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Sawannah Weekly Hews
THK ULI’M IRON XPADK.
*Y W. . RAINWATER.
V! r *" JJ* device* whi' h renin* ha* made.
vlu.u o **s°® or aft. <*r for commerce or trade,
tjlth pulley or abaft, wheel, *aw. or with lilade,
ot many compare with the Glum Iron Spade.
Hio few be the honor* and compliment* paid
J nta ungainly tool—proud man '* potent aid—
l here * glory and honor, which never can fade,
"looglng alone to the Glum Iron Spade.
JJf® P®*ce amilea aerene in annahine and ohade,
And bold enterprise wake* mountain and glade,
I ne grandest foundation* of nrojrre** are laid,
By renolnte hand*, with the Olnm Iron Spade.
Grim war. with it* banner*, it* battle and raid,
It* gay bivouac and It* nrond e*planade,
h*l< of it* valor, ft* pomp and parade,
withont it* great weai>on, the Glam Iron Spade.
In whatever land* we have wander'd or utraycd—
in palace or hovel, in court or arcade
with pleaimre, with care; or ar children we
played—
We ve met the imprint of tlie Gium'lron Spade.
Thou grand excavator and emblem of grade—
Great lever of Thrift—march on, promenade !
The thousand* who scorn thee in life. I'm afraid,
W 111 meet thoe too bood, at tfau grave, Iron Spade.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Call of a t .invention Kelntive lo the to.
cation and Conatrurllon of the Texas
Pacific, and Other illallera.
Chamber or Commerce, >
Memphis, October 28, 1875. i
Dear Sir It is understood that at the
next session of Congress the effort will
be rne wed to procure the passage of a
bill in the aid of the Texas and Pacific
Railroad; and it is known that a conven
tion has been called to assemble in St.
Louis on the 23d of November next to
take action m regard to a Southwestern
Pacific Railroad. Iu view of the prac
tical and vital interests involved in these
trim;, continental railroad enterprises,
and especially in view of the traas
ceinfant importance of tho Texas and
Pacific road to the people of the Middle,
Southern and Southwestern States, the
Memphis Chamber of Commerce, at a
lute meeting, appointed the under
signed a committee to arrange for
the assembling of a convention in this
city, on Friday, the 19th day of Novern
bei next, to be composed of delegates
from the States most immediately inter
ested. The propor location of the Texas
and Pacific road, and particularly of the
eastern terminus of the grand trunk and
its radiating branches, are matters the
importance of which cannot be over
estimated in the influence they will ex
ert upon the general prosperity of
tho Southern and Southwestern States,
and especially upon the commercial
welfare of our seaports and cities.
Tho especial object, therefore, in
the call of this convention at
Memphis -a city that fools itself most
deeply interested—is for the purpose of
conference, and to secure harmony of
views and concert of action, withont
which no reasonable hope can be enter
tained of a successful application for the
old of tho National Government; and we
cordially invite and earnestly request
that those who feel an interest in com
mon with us, and especially the people of
tho Middle, Southern and Southwestern
States, to meet with us here iu conven
tion on the day designated by the Cham
ber of Commerce—whose wishes we
represent—to take such action in the
premisos as may be deemed advisable.
Respectfully,
F. 8. Davis,
.Jacob Thompson,
S. 11. Dijnscomii,
Enoch Enhley,
J. W. Clapp,
T. J. Latham,
Sam. M. Gates,
Committee.
To facilitate the deliberations of the
convention, tho committee would re
spectfully suggest the following mode of
representation:
Thut the Governor of each State repre
sented, appoint not exceeding five dele
gates for the State at large, and one for
each Congressional District.
That each city or town appoint but
two delegates for a population under five
thousand, and one for each additional ten
thousand.
That each Chamber of Commerce, Cot
ton ExcLiango or Hoard of Trade, will ap-
PjkfiißLfor fifty members one delegate, fat* 1
one hundred two, for three hundred three,
and for each additional two hundred mem
bers, one delegate. -
That each luuo- porated railroad, steam
boat or mining company will appoint not
more than two delegates.
All members of Congress and United
States Senators, whoso constituents are
interested iu the enterprise, are cordially
invited to be present and participate in
the deliberations of the convention.
Arrangements have beon mado with
railroads terminating at Memphis to
carry delegates to anil from the conven
tion for one fare.
F. S. Davis,
Chairman Committee.
John S. Took,
Sec. Memphis Chamber of Commerce.
Torn is King.
A few weeks sinoe we noticed having
Hcoti an ear of corn raised in Sumner
county which had 1,272 kernels, showing
the remarkable gain of over twelve hun
dred fold. Now there is lying on our
table au oar of sound white corn, the
seed of which are smaller aud more
numerous 1,386. The rows are 22 iu
number, aud the grains in each row
average 63, giving the aggregate above
. stated..
The possibilities of this American ce
i il in our American soil and climate
have not been studied with that scientific
thoroughness which tho importance of
the subject demands. The plaut is much
more valuable for forage than for its
seod or grain. Last year a French farmer
raised sixty-five thousand pounds of green
forage (maize or oora) per acre. This
crop was kept iu pits iu its green state,
aud fed to dairy cows iu the winter at a
large profit. No other field crop paid so
well. Whilo studying a staple grain that
yields with common care and culture thir
teen hundred and eighty-six fold on the
Heed planted, some may doubt whether
there is as much of blood forming elements
iu the large stalks aud leaves of the plant
as in its seeds. Brought to the test in
producing beef aud milk, the yield is
greater. Our corn changed into dairy
products at the right time in the
growth of the plaut will give the farmer
more profit than other crops, if his but
ter and oheeso are sent to Europe with
ooltou aud tobacco to find consumers.
Corn is king, because there is moro
money iu it than iu any other product of
Yu' 4. an soil, but, like the French culti
vator*. we must bring advanced art and
science te our assistance and learn to
keep our best fields, when green with
this crop aud the seeds begin to form
substantiß y in that condition the year
round, to/eed green maize to all growing
auiwals yielding meats, horse-flesh and
wool, as well as milk, butter and cheese.
Corn is jur best capital. Plant a gold
dollar aud see how long it will be before
a stock bearing 1,386 dollars like the
parent seed can be harvested by a bul
liouist ?—Nashville A merican.
Daring Robbery on a New York
Street Car. — New York. October 30. —
On Thursday evening last John B.
Poluier, a wealthy gentleman from Con
necticut. in company with H. B. Howard,
a relative, took a New York Third avenue
car at the Bowery. Mr. Howard entered
the car, and Palmer, who is somewhat
corpulent, followed. Before he had
rlv -d ou the platform his friend was
msnie the car. The conductor quickly
closed th 1 door, leaving ou the platform
Palmer and the strangers. Palmer was
about to open the door, when he felt a tug
at his watch chain, and simultaneously his
arm* w. re pinioned by two of the men,
while a third rifled his pockets, taking
therefrom his pocket-book, contain
ing about $750 in bills and checks to the
of $l,lOO. Palmer struggled,
for help, and Howard, hear
iuWUf’MMf'ftr'Tushed to the door to help
his friend, but could not open it. It was
either held by the conductor or had been
strapped. The conductor, iu the mean
time, made no attempt either to prevent
the robbery or to stop the car. Palmer
managed to free one hand and grasp one
of the robbers, but he was quickly
obliged to let go, as the other caught him
by the legs to throw him off the car. The
robbers then escaped with their booty.
Palmer turned upon the conductor and
accused him of being in collusion with
the thieves, but that person denied it,
saying that he did not know they were
robbing him.
“Piety,” remarked an Arkansas preach
er to his congregation the other day,
“does not consist in noise. Tbe Lord
can see you give to the needy just as
easily as he can hear you pray the roof
off,”
THE SOUTH GEORGIA FAIR.
Exhibition of the Grnngra— A llnanlflrei.t
IM*plnv—What Sooth Crortfa Can Do
Moral llfiert of the Grnn. Mhaw—
Penraoal, Partlcnlar aid In Detail.
(Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Thomasville, October 30, 1875.
If I were asked to name the most at
tractive feature of the splendid Fair
which closes hero to-day so successfully,
I should unhesitatingly point to the
magnificent Grange displays which at
tract such universal attention and
call forth such generous and well-de
served commendation. Such an exhibi
bition of neighborhood agricultural and
domestic products and industry has never
before been witnessed in this section,
and I doubt if any other portion of
Georgia has ever made such a vast and
diversified display of its resources. The
rivalry which calls forth this display, in
a contest for the prize, is a generous and
laudable one. It has made each Grange
more careful in the culture and selection
of its products, and more energetic and
untiring in bringing to public notice the
abundant resources of its thrifty mem
bers.
OCKLOCKNEE OBANOE.
Entering the gate of the Fair Grounds,
the first building on the right hand, as
the visitor passes on to Exhibition Hall,
is occupied by Ocklocknee Grange, No.
228, of Duncanville, located about twelve
miles from Thomasville. This Grange
was organized nearly two years ago
with thirty members, and now numbers
one hundred and fifty-one. The follow
ing are its officers: Master, A. F. Berry;
Overseer, B. F. Walker; Secretary, T. E.
Dickey; Treasurer, W. J. Dickey; Lec
turer, A. Moseley; Chaplain, W. E.
Hayes; Steward, T. J. Brown; Assistant
Steward, A. C. Brown; Gate Keeper, R.
•I. Hayes; Ceres, Mrs. M. A. T. Dickey;
Flora, Miss Mollie Van Brunt; Pomona,
Miss Lila Copeland; Lady Assistant
Steward, Miss S. E. Dickey.
The building occupied by this Grange
is nearly square, and of large size (the
exact dimensions not being known to me,
l caunot state them), and every inch of
space on floor, tables, sides and rafters,
that can be used for that purpose, is made
to display to the eye of the visitor some
article of farm product or domestic han
diwork. The rafters fairly groan under
their heavy burden of quilts, coverlets
and counterpanes. Of these articles alone
I noticed one hundred and eight calico
quilts; forty-eight counterpanes; four
silk quilts, (three of which are perfect
gems and quite valuable) ; two worsted
quilts : eight coverlets and two comforts.
I simply enumerate these articles in or
der to show what the noble ladies of one
little country Grange have done In a sin
gle department of domestic handicraft.
And the large display of fine baby under
clothing and dreses gives evidence that
there ure mothers who have many mater
nal cares devolving upon them.
The display of canned fruits, jellies,
wines, preserves, and articles for table
use, is very large indeed, and of the
finest quality. To Mrs. Col. Thomas
J. Young was awarded the Wheeler &
Wilson sewing machine for the largest
collection of articles in this Grange, the
most of them being in this particular
department. This domestic lady has
also taken special premiums for jellies
and othor articles in various departments.
Mrs. Dr. S. J. .lones has made sixty en
tries; Mrs. Henry Mitchell, seventy; Mrs.
Harriet Miles has here sixteen quilts; Mrs.
Sophroma Mitchell twelve fine white
homespun counterpanos and eight pairs
home-made socks, the latter taking a pre
mium at the Hffite Fair. Iu addition to
other entries, Mrs. Col. Young has eight
varieties in her fine collection of poultry.
Dr. Jones had fifteen head of poultry ou
exhibition; R. R. Mitchell, seventeen,
and Judge Hayes six, the whole making a
very large aud creditable poultry show
for a mere neighborhood exhibition of
this kind.
I have mentioned these entries simply
to show what individual effort has done
for this grand Grange display. Many
othor members, of both sexes, made from
twouty to fifty or more entries of articles,
which are scattered throughout the vari
es departments. Mr. John S. Dickey
y?vkes fifty- A marked fea
ture of the Home-made goods are two
shawls, made from wool raised on his
place, by Judge James T. Hayes; also
six suits of clothing from the same wool,
the sewing of tho suits being done with
silk raised and spun on his place. His
daughter, Mrs. Captain R. I’. Doss, ex
hibits a very handsomely and elaborately
knit pair of silk stockings, of her own
make, from silk raised by her on her
plantation. These stockings attract the
attention of all visitors, and have won
the highest commendation. The sewing
silk made by Judge Hayos and these
stockings have settled the question that
silk culture can be made profitable for
domestic purposes, if not for traffic.
It would be impossible for me to enu
merate oven the various departments of
this Grange iu the space allowed me for
a notice of the Granges, and I will leave
the exhibition room with the remark,
honestly made, that in everything needed
for the table, the wardrobe, the parlor,
sitting room or bedroom of a neat, at
tractive and comfortable home, Ocklock
nee Grange has samples worthy of special
notice, from a picture for the parlor walls
to a peck of the finest of potatoes for the
kitohen table. The gap botweeu these
extremes seems to be well and creditably
filled. Outside the building aro 45 bales
of cotton, 78 horses and mules, 51 cattle,
21 hogs and 12 sheep and goats, thus
showing, as does also the general agricul
tural display, that the men, like the mat
rons of the premium Grange, are indus
trious aud successful in their depart
rneut. They have nobly won the prize,
and it is to be hoped that they will now
press on to a still greater success in the
grand centennial year that will soon dawn
upon us ns a nation. They have done
remarkably well, but they are capable of
doing even better things than they have
done here in this display.
BOSTON GRANGE.
This excellent Grange is located at
Boston, about twelve miles from Thom
asville, and is numbered 513, having been
organized in January, 1874. The growth
of this Grange has been recent and rap
id, as its membership has increased dur
ing the past six months from fifty to one
hundred and eighty. This shows that
muoh of the work for the present Fair
must have been done by the original
.members, the new comers not having
"hail sufficient time to prepare entries for
many of the departments. The officers
of Boston Grange are : Master, Dr. J. P.
Turner; Secretary, T. T. Stephens;
Chaplain, Rev. J. M. Rushing; Overseer,
J. C. Stanaland; Lecturer, J. B. Everett;
Gate-Keeper, Z. \V. Howell; Steward, A.
B. Oone; Assistant Steward, .J.
M. Massey; Treasurer, J. A. Stanaland;
Ceres, Mrs. T. T. Stephens; Flora, Mrs.
J. H. Everett; Pomona, Mrs. J. C. Stana
laud; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. J. M.
Massey.
The display made by this Grange is
one of which any Grange in the country
might well be proud, aud as Col. Harde
man and Gen. Colquitt remarked, it was
no easy task to decide between the merits
of this and the Ocklocknee display. Iu
some departments Boston Grange
excels all others, as does Eureka in
cereals. The prize was awarded to Ock
locknee for the greatest general display.
By reference to the premium list, when
pmblished, it will be seen that both Boston
and Eureka Granges have been awarded
special premiums in several departments*
As near as can be ascertained, there are
twenty-five hundred articles exhibited
by Boston Grange, which certainly is
a number high enough for an entire or
dinary county Fair. Mrs. J. M. Massey
contributes two hundred and thirty arti
cles, Mrs. K. L. Taylor three hundred
and twenty-five, and Mrs. Joshua Carroll
sixty, all hers being home made. Other
members make large contributions, but
their names cannot be ascertained at this
time. The variety is about the same as
in Ocklocknee, and inoludes pictures and
frames for the parlor, potatoes and pork
for the kitchen, and articles for out-door
use.
There are one hundred quilts, one hun
dred and five counterpanes, and other
articles of bedding in this collection. I
have been much pleased with several
dresses made of homespun. The patterns
are very pretty indeed, and the dresses
being well made attract much favorable
comment. I should also notice fifty-one
yards of home-made cloth, and seven
suits of home-made clothing—spun,
woven and made at home. There is the
usual collection of crochet and needle
work, numbering over one hundred arti
cles, and twelve pieces of shuck work
The variety of seeds and cereals is also
good, and over the entrance is a beautiful
design— “ Boston Gbanoe’ —made entire
ly of cereals, and Ceres herself would be
flattered at the sight of this elegant dis
play of rural artistic taste. In this con
nection I have discovered some specimens
of home-made starch, and also examined
the root from which it is produced, but
am not able to give the name of the
plant. It grows in the vicinity of Bos
ton, however, and from it the fanners’
wives make a very good article of starch
by simply gratiDg the root in the same
way that horse radish is prepared for
use.
In addition to other articles for table
use I notice 325 pounds of bacon and 115
pounds lard. Mrs. Jane Mitchell has
here some orange preserves put up in
this county twenty years ago. There are
also a castor and linen table cloth used in
England in 1805, a glove one hundred
years old, stockings ninety-two years old,
and Chinese tea seed. Outside the build
ing, which is large and well filled, this
Grange makes another display. There
are three bales of pressed hay, forty
bales of cotton, ninety-one head of horse's
and mules, thirty-five hogs, thirty cows,
eight fine oxen, one hundred and sixteen
fowls, and fifty varieties of fruit trees
and vines. Boston Grange, therefore,
has no need to feel cast down because
the prize has been won by Ocklocknee,
for everybody pays the members of this
Grange the most generous honors for
their magnificent display, although it
does fall ju->t a little short of winning the
prize. The dinner given by Boston
Grange yesterday tells the true character
of the true men and women of this or
ganization—that they not only live at
home, but live well. All honor, then, to
Ocklocknee and Boston Granges—than
which none more successful in agricul
tural and domestic industries can be
found.
EUREKA GRANGE.
I cannot pass this Grange without fa
vorable comment, because its display is
the smallest and its proportions prevents
it from attracting general attention. The
visitor who has an eye of critical accuracy
iu agricultural matters finds in this small
collection many of the finest and most
meritorious products of the soil now on
the Fair Grounds. I think it has taken a
special premium for best five-acre yield
of cotton, best agricultural display, and
best five bales of cotton. As I have not
the premium list at hand I cannot tell
bow many other special premiums its
members have taken. I am pleased to
notice a yield of thirty-three bales of cot
ton from a three-mule farm, which shows
that they have good soil where this
Grange is established, and know how to
cultivate it in a most successful and
praiseworthy manner.
Eureka Grange, No. 039, comparatively
speaking, is but an infant, having been
organized only about a year. It is located
some eleven miles south of Thomasville,
near the Florida line, and has but
seventy.five members at this time. Its
officers for the present year are as fol
lows: Master, John T. Rushing; Overseer,
G. W. Swift; Secretary, J. D. Turner;
Treasurer, E. R. Young; Lecturer, G. W.
Burton; Chaplain, W. W. Bostwick;
Steward, J. B. Thomas; Assistant
Steward, D. A. Dixon ; Gate-Keeper, T.
L. Dixon; Ceres, Mrs. E. J. Young;
Pomona, Mrs. D. T. Forrest; Flora, Mrs.
S. E. Dixon; Lady Assistant Steward,
Miss Mary Thomas. Few in number*,
and with a small display, this plucky
little Grange has held its own in the con
test, aud the numerous special premiums
given it show tho superior merit of much
that it has on exhibition.
I think Eureka Grange makes but lit
tle, if any, display outside the building
set apart for its use. It had no horses or
mules in the stock ring, in competition
with the other Granges, but it consoled
itself in making the best display of cere
als. The association prize for the largest
general display has been awarded to Ock
locknee Grange, and the special premium
for the largest display made by any one
lady in the prize Grange has been award
ed to Mrs. Thomas J. Young, and con
sisted of a fine Wheeler & Wilson sewing
machine. Mrs. Young’s display is very
large and most meritorious in all re
spects, and her skill and energy have
been rewarded with several special pre
miums. In fact, the members of all the
competing Granges have carried off a
large number of the premiums, and in
every respect have done themselves great
credit. But as you were here, Mr. Senior
Editor, and spent several days on the
Fair Grounds, I leave to your abler and
more cultivated pen the task of com
mending, in proper terms, to other sec
tions of the State the noble example set
by these three Thomas county Granges,
in the following of which is sure pros
perity for the future and full protection
from the evils of a financial crisis.
Sidney Herbert.
The Southerners and Negroes.
J. F. Tenney, a New Hampshire man,
writes from Florida to the Portsmouth
Chronicle:
I am often asked by correspondents
“if it be safe here for a Northern man to
live. And is he well received by the
Southern people ?" These questions
always give me pain, evincing as they do
an entire misconception of the Southern
people. You will find the high and mid
dle classes of Southern people to be
high-toned, energetic and possessing a
peculiar grace and ease of manner, pecu
liar to themselves, free from the patron
izing air of superiority toward their in
feriors that is noticeable in people of
other sections; hospitable and very
pleasing in their social relations. Thev
aro fully alive to the needs of their
country , and extend a welcome hand to
all well disposed persons who
propose to abide with them,
in giving them all tho information and
assistance in their power. In the heat of
political discussion great injustice has
been done them, as the unbiased mind
can but admire their indomitable cour
age, their sacrifices for the preservation
of their old-time, cherished principles
and institutions, all of which were made
with a lofty patriotism and cheerfulness
that can but attract the admiration of the
world. The affection cherished by them
for their servants was, in many instan
ces, to my knowledge, pure and genuine.
I have since the war seen a wealthy and
richly dressed lady, with all appearance
of genuine pleasure, hasten across a
muddy street to grasp the hand of an old
negro who was dressed in rags and tot
tering along with a bulky- load on his
head. I could cite many more instances of
like nature that have come under my obser
vation. I will further add that at the close
of the war, when the negro was declared
free, that many a master divided his last
dollar with his servant, each departing
his own way to carve out his future des
tiny. These have been “trying times,”
and I very much doubt if any people
under the sun could have more bravely
met the lot which has been theirs, or
have shown more energy and skill in re
covering the position they are entitled to
fill. The change they have undergone
has been very great; their old labor sys
tem broken, their offices of trust placed
in the hands of strangers, who accept
positions in many instances but to abuse
them. When you contemplate all this
and see the evidence of thrift and enter
prise about us, you could but appreciate
them and regret that there could have
ever existed any but the most cordial
feelings to mar the confidence among the
brethren of our common country.
A Horrible Story. —We have heard
of a very distressing accident occurring
in Jackson county, West Virginia. It
was a “house raising.” As is customary
on such occasions, chickens had been
killed by chopping off their heads. Two
little sons of the owner of the house to
be raised saw the chickens thus guillo
tined, and during the day concluded to
repeat the operation. It was just at a
time when tho men were lifting a heavy
log into its place. The father, who was
holding one end of the log, casting his
eyes towards the little fellows, one of
whom had the axe raised to sever the
neck of his brother, let go of the log to
save the boy, and it fell, killing six men,
two instantly, the others living only a
few hours. The axe fell before the
father could reach the scene, severing
the neck of his son. Thus were seven
persons hurled into eternity in a twink
ling.— Middleport (0.) Nem.
The weddingof Mrs.Moulton,the beau
tiful vocalist (whose delightful concert
in Savannah some two years ago will be
remembered by our citizens;, at Cam
bridge, Mass., to a Norwegian gentleman,
with the unpronounceable name of Le
Chambellon de Hegermann Lenden
chronn, included some curious Norwe
gian customs, one feature being a wed
ding carpet brought over from Norway
for the occasion. It is a piece of work
manship of quaint design and beauty and
fabulous value, like an Indian shawl.
Upon it unnumbered Norwegian brides
of the unpronounceable name have rested
their little feet while the minister pro
nounced the mystic words of bestowal
THE BARNET RICHARD CASE.
The Saturnalin Redivlou* Archibald
Adding to III* Infamr—Richard Sum.
moed to Fernnndina—Bloody Threat*
of the Negroe*—Caucuaalag with Stearns
[Specia. Correspondence of tbe Morning New*.]
Febnaxdina. November 1, 1875.
Archibald’s infamy.
The information contained in your cor
respondent’s letters of the preceding
week was substantially reliable, and it
was hoped that the attempt of the Radi
cals to swear away an innocent man’s life
had proved utterly abortive. The grand
jury on Saturday presented their finding
in the case of Harney Richard to Archi
bald, and that luminous apostle of Radi
calism peremptorily refused to receive
their verdict and indulged in sundry im
plied threats of imprisonment for con
tempt and other horrors, in case these
men should fail to find a true bill against
the defendant for murder. The court then
issued attachments for twenty more sub
orned witnesses, and instructed the jury
to exclude all evidence except that in
favor of the State.
SUMMONING THE DEFENDANT.
The State Solicitor at once telegraphed
to Mr. John Richard, the brother of the
accused, notifying him to produce Har
ney Richard in Fernandina immediately,
in consequence of which notification
they arrived here this afternoon. I charge
McDonnell with having deceived the de
fendant’s friends to induce them to depart
from this place on Saturday morning, and
I further charge the manipulators of this
nauseating business with having four
hired grand jurors subject to their com
mands. In the event that the grand
jury continue obstinate and will not be
forced into a violation of their oaths,
there is no predicting what line of pol -
icy these desperate gamblers may pursue.
It has been decided upon, however, that
the law will be strained and anew war
rant issued for the defendant.
NEGRO THREATS.
There is a tremendous feeling about
this fresh outrage, and a volcanic rumb
ling from the negroes, which is, to say
the least,’ terrible to contemplate. The
colored rascals make no secret of their
firm determination to murder the accused
if the jury fail to find a true bill. Y’et,
in the face of these portentous murmur
ings, Archibald, McDonnell, and the rest
of that tribe, have the temerity to bring
their victim to Fernandina. Every effort
is being made to overawe the jury,
and money is expended lavishly in
the subornation of negro wit
nesses. No means are thought too bold,
no subversion of the fundamental princi
ples of law too great, to enable them to
accomplish the conviction of Harney
Richard. The under current of public
sentiment permeating this State is un
mistakably ominous that at last the peo
ple are thoroughly aroused to the neces
sity of ousting these adventurers from
power at the next election, for the pro
tection of the rights and liberties of our
citizens.
MERCENARIES.
The State’s case against the accused is
not grounded upon even a shadow of un
questionable - evidence, and the negroes
employed to testify resemble the old
Italian mercenaries who espoused which
ever cause that paid the highest price.
THE CABAL IN COUNCIL.
Archibald, McDonnell and Emmons
rode over to Jacksonville yesterday for
the purpose, doubtless, of conferring with
the magnates there—the high and mighty
Stearns having arrived in that city. What
ever his master shall dictate, Archibald,
as an obedient and sycophantic puppet,
will perform.
WHAT WILL BE DONE.
It is impossible to foretell what new
manieuvre the conspirators contemplate,
but they may reasonably be expected to
ride to the devil. The air is rife with
rumors of bribery and corruption, but I
have been unable to trace them to their
source. The court is expected to return
to Fernandina this evening, and then we
shall see what his chronic scowl will
develop into. . Ban quo.
Gin-llouses Burnt.
We published the other day the state
ment made in the report of Commissioner
Janes, that during the last twelve months
twenty-eight gin-houses in Georgia were
destroyed by incendiaries and fifteen by
accident. This loss, including also the
destruction of a large quantity of cotton
and cotton seed, is serious enough, as
stated by the Commissioner. But the
Savannah News (one of whose editors
pays close attention to gin-house burn
ings) says that if is far from complete.
That paper says, after consulting its files:
“From the Ist September, 1874, to the Ist
September, 1875—and we trust Dr. Janes
will make a note of the fact for future
reference— ninety eight gin houses were
burned in Georgia, and of these three
fourths were destroyed by the torch of
the incendiary. It is probable-—nay, it
is certain—that several gin houses were
burned in sections too remote for the
fact to be chronicled in the newspapers,
and we may therefore safely assume that
during the cotton year just closed at
least one hundred gin houses were burned.
Thus far, from the Ist of September to
the 30th of October, inst., we have
chronicled the burning of fifteen, a ma
jority of them during the past ten days.”
Here is an exhibit that ought to direct
most serious and earnest inquiry into the
means of putting a stop to such heavy
yearly losses. So far as incendiarism is
concerned, we believe that the present
laws are stringent enough. The difficulty
is in establishing the guilt of a party ac
cused, and a remedy in this case is not
easily suggested. But nearly all cases of
accidental firing can be prevented simply
by abolishing the lint room. It is an ap
pliance of the cotton gin for which there
is no necessity whatever. By the use of
condensers, the lint cotton may be deliv
ered, after ginning, in a form as compact
as when it was in the boll, and it will then
be in a much better state for pressing
than any amount of manipulation can put
it in when taken loose from the lint
room. The condensers will add some
thing to the price of the gins, it is true,
but not so much as the lint room and its
waste. It may be inconvenient for
planters who have the common style of
gin-houses, with their lint rooms and
cumbrous running-gear, to change them
now; but all over the country there are
gin-houses in a dilapidated condition,
which cannot last much longer, and when
“reconstruction” has to be resorted to,
the abolition of the lint room will be
found a change greatly for the better.
If there were no lint-rooms, too, even
the incendiary would hav greater diffi
culty in carrying out his fiendish de
signs. There would then be no loose
ginned cotton about the gin-house; the
gin-houses could be smaller, and as they
would cause no nuisance by scattering
lint about, they could be located much
nearer the planter’s dwelling—even in
his yard if he desired —thus making it
more difficult for an incendiary to escape
detection. We are satisfied that the lint
room will soon be a thing of the past,
and that the planters will be luckiest who
soonest get rid of them. — Columbus En
quirer.
The Earth’s Danger. —ln the preface
to his recent excellent book, “The Abode
of Snow,” Mr. Andrew Wilson, well
known as the author of one of the most
interesting works on the Chinese empire,
revives the old theory of M. Adhem’ar
that the earth will topple over one of
these days, and send the oceans sweeping
over the continents. The theory is that
owing to the greater preponderance of
water in the southern hemisphere, the
greatest accumulation of water js round
the south pole; when the accumulation
has reached a certain point, the balance
of the earth must be suddenly destroyed
—the centre of sphericity abruptly
change far from the centre of gravity,
and the whole earth, almost instan
taneously, must turn transversely on its
axis, move the great oceans, and so pro
duce one of those grand cataclysms which
have before now altered the whole face
of the globe. Some very good physicians
and mathematicians have believed in f.hi
theory, which is not easily controverted,
even if it be a false one.
She Was Out.— “ Bub, is your mother
in ?” asked a Vicksburg lady the other
evening of a lad of ten who was lounging
over his widowed mother’s gate.
“No, she’s out,” he answered.
“Gone up to visit your dead father's
grave?” she continued.
“Not exactly,” he smiled ; “she’s gone
after ice cream with a chap who has three
inches of fat on his ribs, and Fll bet ten
to one she’ll halter him in lessn a
month. Vifikibury Herald.
LETTER FROM MANATEE.
Mall FaelHtie*—The St. John’* Land
Fever—A Reported Dialogue—Manatee
Compared with Ea-t Florida—-llan
Mallet are Caaght and Preserved.
[Special Correspondence of tho Morning News.]
Manatee, October 28, 1875.
mail communication.
After a considerable silence I have
again concluded to trespass upon your
valuable columns. We are now having
better communication by steam than we
have ever before had. The steamer Emiiie,
Capt. W. H. Leppert, and the Valley
City, Capt James McKay, are now plying
regularly between Manatee and Cedar
Keys. The latter carries the United
States mails and extends her trips to
Key West. Both have fine accommoda
tions for passengers, and efficient, cour
teous commanders. The rates on freights
have been very much reduced, and
through bills of lading are given for
New York, New Orleans, Savannah and
Charleston, at the rate of one dollar per
barrel for the three first named places.
THE ORANGE CROP.
Shipments of this fruit to the various
markets has begun in earnest, and hun
dreds of boxes and barrels are sent off
weekly. The steamer Emiiie waits over
at this point from Wednesday until
Thursday, which is a great accommodation
to shippers, giving them time to put up
their fruit in a fresh condition, and with
a certainty of its shipment. The fruit
here is unusually fine this season and has
commenced to ripen much earlier than
usual. The crop is steadily increasing,
and in a few years thousands of barrels
will be shipped from this point.
THE SKINNER HOTEL.
This building, which was at first par
tially erected at Linabel, near the mouth
of Charlotte's Harbor, and which was
blown down by a severe storm, and
which was mentioned frequently in the
papers as the Hunter Sanitarium, now
offers a fine inducement for enterprise
and capital. Mr. Skinner, one of the
principal partners, and who recently
died at this place, had the building
moved, and it was in course of erection
at his death, situated on a beautiful site
on the Manatee river, between its mouth
and the village. The building is about
one hundred and seventy-live feet
front, with a wing one hundred
feet, and is more than half finished,
with nearly all the material, doors,
sashes, etc., on the ground. There are
two executions against the estate, and
the buildings will, no doubt, be sold in a
short time. It should by all means be
purchased by someone who is able to
finish it and carry out the original de
sign. This is a splendid chance for an
investment, as there is no better place
in the State for establishing a good hotel
than here, as a house of the kind would
be crowded every winter. The hotel
will no doubt sell for a mere song, unless
parties from abroad come and bid on it.
SETTLERS AND TOURISTS.
The travel is commencing in earnest,
and every steamer brings passengers who
come for the benefit of their health and
for locating permanent settlements. I
am informed that Professor J. Thomas,
of Georgia, who, I think, removed to
California, is on an excursion down the
bays looking up curiosities. Dr. Dunham,
who lives near this place, and who returned
on the last steamer from a visit to his old
homo out West, and who gave many lec
tures in the Eastern States on the advan
tages of this portion of the State, in
forms me that hundreds will be down
here this winter to look for homes. They
are compelled to seek a warmer country,
as the severity of last winter and the
early cold snap already experienced there
this season are driving them to the warm
and genial climate of Florida and Geor
gia. Mr. P. A. Ilowvallet, a French gen
tleman representing about twenty-five
families, arrived here on the same steam
er. He is extensively engaged in the cul
ture of the grape out West, but believes
that he can do better here. From a
slight observation of the character of the
country he seemed much pleased, and he
informed me that after making a general
prospect he would purchase for all hands.
He comes well introduced from known
parties and seems to “mean business.”
Mr. Bowvallet says he is satisfied from the
information he has received and his short
outlook, that this seotion is the place for
the successful cultivation of the grape,
the essentials, plenty of wind, dryness of
atmosphere, and sandy soil,being obtained
here.
WHY r H3Y GO TO THE ST. JOHN’S.
The disposition of many to buy lauds
along the be. John’s, of the poorest char
acter and at enormous prices, which has
become so fashionable lately, is aptly
illustrated in the following, told me by
Mr. P., of this place, which really oc
curred in Savannah last year :
Recently Mr. P. met Mr. A. of your
city, one of the oldest residents and most
influential merchants. After having
passed the usual compliments, the follow
ing conversation ensued:
Mr. A. —WeU, I’ve got the Florida
fever, and am going to planting-oranges.
P.—Going on the St. John’s, I suppose,
like everybody else ?
A. —O yes; and I must tell you all
about it. My John concluded that he
would like to purchase a piece of land in
Florida, and plant oranges. The thing
seemed to be so popular, and several of
our friends had already purchased, and
made a favorable report. So I sent him
out; and, after some time, John returned,
and I asked him to tell me what he had
done towards a purchase.
“Well, sir,” said he, “I purchased
twenty-five acres of land, and have had
five cleared and put out in trees.”
“ What did you give for your land,
John?”
“ Fifty dollars an acre.”
“Fifty dollars an acre! Is it rich
land?”
“No, sir; it is very poor, but said to
be very fine for oranges.”
“ Well, my son, I am afraid you have
put your foot into it, and have been badly
taken iu by sharpers. I wish, now, I had
gone myself.” •
Very much disappointed in what John
had done, and, thinking how to get rid
of a bad bargain, as I consid
ered, I concluded to go out to
Florida myself, and see if I could
not get rid of the land at some price be
fore John got too far involved in his en
terprise. I got to Jacksonville, went
down and looked at the land, and in three
days what do you suppose I had done ?
P. —Sold the land to someone at pretty
good figures, perhaps.
A. —No, sir. I bought twenty-five
acres more, adjoining, and paid fifty-five
dollars per acre for it.
P.—Well, that was very strange. Why
what in the world could have changed
your purpose so ? In your business mat
ters you are always very careful.
A.—l can’t tell to save my life what
made me do it. It is the poorest land I
-ever saw, and I dug down ten feet and it
was all white sand. It really didn’t look
like it would sprout cow peas. But they
told me it woulcAiake the
FINEST KIND OF AN ORANGE GROVE,
and I could fancy huge orange groves,
and millions of golden oranges, and right
then I would not have taken one hundred
dollars per acre for that white sand pal
metto rilge. lam going out next week,
and will stay three months, and plant half
of it in orange trees. And the best part of
it is, I told one of my old friends here of
my purtLise, and told him the truth, too,
about everything, and without ever see
ing he would make me let him have ten
acres oi my land at one hundred dollars
per acre. There seems to be a kind of
influence that holds one to that country
which t man cannot get rid of, and he is
anxious to go right to work setting out
trees.
P.—Well friend A, after you spend
about two hundred dollars on your land, it
will then be about as rich as
land that I can sell you in
Manatee, on which, while your first trees
are growing, you can raise an abundance
of sugar, rice, com, potatoes, vegetables,
etc. —rich hammock land that needs no
manuring, and that at ten dollars per
acre.
And the case of this Savannah mer
chant, whom I knew very well years ago,
is the exact case of thousands who resort
to that portion of the State, where they
get an inferior location for exorbitant
figures, and put themselves on the list
with the Lord’s favored children because
they own a piece of sand-hill along the
St. John’s, and have a prospect in the
far future of an orange grove. As a mat
ter of oourse, there are thousands of acres
of land on that river well adapted to the
culture of the orange, or anything else
grown in this country, but I am speaking
of those who, because it is fashionable,
buy a very poor piece of land at fifty
dollars per acre, upon which they will
have to expend a fortune before it will
give a return, where there is so much
rich land, at from two to ten dollars
per acre, with every advantage of
locality, soil and climate over the
St John’s region in this section.
THE FISH SEASON.
It is usual with the denizens of this
section to put up their supplies of mullet
for the winter from October to Novem
ber, as at that period they are the finest
fish in the world. .These mullet are
caught in the numerous bays, coming in
at this season Irorn the Gulf, and I have
seen many eighteen inches long and pro
portionately wide. They attain the size
of the hickory shad, and are a fac simile
of that fish. At this time of the year
they have a layer of fat on each side,
when split open, as thick as my hand,
and we really use no oil in frying them,
as the oil from the fish is delicate and
abundant. They are now nearly full
roed, and will spawn the last of this
month. The fishermen put them up for
the people all through the country at $2
; per hundred, the purchaser furnishing
salt, .or will supply them from the net on
the beach at $1 per hundred.
They are the cheapest meat for the
poor man, and certainly none nicer or
more wholesome. Theroe at this season
is large and delicious, aud together with
the fish, which may be taken here in
quantities to supply every market in the
South, must attract attention before long,
and become important articles of com
merce. With the waters full of all kinds
of fish, with a never-failing supply of
oysters and clams, and the natural land
yielding from one to two hundred bushels
of potatoes per acre, a man must indeed
be lazy who should suffer here for some
thing to eat.
THE WEATHEB.
The season for gales and storms has
passed, and we have not had a single
heavy blow. The gale that recently de
vasted portions of Texas was scarcely
noticed here. Not even the limb of a
tree was broken, and at night the surf
only roared a little louder than was usual.
This particular section, for a coast coun
try, is peculiarly exempt from storms and
cyclones, and as evidences of it, one may
walk for miles in the woods and never
see a “hurricane root,” or see the forest
or fruit trees inclined to one side or the
other, which is noticeable in places
subject to high winds, and this
fact is very much in favor of the
raising of fruits of the citrus family in
this section, as high winds lash the fruit
against the thorns, causing a defect from
which the rot rapidly ensues.
PERSONAL.
We had the pleasure a few weeks since,
at Tampa, to be present at the opening
of the fall term of the Circuit Court for
the sixth judicial circuit, by the presiding
Judge, Hon. Winer Bethel, this being his
first sitting. Judge Bethel is a gentle
man of urbane and prepossessing man
ners, and in appearance every inch the
judge. His rulings gave great satisfac
tion to the bar and people, and the only
regret is that Judge Bethel will not be a
candidate for confirmation by the Senate,
as the duties are too arduous for the
meagre salary, which is not as much as
he can realize in two or three important
cases in admiralty.
A Former Citizen of Savannah.
The Ham Patent Hub— A Correction
Thomasville, Ga., Nov. Ist, 1875.
Editor Morning News:
I see from your paper of this morning
that your reporter in Thomasville states
that the “Ham Patent Hub” was in the
Mechanical Hall, but had no one to ex
plain its merits. This is an error, and
you will greatly oblige me if you will
correct it. I represented the wheel my
self, and it was awarded a diploma. No
other wheel was on exhibition, and no
premiums were offered.
Yours, very respectfully,
Olin C. Smith.
1 lM
Does It Mean War.
[From the New Orleans Picayune.]
The Associated Press dispatch from
Washington in reference to the Cuban
question, published in our issue of yes
terday morning, is of a peculiarly signifi
cant nature. Its tone is semi-official,
and it bears evidence of authorization by
the President himself. Coupled with the
recent strengthening of the North At
lantic fleet, it points unmistakably to the
adoption of an active and aggressive
policy on the part of our government.
The tardiness of the administration in
resorting to this course is explained
and excused on the ground that the
Spanish Government has been in so
unsettled a condition that uninter
rupted consideration of the questions in
volved has been impossible. The Presi
dent, we are informed, regards the inde
pendence of Cuba as the only certain,
and even the necessary, solution of the
difficulty. For several years the insur
gent patriots have continued the revolt.
The Spanish Government has had time
to suppress it, but not the power. In the
meantime the interests of our own coun
try have suffered materially. Our citizens
have suffered insult and violence, and,
owing to our anomalous relations to the
contending parties, we have been able to
obtain redress and indemnity only with
great difficulty and after long delay.
The President, if we may rely on the
correctness of the dispatch, does not
propose to advocate the policy of annexa
tion, he desires only the recognition of
Cuba as an independent republic. Pos
sibly he expects the island, after its in
dependence shall have been achieved, to
seek voluntarily the protection of the
American Union.
The probable action of Spain in the
premises is still in doubt. Her policy
has never been to relinquish her terri
tory at the suggestion of violence, or to
yield it at the offer of gold. “The King,
my master, is accustomed to conquer
territories and defend them at the point
of the sword; but sell them, never!” was
the answer of the haughty hidalgo to the
Minister of the first Napoleon when he
proposed to buy Louisiana from his
government in order to sell it to the
United States. In accordance with this
proud policy, Louisiana was ceded
to France as a free gift, only with
the understanding that it was to be
ceded by France, in her turn, to the
United States. Considering, then, the
temper of the Spanish people, and the
fact that a very large proportion of their
revenues are derived from Cuba, we
might be inclined to believe that they
will not part with that rich possession
without a struggle. On the other hand,
it is to be remembered that money is es
sential to the maintenance of war, and
that Spain is bankrupt and without credit.
Further than that, she is already divided
and weakened by a long-protracted civil
war.
In the event of a war with Spain there
is little doubt that we could speedily
eject her forces from the island, but we
would be compelled to suffer very ma
terial injury to our commerce.
The agitation of this'question just at
this juncture is suspeoted to be a shrewd
bid from General Grant for re-election.
He thinks, perhaps, that m the event of
war the people would prefer a soldier-
President.
Indian Fighting in Philadelphia.
The jingling of glass attracted the atten
tion of a Philadelphia police officer in the
West Park, and the cry of murder issu
ing from a vehicle caused him to quicken
his pace. A man inside was kicking to
flinders the elegant circular glass forming
the front of the carriage, and a woman
and children were screaming and crying
murder. The officer sprang into the ve
hicle, mastered the incorrigible, and or
dered the driver to go on to Sedgley
guard house, On arriving there the offi
cer, O’Conner, made his statement, when
one of the ladies in the vehicle said she
could explain it all. They had all been
talking about Indians, after which the
gentleman fell asleep, and must have got
to dreaming that he was fighting Indians,
and kicked out the glass. The Indian
fighter gave the name of F. Kelley. He
was introduced to Grand Sachem John
son, who imposed a penalty. Query: Is
it a crime to dream of Indians ?—Phila
delphia Chronicle.
The London Hornet gives the following
as “Things a married lady cannot help
thinking ofThat she was a very pretty
girl at sixteen; that she had, or would
have had, a great many good offers; that
all her lady friends are five years older
than they say they are; that she has a
very fine mind; that if her husband had
acted on her advice he would be a richer
man to -day. The Hornet is without
doubt a married man.
CITY AFFAIRS.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CON
VENTION.
Savannah to be Represented—Our In*
lereat in the Enterprise.
Towards the close of the meeting of Coun
cil Wednesday evening, the Chairman intro
duced the following letter, received from
the Mayor of Atlanta, which was read, and
elicited some interesting remarks from Al
derman Arnold:
„ „ , , Atlanta, November 1, 1875.
A. C. Anderson, Esq., Mayor of Savan
nah, Ga.:
Dear Sir Iu view of the importance of
the early completion of the Southern Pacific
Railway to the industrial and commercial
interests of Georgia and of the entire South,
I have appointed seren delegates on the
part of the city of Atlanta, to the Southern
Pacific Railway Convention, to be held at
St. Louis, Missouri, on the 23d of this
month.
The basis of representation from towns
and cities is one delegate lor each five thou
sand inhabitants, and from boards of trade,
chambers of commerce, and cotton ex
changes, one for each fifty members ; and
when any such organization mav have less
than fifty members, one delegate!
The railroads from this point via Chatta
nooga, Nashville, Union City, and Iron
Mountain, have agreed to give free pas
sages both ways to regularly accredited
delegates to said convention.
I would respectfully ask your corporation
to assist in forwarding this great enterprise
by the appointment of a full delegation
from your city.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. C. Hammock.
After the clerk had finished reading the
letter, Alderman Arnold addressed the
Board on the subject, stating that the letter
just read had been shown him by the Mavor
in the morning, and that he had immedi
ately started to get information concerning
the project, as ho knew but little about it.
He had called at the Morning News office
and had there gleaned certain informa
tion, which, together with other
points subsequently obtained, he
would endeavor to present in a succinct and
intelligible form for the consideration of
the Council. He then read an extract from
the Chicago Iribune iu reference to the
Southern Pacific Railroad, iu which the
assertion was made that the enterprise was
one that the South was not at all in
terested in. From the fact that the
enterprise was antagonistic to the
Union Pacific Railroad, in which the West
was largely interested, the animus of the
Tribune was apparent. Subsequent investi
gation had satisfied him that the road was
one in which Savannah was deeply inter
ested, and he thought that the city
should be represented in the conven
tion. He was not prepared to go
into a full discussion of the subjoct just
now, but he had gleaned sufficient informa
tion to convince him that a representation
from this city would be of benefit. He had
been courteously furnished by Colonel J. F.
Waring with some points in" regard to the
distances from Marshall, Texas, to Savan
nah and Other points. There is a break iu
the railroad connection between the two
E cants named. The gap is between Monroe,
a., and Shreveport, a distance of 90 miles,
which is now connected by a stage line.
The distance from Marshall to New York
by one route is 1,671 miles, by another 1,578,
to Baltimore by the St. Louis route 1,483,
by the Cairo route 1,400 ; from Marshall to
Savannah only 892 miles, several hundred
miles less than to either of the first named
points.
DISTANCE OF ST. LOUIS TO SAVANNAH.
St. Louis to Nashville 316
Nashville to Atlanta 289
Atlanta to Savannah 295
Total 900
DISTANCE OF VICKSBURG TO SAVANNAH.
Vicksburg to Meridian 140
Meridian to Selma 108
Selma to Columbus 145
Columbus to Macon 100
Maeon to Savannah 192
Total 685
DISTANCE OF VICKSBURG TO MARSHALL.
Vicksburg to Shreveport 167
Shreveport to Marshall .... 40
Total 207
DISTANCE OF MARSHALL TO ST. LOUIS.
Marshall to Texarkana 74
Texarkana to St. Louis 490
Total 564
with some further remarks, Alderman Arn
old moved that the Mayor be authorized to
appoint a suitable committee to represent
Savannah at the Convention, which motion
was adopted.
AN OUTRAGEOUS AFFAIR.
A iUnn anti His Wife Savagely Assaulted
by Negroes.
On Monday night, between eight and nine
o’clock, the store of F. Hogrefe, a German
on the White Bluff road, just beyond the
toll-gate, was entered by two negroes, who
made some small purchases. The men
asked for whisky, and Mr. Hogrefe proceed
to fill the Bmall bottle one of them present
ed. After getting the whisky, the negroeß
took a drink, and then commenced roaming
around the store, whilst Mr. Hogrefe
was in the act of closing it. Mrs.
Hogrefe was in the store at the time, and
observing that the negroes were evidently
endeavoring to get behind the counter at
the money drawer, told them, to stop their
skylarking, pay for what they had bought
and leave the place. They gave no atten
tion to her, when sho called upon her hus
band, who ordered the negroes to stop their
foolishness, remarking that he did not allow
any one behind his counter. One of the ne
groes, whom he recognized as James
Stykes, the identical individual who
a few weeks since cut a negro named
George Redding in a difficulty near
Lover’s lane, from the effects of which Red
ding died a day or two afterwards, replied,
“Well come here and get your money, and
we will leave your and n place.”
Mr. Hogrefe advanced towards them, and
when within a foot or two of Stykes, the
negro suddenly dealt him a terrible blow on
the head with a slung shot, inflicting an
ugly wound. Hogrefe drew a pistol, when
Stykes closed on him, knocking the weapon
from his grasp, gave him a severe cut with
a knife across the back of the neck aud ear.
Mrs. Hogrefe, seeing the danger of her
husband, yelled lustily for the police,
when Stykes, seizing a hammer lying on the
counter, rushed upon her and, dealing her
a heavy blow, knocked her senseless to the
floor. He then cut her several times about
the body, and, before Hogrefe could reach
him, jumped out of the door and escaped
in the darkness. The negro who was with
Stykes ran off, at the commencement of the
difficulty, and was not recognized by Ho
grefe.
We learned last evening that Mr. Hogrefe,
who came in town for a physician, reported
that his wife was in a very critical condition,
and that he had no hopes of her recovery.
It is believed that Stykes, who is a notori
ously bad negro, has since the fatal termi
nation of the difficulty with Redding been
hiding in a swamp in the vicinity, and has
only ventured forth at night. It is stated
that his mother lives in the neighborhood,
and has been supplying him with food.
Certainly some strenuous effort should be
made by our constabulary force to capture
this negro, and bring him to the punish
ment he so richly deserves.
A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.
A White Woman Shot on a Public Road
by a Negro.
We have information from a party who
came in from White Bluff Tuesday of one
of the most dastardly and villainous out
rages it has been our province to record in
some time.
Our informant states that about seven
o’clock yesterday morning a white woman,
accompanied by a little girl, whilst walking
towards the city on the White Bluff road,
encountered a patty of three or four
negroes at a point about four miles
from town, and without any provocation
whatever, or even intimation of his de
sign, it is stated that one of the black fiends
deliberately leveled the gun he had in his
hands and fired at the woman, the load
taking effect in her stomach, inflicting a
serious and probably fatal wound. The
gang then gave a sort of demoniacal Indian
war whoop and disappeared in the woods.
The injured womau was discovered by
some parties in the neighborhood and con
veyed to a house in the vicinity and medical
attention was summoned. Our informant
states that she is in an extremely critical
condition. The little girl who was close
beside the woman narrowly escaped being
struck by some of the scattering shots.
It is to be hoped that some of our shrewd
detective officers will move in this matter,
and if they should succeed in arresting any
or all of these parties, they ought to be
liberally rewarded for the expense, trouble
and risk incurred. Such an outrage ought
not to be allowed to piss without some
action, and we would respectfully suggest
that the County Commissioners consider the
matter at their meeting to-day.
Man and Wife.
Twas morning of election day,
He came down feeling fresh and cheery,
And, bending o’er her chair, remarked,
••Who are your candidates, my deary ?”
She humped her pull-back just enough
To make her favorite paper rustle—
“ Their names I don’t remember, bnt
You’ll find them somewhere in my bustle.”
Fatal Hemorrhage From a Tooth.—
A young man named Hannan, living in
Coles county, Illmois, had a tooth drawn
last week, and the hemorrhage was so
excessive that he was unable to leave the
dentist’s office. All efforts to check the
flow of blood failed, and he died on Sat
urday.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Summary of the Week’s Dispatches
THE RICHARD CASE.
A GRAND JURY INTIMIDATED.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, November 4.
INDICTED.
Harney Richard was indicted yesterday.
The principal evidence was negroes and one
Smith, whoso oath is not to be believed.
merchantable.
All the witnesses are merchantable, and
the jury was intimidated. There is intense
indignation.
the new vork elections.
New York, November 3.— ln Kings coun
ty five districts heard from give Bigelow
6,922. Schroeder, Republican, for Mayor of
Brooklyn has 1,000 majority.
The World says : “The’ State is verv
close. We claim it by about 5,000. The
Legislature will be close ; we claim the
Assembly. The Senate must be determined
by fuller returns.” The Times fixes Mor
risey’s majority at 3,500. The Herald says
the Democrats win by a majority of 6,000 to
7,000. The Tribune says ’ New York
has gone Democratic bv" about 10,000.
Tbe (Sun gives the State to the
Republicans. The Times gives a congratu
latory article, but is silent on the result in
tho State. The Times editorially congratu
lates the Republicans on the result, aud
says : “Tilden as a Presidential candidate
has destroyed himself, and it is now beyond
doubt that both tho Republicans aud Demo
crats will have to place new candidates be
fore the people next year, if they wish to
suoceed. Gen. Grant has long been out of
the question as a Presidential candidate,
aud now Governor Tilden may safely make
up his mind to close his public life wiih his
present term of office. No one need fear
that the Republicans will revive the thifd
project. That is ,as dead as Julius
Ctesar. We never should have supported
such a scheme under the circumstances,
aud nothing whatever would leatl us to do
so now.”
New York, November 3. — Otsego county
gives 300 Democratic majority, and Buffalo
2,826 majority.
Albany, Novembor 3.—Up to noon to-day
returns indicate the election of twenty Re
publicans and twelve Democrats to" the
btato Senate. Tbe Republicans now claim
tbe election 6f their Senators in tbe first,
fifth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, thir
teenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth,
nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty
second, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty
sixth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thir
tieth and thirty-second districts. The Dem
ocrats claim tho election of seventy mem
bers to the Assembly, to fifty-eight Repub
licans. Albany county, complete, gives
Bigelow 583 majority. A Republican
State Senator is elected; also, two
Republican aud two Democratic Assem
blymen; Cortlandt county complete gives
385 Republican majority; Chomuug county,
500 Republican majority; Jefferson county,
600 Republican majority; Tompkins county,
50 Democratic majority; Alleghany county,
2,300 Republican majority; Clinton county,
400 Republican majority; Columbia county,
324 Democratic majority.
New York, November 3. — The latest returns
atjhand leavo the State in doubt, with the
chances rather in fayor of Bigelow. The
majority is unlikely to exceed 5,000 either
way. The counties estimated this morning
show where the Democrats in later returns
increase their figures aud where the Repub
licans are correspondingly decreased.
The Albany Evening Journal concedes the
State to Bigelow by about 1,000, while the
Commercial Advertise?- still has hopes for
Seward by 2,000 or 3,000 majority. Tho Re
publicans certainly have a fair working ma
jority in both Houses of the Legislature.
The Senate stands about 21 Republicans to
11 Democrats, and the Assembly 73 Repub
licans to 55 Democrats.
Oswego county gives the Republicans 3,000
majority, Duchess county 446 Republican
majority, Ulster county 2,500 Democratic
majority, aud Groene 800 Democratic ma
jority.
Albany, November 3.—The Evening Jour
nal says : “The result on tho State tickets is
close and still a matter of doubt. Our ta
ble shows a small apparent Democratic ma
jority.”
New York, November 4, — The Times con
cedes a Democratic majority of 2,300. The
World claims 10,000, with a chance for the
Assembly. The Tribune says that tho Dem
ocrats elect the entire State ticket by 700.
The Herald gives the Democrats a majority
of 5,000. The Republicans, to fill a Con
gressional vacancy, elect their candidate in
Cheateauhugue district.
Albany, November 4. — The Argus claims
the State by 10,000 Democratic majority,
and makes tho Senato twenty-two to twelve
Republicans, and the Assembly sixty-six to
sixty-two Democrats, giving tho Republi
cans six majority on joint ballot.
THE MABYLAND ELECTION.
Baltimore, November 3. — Returns from
counties to-night aro still incomplete, but
sufficiently full to decide the result in the
State ticket and the complection of the Leg
islature. Of tho twenty-three counties iu
the State Mr. Carroll has carried ten, viz :
Anne Arundel, Garrett, Harford, Howard,
Kent, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen
Anne’s, Wicomico, and Worster, by a re
ported aggregate majority of 3,700; and
Mr. Harris ten, viz : Alleghany, Baltimore,
Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dor
chester, Frederick, Talbot, and Wash
ington, by a reported and
estimated majority aggregating 3,400,
leaving the three counties of Calvert, Som
erset and St. Mary’s to be heard from,
which cannot affect the general result, but
will decide it outside the city of Baltimore.
St. Mary’s will probably go for Carroll, and
Calvert and Somerset for Harris. The ma
jorities will be very small either way. The
majority for Harris is based on an estimate
of six hundred in Alleghany aud twelve
hundred majority in Baltimore counties.
The latter county has heretofore given from
1,000 to 1,500 Democratic majority, but has
been completely revolutionized. At their
recent primaries lor the nomination of
county officers the Democrats adopted the
Crawford county, Pennsylvania, system of
nominating, dispensing with tho county
convention. In several counties carried by
Mr. Harris, by small majorities, the Demo
cratic legislative and county ticket is
elected. The Senate consists of twenty-six
members, of which ten Democrats and
two Republicans hold over. Of tho fourteen
to be returned the Democrats have elected
nine and the Republicans three, viz : re
electing Dr. Lewis H. Steiner in Frederick
and one in Baltimore and Washing
ton counties each, and leaving Somerset aud
Calvert to be heard from. 01 the eighty
four members of the House, the Democra's
have elected fifty-six and the Republicans
twenty-three, the remaining five being
from Somerset and Calvert, not hoard from.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.
Richmond, November 3. — James MacDou
gal, Registrar, and John Maxhausen, Judge
at the first precinct of Jefferson ward, were
arrested to-day on a charge of fraud in re
turning the vote of their precinct, whereby
it is claimed that Knight, Independent can
didate for the Senate, was beaten by Gen.
Bradley T. Johnson, the Conservative nomi
nee. James S. Morrison was also arrested
on a criminal charge of misleading voters.
They were bailed in five thousand dollars
in each case until to-morrow. If fraud at
this precinct is established and the vote
thrown out, Johnson will lose his election.
Full county returns are still light, but
enough has been received to show that the
complection of the Legislature will not be
literally changed. The Independent candi
dates were voted for in a number of coun-
ties, but only in a few instances with a suc
cessful result. Caroline county elects
Swann, Conservative, and S. J. White, Inde
pendent, for the House.
Culpepper county elects Halle, Independ
ent, over Strother, Conservative. Henrico
county elects Talley, Republican, over Bry
an, Conservative, a Republican gain; Hoe
ninger, Conservative, in the same county,
has but one majority.
In Augusta county, Hon. A. H. H.
Stuart was run for the House as an Inde
pendent against his wish. He is probably
elected, but an official count is needed to
decide. It is said he will not serve if elected.
The foregoing changes, so far as the politi
cal status of the candidates is concerned,
are all that are reported as yet.
BOLD BANK EOBBEBY.
Scbanton, November 3.—The First Na
tional Bank of Pittston was broken into last
night by burglars, who effected an entrance
into the vault, where they blew open two
spherical safes and abstracted $40,000 in
bonds and money. They entered and de
parted through the roof of the bank, a one
story brick structure with a flat tin roof.
The thieves cut a hole about eighteen inches
square, and from this three of the gang de
scended by ropes into the vault, leaving two
confederates out to-watch and assist them
in escaping. The vault was guarded by a
strong door supplied with a burglar alarm,
but the thieves entered through the top of
the vault. The thieves were surprised by
neighbors just as they were escaping at
morning. The alarm was raised but the
burglars succeeded in escaping, leaving be
hind a complete set of burglars’ tools.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Philadelphia, Novomber 4.—The official
majority for PershiDg in Schuylkill county
is 1,338, in Lycoming 1,153, in Huntingdon
59, in Miflin 140, in Northumberland 878, in
Centre 1,407, in Berks 6,567, in Cumberland
706, in Bucks 287, m Clarion 1,055. Hart
ranft’s majority in Montgomery is 35, in
Dauphin 1,870, in Delaware 1,996, in Erie
1,811.
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
Madrid, November 4.—The Epoca says it
knows nothing of America’s Cuban memo
randum, and believes the recent dispatches
greatly exaggerate the afiair. Oronista , the
ministerial organ, believes the American
filibusters invented the news of the equip
ment of five frigates for Cuba in order to
create complications.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE ANGEL.
Osbipee, N. H , November 2 Lemuel T.
Abbot, a farmer, killed his wife, nearly sev
ering her head from her bodv with an axe
The act was committed in the heat of pas
sion during a quarrel. He attempted to
hang himself, but was arrested and con
fessed.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Philadelphia, November 3.—Montgome
ry county giyeg Hartranft 35 majority.
A DEMONIAC HUSBAND AND FATHER.
Lndianapous, November 4.—The Koko
mo Tribune has the following : “David Rob.
insou came to town on the 33 and bought a
new suit of clothes and a revolver, after
which he went home and showed his pur
chases to his family at his supper. Robin
son was in good humor and appeared per
fectly sane. He romarked to his wife that
it would havo been well if little Dan bis
son, had died two weeks ago, and said he
had attempted to kill the child. He then
drew his revolver and fired at his second son
iyrng m the bed. He then turned and shot
at his wife. Mrs. Robinson ran out of the
house and the oldest bov, eight year* of
age, started to follow, when the father
shot him in tho face, but the ball
glanced off without hurting him badly The
father then struck him in tho back of the
head with a chair. The son succeeded in
getting out with his mother. Robinson
then took a razor aud approached the bed
on which lay his only daughter, aud cut her
throat. He followed this murder by taking
the life of tho son whm he had first shot
in the bed in the same manner, after which
bo jumped on bis horso and fled. His dead
body was found this morning one mile north
of Jackson station, on the Indianapolis
Peoria aud Chicago Railroad. It is sup!
posed that he committed suicide.
DISTRESS IN GERMANY.
New York, November 4.—The London
Morning Post of October 23d has a Berlin
dispatch of tho 22d, saying that tho depres
sion in trade is felt so keenly by the indus
trial classes that the government has been
requested as a means of preventing acute
distress to resort to a measure successfully
adopted iu the last two wars, namely the
establishment of loan banks, but tho govern
ment has not as yet shown much
inclination to accede to the request.
Serious distress is anticipated among
the industrial working classes during
the winter and apprehensions are also
entertained ot a crisis in financial cir
cles. The same paper also says that the
Russian correspondent of the German pa
pers gives distressing accounts of the uu.
paralleled failure of this year’s harvest.
Never before, it is asserted, has a failure
been so general in Russia, both in geo
graphical extent aud comprehensiveness.
With regard to crops afflicted, the entire
cultivated zone is deprived of its expected
harvest. All crops have suffered alike.
TUE FIRE AT SHERMAN.
Galveston, November 2.—The fire at
Sherman, Texas, yesterday was first disco\>
ered in St. Cloud Hotel. A strong south
west wind swept fire across tho
street, burning a row of buildings
used as offices, and then raged on
both sides of the streot, destroying
everything as far north, and including" tho
new post office building on Houston streot
on the south side of the square. Tho flames
spread rapidlv that but few goods were
saved. lUo post ollice and contents and
every prmtiug offico were burned. Sixty
* five places of business were burned, and
some thirty families aro homeless. Tho
losses are estimated at $340,000. The
houses were nearly all frame structures,
and were only partially covered by in
surance.
CHAMBERLAIN.
Charleston, November 4.—Governor
Chamborlaiu made a speoch to-day iu which
he declared that lio holds his office as a pub
lic trust, and said the great demands of the
pooplo are a reduction of taxation and an
honest expenditure of the public money
The poople of South Carolina ought to bo
and can be relieved of one-third of the taxes
they have paid for the last six years. The
speoch was entirely of a nou-part-izan char
acter, aud was loudly applauded by tho large
audience before whom it was delivered.
A NEGRO DESPERADO.
Memphis, November 2.—Ed. Johnson, a
desperate negro, stabbed two whito men
and two negroes on the steamer Phil Alien
yesterday, about twelve miles below here
killing one negro instantly. Tho other one
was put ashore iu a dying condition. The
crow of the Allou arrested Johnson and sent
him back hero for trial. It is reported that
he recently escaped from the Larionfik jail,
where he was confined for tho murder of
another negro.
THE DIRECT CABLE,
New York, Novomber 4.—Tho superin
tendent of the direct cable writes to the
Associated Press : “I havo the pleasure of
informing you that this company's cable
was successfully repaired this morning.
Tbe Faraday reports the cable, after fifteen
months submersion, in absolutely as perfect
a condition as when manufactured. The
fracture, which was found in seventy fath
oms of water, was such as would be oaused
either by an anchor or a grapnel.”
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Philadelphia, November 3. —> Monroe
county gives a Democratic gain of 341. War
ren countv a Democratic gain of 41, Newton
county a Democratic majority of 321, Co
lumbia 2,215 Democratic majority,Armstrong
600 Republican majority, Piko 620 Demo
cratic majority, Cambria 922 Democratic
majority, and Bucks county 316 Democratic
majority.
Ah Extraordinary Record.
A letter in the Memphis Appeal says
of Dr. Yancy, a colored medical prodigy
who practices near Bartlett, Tenn.; He
goes only to difficult and abandoned hope
less cases. Here he applies the mysteries
of his art. And what do you think he
can do? Cure them? No, not always;
but he can take bugs, snakes, lizards,
frogs, toads, terrapins, ground-hogs and
various insects out of his patients, and
effectually undo the devices of the wicked
conjurer that placed them there. He fre
quently finds about the bed or oorners.
of the fire-place the identical blue bot
tles with which they were conjured. He
took from one colored man a worm
four feet long. Ho frequently finds
a colored man afflicted with a worm from
four inches to a still greater length. He
extracted from another patient a great
number of black bugs, such as you see
under shocks of corn or wheat. He took
from a lady patient of bis own color a
ground-hog that weighed seven pounds,,
and from another an actual live terrapin.
His male patients are more frequently
afflicted with bugs, snakes, toads and
such small things, while the lady patients,
poor creatures, as is the fate of their sex,
are frequently conjured with more
weighty things. Dr. Yancy is a
self-made man, and probably has
but one equal in his profession, and that
is old Dr. Longstreet, who came from
Africa at an early day, and spent much
of his subsequent life in the family of
General Longstreet’s father. lie, too,
has his home near Bartlett, but spends
most of his time in Memphis. He claims
to be immediately connected with tho
said General Longstreet, and was a great
rebel when his young master commanded
his famous battalions on the Confederate!
side, but is now rather “shaky” on that
question. He has understood that his
young master acknowledged that we were
wrong, and he is inclined to think so,
too, and votes that way, “bress God.”
A Victim or the Black Crook.—
New York, November I.—George J.
Hoffman, son of a wealthy Fifth avenue
man, fell in love with a danseuse in the
“Black Crook” ballet, and when her en
gagement was at an end he followed her
to London, and made love to her until
his money was gone. He sent home and
received money through Jay Cooke <fc Go.,
to provide for the girl and her child. Hot
gave her £275, with £75 to pay for in
struction in an art school. He paid her
£IOO for tho child, and drew £SO to pay
his own expenses home. He and an ald
er brother signed the drafts, but the fa
ther in New York refused to accept them.
Jay Cooke & Cos. sued the sons for dam
ages for drawing money without authori
ty, and got damages. Last week they
sued the father in Brooklyn on the ground
that the money was advanced at his re
quest, and the jury gave them a verdict
of .$3,878 37.
“Over production” is what is the mat
ter, is it ? Contraction the panacea !
Well, the South and West produce mainly
from the soil. The East produces from
the workshop, when it produces any
thing. There would not be so much ovei
production there either, if the South and
West had currency and credit facilities to.
buy of the East its manufactured and im
ported commodities. Contraction in the
South and West produces rigid economy,
of a necessity. The longer contraction
continues the more the South and West
economize. Eastern merchants air* and
manufacturers need not look for j n .
creasing orders from out this way.
are more failures East yet tr come
None so blind as they who mV not see .'
They will feel it in the East ’ v and bv
In England also Grind on wit £ the
traction mill—AWwte American.
* Fv. 9 ’ times,” replied a De
troit bootblack th e other day, “and Bill
says they are to be still tnffer afore
go on the stage this winter,
but 1 hain'c no good c i othes . j- d i ike to
be easb’.er in a bank, but I hain’t high
enough. I’ve thought some of being a
lawyer, but they say that lawyers lie so.
I guess if-the weather holds bad I’ll go to
boldin’ an office of some kind at the City
Hall.” J
Singular Polsoning. —At Rotherham
lately three families were poisoned by
partaking of 3ome soup. On inquiry it
was discovered that arsenic was the cause,
and that it had been left after the wash
ing of clothes in a boiler which had not
been properly cleaued before the soup
was made in it. The arsenio came, of
course, from printed goods, in which it is
used.