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THE MERCURY. Entered as Second-class Matter at t , l(! sandersville Postoflico Ai)t'U H7, 1880. Sandersville, Washington County, 6a. PUBLISHED BY A. J. JEHNIGAN & CO. Proprietors nod Editors. 2fl THE MERCURY. I. •/. JERMgAn & co., Proprietor*. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AORIOULTUBE AND QENEHAT, INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $t.50 Per Annum .VOLUME VIII. SANDERSVILLE. GA.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1887. NUMBER 13. WASHINGTON ITEMS, pictures or run doings at TIIU NATIONAL CAPITAL. Tito lloiiiirtiiiontK Getting Down In Again—Tlio .NiuIoii’h Flunnrrn—Appolnt- tiimm nml KtunovaU-fot-gniml*. UEKU INVESTIGATION. It is the intention of Qoinniissioncr Miller, of the Internal Revenue Uuronn, to tninsmit to Congress the result of ,tlic investigations ho is about to mitko into tlie nnrity of the different brands of beer, ]f ik leti riouii adulterations are revealed, the commissioner will suggest that Con- gross confer power upon the bureau to prevent the making of impure beer. GREEKS COMING, According to a report received at the Plate Department, tliorc is in Greece n rumor that Greek laborers are wanted in Amerie i, mid that the United , States (iovernineiit will furnish transportation. Consular Agent McDowell at Pir.eus cs- timales that 300 persons have Sailed for America from that jmrt during the last two months. lie says these people tnnrtgagc or sell their possessions, leave their families uml sail for America. 11KN. HANKS - * AlTOlfNTS. (Ira. Natlmniel 1‘. Ranks, United Sluies Marshal at Boston, Mass., has been very deliiiipient in sending in liis ac counts In the Depaitmeiit of Justice, and (special examiner of the department is limv making an oxnmination of bis ac- counts, as there is a considerable sum of in unaccounted for. The result of llnr\limitation will be forwarded to tho ■part of Justice, nnd if any irrog- uiiic should appear, the First Comp, ill* i of the Treasury will cull upon ■a. Banks for an explanation. ANUS II,1,KHALI,Y 1 IK I, II 11V RAILROADS, The Co of the General Land 1 li >• has completed the adjustment of IV 'abroad grants. The adjustment ors that the Hi. Joseph * Denver City i p,mi i onipany would ho entitled to Jd'-V.i a res more thin leepived. lathe n r r.alit eases till'adjustment shows it an aggregate of 1,8311,<180 acres have in eironeoiisly patenleil or eertilieil ia rvss ol tile amounts due under the tuts,and ihat tlm same companies lmve ■d li- s of selections aggregating 1,- ;l.:siG acres in addition, making a total st17,StM aerea received and claimed excess of the grants. DUI.'NKKN OFFU'KIIS. All epidemic of dlimkenness seems to prevailed in the aimy and navy du- -iimmer, all', i ting even the mil- :■ ae nlemy nt West Point, mul the P avmis of both departments, many lii offenses of otlieeis in ibis respect 'in : I condoned, to the great dot- | ' .it el discipline], A pinminent iiriny i"! 'I Wa-.li.ugton is I’epie ented as lina in regard to the extent of this i'. that it eviu'y man who v.as found 'i'k, even while oil duty, is dismissed ia la service,'our li tile imny will soon ' ” be to a corporal's guard. It makes a i heal of il fferi'iiee, however, ,• tii'i the olll.cr has inllueaee. THE 0, A. R, MEET, St. I.o at j, Alt)., Give* i lie Bolillrm „ Very (Jonllnl Welcome. No such crowd was ever handled in St. Louis, Mo., as appeared at the first day ol the assembling in annual THE WORLD OYER. . .. in annual encampment of the G. A, R. veterans. Governors nnd ex-governors reported from time to time, anil the following were ready to take the H'V'ewmgstand: Governor Oglesby, of Illinois; Rusk, of Wisconsin; Stone, of California; Uelcher, of Missouri; Craxv- hird of Kansas; Evans, of Colorado; Hm.dcis of Nebraska; Pierrepont, of Ue«t Virginia; ex-Govcnor William I Sprague of Rhode Island ; ox-Vieo-Pres- i'.ent 1 ritiiiiih.il Hamlin, An extended progiiitnYhci of receptions, luncheons and ilmners hail been prepared for their on- ertainment for the week. Ih the evening anil Caro: Ml L mil ( NOTES. ebb has been appointed G linger for the lith Yir- 11st riot. house boat, the first ever ■i vice, is to bo jmilt by "mb ridge, Linwood, W. uT Cape ciiurles, Va, s, of South Carolina, a etor, and William Wright, in i, a timber agent in the Illice, have resigned. more train-wrecking. fln'iT Dnntiit'illy Avis liy lliiillsioveri'il VII. Iiilns-No Lives Lost. An attempt was made to wreck a St. mis express train on the Fitchburg, “W road, about one nnd a half miles * ll "Vi-‘tin-tiiwnof North Pownal, Vermont. Lngiuet r I’hilling. in the dim moonlight, niv an obstruction ou the track about three train lengths ahead—the train was Dinning about forty miles nu hour—nnd heapplii',] tin. die brakes, stopping the tram with n jerk, but not until tho cn- 8 m ,' : had struck the obstacle. This was * pile <. f nine ties, (wo of which were fl l| l' ( ' | l to the track. The engine did not Ivave tli,' track, though several of the ties 'uni displaced from the pile laid across me rails. A passenger train on tile Cairo, hii" inn s a Chicago Railroad ran into a 'ft itp r> n the truck about eight miles l 1 "f Vincennes. Tho log was as h‘ r gc as a tliiur barrel, but the engine nock."I it off. Over a hundred people "ere on the train and felt considerable •■inn over their narrow escape. A few 'riiis ago an attempt was made to wreck I? "h' 0 'V Mississippi train between ■Mis and Hutson, Ohio. On this oceu- rrossties were piled on the truck, but ngiiii'er saw them in time to reverse L '('"gi'.ie. The obstruction was strong ,i" ll "'i lo shake up the passengers and """ tlie cab. A northbound pas- "s 1 ' 1 train on tho Iron .Mountain Rail- , ' "as wrecked near Walnut Ridge, • "Hsus. Members c 7 Texarkana and " firings Grand Army Posts were Uiif' ^ lu pashongors’ on route to St. Till; COTTON Cl 1(01*. i-^hard II. Allen & o 0 .,of Now York, 'ii t | l * lc following crop report: tj \ ew exceptional localities, the eu- 0 belt had beautiful weather for '"BhiHl chopping out. No fields li, e , [hhuiiluned to grass, as is usually jj(li*®' !ll "l stands were perfect. It is ct '. 1,1 form any estimate of the in- tti'it 11 Ul llrlv "." <! , but it must have been tivj,’ Hspoi'iul|y west of the Mississippi 01 J the f. rming population lias Sri'c' V™' 1 * increased in a marked tie- akiiig into consideration the p w- feet St, W'..| * 10 l ,r °UiibilLtyof little waste, •Iran I*'' il ' :reH K° and, tlie absence of IhihIh, we estimate the crop at l0m 0 0)0.0 0 bales. tr «l ter^ P " r a 0, 'k supreme ‘court, in gen- coin;„."nn'med tlie judgment OOOD.11Y JAKY! JJ'uylrti, 'fiail judgment of .the . ----- of Jacob Hhnrpf •be jin|,V." :ly ' 'hilroud briber, all four of i l l l l! ':ili'ii' s Ul,l, p ,,ri hig. The case can be Snari) ,,-ii, ? tllu court of appeals, but I»c seut to Sing Sing at onoo. , , , ...v. evening loors of tlio Merchants Exchange were thrown open for the soldiers nnd tlioir friends, who were wending their "ay to the reception tendered by tlie citi zens of Ht. Louis, nnd the immense cham ber was profusely decorated with bunt ing, lings and stripes and streamersliang- nig gracefully from the balconies. A great banner welcomed tlie boys of 'Cl , A .fountain in the middle of the hull, filled w 'tb lloweis and surrounded by tropical 111 tin lu rlueli...! L.i . - r . . * 1 EPITOME OF THE INTERESTING NEWS OF THE VAX, The Irish Troubles—I.nlinr Agitation livery, where—Wlmt ii Doing North, i:„»u Weal and Acroan tlie Hena. M. Grevy will shortly resign the Presi dency of France. , Slight shocks of cnrtliqunko were felt in Snutingo de Cuba. A shock was also felt in Iiaracoa. Tho epidemic of scnrlct fever in Lon don, England, is still spreading. There are now 1,000 cases in tho hospitals. Tho Gaulois publishes n report, which it does not credit, to the effect that the remains of Napoleon I. have been stolen from the tomb in the hotel lies Invalidos, Paris, Franco, and cast to the winds. Cardinal Gibbons accompanied by Ilcv. Dr, P, L. Chappell, of Washington, left Baltimore, Mil., by tho Pennsylvania Railroad, for Portland, Oregon; but lie "ill stop on route at Chicago, Milwaukee mid St. Paul. A violent storm has been raging Three children of a farmer named Gad bout, while playing on tlie island of Or leans, near Quebec, Canada, where the artillery competition was held recently, found a shell and lighted the fuse. The Loral) exploded uml killed thorn nil in stantly. Bailiffs, accompanied by a body of po- stirringairs, while the crowd awaited tlie coming of the speakers. Mayor Francis, accompanied by war governors and oilier distinguished guests, entered tlie hall and took places on the platform. A few minutes later Gen. Sherman entered, ac companied bv two friends, mnl succeeded in getting almost on the platform before . . . , , l ,p " !ls '"• SC0VlM ’ t,( l by tho veterans. Then j ^ cc > se i zt ‘d ft number of cattle belonging J 1 s bowt went up and a rousing cheer. to u biniily named Hurley, at Kilbarrey, I lie general was given an arm elnur in : I 'eland. A crowd at'aekcd the officers front of the platform near I lie speaker's ! witl1 stones and pitchforks. Tho police rostrum. | charged their assailants with fixed buyo- Mnyor Francis arose, and turning to- n, ' ts > hayonetted several, lmt they wards Gen. Fuirehild extended a hearty I " cre obliged to retreat without tho cut- welcome to tlie Grand Army of the Re- tlu - public. He called tile, eoinmandcr-iii- ! Fifty persons, principally Jews, have elind sal tent inn to the fact that not only ! just been tried at Riga. Russia, on tliir- i omrades-m-arms wore working imnnoni- i teen different charges of arson. The evi- onsly side by side by many who, u quur- i deuce showed tlnit an extensive conspira- ler of a eentury ago, were arrayed against ] cy had been formed to defraud insurance them in civil strife, and Gen. Fairchild ; companies. Ten of (lie prisoners were responded to thi* cordial greeting by the ! sentenced to Siberia for life, nineteen nssiiruneu that when tho invitation was ; were acquitted and tho remainder were accepted,it was with the belief and knowl- | sentenced to various terms of imprisim- edge that Ht. Louis would do just ns she incut. 1' ul 'bine, and there Was not a moment "hen members of the Grand Army doubted the hospitable reception they were to receive, ortho moment that they ever thought of not coming. To nun wlio More tlie gray he could say,they met l hem with feelings of love and confidence, and extend to them the right hand of fel lowship. The Grand Army did not dig up tlie hatchet or wave the bloody shirt. There never hail been, from 1807‘to the present time, among comrades, a thought or feeling of malice to die South. Here to-night were given words of welcome which would ring out through tho land, and when tlie Grand Army goes home they will leave behind a portion of their hearts. As his voice died out, a call for Gen. Hhi'i'inatf was followed by a dozen more ami then a tlood of cheers, but they apparently fell on deaf ears, for, though looking directly over tlie sea of luces, the general gave no sign of response, and Mayor Francis seized the opportunity of tin* lull to introduce ex-Viee President Hannibal Hamlin. Gov. Oglesby', of Ill inois kept up tlie enthusiasm by a jocu lar assault upon Gen. Sherman for not re sponding to the repeated calls. As ho re tired, the name of Hhermau flew from mouth to mouth, and an ovation greeted "l ncle Billy" as lie rose to answer to the calls. Gen. Sherman found opportunity to retire, and as tlie echo died out the band struck up “Marching Through Georgia.” Tlie veterans quickly caught the tune anil 4,000 voices rent the air again and again until the hall re-echoed A meeting of Federal veterans of the late War xvus held in New York, and a labor club organized. Resolutions were adopted to the end that the Government should grant western lands to tlie war veterans aud advance tlie passage money nnd means for working laud, Tho mov ers of tho resolution will attempt to se cure the indorsement of tho union labor party. The military and police were present at the eviction of Michnel Lane and family, from their holding on Col. Mead ows’s estate, at Ardnacrusha, in Limer ick, Ireland. The Lillies made a stub born resistance, and during tlie struggle Mrs. Lane, with a poker, split open the skull of Inspector Riley, xvlio xvas direct ing tho eviction. Airs. Lane, her husband and brother were arrested. George Francis Train spoke for the first time in many years, nt Webster lmll, in New York, in favor of the condemned Chicago anarchists. The proceeds of admission fees charged were to go to the support of tlie men's families. Mr. Train spoke ramblingly for nearly two hours, the most of the lime not refening to the anarchists in any way. Train aid that lie would speak every night for Hie mmrehists families’support, until Novem ber 11, tlie date of the hanging. There was n rousing meeting hoi 1 in tlie big hall of Cooper Union by the Man hattan Temperance Association, which served tlie double purpose of welcom ing Neal Dow, ihe leader of the prohibi with their choruses. Gov. Thayer, of ! tiouists, and greeting Dr. McQIynn. Mr. Dow was introduced and spoke nt some length. Dr. MeGlynn then responded to repeated calls, and declared his appreci ation of his greeting. He said tlie United Labor party anil the prohibition jmity were both striving to tlie same end. In n letter from Wadelai, Africa, Emin i Bey declares that ho will not return with Stanley. He says: “I have passed ! twelve years here and have succeeded in j reoccupying nearly every station in the A party of five sportsmen and four I country which Gen. Gordon entrusted to ‘liters wore following a path nt Kaon, I me. I have won the trust and confidence near Surplninc, on French territory, seven | of the people, sowing seed of a splendid yards from tho frontier, when a person j future for civilization. It is out of the standing behind a clump of trees on the question to ask ine to leave. All 1 want German side, 80 yards from tlie frontier, England to do is to make a free trading way to tlie coast.” A special from the city of Mexico says, that Gen. Juan N. Cortilla, xvlio lias been N* lirnskn, Gov. Hprague, of Rhode Is land, Gov. Solomon, of California, mnl oilier honored guests made speeches, and the evening's reception closed with three rousing cheers. DRAMATIC INCIDENT. Herman Ofl'elnl* Eire on l' , rinrliinrn JnUnnt Reparation Reninmlrit tired three shots at them. The first bul let did not bit anyone, but tlie second killed one of tlie beaters, and a third se verely wounded a gentleman named a government prisoner eleven years, lias AVanger, a pupil at Saninur cavalry just been released by order of President school. German officials declare that a ohiz. For many years lie was a terror_ of Gorman soldier named Kauffman, who tlie lower Rio G.mule. On one occasion ' he crossed that river and captured tlie city of Brownsville, lie hasTiceii con nected with several revolutions, nnd was particularly conspicuous in that of Tux- tepee, which brought President Diaz imo power. Ilis restlessness and disturbing spirit compelled the government to make him a military prisoner. Ho is now old ami infirm, and liis popularity is gone mul he can no longer do harm. was detailed to assist the forest guards in preventing poaching, fired tho shots. Kauffman affirms that lie shouted three times for the party to halt before firing oil them. He believed that they were on German territory. The sportsmen de clare that they heard nothing. Othcnils on both sides of the frontier arc mak ng inquiries into the shooting. Premier Rovier conferred xvitli the minister of foreign affairs and tho minister of justice in relation to tlu incident after the receipt of tlie official report of affairs, and it was decided to send a note to Berlin request in''' tlie German government, in the in terest of tho continuation of friendly relations, to institute mi inquiry into the affair without delay. Count Von Mun ster German ambassador at Paris, in an interview xvitli Foreign Minister Flomens, expressed regret nt tho occur rence aud gave assurance that justice would be done by the German govern ment. Le Paris says: Germany xu llnuluu x ... lmve to pay lieiwily f°r the shots me h uv isli with Ins money, slapping clown tlie frontier. Unless Bismarck is >e $ioi) bills for frilling articles and declin- upon n conflict, leading to a general " nr, j t0 accepit any change. It appears ne will have to givo France Hill , , 1M ‘ ' ! that he arrived from England a few. ti 0n . Germany never tights unless sue * mont j ls „g 0 burdened with more money believes herself the strongest. Unce ^ t j jan | 1(J j- ucw w j la t to do with, and to more sho xvill have to make amends. gratify a singular freak he made a bee ri something to find a conqueror com- j ^ ^ T(JX ^ 0ccasi A LIVKLY CIIAI*. A young Englishman arrived in Gal veston, Texas, registered at a hotel as Garter G. Gordon, from Savannah, Ga. Shortly afterward he created quite n sen sation by walking up aud down the principal streets clad in knee breeches, a peaked straw hat and a huge capo over coat, although the xveathcr xvas very sultry. His eccentric conduct soon at tracted attention, particularly as lie was 1 ' . .• il I UUtYG YT 11U iuii x*» entitled to it. Until tho matter is '"i y . j oct ; V( , w(w st. Louis, xvhere bo in- sifted let us keep our temper.’ Ike j tcu d e( i to be during tho Grand Army fair has created great excitement in lu- encampment, and xvhere ho intended rope mul stocks xvero badly affected. | S p 0n di n g bushels of money. SOUTHERN BRIEFS HP ADAH LE ITEJfS CARPPtfLLT GATHERED HITHER AND TON. Sorlal, Trnipornnoo nnd Ilcllglous IHove- uicnta-FIrea, llentlia nnd 0tilctdea-ltall- rond Opcratlona nnd Improveinoiita. The glass factory in Atlanta, Ga,, de st roved by tire several months since, has been rebuilt. J. B. Marshall, r drummer from Rich mond, Va., xvas killed at liebnettsvlllc, S. C., by a fall from a horse. For fear the harmony of tho stnto fair will he disturbed, tho Macon, Gn., au thorities xvill expel tho Salvation Army. William Henry Bishop, 21 years of ®j?0i xvas killed by n tiam on tlie East Tenn., Virginia and Georgia Railroad, near Hamlet, Ga. lie belongs to Dallas. There xvas a frost throughout tho upper section of the state of Virginiu, and tliore are fears of great loss in tlie tobacco crop, estimated at one-tliird of tlie crop vet in the field. Four stores at Seal near Columbus, Gu., xvero burglarized. They xvero occu pied by B, M. Henry, E. F. Pyo and two xvero vacant. At Henry’s store they blew open tho safe, but got only four dollars. Patrick Kearney, a well-known stone mason of Atlanta, Ga., it is said, while under tlie influunco of liquor, was struck by a Western aud Atlantic railroad truin at tlie Whitehall street crossing, and had a leg and arm crushed. Tlie trustees of tlie II. E. Leo institute nt Thomnston, Gil., lmve elected Prof. G. G. Glover, of Atlanta, president of tho college, to fill tlie vacancy caused by the resignation of Prof. J. T, Newton, who resigned to accept an appointment in tlie War Department at Wasliington, I), O. A call for a mass mooting lias been is sued and signed by a large number of prominent merchants of Nashville, Tenn,, to consider the new proposition to bo submitted by tlie Tennesseo Midland Railroad Company, nnd to protest against tlie frauds committed by tlie opponents of the proposition voted on recently. On the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, near Jackson, Tenn..nil entire passenger train, except tlie engine, was hurled from a trostling while running forty-live mile* an hour, and over thirty persons were in jured, though, by xvlnit seems almost a miracle, none were killed. The conchos xvero thrown forty feet from tho track and some turned completely over. The Indies’ coach nnd sleeper of tho southbound train on tlie Alabama Great Southern Railroad, were thrown from tho track, near Ft. Payne, Ala., by a broken rail. The conch was badly wrecked, and eighteen people were badly injured, nnd some of them seriously. The sleeper was only overturned and none of tho passen gers on it were injured, Tho news that the Macon & Covington Railroad lias been placed in the hands of a receiver came upon Alliens, Gn., like a clap of thunder from a clear sky. To se cure this road, Athens relinquished her claims ou the Richmond & Danville to extend tlie Northeastern to Clayton, Ga., and upon a solemn contraot from tliu former railroad to take $117,500 worth of bonds on the Macon & Covingtou. Dr. James A. Gray died in Atlanta, Gn. lie was a native of Monroe county, where he was born on tho 20th of De cember, 1819. He was tho son of Dr. Joseph Gray, a prominent planter of that county. He begun the study of medicine, matriculating at the Atlanta Medical Col lege, from which lie graduated in tlie class of ’79. Hu took first honors in a class which had forty-eight members. At the time of his death lie was proctor of tlie facility of tho college. He was u Master Mason; a member and medical ex aminer of Gate City Lodge K. of II.; wiu surgeon of tlie Atlanta Rifles and a mem ber of tlie Atlanta Society of Medicine. Asa large excursion enr, on which were twenty-five or thirty people, started down Rose hill, at Columbus, Gn., tlie brake at thu front end broke. The grade is very steep, ami tlie car began to run ut such a rapid rate that tlie mules were soon swept io uiie side and left behind. There was a perfect panic among the pas sengers when they saw how rapidly tlie car was going, and beheld another car at tlie foot of the hill. A number of them jumped and several were seriom-ly hurt. George Layfield jumped xvitli his child iu his arms, and the latter hud its skull fractured. Hugh Glaze, a son of Col. \Y. If. Glaze, xvas dangerously hurt, and it is thought that his skull is fractured at the base of tlie bruin. RACE WAR IN TEXAS. An insurrection is imminent among tlie colored people in Mutugimln county, Tex. The sheriff of Matagorda county sent a courier to Sheriff Hicloy, of Brazier county, nsking for immediuto assistance. The courier stated that over 200 negroes were under arms in Matagorda, and that excitement among the xvhites was very great. Tlie trouble arose over an at tempt of a colored constnblo to arrest a white man who resided on Cmtey Greek. The constable xvas found dead lying iu tho water of the creek, and tho negroes believe that ho xvas murdered by white men of the vicinity, because lie had a warrant for one of their number. Later reports stuted that Sheriff Hieley had rais ed a posse of fifty mounted white men and started for Matagorda. Whilo tlie sheriff of Matagorda county xvas on route to tlie scene of tlie trouble with one hun dred mounted men, an alarming report reached Houston, Tex., that the sheriff's forces had arrived nnd active hostilities begun. Tlie negroes have been largely reinforced. The Houston Light Guards have received orders to leave on a special train for the town of Columbia, Brazier county. TEXAN 1IAND1TH. A posse was sent from the United States Marshal’s office to Bio Grande City, a few days ago, to capture a gang of smugglers encamped about fifty miles from Lure Jo, Texas. Tiny found the camp in iho brush near tlie river, and the demand for surrender was answered by a volley from Winchesters. A battle en sued, resulting in the dentil of four of ilie smugglers and the capture of tlie camp and a number of horses. None oi lie officers were hurt. VOLUNTEER WINS TUT! AMERICAN YACHT ItVNS A H’/l V FROM THE SCOTCHMAN. ( rotril In New York Harbor I llir Cniiny Moor Knslly Defeated by Gen. l'alno'a Racer. The Scotch cutter Thistle and tho American sloop Volunteer linvo met in tlie lir-t 1887 contest for America’s cup, in New York harbor, and the Volunteer •’eat tlie foreigner so badly, that the lat- tn s most enthusiastic champions hnvo only to say that something unexplainable is the matter with the Thistle. Tlie peo ple, wlio went down on 51,000 steamships, liver steamers, tugs, steam yachts, sailing yachts and boats improvised for the ocen- xioHi numbered easily 50,000, nnd tho scene presented by tlie mass of craft be fore, at, and after tho start, cannot be de scribed. They covered n vast area nnd thcry kept up a noise throughout tlie race, that startled tlie people wlio came from Europe to witness tlie contest. Incessant gun firing and steam whistling called forth the xvialcst kind of enthunustn, xxmirh interfered with tho duties of offi cials of the race. Tho great llotilin cov ered tli*' ground off O’Noal’g Head in a xvny that made it doubtful if a decent stm t could ho made, lvhile the elements indicated “no race. From onrly morn ing, there was no sign of a breeze, nud • dirty haze hung over the water, indica tive of a continuously thick atmosphere, anil a poor view of liio race. h itli favorable surroundings, tho rncs xvould have been started at 10:80 n. in., lmt at that hour tliore was not airenough to Mow a match out, and tho judges, ou Commodore Gerry's Electrn, waited to start tlie racers until there should uppeor a chance of getting tho boats over tlie course within tlie proscribed soven hours. At 12.20, the Electrn fired tho prepar atory gun, and nt 12.30 tlie gun to start. After the latter, tho yachts had live min utes to cross tlie line. If either had taken longer than five minutes, tier timo of start would have been registered nt the expiration of tlie five minutes. The boats crossed as follows: Thistle, 12.33.00; Volunteer, 12.34.58. The Thistle not only hud the nearer position, xvhen the order to start was given, but she also wont through tho xvntor faster. Ho slie got over tho lino 1 minute 52 sec onds abend. An cight-mileg-an-liour wind xvas then from the south-southeast, and tlie yachts had to sail close on the xviud for tho first mark, buoy 10, ou southwest, tlie ship which bore south by west xvas tlireo and n half miles away. Tho yachts went over port lack and at once tlie Volunteer began to overhaul tlm Thistle. Tlie liist tack was in to ward Clilton, Button Island, and ou that tack of fifteen minutes or less, the Vol unteer showed her superiority over tho Thistle in weather that had been written down as the foreigner’s best, that left no doubt of the result. The Volunteer xveut by the Thistle us though tlie latter xvas anchored, and she stayed in front to the end. Tho Thistle xvas more than a little bothered by tho excursion boats on that first tack. Steamers crossed Iter bows, and gave Iter much swash, but after that the steamers hung to tlie Volunteer, tlie lender, and throughout the rest of the day she suffered three times, nt least, ns much as the Thistle did, from the way they kicked up tlie water and shut off tho wind. It xvas no longer a race. It xvas a procession. Tito wind varied in locality and strength. It shifted between tlie southeast and southwest, and some times one boat lmd it when the other did not. And the result xvus a most decisive victory for the American sloop. Beat ing, stretching nnd running, with free sheets, the Volunteer outsailed tlie This tle. After tlie race, James Boll, principal owner of the Thistle, said ho xvas not at nil satisfied with tlie result. Tho Thistle, lie declared, linil never moved so slowly through tho wator. He xvas of tho opin ion that there xvas “something wrong with tlie cutter’s bottom,” nnd she would be hauled out of tho xvatcr at once xvitli a view tuivnrd finding out whnt it was. lie did not consider that tho race had been sailed for that reason and be cause the wind was »o shifting. Tho Volunteer often had the advantage of breeze that tho Thistlo did not feel. Bo- sides, excursion boats swashed the This tle, ton damaging extent. Gen. l’uino and Edward Burgsss, of the Volunteer took tho victory quietly, but very hap pily. Tho London News says: “It is not to be concealed or denied, that tlie result of the race is a bitter disappointment. We hud been led to expect great things of the Thistle, and tlie Americans themselves encouraged us in our expectations. Our disappointment is all tlie more greater because, though neither boat had the right wind for a thoroughly good race, a light breeze prevailed that was supposed to be in favor of tlie Thistle. The This tlo lost ill tlie xviud of her own choosing. We may build a better boat some day and we have never built such an one before.” IlOTIl MUST DIE. Tho trial of Alexander C. Norton and his son, A. Richard Norton, for the murder of J. L. Hamlin, occupying three days in the Orangeburg, S. C., court of general sessions, came to an end when tho prisoners were found guilty of murder in ilie first degree, and xvere sentenced by Judge Aldrich to be hanged on tlie sec ond day of December next. Both father and sou stood up mid received their sen tence without the slightest exhibition of emotion. They are white men, and xvere joint owners of a steam saw mill near Eloreo. ON THE WAR 1*ATH. Tlie most intense excitement prevails in Tucson, Arizona, over the outbreak of the San Carlos Apncho Indians. A cou rier arrived at Pautonia, notifying all the settlers in the valley that two bands had left the reservation and xvere marching south. This is supposed to he the result of the killing of Horton, the trader, who was murdered by Indians. The outbreak bids fair to be of a very serious character. Already two bands numbering over 2U0 are reported to be out, and if such is tlie case the destruction of life nnd property will be great. HODEL SOUTHERN FARM. HANDSOME CROPS MADE DV AN ENERGETIC CHARLESTONIAN. An Old Domnin Itonlnlincd From Wniitr, nndMndo l'rnfltnble by Grit, Iutrlll- genre and Excellent Judgment. Tlie “Sensido Stock Farm” is situated about threo miles from Mt. Pleasant,near Charleston, 8. C., and is oil the shore, ns Its nnme indicates, nnd is rated far nud near as ouo of tho most profitable farms in the South. Tho owner of the plantation is N. F. W. Brener,a Charles tonian, xvlio has long been known ns a successful dairyman. About throe yenrs ago ho purchased his present plantation, which xvas formerly known as tlie Stonoy Place. It contains 1,100 acres, 109 of xvhicli nro under cultivation, the remain ing acres being either pasture lands or old fields, which latter have boon for years abandoned to tho common luxuri ant crop of broom grass. • Tho general character of tho soil is that of u gravelly loam, many parts of xvhicli nro underlaid xvitli a heavy, dark subsoil. The farm is ou a belt hut ween the outlying forest and tlie seashore,which is variously estimated from three iiunrtors to one mile in width nnd from tlireo to five miles in length. Three years ago when Mr. Brener be gun operations, tlie plantation xvas n wasto. Tho old fields were overrun xvitli broom gross, hidden liy the undergrowth of bushos nnd trees of considerable size, indicating how long ngo it xvas since the fields wore cultivated. lie wont in nt once to test his experimental farming,and a most successful experiment it has been. Ho began liy laying a network of tiles in tlie part proposed to he cultivated, and which as stated, consists of 109 acres. Mains eight inches in diameter xvero laid at a depth of from tlireo to five feet, ami extending from these is n system of lat erals, each two nnd a half inches iu diam eter, nud sixty feet apart. The idea of cultivation was by the rotation of crops. The land was first plowed, tho broom grass turned under and two hundred pounds of cotton seed meal distributed to tlie acre. Corn was the first crop, and on spccinlly good spots the yield was nbout forty-one bushels to tlie acre. In the second year corn was tho principal crop, n largo crop of peas having also been sowed between the rows of corn. Tho yield of corn for the second year xvus an average of forty-one bushels to the ncro, although in some places thu yield per acre was as much ns sixty bushels. It i* a fact worth noting, that of the sec ond year’s crop Mr. Breuer lias one thou sand bushels in his barn to-day. Tilts crop was raised ou n field of thirty acres. The corn is well preserved. It was kept nil through the winter in the shuck, which shows, if nothing else, that corn in this locality has all tho keeping qualities de sired by the method indicated. This year Mr. Breuer planted fifty acres of corn, txvcnty acres in sweet potatoes, and the rest of tho 109 acres in peas, ryo and onts. Tho fifty-acre field of corn is •omething pleasant to look at. Tlie •talks indicate a very lmrdy aud luxttri- •ut growth and are of tremendous size. The estimated yield per acre is from sixty to seventy-five bushels, which will ou- •ure a harvest of not less titan 3,000 bush els. The greater pnrt of this splendid crop will lie told itt Charleston this fall; the rest will be fed ground, shuck nnd all, to the cattle. It xvill come in direct com petition with western corn, and will doubtless bo a noteworthy event when put on the murket. Mr. Breuer figured up the costof tho crop,and made it out as follows for the fifty ncres: Fivo tons of cotton seed meal, $100; for thinning, $25; for ploxving, $50; for horse-power, $100; for preparing tho land, $50; total, $325. liis 8,000 bushels will net him 00 cents a bushel iu Charleston, xvhicli will amount to $1 ,800, which, less $325, cost of crop, will leave him $1,475. From this latter amount, Mr. Breuer deducts a proportion for tlie interest on the expense for the tiles, which will still leave u suf ficient amount to enable him to state, within a good margin, that the net profit per acre on tho corn alone xvill be $20,or on tho fifty acres tho profit xvill he nbout $1,000. The other market crop on the farm this year is on tho twenty acres of sweet potatoes. Tho yield of this crop on the same number of ncres last year was four hundred and sixty-seven bushels. This year, Air. Breuer expects to make five ' hundred bushels at least, which at tlie current price of sixty cents per bushel will make in gross about $300. Tlie ex pense of tho crop was nbout $5 per acre, and the cost of fivo hundred pounds of cotton seed meal. Another crop on which money will be made is the oats crop. Of this, he planted twenty acres, which turned out forty bushels to tlie acre, or about eight hundred bnshels. This is worth sixty cents per bushel, or about $480. On this crop he used bone meal, of which ho distributed two hun dred pounds to the acre, worth $3.50. The cost of the fertilizer xvns therefore nbout $70, leaving a gross valuation of tho crop ut about $400. Only threo years ngo, Mr. Breuer began the raising of stock with eleven head of Holsteins, which xvere imported. Now there arc on the place fifty-three regis tered Holsteins, six only of which are grade Holsteins. Mr. Breuer is the owner of the celebrated Queen of Ash- Icy, which produced thirty-six nnd three-fourths quarts of milk in a day and txvcnty pounds of unsalted butter in seven days. All that these cattle eat is raised on the farm, with the exception of cotton seed meal in January, February nnd March. Each of them then gets in addition to the forage mentioned, about six pounds of cottou seed meul u day, valued at about six cents. The proprietor has had much difficulty in raising the cattle imported from Ger many nnd other stater, owing to their susceptibility to splenic fever. He lias, hoxvover, noticed that the animals raised on the place become acclimated and arc not subject to attack by this dangerous disease. This is the more marked xvitli th s Inter generation, or those most re mote from the imported parent stock. The way that Mr. Breuer makes money out of his stock at this time is by renting them out, receiving for them from live to ten dollars a month according to their milking capacity. The returns from this mode xvero not giveu, but, considering the little expense of raising the cattle, tho profits must be very large, THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVER' HJESOW. NOTIOEI All Communication• Intended thlo Paper must be accompanied bu the full name of the svrtter—not necessarily for publication, but as m guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible /Or Me views or opinions of ‘ ents. THE CHOLERA HERE. An Infected Mlilp Arrives In the H nr her off Now York From Holy. Tho steamship Alesia, xvhicli arrived in New York from Marseilles and Naples xvitli six hundred passengers, had Asiatic cholera aboard. Eight of her passengers died on the passage, nnd on hcrarrivnlat quarantine the health officer found four cases aboard. Ho sent the Alesia nnd her passengers to the west bank in the lower lmy. President Bnyles of tho health board, is not nt all alarmed about the outbreak of cholera on tho Alesia. It was too late in the season to worry. The de partment is is good shape to deal with tho disease. In tlie event of an epidemic tho board xvould hnvo $50,000 at their command. The present health bonrd was organized to moot the epidemic of 1800. The scourge had visited New York iu 1848 nnd 1840, and in 1854-55. Tho last visitation to New York aided In tho discovery of tlie true nnturo of the dis ease and dread gave way to a calmer view. Nevertheless, tho news in Novem ber, 1800, of the arrival of n cholera ship from Havre, caused consternation. Strict quarantine work kept the disenso out,hut tho following April brought half a dozen steamships xvitli cholera-stricken passen gers. The Virginia wns tho first, with 31 cholera dead, followed by the England with 250 deaths out of 1,200 passengers. The latter arrived on April 20, 1800. Ten days later the first case occurred iu Now York. In that year tho disease killed 1,212 persons in that city, nnd that wns the last visitation. Surgeon-General Hamilton, of Ihe marine hospital service, at Washington, has recoivod a dispatch from Now York confirming the press re port of tho arrival thoro of the stcninship Alesia xvlth cholera on bonrd, and says the quarantine authorities of Now York foci confident of their ability to stamp out the disenso without nsking the help of tho United States health offipers. I)r. Stoner, of tho mnrino hospital sorvlco, says that no authority is vested in the bu reau to interfere in stnto quarantine nf- fnirs, unless a request conies from tho health officers of the stnto for assistance. VANDALISM. An Illatorical Monument nt Tlelnkiirf, MIm., Itulneil by Drunken Men. Relic hunters so mutilated the monu ment with which tho United States gov ernment marked tho spot xvhere Grant and Pemberton held their famous inter view, that it was deemed necessary to re move it to a spot xvhere it could lie pro tected from the ravages of those who xvero in search of souvenirs, nnil accord ingly it wns removed to tho Indinn mound in the National cemetery, just north of Vicksburg, Miss. It has remained there several years in perfect safety, until recently. A Copinh coun ty man by tlie name of R. B. Jones xvas in the city on a littlo lark, ancl lie and B. II. Graves, an cx-Unitod States postal clerk, took a notion tliut thoy would stroll out to the cemetery. They finally reached tho Indian mound where thu Gront-Pemberton monument stood. This seemed to excite the ire of the man from Copiah, nml in spite of the efforts of Mr. Graves to keep him quiet, he tore up nil iron tablet on which was embossed tho act of Con gress proscribing the penalties for dese crating United States national cemeteries, and with it hammered the monument out nf all recognizable shape. Thu vandal xv.is loud in his abuse of tho Fedorals, and when lie passed two ladies who xvero driving through tlie cemetery, he made a most insulting remark to them. Cnpt. W. C. Rmtin, deputy United States mar shal, found Jones, and when he arrested him Julies denied having been to tho cemetery but acknowledged that he had walked out on tlie cemetery road. Ho xvas identified ns the one wlio lmd done the mischief there, nml taken before Judge Lowenbcrg, United States Com- mi-sioner, and a charge of malicious mis- chief was preferred against him. Air. Graves xvus also arrested as an accessory and gave bond for his appearance. BRUTAL POLICEMEN. In Belfast, Ireland, a mob wrecked an inn and pelted tho police with stones. The police were reinforced nnd order was restored. Several loaguo meetings in Clare were dispersed by the polico with out resistance. Tho excitement iu Fer- moy caused by the police dispersing a meeting there has been quieted. Several persons received scalp wounds in the dis turbance. A priest secured order on the polico removing their swords. Stones xvere afterwards throxvn, injuring many constables. Father O’Callngliau says Dr. Tanner had been speaking only four or five minutes xvhen the police appeared. They did not request the people to dis perse, nor did they rend the riot act, but, without notice, they charged upon tho crowd, batoning the men right aud left; eight constables clubbed a mnu named. O'Cary, who xvas quietly proceeding home. It xvas O’Cary who identified Dornn as tho constable who shot Lonergan at Alitchells- town. CHANGED HANDS. There has never been in Macon sinco tho War such excitement as prevailed on the announcement of the sale of the Ala- con Telegraph to James H. Campbell, who has been made president and general manager. The paper starts out under excellent management, by changing tho policy of the paper in every particular. The price paid xvas $80,000. Col. A. R. Lamar, the former editor in chief, retires, also J. F. Hanson, the business manager, who only a few days ago succeeded his brother, H. O. Hanson, to this re sponsible position. VERY SEVERE. James A. Stoxvart, of Wichita, Kansas, was sentenced to seventeen years and four months in the county jail and fined $20,800, with costs of prosecution, for violation of the prohibition law. Ho was clerk in a west end drug store, and pleaded guilty to an indictment containing 2,080 counts. A man might as xvcll try to satisfy the cravings of hunger from a barrel of Sar atoga potatoes as to pretend to do busi ness and not advertise.