Georgia weekly telegraph, journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1880-188?, June 25, 1880, Image 1

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I •JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBT & JONES, Proprietors. TABLISIIED1826- THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. ■fiLRGRAPH BUILDING ’.v*- - >w *' MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1880. VOLUME NO—LV TWO 1I8HEB8. NOBLE OAK which stands before the college chapel. ■One morning when spring was in her This renowned monarch of the forest fAPnc— £Ph2i I I which has probably stood for five centu ries, is a university landmark, and has received many a graceful eulogy from the poets and orators of the university. One of the most beautiful and appropriate of these fell from the lips of the venerable ex-Chaneellor Lipscomb. There is a tra dition that the first recitation of the col lege took plam beneath its wide-spreading boughs. About sunset the young men, soon to be scattered to the four quarters of the com pass, formed a circle about the trunk of this grand old tree in soleifin con clave. Many were the experi ences, sombre and ludicrous, that were recalled, and all their old lit erary battles were fought over again. Upon sounding the sense of the body, however, the pleasant fact was revealed that there were “no feuds to be healed” for the reason that none existed. A permanent organization was effected, a time for fu ture re-uuiou designated, prizes agreed upon to be given to the first married brother and to the first fat her, and a lo cal committee appointed, cliatged with the duty of planting, at the proper season a CLASS TREE in the campus, and placing thither also a suitable memorial stone to commemorate the names and year of graduation of each member of the class. A BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT. On Thursday night Chancellor Mell opened the doors of'his hospitable man sion to the board of visitors, the faculty of the university and local board of trustees and their wives, and numerous oilier guests. It was not only a social treat but delightful literary re-union, which all who were present will not soon forget. The refreshments were abnndant and elegantly served, and the genial bead of the university,most gracefully assisted by his accomplished wife and daughters, did the honors of the evening with a dignity and cordiality that won all hearts. A YOUNG MACON CLERGYMAN. On Sabbath Rev. R. J. Willingham, a son of one of your townsmen, occupied the pulpit of Rev. Mr. Campbell, of the Baptist church. Albeit quite young in the ministry, and exposed to the severe ordeal of addressing a majority of his old instructors, including the chancellor of the university, and hundreds of his former acquaintances, this young divine, who is a member of the board of visitors, delivered an excellent discourse, and was listened to with marked attention. Mr. Willing ham is a fine scholar, and an inviting field of usefulness opens up before him. LUCY COBB INSTITUTE. The annual commencement of this ad mirable seminary, which is fairly identi fied with the name and memory of the il lustrious and lamented Gen. T. R. R. Cobb, took place last week, and was of unusual interest/ One young lady, Miss Jennie Smith, distinguished herself by reciting a poem replete with wit and good things entitled “Graduation.” She was dressed in an elegant white silk with panels and sleeves delieately adorned with pink flowers painted by her own hands. She is said to lie quite a genius. The Lucy Cobb, we regret to say. is about to lose tbe services of Mrs. Wright, who is so widely and popularly known. Who will be her successor has not yet transpired. The school numbers about eighty young ladies. BREAKFAST TABLE STATISTICS. At the Clinard House the writer took down the family record of four gentlemen with whom he was conversing at break fast. It is worthy of publication. The mother of one individual, a clergyman, had given birth to eighteen children, and her mother, (his grandmother,) had borne twenty. The father of a lawyer present, who lives in Upper Georgia, had been presented with nineteen children, four teen of whom were the fruit of his last marriage. Of the latter number, six sons served throughout the war, one only of whom was killed,^and one died a nat ural death. The remaining twelve, all survive, and each has attained to mature years, while the father, at the age of sev enty-eight, is still able to handle the plow. Another gentleman fromSmithville has a father seventy-nine years old who still does not hesitate to walk ten miles at a time. There was still another person present whose father had been blessed with twen ty-six children, sixteen of whom were by his last marriage. These are astounding instances of fe cundity, occurring as they did inthe expe rience of so limited a circle. But UBS. JAMES BONE of this (Clarke) county, who died last year, capped the climax by giving birth to twenty-five children by a single marriage. < teens— A morning to a poet’s wishing, All tinted in delicate pinks aRu. greens Miss Bessie and I went fishing. I, in my rough and easy clothes, With my face at the sun-tan’s mercy; She, with her hat tipped down to her nose, And her nose tipped wee versa. I, with my rod, my reel, and my books, And a hamper for lunching recesses; She, with the bait of her comely looks, And the seine of her golden tresses. So we sat us down on the sunny dyke, Where the white pond-lilies teeter; And I went to fishing like quaiqt old Ike, And she like Simon Peter. - AH the noon I lay in the light of her eyes, And dreamily watched and waited; But the fish were cunning; and would not rise, And the baiter alone was baited. And when the time for departure came, Mv bag hung flat as a flounder; But Bessie had neatly hooked her game— A hundred and fifty pounder! —Exchange. editorial correspondence. Athens, June 21,1880. UNIYEBSITY NOTES. Our State University is in a most satis factory condition at the present time. In lieu of a falling off in students as a conse quence of the establishment of three branch colleges, each of which is empow ered to take young men through all the studies of the Freshman and Sophomore classes taught at the parent institution, there has been a small increase. And when these youths have completed their two years course, and can go no further, it is confidently expected that many of them win then enter the Junior class at ■Hie university, and complete their educa tion there. THE BEHAVIOB OF THE YOUNG MEN is exemplary, and their industry and ap plication to their studies most commenda ble. The majority of them are fully giown in stature, and a politer or more gentlemanly set cannot be found any where. We hear now of no wrangling or jars among the faculty, nor of any com plaints against the management of the university. Everything moves like clock work un der the able direction of Chancellor Mell. who possesses the entire confidence of the community, and is both loved and respected bv the students. In all the South there exists no institution of learn ing which possesses superior advantages for a first-class education to our State University. The apparatus has been col lected at a cost of near $60,000, and covers the whole field of natural science and chemistry. Here a young man can be fitted practically for almost any pursuit in life, aud it is his own fault if such signal opportunities are not properly improved. One thing only is lacking to complete its usefulness and greatly increase the attend ance of students, and that is comprised in the two words, FBEE TUITION. Since the establishment of the branch colleges this has become almost a neces sity. The young men of the country Will flock into those institutions located near their homes where education costs nothing, despite the commanding advantages of the university. But once open up the gushing fount of knowledge which wells from this ancient fane of science to all classes, ricli and poor, without money and without price, and hundreds will come and partake of its inspiring waters. This is the best possible method of exploding the popular prejudice which has obtained so long, that our State university is an aristocratical school, designed essentially for the sons of the rich and high-born. Hence the un reasonable and totally false impression which has prevailed so generally, that at Athens the boys of the sturdy farmers, who go thither seeking an agricultural educa tion under the act donating the LAND SCRIPT FUND to the university, are looked down upon by the paying students. Nothing can be more untrue. College is the most perfect type of a republican government on earth. There, most emphatically, “every tub stands on its own bottom,” and the wealthiest scion of aristocracy is regard ed with contempt, and even shunned, it his ways are mean and his cranium empty. On the contrary, some_ of our most distinguished statesmen, divines and jurists, were eitherhuipblc beneficiaries, or achieved their education by hard mental or physical labor in vacations, and at great personal sacrifices. These men were all respected and almost reverenced at col lege. We-have a notable instance of this in one of the most promising and success ful young members of the bar in your own city. The writer asserts, then, most posi tively that, so far from there _ being any discriminations at the University between the agricultural and other students, many of the former stand among the first in scholarship anduiearing, and are leaders in the institution. But still the OLD PREJUDICE continues to exist, and many excellent citizens in straightened circumstances re fuse to send their sons to a school where they must either be matriculated as bene ficiaries, or pay a tuition fee of seventy- five dollars per annum. AH this can easily be done away with by simply abolishing tuition charges, which at best yield hut a paltry revenue, while hanging like ail incubU3 about the neck of the university. UTILIZING THE STATE COLLEGE STU DENTS. It is urged by a venerable and exceed ingly sagacious trustee, that a large sum could be saved to the State annually, by devolving upon Professor White and Ins young men the duty, at moderate charge, of analyzing all the fertilizers which are 3F A HIND READER. One Who Has for Her Clients Many Noted Persons — She Knows all About htceks, bnt Instead of Grow ing Rich, Enriches Others. “Is Miss Grace Courtland, the mind reader, at home?” asked a reporter of the Graphic, after ringing the door-bell of an unpretending bouse on East Twenty-ninth street. . “Yes’m; walk in,” replied the young woman who answered the summeus, add ing, “Snc is at lunch. Who shall I say sent you ?” “No one; I came,” was the brief re sponse. But the doorkeeper was not to be diverted fiom her purpose by a curt answer, and reiterated: . “Did you see any advertisement, or did your friend send you here?” “If it is necessary for Mis3 Courtland to know I can tell her,” said the reporter, walking into the parlor. The human in terrogation point then disappeared into the basement, from which issued a suggestive odor of fried potatoes and a scorched ome let. Tho parlor was a medium-sized room neatly furnished, a piano filling one cor ner, and a center table covered with books, among-which “Moths” and “Spiritual ism Exposed” were most conspicu ous. Among the ornaments on the wall was noticeable a large handbill calling attention to a series of entertain ments given in Liverpool by the Ameri can actress, Miss Grace Courtland, one of the passengers on the ill-fated Idaho, un der tho patronage of General Lucius Fair- child (now minister to Spain), and the officers of the Guion line. While the reporter was looking at this the Inevitable rustling and rushing that an nounces the advent of a woman with a trailed dress was heard in tbe ball, and m a moment there entered a lady so diflerent in appearance from most of those of her sex who ply the avocation of mind reading and fortune telling as to be worthy of a description. Imagine, then, a woman of imposing figure, clad in a robe of white cambric and lace that, flow ing into a long train, added much to the apparent height, and at the throat con fined by a necklace of carved coral beeds, the vivid color of which enhanced the ef fect of the hair worn low on the forehead and powdered snow white, escaping from a tiny lace cap confined with gold pins; dark, well-defined eyebrows, and eyes too peculiar to be easily described. Not at all remarkable in size or shape, they were of a curious color, which might be called brown, hazel or amber, yet were seem ingly a compound of the three. In their constant changes tbe pupil, very small and black, but with the iris, no matter what 3hade it assumed, unchangeable, never soft, never brilliant or sparkling, only bright, so intensely metallic bright a3 gold dollars fresh from the mint, and just as ir responsive though so exceedingly pene trating that it seemed as if amilistone and a pane of glass would be equally trans parent before them. With the exception of white teeth and a pretty mouth, the other features were not especially hand some, but the general effect produced was that of a fine-looking woman, rather the atrical in style, and with a certain ease of manner that comes rather through appear ing in public than from the influences of refined society. “Miss Courtland, 1 have visited a num ber of mind readers, but found them to be humbugs, and I come to you to be con vinced that there is an exception to that rule,” said the reporter, without identifi cation, and thinking that in itself would afford a test. “Yes,” replied the lady, with a charm ing smile that showed her teeth and brought out her dimples, “but in the first place yon must understand that I do not profess to do anything supernatural. I am not a spiritualist, and look on spiritu alism as being merely a cover for very dangerous “isms.” I merely give the im pressions that my mind receives during a reading, and do not claim them to be in fallible, though I seldom err. These same impressions come to me in regard to the future of my patrons, and in regard to tbe rise and lall of stocks I never fail. Indeed I am about to have a telephone placed in the house for directing my friends in Wall street. “For instance, there is Anna Dickin son, who travels under my guidance all the time—and, by the way, I have just received a letter from Mrs. Hobart, .the cousin with whom Anna lives in Eliza beth, N. J., telling me my last prophecy in regard to a death in tho family came true. Ye3, Anna thinks a great deal of me, and the other day I sent her a copy of my autobiography, which she is much pleased with. Then there is Fanny Da venport. For years she traveled under my directions, though now she does not. Perhaps my prophecy that in two years she would be at the bottom of the ladder shore, the only lady who escaped at the Delhi Indian mutiny alive;' though her husband was killed, she, with a pistol and knife in hand, escaped with her na tive nurse and child; Mrs. J.alia Barrett, the poetess: Dr. Wyld, the gentleman who went hail for Slade; the heiress, Miss Con stance Smith;' Dr. Dixon, of the Soho Hospital, London; Mr. Grimshaw, the fa mous English artist, you know; he wanted me to visit his ‘castle by the sea,’ at Scar borough, and sit as ‘Cleopatra.’ Mr. Grimshaw painted the famous picture of the Princess Alice there w .< such a fuss about. Then there was Signor Itoudi, to whom the Empress of Austria sat for a portrait, giving him afterwards, in recogni tion for his talent, a, superb medallion set of diamonds. It would tak* too long to tell yon the rest, among whoiUVere many of the nobility and military f '-ja.” “And in this country ?” r; “Here I am not so well ku-Jwn, you see, having been hack but a short time, but there is Mr. A. K. Loring, the Boston book dealer, for instance. He is one of my best friends, and gave me a handsome testimo nial in reference to my healing powers, for, you know, I can cure anything.” “Indeed,” ejaculated the reporter, who has listened to this same assertion from so many other people that it seems surprising there should be any sickness or deformity inthe world, but resumed: “Can I see Mr. Loring’s testimonial?” “Certainly,” said the lady, promptly, and forthwith produced a letter signed with Mr. Loring’s name, and testifying that Miss Courtland’s character a3 a wom an was above reproach, aud that he had been benefited by her healing powers. “Who else have you seen?” “Well, Jay Gould, though I called on him. Pleasant man, isn’t he, and so easy of access, I had no trouble at all to see him.” ‘Old he consult you ?” “N-o-o, hut I went to talk about busi ness; then I liave had the most prominent lawyers from Boston and this city to see me, and besides I have so many people who without strict belief in my clairvoy ant powers come to talk to me.” “They find you entertaining?” “I suppose so,” said the lady, laughing; “at any rate, they say so. Why, ever so many English noblemen, among them Lord Lewis, who wanted to marry me, and recently men in this city, have paid their £5 or $25 for tho sake of hearing me talk for an hour. II they choose to throw their money away, all right, but it makes one think there must be lots of stupid wo men in the world.” “Have you ever been called a humbug?’’ asked the writer. “Oh, yes; I have often had newspaper people call me that until they came to see me, when they would change their minds. You see, the first thing that staggered them was my saying, ‘You are a reporter.’ Though even then lots of them try to get out of it, and say they are not; but come to find cut, the reason is they have too much vanity to call themselves simply re porters, fancying it so much more digni fied to say ‘representative,’ or ‘literary man,’ or ‘special correspondent.’ ” The Graphic reporter bore np bravely against this onslaught,-.^-* asked, “How can you tell a report*?” “Why, I can tell one just as quick as I set my cye3 on Mm; and besides that, you never catch a newspaper man paying a fee if he can help it. Still, I don’t mean to be hard on them, for they generally stand by Philadelphia is a great place, though Estimating population according to M. | O n'emlod her. Then, Edison, the inven- Say, the French political economist, who i tor _» jj e re the lady came to an abrupt will assert that Georgia is not a land of stop fatness and plenty? “Has he been here ?” ' Athens improving. “Yes; he has, but, well, perhaps I had There is no inland town of Georgia that J better not say anything about him. He is has exhibited in late years a more sub- j oneo fthe men who thinks he knows ev- stantial growth than Athens. The in- er y t hing, you see.” crease in her cotton receipts, general mer- «Tlien he is not acting under yonr cliandizing, population and wealth is most, guij ance ? « remarkable. Several pojton factories and i tfN j- Well, then, there is GeD. Lucius a paper mill in the vicinity also add to tho . .L^nd, cx-consul to Liverpool, now volume of her business, and the educa- , in ; slcr t0 Spain. lie believes in me, I tional advantages of this beautiful city call te n you , though it would be strange have attracted tliitlier large numbers of ...,« didn't. Perhaps you remember the opulent residents who have erected mag- wreck of tbe Idaho that occurred two nilicent dwellings in the suburbs. vears arjQ j was one 0 f the passengers, the northeastern railroad | J . the fourth night we were out I had a has given likewise a signal impetus to the w<m sbowing uie the steamer stranded trade of the place. We learn from the rocky ledge, the men and women efficient superintendent, Mr. Bernham, stru „o-iin£r to escape in horror and confu- that the freight receipts of this road for si0 = o tb( ? crowding into life boats, and May, 1SS0, exceeded by 26 per cent, those tbe sinkitlg 0 f tbe deserted ship for tbe same month of the previous year. a tbc severing plunge with which she The passenger business, also, lias been 8ank outo f sight. When I told my vision nearly doubled. ' the next dav I was laughed atforsuper- Tbe railroad commistion have allowed ..g f ear3 an a it was not until the an increase of 10 per cent, on their sc ied- yentb day tbat ra v vision came to pass ule rates, and with this addition there has . the ijj.fated Idaho struck with a con- been hardly any Jailing off in the freigut mlth(L raS pi n g sound on Conneberg receipts of the road. The Northeastern ’ It ^ 0 uUi take too much time to shipped 13,000 bales of cotton the present describe tbe f r j g htful scene that followed, year, and the prospects of the enterprise, butr)repare( i by tbe vision, I stood calmly under its able management, are most ^ ^ bimjacle unt n tbe YO ice of the cap- cheering. ' • i tain was heard in the command, ‘Take to political. tbe hfeboats.’ I could not stand idle The respective contestants for congres- such a t}me> w hile the water was creep- sional honors in the ninth district are . Hie ship’s side and the decks were girding on their armor for the campaign. “jA for a Iast plunge, but seizing an Col. Bell will probably head the organ- j- a id e j the men in cutting away two ized Democracy, who are confident of vie- fthe lifeboat3j all d stepped into tne last, tory, and the gifted Spear will once more w itli tbe captain and officers. The hard- bear aloft his lone standard in the thick- .. tbat f 0 nowed have been duly re- est of the fight. lie is a brilliant young c0l £ ted by the press. When I arrivedlm man, and his friends believe him to he in- j W as without money, clothes vincible. ,« .. or jewelry, all my wardrobe, both private Gubernatorial matters are considerably A tbeatr i ca l, having been lost in the mixed. Strange to say, even in this sea . Un der the auspices of Gen. Fairchild northern section of the State, Mr. Lester , whoso ministership to Spain I prophe- has a considerable following, and the . .. and 0 f Mr. George Ramsden, of the friendsofCol.Hardeman, also, are quite Gui ' nline I gave a series of enterlam- numerous. Bat Governor Colquitt, w ho mentswb i C h brought me means sufficient endeared himself to the people of this region tbe debts I was forced to incur and bv signing the bonds of the Northeastern t0 London. While there I re railroad, appears to have the inside track lv . ed t0 make use of tba gift I have had — - - — J - instead of going on the inspected and sold in the commonwealth, At present, this work is performed in At lanta at heavy cost. The propriety of this recommendation is certainly worthy of consideration. Many specimens of manures from various sections of tbe State, under the generous invitation of the able professor of chemis try, are tested at the university, and, we may add, more accurately analyzed than by ordinary professionals, because. Mr. White feels that his own reputation is in volved in the result. The writer saw several students engaged in this work, and the professor said they thoroughly understood the details. If this important duty could bo performed at the university, a portion of the $25,000 fees now acciuing into tbe treasury from tnat source could be appropriated for the pur pose of inaugurating free tuition. These suggestions are thrown out for tbe future consideration of the proper authorities, SMOKING THE PIPE OF PEACE. On Friday afternoon, the day when the Senior class was disbanded until com mencement, the ancient and Impressive custom was revived of bolding a class meeting for the purpose of talking over the incidents and events of the past four years, reconciling feuds and taking action for the future. . wJfbelWnMS point he will again communicate*™ ^ ^ ^ Oaf- * Meem and others. Umbrageous shelter of the ■ ! * reader. ^Clarker^Jackson, and Hall ^ tau_ w — . T But the gubernatorial succession is still in wb ich required more means than I doubt, and cannot be determined until the j command. While there Sampson, convention decides. Every one just now Lqw & Co . brougb t out my book.” is on tiptoe to hear from Cincinnati, ana «Di d Gen. Fairchijd consult you per- great is the interest manifested mtheac- gonal , y ? „ tion of the convention, deUMMr ; , a nd I saw many other dis tioas begin to-monrew. We have an ab jA" ed me n. Darwin said to me: ding faith tbat all will turooutfort ngu WO nderful woman, but not a best, and therefore feeltranqu.l andope- gSffiJJSSe? and Beacoiifield -com- ful of the future.. Your $Kd me highly on my powers. Then they laid many little traps for me there, but found they were wrong in suspecting me.” “Coming down to facts, Miss Courtland, will yon tell me my name, who and what T am, and what will happen to me witMn he next six months?” “I never pretend to tell people their names. I cannot do it. You are before tbe public in some way. You have a tal ent for music that amounts to genius. You have a voice not as wonderful as Nillson’s, but still a great one. No one seeing you sit so quietly here would think you capable of the exquisite dramatic ges tures and poses at your command. Now mind, 1 may be mistaken in this, but I don’t think I am. Then as to your char acter. You are very independent; you think for yourself. You are not married because you have never met a man you consider enough your superior; you have admirers tl&t other women much prettier fail to attract, and you hold them through your brain power. You will never rely on being naturally constant, butt father be cause you are conscious that you can make him admire as well as love you. Now, don’t be offended, but you act too much on second thoughts. Follow your first impulses; they are best, sages not withstanding. You have a tremendous will, and you fear nothing.” Here the mind reader ran out for want of material, and the reporter interposed by asking for some predictions in regard to the future; but Miss Courtland only indulged in the vaguest prophecies, such as the reporter would live to a “good old age; nothing would disturb the monotony of life at pres ent,” etc., and could not be induced to say anything more tangible. The conversa tion was continued for some time, the* > mind reader taking the lead, and with a great deal of tact, asking questions and opinions nf the reporter on- J matters touched upon; finally she exclaimed: “I am puzzled about pou, I feel sure you are before the public now and I think you must be connected with a newspaper and your principal friends journalists.” “Are you saying that because you do not know where else to place me ?” asked the reporter. “No, but I have received the impres sion,” said the lady. Feeling there was no longer any occa sion for concealment the writer quietly said: “I am on a newspaper, the Graphic,, and I came to write you up.” In spite of “previous impressions” Miss Courtland turned very white and then very red, suddenly exclaiming, “Oh, what have I said about newspaper people?” • “NotMng that you need retract or tnat hurt my feelings,” said tbe reporter, touched by this natural dismay. “Only now I would like to know the truth about your personal history.’ “Oh, you look too honest to deceive any one,” was all the lady, who had become much agitated, could say; but, becoming calmer, she gave in brief her his tory from her gypsy parentage through to a sorrowful life and an unhappy r <>- marriage; her going on.the stage under her present name, and playing in Chi cago, tlirough Michigan and the West gen erally, concluding with the unlucky voy age to England and her return here a short time ago. It is just to say she im presses one as a thorough woman of the world, endowed with a keen perception, great intuition, and a power of reading the human countenance, which natural penetration and study cannot fail to give. Aft Darwin said: “A wonderful, but not a supernatural woman GENERAL DISPATCHES. Foreign. London, June 23.—The House of Commons to-diy Is crowded. Mr. Brad-, laugh presented himself at the table. The speaker iufoaned him that, in consc quence of a resolution of the tbe House yesterday, he must retire. Mr. Bradlaugh wished to address 'the speaker in opposition to the resolution. The speaker informed Mr. Bradlaugh that he must withdraw. Mr. Labouchere moved that Mr. Bradlaugh be heard at the bar. This motion was agreed to. Mr. Bradlaugh eloquently combated the resolution arrived at against him. He said it was .unprecedented to •ondemn any one unheard. He argued against be ing accused of atheism. The House might afterwards expel him, but until lie had taken his seat, the House had no jurisdic tion over Mm. The House cannot, under such circumstances, overrule Ms right to take the oath. If an appeal should be npdu&ary, as he hopes it will not be, it must be made. He asked the House to give him justice, which the judges would give Mm if appealed to. He Was loudly cheered. ,' The speaker asked whether Mr. Brad laugh shouM be called in to hear the pleasure of the House. Sir Stafford: •Nortlicote and Premier Gladstone both thought that no such case had before arisen. The latter thought that Iast night’s resolution was illegal, but sub mitted it to the decision of the House. Mr. Labouchere asked leave to move that Mr. Bradlaugh be allowed to take oath. This was ruled out of order. A subsequent motion of Mr. Labducliere to reconsider last night’s resolution i3 now (2:40 p. m.) under discussion. Mr. La bouchere, at the request of Mr. Gladstone, withdrew his motion. * Air. Bradlaugh, having been called on to advance to the table, was informed by the speaker of the decision of the House, and was requested to withdraw. Mr. Brad laugh twice respectfully-refused t» with draw. Sir Stafford Northcote moved that the speaker be authorized to enfcrce his withdrawal. The House is now dividing on this motion, whilst Air. Bradlaugh is standing at the table. Later.—Sir Staflord Northcote’s mo tion was adopted by a vote of 320 to 38. Mr. Bradiough refused again to obey. He was, therefore, removed by force, j He returned twice, declaring that the housS lias no right to exclude him; that it can only Miprisou him. Sir Staflord Northcote moved that Air. Bradlaugh, hiving refused to obey tho de cision of the house, be given into the cus tody of the sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Glad stone, seeing no other means of giving ef fect to last night’s resolution, seconded tho motion. . Sir Stafford Northcote’s motion- that Mr. Bradlaugh be given into custody of the sergeant-at-aTms, was then adopted by a vote of 274 to 7. Air. Bradlaugh was finally removed by force aud couiined in the Tower. The scene in the House was one of great con fusion and excitement. Mr. Bradlaugh’s speech at the bar of the House of Commons to-day, was elo- queut and impassioned, and is regarded as a splendid exhibition of oratory. Paris, June 23.—It is reported here that the conference at Berlin is at logger- heads. That Austria and Russia are un willing to go as far as France and Eng land desire for fear cf reopening the whole Eastern question. It is also re ported that Italy energetically protests against Austria’s right of control in the Adriatic. London, June 23.—According to the Pan Mall Gazette, a telegram was re ceived in London to-day announcing a battle between the Turcomans and Rus sians in Central Asia, in wMch the latter were defeated and driven back, after both sides had suffered heavy losses. i The^evening edition of the Standard sajs telegrams from Buenos Ayres say there has been fighting during three con secutive days, and that the national army up to to-night had been unable to force its wav into the city. The Daily Telegraph's Constantinople correspondent says the Porte’s replv to the identical note of the powers, promises to try to persuade the AlbaniansJto sur render the territory ceded to Montenegro, but absolutely refused to employ armed force. A Berlin dispitcb to the Pall Mall Gazette, says the reports from Vienna of tnreatened complications, in which Aus tria and Russia would oppose the other powers, ave unfounded. The unanimity of the conference continues. leaves for Atlanta this p. m., from wme P } wb £ visited me were Lady farms of General G. S. mint he will Mrain communicate with the among tnose woo v 1 M „_ and others. The Army ‘Worm.—The army worm made its appearance in various sections of Lancaster connty, Pennsylvania, last week, and every day since its appearance its devastations have increased. In some instances fields containing as many as fif teen acres of wheat and com have been totally destroyed. The army worm has already made its appearance in full force in Shenandoah county, Virginia, on the and John G The Americas Barrel of Flourj The Millers'Journal (New York), of the 5th of May, announcing the receipt of the above-named barrel of flour in New York, states: “ That tbe new flour is the first of the new crop wheat from any State and is unusually early in the season.” The New York Produce Exchange Reporter and Com Trade List, of the 8th of May, in quoting the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Messenger, heads the announcement as “ the best on record. The flour arrived at the office of The Miller on Friday, the 21st ult. It was placed in the hands of Messrs. J. J. and B. Walker, the well- known flour factors of the Com Exchange, Mark Lane, London, and sold by them on the 44th ult. to Mr. Percy Young, flour merchant, Old Cora Exchange, London, for the sum of £5, thus realizing about the same price as the orrginal sale at New York on the 5th May, the produce of the sales amounting to $66, or about £13 10s, sterling. * _ ... The fact that the wheat from which the flour was made was matured in four and a half months speaks well for the climate of Georgia, and the crop having been harvested on the 10th of April, sug gests the possibility of having two wheat harvests in good seasons in Lee county. The flour was sold by Mr. Young on the 24th ult. to Messrs. W. Hill &Son, Bish- opgate street, London, bakers to the Queen, who issued a circular on the 31st ult., with reference to bread made from it, from which we take the following ex tract: “We take the liberty of forwarding you a small loaf of bread made of flour from this year’s crop. Such an early produc tion inthe month of May, is to us, who can speak from many years’ experience, an unheard-of novelty, and almost incred ible. Of the many wonders wc, who have the good fortune to live in the nineteenth century, have been witnesses, we venture to think that to eafcbread the result of the 1880 harvest, in the month of Alay, is not one of the least marvelous.” Messrs. W. Hill & Son write us that they have forwarded a loaf made from the flour to her majesty the queen, and have received a gracious acknowledgment from the conti oiler of her majesty’s household at Balmoral. . ■ , The proceeds of the sale have been duly transmitted to Messrs. Lang A Robinson, New York, to be applied as intended. •The King of Dentists, as he calls himself; is a Philadelphia curiosity. He wears a jewelled crown and gorgeous robes, rides in a resplendent chariot, and extracts teeth without charge. While a glib-tongued attendant sounds his praises, the King takes out teeth for all who ap ply, sometimes poshing them out with the point of his sword. Then' he sells an ache destroyer at fifty cents a bottle. —The fashionable jockey, Archer, re ceived 25,000 francs for winning the French Derby on Bcauminet by a head. —-The waiters at one .of the hotels at Rye'Beach, New Hampshire, this sum mer are all students at Dartmouth Col lege. —John Sherman said to the - Senate in 1870: “The restoration of Messrs. Ar thur and Cornell wonld be a serious in jury to the public service, involving a los3 of public revenue aud - au increased ex penditure.” -,i l *** —One of tlic effects of Sunday’s tor nado in tbe vicinity of Long Branch was to drive all tbe army worms from that re gion, but whether they were cast into the sea or driven fwther inland. has not yet been devefoped. a ' m J —Garfield is telling his friends: that he proposes to make no reply to the Credit A’obilier and DeGolyer charges, but there is no, mistaking the fact that he and his friends are much worried about the situation. General Hawley and oth ers have been jn consultation with Mm on the subject. —A gentleman in Kent county, Mary land, has invented a plan to kill the army worm. He digs a ditcli about eighteen inches deep and sprinkles the bottom with salt. The worms fail into the ditch and the salt makes short work of them. It is said that the gentleman has saved his wheat and com crops this year by this simple remedy. —The-Cincinnati Enquirer settles it all in the following: Field or Jewett or the Indiana English will win. Hon. John W. Stevensoa, of Kentucky, will be per manent chairman. Either Frank Hurdy or more likely, Judge Hoadley, will be temporary chairman. Mr/ Bayard’s in terest at Cincinnati will be cared for by William R. TraverSi and Augustus Bel mont. A WooD r P.uLP . Candidate.—The Cincinnati" Commercial makes this re mark concerning a vote given in the ways and means committee by Garfield: “The charge tliat General Garfield is responsi ble for the wood-puli) fraud, made iu a circular issued by an advertising agency, in New-York, is true. Garfield is in a tight place. He is a man' who, upon full information, had frgeftrade convictions, and lie has had the casting vote in the committee on ways arid means. , —Hon. Janies Barbour, a former promi nent- Virginia readjaster, who is a delegate eleyiti to the Democratic national conven tion, has written a letter, in which he says: “I shall go to Cincinnati with the single view of rescuing the country from the present, political regime. Twenty- years of power has brought misery and degradation. A change must now bo made or the facile descent must uncontrol lably accelerate. Until this is effected minor issues must be postponed.” —Roger A. Pryor said in WasMngtor last Monday, tbat Seymour would prove a very strong candidate, and there can be no doubt about his carrying the State of New York. He thinks, however, tbat Senator Bayard is just as strong as Mr. Seymour, and would cany New York by quite as large a majority, and that a great many Republicans would Vote lor him. A member of tbe Maryland delegation to Cincinnati said to-day tbat m Ms belief tbat defegatiou would be solid for Mr. Bayard, aud tbat, so far as lie was con cerned, he would not, under any circum stances, vote for Air, Seymour unless it was perfectly.uuderstoqd in advance that Mr. Seymour would accept. —Tbe mallet used at Truro by the Prince of Wales at the recent laying of the comer stone of the cathedral was the one with which Charles II., laid the foundation stone of St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was presented to the old lodge of St. Paul by Sir Christopher Wren, a member of the lodge. The principal “offerings” at the ceremony were two purses, each contaming £250, given by Miss Gurney, in memory of her father, Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. They were presented by the young Princes. On being asked for his consent to their making the offering for Aliss Gurney, the Prince of Wales replied: “Of course; why not? The boys would stand on their heads if it would do any good to the cathedral.” -Garfield Will Not Defend’Him self.—A Washington special to the Cin cinnati Commercial of the 17th, says that the Credit Mobilier, salary grab and De Golyer pavement charges have been dis cussed by General Garfield with a few in timate friends. If developed that Repub- licaes generally here- believe he should pay no attention to the charges, and it can be stated on the best authority tbat he will pay no attention whatever to these old slanders—that they were answered several years ago.. Later.—Rumors being afloat that General GarfieM would' notice the parti san charges against him in'connection with alleged transactions seven years ago, a friend to-night asked him if he contem plated such a course. He answered very emphatically that he would not; that those charges had-all been answered at the time, and he should pay no attention to them whatever. -The English royal standard is never carried into action, even though the sovereign in person commands the army. A heraldic manuscript of the sixteenth century prescribes tbat tbe royal standard “shall be set before the Kynges pavilion or tente, and not be borne in battsyle, and to be in length eleven yards.” The royal standard is never hoisted on ships, except when Her Majesty is bn board or a member of the royal family other than, the Prince of Wales. When the latter is on board his own standard is hoisted. It is the same as that of the Queen, except that it bears a label of three points, with the arms of Saxony on an escutcheon of pretense. Wherever the sovereign is re siding the royal standard is hoisted, and on royal anniversaries or state occasions it is hoisted at certain fortresses or sta tions—-home and foreign—specified in the Queen’s regulations, hut nowhere else. A Short Speech From Mr. Sey mour.—On the Erie train, at Coming, New York, Thursday, ex-Govemor Sey mour was invited into a special car con taining a number of New Jersey dele gates to the Cincinnati convention. He was enthusiastically cheered, and intro duced by Captain Isaiah Rynders, now a Jerseyman, as the next President of the United States, whether he liked it or not, to which Air. Seymour responded: “I am much gratified to meet so many friends unexpectedly, but to what Captain Rynders has said I must reply that I am an old man without any desire for further public life, and I step aside and leave the nation in youryounger and stronger hands. Yon need now a vigorous leader, and I most sincerely hope that by your wise ac tion at the convention you will unite the Democracy in every section of the coun try and in every State inthe Union. I try . V have retired wholly from political life, but I sincerely hope to see tne Democracy’s principles re-established in the govern ment at this election. I wish yon all happiness and success.” A delegate re- plied: “You are the man to unite us, and we mean to have you yet.” In con versation with the delegates, Mr. Seymour is quoted as saying: “I really doubt the expediency of nominating any Now York man. It would imperil success. There s too much feeling between the hostile factions. I have taken no part in the quarrels, and yet I should, if a candidate, have been unacceptable to some Demo crats. I do not doubt tbat the true poli cy of the party is to take a younger and new w)»n who is not in any way mixed up with the New York troubles. A strong “ Slavery in the South.” The Tribune wrings ite hands in the length of nearly a column over tbe suf- ferings of the poor negroes in Georgia wild are serving out their sentences to penitentiary labor under contractors. That paper gravely states, that “ negroes have been sentenced for' Kfe in Georgia for stealing a pair 6f chickens ; while a sentence of years is common for any trifling theft.” As such a tMng, if it had ever occurred in this State, would be a matter of public record, it behooves tbat paper, when venturing tuch a statement, to descend to particulars. Give the pub- lic a single case in point. Then, adds the Tribune: When once fairly at work, too, the cru elty of his treatment surpasses anything kuown inthe days of slavery. The gangs are kept upon starvation diet; they are housedm stockades or prison cars, which in filth and foul air equal the under ground pens of Andersonville and Salis bury. They died last summer by the hundreds, of typhoid aud cholera morbus, and nobody was the' wiser. The armed guards, usually white convicts, shoot them at their own discretion on the first sign-of insubordination, and are responsi ble to nobody. The “dead nigger”—a black lump of flesh, of. whom neither law nor maar takes cognizance, nobody, in fact, but his God—is dropped into a hole dug by the side of the road where the gang is at work, and that is the end of it. If any body, doubts this toi be the condition of affairs, let him go now through the section of country in Georgia or the Caro- linas worked by these men. They crowd about the cars begging fir food with wild eyes and hunger-bitten faces, and run to buy bread with the pennies thrown to them, eating it like famished dogs. Their keepers permit them to beg, as it lessens the cost of keeping them alive. A month or two ago two men, a wMte and a negro, were sentenced in North Carolina for'the same offense, the white being the ring leader and more guilty of the two. He was immediately appointed overseer, and set whip in hand to guard his comrade witb the others. The black being a fel low of some shrewdness and education, sent in a protest against the injustice, aud the overseer, on hearing of it, shot him dead. The overseer still holds Ms place udharmed. This is the last development in the out rage line. All the others having had theft day and been discharged, we come now to that portion of the . colored brethren who are expiating convicted felonies by the sweat of their brows. The number is comparatively small, and not likely to produce a heavy sensation, but “every lit tle helps” Garfield in a tight squeeze. IVe need not he amazed at the transparent folly of such statements. Contractors who dismiss laborers to beg food from railway passengers in order to sace the cost of feeding them, illustrate views of economy which may possibly prevail in the moon, but arc not to be found on earth. But when one of the gravest or- gaus of Northern literature gravely argues that all white wage laborers are slaves,ne should not be surprised at any statement with regard to their working out a peni tentiary sentence. This is a feeble elec tioneering boom. Knight’s Poi*ulab History of Eng land, complete in eight volumes: By Charles Knight. VoF. viiL Price, 35 cents. Address I. K. Funk & Co., Dey street, New York. 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The sale3 of these, publications have been immense, and it demonstrates a healthy condition of public morals, when tMs class of literature finds its way into pub lic favor. The New York Christian Intelligencer says: “The cheap edition of Knight’s Popular History of England, which lias been published by I. K. Funk & Co., of this city, is one of the most ambitious, as it is certainly one of the most important of the enterprises thus far undertaken by this firm. That there was need of such au edition is very evident. The costly form in which the work has previously been issued has unquestionably limited its use fulness, so that, so far- at least as this country is concerned, there is probably no- one of the standard histories of England which is not better known by the majority of intelligent readers than this. And yet it is entirely safe to say that the wants of the general reader have never been more fully met than jn this attractive and com prehensive work by Charles Knight. AIemobies of AIy Exile: By Louis Kos suth. Complete in two parts. Part 1, price 20 cents. Messrs, t K. Funk& Co., Dey street, New York. TMs is another number of tbe “Stan dard Series.” The great Hungarian statesman and soldier lias told his story in a forciMe, and yet plcasiug manner. It will have a splendid ran we have no doubt. A lady writes in the London Truth concerning a recent dramatic representa tion: “I had noticed in an opposite box a lady in cream-colored satin and supeeb or naments, who appeared to be more than half asleep. As I was coming out I en countered her. A gentleman In faultless evening dress was addressing her in a low voice. I heard him say: “Stand as straight as you can. The carriage will be here in a moment. You must stand straight.” A kind of desperate look was on his face. His companion was intoxica ted! A few moments later he almost lift ed her into a carriage, which rolled away to one of the stateliest ‘homes in Eng land,’ if home It can be called, where the master shuns the eye of his own servants, knowing that they are aware of his wife s disgrace.” CINCINNATI. HAROOCK HOMIKATED ON THE SECOND BALLOT. Bulletin Ha 1. Cincinnati, June 24.—The Commer cial of this morning says Ohio and Indi ana will go fbr Hancock to-day, and that he will probably be nominated on the first hallo;. • The Enquirer says the nomination lies between Hancock and English with the chances in favor of Hancock. r If Bayard’s friends »reak this moraine Hancock is sure of it; says Morrison, of iuinois, will probably be chosen for vice president, and if New York leaves Payne, it will go for Tilden,' and that the OMo men are contemplating tbe possibility of throwing -OMo solid for Tilden. Balletift Ho. 2. The convention was called to order at 10:31 a. m.. The House is crowded,-and the weather sultry.- Bulletin Ho. 3. * SECOND BALLOT. Hancock 316. Bayard 113. Field 65|. Hendricks 31. Thurman 50. Tilden 6|. Randall 129. Jewett 1. , Parker 2. English 10. Bulletin So. 4. Wisconsin changed her vote of 20 for Hancock, making his total 326. There was great excitement, confusion and cheering. New Jersey changed her vote to IS for Hancock. > Hancock’s total 334. Necessary to a choice, 492. A number of chairmen of- delegations are on chairs endeavoring to be heard. Great confusion. Pennsylvania lias changed her vote for Hancock. It is thought Haucock would be nominated on this ballot. His vote now is 300. Peckham, of New York, is making a statement on behalf of the delegates that Tilden has telegraphed absolute with drawal. All delegations on their feet and have pulled up their banners. Intense excite ment. Excitement continues and the band has struck up and everybody shout ing. Nearly all the States have pulled up their banners and are gathering around the Haucock banner. Enough States will change their vote to nominate Hancock on this’ballot. The speaker is endeavoring to restore order. New York has changed her 70 votes for Hancock. > . Hancock, of Pennsylvania, isnominat'ed on tbe second ballot. North Carolinians assert tbat the next census will show that theft State has up wuii uiu -- . • man ran to neip mm ana rounu u man from Illinois would be expedient gamed more during the laattan£«*» » , “ - bab V which bad just and available, if they had one. Thi. is ; nai ve.population than any other Southern ^tblriveS was still allyi a ii._ tln.A f A . rtlA men fn run " ' ' A Novel Invention fob the Preservation of Life at Sea.—The question of absolute safety on the Sound of ocean steamers is likely to be answered. sooner than was expected. A patent has recently been issued and is only waiting a proper opportunity' to b« developed, which is believed to meet all tbe condi tions of safety, and is likely to rob the sea of many of its horrors. It is a float ing vessel, in the shape of an inverted balloon, wliich is entirely coyered, the en trance being by a man hole in the upper part, reached from a platform wholly sur rounding the vessel, and from which small iron ladders drop down to the wa ter. Inside, arranged around the widest part, are seats and berths, and under the covered bottom is space for provisions. Ventilation is provided for. by an inge nious and novel device. The boat is adapted lor shoal or deep water by a bal last weight which is raised or lowered from witMn. It is furnished with keel and rudder. Its peculiar feature is its method of motion. This i3 automatic. It is obtained by the wave or air wheels at tached to shafts wMch are connected with a small propeller. The principle of the wheels is tnat whatever way the wind blows or the waves move the motion is al ways in the same direction and under con- trolof the rudder. The boat can he made of metal, and the size can be regulated by the needs of the vessels to which it be longs. It is proof against fire, always rides vertical, Is easily dropped from tho ship, and can be handled by any one who knows how to tom a crank. It is simple in construction and perfectly safe in the roughest sea The inventor is the Rev. Dr. Haskins of Cambridge. “l regard Mr. Bayard, says Leverett Saltonstall, as th# man- for the occasion. Mr. Bayard is a statesman of the highest type. His nomination would be a relief to not only the Democrats but a large section of the Republican party. His election would be a return to the type of Presidents we had in tire eaily days of the republic, when Mgh-toned statesmen ruled. He Is a conservative man. He will act with the Democratic party as long as he thinks it is right, but will not lies!- tate to act independantly when he thinks that the interest of his countrv demands. •He is the best man for New England, I think, and I know he is the best man for New York. If Grant had been nomina ted I think Bayard would have carried Alassachusetts. With Garfield I think he would make it a doubtful State. When the party can get a man who is at once a great statesman and the most available man it ought to have no hesitation in put ting the standard in Ms hands. He would carry New York: with a rush. I regard him as. the-strongest man for New York, except perhaps Seymour; but he, like Til den, is out of the question.” —The Standard Oil Company, says the Louisvjlle Courier-Jounud, is one of the great octopuses of time, absorbing every thing that comes within its reach, and quite killing off everything in its own jine of business in the way of competition. According t-i the oil producers’ new paper, the Titusville Petroleum World, it is turning its attention now to other thing3 besides oil. To speak more definitely, it is alleged to have an eye on wheat and the wheat la.id3 of tbe great Northwest, with a view of embarking in grain speculation on a colossal scale. Already, we are told, it has gobbled up some 20,000 acres of the choicest farming lands in Minnesota, aud when last heard from its agents were in treaty, wo should judge, for entire coun ties. All of which would be important, if true; but the Standard Oil Company officials here say that this vast project is “all news to them,” and they “know noth ing about it.” Clearly, there is a serious mistake somewhere. —St. Louis is groaning over an official census report of only 375,000 inhabitants. Evansville is also complaining, and de mands a second count. The city which has a right to complain of bungling census returns is Louisville. She lias made far greater progress in population than either St. Louis or Evansville during the last ten years, and yet it 4s intimated that her population is only 120,000—a palpable absurdity. —A dog was seen tugging furiously at something floating in a stream at Ithaca, bnt the weight was too heavy for him. A 1 man ran to" help him and found that tba fallen not the time for an old man to run. ’