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FEOM WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 8.—In the Senate, the
president pro tcm. submitted resolutions of
the Illinois Legislature declaring it to be
the duty of the government to demand
thefcpeody trial or unconditional release of
the American citizens imprisoned in Ire
land. Referred to the committee on for
eign rotations.
A bill was introdnoed by Mr. Sewell, of
Now Jersey, similar to the one offered in
the House, restoring Fitz John Porter to
the army. The bill, with the long memo
rial which accompanied it, was referred to
the military committee.
Mr. Morrill, chairman of the committee
on pnblio buildings, reported an original
bill appropriating $300,000 for the erection
of an extension of the executive mansion
onthosouthof tho present structure of
«q.ual and similar exterior and character,
and connected therewith by a corridor.
The bill creates a commission, consisting
Of the President and the secretaries of the
Treasury and Interior, under whose direc
tion tho expenditure is to be made and
work conducted. Placed on the calendar.
Messrs. Windom, Hawley, Harrison,
Cockrell and Pugh were constituted a oom-
mittee of investigation concerning the al
legations of corruption in connection with
Ithe bonded distilled spirits kill.^^^H
Bills were introduced as follows: By
Mr. Morgan, to expedite the administra-
tion of justice in tho Supremo Court of tho
United States, requiring the court at each
term to divide itself for the hearing and
decision of canses into two or more sec
tions, fonr justice to constitute a quorum
of the oonrt and of each of the sections.
By Mr. Batter, prescribing the manner of
instituting criminal cases in United States
courts. It provides that all criminal
cases in United States courts, ex
cept revenue cases and oases of ad-
admiralty and. maritime jurisdiction,
shall be instituted and prosecuted by in
dictment on presentment of n grand jury
duly drawn and regularly impaneled ac
cording to law. Referred to the judiciary
conirnitt66b
The House tariff commission bill was
submitted, and, after a short discussion,
went to tho calendar.
The oonrt of appeals bill came np as the
regular order, the pending question being
on Mr. Jones’ (of Florida) amendment in
the nature of a substitute. Mr. Jones ac
cepted the modfflartino offered few Mr.
Garland and then the whole amendment
The witness replied that he knew noth
ing of anything that should suggest any
thing of the kind.
Question—“Did you see anything in the
conduct of Mr. Blaine in his management
of tho State Department that indicated
that he waa arting from any selfish motive
of pecuniary gain, or politioal advantage,
or from any personal motive?” An
swer—‘T saw nothing personal or selfish;
I never knew anything more pure, upright
and patriotic than Mr. Blaine’s manage
ment of the State Department ”
The witness stated that he did not un
derstand that it was ever the contemplated
purpose of the State Department to estab
lish an American protectorate over Peru.
Question—“Was the upholding of Cal
deron’s government necessary to the sr.c-
cess of the Peruvian Company?’’ Answer
— 1 “The affairs of the Peruvian Company
of course failed, for the time being,
through the downfall of the Caldoron gov
ernment . For the time being, the action
of Chili in arresting Calderon caused tho
failure of the plans of the Pernvion Com
pany.”
Qoestion—“Mr. Blaine stated nnder oath
thathe believed this action of Cbili was a
put-np job on the part of England. Do
yon take the same view ? ” The witness
thought that the hand of England and her
influence acd money were palpably and
plainlyevident in tbe Chilian management.
The witness,in fartherreply to questions
explained at some length his reasons for
severing his connection with the company
at the time he did. There was nothing in
his connection as counsel for the company
that differed from the action of a Senator
in arguing a case before the Supreme
Court.
After a few more questions by Messrs.
Belmont, Wilson, Lord and Dtu-ter, which
elicited nothing of importance, Chairman
Williams announced the examination con
cluded. Mr. Wilson suggested the proprie
ty of Binging the Doxoiogy, and other
members of the committee congratulated
th sms el res npon the completion of what
has proved moro barren than profitable.
The sub-committee selected to pursue
tho investigation in New York will proba
bly leave to-morrow morning. Mr. Bel
mont, who is one of the two Democratia
members, will go to New York to-night.
The committee will examine three wit
nesses there, after which they will prepare
their report to Congress. It is not thought
probable that they will question Shipherd
any farther.
was voted down by ayes21,nays 27—a party
vote, with Mr. Davis, of Illinois, voting
with the Republicans. The current of de-
bate that followed was more than usually
sluggish, tho points suggested being as to
tho standing and capacity of the District
Coart jodges, and the propriety of making
findings of the Appellnte Court conclusive
as to questions of fact instead of allowing
them to remain appealable to the Supreme
Court.
Mr. Morgan’s motion was lost—yeas 2CL
nays 32. Several other motions to ameBf
were negatived by like votes, and, without
final action on the bill, the Senate went
into executivo session and then adjourned.
Mr. Kaaaon, of Iowa, offered a resolu
tion granting leave to the committee on
ware and means to sit daring tho recess
of Oaagrem atenah time and piaoes as Itl
may determine, and instructing that com-
inlflM In ■inutile tn TTaeMngtriii for tbe
preparation of revenue bills on the second
Tuesday in November next. Referred.
Among the bills introdnoed nnder the
call of the States was one by Mr. Calkins,
nf Indiana, to aid in making fnrthsr Arctlo
exploration, and detailing Master ■
exploration, and detailing Master Lori on
Yoong ae eommandor of tho expedition. I
It author!—a tho Oeerotery of the Navy to I
pnrohase aveesel of proper size and struct
ure for the expedition at a cost not exceed
ing $80,000, and appropriates |
- tlOOJXIO • for the ospeasae of
the expedition. By Mr. Upson, of Terns,
authorizing the oonstrnction of a bridge
across the Rio Grande between El Paso,
Texas, and Pasojdel Norte Atadco. By Mr.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, for thrrelief of Fit*
John Porter. It authorize* the President,
“in order that jiutice may be done to said
Fite John Porter,” to appoint Fite John
Porter, late major-general of United States
volunteers, brevet brigadier-general and
colonel of the army, to tbe position of col
onel in the army of the United States of
the some grado and rank held by him at
the time of his dismissal from the army by
the sentence of a court martial, and in his
discretion to place him on the retired list
of the army of that grade. By Mr. Finley,
- to authorize the Sanford and Indian River
Railroad Company to construct a bridge
aeroea the St. Johns river in Florida, and
to establish it os a post road. By Mr.
Gibson, of Louisiana, to prevent the eva
sion of existing custom duties on engarj
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Precocious Thieves—An Unlucky Rew
Torker—Tbe Columtms, Biss. CM*
ton Frauds—Tbe Bailey Trial, Etc.
SOUTH OABOLIXA ELECTION OASIS. . .. J
Charleston, May 10.—In the United
States Circuit Court this morning, in tbe
case against the managers of the election
at the Aoton precinet in Richland county,
in which case two jurors dissented from (he
sealed and signed verdict before it was
published in court, a motion in arrest of
judgment was made, and Judge Bond,
upon his own motion, granted a new trial,
saying that while the verdict might be le
gal]] sustained, he thought it better for
the sake of the moral effect to give tho ac
cused tbe benefit of a now trial before a
jury of moro intelligant men. The district
attorney announces that all election cases
on tho docket will be continued to the’No-
vember term. . ; ' « I ••
JL TSBBHLS CYCLONE, r , «
Chicago, May 10.—A Parsons, Kansas,
special says : A terrible cyclone 1 passed
over McAllister, a mining settlement in
tho Indian Territory,Monday. Seven peo
ple were killed outright, and fonr fatally,
eleven dangerously, sad thirty-nine more
or less hurt. Fifty-eight houses wore to
tally demolished, and thirty others badly
wrecked. The cyclone cat a path throngh
timber jnst as a scythe would mow through
grass. The damage to the Osage Coal &
Mining Company was very great. The
population of the settlement is only 800.
The suffering caused by the visitation is
very serious. Mound City, Missouri, was
biso struck by the cyclouo Monday ovc-n-
ing, and property terribly wrecked. Trees
I were uprooted, fences prostrated and
crops nearly mined. The steeple of the
Christian church was blown away, and
many houses wrecked. • I ■
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.
Harrisburg, May 10.—The Republican
convention met to day and carried outthe
. rogramme announced for them in nomi
nating a State tioket, except as to Con
gressman at large Gen. Beaver was nom-
nated for governor. Senator Davis for
lientennnt-govemor, Judge Rawls, of Phil
adelphia for Bnpreme Court judge, Charles
M. Greer, secretary of internal affairs, and
Tbos.M. Marshal], of Alleghany county,
nnngr.um.il at large. Marshall was
not on the State ticket aa made ap and his
nomination was carried in a burst of en
thusiasm, similar to that which attended
Garfield’s nomination.
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mfi.ii not be liable to exeention on a .
ment obtained on any claim dne
United State*.
The House then took np the bill to en
large tho duties and powers of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Mr. Anderson, of
Hum, explained and advocated the bill.
Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, supported
tho proposition of elevating to the dignitv
of an executive department the bnreau of
agriculture, which represented tbe groat
fanning interest, on which rested the wel
fare of the government.
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Washington, May 9.—The Senate passed
the House tariff commission bill by yeas 55,
nays 19. The Democrats voting with the
Republicans in its favor were Messrs.
Davis, of West! Virginia, Gorman, Groome,
Hampton, Johnson and McPherson.
Messrs. Ingalls and Van Wyck voted no
with the Democrats. Mr. Davis, of Illinois,
also voted no. The regular ordor, the bill
creating intermediate appellate courts
as a measure of relief for the Supreme
Court was resumed. Several amendments
offered from the Democratic side wero
voted down, and the bill finally went over.
After an executive session the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE.
The Speaker pro. tem. (Mr. Burrows of
Michigan), announced the regular order of
business to be the consideration of the bill
enlarging the powers and dntiee of the Ag
ricultural Department. Mr. Reagan, of
Texas, advocated the adoption of the sub
stitute offered by Mr. Kenna, of Weit Vir
ginia, providing for tbe creation of a
Department of Industries, to represent the
agricultural and commercial interests of
the country.
After speeches by Messrs. Money, of
Mississippi, Hoge of West Virginia, Upde-
E .S of Ohio, Scales of North Carolina,
bbell of Michigan, Blackburn of Ken
tucky, Kenna of West Virginia, and Valen
tine of Nebraska, the bill was read by sec
tions for amendments. Mr.Townshend, of
Illinois, offered an amendment providing
that the Secretary of Agriculture shall be a
practical and exprienced agriculturist.
Adopted.
Alter a brief debate the provision of the
bill transferring to the now Department of
Agriculture the powers and duties vested in
the commisssion known aa the geological
survey waa stricken out.
Mr. Donnell, of Minnesota, offered an
amendment providing for a division of
forestry, the chief of which shall ascertain
the annual amount of consumption, expor
tation and importation of lumber and oth-
futuref*want, and the** means best adapt
ed for tbo preservation and renewal of
forests. Adopted. Mr. Kenna’s substi
tute was then offered, and the yeas and
nays ordered.
Mr. Randall moved to adjourn. Reject
ed—yeas 89, nays 99.
Mr. Kenna’s substitute was then rejected
—yeaa^Oy nays 118.
Mr. Hubbell of Michigan, then submit
ted an amendment to the bill agreed to by
the committee on civil service reform. Up
on this and upon the original bill the previ
ous question was called, and the House
adonmed.
ourrzAc's case.
HUB) BY A FIRE ENGINE.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 10.—A steam fire
engine passed over the head of Lee Henley,
while going to a fire today, killing him.
Another man named Msgruder was also
injured at the same time.
LEXINGTON RACES.
T.vTTvmnv, May 10,-—'The racing was
spirited, although the track was very
heavy. In some places it was dangerous,
and owners were more loth to run their
stock than upon other previous days. In
the first contest jockeys who had not
been better than fourth in tho race were
unrecognizable at the finish, eo bespatter
ed were they with mud. In the'first, a sell
ing race for a puree of $200, any excess
over the selling price to go tbe second
horse, selling allowances, one mile and an
eighth Tax Gatherer, the favorite, won by
fonr lengths ; Saunder se-xmds.sir lengths
in front of Bubbler who was third, Hermit
fourth, Monarchist gelding fifth, Lenore
sixth, Annie seventh, Leman eighth, Nana
ninth and Lutestring last. Time 2KHX.
The winner was bought
In the second race, the Ashland Oaks,
fdr three-year-old fillies, $100 entrance $50
forfeit, parse of $GOO, the second filly to
receive $100 out of the stakes, one and a
half miles, there were twenty-six nomina
tions. After a driving finish. Issie won by
a length and half; Belle of Bunnymede
second, eight lengths in front of Feona
i third; Zoolite beaten off. Time,
who waa
Washington, May 9.—Argument npon
the defendant's bill of exceptions in the
three-quarters of a mile, there were seven
teen nominations. Vera won by three
length*. Clipsetta second, fonr lengths in
front of Wayward who was third, Belle of
Mt Zoah last. Time, 1:24.
AN UNLUCKY LOTTERY TICKET BUYER-
New York, May 10.—Orlando Jackson
has brongbt suit in tbe Smueme Court
against tbo Loni-iana State Lottery Com
pany, alleging that he had expended with-
n the past fonr years $89,000 in the pur-
chase of lottery tickets, and in which the
plaintiff sues to recover $178,000, or double
the amount invested, nnder the provisions
of a statute against lotteries. A motion
was made a few days ago to set esidiftho
summons and complaint on the grouv i of
irregularity, and to-day a decisioi eras
given denying the motion npon the plain
tiff amending the summons.
PRECOCIOUS THIEVES.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 10.- Donald
McDonnell, son of a prominent lawyer,
and J. A. Fowler, son of an ex-pc stmastcr,
were arrested yesterday on suspicion of
having entered the post-office and robbed
the mail bagB and money drawers. Mc
Donnell confessed that they committed
the deed; also to robbing a store at Green
Cove Springs, several minor robberies in
this city, and two highway robberies with
one attempt at murder within a few weeks.
MoDonneil is sixteen and Fowler nineteen
tneut of Agriculture should be of an infe
rior grade iu comparison with tbe execu
tivo departments of the government. Ag
riculture was the paramount interest of the
country, and this fact should be recognized
in the legislation of Congress. The treaties
of this government with foreign countries
were of vast importance in their effect on
the agricultural interests, and he contend
ed that the representative of those interests
should have a place in the cabinet of the
Snltak
Mr. Kenna, of West Virginia, epoke j in
favor of the substitute offered by him, pro-
Tiding for a department of industries, to
consist of n division of agriculture and a
division of oommerce. Speeches in favor
■of creating a department of agriculture
were also delivered by Mr. Carpenter,; of
Iowa, Mr. Geddeo, of Ohio, Mr.Rioh, of
Michigan, and Mr. Grant, of Vermont, and
then, at 5 o’clock, the Home took a r-.-c -->
until 7:30 o’clock, tho evening sanfam to be
for debate on the same subject. The
Speaker stated that he would bo absent for
two days, and that Mr. Burrows, of Michi
gan, would occupy tho chair.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Washington, May 8.—Tho Ohineee bill
was to-day signed by the President.
The hearing jf argument* on the Gai-
teau bill of exceptions by tho District Su
preme Court en banc was set for to-day.
The bill went ovor for to-morrow, beoanso
Judge M. O. Arthur was otherwise engaged
and could not attend.
SENATOR BLAIR’S EXAMINATION,’
Washington, May 8.—When the House
foreign affaire committee assembled to-
da>-. Senator Blair volunteered the state
ment that ho had observed from reading
the published proceedings of tho commit
tee, that in connection with other matters
it attached some importance to the amount
of given him as a fee by Shipherd, so
he would answer that it was one thousand
shares of tho par value of one hundred dol-
lars per pli&re* Shipbcrd h&u nwo iwkou the
use of witness, nnmo as one of tho incor
porators of the company, but that was re-
Mr. Blount then resumed the examina
tion. Tho witness never understood the
policy of this government to be to make
any demands on Cbili and Peru, but sim
ply to use ita kind offices. The witne6# did
not think his position as a Senator bad an
iota of influence one way or another. JU#
thought the disposition shown to pocket the
insult involved in ti e arrest of Calderon
indicated a change of policy. The witness
thought the feeling of the Peruvian peopto
was in sympathy will) the Peruvian Com pa
ny, as the only means of aid. Certainly
the Peruvian consol in New xork was
warmly in sympathy with the company,
and he supposed Calderon also. He did
not BUpi>ose that Peru would ever oouaent
to tho payment of the entire claim, bnt
supposed an adjustment wooid bo mf*.ue
antis factory to all parties.
Mr. Lhiuster then a*ked: “Do you mean
to be understood that your sympathy witu
Peru induced you to take hold of this nmt-
tor more thvn your interest in these
claims '” TL: witness replied, that he did
not desire to set himself up entirely as a
humanitarian to the extent of not being
susceptible to the ordinary considerations
which influence men generally, but tha at
tho start these claims had no weight what
ever with him. tie aflw Peru the under dog
and being badly tom, and his sympathies
were warmly enlisted in her behalf. He
saw iu these claims an opportunity, an be
tliought,to extricate her, and he promised
hie kmdlyflof&ces.
Mr. Wilson asked: “Do you know of any
fact or circumstance tending to show that
any government official or minister .pleni
potentiary of the United State® was in any
I ~ in tliL iifiaire of
Goitean case began to-day before the Dis
trict Supreme Court en banc, Chief Justice
Cartier presiding. Charles H. Reed, for
the defendant, opened the argument and
bad concluded when the conrt adjourned
for the day.
STEPHENS’ ASKLE SPEAXKZD.
Washington, May 9.—As Hon. Alexander
Stephens was ascending the steps of the
House of Representatives this morning,
leaning on the arm of his servant, his crutch
slipped and he fell to tho ground. His
ankle was painfully sprained bnt not eeri-
oualy injured.
Washington, May 10.—The earlier Sen
ate proceedings were unimportant, consid
erable time being used np in a straggle for
precedence for bills. The bill for inter
mediate appellate oourts waa then pro
ceeded with. The debate was continued by
Messrs. Jon6s of Florida, Davis of Illinois,
Call, Morgan and George. Mr. George
had not concluded at the hour of adjourn
ment. After the entry of a motion by Mr.
Morgan to recommit, with instructions,
the bill went over, with a notice by Mr,
Davie, of Illinois, that he would press it to
a final vote to-morrow. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House resumed consideration of the
bill creating an executive department of
agriculture, the pending ones tion being on
the substitute submitted by Mr. Hubbell,
of Michigan, on behalf of the committee on
civil service reform, which was rejected.
The original bill was then rawed by yeas
172, nays 7. The bill provides that the de
partment of agriculture shall be an exec
utive department under the supervision
and control of a secretaryof agriculture,
who shall be nn experienced and practical
agriculturist, and establishes the follow
ing bureaus of that department: Of agri
cultural products, of animal industry, of
lands and of statistics.
The conference report on the Indian ap
propriation bill was adopted. Tho morn
ing hour having been dispensed with, tho
House went into committee of the whole
on the District of Colombia appropriation
bill. It appropriates $3,411,798, being
$33,780 more than for the currentyear, and
$39,750 lees than the estimates. 1 tew
minor amendments were adopted effecting
a slight reduction. The committee then
rose and reported tho bill to the House,
when it passed—yeas 134, nays 13.
The special order of the day was the bill
for the distribution of the balanoe of tho
Geneva award. Tbe debate on this bill oc
cupied the remainder of the day. An
effort will be mado to ob ain a vote on it
to-morrow. Adjourned.
MU jnc^aiwu iuvwAMWAv ™
ileaBBKOBriating $7ROCO each, forpublio
Hidings at Houston, Texas, and Chatta-
The House pnblio* building oommitteo
have prepared favorablo reports on the
bills ’ *”
bn
uooga, 'Tennessee. ■ ■■■■
In the Guiteau appeal case, Mr. Reed
continued his argument for the prisoner to
a conclusion. He occupied the entire time
of to-day ’s session.
The commissioner of the general land of
fice ha* received a telegram from the
special agent at Yankton, Dakota, to-the
effoct that 5,000 land certificates received
there, purporting to have been issued at
New Orleens, are all fraudulent.
The United States association of brewers
met here to-day in their twenty-second an
nual convention, with a full attendance.
President Scharman, of Brooklyn, was re
elected. ' ,
Secretary Folger has decided to adver
tise the sale of tho old marine hospital_at
New < Means, for which an offer of $30,000
has already been made.
THE DUBLIN M UBDESt.
PartlCElsx at Um Brwt Crime la
Pbaalz psrkalalei •!•«• Will the
Irish UMkwi-UdlSMtMe rt she
lose bliss,
I By Telegraph. I
London, May 7.—The Observer's dispatch
from Dublin gives the following particu
lars of the murder of Lord Frederick
Cavendish and Mr. Burks: “A boy states
that while ’ birdnesting in Phoenix Park
yesterday afternoon be saw, about 200
yards from him and dose to the road, a
group of men, who appeared to him to be
wrestling. He thought they were roughs,
and paid no particular attention to them
He saw two of the men fall and four others
jump into a car and drive rapidly toward
Chapel road. He is unable to give e de
scription of their appearance.
The park was crowded in many places at
the time of the traced**. Many persons
were sitting or walking within a few hun
dred yards of where the bodies were found,
but heard nothing of tbe affair. The police
paraded the park shortly after tbe occur
rence, and fruitlessly searched every hole
and oorner fdr the muiderers. Mr. Burk*
was found with his throat cut almost from
ear to ear, and his hands bore marks where
he bad had a fierce and lengthened encoun
ter. One of the'wounds of Lord Frederick
Cavendish was a dagger thrust which pens-
support tbs government with their whole
strength in , coping with the murder
ous state of Iiehind. Sir Stafford North-
Cote said he doubted whether the govern
ment would proclaim martial law, but th*t
if they did, they might reckon on the sup
port of the Conservatives.
London, May 8 It was announced of
ficially on Sunday that there was not the
slightest foundation for the report of tbe
impending resignation of Eari Spencer.
Th* Newcastle Chronicle, of which Jo
seph Oowen, Radical member of Parila-
msnt, is proprietor, says tbe Dublin orime
is regarded ae even more of a blow at the.
Lana League than at the goverment, Thera
seed be no concealment of the fact that
Parnell wrote a letter expressing approval
of the speech of Mr. Gladstone on Mr.
Healey'# bill. It was in oonseqnenee of
that latter that tbe reoent attempt at con-
oiliation wee made,
Mr. Gladstone to-day, replying to tbe
condolences of the Marquis of Ripoo, Vice
roy of India, telegraphs that the object of
this black act it plainly to arouse indig
nant pasisons and embitter tha relations
between England and Ireland.
The Pall McUl Gasetts takas the telegram
of Mr, Gladstone in reply to the Marquis
of Ripon’s condolences as tbe text for an ar
ticle. It says the American kenians had
made no secret of their designs. There
were special grounds for. thinking that
somepieoeof ferocity on their part had
been for some weeks close at hand. The
prospect of tbe pacification of the country
was calculated to disgust tha extreme
Fenian*. It is probable enough that they
had drawn lots for an attempt on the life
of Mr. Forster, but had been baffled. The
change in the policy of tho government
only made them more resolute in Vieir de
termination to establish a blood feud be
trated his right lung, and Ui« right apn wa* ....—=,
years of ago.
CotSTo^SS ia^A L dWatch thing eeemedl>rjght and hopeful, when all
received from Rev. R. P. Farrisb, D. D.,
moderator of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the Unite 1 States,
states that on acoonnt of the small-pox in
Atlanta, the session to convene May 18,
1882, will be held in Columbus, Ga. This
change will be announced in the city pa
pers hore, and a weloomo extended to the
delegatee.
INDICTED FOB LIBEL.
Philadelphia, May 10.—The grand jury
have indicted Jnlins Chambers, the Phila
delphia correspondent of the New York
Herald, on the charge of libeling Senator
MoFherson, of New Jersey, in an article
concerning the Shipherd Peruvian Com
pany.
FIRE IN CANADA.
Eidgeton, Ont., May 10.—A fire broke
out in Bradshaw’s furniture store thi
morning and twenty places of businee
were destroyed, including the express and
post-office, Malson’s Bank and Elliott &
Baker’s Bank. Loss $100,000.
THE OOLUMBCB, MBS., FRAUDS.
Boston, May 10.—Tbo frauds perpetrated
on New England manufacturers by meanB
of forged certificates of ootton shipped from
Columbus, Miss., are much greater than at
first supposed, it now appears that the
mills having their headquarters in this city
will suffer to the amouht of $185,000,
while six mills in Fall River will ioose
$50,000. This is the substance of the re
sult of the investigations so far ae they
have been investigated, but it la surmised
that the developments of tho next day or
two will show mnch more extensive frauds.
REUNION OP VETERANS.
Bt. Louis, May 10.—The Society of the
Army of Tennessee met hero lo-day, and
was called to order by General W. T. Sher
man, who announced that this city was
chosen to do honor to those who took rart
in the capture of Camp Jackson in the
suburbs of St. Louis. After tho reading of
letters of regret from General Grant,
Samuel J#Tilden and many others, the
convection adjourned, and immediately
marched to the Merchants’ Eiclmnae,
where they were weloomed by President
Slaybeck. After a number of brief but
happy speeches, they repeated the pro
gramme at the Cotton Exchange, and thi
went to dinner.
SHIPMENT OP GOLD.
New York, May 10.—The actual amount
of gold shipped to Europe _to-day by tho
steamship Gallia
i $2,350,000.
New York, May 10.—The Scoville habens
corpus proceedings terminated to-day on
the announcement that Mrs. Scoville and
her little daughter had arrived in Chicago.
A press dispatch from Chioago makes the
announcement that she is preparing for a
lecturing tour.
TH* MALLET TRIAL.
New Haven, Conn., ■May 10.—In the Mal-
» trial tbe prosecution huvo not present-
all their witnesses, who were expected
to establish the whereabouts of the prison
ers and the dead girl during the time that
is in disputo, but they consider their case
complete with those examined to-day.
WALTER ItOVXTREE
Fatal Lllblnias Stroke.
Special to Telegraph and Uttstnaer.
way oorrupily interested in the affairs of cover,
the Penman Company? *
Sandebsvilla, G.». May 10.—Judge 8. B.
Jones, one of our oldest, best and most
t roinin«ni citizen#, was struck and iustan-
ly killed by lightning this evening. Uia
bou Charlie was < Iso stunned, but will re-
The entire community i.s in gloom*
H. C, M.
Said to Have Bean Killed by His
Bratlier.
fBy Tolegraph.l
Augusta, May 9.—As the result of a state
ment by a student who was present at the
killing of young Rountree, a university stu
dent at Athena, a medical commission
exhumed the body, made a post-morlein
examination and ascertained that the ball
which killed Walter Rountree waa of large
size aail flrod from a central fire cartridge
belonging to a pistol in the hands of young
Rountree'* brother, while the ball from tho
negro’* pistol was of an entirely different
calibre. In consequence of thi# discovery,
u bill waa Bent in to the grand jury of Clark
f county for assault with latent to murder
I against Echols and Johnson, the ne-
• groee.
of both bodies were snob as must have been
immediately fatal. Tbe person* who found
tho bodies were detained by the polios.
Earl Spencer, to whom the hews was first
breken by Col. Calkfleld, waa terribly
shook ed. It is stated that he intend* to re-'
sign immediately.
A correspondent of the Frees Association
at Dnblin telegraphs as follow*: "A gen-
tlemnn informs mo tint nt about 2 o’clock
on Saturday afternoon he uv a oountry
car of peculiar build driving through Graf
ton street. Itoontained four very auspi
cious looking fellows, with blackened fa
ces, and wearing slonch hats pulled down
in front, so as to some extent to oonoeal
their faces. The victims are laid out on
beds just us they were brought into tha
hospital. A enrgeou states that he fan
cied he felt a flight puUation in Mr.
Burke’s body when he first saw it.. Tele
grams were immediately sent to all police
stations in Ireland and Great Britain giv
ing information of the murder.
London. May 7.—An extraordinary cabi
net counsel was convened to-day.
The Observer to-d**\ in a leading, article,
says.: “Comment on this monstrous crime
is almost unnecessary. We have had too
many in Ireland of late, a# cruel and as
unprovoked, to feel nny but the faintest
hope that the present murder can be ex-
oepted from the long roll of outrages of
which tbe agitation in Ireland has been
the guilty cau?c, and which have remained
too long unpunished and unrepreseed. For
the present we oontent ourselves with say
ing that, be the explanation of the murder
what it may, all Englishmen will share the
horror felt at this deed of blood, and will
sympathize with the sorrow whion has
fallen on the bearers of names honored
and cherished in the annals of our coun
try.”
Reporters of the Frees Association have
had interviews with Mr. Farnell and Mr.
Davitt on tho subject of the assassination.
Mr. Farnell said: “I am horrified more
than I can express. This is one of the most
atrocious crimes ever committed. IU effect
must certainly be most damaging to the
interests of the Irish people. I have always
found Lord Frederick Cavendish a most
amiable gentleman, painstaking and strict,
ly conscientious in the fulfillment of his
official duties I did not share the disap
pointment expressed in liberal Irish cir
cles regarding his appointment, ns I
anticipated that the principal reforms
daring the' present session, such as the
amendment of the land act, would be
under Mr. Gladstone’s personal supervis-
ion, and believed that a Jministrative re
forms would be somewhat postponed. I
can’t conceive that any of the people of
Ireland mold have plotted-deubcrntciy
against the life of Lord Frederick Caven
dish, and I am surprised that the Dub
lin police, who had been able to pro
tect Mr. Forster, should apparently not
have taken any steps to watch over hia suc
cessor during tbe few hours of his offioial
life in Ireland. There seems to be an un
happy destiny presiding over Ireland,
which always comes at the moment when
there seems tome chanoe for the country.
to destroy the hopes of her best friends. I
hope the people of Ireland will take Im
mediate and practical steps to express
Jheir sympathy with Mr. Gladstone u his
most painful position.”
Mr. Davitt said: “No language I can
possibly command con express the horror
with which I regard tbe murders, or ay de
spair at tbeir consequences. When I heard
of them on Saturday night I could not
credit the news, I grieve to think that
( when (he government had just run tbe risk
of introducing a new policy—when every
thing seemed bright and hopeful, when all
expected outrages to cease—thu terrible
event should dash our hopes. I wish to
God I had nover left Portland. The crime
was without motive. It is not only the
most fatal blow that hoB ever been struck
at the Laud League, bnt one of the most
disastrous blowswhichhaTobeea sustained
by the national cause daring the last cen-
tnry. Its occurrence at this particular
juncture seems like a terrible destiny. My
only hope is that the assassins may be dis
covered and punished ns they deserve. It
is wonderful how tbo outrage could occur
within a few hundred yards of the constab
ulary depot.”
Mr. Dillon, in an interview, said he
deeply deplored the sorrowful tidings. Ho
folly concurred in the opinions on tho out
rage expressed by Messrs. Farnell and Da-
vitt. Mr. Sexton said: “I am bewildered
and horrified. I regarded Lord Frederick
Cavendish os an amiable and painstaking
gentleman. He was certainly considered
a capable administrator. The first feeling
on tho appointment of Lord Frederick was
undoubtedly ono of disappointment, but it
began to bo gradually understood that Mr.
Gladstone sent him to Ireland to have (be
advantage of the services of ono with
whom he bad long worked, thereby ena
bling him to apply his own will more
freely to tne Irish difficulties.
There is no reason to believe that there
was the slightest personal feeling against
Lord Frederick in any political quarter of
Iralnnd. I cannot help surmising that he
must have boen mistaken by the murderers
for some one else. Mr. Burke had been
I connected with the Castle for many years.
Public feeling from time to time identified
him with tunny Imrnh measures, but well
informed persons have always held that
Mr. Burke confined himself rigorouslv to
liis duties. He was rather averse than
otherwise to concerning himself with po
litical matters. Ho whb very little known
to the Dublin populace. He was present,
unrecognized, at the great political meet
ing in Phoenix park last summer. He be
longed to a land-owning family. Many
people have for a long time believed him
to be the real governor of Ireland. The
crime i» moro inexplicable when ono con
siders the good temper o);tho crowds, and
the rejoicing at the release of the suspect*.
Mr. Sexton remarked that the new de
parture of the government has not yet
shown its effects in local administration.
Resident and special magistrates still
continue to arrest ladies and otbera con
nected with efforte to shelter evicted ten
nuts. The representations of Irish mem
bers in the House of Commons have been
fruitless, so far as causing the authorities
to discourage polioe brutalities. Mr. Sex
ton pointed out particularly tho firing on
the people at Baltina. It is perfectly no
torious, he said, that if the authorities
continue to allow tho polioo to exasperate
the people, and then take advantage of
their exasperation to shoot them down, it
must be futile to expect any good results
from promises of legislative improvement.
London, May 8.—The cabinet has de
cided to adjourn the House of Commons
to-day after allusions have been made to
the murders by the leader* of both sides.
London May 8.—Tbe Times says it is
now thought that Lord Frederick Caven
dish and Mr. Burke were both deliberately
selected for assassination. Daring the
procession in Dublin on Saturday a man
inquired three times whether Lord Freder
ick Cavendish was in the procession. Tho
Chief Beoretary at last lifted his hat and
told his name. Tho man replied, “Thank
yon. that will do.” Two men on homo
baok also watched th* procession in u sus
pioioua tnsuner. There were eight
gaping wounds in the body of Lord Fred
erick Cavendish, and eleven iD that of Un
der Secretary Burke.
A special messenger left London for
Dublin hastily this morning.
London, May 8.—A meeting of Conserv
atives was held in London on Suuday after
noon. Sir Stafford Northoote, the Marquis
of Salisbury, and all prominent members
of the laat Conservative oabinetjwere pres
ent. The meeting lasted an hour. Reso
lutions wer# passed expressing horror at
the deed, sympathy with the government
and the willingness of the opposition to
balked. The atrocity of tbe srime Will for
moment rally tbs Irish to the aid* of or
der. Nothing makes this more certain
than that the policy of arbitrary arrest has
been abandoned.
The general tone of the English press is
most reassuring. Outside of London, no
Liberal organ favors retreat from the new
jolieyin Ireland. The extreme Radicals,
e&d the way in denouncing the orime
The London Times stands absolutely alone
in an attempt to tarn thi* appalling catas
trophe into a calumnious personal attack,
and an infamous attempt to inflame the na
tional passions. If the two murderers had
been at the elbow of the leader writer, they
could not have dictated words more admi
rably calculated to serve their end.
Dublin, May 8.—The shutters are up on
all the business houses here.
London, May 8.—Every part of the
House of Commons wis crowded at the
opening of the session this evening. At.
4:20 o’clock, Mr. Gladstone arose, ana with
great emotion and in a tremulous voioe,
moved an adjournment of the Honse. He
said tbe blackness of the crime and the hor
ror it excited throughout the entire king,
dom.wwra unparalleled. In the murder of
Mr. Burke, he said, they had been robbed
of one of tbe ablest and most upright mem
bers of the civil servioe; bnt the hand of
tne assassin had come nearer home, and
one of thesoblert of hearts ceased beating
while full 6f hope and love for Ireland.
As f*r as the government was oonoerned,
sa d Mr. Gladstone, all previous arrange
ments most be recast. Mr. Gladstone
stated that he would on Thursday, ask tbe
House for leave to introduce a measure
for the repression of crime in Ireland.
wars?APE* OPINION.
London, May. 9.—The Times in a leading
article says: “Even if it be true that the
murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke
wet done by American Irish desperado**,
w* most not forget that Mr. ParneU had
boosted of consolidating an al Sauce be
tween the Irish io Amencs and those at I
home. We era unable to aeoept the plea that
the men wbo have inspired th* Land Leag-
aersjnre divested of ali responsibility Ids
the orime they now denounce.” Tbe Times
continues to energetically attack tha Pxr-
nellite member# of Parliament. It
saya it is morally impossible to enter into
any understanding with those wbo de
nounce outrage for tbh first time when
they feel that it cripples their operations.
Though they profess to negotiate in the
Honse of Commons for the bloodthirsty
element of the Irish people, they art only
powerful to excite disaffection. They can
not diminish the malignancy of th* whe'.e
class who wallow in blood like beasts of
pray.
at rAKUAxmrr.
The Daily Neics prints a rumor which
was currant in the lobby of the House of
Commons last evening that the forthcoming
Irish protection bill will provide that in
certain case# murder trials by jury will be
suspended, and the acoosed will be tried
before three judge#, with tha righto ap
peal. .
In the House of Lords th'e af
ternoon. tbe Marquis of Lenadowse an
nounced that m consequence of the reoent
ministerial statements relative to impend
ing measures for protection of life and
property in Ireland, he dropped the mo
tion which he had announced against the
Irish policy of tbe government. He said he
wished to impress upon the government
very earnestly, tne necessity of not yislding
to popular demands without the adoption
Of compensating measures for strengthen
ing the law.
SPECIAL COBBRSPOXBSlfCK.
Items M IwmswsS Sms XlwauMvtll*,
ad rutbberl— FeltUcs In
I Tbomasvux>, May A—Jew Mauldin,a
' young white man trom near Dixie, Brooks
oounty, Ga., was found dead this morning
in a house of ill fxm* in tbe outskirts of
Thomaaville, He had been at the house
almost continually for two days—was seen
yesterday with s pocket-book containing
about $500 in greenbacks. This had disap
peared, but there was under hi# clothing
• bag containing $300, which, with his gold
watch and chain, was recovered. He is
said to have a wife whom he has always
treated badly. Hi* brother came here to
day. When found he was lying on his
baak, his hands folded on his breast, on*
of them grasping a pistol, a ballet hole in
his temple, bat neither the hair cor th*
skin surrounding it waa burnt at all. The
ooroner’s jury after a goo 1 deal of discus
sion and d*ia/,brought in the following ver
dict: “That he had come to his dealh from
a gunshot wound in the hands of some per
son unknown to the jury, and further, that
said person had committed murder.”
SHE DUBLIN KUBDKB.
Dublin, May 10.—Arrests continue, bnt
so far they have resulted in nothing more
eerious than a short detention of sus
pected parties.
Dublin, Mar 10.—Another arrest has
been made, ■ The opinion grow* that the
indiscriminate proceedings of the polioe
flhow that they are in a state of oomplete
uncertainty.
Coke, Ibeland, May 10.—Golunal Hiilyer,
inspector general of the Irish constabu
lary, haa resigned. A distinguished artil
lery officer, has been selected to succeed
Itto. - - .
London, May 10.—An Irishman who
stated that he had been offered £100 to as
sist in the Dublin murder, has been con
veyed from Haverford West to Liverpool.
He still adheres to his previous statement,
His knowledge of tbe locality of tbe crime
and his description of the men give his
statement every appearance of truth. The
polioe anticipate that something impor
tant will tranipire from bis statement. He
says he oan lay hi# hand* on th* assassins.
Dublin, May 10.—Yesterday a crowd of
tha lower order gathered around a ear
with a red pane! and partly obliterated the
number, and insisted on the polios taking
for the repression of crime in Ireland.
He said he believed he would be assisted
from all quarters of the Honse. On an
early day he won'd introduce a measure
d*aling with the question of arrears of
rant
Sir Stafford Northooto seconded tbe mo
tion of Mr. Gladstone for an adjournment
He promised that the opposition would
support the government in its measures
for the suppression of crime. He consid
ered the occasion too sad for more than a
passing tribute of reepect to tho memory
of the deoeased.
Tha Central News declares that Mr.
Forsterbas been reappointed ohief secre
tary tor Ireland, and that he will a tort for
Dublin to-night xlt says it is understood
that the policy of the government will in
clude stern, repre-stve measures. The
suspects in Naas jail have passed a resolu
tion denouncing the orime and condoling
with the widow of Lord Frederick Caven
dish.
Farnell expressed the detestation of ail
Irishmen for the orime. Ho said he be
lieved that it was committed in order to
frustrate hi* cause. He did not deny that
the government might be compelled to
take steps ro restore order in Ireland. He
waa of the opinion that the crime waa the
work of those to whom he had always been
opposed.
Mr. Forster, who has jnst retired from
the chief secretaryship of Ireland, and
James Lowther, who held that office under
the last Conservative administration, eulo-
logized Under Secretary- Burke for bus un
wearying diligence. The House then ad
journed until Monday.
London, May 8.—A large crowd gathered
outside the Parliament house mt the open
ing session to-day. John Bright and Lord
Suibourne, on arriving, were received with
mixed applause and groans'. Mr. Glad
stone was vigoroasly hoots 1 in the paiaoe
; anl, aa was also Mr. Bradlaugh, bnt Mr.
'orsterwas cheered. The Press Associa
tion announces that it is able to v.tate that
Mr. Foreter has neither accepted or been
offered the office of ohief secretary for
Ireland.
Dublin, May 8.—A man named Charles
Mooro was arrested on suspicion at May-
nooth last evening. He had traveled by
the 4 o’clock train from Dublin. He state
ed that he had intended to go to Longford,
but feeling ill, had taken a tioket for May-
nooth. He almost fainted when he was
arrested. He returned from America last
Friday. He answers the description of
one of the murderers, and has marks on
liis face : he was formerly in the army.
Moore has been brought to Dnblin for
identification.
Dublin, MayR—It la rumored that the
driver of the ear which took the assaaeins
to end from Fhrenix Park, wa* murdered
by them iu ordor to prevent discovery, and
that his body has been found in Chapel
Road.
The Irish Times says Earl Spencer had
arranged Saturday to release all suspects,
except eighty, on Tneeday.
ACTION OF AMERICAN LAMS LXAQUXS.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 8.—Mr. James
Mooney, president of the Irish National
Land League,issues through tbe Associated
Frees the following proclamation:
"To the Land League of America: The
execrable and cowardly assassination of
Lord Frederick Cavendish, the newly ap-
jointod chief secretary for Ireland, and
Jndcr-Secretary Burke, haa horrified the
world and is especially painful and abhor
rent to every true fnend of Ireland. We
denounce the awful orime, and exhort our
brethren in Ireland to bring ita perpetra
tors to justioe and show their detestation
of the fiendish act, which only an arch ene
my of our race or some irresponsible idiot
could haTe conceivod or executed.
“Jakes Mooney,
“President Irish National Land League of
America.”
Augusta, May 8.—The Augusta Land
League has passed resolutions denouncing
the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish
and Mr. Burke.
Boston, Mass., May 8.—The following
wa* this morning cabled to Mr. Farnell:
“A reward of $5,000 (£1,000) is hereby
offered by the Irishmen of Boston for the
apprehension of the murderers, or any of
them, of Lord Frederick Cavendish and
Mr. Burko, on Saturday, May 6, on behalf
of tho Irishmen of Boston.
[Signed] ’ “Jno. Boils O’Relly,
“Patrick O. Collins.”
it and efriver to the station for identifica
tion. This is considered a mo»t significant
change aa compared with the reluctance of
tbe populace in all previonj cri.es to ren
der assistance to tbe authorities. Earl
Spencer, lord houtcnant of Ireland, has
signed a minute forbidding the executive
offioial* to go be>ond the prennets of the
oity without polio* protection.
The name of the American Irishman
wbo was arretted at Castle Bellingham
yesterday and brought to DublinHs Hey-
bourne. He haa been released. *
Placards appeared to day announcing
the formation of a society for the re# to ra
tion of legislative independence. They
oontain hostile references to the Ca«tlo
officials* •
Dublin, May 19,—It is proposed that
tbe citizens should contribute a sum to
augment the amount offered by the gov
ernment as a reward for the arrest of the
eseaeiiine of Cavanduh and Burke. The
Freeman's Journal thinks the subscription
ought to take the form of the erection in
Dublin of monuments in memory of the
victim*.
London, May 11.—A return has been is
sued showing that on the 8d of May 886
person* were confined in prison nnder tbe
coercion aoh
London, May 10.—The Hones of Com
mons voted to adjourn on rising to-night
until 9 to-morrow evening to allow mem
bers to attend the funeral of Lord Caven
dish.
EVENTS IS DUBLIN.
Dublin, May 9.—Arrests are constantly
being made in various parts of Ireland of
parties resembling, in some degree, the
descriptions given in tho polioe droolar of
the ossasins of Mr. Burke and Lord Ca.
vendieh. Orders have been issued to arrest
all strangers and tramps wbo are unable to
acoouut for their movements during the
last three days.
Dublin, May 9.—At the inqueet yester
day on the bodies of Lord Frederick Ca
vendish and Under Secretary Burke, mod.
ioal evidence wo# given to the effect that
the victims iiad apparently bocn stabbed
simultaneously from before and behind,
with long bowie-knives. The wounds ail
appeared to have been inflicted with ex
actly similar weapon*.
Dublin May 9.—All the Dublin papers
appear in mourning.
Dublin, May 9.—Illumination* in honor
of the release of the suspect# have been
completely abandoned.
THE NEW SECRETAnV.
London, May 9 —The report is confirm
ed that George Otto {Frevelyan has been
appointed chief secretary for Ireland. The
Pall Mall Gazette ei.ya that Leonard
Courtney, member of Parliament for
Linkearo, will beoorno joint secretary to
the treasury to fill tho place hold by Lord
Frederick Cavendish previoua to hi* ap
pointment as chief secretary for Itoiand.
Immediately, it says, npon Frevelyan'
acceptance of the office a special police
man wa* placed on duty before hia resi
dence.
Octebent, May 6.—Randolph Superior
Court adjourned to-day, Judge A. liood,
presiding, after a term of only one week.
There Beamed to b« leas business before it
than aaj. Is this to be attributed, It may
be of i«rast to inquire, to the closing np
of our bar-rooms ?
Our Sunday-school on yesterday paade a
picnic excursion to Fort Gaines, whose citi
zen* received them moat hospitably ; in
fact, some of CuibberP* young men re
ceived too much hospitality (by the way
another name for it), for their boisterous
conduct on tha return home, I hav6 been
informed, annoyed the ladies on the train,
and marred to many the pleasure of an
otherwise enjoyable occasion.
Our crop pro*pecta are good.
Our two collogee, the Southwest Georgia
Agricultural and Andrews Female are
flourishing. 8. G. H., Js.
Tbouasvxllb, Hay 7.—A negro woman
living on the farm of Mr. J. M. Smith,
near Tbomasville, attacked her husband
to-dvy with a butcher's knife and inflicted
two very severe wounds in his bsck—one
of them penetrating th* lung. Dr. W. W.
Bruoe, who was called to soe the patient,
said. “If it were a white mau, I know he
would die," bat seemed to think that there
was some hope of recovery. In the ab-
senoe of the sheriff, the oity marshal went
out to arrest the belligerent wife.
Gordon, May 8.—The termers in this
] tart of th* eonnty, who have been paying
o- promising to pay) $5.85 for corn, are
. ubiiant over the wheat and c-at crop, soon
to be harvested. We have heard one farm
er say already: “I will eat no more oorn-
braea till th* new crop is made.” Hi* horse
will live on cate.
The cyolone pit is the order of the
day in the sections through which the
storms have passed. We learn of one man
who betook himself to his storm-boie the
night of the cyclone, and came user being
drowned. i\ hich is tho worse—being
drowned, or being blown away ? G.
THE EIRE RECORD.
Orest Fir* mt Fittsbarsh- -0*e Use
Killed sad others Injured.
fBy Telegraph)
Pittsburgh, May 7.—The most destruc
tive fire that has occurred in this city einoe
the memorable riots of 1877 took place to.
day. About 12:20 o’clock smoke was seen
issuing from the interior of the massive
stone court house, and npon investigation
it waa found that the entire inside of the
building was in flames. A general alarm was
sounded, and in a few minute* the fire de
partments of Fitteburgh and Alleghany
wereatwork, but tbe flames had gained
such headway that the firemen’s efforts
were almost futile, and by 4 o’clock all that
was left was the stone walla. The fire cre
ated intense excitement, on acoonnt of tbe
; ail being attached to the burning build-
ng. Fean were entertained that the pris
oners wonid escape. There waa no occa
sion for alarm, however, as the jail was not
in danger, ana a close guard was kept over
the inmates, who knew not thata Are waste
progress near them. As soon as the fire
waa disoovered, a number of officials and
others foroed their way into the burning
building and succeeded in saving nearly
all of the record* and law library. While
endeavoring to save the record* in the jury
commissioner's offioe, Harry McDermott,
a grandson of Jury Commissioner Hogan,
wa* killed by telling glass. Several fire
men narrowly escaped death by burning,
and a number were more or less injured by
falling debris, but tho aoddent to McDer
mott is believed to be th* only one result
ing fatally. The building destrojed waa of
stone, and originally cost about $AX),000,
and many thousand* have been expended
iu improvement- The insurance on the
burned portion is $50,000.
PRISONER* BURNED.
Bbooehaven, Mias., May 8.—The eonnty
;jail wa* entirely destroyed by fire last night.
Throe colored prisoners were burned to
death, Thefire originated in the cell in
which they were confined, and it is believ
ed they set it on fire in the hope of making
their escape.
SAW KILL BURNED.
Jacksonville, May 8.—The St. Johns saw
mill,a few miles below the oity, was burned
yesterday. Tbe mill was owned by T. O.
Allen and operated by J. F. Taliaferro and
valued at $50,000; insurance $14,250. Tbe
fir* was CAUsed br sparks from the fire pit.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
Stroat, 6 Anna on Ogtetboepe
Politics not quite so mkmsov; si *»■«f
are three or four candidate# oat for the va-
cancy caused by th* death of our ordi-
“!'■ Y. A. M.
Hicxoai Osovr, Ga- May. 10.—We teem
that there is more corn planted in this tw-
tiou than has been usually planted for sev
eral year* post. This is quite a subetes-
tial step for the farmers to pursue, eg a
majority of the people bed to buy a |r»m
portion of tbeir bread corn this spring, it
is hop* d that their efforts may be crowned
with success, and that they may not have
to patronize Tenaoanes and other own
markets as they have dons in the past, but
be *u*tamed with plenty at bom#. Crape
generally are looking splendid at thi# writ
ing. A refreshing shower would no doubt
prove beneficial at this time.
The young men of Crawford oounty wilt
organize a literary debuting society at
Elam Academy on the third Saturday
in May. The subject for discussion is:
“Resolved that Macon has mors facilities
than Columbus." 8. A. M.
Btbon, Ga., May 6.—We attended to-day
■ politioal meeting at Btubyville, in Hous
ton county, oiled by tne members of
the executive committee of the Sixth
district of the county wbo refused
to act as members of said com
mittee, on aooount of alleged fraud
on tbs part of the Democratic party
iu tbe county. They accused the party of
committing fraud upon aach other—that
trickery, fraud, swindling and all kinds of
unfair means had been practiced by some
section* to defeet others, and this meeting
seems to have been colled for the purpose I
of correcting these alleged evil*. The
meeting was oallsd to order by W. W.
IWaguon, Esq, who acted ae the chairman.
Dr. Richardson was then called upon to
state the object, who in a brief bnt telling
speech said their object wa* to condemn
trickery and fraud in the Democratic
party; that they met there as the organised
Demo . racy of Houston couuty ani not for
the purpose of disorgtniz ng or splitting
the party, but to harmonize and break up
the fraud# in the party, if possible to do so.
Next in order waa the appointment of a
committee, ronsisting of W. G. Bayne, C.
C. Richardson, J. D. Thompsos, Wiley
Leverett, E. 8. Williams andW. D. Groom,
to draft resolutions for tbe meeting, in the
absence of whioh Col. 0. M. DaFree was
called upon, who addressed the meeting in
a very appropriate and impressive manner.
He regretted very much that it wa# neces
sary to call such a meeting, but if there
was fraud committed as alleged, that every
honest and good citizen ought to raise his
voiee against it. Th* committee were ab
sent about thirty minute#, and returned
with tbe following resolutions in »ub-|
■tanoe
■ 1. That they in unmeasured terms Con
demned and denounced the trickery, fraud
laud rascality that had heretofore been
practiced by rings and cliques in the elec
tions of the county,
2. That the right of the majority to rule
was as old and as well established as the
government, and that a small minority I
should not 1>« allowed to manipulate and|
loontrol elections.
3. That they have tested primary elections
in nominations of candidates for office and
found tbe method lacking in the necessary
safeguards and restrictions to insure a
fair expression oi the will of the people,
and therefore condemned said system and
recommended that each district elect dele
gates to meet in convention at the eonnty
site for tbe purpose of nominating officer*
and delegates to Oongreesional and guber-J
natorial convention,’. |
I Resolution* were a'#o passed recommend
ing the course of Hon. N. J. Hammond,
pur present Representative in Congress,
which our young friend, 0.0. Richardson,
supported In an able and sufficient eulogy
upon the actions of the honorable gentle
man in that distitigushed body. Resolutions
were also passed by the meeting approving
the decision of Hon. Thomas J. Simmons, I
judge, for the impartial maimer in making
Gobdok, May 10.—Our community was
saddened yetterday by the announcement
of the death of Mra. Eliza Stsvens. which
took place at her home below No. 16. Cen
tral railroad, at 8 o’clock. Sh» wm in her
fifty-fourth year and had (offered s tong
time with rheumatism. When it became
evident that she was dying her children
were sent for, and when she had awn them
she said it was enough, and departed in
peace. She was the mother of supervisor
James B. Stevens, of our town, and deep
sympathy is fait for hi* family in their af,
motion.
Messrs. Barclay, Denard, Trasucr and
Merkison returned from Toombabcro jea-
ierday evening after a day and eight at
Cannon’s pond with a fine lot of trout,
bream acd perch- They caught one hundred
pounds.
A large rattle-snake wa* killed in Mrs.
Soott’s apple orchard rear Gordon, from
whiuh Mr. Pettis, who killed it, out thirteen
rattles and two fangs three-quarters of on
inch in length. . H.
•
Ham’s Gross Roads, Miller County,
Ga., May 10.—Southwest Georgia ha# nev
er sinoe the war had a better prospect in
the way of crops. There is a larger per
centage of acreage planted in provision
crops in Miller, Early, Baker and Decatur
counties than usual. Stands in corn end
cotton are exceedingly good, and tha
plants look thrifty and prosperou*. Tha
crops on a general scale have been well put
in tbe ground, and the land first—well pre
pared, and well cultivated up to the pres
ent time. Seasons have be m very fine,
except a tittle hail, though not so aa to *e-
rioutly injure tha oom or cotton plant.
Oat crops are unusually good—are now
ripening fast, and in two weeks will be
generally harvested, and then what a tum
ble oats will give corn, and many a hungry
horse will lock over and eay, "6# will not
longer suffer.” In regard to fruit, there
will be nearly a final failure. There are
now many trass that are nearly leafless,
both of epplea and peaches; still there are
some Age and very few grapes. As to
sweet potatoes, the plants do not seem to
flourish, and look of a rather rusty coat,
though they may yet outgrow It. As tb ire
is no wheat, or so little, sown, I can’t state
as to the results in wheat. As to the condi
tion of stock, it is remarkably good, con
sidering the scarcity of ooru. H,
JUUgU) AVI Mtw IIAA^OASSCM WMWW 1 ' •
the decision on the late fence contest in
this eonnty.
Col M. G. Bayne supported these reeolu-
iutious and others in a very appropriate
way, that Judge Simmons did not act upon
his own personal feelings but as the law
directed, making as he believed an honest
and fair decision. Your correspondent waa
not a member of this meeting, and there
fore did not participate in it. We are fear
ful that each meetings may bring trouble
into the Democratic camp, they being
separate and distinct from the call of the
executive oommittee, wbo are recognized
0* tbe head organ of the organized Democ
racy. We hope, however that nothing that
will hum the glorious organizedwili result,
but that good may oome.
We suppose there were about seventy-five
or one hundred men out. None of the or
ganized Democrats were out—wbo stayed
away to fight th* bad results, if any, an
other day. J. N. B.
(By Telegraph. |
Fetbrsbubo, Va., May 7.—The oounty
conrt of Southampton has been engaged
during the past week in the trial of Emmet
OUnde, oolored, for the mnrderof John
Morrell and William Glover, of that coun
ty, on the 23d of lost December. The case
was given to the jury last evening, and a
verdict is awaited with much inter#**.
This was one of tbe most brutal murders
ever committed in Virginia. Murrell wa*
koocked on the head with an axe from be
hind and instantly killed, while Glover was
shot while rising from a seat. After he
committed tbe doable murder, Clande set
fire to the store in whioh the crime was
committed. There were strong threat* at
the time of lynching the culprit.
Augusta, Ga., May 7.—The Richmond
county Superior Court was occupied last
night on the case of the State vs. John
Brown, oolored, for the murder of Jeese
Stokes, also oolored, in this oounty, in June
last. The evidence was circumstantial.
The jury rendered a verdict of murder,
with a recommendation to mercy. Hia
sentence will probably be imprisonment
for life.
COWART SENTENCED.
Galveston, May 7.—A News Dallas spe
cial says the jury in the case of R. E. Cow
art, for the kilting of J. M. Thurmond, ez-
mayor, and a prominent lawyer, in the
court fooca about two month* ago, arrived
at * verdict by adding the number of years
each juryman thought the prisoner should
serve end dividing the sum by twelve.
Cowart was sentenced for two year*.
mason’s sentence affirmed.
Washington, May 8.—A decision was re
corded by the Supreme Court of the United
States this afternoon in the cose of Ser
geant John A. Mason, petitioner upon an
application fox a writ of habeas corpus,
the court, in a carefully prepared opinion
by the Chief Justioe, deciding that the
oourf-martia! had full jurisdiction to try
Mason for the offense charged; that its
proceeding* were all within proper juris
diction. and that the sentence pronounced
was not In excess of its power. The pe
tition for a writ of habeas oorpus is, there
fore, denied and toe rule to show oause
discharged.
Vienna, Ga., May 10.—Crops in this sec
tion are fair, and in rtm» portion* of this
(Dooly) county considerably above the av
erage in oorn, which is very forward and
promising.
Politically, there is no new*- The coali
tion boom has not struck this oounty yet,
nor, in all probability, ever will. Bacon ia
strong for governor, and Hardeman haa
hosts of friends for toe same position. Gen.
Fhil Cook holds bis own in Dooly, which
means simply that sh* is for him, over
whelmingly. HU opponent, Jadge Crisp,
is admired as a judicial offioer, and ilk
evidently tho sense of the people that ho
continue to act in that capacity awhile
longer—at least until Fhil Cook dice, re
signs or refuses to serve.
Judge Woodward's msre “Hildas," aged
twenty years, yesterday gave birth to an
equine wonder, the like of whioh has never
before been seen in these parts. The fol
lowing are the dimensions, partly stated,
of tbe largest oolt at birth we remember
ever having beard of: Height, 3 feet 7
inches; trotting reach, 6 fest 9)f inches;
running reach 7 feet 8 inches; from noeo j
to tail, 6 feet; around chest (after mags,
heart, etc., were taken ont). 45 itohee. In
symmetry form it wa* perfect. The marq
is doing welh
Tbe Tet.roeatw and Messenger is on a
“bOOtn” here, haring a larger circulation
than all other datiie? combined. More
anou.
Milledoevtlln, May 9.—The papers are
foil of news of the healthy fields of oata,
wheat, etc., which have to a considerable
extent supplanted hereditary ootton fields
all over Georgia. And it is justly looked
upon ae a cheering sign of better times for
our State when we see our agricultural in
tercets operated for our own benefit, in
stead of for the good of others. Take
ride out from our city on whatever road
you please, you will find a splendid field of
grain on either side, as soon a# yon leave
the suburbs. Th* tenner’s club of Bald
win county hare offered a prize for the
finest oat patch, and judging from tbe
shooing made so far by several of our
wtde-a-wake citizen*, it will take a oom
mittee of experts to decide who will win.
The field* of Meeera. G. f. Whilden, Sol
Barrett, Sam’l Walker, Channeey Wright,
and other*, look as if they feel alive to the
spirit of rivalry existing and are trying
themselves. Mr. Wright has a field of
Belgian oats grown from seed obtained
from N. P. Boyer i Co., Coate*vi!le, Pa.,
which has attracted a great deal of notice
on account of ita remarkably,large and
strong stalk.
Judge F. 0. Furman'# address before the
agricultural society has attracte 1 much at
tention both here and abroad. Hi* par-
pose was to give sound, practical adv;oe
and experience. Balov.
Ki.latii.lb, MajJ8.—Mr. C. H. Varner,
onr worthy ordinary, died at hi# reaideccy
two miles north of Ellavilie, this morning
at 8 o'clock, after a long and ptinful ill
ness of several months—dyspepsia. Mr.
Varner wae one of the best citizens in
Schley.
Our burg is somewhat on a boom—tnreo
U6W buildings almost completed ia tho
limit#. Mr. R. M. Murphy is building a
storehouse on NorthBtroeti Mr. H. Scar
borough is renovating the upper story of
hi# otorehouM) for the purpoeo of moving
into it soon.
Rev. L. A. Darvoy, Methodist Minister at
this place, is building quite a haniso -ue
little parsontge on the parsonage lot. Mr.
Dareey i# a worker in more ways that oca.
Miss Ciara Pease, from Louisville, Ky.,
and Miss Theo. Pease, from Darien, are l
Ass April ■ bower that BrssfM afsflp
T lowers,
On Toeeday, April llthj the 143d grand
monthly diftribdtidn of the Louisiana
State Lottery occurred, &l it always docs
on the day fixed. Generals G. T- Beaure
gard, of Louisiana, sad Jabal A. Early, of
Virginia, had as usual the sole supervision.
The amount scattered was $110,400—next
time it will be ovvr half a million of
dollars. Tbe first capital waa sold in
halves (oosting each only on* dollar), and
waa drawn by ticket No. 78,G37—one-half
to Louis Sauser, a well known jeweler at
No. 223 Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
the other by W. J. Whitney, a locomotive
engineer on the Wabash railroad, of No.
418 Broadway, Fort Wayne, also. This
city seems in look. A few months before
toe capital went there. The second capi
tal, $10,000, also sold in halves to No. 99,-
74t>—one-balf to State Senator J.B. Jud
kins, through the German Bank of Little
Hock, Ark.; tbe other to S.L. Hatfield, of
Boston, Mass. The third capital, $5,000,
was sold to ticket No. 78^42— Messrs. Phi-
lomene Laurent, No. 315 Chartres street,
and J. Pelletier, No. 21 Carondolet street.
New Orleans, La. The two fourth capital
prizes, $2,500 each, to ticket No. 18,191, in
halves, one of which went to J. W. Cohen,
of No. 630 Pennsylvania avenue, and A. M.
McDaniels, No. 1S00 Fourteenth street,
Washington, D. 0.; and the other to No.
35,720, sold in halvas to parties in Chioago,
Ill., and Providence, R. L, and whose,
names are withheld by request. Ths next
extraordinary semi-annual drawing will
occur June 13th, of whioh M. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La., will give any one inquir
ing toe full particulars.
Tribute of Beepee*
In the inscrutable providence of Almighty
God. oar respected and much beloved
brother, J. W. Stubbs, eftor a short and
painful illness of two weeks, has been
taken from our lodge and bis labors on
earth, and, aa we trustfully believe, to tha
Grand Lodge above and the better employ
ment of the just made perfect in ths realms
of glory. Therefore,
Resolved, That in the death of Brother
Stnbbe. Rutland Lodge No. 298 ha* lost ■ me
of its best, most active, most useful oed-
moet honored members; the Methodist
Episoopal Church, of which he hod long
be«n an official and zealous member, an
humble, earnest, faithful follower of that
Savior in whom ba implicitly trusted, al
ways having the interests of the chureh and
the advancement or Messiah's kingdom on
earth at heart, and being ready and willing
to contribute liberally of his means for the
promotion of these ends, a* veil as all
the enterprises of the church of his choice,
greeting the preacher with a cordial wel
come to hi# hospitable home, and impress
ing all with bis earnestness, sincerity and
h imility when called upon to engage in
the pubtiu services of the sanctuary; the
community in whioh he lived a good citi
zen, a just and honorable mau, a ready
and willing neighbor, kind and generous
to a fault, a Friend indeed to the poor
around him, and filling all the relation# of
life as an honest, upright and useful man ;
the Sabbath-school a superintendent of
whom the young people might well bo
proud, for he wo# an earnest and diligent
worker for tbe advancement of the literary,
moral and religious culture of the children
and young people of the entire community
where he resided ; and his family a kina
and indulgent father, a good provider, lov
ing his household anu being loved iu return
by them. The loss of suoh a mau us almost
irreparable. W8H
Resolved, That we tender the family of our
deceased brother our sincere sympathy in
this their great bereavement, and hopeful
ly truit that He who has seen dt to remove
our brother from hi* labors of love hare,
and who, we have every assurance, doe* ail
thing# well and for the best of hi* ores-
H anm tha av «ri
.ures. will comfort the bereaved family
with the gracious assurance of a happy re
union ia another ajid better state ol exiri-
Resolvai, That those resolutions be en
tered m the minute# of our lodge, and &
page be appropriated for the name, age
and date of his death, and that the lodge
roam be draped iu mourning, and the
members wear tho usual badge of the
same for thirty days.
Resolved, That a oopy of these reeoio-
tiona be tent to the family of oar departed
brother, and another to the TEUSOEAFiA
and MxaSEsara for publication.
Wm. Bxds%
J. J. t'lNUR,
We Hxdinokuld,
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