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THE CATE OF GLOOM.
BEECHER ON THE RAGGED EDGE
AGAIN.
Miss Florence Tilton Asks for Dis
missal from Plymouth Church—The
True-luwardness Inquisition.
New York, November 7.—Mrs. Flo
rence Tilton lias written for a letter
of dismissal from Plymouth Church.
The following gentlemen compose the
committee appointed by the Associa
tion of Congregational Ministers for
the investigation concerning Mr. Beech
er : Rev. Dr. Budiugton, pastor of
Clinton Avenue Church, Brooklyn; Rev.
Dr. Win. Taylor, pastor of Broadway
Tabernacle, N. Y.; Prcf. B. N. Martin,
of the New York University; Rev. C.
H. Everett, pastor of the Church of
the Puritans, Brooklyn; Rev. 8. H. Vir
gin, pastor of Congregational Church
of Harlem, New York. Probably
nothing will be done for a week or
two. The committee, which was
appointed last Wednesday, have
held no formal meeting, nor have
they yet arrived at a decision regard
ing the method of procedure in the in
vestigation. The resolution under
which they act directs them to review
all the evidence, apparent and attaina
ble, respecting the matters which
brought Mr. Beecher before the
courts, and to report to the Associa
tion their findings, coupled with advice,
as to whether the accused gentleman
should be retained in or be expelled
front the Association. It must be un
derstood that the Ministerial Associa
tion has no jurisdiction over the
churches as corporate bodies. It con
cerns itself only with the personal
character of their pastors, or such of
them that is as belong to the New
York and Brooklyn Association. Should
the result of tbe deliberations of
the committee be a recommendation
that Beecher be expelled, tbe adoption
of such a resolution would not directly
affect that gentleman’s relations to
Plymouth Church. It would simply be
a verdict of moral condemnation by
his associates. The Committee is not
limited to any set period for its work
and will take all time necessary to go
to the bottom of this complicated sub
ject.
FROM NEW YORK.
More Failures-Crooked Whiskey In
dictments—Moody and Sankey’s
Hymns-Unser Fritz’s Reception—
Departure of Missionaries.
New York, November 6. —Lewis J.
Phillips, cap manufacturer, has sus
pended. Assets, $250,000. Liabilities,
nnknown. This failure is said to be
the result of injudicious real estate
operations
Dr. Geo. Willis delivered a eulogy on
Frederick Hudson before the Geo
graphical Society at Cooper’s Institute.
New York, November 6.—A Chicago
dispatch says the Grand Jury have in
dicted GO parties for violation of the
Internal Revenue Laws. Most of those
implicated reside in Chicago, many
being prominent citizens. The victims
are from wealthy rectifiers down to im
pecunious storekeepers.
New York, November 6. —The Sun
expresses dissatisfaction that Moody
and Sankey have not got out an in
junction to prevent another party from
printing and circulating their hymns.
It is said the Second Brigade of the
National Guard will escort the Crown
Prince to the Centennial.
Cahm, Solomon & Freebourg, spirit
manufacturers, have failed. Liabilities,
§150,000.
Rev. L. S. Gates and wife, and Misses
Carrie It. Ingraham, Emma Lanaperu,
Annie Smith and Nettie Smith, mis
sionaries to South Africa, sailed to-day
for the scenes of their new labor. They
go out under the auspices of the Amer
ican Board of Foreign Missions.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Genteel Incendiary—Explosion of a
Boiler.
Concord, N. EL, November 6—Chae.
J. Connor, a prominent citizen and
widely-known business man, was ar
rested on the charge of setting fire to
his store.
Listgryille, Ont., November 6. —The
60-hoiae power boiler of Hess & Co’s
saw mill exploded. Nearly every win
dow in town was smashed, and many
fronts of stores were blown out. No
lives were lost.
Marine Disaster.
Quebec, November 6.—The steamer
Normanton, of the Mitchell Line, was
run into by the barque Churchill, off
Little Metis, and sank in twenty min
utes. The crew were saved.
Trial of Defaulters.
San Francisco, November 6.—Testi
mony in the case of Penny, the default
ing clerk, and Naval Paymaster Spaul
ding, was concluded. The court ad
journed to Mare Island. There is
ample cause for believing the testi
mony is of a damaging character. The
witness hesitates at calling _a court
martial.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Launch of Government Vessels.
Baltimore, November 6. —Two beauti
ful new Governmeut schooners, of 160
tons each, intended for the United
States Coast Survey Service, named the
Earnest and the Ready, were success
fully launched this afternoon from the
ship-yard of Woodall & Cos., the con
tractors, In South Baltimore. Capt.
Carlile Patterson, Superintendent of
the Coast Survey Service, and Com
mander E. P. Lull, United States Navy,
Hydrographic Inspector of the Service,
superintended the launching. The
vessels as they glided in the water
were respectively christened by Misses
Kate and Lillie Patterson. A number
of gentlemen and ladies from this city
and Washington were present. The
Earnest and Ready are intended for
work in the waters off the coast of
Florida.
MORMONDOM.
Krigliam Young’s Case.
Salt Lake City, November 6.
Owing to the sickness of Chief Justice
White, there has been no session of
of the Third District Court for several
past. Judge Bo reman has been re
quested by Judge White to remain
here temporarily, and assist in dis
posing of the business of this court.
The motion to vacate the alimony or
der of Judge McKean will naturally
come up Saturday next, and, possibly,
before Judge Boreman. The health of
the Chief Justice is improving, and ho
may be able to sit on the Bench next
week. Meanwhile, Brigham Young
will remain a prisoner at his house,
with improving health.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Winding Up a Bank—Turf News— A
Mining Dividend.
San Francisco, November 6.—The Di
rectors of the National Gold Bank and
Trust Company have resolved to wind
ud Liquidation will be effected in 60
days. Stockholders and depositors will
be fov District' Track. Oakland Maid
won/ Time 2:27, 2:26,2426.
The Virginia Mining Company has
declared a dividend of ten dollars per
share.
Established 1799.
THE SPHINX SPEAKS.
INFLATING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
President Grant Serenaded—He is
Thankful for Small Favors—The
Party to Hold on Four Years
Longer—Music by the Band.
Washington, November 6.—A hund
red guns were fired by the Republicans
this evening in honor of their victories
of last Tuesday. A procession was
formed and proceeded to the Executive
Mansion, where they serenaded the
President, who, from the front of the
portico, acknowledged the compliment
as follows: “Gentlemen—l am very
glad to meet you on this occasion and
to congratulate you on so good a
cause for rejoicing to the entire
country over the elections of last Tues
day. While the Republican majorities
were not great, they were sufficient to
accomplish the purpose. The rag baby
has been entirely suppressed, and the
people now know wha, kind of money
they are to have in Ihe future, and I
think we have an assurance that the
Republicans will control this Govern
ment for at least four years longer.”
Three cheers were then given for the
President, three cheers for hard money,
and three cheers for the President’s
school policy.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Pardon of Bank Ilog lies—Death of a
Commodore—Revenue Receipts—A
Whiskey Decision—Political Changes
—Gold Transfers.
Washington, November 6.—The Presi
dent has pardoned Milton Heard and
Robt. A. Pearson, who, as Cashier and
Teller of the Rhode Island National
Bank, embezzled $200,000, and have
served three of a nine years term in
the penitentiary.
Commodore John J. Young, is dead.
Internal revenue $371,9( 0.02, total
for the month $2,261,910, total for the
fiscal year to date $40,377,433. Cus
toms $471,316, total for the month sl,-
722,388.65, total for the fiscal year to
date $58,635,010.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, who has been considering the va
rious plans presented for tbo purpose
of ageing spirits in warehouses, has
decided that under the statutes all
such inventions when brought into
use in bonded warehouses, according
to the propositions made to the De
partment, constitute the work of
rectifying and purification, and those
using such processes become rectifyers
of spirits, and therefore subject to tax
ation as such.
The steamer Acapulco sails Novem
ber 15th, with mail for Central Ameri
ca and the Southern Pacific ports.
It is stated on excellent authority
that, in accordance with views of the
theßepublican State Committee of Mis
sissippi, John B. Raymond, of the
Jackson Pilot, succeeds ex-Senator
Pease as postmaster at Vicksburg, and
E. P. Hatch succeeds Dewitt Stearns
as postmaster at Holly Springs. The
successor of Welis, U. S. District At
torney for the Northern District of
Mississippi, who has been elected to
Congress, has not been vet named.
The Treasurer has ordered the trans
fer of $300,000 gold from New York to
California—s2oo,ooo for the Bank of
California, and SIOO,OOO for the Anglo-
California Bank.
“TICKETS!”
Proceedings of the Conductors’ Bro
therhood.
Atlanta, November 6.— The Conduc
tors’ Brotherhood adjourns to-night.—
Grand Chief Conar Cruzer, of Crestline,
Ohio, was expelled from the Brother
hood for misdemeanors and fraud in
office: W. L. of Hornellsville,
N. Y. was elected Grand Chief Con
ductor; C. A. Staunchfield Crestlon,
Iowa; J. C. W. Long, Fort Wayne,
Grand Secretary’; J. M. Bradley, At
lanta, Grand Treasurer; Calvin S.
Wheaton, Elmira, N. Y. Grand Conduc
tor of Ceremonies; W. H. Morse, of
Omaha, Nebraska, Grand Inside Senti
nel; Lewis Kugler. of Caiawissa, Pa.,
Grand Outside Sentinel; M L Smith, of
Pittsburg, Pa., Past Grand Chief Con
ductor. The next meeting will be on
the first Tuesday in November 1876 at
Omaha, Neb. There was a banquet
last night ami will be a grand excur
sion to Florida Monday next.
FROM WISCONSIN.
Ludington Elected by a Scratch.
Milwaukee, November 6.— There was
a flurry of excitement here to-day ou
account of the report that Tayor is
elected Governor, but the report proved
to be unfounded. Ludington’s ma
jority cannot be varied much from
800.
THE TURF.
Jerome Park Races.
New York, November 6. — Jerome
Park, one mile, Madge, 1; Egypt. 2;
Willie Burke, 3. Time, 1:48. Steeple
chase—Resolute, 1; Osage, 2. Boz
threw his rider. Diavolo broke down
on the off hind leg after clearing the
water jump. Time, 4:45.
Minor Telegrams.
Columbus, 0., November 6. —lt is
likely the proprietors will grant the
demands of the miners, as the demand
for coal is quite heavy. One large pro
prietor has yielded.
St. Louis, November 6. — C01. John
McFail pleads guilty to four counts of
a crooked whiskey indictment.
St. Louis, November 6.—The Down
ing party, of the Indian territory, have
applied to Maj. Ingalls, agent for the
United States, for troops to preserve
the peace between factions. Ingalls
has referred the request to 'Washing
ton.
Chicago, November O.—A number of
persons were indicted y’esterday’ for
alleged violation of internal revenue
laws. They appeared in court and gave
bonds for appearance. The amounts of
their bonds range from $5,000 to $15,-
000. It is believed that fifty or seventy
five indictments were found.
A Supreme Court Decision.
Bleckley’, J., having been of counsel,
did not preside in the following case.
Sarah E. Pullen, administratrix, vs.
John G. Whitfield. Motion,*from
Troup.
JACKSON, J.
Where suit is brought jointly against
the surviving partner and the admin
istratrix of the deceased partner, and
the plaintiff dismisses it as to the sur
viving partner, and there is no allega
tion that the partnership is insolvent,
though the surviving partner has gone
into bankruptcy individually, and there
being no issuable defense filed on oath,
the court entered up judgment against
the administratrix alone, and these
facts all appear of record:
Held, that the judgment is illegal,
and should be arrested, the motion be
ing made at the same term when the
judgment was entered up, and the ad
ministratrix being absent from the
State and having had no notice that
the case had been dismissed as to her
co-defendant.
Judgment reversed.
A. H. Cox, B. H. Hill & Son, for
plaintiff in error.
Speer & Speer, fo-* defendant.
“You would say it was absurd,” said
Mr. Moody in his sermon last Sunday,
“for Dr. Talmage to ride around on a
horse, blowing a ram’s horn.”
®ljc 2tttgtistft Constitutionalist
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Troops for Cuba —Political Economist
Dead—Austria Preparing for War—
The Cardinal in Dublin—Money
Troubles in England.
Madrid, November 6.—One thousand
soldiers embark November Bth for
Cuba, from Santander.
Berlin, November 6.—Robert Von
Mohl, the political economist, is dead.
London, November 6.—A Vienna tel
egram to the Post states that the Aus
trian frontier forts at Krin, Lissa and
Ragusa are being prepared for hostil
ities.
The stock market has been greatly
depressed to-day. Yague reports of
Eastern complications and Continental
financial embarrassments, are circulat
ing on the Stock Exchange.
Dublin, November 6. —Cardinal Me-
Closkey arrived here to-day. He is ex
pected to officiate at High Mass at the
Cathedral, to-morrow.
A Blow in England—The London
Times to be Sued for Libel—Death
of a French Deputy.
London, November 6.—C01. Black
burn, Conservative, has been elected to
Parliament from Southwest Lancashire.
There was heavy rain and wind
throughout Great Britain last night.
Liverpool, November 6. —The Lon
don correspondent of the Liverpool
Courier says the proprietors of the
London Times will be sued for libel for
its strictures on the Co-operative
Credit Bank yesterday.
Paris, November 6.—M. Marzac,
Monarchist, a Deputy in the Assembly,
is dead.
Moslems Prepai’ing to Massacre
Christians.
Brussels. November 6. —Le Nord, of
this city, publishes the following un
der reserve :
Ragusa, November s. —The greatest
exasperation is manifested by the
Moslems of Herzegovina tbe
Christians. Secret meetings are being
held in the mosques, at which prepara
tions are making for a general massa
cre of Christians, at Mostar, Bonna
and other localities. These details are
unknown to Server Pasha.
A Scientific Job.
[Detroit Free Press.l
Some time since a stranger arrived
in Detroit, in order to consult from oue
to a dozen surgeons about his tongue,
that useful member being hampered
with a cancer. The doctors took a look
at the tongue, shook their heads and
said; “Hum—hum.” Gathered in sol
emn council, they agreed that the
tongue must come off, or at least about
a third of it. They assured the man
that they could make a very neat and
scientific job of it, and once his tongue
got well, they could splice it, as sailors
splice a rope, and give him as much
tongue and as much talk as ever. The
patient consented, and the new tongue
was in operation yesterday for the first
time. The surgeons were jubilant, and
tbey invited our reporter to call around
and see the job. He went. He found
the patient sitting up, looking pretty
fair, and willing to give all the inform
ation he had about him.
“What is your name?” asked the re
porter.
“Wholl 101 l roll,” was the prompt re
ply-
“ Where do you belong?”
“Illy lolly bloll, roily doll,” he re
plied.
One of the surgeons stood by, and he
clapped his hands with glee and
shouted:
“See there ! Why that man talks as
plainly as you or I! I tell you it was
the neatest scientific job of surgery
ever done in this town !”
After a brief discussion with the sur
geon on the antiquity and uses and
abuses of tongues, the reporter turned
to the man and asked ;
“Did it hurt you much ?”
“Whiffy Twol 10l slol!” 110 answered.
“And how did you like this splicing
business ?”
“Whol flol hil blil lol!” he said.
“He feels all right, of course,” chuckl
ed the surgeon. “Why, man. he works
that tongue equal to a parrot! Show
me another such job and I’ll give you
a thousand dollars !”
The reporter asked him if women’s
tongues were ever afflicted with can
cer, and the surgeon replied that he
never heard of a case; they were never
at rest long enough for any affliction
to take root.
“ And you think you can in time
manage your artificial tongue,do you ?”
asked the reporter.
“ Ihl plol slal al wohl,” answered the
man.
“In time !” echoed the surgeon.—
“ Why, you blockhead, isn’t he using
his tongue now ? Can’t you under
stand every word he says?”
The reporter didn’t answer, but lean
ed back and wondered how the splice
was effected. He had a dim idea of
boiler-rivets, shoe-patch cement, wa
ter-lime, &c., and finally asked to see
the job. The patient opened his mouth
in response to the request, and the
surgeon grabbed the tongue, pulled it
this way and that, moved it up and
down, and exclaimed :
“ Nicest job ever exhiibted in the pro
fession ! I call it the invisible splice,
but you can see the junction right along
there. The new part is a composition
known only to me, and I can’t betray
the secret. If there were only cancers
enough I’d make my eternal fortune in
six mouths.”
“ Well, I wish you speedy recovery-,”
remarked the reporter as he rose to go.
“ Glohl plol ohl,” replied the man,
smiling blandly.
“ Good-bye.”
“ Glool lool,” he answered.
“ I tell you,” said the surgeon, as he
came out on the walk, “ not one man in
ten thousand could have done that job
without spoiling the mau’s speech for
ever.”
Tlie Aiulerson (S. C.) Fair.
The cooking catert at the Anderson
fair is thus dilated upon by the Intelli
gencer: “Graceful, skillful and dex
terous hands were employed in the
culinary art for this occasion, and the
lookers-on wondered at the ease and
placidity of the youthful cooks. It was
a novel and interesting sight to all, and
we may well imagine that the young
gentlemen around were sighing for a
divinity- like one of the contestants to
preside with such cousmmate skill
over their destinies. But the dinners
were finally cooked, and the savory
dishes of biscuit, corn bread, coffee,
rice, fried chicken and broiled beef
steak were placed upon the table, and
each young lady arranged the victuals
to her own taste and inclination. An
invitation was then extended' to par
take of the meal, and the following
officers of the Association, with their
invited guests, assembled around the
table.
The tempting dishes were tested and
tasted by the gentlemen whose duty re
quired them to make the award, and
then the onslaught began indiscrimi
nately, wherein disappeared the light,
flaky biscuits, the juicy beef-steaks,
the fried chicken and the other et
ceteras with astonishing celerity and
much satisfaction to the inner man. It
was a difficult question to decide upon
the respective merits of the different
dishes, where all the young ladies had
acquitted themselves with such credit,
not one of them making a failure.—
Later in the day, the officers of the
Association met to make the award of
a splendid cooking-stove, and it was
determined to assign the same to Miss
Mamie Partlow, of Anderson, as the
best cook.
AUGUSTA, GA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1875.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Judge Hopkins—The Tatum Case aid
the Evening Commonwealth—An En
forcement Act Case—A New Way 10
Fay Old Debts-Atlanta Amusements;
Etc., Etc.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
Atlanta, November 5.
Your übiquitous correspondent do
sires to rise to explain. In a former
letter I defended Judge Hopkins from
what I considered unjust abuse. The
appearance of the letter here has occ;i->
sioned much comment, and as an ex
planation of my course might disen
tangle the bothersome thread and pre
vent its growing into a where
with I might be hung, I desire to say
simply that I had not read the stric
tures of the evening paper, but hear t
the abuse from several persons who
informed me of the evening pa
per’s hostility. It seems that the
Judge’s action in the case of Fuller
and Tatum was the cause of the
lampooning. Tatum, a one-legged
man, had a difficulty with Fuller, 4
man much larger and stronger thuh
himself, and was indicted and received
the fuff limit of the sentence, whatever
that was. It is claimed that, owing to
Mr. Tatum’s condition, the Judge
should have tempered the sentence
with mercy. Now, I knew nothing of
this case, nor did I know that the Com
monwealth made it ground for its
abuse, at the time I wrote the letter.
That paper gave me fits yesterday be
cause of my championship of the little
judge, and stated that I had impugned
its motives and falsified its position
This is a mistake. I have nothing to i
retract and stick to the sentiments ex i
pressed in the letter, but I deem the j
foregoing explanation necessary, as I j
have a great regard for the honest
spoken editor of the Commonwealth
And if he is the man I take him to be I
he will at least unsay his harsh words
uttered against me after this explana
tion.
An Enforcement Act Case.
A year ago an election was held here
for Congressman. The U. S. Marshal
appointed special deputies to act as
election supervisors, among them a man
named Patrick Sheridau. D. M. Queen
was also appointed but refused to act,
and for refusing was arrested by Slier
idan on a warrant sworn out by the U.
S. Commissioner. Queen resisted, and
then ensued disorder. Two city po
licemen, Camp and Roberts, discovered
the disorderly conduct and marched
the deputy and his prisoner to the cal
aboose. In March thereafter, the
grand jury of the U. S. District Court
found true bills of indictment against
Camp and Roberts for the alleged ob
struction and hindrance of Sheridan
while in the discharge of his duty.
The case came up Tuesday evening
before the U. S. Circuit Court, Judgi-
Woods presiding, and was disposed of
Wednesday by the acquittal of the two
policemen. The ground of acquittal
was this ; The warrant on which Queen
was arrested was illegal from the fact
that his refusing to serve as a deputy
did not constitute an offense against
the United States.
This case has elicited much interest,
and the result is pleasing.
New Way to Settle Old Debts.
Justice Walker was a constable be
fore the more genial breeze of J ustico
of the Peace fanned his brow. Wh'lst
in that lugubrious capacity he collected
about $270 in fi. fas., and one night
some maliciously disposed person broke
into his domicile and scooped up the
fi. fa. currency. Not being a Ralston
or an Astor, he couldn’t well raise that
amount, although he was raised in the
meantime to the position of J. P. Tax’
Collector Sam Hoylo was desirous of
recovering the money. On last Wed
nesday at 12 m. the spondulics were to
be forthcoming. Seeing no prospect of
their coming forth, and reluctant to go
to prison, Judge Walker took a stroll
in tbe woods, and will while away the
blissful moments in watching the trees
don the sear and yellow leaf until some
arrangement can be effected whereby
his judicial carcass will be safe from
the toils of exacting law and the money
paid down to the irrevocable tax
gatherer.
Many think the Judge has left for
good, but the idea prevails among
those who seem to know, that he ia
only out for a while and will return
when matters are fixed up.
A Silver Wedding.
Mr. Perino Brown, Cashier of the
Citizen’s Bank, and lady celebrated
their silver wedding last night. The
occasion was a joyous one, and the
evening brought together a coterie of
good friends who manifested their love
and esteem for the happy couple not,
only by lending their presence but by
substantial gifts. Among the liner and
costlier presents were a pitcher and
goblet, the gift of Mr. Brown’s asso
ciates in the bank; a beautiful bronze
clock, by the Citizen’s Bank; flower
stands, cake, fruit and card baskets—
all amounting to the snug fittle sum of
$6,000.
They are a worthy couple, and we
wish them a smooth, prosperous, hap
py voyage to the golden weddiug, and
many good years thereafter.
The Election.
To-morrow the city election comee
off. The aspirants for aldermaniohon
ors are jubilant, and each claim a vic
tory. The gurgle of the beer will be
heard throughout the day, and the cal
aboose will no doubt be chock full by
to-morrow night.
Amusements.
The Berger Family Bell Ringers were
announced to perform here to-night,
but are detained in Nashville, owing to
the serious illness of Mrs. Russell,
mother of the comedian, Sol. Smith
Russell. They will fill other dates in
Atlanta.
Buffalo Bill and his buffers are on
the bill boards for a few nights next
week.
Tlie Weather.
Yesterday was a real uasfy day. The
rain fell in spray, and the mud waxed
fearfully red and sloshy. To-day the
sun came out and brightened our faces,
and business took a good start.
Martha, i
After Jones.
The other day when a citizen inquired
of a negro deckhand, whom he met on
the levee, if a negro by the name of
Jones worked on a certain named boat,
the black asked:
“Does you mean Lightning Jones?”
“No, I guess not.”
“P’raps you mean Buffalo Jones?”
“No, he isn’t the one.”
“Well, does you mean Big Foot
Jor PS ?”
“No, it must be another.”
“Can’t be Glass Eye Jones, can it?”
“No, this Jones has no such name.”
“Is it Turtle Soup Jones, then ?”
“No that isn’t the one.”
“Is it Will Jones, Small Jones, Dick
Jones, Sam Jones or Percifull Jones?”
“No, none of them.”
“Well, data all de Joneses on dat air
steamboat, and if none of dem hain’i;
de chap ye’ll have to look furder.”-t
Vicksburg Herald. ;
The Texas editors are sometime,:)
hard pushed. Often their printing
paper doesn’t arrive in time, and they
have to issue their opinions on colored
sheets from the job room; but this is
nothing to the misery of getting out of
ink and having to do their printin',
with “ink of their own manufactured
A Texas paper printed with ink of the
editor’s own manufacture is the moss;
distressing object in literature, unlesn
it be a Chicago paper with new type.
NEW YORK LETTER.
Si
Broad way, Is Buildings and Its Item
inisceuces-Helmbold’s Wild Career
of Fraud and Lunacy—Broadway
<Jliurelies aid Tlieir Millionaires.
[Correspondence f the Cincinnati Gazette.]
New Horn, October 29th, 1875.
Broadway leans to be the centre of
all things. Ihis is evident from the
great interesti vhich command atten
tion. Look, for instance, at the grand
structure of thi Western Union Tele
graph Company which stands on the
corner of Deysteet. This building cost
two millions, andrepreseuts news. Then
gaze on Trinity building, corner of
Thames street. This is worth a million,
and represents coal, inasmuch as a
very large part of this traffic is done
within its waffs. The corner of Cedar
street is graced by the Equitable Life
Insurance building, which represents
protection. It cost a million, and the
same may be said of the New York
Life, corner of Leonard street. The
Herald buffing, corner of Ann street,
is worth a ruilion, and stands for jour
nalism. Stewirt’s wholesale store, cor
ner of Chambers street, also his retail
palace, corier of Tenth street, repre
sents systunatie trade. Appleton’s
establishment represents litera
ture, while Grace Church is the sym
bol of fashbn. The hotels are the
abodes of life—that is to say, nobody
lives in Broadway except those who
sojourn in ttnse establishments. Once
the grand striet was the place of fash
ionable residences, but this has chang
ed some time ago.
Old Bioadway Families.
I well remember the time when such
families- as the Lenoxes, the Costars,
the Roosevelts, the Cheesmaus, the
Joneses, the Hines, the Asters, and
others of thii stamp, were in Broad
way, but the pressure of business drove
them gradually to other localities.
Broadway nov contains more masonry
and architecture than any other street
in the world, aid the future will rapidly
increase this Mature. My remembrance
of the street a) it appeared in 1840 is
extremely Insignificant, and probably
those who shill live to compare the
Broadway of tbe present day with that
of 1900 will make tbe same remark. It
is a curious fad that this street, grand
as it may be, is the spot where success
ful emigrants make their chief impres
sion. The largest owners of property
here include those who came to our
shores penniless. Among these are
such names as Astor, Stewart and Gil
sey. Neither of tkose men brought a
dollar of capital, aid yet they became
kings of real estate in the grandest
street in the world.
Gilsey’s Progress.
In the year 1836 arrived two emi
grants from Copenhagen, both young
men, and mechanics of industrous ha
bits. One was Peter Gilsey, the other
was Charles Timmerman. The one
made nearly two millions, while the
other has merely established himself
ia a remunerative busiuess as a cabinet
maker. As both were enterprisiug and
industrious men, we may consider this
an illustration of the way in which cir
cumstances control human destiny.—
The story of Gilseyb success is describ
ed by his acquaintance in the following
manner : He began working at his trade
(piano making), and opened a cigar
shop for his wife. The latter was re
quired to varnish violins and musical
instruments, whijh her husband made
in overtime. Report says that the
husband cared little for the woman,
and therefore exacted an incessant
Amount to toil, wlwse profit gave him
capital. The cigar shop led to a branch,
and in a few years the piano trade was
dropped, and Gilsey opened a cigar
store on Broadway. He soon began to
speculate in real estate, and erected
the structure knovu as Gilsey Building-
Ing, which was a great success. He also
had a dozen retailcigar shops.
Meeting of ihe Emigrants.
About this time the two emigrants met,
and Gilsey’s worda were, “Well, Tim
merman, how are you getting along ?”
‘I am making a living,” was the reply.
:‘A living ? why, lain worth a half
million,” said the former pianoforte
maker. Tunmernan was astonished.
However, he woull not have exchanged
with his rich frienl, for ho was a happy
Christian and had charge of a Sunday
school, and was indeed the richer of the
two. Gilsey continued his operations,
and the result was that he left an estate
of nearly two millions, Ho was the
richest Danish emigrant that ever
came to America. The lesson afforded
by the lives of these two emigrants
shows how men are the creatures of
circumstances, as it is said iu Hamlet:
“Our wills and fate do so contrary run,
That our devices still are overthrown,
Our thoughts are oil's; their ends none of
our own.
Other Illustrations.
Grant Thorburt, formerly famous
as a seedsman, was a nail-maker, and
wrought at the trade iu this city for
several years. While going to his
work one morning he purchased a pot
of flowers, and as ho was carrying it
home he sold it to a person he met.
This incident led into the general bus
iness of a florist, in which he made a
fortune, and his stand is still in opera
tion here. John Jacob Astor was orig
inally a dealer in toys and musical in
struments, until he happened to pur
chase anew piee of furs, and was
thus led to the source of his wealth.
Fifty years ago aa English emigrant,
being out of business, commenced ped
dling books. His name was Appleton,
and his sons are among the princes of
the publishing trade. A broken-down
cabinet-maker noticed the general in
feriority of glue, and undertook to boil
ia kettle oif this article to see if it could
:be improved. He got a barrow-load of
hides from a slaughtering-house, and
had a shanty as Lis work-shop. This
man is Peter Cooper, and his glue es
tablishment now covers ten acres of
Williamsburg lots.
Poor Men and Hotels.
How odd it seerns when one consid
ers that almost all the grand hotels on
Broadway were either built, or are now
owned, by men who came hither poor
adventurers, I hive already alluded
to Astor and Gilsey. To these may be
added the name of Knox, the hatter,
who owns the Prescott House. He is
from Belfast, Ireland, and has been
here about a quarter of a century. A.
T. Stewart owns the Metropolitan. The
Brandreth House was built by the pill
man, who came hither from London a
poverty-stricken adventurer. He had
been, as wits said, a commercial trav
eler in England, but found it more pro
fitable to sell soap and aloes than to
“live on the road.” The New York
Hotel was built by Hickson W. Field,
who began life as a sea-faring lad, and
rose to be a great merchant. The St.
James is a part of the fortune made by
the original Spofford, who commenced
(as it is said) a shoemaker. The Fifth
Avenue Hotel was built by its present
owner, Amos R. Eno, who, forty years
ago, was a poor clerk. The Sturtevant
House bears the name of its builder,
who is a oarpenter, and has labored at
that trade both as a journeyman and
boss for many years. He is the most
successful carpenter this city ever saw,
except the late Richard E. Carman.
These hotels are as fine specimens of
castle building as many that are in
dulged in by the enthusiasm of youth.
Broadway Druggists.
This street has always been noted
for the splendor of its druggist shops,
whose general elegance was suggestive
of that enormous profit which is con
ceded to the trade. In old times the
apothecary was h strange being, whose
surroundings were often as suggestive
of powert-y as of mystery. We have
Shakspeare’s idea of the craft in the
following extract from “Romeo and Ju
liet,” and no doubt the author drew the
picture from some shop in London:
“Meagre his looks.
Sharp misery lias worn him to his bones,
And in bis needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes—and about his shelves
A beggarly account of empty boxes,
Green earthen pots,” etc.
The modern style, however, Is very
different, as is too well known to re
quire further remark. It is a common
fact that the Broadway druggists have
not, as a general rule, accumulated any
property. The Ruslitous have been in
trade thirty years, and are but little
better off thau at the beginning. Their
partner, James S. Aspinwall, failed in a
miserable manner, and after a life-time
of trade is now poor. The Sands con
cern, which is one of the oldest in the
city, has given up trade because they
find it no longer profitable.
llelmbold.
This man was for five years the
prince of the retail drug trade, and his
establishment was noted for its garish
display. To attract the crowd was his
chief object. The soda-fountain cost
$5,000, being the most expensive es
tablishment of the kind on record.
Helmbold ran a rapid race, and, when
he failed, the store was sold out by the
sheriff, and the soda-fountain went for
less than one-twentieth its cost. He
had a branch store up town (in the
Gilsey House), which was bought out
entire by a German, and is stiff in
operation. Helmbold was the hardest
beat the advertisers ever had. He
owed, at the time of his failure, the
newspapers and their agents nearly
SIOO,OOO, of which he paid nothing. He
wa3 dissipated and thoroughly dishon
est. He got tired of his fast life, tired of
his establishment (his house and store
trade), and determined to go to
Europe and enjoy himself. This he
did, and in doing so he fleeced all who
would trust him. Asa convenient way
of setting his creditors at rest, he
caused it to be published here that he
was confined in a French mad-house.
If so, however, it was of the size of the
mad city of Paris. Since his return he
has been living high, or in other words,
has been on a grand spree, and in order
to recover, was taken to a private asy
lum. He has recently told the public
that he was liberated by the agency of
a friend. The whole thing is meant to
keep the creditors quiet while he is
running through bankruptcy, and also
to advertise tbe buchu humbug, which
yields him a royalty of SSOO per mouth.
He is now in the Bloomingdale Asylum,
which is a nice winter residence.
Ewen Mclntyre.
This establishment is not as showy
as some, but it enjoys a rare degree of
public and professional confidence, and
may be considered one of the most
substantial in the guild. Mr. Mclntyre
came hither more than thirty years
ago, and learned business with George
D. Coggeshall, one of the best drug
gists in the city. The clerk, however,
was more penetrating than his master.
He detected a fraud in the article of
prepared chalk, and this led to a
thorough examination of imported
medicine. The result was the discovery
of a systematic fraud in every article,
including such goods as calomel, blue
pills, quinine, etc. The exposure cre
ated a great sensation, and some
houses whose names were brought un
favorably before the public were al
most ruined. Mr. Mclntyre has not
aimed to make a display, but he has
reached a position such as no one of
the trade has previously enjoyed. One
reason why the Broadway druggists
have not accumulated property is tlieir
lavish style of living. They were an
extravagant class, and made and spent
money easily. Helmbold was the most
prodigal of all, and it would not be
surprising if he ended his days, not in
an asylum, but in an almshouse.
Broadway Oliurclies.
Episcopacy has always predominated
in this street. Trinity was organized
nearly two centuries ago. Grace was
subsequently built on the next corner,
but afterward was removed to the cor
ner of Tenth street. St. Thomas’ has
always been a Broadway institution,
though lately moved up town, while
St. Paul’s retains its original spot, be
ing now the oldest church in the city.
The former Church of the Messiah is
now a theatre, but the Broadway Tab
ernacle still holds its place among up
town churches. The present Broad
way pastors are Taylor, of the Taber
nacles, who receives $6,000; Morgan,
of St. Thomas’, who is an SB,OOO man ;
Potter, of Grace, whose salary is SIO,OOO,
and Dix, of Trinity, who draws $12,000
for as small an amount of work as
as is performed by any preacher in the
city. Haight, of St. Faul’s, is set down
at SB,OOO. Grace was for many years
the center of fashion, and its sexton,
Isaac H. Brown, was the most stylish
manager of parties in this city, but of
late years Trinity Chapel leads in
fashion, and Brown is hardly holding
his own. Morgan is a cousin of ex-
Senator E. D. Morgan, and is a rich
man. St. Thomas was formerly
patronized by the Astor family, and
when old John Jacob died they placed
his remains under the church. Since
then the church has been pulled down,
the body removed to another place of
rest, and Astors now attend Trinity
Chapel. One of the leading vestry
men of St. Thomas’ is Daniel T. Hoag,
who came hither from Schenectady a
poor man, but has got rich as a tea
broker, and henee obtains recognition
in a lirst-class church.
Wealth in Churches.
Only a rich man can be fully recog
nized as a power in any of our first
class churches. It is not necessary
that he should be liberal to attain such
a position, it is simply the importance
that attaches to great possessions. Let
it be known that such a pew contains a
millionaire, and it is at once holy
ground. At the very same time it is a
sad truth that most of these rich
church-goers are among the meanest
of the community. lam sorry to say
that this remark applies with peculiar
truth to the old Dutch families. The De
formed Dutch Classis has just had a
meeting, and a calf was made for
$15,000 for the missionary fund. There
are many families which could each
spare this sum and not feel its loss
from their income. A “ brother,” how
ever, rose and explained the impossi
bility of raising so large a sum. The
fact is, they are as mean as they are
rich, and had he said this, it would
have been the true explanation. One
of this church, who is a liberal man,
pointed out a pew-holder who recent
ly paid SIOO,OOO for a first-class house,
hut, he added, he never gives us any
thing hut pew x'ent. What a picture of
Christiau zeal.
Knickerbocker
Down in Louisville they ring the fire
bell when a prominent citizen dies.—
Circumstances prevent the shipping of
a fire engine to the destination of the
deceased, but they do what little they
can. —[Hartford Post.
The old story of the camel entering
the house by inches at a time, is re
peated in the Sandwich Islands. Some
of the merchants the'-e imported China
men to do their work, but many of the
latter, after saving a little money, set
up for themselves, and are now edging
their old masters out of every trade.
There are more than five thousand
Chinese in the islands, and they have
driven many of the native and foreign
merchants into bankruptcy.
LETTER FROM CANADA.
We publish the following letter
which appeared several days since in
the Canada Casket, a newspaper of
Napanee, Oat. The writer, Hon. \/. S.
Williams, is the Mayor of Napanee,
and holds a veiy high office in the I.
O. G. TANARUS., being the R. W. G. Secretary.
It will be seen that he speaks most
pleasantly of the people of Georgia and
remembers some of our own citizens as
they deserve. Our readers generally,
wo feel confident, will enjoy a perusal
of the letter which we commend to
their attention :
A Trip Down South.
Augusta, Ga., October 4th, 1875.
Dear Casket: Mrs. Williams and my
self are in this, one of the most beau
tiful of Southern cities. Thus far we
have traveled by rail over fifteen hund
red miles, through a country rich in
minerals and farming lands. Cereals
are not raised as much hero as North
iu this State. Cotton is raised abund
antly. Large plantations abound, as
formerly, and, in many, instances, the
same negroes are on the same planta
tions, and with the same inast#s that
they were with in the time of slavery,
and seem to be content. The next
night after our arrival in Atlanta, Col.
Hickman invited to his beautiful home
some of the principal citizens to meet
with us, with whom we spent a
pleasant and profitable evening. On
Thursday morning, the 23d of Septem
ber, I accompanied Col. Hickman- to
Social Circle, a beautiful town fifty-one
miles east on the Georgia Railroad. In
the morning we had an appointment to
speak at a small village some seven
miles distant from this place. Carriages
were got, and some thirty of the citi
zens accompanied us. All went happy
as a marriage bell until we reached a
small stream which had to be forded
by our horses. Here our carriage, in
which were eight persons, broke dowu.
The night was rainy, dark and dreary,
the road was ungravelled, at time up
hills then down. Momentarily I ex
pected we would upset and land on
terra flrnn. To my great satisfaction
our driver said we could go no farther.
Brother Hickman said he would fill his
appointment, so he commenced unhitch
iug the horses and went to his appoint
ment on horse back, leaving us in
the middle of the road with one
horse a double carriage and eight
weary travelers to either wait at
a farmer’s house until his return, or
find our way back to Social Circle the
best we could. On Sunday, the 26th of
September, at 2:30 p. m., we attended a
Juvenile Templars Lodge, and had a
public reception of these Juvenile Tem
plars. They have a beautiful lodge,
newly carpeted, a handsome lot of pic
tures, and furniture to correspond.
They have a good organ and choir. At
this meeting I gave a short address. I
felt happy iu this meeting cf young
Templars, pledged against the accursed
traffic in rum. On Monday evening,
the 27th of September, a public recep
tion was given us in Atlanta Lodge, No.
I. I was introduced to the Lodge by
J. G. Thrower, the G. W. C. T. of Geor
gia. They occupy the same hall as
the Juveniles. Oar reception was
cordial, each member seemed de
termined to make us feel at home,
and tried in every way to make
us happy. Short addresses of welcome
were delivered by about twenty mem
bers. On Tuesday morning we, in com
pany with a largo deputation from dif
ferent parts of the State, started for
Ganesville, where the GraDd Lodge of
Georgia met cn the following day. At
this place the G. W. C. TANARUS., G. W. S.,
with a large number of the members,
Mrs. W. and myself, put up at the
Ganesville Planters’ Hotel, a very
comely and pleasant home. Here we
met Judge Lawson, Dr. Foster, S. H.
Shepard, Judge Shellnut, Rev. W. E.
Jones, Rev. R. Irvine, D. D., of Au
gusta, (formerly of Hamilton, Canada;)
Gen. Evans, M. A. Carly, W. R. Bell,
W. A. Hansell, Rev. Mr. Shackel
ford, Mr. Murphy, of Lexington, the
poet, and a host of others whose names
are too numerous to mention. All
seemed determined to work for our
common cause. In the evening the
Rev. Dr. Irvine preached in the M. E.
Church to a large congregation from
the 25th verse of the 24th chapter of
tbe Acts of the Apostles: “And as He
reasoned of righteousness, temperance
and judgment to come, Felix trembled.”
It was a masterly effort—one of the
most eloquent sermons I ever heard.
The session was a pleasant one. The
following officers were elected:
G. W. C. T.—J. G. Trower, Atlanta.
G. W. C.—Judge Lawson, Haynes
boro.
G. W. Y. T.—Miss Sallie Candler,
Gainesville.
G. W. S.—S. C. Robinson, Atlanta.
G. W. T.—J. K. Trower, Atlanta.
Representatives to R. W. G. L. —Rev.
W. E. Jones, S. H. Shepard, aud Judge
Lawson.
Alternate Representatives.—W. A.
Hansell, M. A. Carley, and R. M.
Mitchell.
Supt. J. T.—Rev. Mr. Shackelford.
Their next session will meet at West
Point, on the 4th Thursday in Septem
ber, ’76. The session throughout was
a pleasant one and we parted feeling
sad that many we would never have
the pleasure of meeting again. At this
place Gen. Longstreet is building a
very firm residence. The Superior
Court was in session aud we had the
pleasure of an introduction to Judge
Rice, one of the ablest judges in the
South. There were some able Lawyers
in attendance at the court, and busi
ness was conducted very much as is
done in this country. Gainesville Is
noted for the hospitality of its people
and chickens. We were fed on chickens
three times each day.
From Gainesville, we, at the request
of Rev. Dr. Irvine and S. H. Shepard,
Esq , came to t his city over the Georgia
Railroad, which is one of the best rail
roads in the State of Georgia, passing
through a rich cotton country. The
country seems to be very prosperous,
the farmers growing rich; a few cotton
mills are at work, and others are being
built. This is a city of about 20,000
population. Some of its streets are
200 feet wide. We put up at the Au
gusta Hotel, kept by a Mr. Mosher,
whose two sous, two daughters and
book-keeper are Good Templars, who
accompanied us to the Lodge. His
family are highly educated and accom
plished. On Sunday we attended Dr Ir
vine’s church, which is the most beauti
ful one in the city and attended by the
wealthiest citizens. The doctor is very
popular. He and General Evans, the
Methodist minister, are on especially
good terms with each other. Dr.
Irvine had occasion to go to the sea
side for some six weeks. During his
absence General Evans held services
one Sunday in his church, and one in
Dr. Irvine’s church, closing his own
when absent from it, and all his con
gregation going over with him. Dr.
Irvine’s congregation, of course, re
ciprocated these kindly feelings. Would
that this were more the case in Canada.
Several large factories, cotton and
others, are working successfully here.
The weather is beautifully warm, like
our beloved Indian Summer. Flowers
are blooming indoors and out in
great profusion and one feels
comfortable in the shade. We
visited a Lodge of Good Templars
here, and met a warm and hearty re
ception in Harmony Lodge. Wc found
in this Lodge many reformed men.
This is the most pleasant city we have
visited. Not far from here is the resi
dence of the Hon. Alex. H. Stephens,
Vice-President of the Southern Confed
eracy. We were invited to visit him,
but time did not permit it. I advise all
New Series—Vol. 28, No. 80.
who Intend visiting the Souta to go to
this city, and to go over the Georgia
Railroad. Their officers are obliging,
rolling stock good, and the country
through which it passes rich. lam
more and more favorably impressed
with the South as I see their rich
country. In consequence or the war
the country has been reduced, and
many who were rich are now poor.
Here is a large extent of country only
half occupied and cultivated. This is
one of the best cotton growing countries'
in the world, and laud can be bought
for from $7 to S4O per acre. Emigra
tion for years has gone Westward. All
industrious men in the South are accu
mulating fortunes. There appears to
be a majority of negroes here who
make good servants when they have
good masters, and are well watched,
with no whiskey. In my next I shall
endeavor to give you a better descrip
tion of the country and the people.
From this place wo go to Alabama.
Thus far we cannot speak too high
ly of the Southerners, and we leave
this place with many regrets. Upon
our arrival at this city we were met at
the Station by Dr. Irvine and Mr.
Shepard who took us to a hotel, after
which the Dr. drove Mrs. Williams
around the city. On Sunday we took
dinner with Mrs. Branch Dr. Ininas
daughter, who is married to Major
Branch a rick banker and President of
one of the Georgia Railroads. In the
evening we took tea ivith our good
Brother Shepard and his amiable wife.
The residences of Major Branch and
Mr. Shepard are most beautifully built,
the Southern flowers surrounding their
houses give a sweet fragrance the whole
time. To my surprise when I went to
pay my hotel bill I found it already
paid. This was the case in nearly
every city we visited. The hospitali
ties of these Southerners knew no
bounds. I trust and hope we may re
ciprocate.
Truly and Fraternally,
W. S. Williams.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The Dalton Citizen says a few loads
of corn have been sold at that point
this week at thirty-five cents per
bushel, though forty cents is the ruling
price.
The Georgian announces the death
on Tuesday uight of pneumonia, at
Union Point, of Mr. J. B. Hart, who
was well known throughout the State
as a most useful and respected citizen.
The Atlanta Constitution finds from
the Comptroller General’s books that
the receipts of the State for the month
of October footed up $77,153.91. The
disbursements for the quarter ending
October Ist, were $172,6 72.28.
The Brooks County Gem states that
on Monday night, October 25, the barn
of Mr. T. Alderman, of that county,-was
burnt, destroying six bales of cotton
and four hundred bushels of corn In
cendiary.
The Sandersville Herald says on last
sale day in that place Central Railroad
stock sold for 54; Georgia 8 per cent,
bonds, short date, 102 %; Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad, first mortgage bonds,in
dorsed by the city of Savannah, 77; va
cant lots in the city of Sandersville,
sll6 per acre; farming lands, $5 per
acre.
Mr. R. S. Eidson, who lives near Big
Shanty, Cobb county, and who lost his
right arm during the late civil war,
made this year, as we learn from the
Marietta Journal, off of live acres of
land “one hundred and thirty bushels
of corn and fifty-three bushels of
wheat, besides a large quantity of
potatoes, turnips, peas, etc. Two of
the acres produced seventy-five
bushels of corn.”
Such items as the following from the
Rome Courier show the effect of hard
times upon the iron interests of Georgia
and Alabama :
Sai.k of Round Mountain Furnace
Property.— The above named property,
located in Cherokee county, Alabama,
was sold by the trustees at Centre last
Monday. It was bid in by Hamilton
Yancy, Esq., for the mortgagees, at
SIB,OOO. Capt. Elliott, as one of the
stockholders, protested against the
sale.
Etna Furnace Closed.— The above
named furnace, located in Polk county,
want out of blast several weeks since.
The perishable property, including
some twenty mules, was sold at Cedar
town last Tuesday.
One of the most remarkable deaths
that ever eame under observation took
plape in this city yesterday evening,
about seven o’clock. The circumstances
areas follows: Mr. Wm. A. Hutchings,
of Jones county, went into a restau
rant and ordered a supper. He was in
good health and in an unusually good
humor. The supper was soon set be
before him, and he had not taken
more than a mouthful before it was
discovered that something was the
matter with him. Gentlemen present
went to his assistance, aud found that
he seemed to be choking. A messen
ger was dispatched at once, in haste,
for Dr. Mettauer. The doctor was in
his office, and in a very few minutes
was with the sufferer. He perceived at
once that the man was suffering
from suffocation caused by food having
passed into his windpipe. Instru
ments were needed to procure relief,
and the doctor, as speedily as possible,
went to his office for them, and when
he returned the unfortunate man was
dead. The agony of the poor fellow is
represented as having been terrible. In
his final throes he leaped entirely from
the bed, where he had been placed, to
the lloor, aud expired there. If the
doctor could have returned a minute
sooner he could have saved the life of
the mau without difficulty. He was
powerless to do anything without his
instruments, and before these could be
procured the end had come. The de
ceased was about fifty years of age, an
old citizen of Jones county, and un
married. He has been often in the
city, and was well known to many of
our people. Coroner Sessions was no
tified of the occurrence, and soon ap
peared upon the scene and held an in
quest. After hearing all the testimony
there was in the case, including that of
Dr, Mettauer, the jury rendered a ver
dict that the deceased came to his
death by suffocation caused by food
having passed into his windpipe.
Howard, of the New York Star, is
sometimes called “ex-Brother Joe How
ard.” The “ex” seems to be a neces
sary prefix, judging by the following
irreverent paragraph from his paper.
He is speaking of Dolan, the murderer
of Noe: “This fellow’s face is that of
the bull-dog, divested even of low cun
ning. His sturdy frame is packed with
passions, and every incentive to devil
try was furnished him by his Creator.
It was known before he was born that
he would kill his victim. Must he suf
fer hereafter as well as now? Why
won’t Moody and Sankey and that
long-faced ranter Cuyler take this low
fellow in hand? The New York editors
for whom they propose to pray to-day
may live one hundred years to come,
but Dolan must die on the 10th of De
cember. Why not save him? To be
sure he killed a man, but he has an im
mortal soul for all that, and, if we are
to believe the pulpit, it was foreor
dained that he should peril it by this
particular sin. Come Cuyler, take a
humbler seat. Roost lower.”
The ladies of Sumter county are mat
ing strenuous efforts to finish the mon
ument to the Confederate uead. It If
proposed to hold a fair in January, >
raise the necessary funds. j
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Anew fire company has been organ
ized In Sumter.
The genuine Buffalo Bill Troupe are
doing a fine business in South Carolina.
Graf Tate’s gin house, near Ander
son, was destroyed by lire on Wednes
day.
A cotton boll has been forwarded to
Liverpool from Anderson, weighing
one ounce and containing fifteen locks.
York Joe, a colored man living on the
Mount Zion estate place of Capt.
George W. Cooper, in Sumter, was
shot u few nights since through a crack
in his house, the ball brazing his leg.
The State Agricultural and Mechani
cal Fair begins in Columbia on Tuesday
next, the 9th inst. A premium of S3OO
is offered to the county exhibiting the
largest number of agricultural produc
tions.
The first fair of Union county opened
under the most favorable auspices and
promises to be a great success. Over
two thousand persons were present the
first day, and the exhibition of stock
was remarkably fine.
An infant child of Mr. S. C. Mouzon,
of Spartanburg, while playing with a
small screw happened to swallow it.
Every effort was made to relieve the
child, but without avail. It died in a
short while thereafter.
The marriage of H. N. Obear, a
talented young lawyer of Winnsboro’,
to Miss Eunice Harris, daughter of J.
L. Harris, of Chester, took place on
Wednesday last, in Chester, at the
Presbyterian Church, Rev. A. Dickson,
pastor of the church, officiating.
Rose and Harry Watkins, with their
dramatic corps, arrived in Charleston
on Thursday by the Augusta train,
but owing to an unavoidable accident
the baggage, scenery, music and ward
robe of the company were left behind,
which prevented the production of the
“Two Orphans” at the Academy on
Friday evening.
Rev. Richard Furman is lecturing
upon the life and character of Gen. R.
E. Lee. The Greenville Daily News re
fers to the lecture as “ one of the most
eloquent and able efforts we have ever
heard. It was great, grand and glori
ous ; and the intelligent audience pres
ent will ever feel proud that they en
joyed the masterly effort of the lec
turer and his noble theme.”
The good people of Marion have been
excited over the appearance among
them of one Rev. A. M. Esperiden, a
self-styled priest of the Greek Church.
He claims to have been enslaved by the
Turks and ransomed by the Greek
Church for a fabulous amount of
money, and is now in the employment
of the church at, a salary of ten dollars
a day. He is expected to visit Charles
ton.
In Charleston, from the Ist of Janu
ary to the 31st of October, 1875, the
number of deaths reported was 1,484,
viz: Wbite—adults, 268; children, 226.
Colored—adults, 412; children, 578;
showing in the aggregate a decrease
from last year. The mortality at this
date among children of both races
have been very great—nearly fifty per
cent.
Miss Nelli® Kennedy, daughter of W.
G. Kennedy, of Sumter, ami a pupil of
the Ursuline Institute at Valle Crucls,
near Columbia, received a premium at
the late Darlington Fair for a hand
some tidy, which she knitted before she
attained the age of twelve years. She
consumed over 3,200 yards of fine spool
cotton in its manufacture.
The first exhibition of tho Oconee
Agricultural and Mechanical Fair As
sociation came off in the early part of
the week, at Walhalla. It was a de
cided success. The entries were numer
ous in all the departments, and the
quality of the articles exhibited was
excellent. Every department was well
filled, but the needle and fancy work,
the household and the manufacturer’s
departments were best.
An extensive fire is raging in the
woods between Liberty Church and Mr.
Archer’s tan yard, Spartanburg. This
fire has been burning for several days,
and the neighbors have had to turn
out several times to fight against it, in
order to save plantations. Everything
is so dry that little hopes are enter
tained of extinguishing the flames be
fore the coming of rain. It is supposed
to have originated from the camp
fires of ’possum hunters.
At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Agricultural Society of
South Carolina, held recently, a resolu
tkm to the following affect was adopt
ed: That the society offer a prize of
one hundred dollars for the largeet
yield of marketable Irish potatoes
grown in the spring of 1876 on a one
acre lot, the competition to be limited
to members of the Society, and com
petitors to report in full as to tho
method of culture, the variety of seed
used, the quantity aud quality of
manure, &c. A committee of three was
appointed to make the award.
Three little colored children, aged
respectively nine, eight and seven
years, were arrested in Charleston.—
These little rogues, who live in Longi
tude lane, went up to the house of Mrs.
Kennedy, in Smith, near Queen street,
on Wednesday, and while the family
were up stairs robbed the dining table,
which was set for dinner, of a lot cf
forks, spoons, napkins and chair tidies.
They then made their way to the cup
board, and were laying in stores of
good things when they were frightened
off, but succeeded in carrying away the
stolen articles.
Columbia Union - Herald : South
Carolina practically stands alone
as a Southern Republican State.
Is there auythiug in her cir
cumstances that guarantees her
against sharing the fate of Missis
sippi ? Is her relative majority larger?
Are her voters better prepared to re
sist public opinion and public pressure?
Has the party here a record of wise
acts, of careful administration, of hon
est dealing, to which it can point as
a reason why it should retaiu power.
In the case of Joseph Gibbes, convict
ed of murder, Judge Reed decided that
the Sheriff was not bound to respect
the pardon issued by the Lieut. Gov
ernor in absence of Governor Chamber
lain, and “ordered that upon the said
Joseph Gibbes being remanded to the
jail of Charleston county, a copy of
this order with a rule attached, be
forthwith served upon him, requiring
him to show cause before this Court,
at 10 o’clock, a. m., on Saturday, 13th
of November instant, why a new day
shall not be assigned for bis execution,
in pursuance of the judgment hereto
fore pronounced against him.”
Mr. W. B. Heriot, who was one of the
oldest and most valued citizens of
Charleston, died at his residence, 119
Coming street, at 4 o’clock, on Tuesday
afternoon. Mr. Heriot was born in that
city on the 3d of August, 1812, and was
consequently over 63 years of age at
the time of his death. He entered
upon business at the age of 18 years;
and soon won a commanding and in
fluential position in commercial circles.
He was President of the Board of un
derwriters for over eleven years and
bore the reputation, at the time of his
death, of being one of the most accu
rate and reliable average adjusters in
tho State. For ten years he filled the
responsible position of President of the
Charleston Baptist Association Mission
Board. He was one of the last mem
bers of the Citedel Square Baptist
Church, of which he was tho senior
.deacon at the time of his death.