previously enjoyed. The
trials of a long war had made all men de
sirous for the ease of peace. It was thus
weighing from four to seven tons, within
eight feet of the surface.
Deaths In Atlanta.
be temporary or final, depends entirely on
tho decision of the creditors.
The Baby Fanner Released,
Susan Coates, the baby farmer, was to
day released on bail, two physicians tes
tifying that she did nothing wrong.
, c , , „ m The Brooklyn Trust Company.
Atlanta, Ga., September 9. Tffiomas The officials of the Brooklyn Trust
L. Buzby dropped dead yesterday of £; om pany to-day issued a' circular deny-
heord disease on McDonough street, jug the statements that the company is
Willis Payne dropped dead this morning ^ b lo to meet all its liabilities,
on Petera streeti | The Balcony which Fell.
The Order C- Bed Men* j The balcony wMcE feU in Williams-
WiLfriNGTON, Del., September 9.—The burg last night was 75 feet long and fell
great council of tho improved Order of two stories to the sidewalk, carrying near
.u,u. ®ed Men is in session here with a large 100 people. ^
alone that the word could be fairly con- attendance, including the following; The 71st regiment of this city had
strued. Men who had been reared under -Chief Jas.P. Riley, Virginia, Great In- been visiting the 4rih, and werereturn-
the constitution of the United States, and i obohonee; Chas. S. Betts, Ohio, Senior ing home; the streets being filled with
knew how almost entirely their domestic i Sagamore; Wm. F. Moacham, Marys, thousands of people. Just as. the last
interests were properly under the control j Delaware,-Chief of Records; Wm. Ben- two companies of the 7lst were opposite
of their State Governments, would natu- son. Maryland, Great Keeper of Wampum, the building on which was attached the
rally feel bnt little apprehensive of the
exercise of powers by the general Gorern-
Capital Notes.
Washington, September9.—ThePres-
balcony it gave. way, precipitating them
on the* heads, of .those below. The.
ment, if they believed that Government'ra^tis expected between the fifteenth' theasski?
would be restrained within its constitu-, and twent i e th. down th<nr arms and rushed to the assist-
tional limits. • A sp^ial agent of the Post-office De : “ce of tbe people.. Those who were hurt
******** •ipartSSt at S Warrenton, Va., isinvestb ^re takenrie the^^hospitidnearthebudd-
Editor—You will have noticed, no . Lting tho charge that tho Republicans lug where the accidentoceurredjTwenty
doubt, that many of the press of the h used official postage stamps for
Union, without regard to section or party, ; Singpolitical documents.. . ««4
accuse you of a desire * to keep alive sec- j The Republicans carried Maine by seriously, and the- remamder- slightly,
tional animosities with a view at some fu- abou fc eleven thousand. Their majority Many othcrs were Bcratched aud bruised,
tore day to reopen the civil war. In other ^ ye J was 16,537. J J . It is stated that many of the ladies who
words, they identify yonr expression “the The Indemnity Paid. j were injured were robbed of watchesand
cause is not lost,” with a determination ^ $13 ^oo,000 awarded to this Gov- uic£d”$fce“L^ofthe Ste
OTjg^usBB.’SSss:
Bition, but for the benefit of the public I ^nd^fSh t^follSg Ja doscrip- Catholic Total Abstinence Union,
would like to present your own view3 and • . , » The gnmial session of the Catholic To-
words. j ‘ 0 f March 3,1873.] tal Abstinence Union of the American
Mr. Davis—Those who knew me best | jg hereby certified that $15,500,000 board of government, waa held here to-
before the beginning .of the late war bave been deposited with the Treasurer day. Rev. James McDevitt was preti-
knew how earnestly I strove to avert it. 1 of the United States, payable in gold at dent. Resolutions were passed recom-
Tho record of tho last committee raised ^ 0 jg ce to Drexell, Morgan & Co-, Mor.-l mending anew form of pledge; ordering
in the Senate to see whether itwas P«®- ton, Bliss fc Co, x Jay Cooke& Co., or their, tho National Union badge to be procured
sibloto liarmonize the sections at that * iBHBnmqc TaSEJtiii b y all societies for their members, and
timer(18iG0-61) will show how steadily I. [Signed] •' John Allison, ■ - -i decreeing that the badge shall be a token
strove to find some means which would I u Register of the Treasury, j of friendship wherever worn on the conti-
pacify the public mind then greatly ex- Washington, September 9,1873.
cited, and dearly indicating a p'orpose-ifi J - ' - F. E. Spinner,
the Southern States to pass ordinances of Treasurer of the United States,
secession. At that period I_waa some- Approved: "William A.Richardson,
wlrnt severely criticised as -bein^ too far Secretary of the Treasury. ■«- ^ —* - **—
behirfd the sentiment of thehour and the j The bond has th^'figfes $15,500,000 * the October general convention. * - .
demand! of the occasion. I regarded it ^ U pp er rlght and left hand corners. Immigrants are to he protected
as a material question, one^^ which, how- J an( q (g numbered about the centre on each' landing. . ;
ever clear the constitutional right of se- ai(le a fi gure one. On the back the Preliminaries were arranged for the
cession might be, would, nevertheless, lead ia endorsed as follo ws: national convention of delegates to meet
to a conflict of arms, for which I knew! p ay to the jointorderofH.B.M., Minis- in this city on October 8.
” f °“ i, ‘ *-lf ter, or Charge d*Affair6a at Washington, U 1 Ww- »Phomas« McOormi,
and Acting .Consul General at New York.
fSigned] Drexell, Morgan & Co.
' . Morton, Bliss & Co.
Jat Cooke & Col
Fay to the order of Hamilton Fish, Sec
retary of State,
[Signed] Edward Thornton.
E. M. Archibald.
H. B. M.,
Consul General, N. Y.
Pay to the order of Hon. W. A. Rich
ardson, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.
A Strike ia Charleston.
neat.
Communications from clergymen in
Ireland, looking to a union with the
society there, were acted upaa.
1 - AcormUittee is'to prepare a plan for
the people-Of the South to he wholly un
prepared. There are so many evidences
on record of my devotion to the Union as
our fathers made it, that I have no occa
sion to say now how strong that feeling
was then in my breast. But he would
be very dull indeed, who, in view of the
present condition of the South, would
advise, or desire it to attempt to enforce
it6 rights by an appeal to anus.
Cleveland could not account for tho
increased expenses of her fire department
until an investigating committee discov
ered that opera glasses, patent leather
boots, and river plated harness were pur
chased and charged to the fund.
The Grand Jury of Knox county have
presented Brownlow and D. H. Hill as
cholera breeders. They say the filth of
their correspondence taints the moral and
physical atmosphere.
Charleston, September 9.—Some ex-
Mr. Thomas B. McCormick, of Provi
dence, was appointed National Treasurer,
vice Mr. Noonan, resigned,
j James W. O’Brien, of New York, was
‘ appointed secretary pro tern.
British Notes.
| London, September 9. An- accident
happened to the passenger train on the
: Southwestern railroad near Guilford, by
which three were killed • and twenty
injured.
It is reported that the Queen goes soon
to Hamburg, the celebrated watering
place near Frankfort.
How Mormons are Treated in France.
Paris, September 9.—A party of Mormon
citement has been caused here to-day by emigrants just arrived here on their way to
a band of negro strikers, who have visited America, have been notified by the pre-
the principal mills in the city and by feet of police that if they hold their re
threats of violence forced the hands to ligious exercises in public they will be
strike'for $2 per day. Tho employers expelled from the city.
The murderers are unknown.
Groat Fire in Baltimore.
Baltimore, September 10.—The Hol
iday Street Theatre, St. Nicholas Hotel
and a fonr-stoiy building, used as a high
school, were burned at 4 o’clock tins
morning. Among the guests at the St.
Nicholas were many actors, who escaped
with most of their wardrobes.
Billiard Match.
Chicago,'September 10.—In the match
at billiards, George Slosson against John
Bassinger, (carom table, four balls, 2,000
points, for $550,) Slosson won in an hour
and fifty minutes. His average run was
142.
Disastrous Fire in Harana.
Havana, September 9.—A fire took
place Saturday night by which the Plaza
Yapor was destroyed. It was very disas
trous, and the total loss is estimated at
from three, to eight millions of dollars.
The insurance only amounts to $524,000
—nearly all in English companies.
Notices have been promptly - given, that
all will be paid by the 13th inst..
Owing to the rapidity with which the
flames spread, very little property waa
saved. :In less than three hours from
the (ime the fire-broko ont, the - entire
square was a mass of ruins. Upwards, of.
2,600 people wbo occupied the buildings
are homeless, and nearly all lost every"
thing. , Great distress prevails among
.the people, and numerous subscription*
have been started for their relief. A
large amount has already been raised.
Light House Blown Down.
Halifax,. September 10.—The new
light, house at Creighton’s Head, Cape
Breton, was blown down by the recent
storm. •
A Fatal Stokes Witness Arrested.
New. York, September 10.—Detectives
have arrested Mrs. Benton, an important
witness in the Stokes case, whom they
have been looking for ever since the kill
ing of ; Fisk. Tt is said that Mrs. Ben
ton saw Stokes - throw away his-' pistol
after the Bhooting. It is believed that
her evidence will be fatal to Stokes. „ : •
Committee on Transportation.
The Senate Committee on Transporta
tion met to-day at .the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. Present—Senators "Windham,
Warner, Sherman,- Davi^ Conldiiig and
Conover; . To-day’s session will he de
voted to preliminary business and organi-
tion.. w ' i_.'-** ■V.
The Alleged Bond Forgers.
Jos. J. Yates and James Johnson, ar
rested for complicity in the forgery of the
Central Railroad bonds, were again before
Justice Fancher, on a motion to admit
them to bail. Yates made affidavit that
he never had any connection in any way,
manner or shape, with the forged bonds
of the New York Central Railroad, New
York, Buffalo and Erie Railroad, or forged
bonds of any land whatever; that he is
innocent of any offense and never com
mitted any crime whioh will justify im
prisonment. He protests that he is ille
gally held in’ confinement and demands
immediate trial. Johnson made a some
what similar affidavit. The Assistant
District Attorney said that new indict-,
merits would not be ready until Thurs
day, and asked an adjournment.
The Great Balloon Babble Burst.
The arrangements for an inflation of
the trans-Atlantic Balloon were of a most
meagre character. Up to eleven o’clock
Professor Wise had not appeared and did
bfenee.
tnufchs
In 3 abandon;. ! tho L;”p.
Br*ter and Cheese Exchange.
A butter and oht^se exchange was
opened here to-day. One bandied and
fort; . rma have memberships,
vj Burning of Holiday Street Tbostra.
Baltimore, September 10.—At half-
past two o’clock this a. X. tit* at
fire was sounded, and in a few minutes a
volume of flame burst from Holiday
Street Theatre, enveloping tho building
in a moss of fire. The flames poured out
simultaneously from the roof sad upper
windows, and before the steamers got to
work, it we. evident that the old Holiday
was doomed to destruction. In loss than
ten minutes after the alarm sounded, the
central portion of the city was lit up aa
by a groat calcium light. "Up Lexington
street to Charles, on Monument-, on Bal
timore. from Frederick to Charles, and
Calvert as far north aa the Northern Cen
tral depot, the reflection of the lurid flarwiw
was so intense as to create the fmpraesion
that a general conflagration had begun.
A deluge of . flaming cinders rolled up
from the burning mass, mid was borne by
a gentle breeze from the northeast Into
the very heart of the ' city, a distance of
five or six blocks. Over the roofs of the
Sun, the American, the Gazette and the
^Western Union telegraph office*, and ad
jacent buildings, great blazing cinders
rained down a sheet, of fire- Many awn
ings of stores on Baltimore and South
streets caught from the fiery shower and .
embers, and at tliree o’ olook these street*
were brilliantly illuminated by the burn
ing canvas, adding to the general con
sternation. *„ -
In the meantime, the steamers begun -
to work with an abundance of water, and
tho firemen with a will and determination
to quench the flames. The fire had
already communicated to the roof of the
St. Nicholas Hotel, adjoining the theatre
on the north, and to the large brick build
ing adjoining on the south, and also to
the factory of Frey, Walpoti Co., in the
rear of the theatre.
The entire fire depaxtmentyraa ■rigor
ously at work,but. all.their efforts.to
save the theatre were unavailing. Shortly
after 3 o’clock the roof fell in, and soon
only the bare walls were left standing.
The theatre and some adjoining prop
erty were purchased three years ago by
John T. Ford, Manager, for $100,000.
The damage by fire will reach ubont
$75,000, on which there is an insurance
of $40,000, principally in city companies.
The St. Nicholas Hotel, adjoining the
theatre on the north, a large four-story -
building, W.B. W. Earl, proprietor; is
patronized almost exclusively by actors
and actresses performing at the Holiday
and Front street theatres and the Balti- '
more Opera House, about fifty of whom
were in the building at the timeof the fire.
The rear portion of the fourth ttoxy wm
entirely burned out and all the lower
floors deluged with water. Many of the
guests were forced to' escape with 'noth
ing on hut their night clothes. j ' - ’
Some of the actresses lest their war- .
drobes, watches, money, jewelry, etje.-
But many of them succeeded in saving
their effects, which, with the furniture of
the hotel that was rescued from the
flames, was piled in the streets.
Mr. Earl estimates his loss at about
$20,000 and gives bis iusurance as follows:
Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia, $2,500;
Franklin, of. Philadelphia, $2,000; "West
Chester, of New York, $2,500; German, of
Baltimore 2,500. Total insurance $10,-
000. The building was<-med by "Wm.
J. Allbert.
Baltimore City College adjoining on •
the south had the roof burned, tho up
per floor burned and the whole building
was damaged with water. The first
first floor was occupied by t’ * Balii-
. more School Commissioners an ' the sec
ond an-l third floors by the Baltimore
Citv College. The damage to books b/
water is estimated at $3,000, Furniture
and carpets were a’~o damaged to tho
amount of $5,000. The building was
owned by tho city and wa3 not insured.
The mattresB and curled hair factory of -
Frey, Walpot & Co., 28 North Gay
street in the rear of the theatre, was
owned by the firm, who estimate their
loas in stock and damages to building at .
between $15,000 and. $20,000; insurenoe
not over $8,000, 'divided among the
Queen’s, of London, German, of Balti
more, and JEtna, of Hartford, The root
of building No. 2 South street, adjoining .
the "Western .Union,Telegraph , Company, .. .
took fire from falling tinders ana was
slightly damaged. "The upper"portion - 1
was occupied by Flynn & Charles, hatters,
who estimate their loss by water at
$3,000; insurance for $1,000. The first.
floor was occupied by Diggs, coal agent,
whose loss ia trifling. A number of other
buildings were saved by sweeping the-
hnnung. cinders from the roofs.
The loss of John T. Ford, of the Holi
day Street Theatre, will reach at least
$60,000 above the $40,000 insurance.
The. destmction is complete and entire,
together with, all the . accumulations of
over 60 years. Old Holiday had stood
for 77 years without fire.
Burning of Holiday Street Theatre*
Baltimore, September 10.—The fol
lowing is tbe insurance on the Holiday
Street Theatre, including the building,
machinery and wardrobe: American, of
Baltimore, $5,280; Baltimore, of Balti
more, $2,640; Citizens’, of New Jersey,
$2,640; Franklin, of Baltimore^; $2,600;
Great Western, of New Orleans, $2,640;
German, of Baltimore, $3,860; Lycoming,
of Pennsylvania, $2,640; Mullrille, of
New Jersey, $2,500; National, Of Balti
more, $2,640; Peabody, of Baltimore*
$2,640; Potomac, of BeItimortv $2*640 ;
Virginia Fire and Marine^ndiana, $1,320;
Maryland Insurance Company, of ’Balti
more, $2,000: Total, $40,000. .
Mr. Telz, scenic artist of the’theatre,
loses about $3000, and many of the com
pany and other employes lose from $100
to $1000.
Mrs.: Linton, who had charge of the
wardrobe, with her daughter Nellie, aged
eighteen, and a little son twelve years
old, occupied a room in the building and
were asleep when the fire was discovered,
and had a narrow escape, the two chil
dren being badly burned about the fieoe.
The theatre was opened about- four
weeks ago for the season, and every right
since ha# been densely crowded* For
two weeks tbe spectacular play of Tbe
Ice Witch drew the largest houses ever
congregated within ita walls. Last right
the play After Dark waa performed to a
large audience. _
With-the exception of Walnut, Street
Theatre, Philadelphia, Holiday 'Street
Theatre was the oldest in the United
States, dating back to 1794, when frame
buildings occupied the present rite.
Manager Ford says it will bo immediate
ly rebuilt.
Catholic Temperance Unias.
Norwich, Conn., September 10.—The
annual convention of the Connecticut
Catholic Temperance Union met here to
day. The woiji temperance was stricken
from the constitution and total absti
nence substituted. There was a large at
tendance of CatholicprieetafroCMjpJgitfts
of the State. Rev. T. Walsh, of Ourt-
ford, was re-elected President. A 1 grand
demonstration took place in the evening
with speeches advocating strong moral
and religious measures, but no political
action.
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