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FROM ST. LOUIS.
CROOKED WIIISK.EY DEVELOP
MENTS.
Remarkable Testimony—How the Dis~
tilllers and Government Officials
Plundered and Divided.
St. Louis, November 17. — 1n tho Mc-
Donald ease McGrtie testified ho had
many conversations with McDonald
about making money from the whiskey
tax. Ho commenced operation in Sep
tember 1871. Distillers brought money
t<> McOrue’s room Saturday afternoon,
the amount aggregating usually $8,500
per week, which McGrue divided into
five packages, one for himself, one for
McDonald, one for Joyce and two for
Leavenworth, with the understanding
that Leavenworth should give one to
McKee and one to Ford. McDonald
onco complained that Joyce got too
much. McGrue thon gave McDonald
$2,000 extra. Tho distillers retained
about one-half the profits. I always
.set aside a portion for Wm. O. Avery;
first SIOO, then S3OO per week. Avery’s
increase was made at the instance of
Joyce, who represented that Avery was
dissatisfied. McGrue made $50,000 or
$GO,0()0, most of which he lost in Wall
street speculations. Malcot Thompson,
distiller, testified that he paid the ring
from S3OO to §1,500 per week, gen
erally to MeGrue. In September, 1872,
Agent Brasher came from Washington.
He said he had caught us all. Wo
gave him SIO,OOO. Alfred Be\dfe testi
fied that 110 made crooked whiskey
with tho knowledge of Joyce and Mc-
Donald, and paid from SI,OOO to $3,000
per woek. He paid Brasher 83,000 as
his share of SIO,OOO. Witness thought
his house paid $75,004 to SIOO,OOO in
fourteen months. He was in the Col
lector’s office when the records were
destroyed. The destruction was ar
ranged by Joyce and Con Cannon,
Cannon was chief clerk of tho Col
lector’s office. Witness was shown let
ters by Joyce, purporting to come from
Avery and Babcock, the President’s
private secretary. Ho had a conver
sation with McDonald about whiskey
matters, who said “Everything is all
right, go ahead.”
How Officials Made Money—Shameless
Pracf Ices—Damaging Testimony.
St. Louis, November 17.—1n the Mc-
Donald trial. E. B. Frazer, of the firm
of Beveers & Erazor, testified that dis
tillers wore raising money for revenue
officers; gave Joyco $5,000 which Joyce
said must bo raised. In 1875, $5,000
was paid at tho suggestion of Fitzroy,
Chief Clerk of the Revenue office to pre
vent the siezure of whiskey subsoquent
ly seized. Fitzroy refused to refund.
Never paid money to McDonald, but
did to Joyce. Raised money for Reve
nue Agent Hague, who was here in
1874. Joyce repeatedly told witness
everything was “all right; go ahead ;
would have advices from Washington
if any troublo was ahead.” McDonald
told witness that Fitzroy should not
bo blamed for $5,000, as it had given
distillers time to get rid of
their surplus. Andrew McGrue, cou
sin of C. S. McGrue, testified that
McDonald came to distillery two or
times, and asked how wo were getting
along, and said: “Damn it, man, this
thing ain’t paying; we must make
more.” Rudolph W. Ulriei, one of the
most prominent distillers, testified that
he. had several talks with Joyce In 1871
about making crooked .whiskey, but
declined to enter into the arrangement.
Subsequently, he went In and stayed in
till October, 18725 paid Fitzroy money
several times; reported crooked whis
key to Fitzroy; paid tyiirty to thirty
live cents per gallon; dul not know or
care where the money went.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tho (’hanJlei-Buell Libel Suit—Gen
eral Cold Weather—Galveston Lights
Replaced— Small Pox.
Washington, November 17.—A. C.
Buell, indicted lor;g ago for an alleged
criminal libel on Chandler, was bailed
ia 5‘2,000. Colli inbus Alexander is his
surety. *
Tho signal office reports the weathe.
cold and wintry throughout tho coun
try. The velocity of the wind per hour
at Mount Washington was one hundred
and forty-four miles, and the thermom
eter five degrees below zero.
At Galveston, the lightship has been
replaced and lights exhibited as usual.
Eight cases of small pox and one of
varioloid haveboen reported.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Jailing: Ku-Klux—Marine Disaster—
Suicide —Whiskey Rogues Ari*ested.
Louisville, November 17.—The Ku
klux prisoners, Onau and Smoat, were
taken to the Frankfort Penitentiary.
Meffert has been respited.
Baltimore, November 17.—The
steamer George Leary was slightly
damaged from a collision off Fort
McHenry, with the schooner Tkos. C.
Worrell, which sank immediately.
Newark, N. J., November 17.—Aider
man Jonh C. Johnson, a prominent
citizen, suicided to-day.
Evansville, Ind., November 17. —
Jonn Bingham, a distiller, and several
gaugers and store-keepers, were ar
rested and taken to Indianapolis.
Atlanta, November 17.—John W.
Sue!, a young man, committed suicido
at a ball room door in Jonesboro, be
causo he vva3 not invited.
Buffalo, November 17.—The propel
ler Mohawk was burned. Loss, §25,-
000.
Minor Telegrams.
New York, Nov. 17.—White, Willis
A Chapin, millinery goods; Robert
Rosenberg, hosiery, corsets, etc., and
Jolioakim Davis, lumber dealer, have
suspended.
Siring field, Mass., November 17.
The writing paper manufacturers de
cided to shut down for live weeks from
the middle of December. Three-quar
ters of the mills were represented.
New Yobs, November 17,—1n the
seventh game, Slosson beat Gamier
thirty-two innings; Gamier scored
two hundred and eighteen. In the
eighth game, Cyrilie beat Rudolphs
twenty-eight innings ; Rudolphe scored
one hundred and ninety-two.
THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Trains on Time—Litigation.
Boston, November 17.—A dispatch
from the Auditor of the Union Pacific
lioad states that all trains aro on time.
Ihm.ADF.LPmA, November 17,—1n the
Court of Common Pleas to-day, Rowed
S. Hazard asks an injunction to re
strain the Credit Mobilier from com
promising a contract with the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. Hazard
claims that the whole scheme Is to
advance the interest of the road at the
expense of the Credit Mobilier and was
fraudulent- A preliminary Injunction
was granted. j , :
Cl ugusto Constitutionalist.
Established 1799.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
SPAIN-
Text of Don Carlo’s Letter—He Puts
On War Paint and Defies General
Grant.
Parts, November 17.—Tho evening
papers or this city publish the text of
the letter written by Dou Carlos to
King Alfonso:
“The attitude of President Grant,”
the letter says, “is a prelude to war
between Spain and the United States,
if you do not recognizo the independ
ence of Cuba. *
The revolution which you represent
is responsible for this parricidal rebel
lion. Had I reigned, it would not have
occurred—at least not gained strength.
Now, however, tho integrity of the
country is at stake, and all her children
are bound to defend it. Should war
break out, I offer you a truce as long
as the contest lasts, but maintain my
rights to the crown, as I retain tho
conviction that I shall one day wear it.
I cannot send my loyal volunteers to
Cuba but I will defend those provinces
and the Cantabrian const, and will send
out privateers manned by tho indomi
table population of that coast which will
pursue’tho merchant ship of our enemies
and perhaps chase them into their own
harbors. If you accept the truce, let
us appoint representatives to settle the
iconditions. If you refuse, the world
will be the witness that Catholic Spain
has nobly done her duty.”
Madrid, November 16.—The Cronista
the ministerial organ states in reference
to tho reported letter of Don Carlos to
King Aifonso, “we believe Don Carlos
is more uncompromising than any of
his partisans.” The Cronista also says,
“We are at tho beginning of the end.
The war will be speedily terminated
either by the submission or overwhelm
ing of the Carlists.” The Correspon
clencia says, “that the pretensions of
Don Carlos are exaggerated and inad
missable.” The royal army in the field
will be three hundred thousand strong
by the Ist of December The Tiempo
hails the action of Don Carlos as a har
binger of peace. The present Minister
of Justice will be appointed Ambassa
dor to the Vatican.
Great Failure In Paris—Tlie German
Prince Royal not Coming to Amer
ica—A Turkish Victory.
Paris, November 17.— Joseph Hal
pheu & Cos., diamond morehuuts, have
failed for $3,000,000.
London, November 17.—Reuter’s tele
gram denies Frince Frederick William’s
Intention to visit the United States.
Constantinople, November 17. —There
was a sorious affair, Novevember 12th,
at Piva, iirßosnia, between the Turkish
trodps and a large body of Insurgents.
The Porte is officially informed that six
battalions, under Chefkot Pacha, wore
engaged. It is reported that tho Insur
gents were completely routed, leaving
six hundred killed on the field.
Madrid, November 17.—1 tis a fact
that Don Carlos has written a letter to
the king. Thi3 creates great excite
ment hero, and is variously comment
ed on by the press.
ICendaye, November 17.—Intelligence
from a Carlist source says Don Carlos’
letter offered to agree to a truce, should
tho Cuban difficulty cause a war be
tween Spain and tho United States. • In
that case, Don Carlos reserving his right
to the throne, would unite his forcos
with Alfonso to preserve the integrity
of Spanish territory.
English Political and Turf News-
Thousands of Workmen Discharged.
London, November 17.—Sir John
Holker has been appointed Attorney
General, and Hardrirgo Stanley Gif
ford, Solicitor General.
Biockow, Vaughan & Cos., iron pro
ducers, of Leeds, are compelled, owing
to depression in trade, to discharge
from two to throe thousand hands.
At tho great Shropshire handicap at
Shrewsbury, Coeruleus won; Conseil
second; Caramel third.
EDGAR A. POE.
Unveiling the Poet’s Statue—Memori
al Ceremonies.
Baltimore, November 17.—The mon
ument of Edgar Allan Poe was uuveil
ed at Westminster Church to-day. Tho
preliminary ceremonies were in the
Wes torn Female High School, where
the initial movement took place, Octo
ber, 1865, to devise some means to per
petuate the memory of tho poet. The
day was propitious. The vast hall was
crowded. Several addresses wore de
livered, poems recited and letters read,
when the assemblage repaired to the
church yard, when Frofessor Elliott
unveiled the statue, placing on the
head a chaplet of evergreens. A dirge
was sung, Mr. Gill, of Boston, recited
Annabel Lee.
Tom Scott’s Sop for Memphis.
Among the answers to invitations to
atteud the Memphis Convention is the
following from tho President of tho
Texas and Pacific Railroad :
Texas & Pacific Railway Cos., )
Office oh*the President,
Philadelpiiia, Nov. 8,1875. )
F. S. Davis, Esq., Chairman, Memphis:
My Dear Sir : I have your favor of
3d inst., enclosing an invitation to bo
present at the Convention, called at
Memphis on tho 19th inst., relative to
the location and construction of the
Texas and Pacific Road. I regret that
it will not be possible for me to be pres
ent with you on the occasion, but I am
very glad to see that your call recog
nizes so fully the importance of entire
harmony and concert of action in ob
taining such aid from the National
Government as will bo effective in se
curing the construction of tho lino. —
This is especially essential in view of
the opposition which will no doubt be
made by the representatives of some of
the interests connected with the present
lino to tho Pacific; and the point to be
had in view all the time is such a united
effort on the part of tho friends of our
bill as will utilize our strength and best
secure the desired result.
In framing tho bill to bo presented
to Congress this winter, I am satisfied
it is desirable to have connection from
tho Texas and Pacific through the Lit
tle ltock and Memphis Road to Mem
phis, and to that end have agreed that
such an arrangement bo made. My
whole desire is that New Orleans, Vicks
burg, Memphis, St Louis and all the
roads from those points shall have an
open highway to and from the Texas
and Pacific, as a great national line
across the continent by the 23d par
allel. By doing this every road in the
South would secure this important
connection, as well as ovory important
seaport on the Southern coast, and
witli the facilities furnished by the con
struction of the line a great service
will be dono for the public, and es
pecially for the Government itself.
- I hope to bo able to be present at the
meeting at St. Louis on the 23d. Yours
truly, Thos. A. Scott.
* * President Texas and Pacific.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Treasurer Jones in Hot Water Again
—An Honest Man, But Too Old and
Incompetent—Results of Bad Legis
lation—A Lively Timo Ahead for tlie
Solons—On to Texas—Railway Fun-
Dots. •
[From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Atlanta, November 16*
And it again comes to pass that
Treasurer Jones is to be snatched bald
headed across public oritioism and
spanked by investigating committees
and perhaps tattooed by the incoming
Legislature. Verily, this poor old
man—he who in dark days proved him
self a patriot royally loyal to his native
heath by stern guardianship of Geor
gia’s treasury—winds along a rugged
path. Few men have as many friends,
and fewer men hold high offices and
are hold •in the same high esteem as
Jones. Like his name ho is plain, un
varnished and—let the truth be told—
old fashioned and childish. He has out
run his day. That he is honest, is true;
but ho is too old now to cope with the
tricks and strides of progress.
Ho who expects to keep a clean bal
ance shoot must have his eyes wide
open all the while ; tho brain must not
be sluggish in its working ; the sight
must be clear and activo, and the re
sponsible mechanism constituting the
workings of his office and its auxili
aries must bo watched closely at all
times. The Exeoutive milk has been
agitated in the churn of rumor for
several days, and yesterday the butter
came, and we find that in consequence
of the bond of Treasurer Jones falling
short of the sum required by law, and
in view of the fact that something liko
a half million dollars will be paid In
tho Treasury within the next two
weeks, the Governor has notified Jones
that the deficit in his surety must be
made good within the next ton days ;
and, furthermore, that tho Treasurer
shall make daily deposits during that
time with tho Citizens’ Bank, and tho
certificates of deposits to be given to
the Comptroller General. Could the
Governor inform Jones that he wouldn’t
do to trust In plainer languago?
The frosty-headed treasurer says tho
falling off of his bond was occasioned
by the death of Gen. H. L. Benning,
who was one of his securities, and that
he can give a satisfactory bond within
the prescribed time. ’Tis well.
The committee, of which Kibbee, of
Pulaski, was chairman, appointed at
the last Legislature to examine into
the report on tho condition of Treas
urer Jones’ books and accounts, were
either incompetent or men afraid to do
their whole duty. Then and there
they should have made a clean sweep—
a thorough overhauling, and re
ported things just as they were,
without any varnish or color
ing. Tho Legislature, to whom
they reported, could thon have
disposed of tho matter intelligently
and effectually. Wo can’t brace sym
pathy when plain facts are brought to
bear. No matter how much we be
lieve in tho honesty and integrity of
Jones, if tho naked facts present thern
solves, we force down tho uprisings of
sympathy and take up the cudgels of
justice. Col. Jonos is a good man, but
as uufit for tho office as a child. He Is
negligent, not so much from habit as
from sheer lack of activity in bones
and brain. He had done his duty as a
Georgian, but ho is too old now to con
tribute to her weal, and should be laid
aside on the honorable shelf.
no, for texas!
Last night the depot presented an
unusual scene. Some forty or fifty
people—men, women and children —
were on their way from Greene county,
in this State, to Toxits, and stopped
hero for a short timo. They were as
green a looking set as Greeuo county
could scare up, aDd were happy as so
rnauy sun-flowers. Two of tho girls
seesawed wheezy bows across tho tune
less catguts of a pair of woe-begono
fiddles, and the jolly crowd stumbled
through the mazes of tho dance with a
gusto. They seem bont on having a
good timo, and Toxas may yet be proud
of this acquisition.
Yesterday morning about a hundred
emigrants passed through from Ala
bama, bound for the same destination.
Every day or so squads pass through
the city toMnd homes in the Lone Star
State.
A RAILROAD JOKE.
Old Uncle Nod is known all ovor tho
State as a good and reliable engineer.
Usually ho shifts his spectacles to tho
top of his head until he gets to run
ning, when ho pulls them into place.
Not long ago his fireman posted a
small picture of a cow on one of tho
glasses. When the train got out of
town, Uncle Ned squared himself for
work. He put on his greasy overalls
and pulled down his Ho saw
the cow and jerked tho whistle string.
Tho cow didn’t get off. The brakes
were applied, the bell rung and the
whistle sounded, but tho blasted cow
was still there. Finally he shut off
steam, stopped the train and started to
run the cow off the track. Everywhere
ho looked he saw tho cow. With as
tonishment on his face he turned to tho
firemen and said : “ Well, boys, I know
I’ve drank a good deal of whiskey, but
I never thought it would come to this
—l’m sick.” The boys explained mat
tors, and Uncle Ned has been red-hot
ever since.
iotas.
Tho Berger Bell Ringers to-morrow
night.
Markham’s big hotel is finished. Col.
Owens, forftierly of the National, will
transfer his traps in a few days.
The Grangers are to be in session
hero in December. It is proposed to
give them a jolly time.
Tho Twelfth Night. Revelers are issu
ing their proclamations for their carni
val on January 6th. The railroads
leading into tho city have announced
half faro for the occasion.
Weather delicious, with just a dash
of coolness. Martha.
—
Died of a Broken Heart. —The
funeral ceremonies of tho late James
Atkins, which were to have taken place
at his residence in Bramhall avenue.
Bergen Heights, New Jersey, on Fri
day, were postponed by the tragic
death of his wife, who, while prepar
ing herself In her bedroom for the
ceremonies in the parlor, fell dead on
the floor. Tho medical investigation
which followed resulted in the dis
covery that she died of a ruptured
blood vessel near the heart, and had
litorally died of a broken koart from
excessive grief.
FROM LOUISVILLE.
Burning of the City Hall.
Louisville, November 17. —The City
Hall, completed two years ago, at a
cost of §2,000,000, is on fire, and will
probably be totally'destroyed.
AUGUSTA, GLA.„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18., 1875
JEFF DAVIS.
A NATIONAL BUGABOO.
How Pious Radicals Quiet Babes at
Nurse—Persistent Effort to Hold the
South. Responsible for an Unfortu
nate Old Man—A Case Full of Ma
lignant Rancor and Profound Sym
pathy.
[Richmond Dispatch.]
Will tho country never have rest
from Jeff Davis ? Will Jeff Davis never
have rest from the country ? A Cap
tain J. D. Howell is lost with tho Pa
cific, a boat he commanded, and the,
oouutry is sonsatlonlzed by the tele
gram with the startling news that he
was a “ relativo ” (a brother-in-law} of
Jeff Davis. The announcement that lie
was brother-in-law of Capt Kidd would
hardly have produced a greater sensa
tion In certain quarters of tho Union.
Probably in tho “ Western Reserve ” of
Ohio tho people are not yet done with
“ thanking God.”
If there ever was an ear that hoard
or a voice that chanted “ Ts Deum ” in
that chorining district o ? Ohio, it is
still ohanting that grand chnut grate
fully to heavon—served him right for
being brother-in-law to Jeff Davis 1
Perhaps the only regret in t h at district,
where they whitewash the e nds of their
woodpiles and grind their prayers from
a grindstono, was that Jeff Davis him
self was not on board the Pacific, and
himself boon transformed into a jelly
fish.
Perhaps wo are among those who
never, In the South, admired very
greatly Jeff. Davis. Unquestionably
he is an accomplished and decorous
gentleman—a statesman of uncommon
merit; but as a statesman with the
common demerit of limiting his states
manship to the horizon by which his
vision was circumscribed (a sort of
statesman with which tho North is
orowded) not to bo trusted in an ad
ministration which inevitably included
within its scope that statesmanship
which is for the good of mankind.
Mr. Davis failed along with tho cause
for which he stood in bold relief before
tho world, Wo do not think that ho
was the fair representative of that
cause; but it is too lato to help either
the cause or “Jeff. Davis,” as our
Northern friends will persist in calling
him, instead of Mr. Jefferson Davis,
lato President of the Southern Confed
eracy, which they should; and for
which display of peevish antagonism
and wicked proneness to disparage
ment of everything Southern wo are
very indignant towards them, and we
wish them to clearly understand this
fact.
Having beaten Jeff. Davit-, whom we
were obliged to acknowledge as our
President while wo wore e Republic,
will they not bo content? What do
they want? They havo all the offices
and the fructifying jobs, out of which
money has been made to the increas
ing of taxes, which fall like “ tho
gentlo rains of heaven on the just and
the unjust” ; and couldn’t they lot us
pay taxes in peace, and let Jeff. Davis
eat his frugal fare in quiet, without
suspecting every morsel he swallows as
a torpedo that is to blow the Union to
atoms?
We cry your morcy, gentlemen. Mr.
Jefferson Davis is a very civil gentle
man of very moderate physical propor
tions. Unliko the modern Gulliver, he
cannot in a physical way def nd himself
against all assailants, whether at the
head of newspaper columns or with
hose and nozzle. He is without army
and without munitions of war, and he
has entirely changed his line of de
fense, and now only talks of hay and
horse, and tho arts of domestic con
cern, which are the matters of general
concern and general harmony. Why
prosocuto or persecute him further?
Let us have peace. ’J’ho “lamented”
Howell may have been his brother-in
law. But ho couldn’t help it. Howell
would be born whether or no; and now
that ho is gone never to return, wo
trust the people that are frightened
every timo Jeff. Davis appears may
believe that ho has a brother-in-law
less, and to that extent is less to be
feared.
The recent, victory of the Conserva
tives in Mississippi was the occasion
of a fresh scare, and a teiegram was
made up in tho South especially for
the “Western Reserve,” saying" that
Jeff was to bo immediately sent to the
United States Senate. Tnls spread
alarm over a largo surface; but we
Imagine that lie being a brother-in-law
less strong than lie was, the fears
excited by his predicted rise in tho
world are smartly diminished.
Wo can imagine but one use that our
late President can be put to, and that
is the service iu which tho devil is em
ployed to frighton vicious people. This
ho has often done, very much to na
tional advantage. But it is time this
thing was dono with. We repeat, in
effect that wo never wore his partisan;
but tho affected horror of him in the
North excites our sympathy for him,
and we have to say what we know of
him—that he is a quiet aud good citizen,
and that his mind is turned wholly on
peace and the prosperity of the arts of
peace, and that he has just met an
affliction in the loss of his brother-in
law; and the ordinary rules of civiliza
tion, that command somewhat of re
verence in the venerable presence of
Misery, require that Jeff. Davis shall
be shielded from further annoyance.
We beg this in behalf of liberty and
humanity.
If that does not reach tho “Western
Reserve” we give up.
Bayard Taylor’s opinion of American
humorists : “ Tho highest development
of contemporary American humorous
literature is to be found in the sketches
and poems of Bret Harte, in which
humor rests upon its only foundation—
that of pathos and feeling. A step
lower down wo must meet Mark Twain,
whose wit is wholly superficial, with
out any underlying current of senti
ment and thought. Lowest in the
scale come those newspaper jesters
who ransack heaven and earth to find
a theme for their absurdities. Virtue
as well as degradation, murder as well
as suffering, prayer and death are turn
ed into tho materials for their jesting.
Tho German Empire will have a de
ficit of 5,000,000 thalers in 1876, to meet
which it is proposed to raise tho ox
cise duty on beer and tax operations
on ’Change. Taxing beer is not a popu
lar measure in Germany. 1$ was tried
in Frankfort in 1873, and terrible riots
were the consequence. If Bismarck
wouid collect a higher tax on beer, he
must strengthen his militi ry power
and send for Bristow.— [Cincinnati
Gazette.
FROM MISSIBSIPir 7
A Lieut. Governor Escapes Justice.
Columbus, Miss., November 17.— The
grand jury failed to find a bill against
Lieutenant Governor Davis, against
whom charges of bribery were made.
A BLACK GUIBORl).
A SPECIMEN OF RADICAL
HYPOCRISY.
Tlie Case of Henry Jones, a Colored
Caterer—Wliy He Is Not Buried —
Republican Fears of a Dead Negro—
Where Puritanism Begins and Ends--
No Tombstone Equality— Witty Re
flections on a Grave Subject,
[Chicago Tribune.]
There is a negro in Philadelphia who
left this vale of tears over two months
ago, and has not yet found his last
resting place. He himself, in all proba
bility, has gone where the good negroes
go; but the dark casket that contained
him still waits above ground, while
whites and blacks are squabbling over
his remains in the courts. His name
was Henry Jones. He was a caterer
known to almost everyone in Philadel
phia. Ho was a favorite with all, and
had amassed a very handsome compe
tence with his skillets and stew-pans.
He owned a lot In the Mount Moriah
Cemetery, for whioh his widow now
holds the deed from a former white
lot-owner. When the catei’er was
gathered to his fathers, the widow
made her preparations to bury him In
the family lot, but the cemetery mana
gers would not allow the dark shadow
to como in among the graves of the
dead and gone whites. Thereupon the
widow prayed for tlie Issuance of a
writ of mandamus compelling the Ceme
tery Company to grant her late hus
band the same right of sepulture that
the other lot-owners have. Meanwhile
the poor caterer, or tho remains
of the poor caterer, have been
bandied back and forward in
the court liko a shuttlecock. Ho
has boon eulogized one day as a model
*for all living Philadelphians, and as de
serving the best marble thoir stone
cutters can turn out, and an epitaph as
mendacious as those which are cut in
the grave-stones of his white brethren.
Tho next day ho has boon Anathema
Marauatha, and the attempt of the
luckless widow to deposit him among
the graves of white men has been de
nounced as an outrage that will set all
the other bones rattling in their crum
bling coffins, wither the vory grass’and
flowors above them, and strike all the
feathered songsters dumb with horror.
Thus this poor negro has been kept
above ground by prejudice, and his
poor widow, who don’t want him any
longer, is still obliged to have him
about the house. When he was alive
he was good enough for association
with white men, because he had money,
but, now that he is dead, he cannot
associate with ghosts, although in all
probability his ghost is quite as respec
table as tho white ghosts, and, if he be
an angel, his wings have just as wide a
spread and fine a plumage, and he plays
the harp as well as Tom Jones or Bill
Smith or tiny othor angel who hap
pened to bo white whon in the flesh.
Looked at from an abstract and
sentimental point of view, it is difficult
to see why a man should be refused
burial among white men because ho
happened to bo black. If wo are to be
scrupulous on this account, why should
not an exception bo made of red
headed men and squint-eyed women ?
From a legal point of view, undoubted
ly, this Mount Moriah Cemetery Com
pany have a right to dictate who shall
be planted in their ground, but the
absurdity of the whole case Is that the
company should raise any legal point
at all, or make any fuss over a mero
cadaver, whioh is at the present time
as good any other cadaver, and just
as weleome to the politio worms
as if ho had been as white as the
driven snow. His entrance into the
Mount Moriah Cemotery will not dis
turb a single one of tho people sleep
ing thore, or prejudice their resurrec
tion. He will sleep as soundly as the
rest of them. As there is no record of
black ghosts, his midnight pranks will
not bo any more distressing to sensi
tive souls than those of tho white
shades. He will retire to his place at
the summons of tho neighboring
rooster just as promptly as the rest.
Ho will not injure the looks of the
cemetery. The grass will grow just as
green above him, the flowers will blos
som as prettily, and th€ birds sing as
sweetly. We confess our Inability to
see why the sensitiveness of tho Mount
Moriah Company should stop at a
negro. Why not exclude all other
nationalities and colors except
whito Americans ? Why not rule
out all who are not possessed
of a certain amount of property, all
who cannot show a clear title to man
sions in the skies, and all who are up
to a regulation standard as to the color
of their cuticle? If the Mount Moriah
people are to be exclusive in one re
spect, why not in all, and thus have a
gilt-edge creme de la creme grave-yard
filled only with high-toned people of
undoubted white bodies, which once
were tenented with undoubted white
souls ? Meanwhile Jones is waiting
abovo ground because the men who
associated with him while living, and
fed upon his good things, and respect
ed him for his money, are now deter
mined that his bones shall not rest be
side the bones of their relatives, al
though they are of the same color. Is
there no place for Jones among white
dead who was good enough for white
people when alive ?
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
A party of hunters near Jackson
boro killed four deer one day last
week.
The remaining four companies of tho
First Regiment State National Guard,
at Charleston, numbering in all two
hundred and forty men, were mustered
Into service on the 15th.
Judge Reed, of Charleston, has io
sentonced Joseph Gibbes, whose death
sentence was commuted to imprison
ment iu the penitentiary, by Lloutenaut
Governor Gieaves, during Governor
Chamberlain’s temporary absence from
the State, to be hanged on January 21st,
1876. The matter will bo brought be
fore the Supreme Court.
Charles E. Butler, a colored preacher,
of tho A. M. E. Church, was drownod
in a creek in Union county on Tuesday,
the 9th. Anua Littlejohn, a colored
woman who was with him, was also
drowned. The body of the woman was
recovered the same day, but that of
Butler was not recovered until Wednes
day, the 10th,‘ Butler was buried in
Spartanburg.
Union-Herald. (16th): Yesterday morn
ing a small colored boy was standing
on tho corner of Plain and .Main streets
whiling away his timo admiring his
pistol. Not being as proficient in
arms as Buffalo Bill, or some of
our city shootists, his pistol was
accidentally discharged, the ball
passing quite close to an insurance
agent who was near by aud oame near
being killed.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Burglars were lively in Macon last
Sunday night. Several residences were
robbed.
Thore were sixteen cases of intoxica
tion before the Savannah Police Court,
on Monday.
Two negro women became engaged
in a quarrel in Columbus, on Saturday
night, and one cut the other badly
about tho head with a razor.
The Timber Times says that a rail
road from Darien to some point on the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad is being
discussed by some of its citizens.
A few of the young men of Irwinton
went out on two of tho fine evenings
last week and killed over a hundrod
squirrels within two miles of Irwinton.
Mrs. Sarah N. Morgan, relict of the
late Charles Morgan, died recently in
Covington, at the residence of J. L.
Bryant, Esq., in tho seventy-ninth year
of her age.
“Rex,” and his Chamberlain “Hijim,”
of the Twelfth Night Revellers, are
busily ongaged in issuing proclamations
for the celebration at Atlanta on the
6th of January.
Judge Hall thus charged the grand
jury at Upson with reference to carry
ing concealed weapons: “A weapon, if
carried at all, must be carried so that
one in passing you would at a glance
get a clear Idea of the nature of the
weapon.”
Abram Hooks, a negro, resisted an
Atlanta Constablo narnod Thompson,
and firing took place with pistols. Al
though eight snots wore fired, neither
party were struck, but one of the balls
passed within a fow Inches of Mr.
Thompson’s head. The negro escaped.
On Sunday night, in Atlanta, the con
gregrations of St. Phillip’s and St.
Luko’s united at St. Luke’s. The house
was crowded, and many could not get a
seat. Bishop Beckwith confirmed a
class of six, and preached an eloquent
and impressive sermon. Ho compli
mented St. Luke’s Church, declaring it
“a'geni.” The singing was extraordi
narily fine.
Rome Commercial, 16th: Last eve
ning, at 7 o’clock, In Hillsboro (South
Rome), at tho residence of Mr. P. Scan
lan, Mr. A. P. Scanlan, of Hillsboro,
and Miss Maria Burns, formerly of
Maysville Kentucky, but latterly, of
this place, were married. Rev. Father
Colbert, Catholic Priest of Rome and
Dalton, officiated. The attendants were
Mr. D. M. McOeker and Miss M. A. T.
Scanlan,,
Levi De Witt, of the firm of DeWitt,
Morgan & Cos., of Savannah, died on
Monday. He was bom In Albany, N.
Y., June 4th, 1813, and was therefore in
his sixty-third year. He went to Savan
nah in 1849, and entered into copart
nership with Mr. Richard Morgan, for
the transactioli of the dry goods busi
ness, in which he had been Interested
ever since. He was, for m&ny years, a
vestryman of St. John’s Episcopal
Church, in that city.
Enquirer-Sun: “Quito a romantic
marriago occurred in Columbus Sun
day afternoon at two o’clock. Mr. J.
A. Calhoun has for some timo been
quite unwell. A beautiful maiden, Miss
Katie Murray, has for months been his
botrothed. Love conquered all ob
stacles. With the consent of all parties
the youthful pair were united In mar
riage In the presence of several wit
nesses. The groom was unable to rise
from his bed. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. Richard Brown of the
Catholic Church.”
Southern Watchman: “ The question,
of establishing anew Judicial Circuit
Is now exciting some interest in certain
quarters. It is claimed that the West
ern, Blue Ridge, Ocmulgee and Flint
Circuits are now too large. This (West
ern) Circuit is composed of eleven
counties ; the Blue Ridge has ten ; Oc
mulgee seven ; and tho Flint Circuit
eight. To remedy this, it is proposed
to organize anew circuit composed of
Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Walton, Gwin
nett, Morgan and Newton—seven coun
ties. This will lighten the labors of
the Ocmulgee and Flint Circuits. To
relieve the Blue Ridge Circuit, It is pro
posed to add Towns and Union to tho
Western Circuit—which will leave it
with eight counties.”
Tho Griffin News is after tho Atlanta
Commonwealth in this wise : “Wo are
in receipt of a stray half sheet of tho
above paper, with enough space in it,
however, for the editor to deny the
charges preferred against him by tho
Neios, and enough spaco more for the
editor to be guilty of a very absurd
and malicious innuendo against a per
son not supposed to bo interested in
this controversy. That tho Common
wealth is the mouthpiece of a few
characterless officials, who use its
ooiumns to malign and attack every
one not favorable to their continued
lease of power, is well known, and our
only regret in tho promises is, that wo
have been drawn Into a controversy
with the unclean herd. The Common
wealth's strictures on our diminutive
ness, is truly refreshing, and breathes
an air of fragrant “sarkasm.”
The Markham House in Atlanta was
finished on Monday, and the keys wero
turned over by the contractors to the
owner, William Markham, Esq. The
Constitution, in giving a full account
descriptive of the ovent, says : “There
are one hundred and seven sleeping
rooms in the house, The sun shines
into every window. There are only
two dark rooms in the houso and they
are adapted for railroad men and the
night clerks who sleep in the day time.
There are two miles of piping in the
house and one thousand four hundred
feet of sewers. The houso is supplied
with water from a well in the yard and
is also eonnected with the water works.
A ooucrete pavement is being put down
on Loyd street and a rock crossing to
the depot. The cooking range is ten
and a half feet long. There is a steam
table for boiling vegetables. Twenty
two rooms are heated by Are or steam
as desired. Upon receiving the koys,
Mr. Markham expressed his gratifica
tion at the expeditious and faithful
manner with which the work had been
done and the pleasant relations exist
ing botween him and all engaged in the
work. It was the forty-eighth houso
he had built in Atlanta. The steam is
so simple that it can be run by any
one who can run a boiler. The well
that supplies the house is thirty-five
feet deep and twelve feet fin diameter.
AH congratulated Mr. Markham upon
the selection of Mr. Owens to keep it.
They guaranteed that he would keep
the best table in the South and attend
to his guests bettor. High eulogiums
were paid him, which he justly de
serves,”
“What nobler sight than a mechanic
carrying his dinner pail along the
street?” asks a Cleveland paper. It’s
pretty noble to see one of ’em able to
board at a first-class hotel, ain’t it?
A tomperanco fair is under way in
Charleston,
New Series—Vol. 28, No. 89
STRIPED DEATH.
Alarming Facts About the New Style
Stockings—Chicago Ladies Poisoned
—Too Much Arsenic in tho Colors.
[Chicago Tribune, 10th.)
Yesterday it came to the ears of the
Tribune that a little daughter of a well
known resident of the West Side had
been poisoned by wearing “seal-brown”
colored stockings. It has been known
for some time past that striped and
colored stockings generally were dyed
with poisonous substances, and that
there was danger of being poisonod by
them, even unto death.
In order to get at the true inward
ness of the thing, a Tribune reporter
was detailed to gather the facts, and
to get such other general information
as would prove of interest to the pub
lic. Accordingly, the news-gather hied
himself to the West Side,
SEARCHED OUT THE GENTLEMAN
whose child has been poisoned, and at
once began the inquisition.
After exchanging civilities the Tri
bune representative stated his mission,
and the gentleman at once proceeded
to give the facts in tho case. He said:
Not long ago my wife bought some
“ seal-brown ” stockings for our little
girl from a perfectly reliable firm. A
few days after the child began to wear
them she complained of pain in the
feet. There was also a greenish dis
coloration on the soles of the foet
which could not bo removed by wash
ing. As the first stockings were worn
only two or throe days tho matter ex
cited no speoial attention.
NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECTED.
Rep.—Then she was not seriously
affected by them ?
D.—Well, I can’t say that. The soles
of her feet were quite discolored and
considerably inflamed.
Rep.—Did she suffer for any length
of time?
D.—A few days oniv. You see, she
only wore the stockings about three
days, and they did not have a chance
to do much injury, for, as soon as we
(my wife and I) noticed the effects and
tho complaint made by tho child of the
pain in her feet, we took them off.
A STRANGE RESULT.
Rep.—Was this all the injury result
ing from tho wearing of the stockings?
D. —No. The strangest part remains
to be told. Would you believe it, the
week afterward there was a greenish
stain upon an undershirt of my own
just over the left breast. I noticed it,
but thought it was the result of some
carelessness in washing, and gave it no
further attention until, just beneath
the stain, my chest became inflamed
and with slight pustules forming
Rep.—Did you at once ascertain the
cause?
D.—That is just what I am going to
tell you. I traced tho matter up, and
found that it all came from tho brown
stockings which had stained the shirt.
Even at second-hand the poison was
so violent as to leave Its effect upon
myself. And to-day—it is some four
days since I took off the undershirt,
having worn it about half a week—l
still perceive the red mark correspond
ing to the stained spot, and feel the
itchines3 and irritation of the skin.
THE STOCKINGS.
Rep.—Have you the stockings in your
possession still ?
D.—l have. [He then produced them
for the reporter].
The stockings are turnod to a green
ish color on the formerly white toes,
while the brown is but slightly fadod,
and, to the light, shows a greenish
tinge.
Rep.—Have you any opinion in the
matter or the oause of the poisoning ?
D.—l hardly know what to think of
the case. No one has suspeoted brown
stockings hitherto. But this is nothing
less than poison, and an extremely
violent and active poison at that.
Rep.—Will you give the name of the
firm from whom you bought these
stockings ?
D.—Yes. But I think they were the
parties deceived as well as myself, and
I don’t think they are to blame. The
gentlemen then gave the name of the
firm from whom the stockings were
bought, and also presented the pair In
hand to the Tribune to be analyzed for
the benefit of the general public.
Tho reporter then took his leave, and
at once proceeded to the dry goods
store, on West Madison street, where
the poisonous stockings had been pro
cured, and purchased a similar pair,
which were given, along with those
that the child had wore, into the hands
of
THE TRIBUNE ANALYTICAL, AND CONSULTING
CHEMIST,
Prof. G. A. Mariner, whose office is in
room 1,177 South Clark street, for an
analysis. In this connection it may
not be amiss to give the result of an
interview had with that scientific gen
tleman on the subject of poisonous ayes
and other matters of interest to the
public. After the reporter had handed
Prof. Mariner the stocking that was
partially discolored, he said that he
thought it contained mineral poison—
arsenic, for instance. Said he: “There
ought to be some method adopted by
which the poisoning of clothing could
be prevented. Arsenio is generally used
largely in the brighter colors of aniline
dyes, and lately in the darker ones, by
unprincipled men. They ought to be
forced to know that this is a crime,
punishable by law.”
A FEARFUL STATEMENT.
There are poisons in a great many
things in general use, and I believe
to-day no less than eight thousand
persons are being slowly, but surely,
poisoned to death in Chicago. I have
given this matter serious attention.
Certain cosmetic and face-powders
are made up largely of white lead,
which is an extremely dangerous poi
son.
Rep.—Why is arsenic used in aniline
coloring?
Prof. Mariner—Arsenic is usod for
the purpose of oxydlzation.
SUBSTITUTES FOR ARSENIC.
Rep.—Can thoy use any other drugs
for this purpose aside from arsenic?
Prof. M.—Yes, certainly; they can
use quite a variety. For instance,
chloride of potash, sulphate of copper,
bichromate of potash, peroxate of
load, and other articles quite numer
ous and well-known in chemistry,
Rep.—Then is it not an outrage to
use a poison like arsenic for the pur
pose of dyeing clothing of any kind ?
Prof. M.—Yes; the community suffers
a great deal from abuses of this kind,
and the public ought not to tolerate R.
Rep.—Why do the manufacturers and
dyers use arsenio in aniline coloring ?
Prof. M.—Because it is cheaper than
the other drugs I have mentioned, and,
besides, is more convenient in many
respects.
HOW THE SRIN BECOMES DISCOLORED.
Bop.—What causes the greenish dis
coloring of the skin and the inflamma
tion?
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Prof. M.—l think that tho action of
tho perspiration on tho coloring matter
discolors the skin, and this compound
matter causes tho poisonous action of
tho arsenic.
Rep.—ls this poison liable to lmvo
any permanent baneful effects, and is it
likely to permeate the whole systom by
simply wearing these aniline-colored
striped or dark stockings ?
Prof. M. —Any poison introduced in
to the systom must naturally run with
the circulation of the blood. In this
way it is liable to cause death or per
manent injury.
THE GENERAL RESULTS.
Rep,—Have you any knowlodge of
cases where death has resulted from
these causes ?
Prof. M. —I know of no case whero
death has resulted. I know, however,
this poison is capable of doing it. Tho
fact is, people generally notice thoso
things and cut off tho cause in timo to
prevent death, but not always tho per
manent injury which is liable to result.
Rep.—ls there any other mineral
poison that might be used which have
the same effect as arsenic ?
Prof. M. —Corrosive sublimate—this
has been used in some preparations.
ALL ANILINE COLORS POISONOUS.
Rep.—Which is tho most poisonous
of the aniline colors, in your estima
tion?
Prof. M.—ln my estimation, the
brighter colors are tho most poisonous;
but all are, however, more or less, as
manufactured now. The fact is, tho
matter has not received tho great
attention it deserves, either from prac
tical chemists or tho press. I know
some of tho dark colors are very
poisonous.
Rep—Can aniline dyes be made use
ful without being mixed with poisonous
matter?
Prof. M.—Yes, sir; it needs only to
be made unsafe to manufacture and
use poisonous dyes to prevent it.
NON-POISONOUS SUBSTITUTES.
Rep.—Aro there any poisons in tho
substitutes for arsouic you have men
tioned before ?
Prof. M —Thoreis no virulent poison
in any of them. I tell you that all
green colors are extremely poisonous.
Wall paper is especially so, and dan
gerous either in sleeping room cr
parlor.
The gentleman then discoursed on
poisons in general for some timo, and
stated that lead poison was found
largely in some kinds of canned fruits,
and he if the matter were
fully investigated it would bo produc
tive of general good results. Tho an
alysis of the stockings will be given in
a day or two, as soon as Prof. Mariner
can complete it, through the columns
of the Tribune.
Tho
BLANEY BROTHERS,
chemists, room 32 McCormick block,
were also called upon by tho reporter,
and they corroborated all that had
been said by Prof. Mariner, as recorded
above.
OTHER CASES OF POISONING.
The reportor heard of a number of
other eases of poisoning by wearing
striped and deeply-colored stockings.
One instaueo was that of a lady resid
ing on the West Side, ono of whoso
legs i3 very much inflamed, and who is
now, and has been for three wooks,
under a physician’s care. There are
also a number of children affected, and
those who are in tho habit of wearing
colored stockings had better be ou
their guard and tuko heed in time.
A JUDICIAL SCANDAL.
The Story of an Upright Judge and
His Downright Injustice Towards
His Wife;
[New York Special to Chicago Tribune.]
There is a good deal of gossip and
speculation going on among the mom
bers of the bench and bar in regard to
the long absence from the bench of ono
distinguished member of the Judiciary,
Judge Charles H. Van Brunt, of tho
Court of Common Pleas, of ttiis county.
He is not the Van Brunt who shot and
killed Mosier and Douglas, tho abduct
ors of Charley Ross, but his brother.
The Judge was at his brother’s houso
on the night of tho slaughter of the
two scoundrels. The Judge was once
a partner of ex-Gov. John T. Hoffman,
by whom, he was appointed. For a
long time past the Judge’s domestic
relations have been unhappy. Incom
patibility of temper was at the bottom
of the unhappiness. His wife was a
perfect woman, except that she was
“uncertain, coy, and hard to please.”
His home and his fire-side were not at
tractive, and he found attractions else
where. The wife grew colder and ho
more indifferent about his home. —
Finally an understanding was reached
between them. Both consented to a
separation. She, by his advice and
persuasion, applied for a divoreo. Ho
interposed no objection. The divorce
was granted under tho laws of tho
State. Of course he could not marry
again, bqt men are creatures of passion
and women are frail. No sooner was tho
divorce granted than the Judge sailed
for Europe. On the same ship there sail
en with him a beautiful English actress
whom he had met last year, when
abroad, and whom ho had brought to
this country with him as his mistress.
The fact that she was on tho steamer
became known to the J udge’s wife. She
began to realize that she had been
made a victim of duplicity. A month
or two brought the nows that they wero
traveling in company on the Continent,
and living as man and wife. At Paris,
she was introduced as his wife.
Further inquiries led to the informa
tion that they were married in England,
shortly after their arrival from New
York. The Judge has been absent, now
nearly six months. His wife heard
nothing from him, nor has any of his
intimate friends. It is a lawful mar
riage lu England, but not lawful
iu tho State* o New York.—
The friends, of his \jj,ife are indig
naut. and threaten vengeance upon
the Judge. The law would bo likely to
take sharp hold of him should ho re
turn to New York. It is a case In
which public sympathy would ba
strongly on the side of the divorced
wife. Her story is hard on the J udge,
and places him in a most dishonorable
light. Public judgment would criti
cize the Judge harshly—an expounder
of tho law violating a law above all
other laws held sacred. It would go
hard with the Judge should he return,
and ho will not come back, and there
will be a vacancy on the bench. Gov.
Hoffman filled it onoe before, and Gov.
Tilden is mere than iikely to be called
on to fill it again. Such is the story
known only to a few parties about the
courts. It will be all out c :e of these
days.
J. E. Potter, a colored from New
York, has been employed as principal
of the school fqj the colored children
Of Darling;,n township.