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jjjjjjjg FROM CHARLESTON. „ ,,pnpLH ENCOUNTER A NIGHT IBEIEO of . tb bBOB. THE MiAi i')\ WEEKLY TELEGRAPH : TUESDAY.SEPTEMBER 7, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES. 11 ft nd Incident* of the K*rth- and a D*P Into 1,10 Details 'Tine Shock WMeh laid tlio CUT m Baln »- , ScfO'* rtusidtos, S. 0.. September 4. 2:30 p. Pernor SUeppnrd is on the scene. *•7 «>me down t0 see wbttt 01111 be done B< the suffering of the people. He w ith the mayor and other prom- * 11 , .idieus and see what can bo done. * f ‘.Sine must be done, and if necessary iJrufcah a special session of the Legis w ho have been camping in , ets will be quartered at the Citadel, s will’be used as barracks. The four- ”ntuners who did not escape from jail I ^so be taken there. to iu ™.Z ei, 7 1110 c .“y 13 Packed ment has sent al held in ill \ u f,, Ber . vlc e8 will be Charleston, and this exhausts the supply The niL ^ P k8 in tho cit y - --crrow. on band ~ ‘ ' reel P ?, • aro I*® 1111 ? to and fro on the ltequests have to-day been re- 1 —’*? iro on me ceived for about five hundred more, but cl.nniT’ ...uP.? up , a . nd down, aw aiting a the department is uuablo to comply. Bhock, which the coming but of t they expect with n of the tide, but of course there is no reason to exnect anything of tho kind. But, strange £2? guessers have come to the time each day; 11.45 is nam ed u the time to-night, but I hopo they will be mistaken. k Baw a family in one of the parks who said they had not slept under anytbingsave the canopy of heaven since tho first shock, and without anything to eat but canned a an i, br . e T - 1W0 ot tbem “O P ros - uated with sickness. Hiding in the cars with a bister of Mercy, I asked if there was much sickness. She said no, but the sleeping in the open air necessarily brings about a great deal of fear for the worst. It is impossible to picture the sad scene around the different encamp ments. r The haggard, worn out people are afraid to « to-night hi escaped a shock, all Km the sun is shining brightly and wilTbe well, bn! prayers Kid be sent up .4 gtretts ar® .°* people, all that they would have no rain, for a heavy I amt some attempting to do ram would have a tendency to weaken the 1 - s only for appearance sake. Every- badly split buildings. StaifeibaUBted, and it is wonderful how I Frcf/ Mendentb’al, of the Smithsonian gj.uw.Dh operators stand their work. Institnte, does not believe that the iT. pDtv four hours would pass without a rocks fell in «— -a ^—~ fiick the people would begin to realize that | office could the News and Courier . have come from the I sawder > B over. skies. The compositors have been inter- I Tke estimate of the loss as made up to- viewed, and state that there is no question I ... 410 raining), which eovors the | about their coming through the skylight, that are springing up on the railroad and the fissures in the earth here to a small extent and at Summerville to a very great extent, are the alarming f«»*n A MORNING SPECIAL. i, reaches $12,300,000, which eovors the about their coming through the skylight, JLh,meat building, pubho property, windows, eto., and positively assort thal Jinrcbes and everything. they were not thrown. The Cotton Exchange is in session, and The geysers that are -.nest other telegrams sending coatribu- rai’ KVasone from the New York Cotton to r? .. ...v.y.1, reads as follows: I ve “Drasonus for $3,000 for relief of tho of the earthquake in connection “with tho flSerere. I continued shocks. [Signed] y okk q otto!) Exchange." The reading of the telegrams was rooeiv-1 „ , „ ' ' I .IrithXere, ai.d this seems to be tile I **otenar MoorUhnl a Opinion Creates Ad- I bit time that smiles have beamed on the dltlooal Distress and Grier, I Mntenaaces of the citizens of the afflicted Chaklektox, S. C„ September 4, 10:35 1*1 a. m —The sun is trying to peep, but even ' Contnbutions are rapidly pouring in. bright Sol looks sad. The street oars are The News and Conner got out through I Sued with people, moving to and fro with in, courtesy of several visiting newspaper °ot any object. The few who returned to I Ik last night. The printers declare they the houses yesterday are seeking tho woods I nil not work any longer in the unsafe again, and the trains go out of the city I killing, and the chances are that the News I crowded to their utmost capacity. The ex- I at Courier will not be issued to-morrow, j mayor has before him about 1,000 tele- I Iho stocks at Summerville started this j grama, to which he has prepared a general I Mtning and continue at intervals of ten reply of thanks for any money aid given, I states and are very severe. I and asking to be allowed to draw for the I The people of Charleston are terror- amounts donated, and that it will be placed I taken aud fear a return of tho I where most needed. I attbqnako at that point. It is estimated The Knights of Honor, in reply to an in IlktUOt persons left on the early trains, I Wiry from M. L. Bonham, G. D., of Abbe- I isd tie) are now flocking to the depot, I wills, sent the following answer: I wiling 'or trains to be made up to take I "I do not think a single Knight of Honor I Sam away. The shook last night caused b »s escaped without serious loss. Any I Ik death of Miss Patsoy Toomer, who was | money aid will be thankfully received. I 1 ampins in the Arsenal grounds. She was I would advise yonr telegraphing to thr I gnu”old, and never rallied after the I supreme director in our behalf, | dm at 114)5. Bertha Clide died from “W. \V, Simuonds, D, D and G. D.” I morale and fright; Moses Brown from Professor Mendthal, of tho (Smithsonian I Ming walls; Louis Chisholm from exposure Institute, will go through a thorough ex- la iklli van Island; Henry White, cadet, I aminstion. He says from all ho oan ascer- I relapse of typhoid, fever, brought on by tain this eartbqnsko is like the New Madrid I fright and exposure. Haxdx. I earthquake, in Missouri in 1811, and which 1 I luted a year. I got this from Professor THE UPHEAVALS CONTINUE. Mendthal personally. ——— I This report has spread over.the city, and IfcwitDili ot People Flying From the ale- is causing additional distress and grief. vuted City. This, with the continual upheaval on the Cbuustow, September 4.—The upheav. neighboring islands and at Summerville, ik it ganmiervilfe continue. Thousands I ^ horrible situation. !«lpeopie are leaving. The exodus is in- ™* PJ-tow in the job room of the «S t . Governor Sheppard has visited *«*» and Courier went to work a few min fttrau with tho committee from the ? Ua a 8°- Hot rocks commenced com- ^y inf' through tho window, causing a Ikulads around the city are the scenes panio, the printers piling down, ofnailery strange pictures. I have in on top of the other. I went a/hlfome dirt of four different colon, * nto . #®° room • ftnd EJf* 6 ® U P ■ml ioii lavs brought in by a responsible «>«*“ or of the blue stones. They were lriU.au from the ten mile post « tb ® ““*• , Tll ° «*“• «® MU. A. Yates of the phosphate works R ot ° work. It is doubtful if the News and kri ton appointed chairman of the relief Courier hands oan be got back to work to- •asitteaT The tenU received will day, TUi. Uat ocourtence tt wlthoat pand- W cover one tenth the What is next, no one can predict The •••dj. lUgular encnmpuients will | ®hoYe occurred at 1 m MUbluhed Aud sanitary regulations Professor McGee said that the ornament al work and ginger-bread work in Charles ton was in many intances out of proportion to the size of tho buildings, and these parts would be apt to fall and carry away portions of the general structure. He said that when ho left Wiishiiuton hi thought lie would have very little difficulty in determining tho approxi mate causo of the earthquake,but confessed to have been much puzzled by his observa tions. Contrary to expectations, he found that the fissures were not uniform in their di rection; somo|extend from north to south, and others trom eajt to west and on this account he would hesitate now to give any scientific declaration. He did, however, give the opinion that the shocks were the result of lot-ill land-slidi s By term “local” he docs not mean that the shakes can be traced to any particular place, at Summerville, Charleston, or else where, and remarked that there was no connection between the shakes and the sup posed volcauio action. HU impression is that the area covered by the land-slide theory has been from forty to one hun dred miles under the bed of the sea. Ho was confident, moreover, that the worst was passed. This statement, however, was made prior to the severe shock at XI o’clock last night. He left Summerville this morning for tho phosphate district, where he will continue nis observations. Professor McGee’s remarks have had an axo.ollrtu t fiffeot TTn to vftRterday ahont 1,000 people, or one-third of the whole population, had.left Summerville, and it is expected that Professor McGee’s Btatement will stop any further exodus. Samuel Stammond, who was reported at dangerous TWO DAYS’ EXPERIENCE OF OUK SPECIAL STAFF COUItE- SPOSUENT IN OHAHLKSTON. * An Opiniou of a Layman bh to the Cause of the Earthquake—The Ktal Con dition of the City by the Sea- Echoes of the Shock. say this, aud I am inclined even now to strike it out; but it is an honest conviction after two days and nights of experience and so I let it stand. Tho question is repeated many times, how does the city look? One can easily de scribe a landscape or a mountain, or a sun set at sea, because nearly every ono has seen them, and words convey the idea easily. Descriptions are best done by comparison; but very tew, fortunately, have Ro>n a wrecked city, and to attempt comparison would be futile. Nothing but inathomati- After tho shock at 11 o’clock Friday cal dimensions of the cracks, or destroyed night, I traversed the streets of Charleston, portions of buildings, and tho number of taking in the scenes until 4 a. in., when buildings, with descriptions of them, could 1 boarded the train for Savannah over the convey anything liko a definite, 'accurate Charleston and Savannah railroad, and ar- Idea of tho destruction. A sight-eeer who rived borne in Macon at 4:20 yesterday af- visits Charleston with tho idea that ho will ternoon. seo the city laid waste, would bo disap- Since I have been back I have been be- pointed, lie could not toko in tho damago sieged by innumerable people, whoso anx- in one view-. ietv so exceeded their curiosity in their in- It is only by going from house to house quiries, that I have thought it well to give and examining tho walls, back and front, plainly, without rhetorical or imaginative and looking at tho ruined interiors that one ornamentation, u review of niy oW-i vatnnis can at all gra*q» the trim condition. There and experience in Charleston from Thurs- are no enormous crumbling piles of ruins, day afternoon to Saturday morning at 4 1 The streots are almost entirely clean of do- o'clock. There have been some very exng- bris, and looking down any ono of the g.-rated accounts sent out,mainly by special broad streets there is scarcely correspondents who seem rather to have any evidence of the devastation, sought the occasion for pyrotechnic rheto- Unless an attentive observer, the cunous ric than definite description. Tho dis- sight-seeing visitor will bo disappointed, patches that I sent tu the Tkleg&apb from J As a matter of fact, few visitors bad risked Charleston were as far as in my power and satisfying their curiosity up to yesterday; knowledge,unadorned, accurate statements but, doubtless, later, when safety shall of the real condition of affairs. My in- seem assured, many strangers will visit tho structions were to seek and report faota, city. ly injured and dying, is now doing well His leg, however, is fractured, and he has many THE NATIONAL HEAR!' TOUCHED BY THE KBCITAL OF CUAKLU.STONS MISFORTUNE. Prompt an«l Generous Outpouring Dollars to Tho IfotneMw amt Pood les* People of the Doomed . City l»y Tne den. and such was my honest aim. I was surprised to learn that tho shock of Tho greatest excitement during my visit I Tuesday night that wrought tho destruction was occasioned by the shock at 11 o'clock I was not awful in noi^e. From what I could Friday night, which was i" u’cluck Macon gatln-r from numerous witm-ss.-s, the none standard time. I was standing in the was very little doouer or louder tlmn that lobby of thA Charleston Hotel at the I heard iu many Georgia towns. The main time* bilking to severul repre- j thing noticeable was tho extremo heat and sentntivea of the Northern press. There I dead calm; mauy found difficulty in breath- were about twenty gentlemen in the lobby. 1 ing for a few minutes. With the shock I heard no premonitory noise. The shock camo stilling {sulphurons fumes. Then the lasted not over five or six seconds. The I dust from the centnry-dry mortar of falling sensation was os if I were see-Rawing with buildings nearly choked many. I forced it them for tht protoetSoo oth—lth. I w* coxmittee, ao far aa appointed, are: Iw J. A Yatea, F. W. Dawson, Mr. Guer |aUiad Mrior Iluguenin. The South Carolina llailroad Company BHOWBB8 OF PEBBLES iwalh} ipt J Mr oLS L bat I* o< a Greato a Sennatlon Among the Peopb Damage Done. Ciup.lekton, 8. C., September 4.—The poue hundred box cara at the disposal of I shock last night caused great alarm on ac- «• committee. I count of the ahattered condition of the l**iB*bbath i» dawning upon the peo-1 nervee of the poople. Those persona who FA tad the night will be another ono of I had ventured back under their roofs hur- "tytaie and anguish. The people will, I ried into the etreeta, which preaented for a *fch<arU in their mouths, listen ut every I few momenta an tragical an appearance aa I on Taeaday night. But little actual barm Ihi reporta of upheavals and geysers from I was done by the shock. Two untenanted jwmmoding country between here and j houses aro reported to have fallen, together JUMumille is something fearful. No I with a part of tho coping of the Charleston ■jjc* will be occupied to-night. I Hotel. JmNears A nd Courier building and the I The vibration during the shock was not Telegraph offices have been con- j especially great, but the moaning and howl- The Southern Telegraph inpved I ing sound waa sufficiently alarming. Grad- itor offiee to No. l'J State street, without I nally the people had come to the conviction *J»nt€rroptiou of business, and tho News that the fhocka were at an end aud the dia U c °wier are making many efforts to get I appointment waa agonizing. l^Jpapar The senaation to-day is the felling of excitement is wearing off and a great j shower* of pebbles iu the lower part of the men have to call atimnlanu to their city. The first fall waa at 7:30 o’clock this “to keep them up. I morning and the second at about 11 o’clock. jJJ* Michael'a steeple,” says the Earth-1 They oppeared to fall in a slanting dirtc- ?*«» afternoon edition published tion from the south to the north. There [*•*. ‘h’i kicked np queer antics aincetho 1 aro monels of flint among them aud are P •« oc k on Tuesday night. The Btee-1 plainly obradod and wro n by the action of eighteen inches. The shock la*t the water. Some few have sharp fractures W threw it back twenty-one inches.” I and have evidently been recently broken. ttBUtMtadvioMfrom SammerviUo re- The fzet of the fall is vouched forbyaev- the ehocka mill continue in rapid eral trustworthy persons. The bulk of tho and aro very violent. An eyo I pebble* fell in and around the News and JJttj states that he waa standing over a Courier office. J*“Md to be thirty-five feet deep with Ciniu>i*roN,September4.—TTiebarof the feet of water in the bottom. Snd- harbor of Charleston has not been nffected ’ rumbling waa heard and tho water by the earthquake. Soundings taken on fcptolv. When within three feet of Wednesday show aeventoen and a half feet Efface the shock waa felt and the of water in the south channel one hour be- * Receded slowly. This co tinned fore high water, and in Pnmnkin HiU chan- ; h iQccesaave ahock. At Cainhoy, on I nel, sixteen and a half feet of ^Ater. Tbtro ^»P«r river, telegraphic advicea aUto ia no truth in the report that the bridgou «ock Btruck tho village last night at across the Ashley river have fallen. * ‘ ~ psor. m'qcbV opiknav. ■». i -—~v — | Cbxblentok. September 4.—Prof. W. T. 7 iU McGee, of the United States geological aur- 7 e either killed or the abocka I . to Summerville on 1 riday to m- deaths have bnt there vhich . ,, veiiitato tho imuinUte or remote cituea of place thin the n „ nt „rthq.inke. Ho atoppod at the arc luaity cuee of in- ~ Mj],, mu „ution, arouud which the ®*y result fatally at *“>' earthquake wus parti.-ularlj active, and paid tvni-irt especial uttentiou to th« mattar which waa Huji R® a'reet* are lit wi h camp np (rom the cniters which are nu- u?J??* bit * DU eB “ m P ed merous through the belt of country. ex- tsa - , ther , e 1K KU y -'l’ 00 ‘Ki ce I tendiuB from DiaheFa »«rm. about four |*i h®* 11 ritmridy ooeupied. Th. ^e Tea Mile HiU north and toff®?-1° nn 8M*olda«> — ****** I Mfc «nd likewise ceet and wcet for an In- ox neeyen, and are n« cheerful , dietance eloDtf the acriooot t. terrot ot the coming night will professor McGeo oollect-d specitneDS of . Lioil Mid mnd which bad been thrown np, "id'Caval last night in ^nd K-.mpUri of wattri which towed from ■•'Kbnii.pS l “ I le ,°pl». and the q« » er - t he flaanre, taking piirUcuUr note of the pTn:- nakee the j*ople belieyo on th, f ttt m of Charlce L-.e, the 1 F«opW gISf U about sixteen feet h fteir for a piece to a are KnJ , ixU «n leet deep, h?'will nnt venture into | U, Sn ,nn severe contnsiona, Tho feeling to-day is decidedly more cheerful and a better tone natnrally per vades in the community. It is difficult to give any precise reason for this, bnt it is a fact. TUB IlELIEr COMMITTEE. Workmen are at work upon tho injured buildings, putting them in order, end as much » possible is being dons to protect the interiors from the ruins which ure expected. Another eloment which in creases confidence is the organization to-day of a strong relief comuitteo,which will.take entire charge of the provision of food and clothing aad quarters as for necessary for those who have suffered by tho earthquake. A considerable num ber of tents have been received from the government and others are expected to morrow. Tho orphan house, alms house and both Catholic orphan asylums have been provided with sufficient shelter. An encampment for othor refugees in military stylo is now being formed on the Bonth Battery. There will be au encampment for the colored refugees on Marion Square. It can he confidently assorted that this work of the committeo will he systematic, and that all funds at their disposal will be prop erly applied. THE ACT1NO MATOB TAKES A BEST. Ch4JU.eszok, September 4.—This after noon, ucting Mayor Huger went to his home for the purpose of, embracing the only opportunity be has hud unco Monday night to rest He accompanied Governor Sheppard, who arrived early from Colombia over the city and pointed ont the domage to property, and consulted with him ■■ to the plana for allevmtin ■ H..- suii.-nm Up to sunset to-day about $30,000 in cash had been received for the sufferers, and the Indications are that several times that amount wonld be forwarded soon. One of the very latest contributions was annonoo. ed in these wards by wire from Mayor O'Brion, of Boston: “l>niw on ns for $5,000.” The venerable W. W. Corcoran, sent his indvidnai check for $5,000, 4, .TO TUE ruol’EflTT LOSS. The reporter mode a careful detow of tho city and was surprised to find so niach wrecked proporty which had before escaped the eyes of the press representa tive!. At least four out of live of ail the buildings are damaged more or less. The city assessor, William A Kelly, says that the loss will readily reach $10,000,000 The toxahlo proporty aggregates $22,000,000. As tho greatest portion of the prupi rtv di-.-tr-ipfd uni inhibit.-.1 l.y tli old families who have no surplus means, it is believed that only a portion will be i built. All day there bps been a constant rattle snd roar of the falling buildings os they aro being torn down by the owners as measure of safety. Hundreds of others will not come down until the action has been ordered by the city coancil. At many places ropes arc drawn across the streets to keep pedestrians away from the condemned and dangerous buildings. FRIDAY NIGHT’S SHOCK Fete In Certain Flacee, but Without Dam- nge Anjwhere. sm'rjlnton’, Pa., September 4.—A distinct shock ot earthquake waa felt in this city 11:05 o’clo:k Uat evening. Pittbbcko, P.c, September 4.— A Blight earthquake shock waa felt at Sewicklej, Pa., twnlv« miles west of thia city, last night at 11.05^ standard time. The Bhock was not perceptible in tbU city. Lyvchbubo, Vjl, September 4.—Another diaiinct shock of earthquake was felt here last night at 11 o'clock. SAVANNAH’S B fc GoND VICTIM. Dftlla Supple D1»b of U«r Irjarlct-Anoth er Miock—Savannah’* G*-utro*4<y. Savannah, September 4.—Delia Supple, a young white woman, died to-night from injuries received in jumping from the second story during Uat Tuesday night'' earthquake. She is the second victim this city. Several slight tremor* were felt here to day and the people continue to camp out in tho square*. Savannah has contributed $6,000 for the relief oc the Char leaton sufferers. HavAnnah’a itunuiutf* Ur«»Uy Strained. Savannah, September 5.— At 10:43 to night another Bhock, equal in severity that of Uat night, waa felt here. Hundreds of people are still camped in the square#. TTirfcontinuance of the shock* ia very ae- vero on the buildings, which are greatly strained. only n plank under my feet. The immense I From tho press reports and specials hotel building swayed to and fro with the I published in this morning's issue, it will same Bee-saw motion. When I felt I bo scon that I am borne out in my opiniou Macon Tuesday night, I that tho shocks are not yet permanently beneath impressed mo as | over. other side of tho | It Is doubtless terriblo truth that Haydn. the shock tho earth solid through to the very ?lobe, but 1 felt in the Charleston Hotel ns | Charleston is a finished city. i only a plank was beneath mo. This sugg ested to me that may be the deeper foun- dation of Charleston had by years of per-1 Melon Hind Preserve., •lotion been worn awavj and that a mam-1 moth oave was beneath the city; or that Prof. McGee's land slide had occurred Do j on know yon can proiervo water- brnmUl.inT T|,melon rinds without cooking? Try it. Cut Et ni &itv 8 p ' I red, rip. pulp win? a sharp knife I did not reafizo any fear at tho moment a J d pare off the outer circle of skin. Cat of the shock. I was dazed. Tho shock ‘ b ® P 130 ® 3 »« tb ® 31za was over before I moved. When it had an d, P aok in ‘°8» r - u,,n £ «’?° a 8 laM passed I started for tho front street, but ro- ea *tben jar* with covers. Pot in a layer of Lathering tho shattered condition of tho tmd °®’ r ® r . » itb • a f®'^X’the front of the budding, I hesitated a few see- ? n nnU ‘ tbo 3 , f "“; ™S**JK*2 onds. Finding that the pillars remained, ‘*7® r w, ‘ h , a Bl1 ' 1 thicker coating of angar. I rothed «S iLl L possible to Tb ? , waUr in , , tb ® ’"'d will melt tho angar the street. The others who had been in “d «®m »»Wch mo.t wver tho lobby hod rushed out at cnee on feeling “ H th ® rind - “ fe f. w ' cks it will be ready the shock. I hod joined thorn in almost aS f ? r use - a P d ia thought by acme to bo deli- imperceptibly brief apace. .T be ,. re d P nl P. wb ® n not t00 "P° Tho afreets were crowded with people in- b ® b 'auUful y curved and preerved in tho .tauter, Lhobad under renewed tfoniidenco tolu “ ddiDB returned that evening to the houses for the Iar b cl X to its popularity at the table, first time since Tuesday night. At onco I A Valuable Uorse. roso on the air tho despairing wail I Covington EnerprUe. of unintelligible hymns being Qar old friend F. M. Sigman has a horse, shouted by panic stricken named Ball, that is 23 years old, and is negroes. Tho white people huddled to- j worth his weight iu gold to parents having gether in tho middle of tho streets. One children they desiro married off, or to get group of about fifty women, men and chil- | mnrr ied themselves. This faithful animal dren gathered at tho intersection of two | hag hauled most of Mr. Sigman’s children streets, and sat bolt upright in chairs all I around in “courting time,” and, somehow night. At tho time of the shock the j 0 r somehow else, has managed to marry weather waa very cold, and thoso who them all off. Tho “old man” concluded not had rushed out suffered all night for want I long since to try his hand, aud invitod a of sufficient wraps, for they woro too charming lady to tako a ride behind tho fiery terrorized to return to tho houses, I steed, and tho roHult waa ho proposed and for oven so brief a space of time as would I was accepted. This horso never permits a enable tbem to get extra clothing or wraps. I couple to rido behind him a second timo l houaands of people suffered from cold ull I unless they aro engaged. Ho has married that night. I off three girls, four boys and ono grand- The shock renewed terror in the heart* of daughter, and the “old man” himielf. all, and many were dumb with hopelessness. I „ • They reminded one of the time of tho last An Iln P rov *>* 1 Corn, yellow fever epidemic in Memphis Fori J , “ Adv*rtu«r. when people struck with the disease I Mr* C. B. Wooten, of Itusiielville, has Btared each other in tho face, awaiting variety of corn that he has improved to death, without a ray of hopo lighting their I high utendard by fp*cial euro in th« Melee- glaring eyes. tion of seed corn. It in large groined, and The wailing of tho negroes was pitiable, of extra weight, ami makes nuperb corn Tho anguish and despair in it really was bread. Sample* of this corn in tho ear aro thrilling. The terror waa added to by tho on onr table and is very fine. Mr. Wooton almost entire nbeence of light# of any kind, has twenty acre# of upland planted this The city wan in gloom, and a reign of ter- yoar of tbU ooro, which he claims will was on. Tbero w&# no mod rushing I yield, when gathered, twenty-five bushels about, and there wo# no noUe save I per acre. _____ the wailing set up by the colored A Child Bitten by a KattUanak*. people at the time of the .hock. A largo | CtiioSi Kfpt cmW 2.-Tho littlo nine year Nzw York, September 4. The following has been sent A. W. Taft, president of the Cotton Exchange of Clmrk-Hton, by the chairman of the New York Cotton F.x- change: “ Draw on of for $1,000 for relief of tho sufferers. We will Bead you more as fa«t as subscribed. Dr. Simonds, of tho First National Bank, will cash your draft.” Tho committee appointed by the mana gers of the Now York Cotton Exchange to solicit subscriptions will receive and trans mit froe of charge any moneys raised for tho benefit of the Charleston sufferer*. The amount subscribed to dato at ibe Cot ton Exchange is about $3,500. Washington, D. C., September 4.—Ono hundred and fifty dollars was subscribed the post-office department to-day in Ichh than fittcon minutes for the relief of tho people of Charleston Boston, Mars , September 4.—Fifteen hundred dollars was raised by noon to-day by tho citizena’ committee in aid of the Charleston sufferers. Washington, D. G., September 1 -Con sidering tho number of employes absent on leave, the heads of bureaus iu the Treasury Department who have been receiving sub scriptions for tho relief of the earthquako sufferers aro meeting with fair return*. Comptroller Trenhoim has received $300 from tho employes in liis bureau and a few outside contributions, while tho subscrip tion papers circulated in tho other bureaus netted over $450. IUleu.ii, N. C., September 4.- Mayor Dodd, of this city, to-day called a mass mooting ot the citizens to meet Monday af ternoon ti mine luudn for Charleston. Gov ernor Scales and others will speak. Baltimore, September 4.—Anothor meet ing of tho prominent citizon* was held in tlio city hall at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Mayor Hodges presided. A resolution of tne city council of Charb-s- ton, accepting aid from whatever source for the distressed people, was read, after which resolutions were adopted forming nu aid association, composed of officers of com mercial and industrial n-*Hociationn, to col lect money for the objoctin view. On motion tho reception room of tho mayor’# office was made tho meeting place of sever »1 committees to complete arrange ments. A. 8.' Abel A Co. then contributed $1,000; M. Lanohan, $500: Joel Gutman & Co., $100, Armstrong, Cator & Co., $250, Ilodges Bros., $250. The mooting ad journed subject to call of president. Columbus, September 4.—At a called meeting of tho council to day $1,000 was appropriated to aid tho sufferers at Charles ton, and Aldermen Elledgo audGarrett woro appointed a committeo to convey the money to that city mid ascertain if mom is needed. Columbia, September -1.—The city coun cil to-night appropriated $1,000 for tho Charleston sufferers. Jacksonville, Fla., September 1 Tho total to-night of tho subscription raised in Jacksonville for tlio Charleston earthquake sufferers reaches $2,400. It will be largely increased. ... — 'At Summerville Professor, McOe. eon- IVOMiha T“ «»enlDB i* clow ODd I hil lnTf , (gaiioM, and Uiksd freelj l“* » queer colonnfl. , 41lh lhe ^ntl.weu there. One of th^o lb*, tod * Q d *7*“* throa ^ Irivto th. Ns«s and Conner a sketch of » ujiuk m ViS toe News ana number of ttniospherio I ir ®-1 preftswr M.-Ge®'s f ,tot<-mtuts. '•Stoffil miL de by sdenttsts. d WhriU “^having x good time here, IO DtSPECTTBE BriLDIXOS. The Eiodu. froi CauBtam*. Septej mated that not less 3,: city to^iay. Tho tie: I -i, n II'.t.l alou iLoassud doll >tV worth - Chnrlt-nton. her 4.--It is e#ti*L “ people left the ktt seller at the t« mid otn m> tickt u. number of meu braced up at tbo nnmn-1 deogbter of Mr. J. Brown, living tonr onabar-roomf and the bar jnit oppo.ite ^ f k bcre Crawforil - comit y“ Wftl tbo Pavilion Hotel, where I msdo my head- bitten b a rattlesnake yesterday afternoon qasrters, ws. tomnned np to the boar I M hat sccounU she wi doing well and her Ckurleston Hotel told me toi^he had done ^. ln « P b J‘ ldan apptebemied no serious . bigger business each day since Tuesday Tho term o[ Byron gu, School has oxcept onUbo “rf July^ ^ }e ° ri ^ *“ b As to the condition of the damage, it 1j llltteu Three Yesrs Ago, very difficnlt to made an estimate. There I Borne Courier. are few brick buildings that escaped being I James Carroll, a white man who livea seriously cracked in many places. Fully I Lave der Mountain, was in the city yes bait the hnildings have parti ot them torn terday. He wears his right band in I awar. The very handsomest residences I swine, be having been bitten something are beyond repair. over throe years ago by a cotton mouth Tho peop’.o on Friday beforo tho night moccasin. At one time the wound looked shock, had recovered their wit*, and had na it it would soon heal, but lately it 1ms gone to work at clearing away the debris, grown worse and hia band is considerably hut the night’s shock certainly put all no I swollen, tion* of vigorous repairs out of their head* _ ., , ' for the present. Did another shock not _ Sc ilej . I riu «ry, occar torn whole week, I do not bkliovo Euaville,^beptember 3,-The primary the people would gain euffident confidence Mtottat for tho nomination of a Democratic in that time, to take any steps to wards per-1 oaodldato for ltepreaentative in the next maneut inprovements. It is not exaggera-1 I^Kndatnro was field at the several pro tion to say that the demoralization in I ®“>®t* yesterday. Much interest was man Charleston on this Sunday morning is ™MjA Tha_following was the ruult greater than it was at noon on Wednesday, “J: -• McMichnel *52, Hon. I. B. My en fifteen hoars after the destructive shock of }' , I) - ' tota vot ® hlciltchaela majority Tuesday night Should there be another Ic - - shock ho hcvere aa even tha'. of Friday night When Tar and Feather. May Come in. it U doubtfoi that the town would not be column Time.. abandoned for months. I We understand that two Mormon elder! A number of people have askcl niy i, aTe WO rkiDg in the viciDity of Plain- opinion aa to whether or not the end haa T jU e ( 0 r some time paat, but have beard of mme. I am_ frank: I know nothing | no C0n7e[ ts. It the State cinnot prevent beyond an ordinary school training of gaol- t beae poiygamuta from deluding the igno- ®?y. -Bd the vanegated Mid at-vanance rant, a coat of tar aud feathers by the citi- new* of these identiaU who have written 2eB » have the derived effect: on tarthqnakea, makes me have very little belief in the oeienre as atpresent developed. N,, e I. liuilt uf Ueargla Ptee. Because of the Beemiug hollowness ben. ath Braaisk* Her.M. me in the Cbsrieston Hotel when the shock The Americsn yacht, Mayfic _ came Friday night, I confess that I have J which his been awarded the honor o! con- grave fears that a part ot the city will either testing with the British yacht Galatea for be swallowed up, or, at least, that the Goelet cup, is. built of Georgia yellow a portion of it will settle several fye t, which I pine, selected and tawed at the of course, means total destruction for the mills. , h0 “ M -° n lb « 'and JO settling. My belief IuD . d Hi. own Llcen.e. is that lh« earthquake waa canoed by a land-1 . r -w • slide. ILul it been volcanic, the openings McRae, September 3- Mr- Alex, McDuf- inthe earth for a circla of twenty.fi^ I onr [ honorable otdloary, and Mrs. mile* around Charleston, would have given ;‘ 3r, j la . Ann k lwt ev.-n- amplo outlet for the exploding substance* ‘ n «, at Ihe reBidcnce ot tho latter by Judge and gucs. and that - re now the end would A ’ M - McLauchlm, J. P. baYO boon, or that at aoiu*- one or two I They Joined In m Harry, point# there would be distinct volcanic I Grinin 8«n. »y‘i l ■Ra^l^toia tbs KgRotOMW ISwus;,, *jat-m or order yet to the rc- is entertained of 1ot birth, are reported iu the to a fine point before anthoriue* at Charleston, !*>«, of the corps ut engineers, now tinned there, h*e been InaUuctod to' ..fit with the mayor and r,w- r “ j- m ,-e in the examination of nuituiEgs ether, i-e as may be in hi. power; ui r‘^t^tr^iri^i's: ton for similar duty. Tho War Depart- nt Llndt-rmm , September 1. oad, : la PiftvauDah. President Li. A, Dublin u from 1’hiUdt • r.p! Chu ienton i in'.»t riiut of land running out ked on i-itber side b be land is made, and it rs g tr'b tl .in a • i 1 «tbl- to >ro huch nbocks a* that pula to-day. He make# lifcht Of tL« * . Fcrutteu n si Co., and **>■» it ^ill amo n * itbing whatever, and that the i ruinly be built by the ent and without ^reat delay. ...ntto cbm "‘•1 Will ] tmr , «•- Of iierntions safety, nn .u nu in tne ity ; i- .t<- any confidence nfety. I am sorry to A meeting was going on at Brooks Sta tion, and several had jn*t gone forward and ' >ined the church, when the hhock «.-atne. t was so aUrtling that about twenty others rent up and joined. Died From III* li>Jarl««. September 3. M-jor Janie# ry prominent citizen of went own from hi* buggy UntSun- tlay and no seriously injure<l that he died Ihi* morning. for Thom Knight, ub*enc4* 1'ike, wi FOHBYTH. Modern Clnclniiittu*—Judge Wright— New* of the Gourta—I'emonalN. Forsyth, Ga., Septemb- r 4.—Cotton is coming into Forsyth quite freely now. That progressive young farmer, George Davis, of amarrs, brought in sevoral bales before any other man did ono. M. Greenwood, Esq., bus just returned from tbo North. Cyras Sharp, Jr., is now in N*-w York on his Renii-annual expedition and will soon return. Mrs. Kittio Fryer, of this city, and her sister, Mrs. Giddens, of Bartlesville, are visiting relatives in Texas. At Jackson Academy lait night tho A. M. F. school closed with quite a creditable exhibition. Of this school, M. N. Clark U lirincip.il, I. \V. Wood, a*»iitimt, and Mins Lula Trinpe, orgnnint. Afew days siuco while driviug along aset- tlernont roud, some six milos south ot For syth, wo found in tho centre of a plooiant grove of oak and hickory a neat little cot- tago. In thoyard with pipe in mouth and ralco in hand Htood Judge G. J. Wright, formerly of Albany, raking up and burning tho rubbish which had accumulated in building his cottage. The Judge welcomed us cordially and seemed supremely h ippy in his country home, htirrmindel with luxu riant fields of growing corn nud^uperb cot ton, fast reaching maturity. The Judge uses no guano, and his magnificent crop# proclaim to all his kuccc»h as a farmer, aud tbe fertility of Monroe county's soil. Monroo Su^l-rior Court has been iu ses sion for tho past two weeks. Little civil business lias been trail sac tod, owing chiefly to tho fact that tbo flrst week of the court wan about entirely consumed in tho trial of tho Danielly and Gheeves’ case, which resulted in a verdict for tho plaintiff of $125. On Wednesday morning, last, the crimi-a nal docket was tiken up -since which time Solicitor Worn mack has been been quite snt- c'-»hftil in convictiug criminals. The grand jury a Ijniirm-d yesterday. They recommended and Judge Boynton appointed W. P. White notary public aud ex-officio justice of the peace for the 523ril district G. M., and T. -J. Fletcher and John W. Evann, as members of the county board of education. A SUNDAY MORNING MURDER. Two Country Xrgroea Have a Fatal Dl*- pute Over a Mule. Yesterday morning Mr. Lz/» Jl, overseer on Mr. J. G. Evan’s plac*\ seven miles from Macon on tbo e&.t side of tb* river, brought into the city a negro named It »bert Pierce and lodged him in jail. In u short time after a negro came in from the same place with an order for a coffin. Il seems that about 7 o'clock yesterday morning 1'ierco and another negro named Day* Thompson; had an animated dispute concerning & mule. The dis pute tt k phi.**- in the lot of Uncle Peter, a cropper, and who lives jual iu the rear of Mr. Evan’s back lot. The word* waxing warm, Thompson picked up a club and started for Pierce, who ran in side a house. As he was entering the door Thompson struck him, and would probably have killed him had not the door fr.tmo bro ken tbo force of the hi m . Pierce then ran into his own hous- for the purpose «,t get ting his pistol with which to defer.d him self. He h»xl hardly gotten possehsion of the pialol when Thompson approached with an axe. As he was about tostrik-, Pierce tired, tbe ball taking effect in Thompson** htomHch, to the left of tho navel, killing him inatautly. 1*;« rce iruiut <1 lately gave hiranelf ap, snd wii.i brought in to>vu uj* htated Ly Mr. Ez- zelL At 11 o'clock Coroner IIo<lneU went out aud eiupsuntlled a jury. After a careful inve«tigation the jury brougui iu a verdict I of juitifiatile homicide. It 1* probable that Pierce will be released from custody to-tlay.