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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1875,
J. V. GALL A HER. Editor.
Newspaper Law.
1. Any person who tikes a paper regu
larly from the post-office-—whether directed
to hie name or another’*, or wlicther lie
bos subscribed or not— renpont;Me fm
thr ]>en/men t.
% If a [K: rstoo orders his paper discon
tinued, be must pay all arrearage*. or tlm
publisher may continue to send it until I
payment is made and collect the whole
amount, whether the paper is taken from
the office or not.
8. The Courts have decided Mint refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from i
the post-office, removing and leaving thorn
uncalled for, is primn fad* evidence of in
tentional fraud. tf
Beecher Jury Dismissed.
Our readers will probably remember
that many months ago we declined to pub
lish a detailed account of this disgraceful
affair. We were satisfied, and so told our
renders, that Beecher, whether guilty or
iunooent, would never bo convicted, or, in
other words, Tilton would never recover
damages in his action of crim con. Wc
knew well that Plymouth Church pos
sessed a power of influence and wealth, ah
of which would be brought to bear in the
trial. The sacrifice of Beecher was too
great for that stupendous organization to
submit to. The power and influence of
that great sect was jeopardized. Their
cause was imperiled ; their home-made or
man-made sovereign was brought before
the tribunals of the country, and snd to
say, neither the many nor the few, cun say
his garments are spotless and pure. We
have never said, nor do wo now say, tlmt
Uecoher was guilty as charged, for no im
partial render of the facts, can implicitly
rt,By on tire truthfulness of fho statements
of the witnesses against him. We never
doubted, nor do we doubt now, but he
did on various occasions, act indifcretely,
and laid himself liable to suspicion if not
conviction. It was a civil action for dam
ages ; tho greatest amount of,testimony was
against him, hut the jury, as iu nil other
ease*, had tire right to weigh tho testi
mony mid look to the motives and con
duct of tho witnesses, Tilton anil Moul
ton, who had conspired to blackmail
Boechor, wore tho principle witnesses, and
no doubt spared neither money nor in
fluence, in procuring other witnesses and
arranging their story ; and wo have no
doubt but all of this was manifest to the
jury. If the character and conduct of the
witnesses had been pure, it certainly would
have forever stigmatized every juror as per
jured men, who Insisted upon a verdict for
jßeeolk'r, but snob.was not tho case. There
fore, if tho nine jurors who favored an no
qpital wore dishonest and bribed, they
nevertheless had some good grounds for
tho positiou they took. Tho jury dis
agreed, nine for acquital three for convic
tion ; and the populace is divided in about
tho same ratio, nine-twelfths believe
him guilty, and three-twelfths believe him
indiscreet, and Plymouth theatre sustains
it* great actor whether guilty or indis
creet. Wo think it is best for clergymen
to lot other people’s Elizabeths quiet be.
The telegraphic reports of the sth bring
to u* an account of another terrible rail
road collision wliieh ocoured on South
Hide railroad of Long Island on the after
noon of that day. A great many excur
sion trains were run from New York city
to Rockawnv Reach, and at two o'clock
tho train bonud east met the westward
bound train, both going at. a high rate of
speed. A fearful collision resulted, and
two of the passenger ears, tilled with peo
ple, were smashed to pieces. Eight per
sona were instantly killed, nud over t wenty
wounded. Tho accident ocourred near
liockawny, aud created tremendous excite
ment. It was several hours before the
track was cleared, and the wounded were
taken to Brooklyn. The conductor of the
eastern bound train, seeing the danger,
jumped oil his train and received serious
injuries.
The Georgia Tress Convention is now in
session. We would gladly have attended,
lint other matters interfered and prevented
us. Wo hope, however, some good will
l>e accomplished that the meeting may bo
one of profit and pleasure. We will read
ily endorse whatever the Convention in its
wisdom may adopt, and wo do earnestly
hope that any who refuse to bo governed
by the rules ami usages adopted by the
Convention that he or they may be dis
owned as worthy contemporaries.
In a private letter from England to a
gentleman in New York, the World loams
that Mr. Gladstone everywhere, in private
and iu public, expresses his earnest con
viction that England and Europe are on the
brink of ‘‘n great religious war," and that
“his bitterness against tho Catholics can
only be imperfectly appreciated from liis
written and published wolds." A “reli
gions war” is simply a misnormer—a mas
querade of Satau iu the guise of an angel
of light.
Tho Marietta Journal learns that on
Wednesday last, while a party of fifteen
men were engaged in running a threshing
machine, near Alpharetta, a heavy clond
and min came up, and a bolt of lightuing
struck in the midst of the crowd, killing
three men outright, and injuring to seme
extent the eutire party. Two of the men
were brothers, and were standing one on
each side of their father when killed, the
father miraculously escaping unhurt.
Work will bo commenced on the AtlnuJ
ta Custom House by the first, of August,
and everything will be done to hasten its
< c aptation. It will be a very handsome
building, of brick, with stone facing*. The
ze of the building is 110 by SO feet.
A Bom Astro Stout.—The sJboonerFlo
rindo, Captain Kenminc, sailed from New
[Orleans in 1849, for Sen Francisco, taking
a number of passengers who had been
seized with the gold fever, and touched at
I .rt Praya and liio Janeiro, wliii h port
she left in the latter part of the year. A
vessel calling at liio shortly after reported
speaking the Florinda in the Pacific, just
beyond Cape Horn, but nothing more was
ever heard of her, Tbo New Orleans Pic
npunt says that a short time ago a friend
<>f the wife of one of the passengers of the
schooner read in an English paper that a
British naval vessel, driven out of her
course, sighted an uuktiowu island in the
lower Pacific, and found upon it several
l>ersons who said they were the Florinda
crew, who hud been w recked on the islnrid
and had been there, ever since—more than
twenty-five years ago. The names given
were those of the Florinda’s crow, and in
other ways the identity of tiro party is said
to have been established. It is further
slated that the offer to trike them off was
declined, on the ground that tln-y li nil been
lost so Jong they preferred ending their
days there. Further inquiries are on foot
U> establish the truthful ness of the account.
Mr. Dana, of tho New York Sen, in a
recent number of his paper, publishes the
following trenchant, paragraph in relation
to the New York Tribune,-.
“Tile young editor addresses the voters
of Ohio against inflation. Ho fur he is
sound ; but nobody cures to listen to in
structions in political or any other sort of
morality from tho tail tower so long as it
is the mouthpiece of Juy Gould. F.ssays
on sound money in one column anil the
bait of a stock gambler in another do not
consort well. Cleanse the tall tower first,
and then preach morality. People hate
hypocrisy, and do not. go to gamblers for
instruction in virtue.’’
Thisis very gratifying. Will Mr. Dana
oblige tho people of Ohio by looking into
the affairs of that other hard money hater
of western Democrats— the New York
World ? Who are the stock gamblers and
bondholders who control that sheet ?
Oincinnaii Enquirer.
Tt is rumored in Philadelphia that John
Westernett, the brother-in-law of one of the
abductors of ljttlo Charlie Iloss, and who
was arrested and confined some time since
os a conspirator in the abduction, hos
made an important confession ns to the
abduction of tho boy, which promises well
for his recovery, though it furnishes no
information as to his present whereabouts.
In this connection it is worthy of montiou
that it was one year on Thursday last since
the disappearance of Charlie Boss, since
which tirao every expedient has been re
sorted to in order to ascertain his where
abouts.
An old gentleman gives tire Elberton
Gazete a remedy for snake bites or insect
stings, which ho lias itever known to fail.
Immediately upon being bitten or stung,
or as soon as possible thereafter, apply n
piece of moistened coperas to tlm wound,
and keep it there until tho effects of the
poison disappears. Tho ooperas can be
applied with a bandage, or a largo lump
placed on the wound, to which it will ad
here as tho mad-stono is said to do. When
tho lump drops off it should bo replaced
by another piece, moistened as tlm first,
and this kept up until the adhering ceases,
A negro boy, an orplruu about fifteen
years of ago, living with Mr. Grissom,
near Orange pond, about six miles from
Lake City, Fla., lias been missing ever
since Saturday evening of last week and
tlm impression universally prevalent in
tlm neighborhood that ho has been caught
and devoured by an alligator while swim
ming iu tiro pond.
Fourteen thousand emigrants reached
Now York iu June. The number during
tho samo time lust year was twenty thou
sand.
The Country's Railroad Interests.
Advance sheets of Poor's Railroad Man
ual, giving all tho operations of the rail
roads'll! the United States fur 1874, have
just been issued. During tho year only
1,940 miles of new road were opened,
against an average of over 0,000 miles for
the five preceding years, when railroads
were constructed in advance of the wants
of the people. The pause in railroad build
ing will give the country time enough to
grow np to the capacity of the roads al
ready constructed, and will also do much
toward improving tho value of existing
railroad property. The total length of
roads whicbmade official reports of their
operations in 1874, was (19,273 miles,
against 66,230 miles in 1873, 67,823 for
1872, and 44,014 for 1871, The aggre
gate cost of these roads was $3,221,763,-
694, the increase of cost being #437,220,-
500 over 1873, chiefly on account of the
increased mileage and new improvements.
Of the total cost. $1,990,997,486 was share
capital, and #2,230,766,108 various forms
of indebtedness, principally bonds. The
average cost per mile of all the roads was
$6,426 in 1874, against $57,134 in 1873,
$55,116 in 1872 and #50,726 in 1871.
The comparative earnings for the wear
are shown iu tho following table :
Gross. Net,
1674 4520, I66.0!0 $00,670.95 i
1873 526,119,925 133,310,562
** From Oa
Freight, etc. Passengers
1871 5379,0K5,9.>5 *110,995,081
1873 389,085,508 137.331,427
From tho above figures it will be seen
that tho gross earnings for 1874, a year of
great depression, were only 45,953,919 less
than for 1873, while the net earnings dur
ing the same time increased #5,760,396,
which shows a saving oi #11.714,315 in
operating expenses. The reduction iu the
cost of operating roads has been due to
the decline iu tho price of materials and
labor.
♦
If secret, faults arc indulged they w ill
sooner or later break out like smothered
fires, aud the true character of the heart
will be developed. Fires uncap> a mountain
because they nave been long accumulating,
and can be confined no longer. Streams
that flow far under the ground, some
where, though far from the fountain, make
their way to the surface. Disease that is
long in the system, that flows round and
round in the blood, will at last manifest
itself. And so it is with the corruptions
of the heart. They eauuot always be con
cealed, aud God and signs that they shall
not always be. If is well, under the divine
administration, tlia 'V true state of the
heart should he mm**, uiifest, and that
it should he seen \vhat3km is.
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Baptism not E ’ential to Salvation.
Mm Eoixon:—Tho hope I expressed iu
my last, that “Eeuquirer’s” eyoe would
become more used to tho light, has some
encouragement from bis last. He is mak
ing very rapid progress for a mere en
quirer. Ho has now come forward with
an explanation, whioh was necessary at
the beginning of these articles, if any
light was to be thrown npon the question.
And even now, this “Enquirer's” explana
tion halves the matter in uncertainty. . Ho
says there are two salvations. Now, which
of these in lie troubled about 1 Does lie
mean is baptism essential to salvation
number one, or salvation number two?
Do not obfuscate your roadars, Mr. “En
quirer,” and then leave them in pitiless
and rayless darkness. Does lie wish to
enquire whether baptism admits a man
into tho church on earth—tho church mili
tant, or tho church in heaven—the ehnrch
triumphant ? The editor is a lawyer ns
well as an editor, and were it not that it
would involve him in this muddle, “Quer
ist” would ask his aid in understanding
“Enquirer.” He denies asserting that
faith, repentance, nnd baptism are all the
N. 8. law, hut he will not deny asserting,
“If more was necessary, it would have
been commanded ;”orif ho shall do So, his
“check” exceeds our expectation.
“Querist” affirms that “obedience is not
essential to salvation.” I’lenso poin t oat
tbo place at which “Querist” makes that
affirmation. Your inference that “obedi
ence is a sort of personal accomplishment,
a polish, a sort of gloss or shine, to suit
tho tastes of men," is like some of the in
ferences rnndo from, the seriptues, detach
ed entirely from tho thing from which it
>s inferred. Your “Enquirer,” Mr. editor,
does now quote First Peter, i 22 correctly.
In his first use of it ho omitted the lrst
clause, which shows the effect or end of
that obedience to tho truth “unto uu
fergnod love of the brethreri.”
That “Querist did not “garble” this
scripture may be seen by reference to his
article of last week ; in tho commence
ment of the paragraph tho whole ex
press ion is made use of: "Having purified
your souls in obeying tho truth unto un
feigned love of tho brethren further on
iu tho same paragraph, the words “in
obeying tbo truth,” were omitted, nnd the
usual asterisks in tho article handed to
tho priulor made use of to indicate that
omission ; these asterisks were not insert
ed by tho type-setter, hut were probably
left out by him because tho very recent
use of tlio entire passage caused him to
think theiriusertion not essential. Because
forsooth, I did not reiterate every word of
tho passage in every nse of it, “Enquirer”
charges mo with “garbling.”
When an enquirer resorts to such an ex
pedient to cost doubt on his antagonist, a
suspicion is awakened as to tho honesty of
•his enquiry. **
The efficacy of obedienoo is not the is
sne between ns. Tho enquiry with which
you opened these articles is tho issue ;
that is: “Is baptisiin essential to salva
tion ?”
When anxious enquirers came to Jesus
and said “wlmt shall wo do that wo might
work tho works of God ?" 110 answered
and said unto them “This is the works of
God ; that ye believe on him whom he
lmth sent," Jon 6 28-29, But now nn
“enquirer,” a person confessing himself
to be in doubt and difficulty ; a mere tyro,
protends to assert that this is not all that
is necessary. Jeans said in that no dis
course “verily, verily I say unto you, he
that believnth on mo hath everlasting
life.” (Already has it—lias it now.)” But
this same novitiate stands up and says:
“Rut this is not enough ; if it is, why any
other requirements.” A poor lame man
asked alms of Christ's disciples and re
ceived healing, and theso humble apostles
say it was faith that made him whole; and
a trembling jailor said to other disciples,
“What shall I do to be saved ?" and l’aul
said “behove on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou slialt be saved, and thy liouso.”
But this truly wonderful beginner would
have us believe I'uul was inaccurate or in
advertent, or elliptical, or some other way
at fault. Away with such impnde'ueo iu
one who acknowledges himself only a
learner.
Iu tho next to tho last paragraph of his
last article, “Enquirer” says many things
he believes ; but the reader will observe
that he does not say that he believes we
are raved by “baptism.” By “faith,” by
“the blood of Christ,” by “grace,” by
"repentance,” ,te., &0., but by “hap
tism,” no/a' bene 1 not once, not once!
How hopeful that indication.
He now takes leave of “Querist.;” but
“Querist” does not consent to such a part
ing. Ho proposes not to take leave of
“Enquirer,” until ho has instructed him
(if ho will receive it) and others through
him, a little more fully. “Querist” has
not denied tho uses of obedience. Ho
truly believes that every saint will render
obedience to divine requirements—not
to any divine requirement, nor perfect
obedience to any. (Because all our acts
are imperfect, and when we would do
good, evil is present with ns, hence mu
own obedience cannot save ns. It is not
true that. I have anywhere said or implied
“that if we render perfect obedience to
every command of Christ, it will avail ns
nothing in the salvation of our souls.”
The tendency of my argument has been to
show that we cannot render that perfect
obedience, and hence that our obedience
is worthless, being imperfect.
Qc£KtST.
The distunbauce at the negro meeting
at the Court House in Vicksburg, on mon
day, grew out of a difficulty between two
white men, one of whom was dangerously
wounded. A pistol was then drawn by
Ben Allen, a colored politician. He was
knocked down at once by the whites and
severely beaten. Soon after this a fight
oocured between a negro and a white man,
in whieli the negro’s skull was broken.
A shot was fhen fired into the crowd by a
negro riding by on horseback, which was
returned by the whites. During the me
lee two negroes, were killed ami one se
riously wAmided. Everything is qniet
now and ho further trouble is anticipated.
General News.
Broom corn was introduced into our
conntry by Dr. Frankliu. While examin
ing a corn whisk. which had been imported,
he accidentally found a single seed, which
tie planted in his garden, and from which
tho corn was propagated.
The Jesuits who have been expelled
from Germany are finding their way to
this country, and within a few days 200 of
them will arrive at Quincy, Ilk, where
they will be quartered at a mom ery till
tiny can be distributed elsewhe e.
A fire broke out iu Charleston on the
evening of the 6th, at 10 o'clock, iu the
building on North Atlantic wharf, in
whioh was stored sea island cotton, rice
and com in hulk. The rice and cotton
wa:: saved, but the corn was burned, To
tal loss about ISIO.iHX); no insurance. The
building was owned by the North Atlantic
Wharf Company.
Private advices from the Black Hilli
expedition received at Chicago show that
investigations are proving tho country to
be richer in gold than has heretofore been
supposed. The earth down to the bed
rock in every direction, it is stated, is
filled with particles of gold, and tho quartz
shows rich veins.
It is stated that Barnwell county, South
Carolina, has a genuine case of Siuneso
t rins. A. woman in thatcounly recently
gave birth to two child on who are joined
together by a ligature very close' resem
bling that Inch united the bodies of
Clmug and Eng. The Augusta Chronicle
says, at last accounts the twins were alive
and doing ‘‘as we'i as could he expected. ”
Hon. Thomas A. Bpence, Assistant At
torney General for the Post Office Depart
ment, has rendered a decision that post
masters will be he'd responsible for the
loss of paekr -e* in their offices. A pack
age, tho con touts of which was wortli 8200,
went to tho Boston office, and was lost.
Mr. Burt, the posim ter, wrote to the
Postmaster Geaeral to know what to do.
He received a reply in accordance with
Judge Spence’s decision to pay for its con
tents and charge himself with it in his next
account.
Mr. Donaldson, who was lobave started
to Europe by balloon lrst summer, ha*
had another perilous journey, in company
with some aerial adventurers connected
with the Toronto press, Tho air currents
were so disobliging and the balloon so un
manageable that the mronauts had no
choice but to descend into Lake Ontario,
from which they narrowly escaped drown
ing through the help of a pas sing schoon
er. This hist experience proves how far
wo are j ot, rum going to Europe us pen
dants to gas-bag.
The platform of the California Demo
crrtic Btide Convention is a general con
demnation of (lie Republican party, of
Congress and the President for evils under
which we live, and pledging the Demo
cratic party to their removal. It opposes
Chinese immigration nnd tho Burlingame
treaty, and favors tho construction of a
trans continental railroad on the thirty
second parallel, and equal taxation, nnd
declares against the prohibitory law. Mr.
William Irwin was nominated for Gover
nor.
Says the Knoxville (Tenrt.) Chronicle-.
“From a gentleman from Granger county
we learn that a sister of ex-Gov. Ken ter to
nil appearance died a few days since, nnd
preparations for her funeral were made,
she being dressed ready for tho coffin. She
lay in this condition nearly twenty-four
hours, nml, just before the lionr of burial
had arrived, tho lady opened her eyes,
telling those around her flint she lmd been
with her father (who was dead), nnd was
going back to him soon, but tlmt she came
hack to talk to her brother, D. C. Senter.
Our informant says that the last he heard
of her she was still alive, and that she still
insists that she will not remain in this
world much longer.”
Tl io Nashville Banne,• thus speaks of
the progress of harvesting grain iu that
and other sections- 1
“Yesterday was the greatest day yet for
harvesting, and every farmer iu Tennessee
took advantage of it. Acres upon acres of
wheat are out and shocked. It is believed
that within the next ten days nearly if not
the entire crop of (lie State will have been
harvested and gathered iuto the gnrnarics
for shipment. Instead of importing grain
from the north and northwest, wo will ex
port it. Last year s corn is now being
t ken into Atlanta liy the farmers of that
locality, a thing not known to have hap
pened there since the war. Cotton and
corn are (growing luxuriantly, and heavy
crops are anticipated.
An extraordinary mania has arisen
among tho inhabitants of a number of
villr es in Western Prussia. They have
firmly made up their minds that their
Emperor has lost 10,000 Prussian children
at cards with the Sultan, and Hint a large
number of Turks are, in consequence, to
ho sent among them to kidnap their chil
dren on their way from school. The
school teachers are supposed to be privy
to this infamous plot, and are understood
to have five thalers promised them for
every child abducted. There have been
scenes of tumult and violence in conse
quence, and, much difficulty is experienced
in nllayiug tho excitement. If there has
been any more denser ignoranco than this
since the deluge, there is, at any rate, no
historical evidence of it.— X. F. Sun.
An interesting incident of the centen
nial, says the Boston. Herald, was the
opening of a box of cigars which were
manufactured in 1760 by Cyrus Green (af
terward of revolutionary fame), at a well
known place of business on Tremont
street. The cigars were found in a good
state of preservation and of fine flavor, as
tho favored few who had the good fortune
to enjoy their fragrance testified. Three
of tho cigars were forwarded to President
Grant, nud he will, no doubt, appreciate
the gift. The remainder were again re
packed in nn air-tight ease with a copy of
the Boston Herald, containing an account
of the celebration, and marked: “This
box is not to be opened until the second
centennial anniversary of the battle of
Bunker Hill. ”
We must be allowed to plume ourselves
a moment. We have discovered a genu
iuo Georgia artist., a copper-plate engraver,
native and to the manner born. He is a
young man, his name is Percy Stevens,
and he lives in Atlanta. The latest pro
duct of his art is a very beautiful and
elaborate card of invitation issued by
George Sharp, Jr., tha well-known jew
eller, with whoso establishment Mr. Ste
vens is connected. It is most tastefully
designed and artistically executed—in
deed, it is infinitely superior to anything
of the kind we have seen in many a day.
The design is delicately, gracefully and
airily wrought, and even the casual ob
server can easily peaceive that it is not
the production of a mere mechanic. Mr.
Stephens, we believe, is the only copper
plate engraver iu the South ontside of
New Orleans. It is w'ortliy of note, too,
that ho learned his art within the borders
of his mother State, depending almost
entirely upon the resources of his own
genius. We have several other specimens
of Mr. Stevens’ art, and they all show the
same delicate fancy, graceful design and
careful execution. Our young friend is
in the line to become famous. —Savannah
yam,
TELEGRAPHIC.
JIK. STriTENS SPEAKS A Pi WE )!J AT], AWT A.
Atlanta July s.—Tho celebration of
the Fourth of July hero to-day culled to
gether the largest meeting since the war.
Citizens and soldiers all participated.
Governor Smith presided. lion. A. 11.
Stephens was the orator of tho day and
made a speech two hours long. Tho
Declaration of Independence was his
theme. Ho reviewed the causes leading
t< i America freedom. He desired to attend
the grand celebration had iu Philadelphia
July 4th, 1789, and asked are these sum),
matters to bring forth on this oocnsiou,
[Here the tele -rapher ha* matters mixed.
—Editob. j Far from it. They are the
deep footprints of truth impreesed on our
earlier history, fixing the character of our
system of institutions, which assertion can
never obliterate, argument can never re
move, time can never erase, and which
wars can never destroy. They stick to
the very firmament* of the primitive rocks
of oar political formation, and only have
to be dng up and shown with their uner
ring inscriptions to utterly refute all false
theories to the contrary. This is the
.ime and occasion to exhibit at least a few
of them. We should ever uisciiminale
between principles of government and
the acts of its administration. Entire de
votion to the one is not at all inconsistent
with stem opposition to tho other. This
is a centennial period. The grand demon
strations in honor of tho hundredth anni
versary of the destruction of tho tea at
Boston nnd Baltimore, and the battles of
Concord, Lexington, Bunker Hill and the
Mecklenburg declaration, which have
brought the different sections into more
harmonious accord, are but a prelude to
tlie celebration of the anniversary of this
declaration which is to come off next year
in Philadelphia. The question is mooted
whei icr we shall bo represented in that
celebration ? In reply, I say with all the
emphasis I can command, yes. What
more fitting occasion could l e planned for
the gatheringof people to consider the r. -
tnre of their institutions nnd contemn 1 .e
their vorkin * iu the past, especia’ly
when administered on tho principles o
which they were founded?
Mr. Stephens closed: “With all honor,
now arid forever, to the men who, by
he'r deeds iu the council chandlers and
on the battle fields, nc ieved our indepen
dence, a like honor now and forever to tho
principles upon which that independence
was founded,” Mr. Stephens w. * frequent
ly applauded for his patriotic sentiments.
A NEW FAOTOIiI.
To-day the ground was broken for the
Atlanta cotton factory. An immense crowd
waspre cut. Huu, Alex. H. Stephens and
other prominent citizens made short ad
dresses, after which tho President of the
company, 11. I. Kimball, formally broke
the ground, amid great enthusiasm.
6Al> ENDING OF A PLEASI’JiE X’AltIT.
Noni'OLK, July 0. —The steam tngLum
berman, while returning last night from
Fortress Monroe with a pleasure party of
eighteen on hoard, was run into off Svw
el’s Point by the steamer Isaac Bell, and
sunk immediately in fifty feet of water.
Boats were lowered from the Isaac Bell,and
several of the survivors picked up. The
following is a list of the lost : Mrs.
E. Hudgens, a widow lady, anil her col
ored servant ; George Wilson, Mrs. Jesse
lMvdcreei, M.s. G. W. Baker, Captain
Ehv .and Cook, James C. Durum, Harry
llorura, of Norfolk ; Miss M. Bonus, of
Matthews county, and the engineer of the
Lumberman. Captain l’rowu of thoLum
iiensan, was struck on tbo head and se
verely injured by the wheel of the Isaac
Beil, but he had strength to rescue his
wife, who had to crawl through the win
dow of tho pilot house to uvoid being car
ried down by the sinking boat. Mrs.
Brown was severely injured internally, and
it is feared she will not survive. Boats
have booh sent down to drag for tho bodies.
Idler. —The sinking of the Lumlieruian
last night lias created a profound sensation
here. Various rumors are afloat as to who
was to blnme, but no definite conclusion
can be arrived at until tho official investi
gation t 'es place. Ten we e drowned,
and only three bodies have Wen recovered.
Two of these —Joseph Wilson and Miss
Bornm—were found near Fortress Monroe,
nearly two miles from the scone of disas
ter. The body of Miss Frederioi was
found mar Sewell’s Point. A section of
the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues have
to-day been firing twelve-pounder gnus
about tho spot where tho bodies are sup
posed to be lying.
TUB WEATHER IN NEW YORK-HEAVY RAIN.
New York, July 6.. — The weather here
to-night is intensely hot. The atmosphere
is close and snltry and scarcely i breath of
air stirring. Thermometer about 90. Thick
clouds have been hanging over the city all
the evening, threatening a severe storm.
Several light showers fell before sundown.
To-night lightuing and thunder have been
incessant, and at half-past 8 rain began
falling heavily.
From reports received it appears tho
storm is general throughout the East At
lantic coast and extends a considerable dis
tance west. The incessant lightning ser
iously disarranged the telegraph wires, and
communication with nearly all points inter
rupted. At this bouse, nine o’clock, rain
is falling in torrents.
MORE OF THE BEECHER TROCHEES.
New York, July 6. —lt was supposed
that Joseph Loader, who is accused of con
spiracy to defame Beecher’s character of
committing perjury, would be brought up
to-day on a writ oi habeas corpus, {or the
purpose of having bail fixed. No action,
however, has yet been taken by his coun
sel. Edward Connors, one of the wit
nesses in the Loader case, is still in jail,
being unable to furnish the necessary
three thousand dollars bail.
MB FOURTH.
Augusta, July s. —The Fourth was cele
brated by the white military for the fust
time siuce the war. Six Augusta com
panies and seven from Charleston and Col
umbia were in line, making the most im
posing display since 1860. The United
Battes Hug was carried iu the column. Six
hundred men were in Hue.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
Macon, July 6. The commencement
exercises of Mercer University are in pro
gress. General C. A. Battle, of Alabama,
delivered a literary address to-day. To
morrow is commencement day. There
are sixteen graduates. A great many pier
sous from abroad are iu attendance.
TRIAL OE EX-TREASURER PARKER.
Columbia, S. 0,, July 6. —The trial of
ex-Treasnrer Parker, charged with fraud
against tho State, commenced to-day be
fore Judge Carpenter.
HEALTH OF KEY WEST.
Kf.t West, July 6.—-There were no
deaths from yellow fever here yesterday,
the weather is cooler, with occasional rains
and squalls. The sickness is abating,
BANK SUSPENSION.
Charleston, B. 0., July 3.—The South
Carolina Bank and Trust Company, of
Columbia, lias suspended. The State liad
#200,000 in the suspended bank.
Health Proverbs.
Perhaps a few simple hints may serve
to aid those who arc in search of that in
estimable boon, health.
Tho e who would have perfect digeslion j
should not drink anything at meals. Drink-1
ing should always be done before, after,
or between me- s.
Milk "is especially pernicious in ah of
those complicated and obscure cases of in
digestion, to which the phioso “neivous
debility" i* usually applied.
One of the great ami increasing evils of
imperfect mastication is decaying teeth.
It is a law of vital organisms that gvery
structure or post meat do it* work or die.
Corsets are the degenerators of one sex
as much as tobacco and liquor are the ene
mies of the other.
Ladies soffering from nei vous debility in
summer should beware of ovcr-exercising.
The fault with two many invalids is that
they overdo when trying to recruit, and
thus seriously retard their improvement.
Women healthfully and happily employ
ed are not usually iu ill health. Hannah
More wrote eleven hooks after the age of
sixty. Sarah J. Halo is now eighty-six
and still editing.
The influence of imagination on the vital
functions has always been recognized, and
it was this recognition that enabled the
ancient physicians to be so successful with
charms, amn'ets and incantations.
Pn asols, except iu the middle of tlieday
during the “heated term,” are pernicious
things, as arc tho veils with which so
many fashionable ladies shade their faces, j
The mo';t prevalent error cm privatei
houses is insufficient ventilation of bed-1
rooms. Young children and infant*. )
though born with fair organizations, are j
often rendered puny and scrornlous by j
sleeping in unventilated rooms.
The error of regarding dyspepsia as a j
local disease instead of a constitutional in- 1
firmitv, leads to tho ru’sehieveous prac- i
tioo of local medication. Dy spepsia is but j
a name for universal physical Jeteriora
tion.
Water drinking between meals should j
lie according to thirst. It is a mistake to I
load a weak stomach with cold water, on!
the theory that it is a tonic. Asa habit it i
is Well to take a tumbler, or part of ono of
pure soft water, after dressing in the
morning.
The temperature of baths should always
he regulated by the temperature of the
patient.
It is said by these who have taken pnins
to inform themselves on the subject, that
there is no country, civilized or savage, I
where bad teeth are so generally the rule,
and good ones so rare an exception, as the j
■United States.
If seats were properly constructed, tier
sons would sit upright, for the reason tlmt |
it would lie the most comfortable positiou. i
ft would lie painful to sit otherwise. The
chairs, benches, sofas, pews, or other seat*,
should fit the small of the back, the curves j
of the hips, and the whole length of the j
thighs, as accurately as a well-made shoe
is shnped to the foot, or harness to the
body of a horse.
How to Eat.
Before annul becomes hungry, watchful
nature has calculated, in her way, how
much nutriment the body needs, and pro
vides as much of the liquid substance as
| will be necessary to prepare from the food
i which may be eaten, that amount of snste
j nance which the system may require.
! When this is stored up and all is ready,
the ser.s.tion of hunger commences, aud
I increases with the steadily increasing
j amount of the digesting material just re
i furred to, and the very instant the first
! mouthful of food is swallowed this “gas
tric juice” is poured out into the stomach
[through a thousand sluices; but no more
has been prepared than was necessary, for
i nature does nothing in vain ; so that if a
, single mouthful more of food has been
; swallowed than the uatempted or uustim
ulatcd appetite would have, called for, there
is no gastric juice for its solution, and it
remains but to fret and worry and irritate
for hours together. If the amount eaten
is much in excess, tho stomach, ns if in
utter discouragement at the magnitude of
the task, ceases its attempts at digestion
and forthwith commences tho process of
ejecting the unnatural load by means of
j nausea and vomiting in some cases; in'
i others it remains for an hour or more like
a weight, a hard round bail or a lump of
lead, an uneasy heaviness ; then it begins
to “sour,” that is, to decompose, to rot.,
and the disgusting gas or liquid comes up
into tho throat, causing more or less of a
scalding sensation from the pit cf the
stomach to the threat ; this is called
“heartburn.” At length tho half-rotten
mixture is forced out of the mouth by the
outraged stomach with that horrible odor
and taste with which every glutton is fa
miliar. In some cases tho stenchy mass is
passed out of the stomach downward, caus
ing in its progress a gusli of liquid from
all parts of the intestinal canal to wash it
with a flood out of the system ; tho “diar
rhoea,” which surprises the gourmand at
midnight or in the early morning honrs,
when a late or over-hearty meal has been
eaten. When sufficient food lias been
taken for the amount of gastric juice sup
plied, hunger ceases, and every mouthful
swallowed after that, no gastric juice hav
ing been prepared for its dissolution, re
mains without any healthful change, in
flaming and irritating and exhausting the
stomach by its efforts to get rid of it, and
this is the first step toward forming “dys
pepsia,” which becomes more and more
deeply fixed by every repeated outrage,
until at length it remains a lifetime worry
to the mind, filling it with horrible im
agining and a weary, wasting torture of
the body nutil it passes into the grave.
The moral of this article is, that the man
who forces his food, he who eats without
an inclination, and he who strives by ton
ics, or bitters or wine, or other alcohelic
liquors, to got up an appetite, is a sinner
against body and soul—a virtual suicide.
—Hr. Hall.
In the country, about nine miles from
St Louis, on Monday afternoon, while
Miss Eliza Chamberlain, nineteen years
old, was going from her father’s house, on
horseback, to a neighbor’s, she was pulled
from her horse by a burly negro. All
her clothing was stripped from her, aud
she was most fiondishly outraged and
otherwise cruelly treated. She fainted
and lay in the road more than nn hour,
when she revived and dragged herself to a
neighbor’s bouse, about a mile distant,
where she went iuto spasms, and her life
was for a time despaired of. The police
and citizens were in active search of the
negro yesterday, and one answering to
the description given by Miss Chamber
lain was arrested here last night. I’eople
in the neighborhood of the outrage are
intensely excited, and swear that they
will hang the monster if eanght.
John C. Neal, of West Troy, N. Y., hav
ing heard scandalous reports concerning
his sister, Mrs. Dr. Gobb, of that village,
took a revolver and went out upon the
streets to watch suspected parties Tuesday
night. He followed a young man named
Dwyer, who was walking with a lady i
friend. Neal, thinking the lady was Mrs,
Cobb, followed the couple some distance,
nutil Dwyer and the lady entered tier j
house. Neal waited outside, and when
Dwyer came out to sea why he was followed, :
a crowd of loungers provoked a fight, j
during \6hich Neal shot Dwyer, wounding
him seriously and perl Hips fatally. I
The Seasons
We are now entering upon what i
usually considered in a business sense the
most inactive season of the year. Many
leading trades continue busy, it is true,
hut their operations come under the head
of “taking stock”rather than the ditffosal
of merchandise to customers. Not a few
Erominent merchant's hankers and brokers
ave gone to Europe, and will not return
until towards autumn, while many others
have gone or are going to the customary
places of summer resort, at home. Tho
Fourth of July, according to the usages of
society, is now accepted os the dividing
line between city and country, previous
to tlmt day one may go or stay, as he secs
fit; bat after that custom would seeru to
leave him no option. Go ho must, or be
content to be accounted singular. Not
withstanding this midsummer exodus, how
ever, the city, which is a little[world in itself
will contralto busy enough one way and
another to keep the market reporters wide
awake. Wall and Broad street*, ever
while the mercury is up among the nineties,
rarely fail to supply their daily quota of in
teresting financial event*, while at the
great commercial exchanges we daro say
there will he from day to day tho nverage
buying anil selling, and exchange of com
modities There need l>e no apprehension
that any claBS of the business community
will get any too much rest, even during
this so ealled dull season. The respite, in
any event, bids fair to bo brief. All tho
indications favor an active autumn, and
there can ho no bettei preparation for it
than tire few weeks’ breathing space that
is now upon us. Rest atld recreation is a
capital investment tor any man of active
business habits; and so far from acceptiu g
it, as some do, os evidence of business stag
nation, the true philosophy is to make it a
matter of congratulation that the merchant
an and business men are wise enough to avail
themselves of it, if only the better to bear
the harness in tne busy season and tlie
meny busy seasons that arc inevitably befo:o
them.—A. 1”. lSulleiiji.
Chinese Superstition.
The Hong Kong Press, of May 15, lias
the following : “On May 1, after preach
ing nnd schools were over, about 4p. m. ,
a man who lives next door to the Metho
dist Episcopal Chapel, in Kingkiang, look
ed into the chapel.keeper’* room and ask
ed if his son was there. ‘No,’ replied the
chapel-keeper, ‘he is not here, neither
have I seen him.’ The man was not sat
isfiud, but persisted in saying that his soil
was there, and he knew they had him, and
that tho foreigners wanted to tako the
boy’s heart and eyes ont to make roedi
cino. This seems to have roused tiro
chapel keeper's ire, for ho repled with in
dignation that the foreigners did nothing
of the sort, nnd wondered that tho nmu
could be such a fool as to think so. While
the two men were arguing tho matter, a
large crowd gather! in tho narrow street,
the man shouting at the top of his voice
that his son was iu the foreign chapel,
and that they wanted the hoy’s heart and
eyes for medicine. At the same time tho
two men fought in the narrow street, in
front of the chapel, and the crowd began
throw ing stones at the doors and windows,
finally smashed in both, and then poured
into the chapel, where, in a very short
time, stools, benches, pulpit, railing, and
chairs were reduced to firewood; from
thence into the. school,rooms, one after
: the other, then into the class-room, ma
king a clean sweep of di sk*, tables, stools,
chairs, etc,, finally cleaning out the preach
er's room, and taking his bed, bedding,
i clothes, furniture, and everything belong
ing to him. Tho preacher himself got
! into the settlement with his wile and
child safely, about 9p. m. A few days
afterwards several of tho vagabonds were
' arrested and reeoiveu a severe thrashing.”
The Irrepressible Sam Bard.
A Washington dispatch says the irre-
I pressible Bam Bard called on the Post
master General on Monday, and presented
a bulky petition asking his retention us
Postmastey at Atlanta, Ga. The Post
; master General informed him that it was
too Into ; that bis resignation had been am
j cepted, to take effect the 30th of this
■J inotflli. Bum denied tlmt he had ever
; written any letter of resigunti on. When
j Governor Jewell handed him his letter to
ithe President begging to remain iu office
j until the close of the fiscal year, he still
i denied that it was a letter of resignation,
| and then spoke of tho losses which lie
I suffered during the war. Jewell asked
I him if his losses had not been incurred ou
j tho Confederate side, and lie responded
in the affirmative. Bard finally left, con
vinced that he couhl accomplish nothing
; with the Postmaster General.
Bam should be ashamed to resort to
Grant’s plea—the sacrifices ho lias made,
i lint, above all, be sbonld have remember
jed that sacrifices for prsnctple, losse3 in
: eurred on tho Confederate side, are not
'■ as meritorious as Grant’s sacrifices in rc
; signing the tan yard to accept the office
jof General of tho Army and the Presiden
i cy. Jdara is sly, but he has got some tricks
j to learn yet.
Since the above was put in type wo
have received our Atlanta dispatch, an
! nonuciug that the “unanimous” Bam has,
j after a hard fight, been oMnpetted to
“step down and out. ” Sic Imnsit gloria
; mxnuli.—Savannah Xeics.
The Irwinton Soulhertier says : ‘ ‘Mr.
j C. C. Smith, of this county, has a bale, of
cotton made d urln ß the war for which he
; was offered in May, 1865, -1+ cents per
i pound, but thinking it less than its value,
1 refused to sell, ffotton took a downward
turn about that time, and has been falling
| ever since, and ho has held this cotton ex
| peering at some time to got at least his
first offer for it. Let its see what lie has
; lost by holding it until now. Five huri
j died pounds of cotton at 14 cents would
| net #220 ; interest on this amount for ten
; years at 7 per cent, would make the sum
I of #154 ; add this to the #220 and he would
| have #374. The present price of low mid
dling cotton in this market is 14 cents,
and 500 pounds of cotton would bring #7O.
Deduct this amount from #374 and it
j wonld make his loss #304. This is the
i strongest argument we ever heard ad
! vanced against farmers holding on for
better prices.
j A gentleman tarrying for a day in Mn
; nice, Ind., became acquainted with a son
: of Jacob Betcbell, who died in Rochester,
N. Y., June 14, at the age of one hundred
j and throe years and eight months. The
son stated that his father was horn in Ba
varia, on the Rhine; that he came to this
■ country thirty-six years ago. In Germany
he was a wine buyer, but on his arrival
jin the United States he went into the
brewery business, which he lollowed up
to the time of his death. He always left
; his conch about four o’clock in the morn
ing, and invariably took two horns of whis
key before breakfast. After the morning
: meal be took his beer at very short inter
vals all day, so that when night came he
was comfortably full. He was also ad
j dieted to the use of tobacco. It is sad to
think that if Mr. Betcbell had abstained
I these vices he might have reached a ripe
| old age.
j Cape Codders are noted for their good
! momories, but they ow n up that they
t eau’t remember a cooler summer than Ulis. <