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15Y Cubby, Jones & Kep:se.
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1873.
Number 6,725
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rry morn.e* —Monday** **rept#*l—
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Huharripthm TEN DOLLARS
l«»LLAR> for *»;x month*. TWO
! ElITT CENTSfor thrrm months
LLlR par »xtli far a shorter
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furnished the
firai rmti l*» Ihaf luv scape af flurrii, Ala*
jm Mol ftnria trading at tkk paint. It
tit its way In ilmaMt ffwry hiltili|Hit H
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An
• Umi nan of country it
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StTl RDAV. SKITRMBKR Jn. KCS.
Cut Jtono?
Onr con t« ■ q*»r.iry, th©Savnimnii Morn-
Bv; Sews, has exp©n*l*«l over a column of
np© ami Rome ingenuity, in hi* reply to
oM .'anal arlicl
tiuK re trill vi
bry of hi* rokm
qaation, tho oooap m
t««) Hohutnoa, bocotnpk*
(lav litrt. In<Iu*-
lUry
the IV
nn 1 expo*.* the fal
Th© main point in
tire utility of the
tly ignored. An to
g in n l *tvnm» to<K*n. Oraut’i mil-
iperfarity, we can only say that
aident U equally pronounced in
las endor*in**nt of the Great Western
ill Atlantic Canal. MV might alao retort
tad ray, w tb« **litor of the News supe
rior an an engineer to tho aooomplUhed
McFarland, V •• masterly report per-
(»• has never nvul f
Kidiml* »m not argument, and his 4
. ij t i all' i<»n to tho “aui.il over Sand
'! .antafn," all** if it might do for an igno-
r.mtBM»h» "ill pun for what it ia worth
only, in the judgment of the intelligent
and •cicntifia inquirer.
Granted that his pet project will aa 1
the tedfouu ai.d «langen»tia doubling of
the ropes of Florida; yet, even after the
)fidfiw gra n has reached the Atlontie,
how in the commuter to get it aave hy the
agency or th# railroad*? And it ia to
avoid their onerous tariff* that the Great
\Ffatsrn ('on.-il is preponad to 1m erm-
• tm*4« , d. The writer «aw a parcel r©-
potnal hy ntsamship and railroad from
N*«r York recently, upon which tho ox-
P'Omh charged were fifty-throe cent*. Of
that amount sighteen cent* went to de
fray the thousand miles of transportation
faun New York, and thirty-five cent* the
rvitmod freight from Savannah. And
had the article corn** hy noil vessel, the
disparity would have honji even gmtor.
8» at laid, tie* Coast Witter line must
inure chiefly to the lrenofit of Savannah
only. ;aid this is the milk in tho ooooannt
with tlio nrgiuu. nt of the Kowb. But
1 Qut
Dens Volt Perilerc
Prltw Dcineiitat.”
The Chicago iiii< 1 NortJiwi*stem, and
tin* Milwaukee and St. Paul railroads, it
is tUtel, "III raise their tarifT on
grain two cent* n lmshel on Monday
aeit. The advance la said to ho dictated
hy the eastern owners, hut oppnortl hy
the local managers of the roads. Of
• sur-o the already oppressed farmers oro
justly indignant, ami, ln»ginning to ro-
alls** their power, threaten, in unmis
takable language, to carry tho war into
Africa. Thus th** " Wisconsin" newspaper
publish'd in Milwaukee, males the fol
lowing utterance:
We know something of tho sentiment
of the people of thia State, and of the
»ucn who ore likely to give direction to
public affairs aftt*r the Novemlier elec
tion. and we say deliWratrly that if the
prnpm.-l fnitfilt inerfiise is lurried out
upre ru/#» freight hill will pass at the
next draakflj of the Tsyislatura and he-
«>ome a law, and that the present exemp
tion of railway property fnwn taxation
will la* aladished, or th© license raised
from thive to six per <*ent, on their gross
reenpts. We state this now for the lvn-
etit xff the Knstcrn ahonholdert, who can
control the Eastern dinvtora.
To say no uu*n*, this movement on the
pari of these railroads is either indicative
»if ivmst'iona strength, predicated upon the
power of the almighty dollar, or that ar-
n*gancc and temerity, lorn of post suc-
ei*ss and !*uig immunity. It is even
hintid that tho tx>r^rations know the
temper and aee,*«.dhility of Wisconsin
l<*i'i*»Iat«»'--. and are sure of controlling
the situation. But it shoidd 1** rvmem-
U r,**! that th.* I'atn UM..f lluxlvuidry will
i**e t«» it t lint a goodly .number of honest
fnrmera, wb6 bava never l<atluM in th* 1
cos pool of politiciU corruption, shall
e«cnt them in the halls of legislation,
en who, if they cannot talk, at least
knew hew to rate, and have sense enough
to protect themselves and comrades
against the devices of the mcnopolists.
Ills true very few old stagers in politics
can l*e trasted, hut this will 1h* a new
deal from tho r.uil- of the ]Hv.plo their-
pelves, and they will come ftvsh and pare
from th-* fields and workshop* of the
country. Time and education are requi
site even t«» make rascals, and conscience
i-annot In* Munt.nl and SAtinnl in a day.
n.HivV th*.*s,‘ r.iihvjul lonls may find th. iu
selves mistaken in their men.
Street Shaking in it.-
Shoes.
A* wo prodWod yot*-r'I*y, the tailare
of Jay Cook© A Co. has been followed by
the suspension, of other firms in the
line of business, and among them some
of the most solid in the country—nota
bly thou© of Fialc A Hatch, New York,
and De Haven A Co., Philadelphia. The
list, as printed in our neon telegrams, ia
truly a formidable one, and well calcu
lated to put Wall street M in it* shirt
hWvos." Stocks of all torts went off
ten per cent., on an average, and West
ern Union ten and a half. The alarm
and ercitement must have f*M*n terrible,
and well calculated to drive depositor*
like a flock of sheep to crowd the coun
ters and blockade the entrances of the
lank*. In panics like these th© ooolest
lose their heads, just like common folks.
We fear the worst has not yet come, and
that the night dispatches may announce
further failure*. How far and wide the
crevasse will extend no man can predict
os yet, but we hope for the beat. Then*
comes, nt intervals, just such convul
sions nt nil monetary centres, and it may
l*o that they are necessary to the ultimate
lualth of the commercial world. B1
an* the poor at such times, for they ore
oat of the reach of the flood.
W© cannot believe there will 1m any
thing like a general crash. This coun
try is too rich and strong to succumb,
now, to such pressures os those of 1837
and 1857. There ha* been recklessne**
and miscalculation of strength, as there
will always he. but so far it seems to 1*c
mostly confined to those engaged in car
rying the credit of vast railroad enter
prises on their shoidders. The Northern
Pacific rood seems to have broken down
Jay Cooke A Co., and Fi«k A Hatch, and
we doubt not that the other failures, or
many of them, may bo referred in some
way to the same road.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
The confe-etionenr and fancy grocery
store of Mr. O. C. Johnson, of Columbus,
was closed by the sheriff on Wednesday.
Thx Savannah News says the crime of
infanticide is on the increase in that city
among the negroes. Two bodies of in-
rei*
Istkknal Benaai.CaQsctor Harper,
of Illinois, the itnterrified, fire-tried, iron*
plated, qNMpWtkMd| double-refined
ley list Jsnfl MiBumaMiM of the
Springfield district* Illinois, is a defaulter
to the tune of $106,000 for certain, and
oficial investigation is still swelling the
sum. Harper has vanished, whether to
Australia, or Son Domingo, or Washing
ton City. t'i * Prince of Darkness only
knows. Where will the aduiinistration
find an<>tl«*r Fuh harper rwj this Spring-
field Harper to twang the melodious
string in it- praise for tho moderate sti-
pend of one bundiad and sit thousand
dollars ?— Comr%*r*J*nmaiL
Emitkto Nk.tbo SrsTB.—-The n«'gnv's
livitig in th© Choctaw mfin* eut West,
who nmnl»er .*K>me 1^00(\ are moving for
a tecritorial organisation to thaniaalre*.
A convastion will *-oon be held to consider
Viie subject. 'This will be the first prac
tical dU-p t<* wart Is fountling black territo
rial government*, to be followed in time
by Stat«* OZganba*i«ip, Ia*t us s«t* how
th© propO'itu>a will be received in Con-
grara.
tx first duty «
Hied, should 1
urLingers. »t is
xtinguish every
jrut*>r who M g’.ns with: “I have not the
fortune to bo a farmeiv but I have
always felt the most profound interest in
ly noble and pradcluiinsnt pursuit
f agriculture. ;ui*i n.-ver was that inter-
•>t gntiter tluin m*w.”
th.
Tux Postal Card t
Mer^un tuts mtUiil hi
NTKAiTYVR.—Hr.
dtflieiiltic* with
th*- i114 :*• the qiudity of the
{Hiper iwd for the «*artls. and is also abb*
to supply the demand fully. 11** has
2.U Nt,<m.) cards on Mind, .oi l turns out
6UU**» p* r diem.
Mr. Miui*. of Iah{w*ninir. Mich., was
last hoard of in connection with ten
j* >unds »»f nitro-glycerine and 30i) pounds
of giant powder. Such fragments of the
Mills, who was ground extremely small
;w« ootild U* retrieved, were parked in a
box 15 in chew by IX, and 1J inches deep.
Maw York’s two free floating baths
haw cloaod for the sossosl Since they
Mtarted. June 5. 6*5,165 persons, of whom
une-fourth men* girls and women, have
been made cleaner by their existence.
WAS FISK ARMED?
Srn«ailonnI Story of a Dying Woman
—The Whole Trnth Revealed to a
Blindfolded Reporter.
A reporter of the St. Louis Democrat
has immortalised himself by stumbling
upon a dying woman in that city who
made the most thrilling revelation to
him that has ever appeared in print. The
reporter was met in the street hy a man
who told him his presence was demanded
at the bedsido of a woman who had a
most important communication to make,
and who had only a short while to live.
After allowing himself to be blindfolded
he was conducted to her presence, and
then the unfolding of the thrilling tale
commenced as follows:
Listen, and I well tell yon. but first
pour ino a teaspoonful of yon medicine."
The reporter picked up a vial, and
poured carefully a portion of its <*>ntents.
ho tnmod to give it to her, he heard
her murmur: **Edgardo, Edgardo/* in a
broken voice.
M I will tell you now," she proceeded,
after the taste of the medicine* had passed
away, “but first I want your oath never
reveal my name. In vender trunk
you'll find iny mother's bible; bring it
to mo."
It was a solemn oath the reporter took
upon tlint ancient, ivy-grown, moss-cov
ered bible (?)—oath never wliilo earth
claimed him, while the blue arch of day
hung over him, never in joy or sorrow,
to let her name escajK* his lips.
“And now listen. You know Edward
a stoke© r
Aye, he was to me a father—”
Sh-h-h, and you knew James Fisk,
Jr.?"
I knew him well; a fellow of infinite
jest—"
Sh—h—h. Listen to my tale and do
not interrupt me."
She told her story to the effect that she
had been loved and deserted by Stokes,
and that to revenge herself sho sought
and won Fisk's affect ion in onlerto poison
his mind against Stokes. Sue winds up
l»y declaring that though Stok«*s did mur
der Fisk he did it in self-defense, as Fisk
was armed, and by herself. We let the
reporter finish tho story:
“ James Fisk, Jr., tnu armed, far I arm
ed him myself. He hod— Quick, the po
tion, I die."
Tho reporter hurriedly poured it out
and gave it to her.
“ What did Fisk have T’ he asked
breathlessly.
“A pistol and—"
“And what?"
“Some strychnine, and—”
“And what T*
“ A bowie knife, and —"
“Wlmt?"
“ Some arsenic, and —"
Iler breath was very feeble.
“ And what?" demanded th© reporter,
who was wild witli excitement.
•* A Springfield rifle, and—"
“What else?"
“ Some ratsbane, and —"
“ Wlmt ?”
“ A breech loading musket, and —"
“ And wliat ?’* She wns faint ng rapidly.
“ Some laudanum, and —"
What da©, for God'* sake P"
“ A double bonded shot gun, and —"
“ What moreT*
“ Some corrosive sublimate, and—"
Her voice sunk to a whis{»er.
“ Quick, what els«» did he have ?"
“ A sabre and —"
“And what?"
“ Sons jewrits, and —"
“ What the ?"
“A sword bayonet, and—"
A film was stealing over her eyes.
“Tell me what more.”
“Some croton oil, and —"
“And what? oh, what P"
“A Hina*mnt and—"
“Quick, quick, what else.” %
The rattle was in her throat.
“ Some—a—some—a—Prussic acid,
and—"
“And what? Oh! whatr
Some blue vitriol, and—'
“Did he have Anything else?”
“Yes, some nitro-glyccrine. and—-"
Her lower jaw fell, and her body
straightened. Suddenly a sweet smile
bloomed on her face, and she looked up
as the forgiven dying look when tlvey see
tho angels.
“Did he have anything else P” queried
the reporter.
“Y«s, a Gatling g g-gu.*’
And with these wortls she floated out
upon the unknown sea that surrounds
the whole world.
The reporter has sworn to this state
ment before th© proper judicial author
ity and lias been allowed two months
leave of absence to get the taste of it out
of his mouth, so as to be fresh and
ht when he is summoned as a wit
ness for Stokes at the trial in October.
The
Macon Telegraph and
Messeujrer.
This old welcome exchange and duly
visitor (when the railroads don’t miss
connections"), says the Tallahassee
Floridian, comes to us now in a new
make up" and an entire now di*B>
The form of the paper has been changed
altogether—the columns narrowed and
two or three added on—and with the new
tvpe, obtained by the way from England
through Messrs. Rowell A Co., of New
York, the paper presents an exceedingly,
neat appearance, nicely set off by the
new and handsome “ head." 5u«-h a look
ing sheet will at once attract the atten
tion and command the oduiiration of
very competent devotee of th«- art pre
servative.
Nor is it alone to the mechanical de
portment of the Tkukoruh xni> Mks-
skrokr that a word of praise is due; but.
as w© have said before and several tiu»**>,
the attention bestowed upon it* e*bt<»ruU
and news columns make it, to our notion,
the best paper in Georgia, and one of the
verr best in the whole South. It is edited
with signal ability, and though strongly
Democratic is yet moderate in tone. It
is a paper generally interesting and fit tx*
U* rvod by anyl^dy and everybody, at
any time and any place, and we wimiUI
like to see it freeiy circulated in Florida
seem the favorite style of coffins.
The Advertiser and Republican, of
Thursday, says:
Aocidkxt os thk J„ P. k M. Rail
road—Tun Mail Agent Killed and
Other Persons Injured.—We learn from
tjie mail Agent on th© Atlantic and Gulf
railroad that on accident occurred on the
J., P. k M. railroad, on Tuesday night,
resulting in the killing of the mail agent
on th© train, C. J. Scott, colored, and the
injury of several other persons. It ap
pear* that from some cons© or other,
which we could not ascertain, the train
on tho P. k 31. mi In tv! from Talla
hassee, Iwftxnd east, ran off the track about
three miles from Madison, ivsulting as
al>ove stated in th© killing of the mail
agent, Scott, and tho injury of several
other persons on th© train. Tho infor
mation was received at Live Oak ly tel
egraph, but no particulars given.
The News, of same date, nays a well
known employe at one of the mills of Sa
vannah attempted to commit suicide on
Tuesday morning, by swallowing fire
grains of arsenic. A brace of physicians
ami a stomach pump, however, were too
much for him.
Truth Triumth ant.—Under this head
the last Sandersville Herald prints the fol
lowing:
It is well known to many in this coun
ty and out of it, that, at the spring term
of Washington Superior Court, the pro-
pri.-tors of the Centra) Georgian filed a
bill in «*quity seeking the suppression of
the Sandersville Herald. The hill con
tained many false allegations, to which
we have a mind to refer as they deserve,
but aa it has never been onr policy to “re
turn railing for railing." we forbear, liv
ing conscience to do its own work. The
case came np for a hearing before Gov.
Johnson on Friday last. The Georgian
was represented by Mr. Langmad© and
the editor of that paper; the Herald by
^on. H. D. D. Twiggs and Col. R. L.
Warthen. We are more than gratified at
being able to say the Herald wa* sustained
at every point, and the bill dismissed at
plaintiff's cost.
A brave little negro boy aged only fif
teen years, saved a little danghter of Mr.
T.J.McNish, of Savannah, from drowning
on Tuesilay. The Advertiser-Republican
commends his conduct in the highest
terms. We regret that it does not give
his name. Wo always toko pleasure in*
doing that sort of free advertising.
Referring to the drowning of those
two young girls in Thomaston county,
last Sunday morning, the Tltoroasville
Enterprise furnishes this additional in
formation.
On Monday afternoon 3Ir. W. L. Hud
son, J. P. for the 1227th District, held an
inqnest on the bodies—Dr. R. J. Brace
making a post mortem examination. We
have not seen the Justice's return, but
learn that it is. in snbstance, that the
girls came to their death by drowning, at
the bands of unknown parties. We also
burn that the physician's affidavit is to
the effect that the person of Mi** Norris
had been violated. On examining the
gronnd*. a large bore-foot track wns dis
covert on the sand lmr upon which the
girls left their clothing and loading from
thence into the water.
Their names were Sarah Norris and
Ella Ball, aged, respectively, sixteen and
thirteen years.
Thr Chronicle and Sentinel, of Thurs
day, says money has !>een tighter in Au
gusta the past wtn*k than for a long time
past. A strong business firm offered two
per cent, on Wednesday fora thirty days*
loan. Macon con sec that and go three
better, if we are correctly informed.
The Accident on Tnt Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad.—The
same paper ha* the following particulars
of the recent accident on the above rood,
brief telegraphic mention of which was
made two or three days since:
The passenger train, composed of five
cars, two express cars, baggage car,
and .first and second class passen
ger coaches—which left Charlotte at
1:20 A. m., and was doe at Colum
bia at 0:30, was running along at the rate
of about thirty miles an hour, on regular
schedule time and altogether unsuspicious
of any danger ahead, as the rood should
hav©l»e©n clear. About five miles be
yond Columbia, as the train turned a
sharp curve, after just emerging from a
cut, the fireman, a colored man named
Henry, discovered a train al%nt one hun
dred sad fifty yarils distant, approaching
at full speed. He touched the engineer,
Mr. Robt. Jamison, calling his attention
to tho coming train, and immedi
ately jumped from the engine to the
ground. braising himself consider
ably, bat being otherwise nninjure<L
Mr. Jamison, horrified at the situation,
blew down brakes, reversed his engine,
and, seeing that a collision was inevita
ble, followed the fireman's example, and
jumped to the ground. He fell upon
m hod la the sand, spraining his
Nik badly, but fortunately escaping
without serious injury. All of this, as a
matter of course, was done almost in an
instant. The trains approached each
►*h«*r at lightning speed, and in the
twinkling of an eye tho two engines
came together with terrible force.
Both were literally smashed. The train
from Columbia was the paymaster's
train, composed of a ear and the engine,
in charge of Paymaster W. Elliott Or
chard, a young man about twenty-two
years of age. Mr. Orchard left Colum
bia with his train, it is said, a short time
before th© passenger train ca* due, in
the exportation of being able to reach
Stack's Turnout, about six miles beyond
Columbia, before that train. His train
was running at a tremendous rate of
peed—about forty miles an hour, we are
fold. When a mile this side of Stack's,
Mr. Orchard became convinced that he
could not reach the turnout in time, ami
he had fust stepped from his car to the
engine to instruct the engineer, 31r. Ro
land Williamson, to turn l»ack, when the
passenger train rounded the curve just
ahead. 31r. Orchard and Mr. Willikm-
som were both upon the engine when
the collision occurred. When the en
gines struck, the tender of the pay
train reared upon the locomotive,
and Mr. Orchard was caught between
them. After the consternation had
somewhat subsided, and search was
instituted for the injured. Mr. Orchard
was heard calling for 3Ir. Trexevant, the
conductor of tho passenger train. Mr.
Trexevant, with other persons, went to
his assistance and removed him from the
debris. As soon as he was lifted up, how
ever, his right leg and a portion of his
side and bowels dropped away from his
body, presenting a most sickening and
heartrending spectacle. Mr. Orchard,
however, still retained consciousness. He
was carried to a grove nearby and placed
on the grasK, whore he died in a few min-
ut«*s. Mr. Roland Williamson, the engin
eer of th© pay train was seriously, arid it
is Lured, fatally injured, a piece of the
wreck having been forced through his
side. When the passenger train left
Columbia yesterday he was not expected
to live. The fireman of the pay train, a
negro, was seriotisly injure*!, but we were
unable to ascertain the exact nature of
his wounds. The two express ears in the
passenger train wen next to th© engine.
The first was filled with through freight,
and the aecond. in which was the m©s&cn-
gor, Mr. W, C. Graham, with Columbia
and Augusta freight. When the signal
« down brakes ” was given. Mr. Graham
anticipated a run off, and gr3.sj*©d the
fide of the car with i-ne ban*!, while in
th© other he held a large roll of money,
around which he had ju*t been tying a
cord. He had hardly grasped th© side
of the car when the collision occurred.
Th© tender of th© locomotive was thrown
upon th© first express car. and the st-c-
ond express forced upon th© top ..f the
pile. Th© latter ©ar fell to pieces almost
immediately upon reaching its vk-v:it«d
position, and Hr. Graham found himself
lying upon a few planks—the bottom of
the cur—on top of th© tender, which, in
turn, surmounted th© first express, or it.-*
remnants. His ©scape from death was
almost miraculous. As it was. In* only
received a few severe bruises about th©
head. Th© end <•( th© r n©it th© ©i*
pres* »a* used by th© l. nited Stat 1
agent, Mr ¥©liy. Th© cor wa*
smashed, but 3£r. Kelly received only a
few bruises. A colored train hand, named
Archer, who was standing on the platform
of the second class passenger coach at the
time of the accident, was caught be
tween it and the baggage car and
crushed to death. A colored boy, who
was also standing on the platform,
had one of his feet cut off. There
fajita were found lut week. Sor.p bore. lrere , »*xwt wrenty-fire passengers
the train — fifteen ladies among
the number—all of whom escaped unin
jured. A gentleman who was standing
xn the aisle of the pa^^enger coaches was
hurl.-d through a window, but beyond
fai ling a “little surprise*!" suffered
ill (resequences from his involuntary fly
ing leap. The cars were all, more or
lees, damaged. The two express cars
were completely demolished and the
greater portion of the freight destroyed
or badly injured. The money which Mr.
Graham was holding at the time of the
coUimon was scattered in every direction
but was afterwards all recovered. Both
engines were piled in a moss of ruins
and will be a total loss to the company.
Another Augusta book-keeper, which
his name is W. R. Evans, and who is
well known in that city, has been forging
the names of his employers—Messrs.
Coates k Sixer—to checks amounting to
nearly $225, and has vamoosed.
W. N. Norris, of 3Iarietta, a train
Further Delay is Dangerons.
Such is the heading of a very strong
and earnest editorial in the Herald of
Tuesday, in reference to the necessity of
appointinga Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. We quote the following extract:
The nomination for Chief Justice of the
United States is a matter too important
to the country and to the liberties of tho
American people to be longer neglected
by the President. Chief Justice Chose
has been dead for months. The vacancy
created hy lib death lias already existed
too long a tin e. D^lay^ are unnecessary
always, and m matters of such supreme
importance they are only too likely to be
dangerous. The Suprem * Court is above
the Executive, above the legislative
branches of the government, for it
alone has power to interpret the laws
which Congress enacts and which
the President is required to execute.
It is even above the law when the
law does violence to thecon.-titution. That
such a court, so august in its functions, so
great in its responsibilities and so all-pow
erful in its judgments, should be without
a head for a longer time fclxan is required
cii 1 r.u *
BY TELEGRAPH.
DAY DISPATCHES.
hand on the State road, ns crushed
death last Tuesday by being caught be
tween a bridge near Graysrille and the
top of a car.
R clip the following from the Atlanta
Constitution of yesterday:
Novel Wat to get Bio op a Wipe.—
The lad. Stephen Lang, who was sen
tenced at DeKalb Superior Court, on
Tuesday, for stealing a mule, to the peni
tentiary for five years, states that he
stole the mule in order to be sent to the
penitentiary. When asked his motive for
wanting to be sent to the penitentiary, he
remarked that it wns to get rid of his
wife.
Ms. II. S. Skgub, for many years a res;
ident of Atlanta, died at Shreveport of
yellow fever on Wednesday.
The postmaster of Gainesville has
moved his office from the Court-house—in
the centre of the town—out to the depot,
which is nearly a mile out of town; and
the correspondent of an Atlanta paper
charges that it has been done for the
convenience and personal benefit of three
or four adventurers, who have a little
property near the depot.
Mss. Barthoijihkw Harmon, of Butts
county, died last Thursday, aged 1(11
years.
The North Georgia Cotton Crop.—
The Borne Courier says:
Between the too large growth of weed,
sudden drouth and the worms, the cotton
crop in this and the adjoining counties
has been cut off about 25 per cent, in the
last thirty <iays. It is opening very fast,
and the present prosjH-ct is that it will
bo nearly all opened hy the 10th of Oc
tober.
Thr Cartersville Standard and Ex
press says the crop will not be nearly so
large as was supposed a month ago.
Messrs. C. E. Hiua k Co., of Borne,
proprietors of the Etowah Manufacturing
Company, who were burned out last
Monday, losing $12,000 or $15,000, don’t
intend to give it np so. They have al
ready leased another building, and will
be at work in a few days.
A Novel Application of the
Kukltix Law.
About twenty colored Laborers em
ployed at tho phosphate works, who have
been driven off by the strikers, appealed
to United Stab-s Commissioner HorlWk,
to let them make affidavits against the
parties who hod interfered with them
and deprived them of the means of a
livelihood, so that these persons might
ho prosecuted under the enforcement act.
The commissioner heard the statements
the complainants had to make, and then
examined the act to see if it cwldts tf
plied for their 1-nefit. His decision has
Ken filed, and is that the act does not
afford relief of tho kind asked for. and
that the remedy lies with the local and
State authorities.—Charleston Neva and
Courier, 1st A.
Horlbeek understands his business, and
what his employer expects him to do.
He knows the so-called enforcement net
was never intended for any other purpose
than to scarce Democrats from the polls,
and if that failed, to punish them for do
clining to allow themselves to be driven
off and bullied by vagabond negroes on
election day. That’s just exactly what
it was passed for, and Horlbeek shows his
keen appreciation of the fact and a most
praiseworthy devotion to the interests of
“the party” in foiling to find any relief
in its provisions for the aggrieved par
ties. If they could have shown that they
were Radicals and their persecutors
Democrats, he would have found relief
for them without the slightest trouble.
Spain.
It is difficult indeed, to keep pace with
tho plots, insurrections, combinations
and perplexing phases of the miserable
civil war which continues to rage in this
wretched country. Neither monarchy or
republic seems to suit the people, and
revolution and anarchy appear to bo
their natural element. Telegrams from
Madrid, received in New York as late as
the 15th inst., state that the “leaders of
the Cartagena insurrection are endeavor
ing to secure the co-operation of the Car-
lists in their efforts to raise the siege of
the city. They have made propositions
to the Carlists to attack the Republicans
rear while tie- l.-lged make a
sortie. It is not known how the Carlists
have received these overtures, but the
exposure of this desperate resort has de
prive.! the insurgents of all public sym
pathy.
Intelligence has been received here
that disturbances have occurred on the
Island of Majorca.
General Moriones has been .appointed
Generalissimo of the armies of Spain.
Private dforatchas received in this city
deny the truth of the report given cur
rency by the Carlisle, that the Republi
can troops in the north under General
Santapau Loino, have met with a severe
defeat by the insurrectionists. On the
contrary, they state that the engagement
resalted in a victory for the Government
farces, the Carlists being defeated with
great slaughter. The number of insur
rectionists engaged in the battle was 14,-
000. while that of the Republicans was
only 10,000,"
Burning: Corn in the West*
A correspondent of the New York Tri
bune, writing from Iowa, gives the
following as the answer of a prominent
and well informed fmflma of that State
to the question, “We hear a great deal
said in the East about the farmers in
Iowa burning their ©ora. Has this been
done to any great extent ?’*
“I snppoee MnUnBMfS was burned
last winter in mefloM of the State where
to fill the vacancy with proper circum
spection and consideration, seems at best
to be inexcusable frivolity—a playing,
npon one pretext or another, with the
highest and noblest office which it can fall
to the lot of a President to fill. It is not
an office to be filled upon any pretext
whatever, nor is it one which any Presi
dent can offer as a political reward or a
piirti.-an bribe. Indeed, it cannot 1** r. -
gardedos in the President’s gift. It is
not his to bestow from personal consid
erations ; but when it is to be filled, tbe
appointment of a Chief Justice is a sol
emn duty, to be performed with the great
est discretion and the highest wisdom and
from ths purest motives. This duty for
weeks and months ought to have been
pressing npon the President's conscience
day and night. The Chief Justice should
be now in his seat, confirmed by a higher
power tlian tho Senate of the United
States—the universal sentiment of the
country. Any further postponement can
only be meant to await the result of State
elections, so as to secure the nomination
of Mr. Conkling, Mr. Frelinghuysen or
some other Senatorial favorite, without
endangering a seat in the Senate. The
highest office in the Government must
bAUms be allowed to serve tbe epgen
cies of party; it must not be made an ele
ment of success in the political schemes
of the President or his partisans, and the
people will be quick to understand tliat
in leaving the Judicial Department with
out a head upon a pretext and as a bribe
they witness a flagrant exhibition of
Caesarism.
The Profits of Rearing Fine
Stock.
It should ever bo borne in mind by the
farmer that it costs as much to raise an
indifferent runt of a hog or cow os the
best thoroughbred animal, and yet one
will pay a hundred fold more than the
other. As an illustration, we give the re
sult of a late cattle sale on the farm of
Senator Samuel Campbell, at New York
Mills, near Utica, New York. The prices
realized are the highest on record:
Tho herd consisted of 109 head, all
Short-horns, bnt of vaiying ages, condi
tions and powers. Fifteen, twelve cows
and three bulls, were tho famous Duchess
tribe of what is usually termed tho
Bates strain of blood,” from the celebra
ted breeder of their progenitors in Eng
land, Thomas Bates, who died over 20
years since. The progenitors were three
in number, but two of them left no female
•progeny, and the third, with her descen
dants, all owned by Mr. Campbell and in
cluded in the sole, comprised all the pure
Duchess cattle in the world. The sale,
which hod been well advertised, attracted
the attention of cattle fanciers from this
country and Europe, a large number of
whom wore present, and the bidding was
very spirited. The highest price realized
was $40,600, paid by Mr. R. P. Davis, of
England, for a seven year old Duclic3S
cow. While sho was being sold a rather
humorous event occurred. As the bidding
proceeded, she followed the herdsman
ietly around the ring, displaying her
e points to the best advantage, but as
the auctioneer reached the bid of $40,000
she suddenly stopped in her walk, menac
ingly threw up her head, us if amazed at
l>eing rated at so large n sum. and began
to back out of the ring with all her
might. It was some time before they
could bring her back, and it took three
stout men to do it. The bidding again
began npon ter, and was finally run np
to $40,600, at which price she was struck
off, when the noble cow quietly followed
her herdsman back to the stall. The
next highest price wa3 $35,000, paid by
Mr. Berwick, of England, and the next
10,600, by Lord Skimmersdale, who
jumped from $20,000 to $25,000 at one
time, in liis anxiety to distance all other
bidders and possess himself of the prize.
One animal sold for $27,000, two for $25,-
000 each, one for $19,000, and several for
from $10,000 to $15,000 each. The total
amount obtained for the 109 cattle was
$331,585, averaging more than $3,000 for
every head. The fifteen Dnchess cattle
brought $262,850, an average price of
$17,523.33 per animal. Amongthe prom
inent bidders were Lord Skimmersdale, a
well known English nobleman, R. P.
Davis, of England, Ezra Cornell, of New
York, and A. W. Griswold, of Morrisville,
Vt., the latter buying ten head for $15,-
" "0. The prices paid and the men who
paid them prove the excellence of the
Duchess cattle, and to wliat an extreme
price fancy stock may bo carried.
How Gen. Banks Defended
Massachusetts.
“John Paul," who has been doing Sar
atoga this cummer for the Tribune, met
Gen. Banks during the season, which
event revived some very interesting rem
iniscences. He says:
It grieved me that the General does
not rememl *er where we traveled in com
pany once; but the circumstances were
not very favorable for photography per-
kftvv.’ Vi* . w . . Am.!,...!'.. - A . C a1. . !.
haps. We were traveling out of the She
nandoah Valley, and maneuvering very
successfully to draw Stonewall Jackson
along in onr rear. Not a man of us but
swore that the Rebel General should not
get to Massachusetts before we did; that
the invader should not set foot on the
frontier of our native State without find
ing us sternly confronting him in the in
terior. And it was only necessary to gaze
once in each soldier's face to see that the
hated enemy could not capture us without
stepping over the boundary lines and vio
lating the territory of Maine. I wished
several times during thr recent races that
I had here the gray mare I rode through
that campaign to enter her for some of
the purses. The bursts of speed which
that faithful creature showed on several
occasions would pass belief if you did not
know just how near the detested foe got
to us at times. It may not be that I won
spurs to start in with, but I used them
well coining out.
Thr Grkat American Rascal" is
what the Nation, (Rad.,) of New York,
most felicitously calls Butler. It says:
For the last two years his hold on the
President and on Congress has been in
creasing. He has become the mouth
piece of the President in the House; he
was deputed—he, the great American
rascal, naturally as it seemed—to the
office of deciding on© of the most delicate
question* of ethic* and juri-*prudence
ever submitted to Congress, the proper
rule for the distribution of the Alabama
fuel is not plenty, or where coal had to : damages j and, as might have been ex-
be hauled a oon.-vleral.le distance either I he ma a e R report whidh had
i knavery in ©very line. Subsequently,
emboldened by succeasu be “engineered
bttdlY
from the mine or from the railroad,
ton of corn is worth for fuel about two-
thirds or three-fourths os much as aon t
of ooaL Now, if it takes a ton of
corn to buy a ton of coal, the
only quests n for the fanner to set
tle* is whether the coal w worth
enough more than the corn to pay for the
hauling. Suppose a farmer lives five
miles fir m a railroad station where coal
is worth $6 a ton, and corn will sell for
th© same price. Assuming two dollars a
day as fair wages for the man and his
team, the corn would be worth on the
farm five dollars a ton, and to get the
ooal there would cost seven dollars. But
if th© coal is worth only one-third mare
than t h© corn or fuel; then, if it cost*
more than a ton on the form, it is
Cheaper to burn the corn.**
There L- war between the cattle-own-
ere and sheep-raisers of southern Color
ado. Ths cattle owners, who are in the
majority, are the agressors. Corrals
have been broken into, and sheep slaught
er'd: oorn-fiehl* tredd**n down, and herds
-altered ui*»»n th© plains. Tbe rattle
men -*-©ui resolved i«* drive th© sheep
men out of the country.
th© salary grab,” thus putting $100,000
in the President’s pocket and attaching
to himself, as a leader and confederate,
all that was tmse, unscrupulous, and
greedy, in both the House and the Senate.
The St. Albans Messenger remarks:
“ There is a good little boy in St. Albans
who did it with his little hatchet in the
following manner. He request©*! his big
brother to put his toe npon the chair,
that he might cut it off. His big brother
laughingly complied with the requests
when this remarkable little rascal aelib-
Oar Old Frieud, Captain Dick, Pro
moted.
New Yore, September 19.—Tho Na
tional Board of Steam Navigation have
elected Captain Dick Woolf oik, of Louis
ville, Vice President. They resolved
against the renewal of patents, and' in
favor of the Government cantrolling the
Louisville canal.
Suspensions in New York,
Robinson & Snydan, Richard Schell,
Fisk A Hatch. White, Defrees k Rath-
bone, Burs k Edwards, and Eugene Jack-
son. George Opdyke k Co. have not sus
pended.
Vice President Wilson declines the
presidency of the Cuban League.
Wall Street in its ‘‘Shirt Slceres
and Bare-IIeaded.”
The wildest excitement followed Fisk
k Hatch’s failure. Wall street was in
its shirt sleeves and bareheaded. Stocks
fell ten per cent, and are still sinking.
DeHaveu k Co., of Philadelphia have fail-
eiL Additional New York failures are
Thos. Reed k Co., W. H. Warren, Green-
leaf k Norris, George B. Ally.
Additional Failures.
Additional failures are, Theo. Biddl
A. M. Kidder. Western Union Telegraph
stock opened at 78, and is now 68)
There was{like fluctuations in tho whole
list. Jay Cooke A Co., have assurances
from their London house and correspond
ents in other cities, that their bills will
be protected.
A Run on Tiro Washington City
Banks.
Washington, September 19.-4There
is quite a rush ou the Washington City
Savings Bank, and a slight demonstra
tion on the FreMmon’s Bank. Both give
assurance of their ability to meet all de
mands. Tho Freedman's and Savings
Rank report-? they had this morning $S0,-
000, of which only $20,000 had been
drawn. There are al»ont seventy-five
persons in line at this bank. There is
no excitement about any other banks.
Wantihg Their Money.
Dispatches from all tho cities report
long lines of depositors crowding the
bank doors. This city is no exception.
Rough on the Last Congress.
Hartford, September 19.—William M.
Evorts arguing the imeonstitutionality of
the Credit MobiHor trial, said: “This suit
is brought under authority of the 4th sec
tion of an appropriation a©t passed by an
expiring Congress agitated with its own
reputation. It has no pree«*d©nt. no at
tendant. and will have no successor."
The Fercr at Memphis.
Memphis, September 19.—There were
twelve yellow • fever deaths yesterday.
The municipal authorities voted SI0.000
to tho Howard Association. The Ma
sons, Odd Fellows and typos are provid
ing for their brethren.
Arrested.
Louisville, September 19.—Tho for
ger Nortonflias been nrrost<*d, with the
money obtained from tbe German Sa
vings Bank. He gives no account of
that obtained from tho Farmers' and
Drovers* Bank.
To he Paid ofT and Sent Home.
Washington, September 19. — The
State Department has ordered the consul
at Dundee to pay the Polaris crew's ex
penses and send them home.
Mails to Shreveport Resumed.
Little Rock, Septenil>er 19.—The
stage mails to Shreveport luive been re
sumed. The fear of tho fever reaching
hero is abating.
Rad News for Southern Farmers.
Jacksonville, September 19.—Re
ports from seventy counties in Illinois
give tho corn prospects as 31 j per cent,
below last year.
Who Rescued Them.
London, September 19.—Tho Polaris
crew were rescued from their boat by a
whaler on the 20th of July.
The Green-Jferrick .Affair.
Wasaington, September 19.— The
committee of the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, appointed at the
request of R. T. Merrick, Esq., to inves
tigate certain charges against him by
Ben E. Green, son of General Duff Green
and formerly of this city, made their re
port to-day. The report contains co
pious extracts from the evidence, and
sets forth that the charges have been
shown to be without the slightest foun
dation. and that Green knew them to be
false when he published them, and that
tho committee are forced to this conclu
sion by Green’s own testimony taken
upon oath before the committee.
A series of resolutions were unanimously
adopted by tho Association, condemnin'
the views of the report condemning Green
in dignified but decided language, and
declaring that the conduct of Mr. Mer
rick, in the transactions referred to, was
not only irreproachable, but highly hon
orable, efficient, faithful and magnani
mous. The controversy arose out of
some transactions that took place while
Mr. Merrick was acting a3 counsel, while
Green was in prosecution of suits to re
cover property for Green in this district,
and of which he had been deprivod dur
ing the war. The suit was prosecuted to
success by Mr. Merriek, and the property
since sold for 475,000.
Another Fool Gang.
Chicago, September 19.—The National
Spiritualists* Convention adjourned after
tho election of Woodhull President. The
local papers refuse to print her speech on
account of its indecency.
The Search for the Polaris.
Washington, September 19.—Tho Ju
niata lias returned to St. Johns from her
search for the Polaris, where she will
await the Tigress and both return.
Bronze John.
The Navy Department has advices
from Key West that the cases of yellow
fever on the Pawnee are improving.
There is no fever at Key West on board
the Sagus.
A Fatal Fire.
Cincinnati, O., September 19.—The
Dwelling of Wm. Gouch, near Williams-
town, Ky., has been burned together
with his wife and two children.
Nail Works Burned.
Terre Haute, September 19.—Tho
nail works have been burned. Loss $13,-
000.
Liberal
Baltimore, September 19. The Grand
SHREVEPORT.
“One Great Charnel House”—226
Heaths Miner 1st September—Some
£•• Down with the Fever.
Ne\v Orleans, September 17.—A Picay
une special from Shreveport, dated yes
terday, says: The number of new cases
to-day is less than for the several preced
ing days, and the number of interments
fell from 33 yesterday to 25 to-day. It
is not thought, however, that there is any
abatement, but that the material for the
fever to work on is considerably dimin
ished. The Shreveport Times says:
“ The mortality is beyond precedent,
and it looks as though but comparatively
few would get well." Thus far very few
have got about, while some linger along
between life and death. In some few in
stances whole families have been swept
out of existence in the short space of ono
week. The sudden change in the wea
ther last Sunday night sent scores to
their beds, which accounts for the large
number of interments in the last day or
two. In the language of the New Or
leans physicians, they dropped off like
sheep dying of the rot. Medical treat
ment of the most skilful kind does not
appear to do any good in a great many
cases, while in many others the tem
porary relief afforded is quickly followed
by death. Our stores are all closed, and
all our dwellings are hospitals, in fact
Shreveport is one great hospital and one
great charnel house, and the Times
merely a death record."
The same journal says: “ The number
of interments since the 1st of September
sums up 226. The number of sick is va
riously estimated from 500 to S00.
p.c. SAWEB^
ECLIPSE
COTTON GIN.
(PATENTED NAT 20.187S.)
M ith Adjustable Roll Box and Swinging Front,
for Ginning Damp, Wot or Dry Cotton.
Also, the Celebrated
GRISWOLD GIN,
Genuine Pattern,with tbeOsriJlatingorWuter Boi,
Manufactured by
DUEL WITH SIX-SHOOTERS.
A STARTLING PICTURE OF LIFE
IN THE SILVER STATE.
Lodge of Odd Fellows sent $400 to Shreve
port.
From Spain
Madrid, September 19.—The session
of the Cortes has suspended until the
second of next Januarv.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
THE GREAT FINANCIAL CRASH.
erafcely a Qpped it off. He will evidently
die young."
At a hotel a short time since, a girl
inquired of a gentleman if his cap wm;
out. “ No," said he, “ but my coffee U."
The poor girl went away considerably
confused, bat determined to pay him
back in his own coin. While at dinner
the sang© drove np, and several coming
in. th© gentleman asked: “ Doe* the stag©
din© here?” “No, sir," replied th© girl
in * sarcastic tons, “ but the pfe*3©ng©re
do."
Farther Particulars of the Condition
of Affairs.
New York, September 19.—Fisk
Hatch say their suspension will be but
temporary. Their advances are- npon
Chesapeake and Ohio road, and Central
Pacific. They expect to resume as soon
as the panic ceases. Fitch k Co. have
suspended. Tho office of Fisk k Hatch
is strongly guarded by tho police. A
prominent Wall street hanker says that
if the movement now making to get the
Secretary of the Treasury to come to their
relief with $10,000,000, should fail, there
will bo a general suspension of banks and
others. A meeting of the bank presidents
is now being held at the Clearing House.
Vernon k Hay have suspended. The po
lice prevented any bnt members en
tering the Stock Exchange. E. D. Rou-
dolpli k Co., bankers of the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad, and Wm. H.Connor.have
announced their suspension. The Clear
ing House meeting have'appointed a com
mittee of five to prepare a phm to re
lieve the present difficulties.
Two O'clock.—A better feeling pre
vails. Western Union 72. Tne run on
the Union Trust Company is sulfiding.
Then? is more or less crowd around every
paying teller’s desk.
George B. Ally, whose suspension is al
ready announced, is widely known in con
nection with fast horses, having .raised
Dexter. He says his suspension is caused
by a general decline in stocks, and espe
cially Vanderbilt stocks. His liabilities
are not large, and he expects to resume
soon.
Greenleaf, Norris k Co. is an old and
wealthy stock firm.
President Calhoun, of the Fourth
National Bank, says: “ We have no
reason to fear anything.”
President Tappan. of the Gallatin,Na
tional Bank, l ays he believes the better
lianking institutions will weather the
storm.
Secretary Carlton, of the Union Trnst
Company, says that company is perfectly
solvent, and will meet all demands. It
is reported that that company hod $700,-
000 on deposit last night.
Mr. Fahnestock, of Jay Cook k Co.,
said, in an interview this afternoon, that
the firm hoped to pay all liabilities.
Mr. Gated* another meml»er of the
firm, said the London honso will have a
large surplus after the payment of all its
debt*, unless there is great shrinking in
tiie value of their securities. *
The latest rumor on the street is that
the Govemlnent will come to the res
cue to-morrow by buying five million
bonds.
The grain and provision markets are
all unsettled by the Wall street panic.
State and railroad bonds and city )>ank
shares have been practically neglected,
while dealing in railroad stocks continued
on an enormous scale. Thia afternoon
the principal transactions were in Pacific
Mail, Central and Hudson, Western
Union, Rhode Island. Wabash, St- Paul,
Northwestern, Lake Shore and Erie. Out
side purchasers continue in considerable
numbers on the declining market for in
vestments, which aided in strengthening
the market.
This afternoon Assistant Treasurer,
Hillhonse, said it ia in the power of the
national banks to arrest further disaster,
and they will undoubtedly do so.
The Evening Poet is informed that Sec
retary Richardson will offer to buy five to
ten millions of 5-20’s to-morrow. This
will throw into the banks legal tender
notes, for the large currency balance in
the Treasury is nearly all composed of le
gal tenders. With the panic thus checked,
a calm, with low rates for money, will
soon follow.
Jacob Little k Co. have faded.
Suspensions.
Philadelphia. September 19.—Th*
following named firms have
Further From the Great Crash
New York, September 19.—The Union
Trust Company paid until 4 o'clock—an
hum* later than usual.
Tho Manhattan Bank was open imtil
the same hour to certify the Union Trust
Company's checks.
Prominent bank officers are of the
opinion that the worst of the crash is
over.’,
The volume of business in the Stock
Exchange largely exceeded that of yes
terday, while the fluctuations were much
greater. As the announcements of fail
ures followed each other in quick succes
sion, the excitement became wilder, and
heavy blocks of stocks were thrown over
board, apparently regardless of the prices
they brought.
The Express to-night sums up the sit
uation as follows : The day closes on the
whole with fewer killed and wounded than
might be expected, all things considered.
No trust company has suspended; no
bank has refused payment, and all the
great railroad corporations are apparently
as firm as a rock. The following firms
have suspended in addition to those al
ready reported: Whittemore k Anderson
and Smith, Seaver & Co.
Ten Millions of Bonds to be Purchased.
Washington, September 19.—The Sec
retary of the Treasury at a late hour to
night telegraphed to tho Assistant Treas
urer at New York to purchase ten million
of bonds on Saturday.'
Still Paying.
London, September 19.—Jay Cook,
McCullock k Co. of this city have paid
over their counter all, day notwithstand
ing tho run on tho house.
The Feeling in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, September 19.—The
feeling here is that the worst has passed,
and that to-morrow will witness a de
cided change for the better. It is au
thoritatively stated that neither State
or city funds are disturbed.
The President.
General Grant is in town and was
waited upon to-day by prominent and
influential gentlemen.
A High Order of Masonry.
Denver, Col., September 19.—At one
o’clock to-day the Colorado Commandery,
No. 1., Knights Templar, convened in a
special conclave on the summit of Pike’s
Peak, and was opened in ample form.
Probably no similar Masonic body ever
before held a meeting over 14,000 feet
above tbe level of the sea. After the
meeting the Knights engaged in a parade
and drill, going through the entire man
ual of arms in use by the order.
Collision at Sea.
New York, September 19.—A St-
Johns, N. F. dispatch says the British
steamer Precursor, during hazy weather,
in latitude 45, 27; longitude 54, 55, col
lided with the American schooner, Addie
Osborne, of Provincetown, Massachu
setts, and sank her in five minutes. Cap
tain McDonald and the first mate were
lost. The survivors say they were on
the water two hours before being rescued.
H. H. Douglass, Bayard, J. H. Verb
John L. Loyd, Gilbough Jc Co., Bond;
all small, except Qilbongb.
Synopsis Weather Statement.
Office Chief Signal Officer, }
Washington, Septeml>er 19. j
Probabilities* Far the South Atlantic
States, cloudy weather, rain and very
l»ri.-k winds, th.* hitter probably shifting
to northwest, with clearing weather from
Flori.la to South Carolina; for the Gulf
States east of th»- MUsi.<»ippi, Tcnn.
and the Ohio Valley and lower Like re- j
gion, generally clear weather and fresh
winds, mostly frem th© north and north
east.
Death of an Emperor.
London, September 19.—Th© Emperor
of More© JO is dead.
More Fires and Steamboat Disasters.
St. Louis, September 15.—A large
fire broke out in East St. Louis this morn
ing and consumed the flouring mill of
Henry Schaffer k Brothers, six tenement
houses, and the stables, belonging to the
mill. The mill contained 1,200 barrels
of flour and 20,000 bushels of grain. The
estimated loss is $60,000; insurance not
ascertained. The loss on the tenement
houses and other property is about
$7,000.
Philadelphia, September 15.—Jon-
atlian Lodge’s cotton and woollen mills,
at Holmesburg, Pa., were burned late on
Saturday night. The loss is estimated
at $125,000; insurance $80,000.
Rondout, N. Y.,September 16—1:15 a.m.
A great conflagration is raging at this
place. The entire fire department is fight
ing the flames. There U no telling where
the fire will end. Tbe Lutheran Church,
Thompson's pork-packing establishment,
and the canal stables are on Are. One
whole block of buildings has been entirely
destroyed. The wind is from the south
west and is blowing a gale.
Rondout, N, Y.,September 16—2:30 a.m.
The fire is now under control. The sta
bles of Kiernan k McShane, Lawrence
Rirchner, John Derrenbacher, and Mc
Mullen k Jones; the stores of McMullen
k Jones, the pork-packing establishment
of Thompson k Sons, and the Lutheran
Church were burned. Loss at least $50,-
000; insurance not ascertained.
Grand Haven, Mich., September 15.—
The propeller ironsides, of theEngelmann
line, connecting with the Detroit and
Milwaukee railway, and one of the largest
steamers on the lakes, foundered and sunk
seven miles off this port to-day. Her
signal of distress was hoisted at nine a. m.,
•nt .so terrible was the sea and heavy the
wind no assistance could reach her. She
labored in the trough of the sea from
about half-past eight a. m. until the time
3he sunk. The passengers and crew pre
pared the boats to leave her at about half
past ten o’clock, and the last boat left her
at ten minutes before twelve. When the
last boat had got about a quarter of a
mile fr'iin her she w©nt down. There
were five boat-s filled with the crew and
passengers. One boat, containing five
sp^nded : ! men and four women, capsized, and only
A Desperate Fight In Truckee City—
Both .lfeii Empty their PlxtoU-Onc
Killed and the Other Mortally
Wounded.
Truckee City, Nev., September 17.—
Andy Fuget, a carpenter, and Jack White,
a miner, fought a duel night before last
with six-shooters. A feud hail
is ted between the men for somo time;
and a few days ago when they met
on the depot grounds Fnget said: “ We
might os well settle our trouble here.
Draw and defend yourself." White said
he was not armed, and Fuget replied
that he believed him a liar. The men
then separated with the understanding
that they would fight the first time they
met. Night before last the men again
met on the corner of Main street and a
little alley running uj5 into the Chinese
quarter. They had no sooner recognized
each other than the battle began. There
were several persons in the neighbor
hood, but no one who saw the shooting
could tell who fired the first shot. Fuget
is said to have been approaching Main
street from the alley, and was met by
White, who was passing along the side
walk. When tho firing began Fuget
placed himself behind an awning post at
the corner of the street and alley, while
White stood on the sidewalk.
The firing was very rapid; so rapid,
indeed, that many who heard it thought
that more than two men were engaged in
the shooting. The majority of those who
were in the neignborhood when the shoot
ing began ran away as fast as their legs
would carry thefu; but two or three men,
who sought shelter in the iron doorways
of Burkhaltcr’s store, stood their ground
and witnessed the whole battle. White
fell first, and, striking on the edge of the
sidewalk, rolled into a gutter about 18
inches in depth. Fuget fell about the
same time, seemingly from the effect of
White’s last shot, rolling into the same
gutter in which White was lying, and at
no great distance from him. Between
the two men lay a bundle of gunny sacks,
owing to which they were unable to see
each other. Fuget began to crawl to
ward White, who lay in the gutter unable
to rise. He dragged himself along the
gutter until he reached the gunny sacks.
He climbed up on these until he could
see his mortal enemy, and then fired at
him his two # remaining shots. White
aroused himself, and, by great effort,
raised his pistol and fired his last shot,
which rolled Fuget from his position on
th-3 sacks, aiyl ended the desperate and
bloody fight.
When the firing ceased and only groans
were to be beard, the citizens rapidly
collected, and soon a great crowd was o
the bloody battle-field. The bleeding
and groaning men mere carried to where
they could be cared for. Fuget, however,
needed but little care, as he was dying
when taken np, and lived less tlian ten
minutes. The shot which proved fatal
struck him in the left groin, severing a
large aftery. He bled frightfully.
White's wounds were three in number,
and of such a nature that they must
necessarily prove fatal. Ono shot passed
through his body from side to side, just
above tbe hips; another entered his right
breast, and ranging back, lodged a '
his spine; the third struck him in the
lower part of the abdomen, passing
through the bladder.
P. 0. SAWYER, Macon, Gfa.
THIS 8IN TOOK THREE PREMIUMS LAST YEAR.
THE SAWYER ECLIPSE COTTON’ GIN with
its improvements has won its way, upon its ow n
merits, to the very first rank of popular favor. It
stands to-iiny without a competitor in all tho
points ami qunlitic* desirable or attainable in a
PERFECT COTTON GIN.
Our Ratable or Adjustable Roll Kox places it in
the nower of every planter to reuuhit© the picking
of the seed to suit himself, ami is the only ono
mat It* that does. Properly managed. SAWYER’S
ECLIPSE GIN will maintain the full natural
leiurth of tlio staple, nnd t . made to do as rapid*
work as any machine in use.
The old GRISWOLD OIN-u genuine pattern—
furnished to order, w henever desired.
Three premiums were taken by SAWYER’S
OIV
EC LI PS?! GIN last year, over all competitors,
\i/.: 1'\\.>:11 ilu-Sc.ulh. nst Abilinnmand Southwest
Georgia Fair, nt Eufaula—ono a silver cup, the
“ fl * * * tho
other a diploma Also, the first premium at t
Fair at Goldsboro*, North Carolina
USTE-W GUN'S
THE BANTINGS OP OUR
COMMUNISTS.
of the party reached shore.
Four boats have reached shore up to
this time. One boat, containing Captain
Streetxnan and wrif© and five passengers,
has not yet been heard from. It is fear
ed they are among the lost. Thirty-two
persons are known to have been saved,
and fourteen bo-lies have been recovered.
There were forty-nine persons on board
of tlie Ironsides, of whom nineteen were
passengers.
St. Catherine’s, Can., September 15.
The yacht Sphynx, with a man named
Ward, of Toronto, clinging to her keel,
w:ui picked up to-day by the schooner
Mary Battle and brought to Fort Dal-
housie. Ward reports the lues of three
men, named Davidson. Morgan and
Graves, all belonging to Toronto. The
yacht capsized in the gale of Friday last.
A Crusade on Christianity and Mar
riage.
Chicago, September 17.—The Nation
al Association of Spiritualists is in session
here, and President *L. K. Cooley, of Vine-
land, N. J., as well as a number of lead-
w spirits from various parts of the
country are on hand. So far the discus
sions show a very inharmonious state of
affairs. Mrs. Woodhull defended her
course and her peculiar notions with a
good deal of vigor. During the session
Lost night the speakers indulged in the
most radical utterances on all subjects.
Miss Anna M. Middlebrook, of Connecti
cut, said :
I stand here to-night, os far as the
Christian religion is concerned, deter
mined on its destruction. In politics I
am a Rebel. I avow it boldly. This is a
sham republic. With refer* nee to social
problems, I am a revolutionist. Why
slioold we in the nineteenth century go
back eight hundred yeara for our doctrine ?
If we live up to our philosophy we will
see the time when the mummy creeds of
Christianity will be overturned.
The next speaker was Anthony Higgins,
of Jersey City. lie was glad to meet the
representatives of nine or ten millions of
American people. We are called Spirit
ualists. I have another nam© for onr sect,
Anti-Christians. (Applause.) Since the
Christians have ftiiled to elevate humanity
we must seek that elevation by different
paths than those which they have pur
sued. Victoria C. Woodhull claims that
every one has a right to their own body
and soul. This is contrary to the doc
trines of Christianity, and yet you Anti-
Christians, who would undermine the
Christian tree, long to feed on the fruits
of that tree, for the system of marriage
is one of its fruits. You are looking at it
through tho goggle* of Mosos, judging it
by tho dogma of Christianity, and you
cannot expect tliat it will appear to you
in it* p-oper light. Under the present
system man and wife and brother and sis
ter are in conflict. It is onr duty to de
clare moral welfare on these defective in
stitutions.
Will l>e delivered on lioard the cars at the follow
ing prices:
Thirfr-dvo Saws gI81 CO
Forty Saws
150 00
Forty-five Saws...
...... 168 75
Fifty Saws
187 50
Sixty Saws
Seventy Haws
262 50
Eighty Saws
280 00
To prevent delay
orders and old gins should bo
scntimmeilintcly.
Time given to responsible partioi
VOLUNTARY TESTIMONIALS !
Are furnished from various sections of tho cotton
growing States, of the character following:
Locust Grove, Ga„ October3n, 1872.
Mr. P. C. Sawyer. Macon, Ua.:
DeafBt-Bndowd find draft on Griffin Ranking
Company for $1.7), ns payment for our gin, with
widen we are well plensoil.
Yorrstruly. H. DICKIN A SON.
The above letter enclosed th** following testimo
nial, addres-sed to Mr. Sawyer, viz :
Locust Grove, Ga, O**tober SO, 1872.
Wc, th*? undersign«*d, planter**, have witnessed
the operation of one of your Eclipse Cotton Gins,
which we think superior to any other gin we have
ever seen used. It leaves the -*♦****! perfectly ciean.
and at the same time turns out n beautiful sample,
etc. H. T. DICKIN A SON.
E. ALEX. CLHAVELAND.
31. L. HARRIS.
Mr. ’Daniel P. Ferguson, of Jonesboro, Ga..
writes under date of October 10. 1872, •** follows:
I have your gin running. • • • I can sav it
is the best that I ever saw run. _ It cleans the seed
n rf«*ctly. I have been raised in u gin house, and
Kliave I know all about what should be expect
ed in a first-chus Cotton Gin. I can gin five hun
dred pounds of lint inside of sixty mr.iutes. Th#
fir»t two bides ginned weighed 1100 [*,un<ls, from
8010 iioutids seed cotton, baggiiu; and ties included.
full*
Inwurrwf, Ga., October 7.287Z.
Mr. P. C. Sawyer—Dear Sir: The Cottoa3tf
*• irot from you. w© an- pleased to say. ni**©ts<iut
lactations, and docs all you promised^
hould do. We have jrinned one hundred and six
teen liales on it, and it has never choked nor bro
ken the roll. It picks the seed el**an and icakes
good lint. We have had considerable experience
with various kinds of cotton gins, and can, with
safety, say yours is the best v
$300,000 !
Missouri State Lottery!
tegallzrd by Mtalr Authority and
Drawn In Public at Nt. LauU.
Grand Single Number Scheme!
50,000 NUM1IEKH.
CLASS I TO DE DRAWN SEPT'S. *>. 1 $
5,880 PRIZES, AM0UNT1N6 TO $300,000,
1 prize of_ jyanj»*
1 prize of UMfl*
1 prize of l".*"*
1 prize of. T&*
Apr
2«> pr
Go). Nathan Bans, of Rome, Ga.. says be has
ml Griswold** Ksmmj’s uul Tsjrlortafau. oml
that he is now running a D. Pratt Gin in Leo
county, Ga*and an Eagle and a Carver Gin m Ar
kansas, and a •* Sawyer Ed ipso Gin ’ m Rome. (ia..
•gards the last named *•** hupkriok to any of
the others. It picks Fvstkr and CLEANER than
any other gin with which he in acquainted. Ho
says he has ginned **ighty-six bales with it without
breaking the roll.
Bullard’s Station, M. t B. R. R.
January 20.1H7S.
Mr. P. C. Sawyer, Macon. Gar—Dear Sir—The
Cotton Gin you rei*ired for me. with your im
proved box, gives perfect satisfaction, and I take
very great pleasure in recommending your gins to
,lic. W. O'DANIEL. M. D.
the public.
to sell a great l
tarn.of Orangeburg, S., Cowrite*
*>ld by me this season an- doing
entire* sausfartioti. 1 will be able
any next season.
•Gir
J. C. Stal* *v. of Fort Y alley. writ*-s: “ Tol
ls the only < fin I ever saw that anybody could feed.
I have heretofore »>***n compelled to employ a teen
er for gmning. bat with your gin a child ran loea.
it ami it will never break the roll. It gins both
dean and fast and makes beautiful lint.
write: - All tbe Saw,
satisfaction. We
them the coming
Jt Co., of Athens. Ga.
< hoM by us are giving-
ill be able to sell a number of
Coen ran. GJLm January 7,1873.
• seed well,
fully.
T. J. A 15. G. LEE.
gins repaired promptly
pr?** “I ■
prizes oi.„...
i on/*** ol z.m> 5.0UU prises fJ 10
Tickets flU. Half Ticket* $5. Onarten* gSJSft.
Our lotteries sre chartered by the State, are all
wavs drawn at th© time named, and all drawings
an* under the supervision of swum commissioners.
The official drawing will be published in the Ht.
Louis paijern. and a copy of drawing sent to pur-
chasers of tickets.
We will draw a similar scheme the last day of
every month during th#; year 1H7S.
Remit at our risk by PoHtotfioe, Money Orders.
Registered Letter, Draft or Express. Send for a
circular. Address,
MURRAY. MILLER A CG-,
Pustoffice Box 24M. St. Louis, Mo.
And made aa good as new at the following low
figures :
New Improved Riha $ «> each
Roll Box 10 0*1 each
Head and Bottom Pieces 1 «> each
Babbit Boxes 1 50 each
New Haws, per set * 00 ca#-h
Repairing Brush f 6 00^15 00
New Brush
Punting Gin 6 w
Can furnish M different patterns of riba to the
trad© at 20 rents each, at short notice.
P. C. SAWYER.
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