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FLASHES OF THE CABLE.
THE FINANCIAL PRESSURE IN
El ROPE.
Immense Turn-Out of Iron Workers —
A Big Firm Taking: in Sails—Liabili
ties of the German Jay Cooke—
“ There’s Millions in it.”
London, October 30.—The Leeds Mer
cury of to-day says that the large iron
producers, Blacken, Vaughan & Cos.,
employing in their collieries, mines and
works nearly 10,000 men, have notified
their employees at Middleborougli,
Wilton Park and the Eston Works in
Yorkshire, that owing to depression of
trade, their engagement must termi
nate on the 13th of November next.
Vienna, October 30.—Dr. Strous
berg’s liabilities wiil be $25,000,000,
Berlin, October 30. - Bankruptcy pro
ceedings have commenced against Dr.
Strousberg.
The Egyptians Invade Abyssinia—
Spanish Diplomacy—The Fate of Sir
John Franklin.
Cairo, October 30.—The Egyptian
army has entered Abyssinia. Abys
siuians retreat without resistance.
Madrid, Oetober.3o.—The telegram of
yesterday saying oa the authority of
the Epoca that the Spanish cabinet re
cently discussed its reply to the Wash
ington note doubtless refers to a sum
mary of unsettled questions between
Spain and the Uuited States, submitted
by Minister Cushing, but involving no
nev/ point of controversy.
Ottawa, Ont., October 30.—A French
Canadian litterateur of this city claims
to have been possessed of a document
relating to the fate of Sir John Frank
lin, which has never been published,
it was sent to him by a friend who has
lately traveled in the northwest.
The Turks Murdering Christians—
The Woes of a Bishop—Spanish and
Servian News-
Vienna, October 30.—1 tis reported
that the Turks murdered sixty Chris
tians at Behas, a fortified town near
the Dalmatian frontier.
Berlin, October 30.—1 tis stated that
the Polish Bishop Ledochowski will be
expelled from Germany upon the expi
ration of his imprisonment.
Madrid, October 30.—The Epoca says
the Spanish Cabinet discussed a reply
to the Washington note, which tends
t > determine the relations between
Spain and America, to enable the
American Government to present to
Congress detailed accounts of interna
tional relations.
Belgrade, October 30. —The Skupt
schina has adjourned for a month.
FROM NEW YORK.
Battle Over the Bible-The Tweed
Case—Bank Statement—Departure of
Missionaries.
New Aortic, October 30. — The Board
of Education of Union Hill, N. J„ voted
to prohibit reading the Bible in the
public schools. Some of the citizens
■tgpenly threatened that there would be
bloodshed before the Bible should be
removed.
The Attorney General has notified
Tweed’s counsel that the $6,000,000 suit
. will be pressed to trial Monday.
Lank statement —Loans have de
creased four and five-eights millions ;
specie increase, three and a half mil
jfons ; legal tenders, decrease, one and
one-quarter millions; deposits, de
crease, two and three-eights millions ;
reserve, increase, two and seven-eights
millions.
There has been a strong northeast
erly storm since noon.
Revs. Newton, Nichols, Wheeler,
Piaekstoff and Challis ; Mrs. Challis,
Mrs. Goodwin, and Mrs. S. M. Beus
croff, wiio were recently appointed
missionaries to India, sailed to-day for
Liverpool.
FROM ATLANTA.
Receiver Grant Ordered to Vamose
the Rauelie.
Atlanta, October 30—Garner, elaim-
Tiit of the Atlanta aud Richmond Air
Line Road, under Sheriff’s sale, came
into the Superior Court to-day, and be
fore Judge Hopkins, presiding, dis
claimed any title to the same. The
Pennsylvania Road petitioned to be
made a party to the suit aud prays
that Grant who was appointed by Judge
Hopkins, under the Garner litigation,
as receiver, be retained in that position.
The Court decided the petition aud
ordered Grant to vacate as receiver,
at once, but allows a reasonable time
Lo settle with connecting roads and
employes. This action, in connection
with the decree of sale by the United
States Circuit Court, is regarded as
certainly installing John H. Fisher, of
New York, as Receiver, under the ap
pointment of Judge Wood, of Ihe U.
S. Court in December last. Upon pe
tition of tbe bondholders, the new Re
ceiver was in Court.
Clews & Cos. vs. the Cartersville and
Van Wert Railroad.
The Master in Chancery, to whom
a.as referred, at the last term of the
Circuit Court of the United States, the
matters in controversy between Clews
& Cos. and the Cartersville and Van
Wert Railroad Company, as to the lia
bility of the latter to the former, on
account of the bonds of tbe latter and
money advanced for the construction
of the road, reported that $67,431.70
were due Clews & Cos. Exceptions were
taken and Judge Woods, to-day ren
dered a decision sustaining the report.
FIGHTING INDIANS.
Uncle Sam Slightly Drubbed.
Kansas City, October 30. —There are
reports from Fort Hayes of a fight
between troops and a wandering band
of Cheyenne Indians. The troops were
driven off and two killed. They were
relnforct 1 and again driven off with
one killed and one wounded. General
Carr’s command left Fort Hayes on a
special train for the seat of war.
Harvard Regatta.
Boston.— The annual Fall regatta of
Harvard College came off to-day. The
weather was unfavorable, aud water
quite rough. In the six oared race,
two miles, Halyoke won in 13 minutes
and 31j4 seconds, with Halwarthy sec
ond in 13 minutes and 50 seconds.
Halyoke also won the four oared race,
15 minutes aud B>£ seconds, with Hal
warthy second, iu 15 minutes and 9
seconds. Loring won the single scull
race in 16 minutes and 49 seconds.
Raleigh, October 29. —The Board of
Directors of the It. and G. and It. and
A. A. L. Roads to-day elected Major
John C. Winder Superintendent, to suc
ceed Capt. A. B. Andrews, resigned.
Hlje Augusta Constitutionalist
Established 1799.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Financial—The Mississippi Election—
Pi’ecautions to Preserve Order.
Washington, October 30.— The Trea
surer of the United States holds United
States bonds a3 security for national
bank circulation amounting to $369,-
799,412; for public deposits, $10,730,000.
National bank notes outstanding at
this date, $346,805,616, of which $2,-
640,000 are in national gold bank notes.
Internal revenue receipts to-dav, $377,-
980.33; for the month, $9,586,317.09;
for the year, $38,115,522.86. Custom
receipts to-day, $411,702.88; for the
month, $11,499,245.17; for the year,
$56,132,084.17. National bank notes
received for redemption during the
week, $5,127,207.
Washington, October 31.—The fol
lowing is elicited from the very highest
sources:
Considerable interest is manifested
here in the coming election in Missis
sippi, regarding the matter of a full
preservation of the public peace in
that State on election day, All the ad
vices that have been received here by
agents of the Government upon this
subject have been favorable, and tele
graphic dispatches were received by
the Attorney General this morning
from representatives of the Depart
ment of Justice, now in Mississippi,
reiterating the impressions heretofore
sent, that the pacific arrangements that
have been made by the opposing politi
cal organizations in the State will be
fully carried out. Inasmuch as the au
thorities of the General Government
have been assiduous in arranging for a
peaceable election, every precaution
has been taken to secure it, and there
are assurances that everything is in
readiness to compel obedience to the
law and order should unfortunately a
necessity arise for any such interfer
ence on the day of the election.
LEGAL.
A Great Coal Sait Decided—An In
surance Case—Receivership of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., October 30. —In
the great ejectment suit of Calhoun M.
Deringer vs. Coxe, et al ., for coal lands
valued at $4,000,000, a verdict was to
day rendered in favor of Deriuger.
New Haven, Conn., October 30.— 1n
the case of the American National Life
and Trust Company, against John W.
Stedman, Insurance Commissioner of
the State, the Judge decided that the
company is in assets to the amount of
$50,000. This is a substantial victory
for the company, as thirty days are al
lowed by law to make up any defici
ency. The directors voted to make up
the deficiency and proceed as usual.
Richmond, October 30.—Judge Bold,
of the United States Circuit Cov..
ting with Judge Hughes of the District
Court, to-day rendered his fi.ur.i de
cision in the case of the Ch oipeako
M.n<l Ohio Bafirnatl, appointing Henry
Tyson, of Baltimore permanent Re
ceiver. This decision is not favorably
received here as Mr. Tyson r in intecl,
only $120,000 of first mortgage bonds,
tvvhiie che appointment or oreu. yviCK
ham as Receiver was asked by holders
of $23,000,000.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Terrible Storms in Canada and Ar
kansas—Railway Accident—Marine
Disaster—A Murderer Lynched.
Kingston, Ont., October 30.—A furi
ous storm. Two fishermen were
drowned.
Little Rock, October 30.—A terrible
storm occurred here and in the sur
rounding country last evening, pre
trating telegraph wires in every direc
tion. Several houses in this city were
unroofed, the State House among the
number. At Carlisle, on the Memphis
& Little Rock Railroad, several houses
were blown down.
Indianapolis, October 30.—The engi
neer of a freight train on the Pan
Handle Road, approaching Cambridge
during a heavy storm, saw a bridge tot
ter, and saved his life by jumping from
the engine. Four cars went through,
killing the fireman and head brakeman.
Norfolk, October 30.—A schooner,
name unknown, was reported ashore
yesterday by the steamship Old Do
minion, on Chincoteague shoals. Ba
ker’s wrecking steamer went last night
to her assistance.
Omaha, October 30.—Wednesday last
Charles Patterson shot and killed R.
W. Porter, chief herder of Bosler’s
cattle, on the North Platte, thirty miles
north of Sidoey, Nebraska, where
Patterson was taken under arrest. —
Last evening the jail was broken into
by a mob of masked men* Patterson
was taken out and strung up to a tele
graph pole. Sheriff Hameaer, with
assistance, overpowered the crowd and
cut him down in time to save life. At
4 o’clock this evening the mob again
succeeded in breaking into jail, taking
Patterson, and effectually hanging him.
St. Albans. October 30.—A New
York female was arrested here on the
arrival of the Montreal train with 400
yards of black silk on her person.
Minor Telegrams.
Des Moines, la., October 30. —Snow-
ing and sleeting.
Salt Lake, October 30.—Brigham
Young has been ordered to prison for
contempt in not paying alimony. Ha
was arrested ia bed. Two doctors cer
tified that he was too iil for removal.
New York, October 30.—The House
of Bishops elected Rev. Samuel J. J.
Schereschewsky Bishop of China and
Rev. Dr. Win. J. Clark Bishop of
Africa.
San Francisco, October 30.—Proceed
ings of the Bulletin, versus the Call for
libel commenced. Tbe court has under
advisement a motion strike out of the
complaint everything relating to the
Bank of California, which would debar
the Bulletin from presenting evidence
justifying its reports.
Memphis, October 31.—Thirty thou
sand cigars were seized from various
parties improperly branded.
A severe rain aud thunder storm oc
curred last night.
Chicago, October 31.—Reports have
been received from various portions of
Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and other
States, that thousands of hogs are dy
ing of cholera.
The Punch man notices that the
baldheaded men comb their heads with
towels.
A Detroit boy surprised his father
the other day by asking: “Father, do
you like mother?” “Why, yes, of
course.” “And does she like you?”
“Of course she does.” “Did she ever
say so?” “Many a time, my son.”
“Did she marry you because she loved
you?” “Certainly she did.” The boy
looked the old man all over, and after
a long pause, asked: "Well, was she as
near-sighted then as she is now ?”
Detrnit Free Press.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA
Judge Hopkins in the Pillory—A
Magistrate Terrible Only to the
Evil-Doer—Bardism—Thespian Notes
—Au Antique Tea Party—Another
Bonanza. On the Verge of Death-
Street Sprinklers.
[From Our Regular Correspondent ]
Atlanta, October 29.
And now Judge Hopkins, our Su
perior Court Judge, comes in for a
round of censure, and his brainy head
is placed under the keen guillotine of
public abuse. His public and private
acts are fished up from the dark depths
of t he past and bulletined to the utmost
limits of the circle wherein sways that
mighty pendulum—the Evening Com
monwealth. That paper lays on the
lash with a wicked severity, and the
rabble take the cue and brand
ish their cudgels with an air
of grandeur. He is accused of
being heartless, merciless—a clammy,
mummified cynic—a statue of
stone, and so on. Clawing out of the
terrible briars of epithet, his revilers
puff out smoky hints to the effect that
the little judge is mentally incapable of
sitting in judgment and rendering de
cisions. To let them tell it, he is a ju
dicial fraud, and the ermine fits badly
about him. His legal foresight is ob
fuscated, his knowledge of ethics want
ing, his heart turning to adamant, and
the milk of human kindness long since
dried up, but with all this villification
—this crushing avalanche of soul-har
rowing imputations, he lives and daily
invites the wrong doer to dole out his
penance with that classical crew, the
convict gang.
Judge Hopkins has been in office
about eight years, and during that
time he has never failed to administer
the full demands of law and and jus
tice. He bas been stern, aye, inflexi
ble, but be never smothered - justice to
satisfy sympathy. He views evil-do
ing in this broad light: “The law is
plain and known to ali; if it is violat
ed, it is with a full knowledge of the
consequences; crime must be punished,
and the criminal must look for it. If
the law says the murderer must be
hanged, why not hang him; if the
law says the burglar must go to the pen
itentiary, why not send him !” That’s
the way he views it. His charges to
the juries are simply summings-up of
the evidence, a careful and lucid state
ment of the law governing
the case, and an earnest
admonition to do their whole
duty in the premises. It’s a
fearful state of '■.ffairs if we can’t find
nowaday •. .; v > who cannot be biased
or r- r - ;u'hofcti by the c). rga of the
Ju Yet, some p. • , here, from
wh-.r. cause I can’t conjecture, seems
disposed to murmur against our little
Judge. Very few men are brave enough
to daily measure out justice as Judge
Hopkins. He fears no man, is beyond
the reach of briber y, and consults per
sonal sympathy an 5 prejudice less, per
haps, than any man on the bench.
That, he has a hi ;.,t no one will deny,
; m mayhap that heart ebbs and flows
like o‘.;-sr hen? ff h/ .and 1 that a .
sitive organ be consulted when the
plain unvarnished sentence of law is to
be pronounced!
Well, the fact is we are without pabu
lum for the hungry sensational mouths
of our progressive people. Foster
Blodgett will not pay ua the announced
visit; Moody and Sankey have not as
yet fallen upon their knees and blessed
us for the invitation to come and dwell
with us; the water works diamond has
shone its resplendent shine; the near
ing city election has dwindled down to
ordinary proportions, and we sigh for
something to stain our avenging
scimitars and cover our progressive
selves with enterprising glory. If our
darts of malice and shafts of spleen
fall harmless about the feet of Mr.
Kimball; if the paper pellets of pusil
lanimous and pedantic playfulness fail
to evoke even a snarl from newspaper
impeded victims, we must, < edad, se
duce the hirsute covering rom some
body’s pericranium—and why not Hop
kins’ ?
John Bard.
Apropos of Judge Hopkins, the case
of this unfortunate young man pre
sents itself. Failing to raise the one
thousand dollars imposed for stabbing
a young man named Spencer, he has
now the dread alternative of wot king
out the sentence, which is one year on
public works. The time having elapsed
nothing but executive clemency will
avail aught, and that hope is the slen
derest thread. The Governor rarely
interferes in such matters, and poor
Bald will have to grin and bear it.
Amusements.
The benefit to the Ladies’ Memorial
Association last night by Haverly’s
Minstrels—the best corks afloat—re
sulted in a clear profit to the associa
tion of between three and four hun
dred dollars.
Harry Watkins on Saturday afternoon
and night. Salsbury’s Troubadours
Monday aud Tuesday, and Beyer Fam
ily Thursday and Saturday.
A ’7O Tea Party.
Another grain of spice is held daint
ily between the delicate fingers of our
ladies to drop with all its wealth of
aromatic sweetness into the public
pudding, there to revel among condi
ments for a brief space of while. It is
to be a tea party, a party of ye olden
time, with dress and style musty with
age, the proceeds of which are for the
benefit of the Library. It is such a
pretty pleasure, that I will describe it
as nearly as I can.
Each State of the original baker’s
dozen will be represented by a table, at
which balmy Souchong and Hyson will
be served in cups and saucers cupped
and saucered especially for this occa
sion by request. The cups will bear
upon their reverse sides appropriate
centennial inscriptions, and will be pre
sented to every purchaser of the celes
tial beverage who will keep them as a
souvenir of the party. The ladies rep
resenting the States will be natives of
the State each may represent, and the
tables at which they preside will bo or
namented with the appropriate coat of
arms.
Among the other and perhaps lesser
attractions of the party will be a rifle
contest between gentlemen of the dif
ferent States, a grand Carnival do
Terpsichore, and the voting of a medal
to the most popular journal of the city.
The party is announced to come off on
the nights of November 16th and 17th,
at the Markham House.
Yaller Boys.
Our little struggling neighbor coun
ty, Do Kalb, promises well for the fu
ture. It, is positively assorted that
pure gold I;.is been found in a field in
that county by Col. A. H. Moore, of
Hall county, and that lie has already
sent out a crusher and stamp mill.
The Colonel bears a good reputation
as an old and successful miner, and it
may be that t his bonanza will pan out
something, lie says the gold is iu rich
AUGUbTA, GA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1875.
veins, running in the quartz rock aid
cropping out on the surface, and the
minimum yield is $75 iu gold to the
ton of rock. The gold has been as
sayed and found to be the simon pure
article.
The Recent Murder.
Hughes and Hallifield charged with
the murder of Wilmoth,, have had true
bills found against them by the grand
jury, and their cases will be tried thi*-
week or next. They feel confident of
acquittal on toe grounds of self-defence
by Hughes a'd non-complicity bj
Hallifield.
Miraculous.
Here is one of those narrow escapes
that occur about once or twice in a liuT
time. The other day •> driver of one
of the Decatur street cars had his at
tention called off from his mules for ;
second, and as he turned ids eyes to tin
team saw a wee bit of a child between
the two mules and the ear going at a
rapid rate ! The brakes were applied
as quickly as possible and the driver
went back expecting to see the
prattler crushed to fragments. But nf j
there it was unharmed, having run thV
risks of being trampled by the mulQs
and being run over by the car. Truly
it was a remarkable escape from a ter
rible death.
Sprinkling the Streets.
We have wondered and wondere<
why on earth the water works did no
lay the dust iu iLs abundance of the aqiM
pura, and now we have a solution o!
the problem. If the city or the mer
chants could be inveigled into the em
ployment of two or three men to hold
the hose, the water'works would sup
ply the water free an freely.
For want of demand, the w: -.kb
spill water from a four-inch pipt a!,
day, and if this spill was thrown
broadcast upon the powder© -b
boulevards the result would be re
freshing. This evening, however, Ju j
piter Pluvius took the matter inhßl
hands, and the naughty dust abscond- i
ed to parts unknown. The days for!
the past week have been so suushin.i ■
and delicious as we poor mortals oendijj
wish for, and this evening’s rain will
no doubt inaugurate a snap that \vil !
draw on the blankets and kindle thy
embers on the progressive hearth ,
stone. Martha. ,
NAMING A BABY.
Pecu arities of French Law.
[Paris Cor. of the London Telegraph.]
I have just heard the experience of
an Englishman who tried to get his
baby registered in Paris. This gentle
man, dwelling at Montrouge, had a
daughter burn to him amid the sleel
and enow of early Spring. He had
yard how strict French law was on a<\
points of registration, and within the
three days appointed h went r. 6 .Tduir
hit duty at the Main
51 Where, then, is the o uld ? ' asked:
a stern functionary. The parent ex-i
plained that whatever be the hardig
hood of French girls, Eng) is ■ o*he;.V v '
commonly object to sena tidiawg
spring out- fit three days n .gnfiirru
ary. The oh rk wa ■' \
ana saia so. The case seemea to him !
louche. But without pursuing that
point further at present, he begged to
know how the father meant to call his
child.
The father had, indeed, thought
upon this most important question, so
had the mother. But they iiad reached
no conclusion. Was it absolutely need
ful, the Englishman asked, to give a
name iu registration? “Indispensa
ble,” the clerk replied, even more
sternly’. “Then,” said our countryman,
quite desperate, “put her down, Mary
Winifred Grace.” “Write that,” ex
claimed the clerk. It was written.
“Mary,” he observed, “is evidently an
ignorant misspelling for Marie,” and
altered the word accordingly. “Grace
wants an accent —circumflex; humph !
not usual, but it may pass. Winifred
is a fantastic name, which of course we
can’t allow. A female child called
Marie Grace—when born, and how ?”
But tbe Englishman objected to have
Winifred thus cut out, and in the dud
geon they referred him to the Pto
cureur de la Republique.
To that official he went, and was re
ceived politely. “Winifred 1 It is prob
ably a name of some distinguished
general? No? A saint of course it is
not, since you have no saints in Eng
land. A personage of history, per
haps ? No ? Well at least a character
of Walter Scott, or some other writer
of moral fiction?” Our compatriot
could not think of one Wfhifred iu his
tory or romance to make a precedent
for his little daughter. Then M. le
Proeureur de la Republique changed
his tune. He began to think, with the
Maire of Montrouge, that his case was
“louche.” “Surely,” said he, “you can
show some of your family who have
borne this strange name?” No, the
perplexed father could not even do
that. “Then, sir, I can take no such
responsibility as to give permission. It
may be an abuse of confidence. I am
not ignorant how eccentric is your
English law. Without authorization of
the embassy I cannot interfere with
the excellent Maire of Montrouge.”
The parent’s British blood was now
up. Winifred should his baby be call
ed, and nothing else. He went to the
embassy, and they referred him to a
smiling consul. Consul heard his tale,
shrugged his shoulders, and wrote a
line—five francs and a half to pay. Pa
rent refused to produce the money, and
went off iu high dudgeon. Mounting
the Rue de la Paix, he met a friend and
told his troubles. “Why, Winifred
was a saint!” exclaimed the counsellor.
There and then they found a book
dealing with such matters, looked up
the fact and made a note of it. The
Maire of Montrouge was silenced by
au almanac, but his clerk growled aud
ibly in writing Winifred. As to Marie
and Grace, he had ids own French way
there, and the young lady will bear a
circumflex to the end of her days.
What Omen?— A young lady in
Pella, la., was sitting in a swing last
Sunday with her sweetheart, when the
rope parted and down they eamo. The
young lady broke her leg ; the young
man was not injured, and the theolo
gians are made to say whether the ac
cident was a Providential warning to
Sabbath breakers or not. If they are
married and live unhappily, everybody
will marvel that they did not see the
linger of God at the swing.
An Indiana man takes thirty-two pa
pers.
One day last week a young Polish
maiden at Trempealeau, Wis., had her
pinbaoker stripped off her by getting
too close to the tumbling-rod of a
threshing machine. She attempted to
step over the rod, and the thingumbob
caught in her thingimaglg, and in a
second of time there wasn’t a piece of
raiment on her person below the waist
as big as a postage stamp, and she
looked just ready to go into the fourth
act of the “Black Crook.”— Exchange.
GREENE COUNTY FAIR.
Dear Constitutionalist.— Not having
attended any of the county fairs for
several years, and wishing a little rec
reation from business, I concluded to
accept the kind invitation of my friend
Capt. W. M. Weaver, Secretary of the
Greene County Pair Association, to see
how they managed things in that line
in their section of the country. I left
here on the morning of the 27th for
that purpose. On my way at Carnak
I met my friend Dr. T. W. Fleming,
looking quite happy, having been
united that morning to one of Sparta’s
lair daughters. It brought very forci
bly to my mind that twenty-six years
ago almost to a day, I was on a bridal
tour myself, up hat same road, and I
think the best wish I could give him,
is that after he has passed through
the joy and Borrow of married life, for
that length of time, he may feel as well
satisfied as myself, and say “How time
has flown!” But to return to my
former subject. (I could not keep my
thoughts from wandering). On arriving
'at the fair grounds. I found every
thing up to the occasion, and consider
ing the times and dry season we have
had, made a very Hue showing. The
building was well filled with a variety
of articles. I must begin with the
ladies’ department, for without the
help of the fair sex it would be a very
sorry affair at the best, arid
I think we would all fare very
badly. The show of needle
work and embroidery was very credit
able, displaying a great deal of taste
s and skill. Where there were so many
■beautiful articles it was hard to dis
criminate. The worsted work was fine,
‘'especially an Afghan crocheted by Mrs.
O.P. Daniels; it was very large, of hand
.,-oine design, with a dog’s head in each
i Si the upper corners, and in the centre
a horse of fine style, and in the other
i .orncr the name of the maker. There
was a beautiful ottoman cover worked by
Hiss Hansell, rep esenting a wreath of
fi overs. Also a handsome sofa cushion
iOT Mrs. Gicsier. There were many ar
utwsi of equal merit, but I did not
learn the names of the fair workers.
There was qinvi „ varies ‘of needle
and embroidery work, consisting of
“T olies and babies dress; . slip-.ers, col
lars, pin cushions, &e., ar-d numbers of
beautiful bed-spreads, both woven and
patchwoik, that showed there was no
occasion to send to Marseilles and
other places for them. The works of
fine art were creditable, mostly done by
.. mug artists in the vicinity; some fine
chromos, also, decks :< he walls. The
tables containing tin eatables, such as
bread, cake, p"e -er <s, pickles, &c.,
were well filled m.u contents looked
tempting enough t" au.e mi anchorite
i ;<■ break his fast. I o-ould have liked
i " -ry much to have ha t a choice of them
r o r my family supplies, for the win-
I must not forget the fruits of
! Tie earth, for they were really very
trine, comparing witlT the best I ovci
hmw in sizi and quality—the second
f- crop of Irish potatoes being larger than
[many would compromise fo- the first,
G" 'et* potatoes very large — .any one of
•: r-aeITV Oin.ner-_ nur--
Caps or gr.'oa Size; ana as ror corn. I
never saw such oefore. Mr. Cox, of
Greene county, had some on exhibi
ion, of which he made on one acre
-,-eventy-one bushels, and on five other
acres he averaged fifty-one bushels,
the ears looked as if they came from
Brobdinag. He took several premiums
at the State Fair. There were several
pumpkins that Cinderella’s fairy god
mother would havo had no difficulty in
turning to a carriage without enlarging.
There were also very fine cabbages,peas,
beans, etc., too numerous to mention.
saw some very strong brogans man
ufactured in Greenesboro, which were
very creditable, and the makers ought
to be encouraged; for wliat is the use
of sending North for every article of
ise when many can be made here to
answer every purpose ? Avery pretty
collection of flowers was on exhibition
for the season. The cattle show was
not so good as usual, but I noticed a
Brahmin bull of colossal size, a few
cows, and a number of fine hogs. The
poultry yard was not largely repre
sented, but there was a great curiosity
'among them—a hen with three legs,
two in their regular place, and the
other a perfectly formed one nearly the
size of the other, back of them, ready
for use in case any accident happened.
On the grounds were two acrobats,
Halwick and another who performed
some daring feats on the tight rope and
trapeze; but I am sorry to say the for
mer met with an accident, falling some
five feet on his neck, hurting himself
considerably by the concussion, but I
believe he is up again although not
able to perform. There was also an
other novelty, a man walking against a
horse trotting. Prof. O’Hara (what’s
in a name) offered to walk 400 yards in
less time than the fastest trotting horse
could go 850 yards, and he did it too,
although the owner of the horse did
; not spare the whip, as lie had promised
the walker SSO if beaten. I should like
to have his gait when I was late for my
meals, for I could go down town, eat
dinner, and be back before our street
cars had gnne half the distance. The
i show of horses was very good, and al
though some of the good people ob
jected to horse racing, they were very
willing to look at the trials of speed
that took place, and seemed to enjoy it
very much and gave signs of approba
tion when the favorite horse came in
ahead. Among the trials was a mile
contest which was won by Duke’s
horse of Jackson county. Little Nell, a
beautiful gray mare belonging to W. S.
Holman, of Athens, Ga., won the one
mile race in two successive heats.
There were three entries, Duke and
Oox entering with their fast horses.
Little Nell also took the premium for
blood stock in the round ring. W. H.
Howard, Jr., of our city, took three
premiums with his superb brown mare;
one for best style, one for best singlo
harness horse, and the other for best
horse of ail work—leaving every com
petitor out in the cold. Capt. William
son, of Oconee, was here with his well
known trotter, Belie Branch, competing
in the fast trotting races with'other
celebrated horses in single and double
harness, and, as usual, got all the pre
miums. Mr. IT G. Beane, of Lexing
ton, took the premium for best paoer
with his celebrated horse “Bob Lee.”
There were the usual number
of pony and scrub races, which were
very amusing. I think this exercise of
animals a great acquisition to a Fair,
and it would have been rather fiat
without it. Hon. J. H. James made a
speech to-day (Friday) that seemed to
be listened to with great attention. As
Mr. Ben Hill was not ruuning for any
office, ho did not make his appearance,
as announced. Altogether, things
passed off very pleasantly, aud I am
sorry I hud to leave before its close for
want of time, for it im as always, an
) amusement as well as pleasure to mo,
the last day, to look at uhe happy faces
of those receiving premiums, although
somewhat marred by. the disappoint
ment of others. I mult really speak a
good word for Mr. Doherty, of the
Greensboro Hotel, where I stopped.
He knows how to keep one, and I can
recommend him.
In conclusion, I feel well repaid for
my visit, aud will be happy to recipro
cate the kindness shown me by my
friends whenever they should visit our
city. Mill Bank.
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
THE HISTORIC GRAVE AT BALTI
MORE.
A Graphic Narrative of the Poet’s
Last Hours —The Thrilling Story of
the Attending Physician.
[New York Herald.]
official memoranda of the death of
EDGAR A. POE, BY J. J. MORAN, M. D.
Edgar A. Poe, was brought in a hack
to the Washington University Hos
pital, situated on Broadway, north of
Baltimore street, Baltimore city, on the
7th of October, 1849. Ho had been
found lying upon a bench in front of
a large mercantile house of Light
street wharf. He was in a stupor,
whether from liquor or opium was not
at first known. A gentleman passing
along the pavement noticed several
persons collected about the spot, and
looking in through the crowd was sud
denly impressed with the face, aud on
close inspection recognized the poet.
He had been there since early dawn.
A policeman sent for a hack aud
directed the hackman to convey him to
the above named hospital, which was
in my charge, being the resident phy
sician and living in the dwelling at
tached thereto. It was about ten
o’clock in the forenoon when he enter
ed the house. He was immediately
placed in a private room, carefully un
dressed and critically examined. I had
not then any knowledge of his previ
ous condition, or what were his habits.
There was no smell of liquor upon his
person or breath. There was no de
lirium or tremor. His skin was pallid,
with slight nausea at the stomach and
a strong disposition to sleep. His con
dition was more of a stupor. Ho was
sponged with lukewarm water, sin
apisms applied to the feet, thighs and
abdomen, and cold water applied to the
head.
I had the room darkened and he was
otherwise made a3 comfortable as he
could have been in bin own room at
home. I placed an experienced nurse
at the threshold of his room door, with 1
orders to watch him closely and pre
vent the slightest nobe from without,
and give me notice of any sign of
wakefulness or consciousness. In half
an hour after I left him he threw the
cover from his breast, opened his eyes
and said—
“ Where am I?”
TUo nuio-i mo the signal and I
was Immediately at his side. I drew a
cha !l " close to the bed, took his hand in
my v .w;., and with the other smoothed
his forattfeau, pushing back the dark
.raven curls that .cover a..i uakjfO
fifth felt?' SS? 3k
He said, “Miserable.” '
“Do you suffer any pain?”
“No.”
“Do you feel sick at the stomach?”
“Yes.”
“Are you thirsty?”
“No”
“Does your head suffer —have you
pain there?” putting my hand on his
head.
“Yes.”
“Does it feel heavy or dull ?”
“Heavy ; mind cloudy,” he said.
“How long have you been sick ?”
“Can’t say.”
“Where have you been stopping ?”
“In a hotel on Pratt street, opposite
the depot.”
“Have you a trunk or a valise or
anything there which you would like
to have with you ?”
“Yes, a trunk with my papers aud
manuscripts.”
“If you order it I will send for it.”
He thanked me aud said “Do so at
once,” remarking, “You are very
kind—where am I, Doctor ?”
“You are in the care of your friends;”
to which lie replied, “My best friend
would be the man who would blow my
brains out with a pistol.”
“Try aud be quiet, Mr. Poe ; we will
do all we can to make you comfortable
and relieve your distress.”
“Ob, wretch that I am ! Sir, when I
behold my degradation and rain, what
I have suffered and lost and the sorrow
and misery I have brought upon others,
I feel that I could sink through this
bed into the lower-most abyss below,
forsaken by God and man, an outcast
from society. Oh, God, the terrible
strait lam in! Is there no ransom for
the deathless spirit ?”
“Mr. Poe, do try and compose your
self, and take this draught; it will soothe
and revive you.”
He reached out his hand to take the
glass, the nurse raising his head, while
I administered the cordial. He drank
t and was laid down, closing his eyes
Is though going to sleep.
I remained by his side watching
closely every breath, manner of breath
ing and trying to make out his case
and my diagnosis. I had been impress
ed that ho was suffering from the too
free use of alcoholic drink only from
what I could gather from those who
saw him on the wharf and did not know
how long ho had been in this state, but
he did not manifest symptoms to jus
tify their suspicions. He had no tre
mor, was not fldgetty with his hands,
or impatient, but answered ail my ques
tions calmly and rationally. There was
great pallor of face, no injection of the
coats of the eye, and pulse sharp and
quick. I noticed some twitching of the
eyelids while closed, also of the mus
cles of the face, and slight jerking of
the limbs. He remained in tins state
about one hour, when he again waked
up, suddenly opening his eyes.
I said to him, to be of service and to
asoertain whether ho would bo inclined
to take liquor, for with intemperate
subjects who have delirium tremens a
little of the hair of the dog that bites
them often produces a cure:—
“Will you take a little toddy?”
Ho opened wide ills largo eyes aud
fixed them so steadily upon me aud
with such anguish in them that I looked
from him to the wall beyond the bod.
He said;—
dir, if its potency would transport
me to the Elysiau bowers of the undis
covered spirit world, 1 would not taste
It. 1 would not taste it. Of its horrors
who can tell!”
“I must administer an opiate to give
you sloop and rest.”
Then he rejoined:—
“Twin devil and spectre of crazed
and doomed mortals of earth and per
dition!”
“Mr. Poe, it is very necessary that
you should be quiet and free from ex
citement; you are in a critical condition,
aud excitement will hasten your death.”
“Doctor, I am ill. Is there no hope ?”
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“The ehauces are against you.”
“How long, oh, how long, before I
see my dear Virginia? My dear
Lenore ! I would like to see my love,
my dear love!”
“I will send for any one you wish to
see.”
I knew nothing of his family, and
asked, “Have you a family ?”
“No, my wife i3 dead, my dear Vir
ginia; my mother-in-law lives: Oh,
how my heart bleeds for her ! Death’s
dark angel has done his work. lam
so rudely dashed upon the storm with
out compass or helm. Language can
not tell the gushing wave that swells,
sways and sweeps, tempest-like, over
me, signalling the ’iarum of death.
Doctor write to ray mother, Maria
Olemm. Tell her Eddie is here. No,
too late ! too late! I must lift the pall
and open to you the secret that sears
the heart, and, dagger-like, pierces the
soul. I was to have been married in
ten days.” (Here he stopped to weep.)
“Shall I send for the lady ?” I asked,
supposing she lived in the city.
“Too late ! too late !”
I said, “On no ; I will send my car
riage immediately.”
“No, write, write to both. Inform
them of my iliness and death, both at
the same time.”
“Give mo their address.”
“Mrs. Shelton, Norfolk, Va., and
Maria Clemen, Lowell, Mass.”
Noticing the color rising to his face
and the blood vessels filling up on his
temples, and the eyes becoming con
gestive and inclining upward, I asked
no more questions, but ordered ice to
his head and heat to his extremities,
repeating the cordial with an anodyne,
and waited with the nurse outside the
door for fifteen minutes. No further
change, except that his pulse had in
creased in frequency and was feeble
and flying. I kept a nurse in his room,
and another outside to prevent his be
ing disturbed and to notify me of any
change that might take place.
I had sentjfor his cousin, Neilson
Poe, having learned he was his rela
tive, and a family named Reynolds,
who lived in the neighborhood of the
hospital. These were the only persons
whose names I had heard him mention
living in the city. Mr. \V. N. Poe,
came, and the female members of Mr.
Reynolds’ family. He continued in an
unconscious state for more than an
hour. On again examining his pulse I
found it very feeble, sharp and irregu
lar—l2o to the minute. I proceeded to
give him a febrifuge mixture aud a
stimulant. He partially aroused while
getting the draught and seemed to
stare, the pupils of his eyes dilating
and contracting alternately. I sat
down by h'is bedside, took his hand and
placed my fingers upon his wrist, and
felt assured from all the symptoms
that nature was yielding. I had beef
tea administered, with ammonia. My
particular friend, Professor John C. S.
Morkur—who gave much of his time
to the inmates of the hospital, and
particularly, when specially called
upon, was always ready, and cheer
fully attended the summons night or
day when witihin reach — had W,
sentyf or tvro or wb / ■
patients had j ush, njrifflmdfaffti came"
in at the moment. As sood as he fixed
his eyes upon him he said, “Doctor, he’s
dying.” s •
I replied, “Yea, I fear it is i over.”
He carefully examined his case, and,
being in possession of all the facts in
regard to the employed and
symptons presented—which were care
fully noted down in a record book of
the hospital—he gave it as his opinion,
which I was fully prepared to corrobo
rate, that Poe’s death was caused by
excessive nervous excitement from ex
osure, followed by loss of nervous
rower. The most appropriate name
for his disease is encephalitis.
The doctor advised free use of wine,
beef tea aud gentle cordials, while
using ice to the head. The patient
raised his hand to his mouth, as
though he wanted drink. A small lump
of ice was placed upon his tongue. I
then gave him a mouthful of water to
see whether he could swallow freely.
He took it, swallowing with some diffi
culty; but he drank a wine glass of
beef tea. He seemed to revive, aud
opened his eyes, fixing his gaze upon
the transom over his room door, each
room having transoms over the door
for ventilation and air. He kept them
unmoved for more than a minute. He
was lying directly opposite this tran
som. He seemed trying to articulate,
but was inaudible. At lost he spoke
feebly.
“Doctor, it’s all over. Write ‘Eddie
is no more.’ ”
“Eddie” was a term used by Mrs.
Clemm, his mother-in-law.
“Mr. Poe, permit me to say that you
are near your end. Have you any wish
or word for friends?”
He said, “Evermore!”
I continued:—“Look to your Savior.
There is mercy for you aud all man
kind. ‘God is love.’ ”
“The arched heavens,” he rejoined,
“encompass me, and God has His de
crees legibly written upon the frontlets
of every created humau being; aud de
mons incarnate, their goal will be the
seething waves of black despair.”
“Hope aud trust in Him.”
“Self-murderer, there is a gulf be
yond the stream. Where is the buoy,
lifeboat, ship of fire, sea of brass? Rest,
shore, no more!”
His eyes turned upward until the
white balls were all that could be seen.
Muscular twitching and jerking set in,
and with one general tremor all was
over.
This occurred about twelve o’clock,
midnight, 7th October, 1849.
I had meantime learned from him,
and afterward from the porter at the
hotel on Pratt street, theu Bradshaw’s,
now called the Maltby House, that he
arrived there on the evening of the
sth; was seen to go to the depot to
take the cars for Philadelphia, and
that the conductor, on going through
the cars for tickets, found him lying in
the baggage car insensible. He took
him as far as Havre do Grace, where
the cars then passed each other, or as
far as Wilmington, I forget which, and
placed him iu the train coming to Bal
timore. He had left his trunk at the
hotel in Baltimore. Arriving on the
evening train he was not seen by any
person about the hotel when lie re
turned to the city. The presumption
is lie wandered about during the night,
and found a bench some time before
morning to sleep upon on Light street
wharf, where he was soeu and taken
from about nine o’clock the next rnoru
iug.
A short time before his death I re
ceived Ills trunk from the hotel, as per
order, and put it in the care of Mr.
Neilson Poo, for his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Maria Clemm. I have her letter
to me, after his death, thanking me
for attention, kindness, &c., to her dar
ling Eddie. •
After death ho was washed and care
fully laid out, dressed iu a suit of black
cloth and placed in state in the large
rotunda of the college binding, where
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hundreds of friends and admirers came
in crowds to pay their last tribute of
respect to the deceased. Not less than
fifty ladies were each furnished, s
their earnest solicitation, with a
lock of his beautiful black hair,
body was kept in the rotunda fr
whole day. On the morning
9th he was buried in the Westm.
burying ground, corner of Fayette au
Greene streets, Baltimore, it being the
old family burial ground of the Poes. A
large number of our citizens, many of
the most distinguished and prominent
literary and professional men, followed
his remains to their sepulture. But of
all the crowds of citizens and mourners’
that wept over the lamented poet there
was one mourner not visible. Yet the
depth of her sincerity and grief could
not be measured by mortal eyes, and
would defy the most skeptical doubt. I
mean his mother-in-law, Mrs. Maria
Olemm, who was his aunt as well, he
having married his cousin. I had com
municated, as soon as his death oc
curred, to her the sad intelligence of
his fate ; to which she replied, in strains
of the deepest sorrow, and thanking
me for my attention and communica
tion, and in her own language, the let
ter being in my possession yet;
“My prayer is that God may bless
you for soothing the dying hours of
my precious, darling Eddie. Please get
Mr. N. Poe to return his last letter to
me, for I prize it above rubies. It is a
hundred times more precious. He was
the most affectionate of sons to me. It
was a devotion he had gained and kept
until death.”
Poe’s appearance had not materially
changed. His face was calm, and a
smile seem ed to play around his mouth
and all who saw him exclaimed, “How
natural he looks!” There was no dis
coloration of the skin. He looked to
be in a natural sleep.
He was a handsome man, elegantly
dressed, and but few could claim ad
vantage over him in this regard. His
head was exquisitely modelled,'Gore
head very prominent and largely de
veloped, its measurement correspond
ing to that of the great Napoleon
Bonaparte, a east of which was in my
possession. His skin was fair, hair
raven black and inclined to curl, teeth
perfectly good and eyes gray. His
weight was about 145 pounds, and
height five feet ten inches. His hands
were as delicate as a lady’s. Hi3
shroud was made by my wife and a few
of her lady friends, who considered it
an honor to contribute in anywise to
the distinguished poet. A gentleman
from Europe, a celebrated physician,
was with him a few minutes before his
death, and wept over the deceased.
He said he considered bim the greatest
critic and best American poet living.
He had read all his works and sought
eagerly for everything relating thereto.
J. J. Moran, M. D.,
Resident Physician, for seven years, of
the Washington University Hospital,
j Broadway, Baltimore City Md,
WIT ANL WISDOM.
Qur ‘S a.c ad^jaffii4
*dK ' s? -y jj.Ysii * ‘
It was of a deceased law
yer that be had left but few effects; to
which a lady remarked that “he had
but few causes.”
Said an Arkansas Civil Service Com
mittee to an aspirant for Justice of the
Peace: “What would you do in case of
suicide?” “Make him support de
chile.”
Anew mode of dispersing a mob has
been discovered —said to superscede
the necessity of a military force—it is
to pass around a contribution box.
“Tell Me, Mary, How to Woo Thee”
is the title of a recent ditty. Give her
a pair of diamond earrings aud a tor
toise shell comb for her back hair.
Fanny Davenport denies that she
dresses extravagantly. She says she
only wears $27,000 worth of jewelry,
and she cau’c see how the story got
afloat.
When a man has been hard at work
in an obscure way for years and at
length achieves success, nine-tenths of
his acquaintances insult him by offer
ing congratulations on his “luck.” —
Boston Transcript.
Loan your money, deposit you earn
ings, intrust your wealth as you may,
but be sure it is not loaned to a “fast”
borrower, deposited with a “splurgy”
banker, or intrusted to a “magnificent
and princely acquaintance.
The mysterious disappearance of an
Italian violin girl in Providence affords
a possible opportunity for putting in
practice that good old song, “Hang up
the fiddle and the beau.”
“This,” says an enterprising contem
porary, “is the season when honest
women alone are engaged in canning.”
This is untrue. Boys are also engaged
la canning—dog’s tails.
“Now,” said Secretary Chandler, go
ing into the Interior Department, “here
is an item charging the Fort Dick
Agency with two barrels of gin and
four loaves of bread. What’s the use
of four loaves of bread.”
An enthusiastic minister is praying
for Satan. This is a good idea for
Moody and San key. Let us by all
means convert the devil, aud then we
shall have no trouble with Butler, Car
penter and Logan. They always follow
his example.
“ Can you spell the word saloon ? ”
was asked of a cockney. “ Certainly,”
said the Londouer, with a look of tri
umph. “ There’s a hess, and a hay,
and hell, aud two hoes, and a lieu.”
A miser in the river fell—the wave
Ran high. A fisherman his life to save,
Sprang In and cried : “Give mo your hand
And I will draw you safely to the laud.”
The miser, shuddering at the hated sound.
Muttered—“l never give!”—aud so was
drowned!
During a Clerical Conference the fol
low iug conversation was heard between
two newsboys: “I say, Jim. what’s the
meaning of so many ministers being
here altogether?” “Why, answered
Jim, scornfully, “they always meet
once a year to swap sermons.”
Thomas, of concert troupe fame,
complains that “a nigger song,” written
by someone in the backwoods, will
outsell any genuine music prepared at
an expense of hundreds of dollars.
He was evidently a German, aud he
came with book and pencil in hand, in
dicating that he was a poor deaf mute
aud wanted alms. But a small dog
took hold of his pantaloons, aud then
you should have seen him disappear in
haste, exclaiming. “Dunnorwetter das
huntt!”
Yon Bulow, notwithstanding his thin
legs and eye-glasses, did not have any
Boston applause prepared for him.
But when he said, “I love Beethoven.
Mozart, Chopin and Liszt; but give me
every Sunday morning my brown bread
aud beans,” Boston rose aud said,
“There is a man who cau interpret thq
masters.