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PISTOLS AND COFFEE.
THE BENNETT AND MAY DUEL.
May Said to be Slightly Wounded—
Reconciliation on the Field—Music
by the Band.
New York, January 9. —The World
states that information was received in
‘this city last night saying James Gor
.dou Bennett and Frederick May met at
Slaughter Gap, Delaware, at 2 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. Only one shot
was fired, and May was wounded. The
party immediately afterward separated
and Bennett started for this city.
Dispatches were received by August
Belmont last night and by Wm. R.
Douglass, from Bennett himself, sav
ing: “We have met, and I am all
right.” Bennett also telegraphed to
his sister that he was unhurt. A
cousin of Frederick May, in this city,
also received a telegram from one of
May’s friends on the ground, saying
that May had been wounded, but not
stating how severe the wound was.
From the fact that only one shot was
fired it is believed that May’s injury
must be severe. While his friends ad
mit that he is wounded, they are un
willing to state the character of the
wound, and also to give information
where the wounded man was borne.
It is probable, however, that the party
bearing the wounded man will arrive
in Baltimore this morning.
The World has the following :
Baltimore, January 9, 2:30 a. m.—
From all indieaiious since midnight, it
appears highly probable that Fred May
was only slightly wounded by Bennett,
and is now under the care of of a sur
geon, at the resideuce of relatives near
by the place of the duel.
Another earlier Baltimore dispatch to
the same paper reports that Bennett
was slightly wounded, and says Fred
May, of New York, was beyond all
doubts in Baltimore last night and
went away early this morning, accom
panied by his cousin, Dr. Fred May, of
Baltimore.
The most generally accepted state
ment is, that the duel took place near
Elkton, the capital of Cecil county, not
far from the country seat of Dr. De-
Oourcy, a near relative of the May
family. Dr. DeCourcy certain’/ ar
rived in Baltimore late this evening,
and <lrove to Fred May’s house on
Mt. Vernon Place. Beyond all doubt, a
distinguished surgeon of this city was
in waiting at May’s house, expecting
that his services would be required.
The Times has these specials :
Philadelphia, January 9. — A mys
terious party of three persons
in this city on the midnight train from
the south, and immediately proceeded
to the Continental Hotel, where they
were registered as J. G. Bennett, H. A.
Robbins and C. Phelps, New York. The
first named is James Gordon Bennett,
of the Herald. He immediately retired
to his room, while the other geutltmen,
who looked as if they had been travel
ing, gave orders for baths. Bennett
did not register the names, as the
names are all in the handwriting of
Phelps. Bennett seemed haggard and
careworn, and the rest of the party
wore very morose. They had no bag
gage with them, except satchels.
Baltimore, January 9.—The duel was
fought at Slaughter’s Station, on the
Delaware Railroad. After an exchange
of shots a reconciliation was effected,
when all parties returned to Philadel
phia. Frederick May, of this city,
acted as second for his cousin and
Howland Robbins for Bennett.
Dover, Del, Januaiy 9—lt is re
ported that the Beunett-May duel was
fought yesterday at Slaughter’s Station,
Del, ten miles west of here. Bennett
and party, consisting of four persons,
chartered a special train and went from
Clayton, Del, to Philadelphia last night,
while the May party, containing three
persons came here in a carriage from
Slaughter’s Station, stopped at Ford’s
H tel for the night and took au early
train this morning for Philadelphia.
They registered no names and talked
but little, but parties here recognized
them and there is no doubt about their
identity. Rumors says the matter was
amicably sett 1 *d by the pat ties shaking
hands ami declaring themselves satis
fied before shots were exchanged.—
Otheips say May was wounded and was
left in the neighborhood.
Philadelphia, January 9— A dispatch
from Wilmington this morning says
that May and a friend arrived there
this morniug bound North. Although
said to be vvouuded in body, he did not
show it.
New York, January 9.—This after
noon’s Express says there was but one
exchange of shots, and at the first fire
Mr. May was hit in the forearm. The
party engaged in the duel, principals,
seconds and surgeons, were in Balti
more night before last, and at 10 o’clock
they took the northward bound train.
Mr. Bennett and his party drove into
the wood near the place of meeting, at
Slaughter’s Station, in sleighs, and
upon reaching the spot where the
Rowland-Cowles duel had been fought,
Mr. Bennett and his friends found Mr.
May and his party already on the
ground. Mr. May was walking briskly
to keep warm. Mr. Bennett stood
fpcing the light, and Mr. May quietly
assumed his position, when given the
word of preparation by the seconds.
At 2;OS the word of command sounded,
and the words, “Fire—one, two, three.”
Mr. May fired at the word one, Mr.
Bennett after the word two, and both
were apparently uninjured. Mr. May
was fouud, after a moment, to have
been hit, and his seconds conveyed him
to a sleigh, where it was found that his
wound would prevent another ex
change of shots, which had been de
manded by Mr. Bennett. Mr. Bennett
is now in the city.
At the Union Club this afternoon it
was ascertained, definitely, that the
duel between James Gordon Bennett
and Frederick May had actually taken
place in the State of Delaware, near a
village called Slaughter House Hill.
Mr. May was slightly wounded, and
Mr. Bennett was entirely uninjured.
The feud was settled after the firing of
the first shot.
The True Account of a Bloodless Duel-
Three Shots and no Harm Done.
Philadelphia, January 9.— The meet
ing between Messrs. Bennett and May
took place one mile from Marydell,
Maryland, at one o’clock yesterday
afternoon. The party carried blankets,
overcoats, two cases of pistols and sur
gical instruments. They represented
themselves as railroad officials, May
saying that he was a director of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and Bennett
giving his name as Daniel Drew, of
New York, and stating tnat his mis
sion was the purchase of the Maryland
and Delaware Railroad.
They had with them also maps of the
Peninsula, and to several parties they
reported themselves as hunters on a
gunning expedition, and such was the
privacy of the whole affair that these
statements were believed in the neigh
borhood. Mr. Bennett’s face showed a
scar which was much swollen, proba
bly by cold. The scene of the meeting
was a short distauce from the line of
the Maryland and Delaware Railroad.
Three shots were fired without injury
to either of the principals, after which
the entire party ieft the ground. The
parties returned to Marydeil. The
Bennett party then secured conveyance
to Clayton. Mr. Bennett himseif, ap
pearing nervous and depressed, subse
quently took a special train for Wil
mington and Philadelphia. The May
party went to Slaughter’s Station,
thence to Dover, and from there to
Philadelphia, on the morning’s train.
A Mr. Fihlman was with Mr. May, but
the names of others present at the
duel have not yet been ascertained.
The party paid liberally for all services
rendered them; also, for silence. It is
believed both men are satisfied, and
that there will be no further hostile
meeting. Mr. Bennett and his friends
will leave for New York at midnight.
INDIANA CONVENTION.
Rally of the People—The Right Sort
of Talk.
Indianapolis, Ind., January 9.—Every
county represented. The following res- j
olution was offered by Mr. Voorhees I
and adopted with much applause ;
Resolved, That a committee of five be :
appointed by the President of this j
Convention, to be known as a commit- !
tee of correspondence and public safe- !
ty. The duties of said committee shall
be to correspond with other similar |
committees and the leading men of l
other States, for the purpose of bring- :
ing about a harmony of opinions and
concert of action in the present perilous i
condition of national affairs ; also, to
consider the propriety of calling i
national convention of the Democratic
party, and to correspond with the dif
ferent States in regaid thereto. It
shall also be the duty of the said com
mittee to consider and devise the best
method by which the people may exer
cise the right of petition to the Con
gress cf the United States, whether in
writing or in person, in order that the
public peace may be preserved, popu
lar liberty maintained and the laws
upheld.
Columbus, January 9. —The third re
solution of the Democratic Convention
is this : “That while clear in the con
viction that Samuel J. Tildenand Thos.
A. Hendricks have received not only a
largo majority of the popular vote but
a majority of the Electoral Vote, and
are therefore elected President and
Vice-President, we yet declare that
any decision made by the Senate and
House of Representatives will be cheer
fully acquiesced iu oy the whole people,
and that any attempt to inaugurate a
President simply upon a proclamation
of the President of the Senate will be
an act of usurpation that will bo re
sisted by the people to the last ex
tremity, even should that extremity be
an appeal to arms.”
Crimes and Casualties.
London, January 9.— Advices from
Fayal state that the ship Isaac Webb,
from New York for Liverpool, put iuto
that port leaking and with cargo ;
shifted, and she lost three men over
board.
Boston, January 9.—The steamer
Semiuole, of the Boston and Savannah
line, collided with the steamer Mont
gomery, from New York for Havana.
The Montgomery sunk in a few min
utes. The persons saved w re brought
to this port on the Seminole. The lost
were Mr. Ascher, second officer; John
O’Brien and James Grangree, oilers;
John Morgan, Fireman; Thos. Scott
and James Deering, stokers; Albert A.
Smith and Alexander Smith, cooks;
Thos. Stockbrun, waiter; also four
Spanish passengers, names unknown.
Total number lost, 13.
Richmond, Va., January 9. —Samuel
H. Thornburn, charged with robbing
the bank of Petersburg, Va., on the
30th ultimo, of £16,900 returned to the
city last night and surrendered himself.
He stated that he was at Harrisburg,
Pa., when he heard of the robbery, and
that he was charged with the crime,
and that being guiltless he at once
started back to face the charge aud
establish his innocence. Upou being
searched but few dollars were found on
bis person. Thornburn positively de
nied taking any of the money, but de
clines to tell why he went away. Richard
Bagby, of the firm of T. S. Gates & Cos.,
who was arrested on the charge of
counselling and abetting Thornburn to
make false entry in books of Citizens
Bank of Petersburg, by which Bagby
was enabled to obtain £IO,OOO of money
of said bank has been bailed under a
writ of habeas corpus in £15,000 to
answer the charge on the eighteenth
instant.
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A Consumptive Yankee Goes for an
Alabama Bank.
Montgomery, January 9. Four or
five days ago, a man purporting to be
South for his health went to the First
National Bank of this city, statiog that
he wished to invest money until spring,
when he wanted it back to go to Eu
rope. He deposited for collection five
checks for five thousand dollars each,
drawn by the First National Bank of
Lowell on the First National Bank of
Boston. After depositing he desired
five thousand in cash to go to a
neighboring point to invest, and
would leave the remainder to
his credit. The checks were regu
larly bank checks, numbered and
signed with what appeared to be the
signatures of the proper Lowell Bank
officials. The cashier of the First Na
tional Bank declined to advance until
he could hear by telegram from the
Lowell Bank. Next morning he re
ceived a telegram stating that the
checks were forgeries. The party who
deposited the checks gave his name as
Thos. H. Morgan, of Massachusetts,
and left on the first train after the tele
gram was sent to Lowell, and has never
returned here as far as ascertained.
Nobody was victimized here. Morgan
is a respectable looking man, with short
grey whiskers, and appears to be about
fifty-five years of age. He talks with
strong New England accent.
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I sham G. Harris Elected United States
Senator.
Nashville, January 9.—Ex-Governor
Isham G. Harris was elected United
States Senator on the first ballot, in
both Houses of the Legislature, for
the long term, to succeed Hon. Henry
Cooper, whose term expires March 4th,
1877.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The District of Columbia—Police Bill
Passed—Gen. Sheridan Interviews
the Secretary of War—Joseph E.
Johnston.
Washington, January 9. —The Sen
ate, by a uuanimous vote, and without
debate, passed the House bill to abol
ish the Board of Commissioners of the
Metropolitan Police of the District of
Columbia, and to transfer its duties to
the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia.
The bill abolishing the Police Board
passed both Houses and goos to the
President. The bill gives control of
the police to the District Commission
ers.
The Judiciary Committee discussed
the case of Barnes and others in con
tempt for refusing to produce tele
grams. No conclusion.
The Sub-Committee of the Pacific
Railroad submitted a bill and foreshad
owed it to the full committee, which
proceeded to consider it, and ad
journed till to-morrow. The point of
junction Is one hundred miles west of
El Paso by the surveyed route. All
parties seemed satisfied, and the road
will be built.
The official report of the Louisiana
Committee, putting President Orton in
coutempt, is before the House. He
will be cited to the bar of the House,
when the case will be referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Gen. Sheridan had an interview with
the Secretary of War and Gen. Sher
man to-day.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was on the
floor of the House to-day.
House —A warrant was ordered for
the arrest of Orton and bringing him
before the bar of the House for con
tempt. Like proceedings of same com
mittee iu reference to the refusal of the
Louisiana Returning Board to produce
the official papers were referred to the
Judiciary Committee with iustructions
to report the power of the House iu the
premises.
Confirmations—Peacock, Postmaster,
Gallatin, Tenn; Cole, Grenada, Miss.;
Bohn, St. Augustine, Fla.
Senate—Resolution compelling the
banker Runyon to testify. Adopted.
Sherman and Bogy addressed the
Senate on the Louisiana Returning
Board. Adjourned.
Cameron orders Gen. Auger to Keep
the Peace.
Executive Mansion, )
Washington,
Gen. V. C. Auger, New Orleans :
£ dispatch just received from the
United States Marshal, at New Or
leans, indicates that unauthorized
armed men aro organized and assem
bling in a manner to threaten the
peace and safety of the city. If this
be so notify the leaders of such organ
izition that they must desist on pain
of coming in conflict with the United
States authority sustained by the mili
tary power of the Government. Re
port at once the situation and your ac-,
tiou, keeping in mind that this order I
has no reference to a recognition c
either of the claimams for the Govern
orsnip, or either Legislature.
J. D. Cameron,
Secretary of War.
The Cabinet and Louisiana Affairs.
Washington, January 9.—Full Cabi
net. Dispatches from Gen. Auger to
the Secretary of War were submitted
to the Cabinet. It is not known ex
actly what their contents are, but they
report considerable coaimotion in New
Orleans. A dispatch from Packard
was also before the Cabinet. There is
no doubt that the decision of the Cabi
net will be to have instructions sent to
the military authorities at New Orleans
to enforce peace should riot be threat
ened. The President is reluctant to
proceed further in the recognition of
either party in the Louisiana Guberna
torial question than was indicated in
his dispatch to Kellogg of last Sunday.
The Cabinet session lasted three
hours. Apart from the brief consider
ation given to several dispatches from
New Orleans respecting tbe situation,
there was little else than routine mat
| ter considered. Conversation was gen
! oral upon other current topics, but
with no view to immediate, if any fur
ther, action by the Government than
has already been stated by the Presi
dent in his construction of the duty
that rests upon him where matters at
issue of a political nature do not in
volve the regulation of public peace
I and order.
STEAMSHIP* COLLISION.
i Statements of Captains Winter and
Mathews.
Boston, January 9.—Captain Winter,
of the steamer Montgomery, states
: that no blame is attached to the Semi
nole, and further says the officers and
men of the Boston steamer did all that
was possible to avoid a collision. It
was owing to tbe thick fog that the
Montgomery’s people mistook the
Seminole as a schooner, and when the
error was discovered it was too late
to make amends. Captain Mathews
says the Montgomery did not live
seven minutes after she was struck.
The damage to the Seminole will prob
ably be from one to two thousand dol
lars. She is now discharging, and car
penters will he able soon to make an
examination of her stern, which ap
pears badly injured. It is believed
that her engines kept her sufficiently
free of water to prevent injury to her
cargo.
Cotton Bulldozers.
Boston, January 9.—This morning
the First National Bank of Boston re
ceived through the muils bogus checks
for £5,000 from a Montgomery, Ala.,
bank for collection, and five other
checks, for £5,000 each, were presented
through the Clearing House to the
First National Bank by the Revere
Bank for collection on account of their
New York correspondent. The forgery
has been traced to parties purporting
to be cotton buyers for Massachusetts
manufacturers. The first intimation of
irregularities grew out of the disposi
tion oT the cotton at or near the point
of purchase. The partiee who sold the
cotton are probably the losers.
The Russian Fleet.
Charleston, S. C., January 9.— The
Russian corvette which arrived yester
day still lies anchored off the bar.
Provisions were sent dowfi to-day.
Her commander and several of her
officers who have been visiting the city
have returned on board. The other
three vessels of the fleet which were
expected with the Grand Duke Alexis
and Constantine are not yet in sight.
Official advices have just been re
ceived by the Russian Mihister here
that the orders to the Russian fleet
have been changed, so that it will pro
ceed direct to Hampton Roads, where
lit has been directed to winter. The
! Russian Minister will leave here by
I rail to-morrow night for Washington.
AUGUSTA, GA., WE I INKS' V. JANUARY 10. LS77.
LOUISIANA.
AN ARMED CONFLICT IMPEND!
ING.
Collision Between the Rival Govern-'
ments. ; =
New Orleans,' January 9—At this
hour the members of the White
League which have |been mustered in
by the Nicholl’s Government, as mil
itia are assembled with arms at La
fayette Square with the avowed pur
pose of maintaining the Superior
Court abolished by the Kellogg Govi
ernment. 1
At this writing, (9:50 a. m.) the
streets are filled with armed men hur
rying to Lafayette Square, where or.'
derlies are dashing about on I.
presenting ail phases of an army (A*
the eve of battle. Armed men are re
porting to the Sheriff whose purpose,
is stated, is to take possession of the
Supreme Court room, now in charge of
the Metropolitan Police, and installi
tke newly appointed Judges of the
Supreme Court. It is more than pos
sible that au attempt will be made to
capture police stations also. An ad
vertisement appears, this morning, or
dering members of the Washington
Artillery to assemble at their armory
at 10 o’clock.
At this time, 10:30 a. m., armed men
are still hurrying through the streets to
Lafayette Square, where they report to
the Sheriff, who, it is said, will move
them at 11 o’clock to the Supreme
Court building facing Jackson Square,
and endeavor to take possession of it.
Chief Justice Ludeling is there on the
Bench, and Capt. Gray, of the Metro
politan Police, with a strong force, is
in possession of the building, under au
order from the Chief Justice. It is
stated that the Chief Justice will re
move the present Sheriff if he attempts
to take the building by force and ap
point another Sheriff. Gov. Packard
is at the State Hoi se, cool and calm.
He has telegraphed to President Grant
for assistance. jWhile men under arms
disavow any intention of provoking a
collision, a drunken man, au irrespon
sible boy, or an accidental shot may
bring on a riot surpassing those of 1866
or 1874. Gov. Nichoilsis at St. Patrick’s
Hall.
11a. m.—Armed men are moving in
different directions from Lafayette
Square. About five hundred are pass
ing down St. Charles street, and aro
supposed to be moving for the Su
preme Court. Others are marching
south and west.
Nicholl’s Government in Possession of
all Public Buildiujfs Except the Slate
House—The Militia Under Arms —
Gov- Ntcholls Issues a Proclama
tion.
New Orleans, January 9—1:30. p. m,
—The Nieholi’s government are in pi*
session of everything except the, 1 ]
House, and as yet no effort ItaF i
made to take possession of thgft ,
ing, around which a ihoits:>j| ;
citizens are congrtgap m. mJ MJjfl
the streets for ■
it impost' u
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l Mil. and I!■>i st. 1 1 1 -•- Will i„ Ml
force und-r G.*v. Packard. '-'G.
not excec i three hundred.
The commander of the U. S. sIMH
war Ossippee has established a sigS[W
station on th© Custom House, in ordt.7|
to communicate with officials there.
The Ossippee and the monitor Canoni
cus, are lying off the foot of Poydras
street. U. S. Marshal Pitkin is iu con
stant communication with Washington,
giving every phase of the situation.
Chief Justice Ludeling this morning
issued an order removing civil Sheriff
Handy aud appointing Alfred Bourges
to that position. Handy was acting
under orders from Gov. Nicholls, and
hence the action. Up to this hour not
a shot has been fired or an accident
reported. Great orowds are assembled
on Canal, Camp and othej principal
streets. The Republicans report that
two regiments from Mississippi and
one from Alabama are with Ogden.
The Nicholls authorities have taken
possession of all the police stations
and court rooms iu the parish of Or
leans. The Packard authorities hold
only tiie State House. No blood has
been shed.
At 11 50 o’clock a. m., the Nicholls
militia took possession or the Supreme
Court building, and installed their
Judges. All of the police stations are
in possession of the Nicholls Govern
ment. Not a gun has been fired.
2:15 p. ru.—No important change in
the situation. Ogden’s militia are
massed within a square of the State
House, which hus been reinforced by a
company of colored militia, numbering
one hundred. Gov. Packard says he
\yill resist any attack made upon the
State Ho use. Th* signal corps on top
of the State House are constantly sig
naling the Custom House.
Nicholl’s Judges of tho Supreme
Court, after spreading their commis
sions on record, and appointing Alfred
Roman Clork, adjourned Court until
Wednesday at 2:40 p. m.
The Democratic leaders now assert
that they have no intention of attack
ing the State House.
The following has just been issued :
PROCLAMATION.
Executive Department, )
New Orleans, January 9th, 1877. (
To the People of Louisiana :
I should be most profoundly sur
prised and should any
citizen of Louisiana at this moment so
far forget himself as to bo guilty of ariy
excesss whatever. There is danger in
collecting together in large bodies I
urge you, therefore, to return at once
peacefully t@ your homes. The greater
wro igs to which you have beeu sub
jected, the greater to your credit should
you recognize aftd recollect your own
simple and plain duty as citizens. Let
no one be injured however obnoxious
he may be, and let the people of the
whole country see that we are law
abiding, just and moderate.
[Signed] Francis T. Nicholls,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
Gen. Auger Interviewed.
New Orleans, January 9 -A repor
ter of tbe Picayune visited Gen. Auger
this morniug, and ascertained that all
officers and men were under strict or
ders, and prepared to take the streets
at a moment's notice.
| To inquiry as to what was the charac
ter or part he meant to take in the po
litical drama now enacting, Gen. Auger
replied that his iustructions and inten
tions were to keep the peace.
Tho reporter suggested that Govern
or Nicholls was prepared and deter
mined to do this without aid of United
States troops, to which Gen. Auger re
plied, “I hope he will.”
He said th .t in the event of a con
flict on the streets of any serious char
acter he would intervene,
ww ?k©di*sg Shot—The Crowd Dis
persing.
w Orleans, January 9-3:lo—About
A past two u’elock someone iu the
*v<l on St. Louis street fired two
with a pistol into the Auditors
o in the lower portion of the State
JUlvse and three shots were returned
i within, which caused great excite
it, no one was hurt however. Soon
ij’ Major Austin drove up iQ a car
l's and read Gov. Nicholl’s proclama
ln to the crowd. Part of the crowd
#persed but the larger portion re
lined. At this hour Gov. Nicholls
f 1 Chief of Police Boilan are endea
iDg to disperse the crowd.
rf FOREIGN NEWS.
I
ie Turks are for War-The Powers
on the Situation.
London, January 9.—A Reuter dis-
from Constantinople says the
V'haredu Bosphore, newspaper, declares
shat inasmuch as all articles of Confer
ence from the programme are framed
with a view to the establishment of
privileged provinces, therefore, even if
the Powers withdraw four-fifths of
their demand, the Porte would still
persist in its objectiois. It is consid
ered possible that to-morrow’s sitting
cf the Conference will be adjourned at
the instance of the Turkish delegates,
who aro desirous to take steps toward
au understanding ou the basfs of the
Andrassay note. Roumania has de
clared to the Porte that article seven
of the now Constitution violates her
rights, she consequently declares her
self released from her vassalage,
throwing the responsibility of the step
upon the Porte.
France.
Paris, January 9.—Tho LePays this
evening publishes an article signed
Jassagnac, insolently attacking the
‘Government, and prophesying the re
turn of the Priuce Imperial to France
in three years.
Versailes, January 9.— The regular
session of Chambers opened to-day in
the Chamber of Deputies. M. Grevy
was re-elected President by 326 out of
340 votes recorded.
Tennessee Legislature.
- Nashville, January 9.— ln the Leg
islature to-day, for United States Sen
ator for the short term, ono Dallot was
taken in each House, which resulted : i
For Wm. B. Bate, 34; for James E.
bailey, 24; for D. M. Key, 12; for
Peter Turner, 9 ; for A. H. Pettibone,
20 ; aud for Horace Maynard, 1.
•jj Mexican News.
|j I £ana, January 9.—The City of Mo
“arrived from Vera Cruz with i
~ ! ng intelligence :
’.XK-o. January 3.-General
"ineing vii-tcri-Mi-ly and
li' !l "pi are j lining
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uver ten days.
mBBBf Mr Willis Spann die i on
last in his 7s;h year.
of Columbia are skatiug
Fisher’s mill pond, which is frozen
over.
During the Centennial vear there
were 35 deaths in Camden—whites 9,
colored 26.
Mr. W. N. Craig, Sheriff of Oconee
county, died of heart disease at Wal
halla last Saturday.
Capt. William J. Broome, au old and |
respected citizen of Jefferson county,
died at his residence near Belton ou
last Monday.
The store of Mr. James E. B tyce, at |
Beaufort, was robbed on the evening of ;
the 30r,h iust. Tne thief was caught
and £9O of the stolen money recov- !
ered.
The weather in Anderson county on j
the 3J instant was the coldest that has j
been known for twenty-one years. The
mercury registered two degrees below
zero.
The Sheriff of Barnwell county post
poned the sale of property advertised
to take place on Monday last. The
weather was so bad that nobody oouid
attend.
Clarenden.— Mr. R. L. McLeod had
an outhouse broken into recently, aud
ten bushels of his rioe stolen, by some
of the rogues who infest that neigh
borhood.
On the 24th ult. the residence of Mr.
Thos. Dent, five miles from Lexington
Court House, was destroyed by an in
cendiary firo. The iiouse was first
robbed and then fired.
The store-room near the residence .of
Mr. L. L. Fraser, Sr., of Mechaules
ville, was broken into on Friday night
last by some thieving villaius, aud a
bale of cotton and some meat aud rice
stolen.
The five negroes who murdered
Messrs. Hauseman aud Portman, two
Germans, near Aiken, some months
since, were fouud guilty last Thurs
day night, at Aiken, of murder in the
first degree.
The meeting, which was to have
been held at Barnwell C. H., on Mon
day last, to endorse the Constitutional
Government. of South Carolina, was
postponed on account of the inclemency
of the weather.
Owing to the inclement weather there
was only a small attendance in York
vilie on sales-day. Several tracts of
land were sold at priet'B varying from
£1 66 to £ll per acre. A house and lot
lu Rock Hill sold for £6OO.
Pickens.—Fifteen iuches of snow in
this county. The newly elected officers
of Pickens county have made their
bonds, had them properly approved,
and have forwarded them to Governor
Hampton for their commissions.
On Monday night last, the store of
Latimer & Hemphill, near the depot, j
iu Yorkville, was burglariously entered j
and about two hundred dollars’ worth j
of goods were stolen. As yet no clew
has been obtained as to the perpetra- j
tors of the robbery.
York —The gin house or Mr, J. C. H.
Duff, near Clay Hill, was destroyed by
an incendiary fire on Wednesday night,
the 20th ultimo, with the ginning ma
chinery, two and a half bales of cotton
and about four thousand bushels of
cotton seed. Partly insured.
Darlington.— The citizens of Grant
Township met at Laytou’s Hali on last
Saturday to cousider their best course
cf action in regard to renting their
lands. Alter s 'me discussion, they de
termined to await the decision of the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
\ GEORGIA NEWS.
Hawkinsville is to have anew bank.
Mr. W. W. Wash, of Savannah is
dead.
Atlanta still rejoices in a severe coal
famine.
The Oglethorpe Echo was frozen out
last week.
Oranges stll for a cent a piece in
Columbus.
John B. Shields, an old citizen of
Madison, died on the 2d inst.
The Oostanaula river was iced over
from bank to bank Wednesday.
Mr. G. S. Gardeusteig, a prominent
merchant of Irwinton, is dead.
The Newnan fair grounds havo been
sold at sheriff s sale for £1,390.
One degree below zero, the coldest in
twenty years is Rome’s record.
The Building and Loan Association
of Griffin will soon be wound up.
The Cruse House at Covington is
gaining in popularity every day.
The wheat in Newton county has
been injured by the cold weather.
The exercises of tho Madison Fe
male Coliege were resumed yesterday.
Mr. B. Ingram, aged 65, of Putnam
county, is dead. He died New Year’s
day.
Miss Emma Freeman, a nice young
lady of Giilfin, died suddenly ou Fri
day.
Rev. J. M. Brittain, one of the best
educators iu Georgia, has full charge
of the Conyers Male Ihd Female High
School.
Twenty shares Central Railroad stock
sold at £39 50 per share iu Savannah
Tuesday.
The proprietor of tho Edwards
House, at Sparta, set up a big Christ
mas dinner.
Rev. T. C. Boykin, State Sunday
School Evangelist, is holding meetings
in Union Point.
In one Burke county district this
year, five pairs of twins and one case
of triplets are reported.
Tho Swainesboro’ Herald is anew
aud spicy sheet just issued by J. M. G.
Medlock & Sou. It is above the aver
age.
McCalia, of the Conyers Register,
has turned over tho usual new leaf oi
New Year. He swears off from candy
pullings.
John Neal, a well-known citizen of
Atlanta, aged eighty years, slipped on
the icy pavement Saturday and broke !
bis thigh.
The Madison Amateurs gave “Ten
Nights in a Bar Room,” with Josh Bil
lings, of the Home Journal, as “Joe
Morgan,” the Old Sot.
Dr. Joel Branham, formerly State Li
brarian, died in Atlanta Thursday. He
was about 80 years of ago, and well
known in Middle Georgia.
Dahlonega has had a £2,500 fire.
The editor of the Advertiser goes off In
a three-quarter column cT poetry, which
| is thriiiiug in tho extreme.
The New York Musical Mirror high
j ly •>.*<; Mrs. Clara. B. Jennsot*,
of Griffin, who is now in Boston com
pleting her musical education.
Capt. W. H. Crawford, of Madison,
has gone aud done it again. This time
he was chief engiueer of a most sue
cissful social gathering. Bully.
The Christmas tree at Maxey’s Wed
nesday night of Christmas, was a most
decided success. The presents were i
delivered, in excellent style, by Mr. A. i
T. Brightweil.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun has a 1
subscriber, Dr. John E. Bacon, who
has been taking the paper for forty
years and has paid up iu advance for
the forty-first year.
The Savannah people are still ner
vous about A. &G. change bills. The
directors burned £13,000 on Thursday,
aud will continue the buruiug from day
to day until all is consumed.
So great was tho success attending
an entertainment given at Madison on
the 27th of December, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Mamie McHenry, that a
committee of citizens havo requested
a repetition.
Tho Thomson Advance regrets to
learn from several prominent farmers
I that the small grain crop has been ina
: terially damaged by tbe extreme cold
weather which has prevailed for seve
ral weeks past.
There is likelihood of a wordy war
between Mayor Angier and tbe public
school advocates, because there is a
strong desire on the part of the latter
to use for sohool purpose the money
that is set aside each year to liquidate
the city debt.
Columbus Enquirer : A negro arriv
ed in this city from Louisiana, eighty
miles west of the Mississippi river, a
few days ago, and walked the whole
distance iu eighteen days. He didn’t
like that country, and came back to his
dear old home iu Georgia.
The people of Augusta won’t allow
their politicians to serve the Lord as
they desire. If they are Protestants
a howl is raised, and if they are Catho-
I lies the howl is drawn out to a shriek.
Behold how pleasant it is for politicians
and people to dwell together in unity.
A drunken, vagabond printer on the
Eatonton Messenger, went back on tbe
propietor last week, and the paper was
a failure. Among other good things
lost was the valedictory of the old and
the salutatory of tbe new editoi. Both
these “State papers” are promised this
week.
Enterprise : We learn that Miss Ju
lia Callaway, of Oglethorpe county,
was married to Mr. William Stewart,of
Augusta, on yesterday, 4th inst. Miss
| Julia has many friends in Newton, all
i of whom take pleasure iu extending to
| herself aud husband many warm con
gratulations.
President Screven, of tho Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad, has found it neces
sary to address a circular to bondhol
ders, announcing a suspension of pay
ment on interests coupons due the Ist
instant. The business of the road, he
[ states, Buffered grievously from the
effects of the epidemic iu Savannah inst
j Summer.
A correspondent to the Savannah
! News, writing from Brunswick yester
day, says: “Set the bells to ringing,
and proclaim it from housetop to
housetop that old Glynu has redeemed
herself at last. The entire Democratic
county ticket was elected yesterday by
a sound majority. The grinding goes
on slowly, but surely.”
Sullivan, of the Thomson Advance,
gives it up. He says “while uo honest
man doubts the election of Mr. Tilden,
nothing will prevent the inauguration
of Hayes, and the consummation of a
stupenduous usuipatiou but tbe most
positive aud plainly expressed deter
mination ou the part of the Northern
Democracy not to submit to it. Will
they do this, or wi]l it fill end in bluster
and submission jf
GOTHAM’S SENSATION.
TRUTH ABOUT BENNETT AND
MAY.
The Real Cause of the Breaking of
the Engagement and the Ire of the
May Brothers —Was it a Case of True
Lore With the Lady ?
[Specif Correspondence of the Times.]
k New York, January 5.
The Bennett-May fiasco has not yet
passed into the oblivion of a nine
days’ wonder. That friendly veil of
forgetfulness for which the priest In
his robes, the belle In her velvets and
the beggar in his rags give equal
thanks, has not yet fallen upon it. The
railway king, with his millions, lies
dead, yet outside of Wall street the
movements of the young mogul of the
Herald excite far more interest than
the Vanderbilt funeral. The one is
scandal and appeals to the deepest in
terest of the public heart; the other is
death, at which all men frown. The
one affects the Stock Exchange; the
other affects gay society. The one
brings mourning weeds into a family;
the other brings disquiet and scandal
into an otherwise happy home. The
unfortunate Bennett-May affair is on
every tongue. It forms the chief topic
of the club men; it permeates the at
mosphere of the Fifth avenue recep
tions, and it is tossed from lip to lip
among the bootblacks in the Bowery.
THE ENGAGEMENT FIRST ANNOUNCED.
There has been a vast amount of so
ciety gossip since the announcement
was first made that Mr. Bennett had
become engaged to Miss Carrie May,
daughter of Dr. William May, of this
city. This transpired over a year ngo,
and during the interveuing time all
soits of contradictory rumors have \
been ail >ut. L'he story that Mr. Ben
nett had ordered a valuable sit of dia
monds, including necklace and brace
lets, from Tiffany’s, for his Uunceefand
that the marriage was to have taken !
place last winter, was followed by the
statement that it had been postponed
on account of the determination of
Mr. Bennett’s only sister to enter a con
vent in the event of her brother’s mar
riage. This bore some ti uth upon its
face, as Miss Bennett is a rigid Catholic
and entirely devoted to her brother,
and would have been jealous regard
ing any new ties that he might have
formed. Close upon this rumor came ■
one to. the effect that the marriage was
to have occurred last summer ; agaio,
it was stated that Dr. May hud refuged
his sanction to the union, on account of
the young gentleman’s habits, and that
he had been put upon probation for six
mouths or a year. Fading to work out
his probation, the lover red into divers
and many disagreements with the head
of the May household.
LET IN AT THE BASEMENT WINDOW.
On the occasion of one of bis visits to
his lady love he slapped her on the
cheek—probably in play, probably as
an ecceutric mcaus of displaying his
affection. At auy rate, the young lady’s
rather took umbrage at the action, and
quietly put Mr. Bennett out of the front
door. As soou as the paternal
turned Miss May went down Gains'”
and let her lover in through the base
ment window. Little incidents of this
and a similar nature served to give
spice to the engagement and to test the
young lady’s determination to cling to
her eccentric suitor. This she bus done
faithfully through all the wild escapades
that have marked Mr, Bennett’s career
during her association with him, always
takiDg his part whenever her own
family spoke or acted against him. It
is stated on the best authority that
Miss May really loves Mr. Bennett and
is deeply grieved at the phase that the
affair has assumed, although up t.o to
day she has heard nothing of the meet
ing between her brother and Mr. Ben
nett, she being quite ill from the excite
ment of the past ten days, during which
time the engagement has been broken
off.
WHAT BROKE OFF THE MATCH.
A handsome trousseau had arrived
from Europe, the wedding-day had
been fixed for the 27th of December,
and Mr. Bennett had positively engaged
passage for himself and bride in the
Russia, when, lo! the wedding-bubble
burst, uud the gayety of a bridal is
likely to be changed into the tragedy
of a mortal combat. On Christina's
Eve Mr. Bennett went to Dr. May’s
house, in West Nineteenth street, while
he was considerably under the influ
ence of liquor, and, like mauy others
of the same temperament, he has no
control of himself when in that condi
tion. His manner and language to
wards Miss May’s mother and mem
bers of the family was not particularly
commendable. In fact, it was such as
;igain to arouse Dr. May’s ire and to
lead him to show his guest to the front
door. Mr. Bennett’s demonstrations in
front of the house greatly incensed the
May brothers when it reached their
ears, and they swore vengeance against
him. In the meanwhile Dr. May wrote
a note to Mr. Bennett positively refus
ing his consent to the marriage.*
DID BENNETT WEARY OF THE ENGAGEMENT?
It is asserted by society people, and
it is believed by the May family, that
Mr. Bennett was very willing to have
the engagement annulled, having
grown weary of it, but that he did not
wish to break it off himself, preferring
tbat this movement should come from
the May family, and that this was the
explanation of much of his annoying
and singular conduct to members of
the May household. It is so well known
that Mr. Bennett’s life has been a con
stant search for new pleasures that it
would not seem incongruous to his
character that such should have really
been the case. But undoubtedly in the
first instance he was attracted to Miss
May and inspired by a feeling of deep
interest when he offered her the Ben
nett hand aud the Bennett fortune,
which, in a pecuniary sense, was such
a glittering target for woraeu of the
world, in which the millionaire editor
moved. It does not follow that Ben
nett did not care for the pretty girl
who had attraoted his fancy, simply
because he may have growu restless
under fetters to which ho was unac
customed. Y’outig men of society re
quire novel pastimes.
MISS CARRIE may’s APPEARANCE.
Miss Carrie May is a very attractive
woman, possessed |of fascinating man
ners and sufficient beauty to have ren
dered her a belle, both in New York,
and in Washington, of which city her
rather is a native. The family are ex
tensively corrected in Washington and
in Baltimore. Miss Carrie May is
slightly above medium height, of rath
er delicate physique. She appeared
much smaller she really was as
she walked gayly along Fifth Avenue, j
Uy the side of her stalwart lover, or sat
beside him as he drove his four-in- \
hand through the Park. She is very ;
grateful in tpoveiqent and stylish,!
though usually attired with simplicity |
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
ou the street or the drive. She has
peen called rather cold aud self oenter
t-d, and many supposed that she cared
more for the dazzling fortune tbat her
lover possessed than she did for him
bin n u^ Burmisea and suspicions un
fold not the story of the human heart
and whether Miss May cares for Mr!
Bennett or not, or whether Mr. Bcu
uett cares for the girl whom ho wooed
or ia a 84(1 termination
or what in the beginning was believed
to have been a love affair. Mr Ben
netts attentions to M>ss Mav we e
most marked after the engagement
The - V wer © together
a great deal at Newport last summer,
haV ® bGea seen frequently at
receptions quite recently
On the day when the meeting oc
curted between Mr. May and Mr Ben-
D f. u fr°ot of the Union Club an
other brother, also armed with a cow
hide, was awaiting Mr. Bennett’s ad
vent.at the Herald office. The broth
ers had deciaed that whoever caught
him first should administer the flog
ging, the direct occasion of which
they assert, was the ianguage used by
~ ‘ .® enne fr *° Miss Mav’s mother
most particularly. Here we have a
n^Ht tr ° Ub i eS witha Pros
pective mother-in-law. Mora
ben hill.
THE OPINION OP THE PRESS.
What One of the Boys Thinks of
Benjamiu.
[Washington Cor. N. 0. Democrat ]
. Me can all cheerfully subscribe to
the doctrines which Mr. Hill sets foith.
They are of the essence of sound con
servatism and lofty love of country.
But we cannot dispel the regret which
lipgers in the mind after observing the
indications cf bad temper which,'■in
one or two paragraphs, crop out un
mistakably. For my own part, I
feel a peculiar sense or woe at
these manifestations, directed as they
are, toward the noble army of mar
tyrs who write for the contemporane
ous press, and whom Mr. Hill in his
haste denominates
"HIRELINGS ’ AND “SCRIBLERS.”
. 1 . ildVd an indistinct recollection of
ha wixg, some days ago, penned the fol
lowing sentence for transmission bv
magnetic telegraph : -
“Ben Hill has concluded to postpone
hi proposed delivery of the Southern
Sf“t ,ClaCy 10 Hayeß ’” 01 words to that
I learn that this sentence was the oc
casion of great offense to Mr. Hill. I
have never myself seen it in print, be
cause I missed the number of the Dem
oceut to which it was sent. But lam
told that Mr. Hill learned of its trans
mission, aud that he waxed cxcec'jlDtr
y wroth thereat—so wroth, indeed
that some simple minded friends of
Sl n ?„7r e , m ° Ved to admonish me of
the rate of poor Yancey, and to sug
avoidance of the paths fie
ujSr It© But
f/iiJjs un’liW hero u-i There. To r<-
sume; I wish I was at liberty to make
*.hat unlucky sentence the text of &
serraou. But I could not do ho just at
taw moment without violation of eer
taiu confidences, which are i:one the
[e.s cacred because I do not happen to
ed Uiem riaoUy W * lb thOS °
I do not accuse Mr. Hill of having
e, i her <lircc,1 J’ or indirect-
,-J 1 Bayes, or with anybody
jualifled to speak for that waiting and
willing individual. But I think I have
good ground for asserting that Mr.
Hayes and his friends counted with
confidence upon
THE CO-OPERATION OF MU. HILL
in an attempt which they inaugurated
haAing for its object the d’sruption of
the Southern Democracy and the cap
ture of one fragment thereof.
They may have counted without their
host, and Mr. Hill may be the victim of
their misplaced confidence in him ; but
u n 19 ’ 1 beg * eave to remark that Mr.
Hill is not usually.tho victim in such
ta.-es, and point to his political career
for the past seven—nay the past seven
teen-years in verification.
1 erhaps there is nothing essentially
unworthy; probably, as politics run,
nothing dishonorable in au attempt on
the part of Southern men to sauve qui*
pent in event of a general rout of tue
Deraocr atic forces. With Hayes count
ed iu aud the last chance of Democra
tic success wiped out by invincible
fraud, the position of the Solid South
would truly be a sandwiching between
T K DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA,
and I should be slow to accuse of dis
honor any one who iu such an exigency
1 might rush into the embrace of the
■ former hi preference to a demnitioti
i moist, unpleasant grave in th<? depths
lot the latter. Aud fiuallv, whether
dishouoiuble or not, wo could hardly
withhold our admiral ion from that mail
! or °f men who should successfully
accomplish so herculean a task as the
i delivery of the Southern Democracy
j to Hayes.
, I hope Mr. Hill will reconsider bis
epithets, even as he concluded to post
pone his transfer of goods aforesaid.
He wiil hardly reach the Senate this
trip anyhow, and it is better to lay up
treasures in the heaven of the next
Se latoiial election in Georgia than to
waste his intellectual substance in uu
seernly fliogs at the young men who
patvey pabulum to the press. Cary.
Advice to Young Men.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that
President Porter, of Yale College, gave
the following advice to students or ihat
institution the other day: “Young
ruen, you are the architects of your
I own strength of body and soul; take
for your star self-reliance, faith, hon
esty and industry; inscribe on your
banner, luck is a fool, pluck is a hero.
Don’t ta're too much advice, keep at
your helm, and steer your own ship
and remember the great art of com
manding is -o take a fair 9hare of the
work. Don’t practice too much hu
manity, thiDk well of yourselr, strike
out, assume your own position; put po
tatoes in your cart over a rougn road
and the small ones go to the bottom
rise above the envious and jealous fire
above the mark you intend to hit; en
ergy, invincible deterinioaiion, with a
right motive, are the ieveis that move
the world; don’t drink, don’t chew
don’t smoke, don’t swaar, don’t de
ceive, don’t read novels, don’t marry'
until you can support a wife, be in
earnest, be self-reliant, be generous, bo
civil, i>ad the papers, advertise your
business, make money, and do good
with it, love your God and fellow-mair,
love truth and virtue, love your coun
try, and obey its iawa.”
Joint Sl Paschal, aged 67, died oa
Wednesday night last, near Thomaou,