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THE INDEPENDENT.
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■ATI*III)AY, JI'LY A, 1 HT.t.
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J. C. GALLAHER, Editor and Proprietor.
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r Democratic Cocvontion.
< 1$ the different
district* tit the rrmtitv, iti pursuance to
a call of Ui GKairumn i.{ the Executive
Gsiuuuittou, no-l in ou BaAiir-
Uv last (or the purpose of nominating a
•vunUdgu .to* the yfil- e of Hheriff. All
ilrt disirifct. in tlto county veto repra
neutod out one. There was but three:
named lx-forc IhcCou vent ion, viz. Messrs.
Uowen, King anaThnislicr, all represented
by their frn-mjs us la-ipg ting tjoinocpiU-
Mil villi riff to IlbWl- by tVe' iISCI-WOI) of
the Convention and heartily mipport the
nominee. £ b*
Conceding that all were good men, well
qualified bur the position, Uia question for
the Convention to decide was which of the
three wia/t suugiUnded m W take the qifiiv
with tlie least sacrifice of personal interest,
and at the same time be no situated as to
■-radar to tiw people the moif efficient
service!
In the ease of Messrs. King nnd Bowen,
both living in the country, a considerable
diatauc* tecta town, their affrvhns at all
times would not be available. To abau
d' a their homes and plantation and move
to town, would bn a sacrifice too great for
them to make, or f< the people to de
mand. Hence the duties of the office
would havti to be dfseharged by a deputy,
not chosen by the people, nnd might pos
aibly be wholly unaeee)itnhle to a great
uuinhrr. TANARUS" avoid *ll of those things the
Oonreutimj selected the man Who reaided
in the town, who hail nons of the above
stated sacrifices to make, who is univer
sally pejudnr, in dverv. riwp'-ct qualified
for the duties of the office, a stainless
Democratic record, and as true to his
principles as the needle hr to the pole.
After the Convention had considered all
things they almost unanimously nominated
Mr- John T. fTlnpsher, After they had
acted k?dMesalV-s, and the nomination an
nounced. it was suggested, inasmuch as
there was a great many citizens of the
dotihtry’ptwsrtit, that the wish of the peo
pie be expressed. Ho the question was put
by the Chairman, Mr. Hcsekiah Brown,
to wit: All , rtMsA'fT ftiirdr bf the nomina-
lion of Mr. Jolm T. Thrasher will signify
it by rising to their (pet; ami the vote thus
taken was nlrnost, if not. entirely unani
mous. So we may rely upon the nomi
nee getting almost the entire support of
the Demoeratie party. There are a few
who, we think, desire to remove the comity
printing from the Indki-knoknt to the
/fawner, Jt’ho weroDiugcdy disappointed in
the weight of their influence. This, wo
think, lit attributable to the Imh:it.M)i:n |' , s
independence in not courting their influ
ence, or recognizing their Importance. If
they like the Manner's polities, and the
e,Mirns heretofore pruneied by its editor,
better tlniii they do the political conduct
>f the TvnrT'rvT'rvt, we say they have
a right to their political tastes, and to form
uny combinations or iiflllinUoiis they
Voe Bat ikey lure no jight to |h
any obsequi
<ms bendings to their whims; and we no
tify them now that any such drafts drawn
on this institution will be protested. We
ape lighting vith i for Democ
racy, ud we don’t intend to give a quasi
support to our own side, and at the Harae
time uid in increasing the facilities of an
opposing party to war against ns. A quasi
Democrat is," iu our estimation, a first de
gree Kadicnl, and if ever he gets a suck at
the Radical pup ho will take all (lie de
grees at. once We are not working for
per-ntial popularity, and \\e don’t intend
Hint the party befcmsexnero ft so die one
or more in it that we don’t like personally.
Our object will be to strengthen Democ
racy and weaken the opposing party
without consulting tlie jileaaure or dis
pleasure of any one or Ilia kinsfolk. Our
opinion is tbi)t a mau’s Democracy may be
doubted seriously who offers aid and sup
j>ort to the opposing party. One who
urges a man to rnu a raee, even though he
lus a Democrat, with the view to concen
trate the opposing forms, should be looked
upon with suspicion. A man always feels
indebted to the party that elects him, and
he seldom fails to pay the debt.
We are happy to hear that the candi
dates before the Convention are perfectly
satjsftpd With the munlt, and will cheer
fully support ilho nominee. We wonVI,
however, suggest that every citizen bo on
the alert. An effort may be made to con
centrate all the opposing forces on the day
of tlie election and defeat bur ’candidate.
We hope the citizens will watch every
move and note it, and above all things fail
not to turn out on the day of election.
Don’t make up your minds that there will
be no candidate on the Hndioal side, and
consequently your vote may not be needed.
Ho complete is their organization that they
o ut concentrate their forces in twenty-four
hours. The colored jn'oplo are all satis
fied with the nominee, but they possibly
might be deceived by designing men.
Again we nrge you to watch.
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Don Alfonzo’s Curlists have been de
feated by Government troops under Gen.
Cabrinety.
Mr. Miller, the Liberal candidate for the
House of Commons, was elected iu Ber
v.iekakire, Socihmd, ,Tumi 21st.
Two hundred and seventy Christians
have been murdered in Bosnia by Moham
medan* within the post six weeks. An in
vestigation has beta demanded, and an
archy prevails.
Sepor Mat gall ojo gonat moled anew
Spanish Ministry. Sen or Aurich was to
huve been Ministe r of Marine, but declined
to serve a ijd cuntm iwa.
A column of Spanish Uepublioans were
defeated by the Curlists at Sevan*, and
they Bed to I’ampelmm and were opposed
there by the people, crying • ’Death to
Nouvilas."
What ore the Leading Principle* of tb
Radical Party 1
( imiiot gome one of the blackmailing
plumU-rfiTs, rohl iatlie dark B-mtle of
infamy) tell what arc the object# end aims
of the party. The creduioobilier, carpet
baggers, Urunt'a Louixiunu usurpation,
and the Congresaioiurl salary steal are the
pet policies and loading principles of the
Administration lit M’asßington. But the
Republican Convention of Maine, recently
held, denounce* nnd repudiates the whole
of them. There esn be no question but
tln-sti (he 1* oduitf principles yf tin
jwrty us exemplified by Cougieasionu!
practice, and fiy urn head of the adminis
tration. General Butler proposes to stand
by the party, und the President of his
choice, and is now (he advocate and do
fender of nil those questions as the candi
date for the gulicniutprinl honors of Mas
sachusetts. There ih certainly one set of
principles at Washington and in Maasa
chnsctte, and another in Maine, lienee,
we cnq'ifte whrtf ate the leading princi
plesof the party, or have they divided,
nnd have they two parties ? What set of
principles do the diplomatic Kiwis of
Brooks county advocate, and what posi
tion will the latter-day saints, those in the
preparatory department, take ? It is to
be hoped when they properly review the
situation that they will übnudon the order
and take no more degrees. We have some
fears that there are one or two who are so
desirous to sharpen their nxe on a Radical
grind-atonu that their reclamation is
impracticable und hopeless.
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This from the Morning News:
Hie gushing Galluher, of the Quitman
Indepknoext, we gather, is not a hearty
admirer of the model newspaper.
We take pleasure in snying that we have
been, are now, and expect to be, so long
ns the Morning News in conducted as it
has been and is now, one of its greatest
admirers and one of the happiest recipi
ents of it ns an exchange. It is to us in
valuable, and we regard it as a model pa
por. The little paragraph in the Georgia
column of our last issue was put in by one
of our compositors who aids us in getting
up that column, not with any intention on
his part to disparage the News, but ns a
mere matter of pleasantry. If, however,
we had examined it carefully, we. would
hove stricken It from the column, not that
we would have believed that it would injure
the News, or even offend nny of its editors,
but because we had determined to abstain
from partisanship in the late unpleasant
ness between the proprietor of the News
and the Typographical Union. It wua a
matter that did not concern us except to
excite our regret that the proprietor was
inconvenienced for the time.and forthemis
fortune of the many who forfeited their
situations and arc now-’out of erapioyment.
Wc hope this explanation will bo satis
facton-, and flmt ortr friehd Harris w ill ac
i copt pur gushing thanks for his gushing
conrplnnont.
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Fieecnptiouß for Cholera,
The following prescription was adopted
by the Oollege of Phy-ieiatm in Phlladol
pliiu in l8(i(i. !l has la ell repeat, dly pub
lished, but, as it lias stood tli ■ test (and man.V
years of experience, it will bear republica
tiou at thistitpe. It is regarded hy many
as probably the very best prescription that
can be used for cholera in ita incipient*
stag 04:
; Laudanum, 2 ounc--s;.spirits of camphor,
'Jounces; Uuotnjc O.'cap.icum,- | onflee:
linctufe of ginger,' I ounce: essence of
| peppermint, 2ouncen;lloffmiuTsanodyne,2
I ounces. 11 the anodyne ciuniot bo readi
| ly obtained, substitute sulphuric a-ther
hulf the quantity . Mix thorouglioly and
shako well every time it is used. Give
or take from ton to twenty -five drops, ac
cording to agt-, condition and violence of
! attack. Repeat every twenty minutes til!
| relief is obtained, tu a desperate cose
1 hike a tablespo- -nful at once. Take it tn an
\ equal quantity of water, and lie on the
back getting in an easy sitting position
w ith tin- back supported, .till itlumtull op
portunity to tv oik. Gurry a small phial in the
pocket, with a few lumps of white sugar
upon w hich to drop it, to be used in sud
| don emergencies.
Thu following prescription for cholera,
made and extensively practiced by Dr.
I Benson in 1866, is furnished uu by Dr J,
! I’. Barn urn. Dr. I>. claims for it. superior
ity over any other known remedy:
Ghloroform,three drachms;
Tincture camphor, five drachma;
Tannic acid, half drachm;
Morphine, sulphate, 1 i grains.
Dose—Teaspoonful in water, syrup or
any common diluent This must l>o care
fully mixed, and, if properly prepared,
niakcM a cleai straw -colored liquid. If it
is opaque, 01 contains any sediment, some
of its elements are not in solution, and its
use while in this condition may bo attend
ed, with danger.— Er.
Wit and Humor.
Why do hens always)uy their eggs in the
day-time? Because at. night they areroost
cm.
The very worst of men can help to make
a home happy by keeping away from it.
Why is u serenmig baby like the good
ness o*f morning? Because it is a roarer,
(Aurora.)
It is said of a Wind wood-sawyer that al
though nobody ever' suw him see, hundreds
have seen him saw.
Why is a man who can’t learn by expe
eneo, like a laurel? Because he is an ever
green.
If you want to keep a dead man, put
him into whiskv. If von want to kill a
live man, put the whisky into him.
Lot the youth who stands with a glass
of liquor in his hand consider which he
had better throw away—the liquor or him
self.
It is all very well to say, ‘'Take things
iis they come;” but suppose things don't
come ?
Mexico is said to be like the earth, be
cause it has a involution every twenty-four
hours.
An old bachelor, when teased about his
lonely state, serenely replied, “It is better
to be laughed at for not being married,
than to be unable to laugh because you
src.”
“I say, I’ouv-what did you dear by that
stock speculation?” "Clear,’' said Torn.
"Why. I cleared my pockets.”
A question for legal authorities—Can
you make a blind mini liaolo for a draft
which Is'payable at sight?
"You don’t think so highly of the hyme
neal knot as I do,” saida wife to her
husband. "Yes, I do,” he replied; “it
is only when you wish to malt :t u dcl
ieja knot tint I obvet to it."
STATE GOSSIP.
The free carrier System went into effect
in Savannah on the Ist mat.
The “C. I'V propa*o to “go for” the
Savannah dogs.
An examination will take place at the
Orooverville Academy <>n the 1 Itli inst.
A movement is on foot in Savannah to
inaugurate a Fair for the purpose of aiding
the Confederate Monumental Fund.
The Atlanta Sun has Is-cn merged into
the Constitution. Mr. Stephens still oc
cupies a position on the editorial stuff.
Miss Tift, of Albany, and Mr. Wolf oik,
of.Columbus, became matrimonially allied
last week We hope they will obey the
Commandment.
M. I. Kimball's indebtedness,ascertained
preparatory to taking the benefit of the
bankrupt, umount to over four millions of
dollars.
The fire fiend lias made an ugly gap in
the business portion of TbowmUa
Our neighbor has our heartfelt sym
pathy.
The number of licenses issued by the
Ordinary of Chatham county for the
month of June are, whites, seventeen; col
ored, thirty-one.
Savannah has had a sensation. A man
by the name of Conrad Kilterborn recently
cut his throat from ear to ear in the vicini
ty of “Yamocraw.” Soppoaed to have
been caused from continued disappoint
ments. ,
The Tliomnsvillc Enterprise lias this:
“Well, Brooks county seems alwut to get
ahead of Thomas after all. The introduction
of sheep into cotton fields ns hoc hands is
a stop in advance." Too thin Mr. Enter
prise.
I)r. W, N. King has sent to the Savan
nah Neics office a great curiosity in the
shape of two eggs, joined together by a
smul! ligament aln Siamese. The eggs
are perfectly formed and of the usual
size; one contains the yolk and the other
the white. This double egg wan laid bv a
Shanghai lien belonging to Mr. Quau
toek.
The Macon Enterprise has tliis: “Trade
is dull as it well could be for even this
season of the year. The planters are busy
with their crops, or have no money to
come to town to spend. Wo are, there
fore, remitted to keeping along until cot
ton commences coming to town, paying
debts as bent we may, and acting ns chari
tably as posible towards one another.
The Macon Enterprise of the 28th Neva;
“The passenger train on the Macon and
j Western llailroad, which was due here at
8:20 p. in., yeaterday, ran off tlie track
i about erne mile and a half above Burnes
-1 villo. The baggage car, we leant, is n
j complete wreck. One passenger ear also
j ran off’ the track, but our informer states
that no ole’was hurt. We return thanks
j to Sir. Hightower for the above partial
‘ lars.”
The Havannuh Xaes hif* this: “During
I the part two days wo have been informed
i by a number of parties that they experien
i oed the shuck of an earthquake mentioned
in our issue of Monday, us having been
j noticed on Thursday evening by certain
residents on South Broad street. One
gentleman states that he was iu the library
|of the Georgia Historical Society, on
i State street, and felt the jar very sensibly;
j others wore in the room at the time, and
j also spoke of it, A gentleman leading on
Lincoln si reel makes the same statement,
and another living on Montgomery near
Hull street gives the same exp ricnoe.
Others in different ports of tlie oitv bring
us the name information, and it would
seem from this that the shock was general,
ami uot confined to any particular local
i
This from the Savann&h Ailccrtistr and
Kepu/tHciut: "Yesterday morning as Mrs.
Morell was returning home from the mar
ket, and while passing through Orange
street, between the two cotton warehouses,
on the w est side of West Broad street, slie
was stoppl'd by two negroes, one of w hom
asked her if she could toll him where Mr.
Somebody lived. While she. was talking
to this negro, she felt someone pull at
i her dress, and, on looking round, saw the
I other fellow with her pocket-book in his
hand. She immediately doraaunod her
pocket-book of the negro, who deliberately
opened it and, taking out the money
! (about twenty-six dollars), he returned
the empty pocket-book. The scoundrels
I then ran off’ and made their escape. Up
to yesterday evening, we had not heard of
their arrest, ”
Cholera in the west,
Nashville, Jnly 2.—There were six
cholera deaths yesterday.
Nashville. Jnly 2.—Six cholera deaths.
No new oases reported.
Cahio. , 111 , July 2.—Four railroad
hands have died with cholera. Others aro
sick.
Sr. Lons. July 2.—Several of the most
promiuout physicians deny that the chol
era exists. They call it malignant cholera
morbus.
One cholera ease reported yesterday.
Cincinnati, July 2.- Ten cholera deaths.
Another New Defahattr* Contemvla
rti>. —A Cincinnati dispatch of Jnly 2d
says: A mass meetingof the opponents of
the Republican party is called at Colum
bus, July 30th, to ’confer, and perhaps
combine, upon anew departure.
A Cuban Defeat. —A Havanna dis
patch of the 2d iust. says: A Telegram
from the Spanish authorities at Santa Clara
announces the dispersing of a band of In
surious near that place by Spanish troops.
An advertisement of a farm for sale in
Wisconsin winds up as follows: "The sur
rounding county is the most beautiful that,
ever came from the Creative Baud. Scene
ry is celestial —divine; aUp two v :&ons
and a voke of steers. ”
FLORIDA MATTERS.
Everything is serene around Jackson
ville regarding the Pojt Oflio# robbery.
A I’olici man iudiujlsonviliewasrcoently
invited to play “quits.”
The steamer Florence has taken tin
place of the Han Antonio on the line be
tween Savannah and the Bntilla river.
A severe gide, accompanied by heavy
showers, prevailed around Jacksonville on
Sunday evening last.
There is a Revenue cutter lying in the
harbor at Jacksonville, and its officers
wear naval uniforms. That’s singular.
The Alderman of Jacksonville work on
city improvements themselves instead of
hiring others to do the work by contract.
Tlie editor of the Floriihi News is much
troubled by tlie melodious music of un
agonizing acoordeon in the neighborhood
of his sanctum.
From the Florida News we learn that
curiosities of Feruandena just now are a big
woman, a little man, a Salt Lake wife, a
snake, a bird or two, and a fellow who eats
knives for pastime.
This from the Gainesville New Era:
“Never eat stale vegetables; County Court
for Alachua next Monday; Hail last Satur
day. Pincushion a*ia solid merchant; the
defunct Sheriff Baines, is dead.
The Florida News says: “The Lizzie
Baker on her last trip, earned twenty-sev
en thousand, three hundred and six water
melons for the Northern markets. This is
the largest shipment of melons from this
port that lias everbeen known.
Tlie Florida News has this: “The way
the County Commissioners propose to re
dnee county exjietiKes ifc a caution to
snakes. The laws of the .State of Florida
allow jurors 81 25 per day,payable in scrip,
which hug heretofore been discounted at
the average rate of fifty per oent, on the
dollar. At the last session of the Board
of Commissi-mers for Duval county, they
ordered the Clerk to endorse on the back
of all scrip issued, tlie words: ‘Not receiva
ble for State or county taxes,’ which virtu
ally renders it worthless, and makes it
about as valuable as the paper upon which
it is issued. This is probably the reason
why intelligent men cannot be obtained
for jury duty, and so long us they have
such facta as the above glaring them full
ill the face, tin scarcity of intelligent ju
rors will undoubtedly continue.
The Florida Arc if* is responsible for tin
following: “The Fcmsndilia Obserrrr, the
only paper in Florida that takes tw o States
to print it, thinks that i'loyd is destined
to take up his quarters at Chattahoochee,
as there is little doubt in tlie mind of the
editor of that paper, but that he not only
connived at the recent rubbery from Kp
pinger, Russell &. Cos., of this eity, but
planned the raid. The Ht. Augustine
Press is worrying bemuse Walworth killed
his daddy, and think:- that th, re in a revo
lution going ®n in sJhiety. Home of our
exchanges tbonHiglyiitStdfcrstand the prop
er use of the aeissorsjj- The Quincy Jour
nal. tliiuka it a sin to borrow a newspaper;
this is a wicked world if that is true. The
Talhiharuee Sentinel gives its readers* good
talk on the subject of economy in tin mat
ter of criminal prosecution in this State.
He admits that stealings are going on. and
thinks the Governor is not responsible for
them. Who is?"
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The Florida A’. irs say-: “Theauthorities
appear somewhat puzzled as to the bint
mode of getting rid of the dogs whose
owners fail to supply with a tax paid Col
lar. It seems barbarous to shoot them
dawn in the streets in broad daylight, and
it is a difficult thing to catch them, espe
cially before their teeth have become at
tached to some citizens tender haunch.
This is the way they are managed in Mo
bile and New Orleans; a man is hired, who
has a huge net, and also provided with a
portable dog cage and, as it is fun for the
boys, every lad within sight or hearing
will join in the capture of these nnimals,
Whenever a canine is seen, he is immedi
ately surrounded, and an opening is made
by the net, und as the dog attempts to es
cape he iuvaribly runs into the net, thenee
dunijx'd into the menagerie, aud the boys
deploy for the next victim. As many as
one hundred dogs have been caged iu one
day by this process. Suppose our city
authorities stop this baabarons practice
and adopt our suggestion.” Wo would
enquire of our contemporary what is then
dono with the dogs thus raged. They
probably answer admirably for sausages.
[Cur. London Echo.}
Rome,
A Rome dispatch of June 3d says:
Every one seem* M last convinced that
the Pope is not going to die just vet, and
the dusty folios which had been taken out
for the purpose of studying the Conohive
and Ceremonial of Pontifical demise and
funeral have been restored to their shelves—
with the murks left in, probably for future
use. His Holiness it able to take w alking
exercise in the gardens of the Vatican,
and to enjoy this delightful weather, which
is not yet too hot, except for those who
have to work tlie sun. The Empress of
Russia is so delighted with Rome and its
climate that she hi most reluctant to leave
the Eternal City. Her Majesty’s visit has
prolonged the season, and caused a degree
of liveliness not usual at this time of year,
although Rome no longer falls asleep for
six months as in former days. King Vic
tor Emmaneul and the Princes Mnrgherita
are still here, out of courtesy to the Czari
na. This ia the longest sojourn his Ma
jesty has ever made in Rome. Lust Satur
day evening there was what is called u Gala
Night at the Opera, but the King had not
been informed of it, and ho went to a pri
vate box iu morning dross. To his mix
prise, ho saw all the ordine nobile full of
ladies and gentlemen iu full-dress; tlie Rus
sian Grand-duchesses present, Prince Hum
bert, and Princes Marghorita, and :dl the
diplomats in grand state! King Vict or Em
maneul requested Commendatore Gadda.
Prefect of the eity, to lend him his black
coat and white necktie, and dressing him
self in these articles dc rigusur, he pro
ceeded to pay his compliments to the Im
perial und Royal ladies humorously de
scribing his embarrassment and tlie mode
he took to remedy his ceremonial undress.
There was grand cheering on the part of
the public, and the Royal March was
pluved.
Yesterday fWliit-Monday) a most origi
nal and never-bcforr-hcaiiLotf entertain
ment woe announced to take ploce at (I
P. M, in the Piazza del Popolo. The I Vgi/t
or firemen were to display their iu-tivity,
courage and coolness hy placing th* Hiig
of Italy on the summit of the opelisks,
and there to extinguish the flames of a
high wooden house to be set on fire on
purpose. A capemnta or hut of twigs and
straw, containing within some sheep uml
goats, was also to las set on fire, and the
man who first rescued the animats was to
become possessor of them. I have seen
many Roman crowds, but never anything
like the multitudes who poured to the
north end of the city the whole afternoon
--two or three streams directed towards
the Piazza, others towards the Pincio, ev
ery terace of which was crammed for two
hours previously. Everything went off
well; but there was not sufficient manage
ment as to the Piazza, which was suffered
.to become too full of people, and there
was much con fusion in consequence;
screaming, punishing, struggling, and
| fainting, with the customary amount of
fearful and farfetched imprecation, which
has not diminished latterly in spite of ull
increased amount of religious instruction
the Jieople are supposed to enjoy, with
free evangelical teaching on one hand, and
the zealous Jesuit preiu-hing on the other.
Some of the Roman papers remarked
upon the omission of a visit to Cardinal
AutoneUi by the Empress of Ruaia and in
terpreted it as intentional. The fact was
tliut his eminence was laid up with the
gout,-and one of the feet so much admired
l>y his lady friends was swollen to such a
mortifying size that the Cardinal was
obliged to wear a monstrous slipper, be
sides being unable to stand. The Osserrn
tore Rumnno stated that Monsignor de
Mi rode particularly directed the attention
of the Empress to the statue in HU Peter’s
of Countess Matilda of Tuscany, who left
her immense territorial possessions to the
Pope (in a will nobody ever saw.)
i There bus been grand commemorating of
Hilde-brand, Gregory VII, by the Pajsi
, linie both atHalemo and here. In fact, the
study of Mediieval History is diligently re
vived, the Pope having directed the atten
tion of all around him to the rtcords of the
grand struggle for temporal power, very
soon after its extinction in his own jier
son.
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[Warden of King Sing Priaon in New York Tim dh.J
BOYS IN PRISON.
1 V Penitentiary Warden who BluMhea for
lIU Satire State.
Since the first day of January hist, a
spuee of only five mouths’ time, we have
received at this prison 113 boys of the age
of twenty years and under, divided as
follows: Five of fifteen years of age, five
of sixteen, fourteen of ssventeen. sixteen
of eighteen, forty-two of nineteen, and
thirty-one of twenty.
These boys are sentenced to’ various
terms as follows: Five for the term of one
year, one for one year und two months, six
for one year aud six mouths, eighteen for
two years, thirty for two years and six
months, ten for three years, three for three
years and six months, six for four years,
six for four years and six months, sixteen
for five yearsg two for six years and six
mouths, two for seven years, one for ten
years, one for twelve yearn five for fifteen
years, undone for twenty years.
Home of these boys look hard, and,
while they have the body of youth, the
visage is so much marred by hardship
that the head and face rec.-mble a little old
man. One poor creature i> so badly crip
pled bv a luthsoine discs'*- that, he can
scarcely walk, and when l see the small,
sleek heads, und little, narrow shoulders of
these boys, us they sit at the dinner-table,
l>y the side, of tini old ami hardened crim
inals, I often blush with shame at my na
tive State. But tbosi lairs are not at all
the hardened ' illaiiis that the public are
wont to believe. In many of them are
blooming with manly vigor, and if they
were put uuder protwr training, would be
come ornaments of society. One would
suppose that, after being subjected to ar
rest, trial and sentence, all sense, of shame
would depart from them. This, however,
is not so; they often give evidence of a
tender conscience und high degree of sym
pathy and love.
(hie of these boys, seventeen years of
age, who had just turn sentenced to serve
fifteen years, said io iue: “Oh, Air. War
den, won't you please get me pardoned?
I never meant to be a bail buy. I did not
belong to a gang of thieves, as the news
papers stated; 1 never stole in my life. I
worked every day. and went home to my
father and mother at night. Please, Mr.
Warden, let me go home, and see w hat a
good hoy 1 will be. I bird heard of the State
Prison, but 1 did not know what a bod
place it was. Some laid buys got me to
leave my work one day and go with them,
and then they put me up to snatch a pock
et-hook. I was terribly frightened after I
had done it. Oh, Mr, Warden, I cannot
stay here. Oh, dear me, what will my
poor father and mother do without me?
Please let me go home. I w ill be a good
boy," This and much more was said,
amid gushing tears and pitiful sobs and
moans. Other boys show their sorrow in
a similar way. In the main hall of tlie
prison are situated 1,200 cells, and it is a
solemn scene (with slippers on) to puss
over the long corridors at night, when
most of the prisoners are asleep. The
dim gas-light, which is just sufficient to
light the watchmen, as lie quietly treads
the gallerries from cell to cell, looking
through the grated cell doors of each little
room, reveals the form of a prisoner—
some iu fitful dreams; some show great
trouble even while in the attitude of slum
ber; others cannot sleep—their thoughts
are too busy with the pant; some are
brooding over w hat they imagine are great
wrongs; and here and there are young boys,
who just begin to realize that they are in
a felon’s cell. Some of these bovs give
vent to their feelings, and the stillness of
the great hall is broken by the sobs and
moHits of that broken-hearted boy. In
another cell, on a coarse couch of straw,
may be seen a boy with regular features, a
high forehead, a noble brow. Ho has
cried himself to sleep, and even yet the
last low solis can be heal'd, and as the
tones echo through the corridors and die
away in the distance like the gurgling
wave along the shore, the most hardened
old prisoners are molted to pity, and may
be heatd to exclaim: “Poor boy! this is
no place for him; better take him away;
he will be ruined if he remains here.”
We do not claim that, these boys are ail
innocent; they are, most of them, fallen,
bin they are very young yet, and by a
wise, judicious system of training they
| may have their minds so directed.and hab
! its of virtue so firmly fixed, that they may
1 live many years as worthy men; but if al
lowed to remain in this prison from three
to twenty years they will he utterly ruined,
! and become a moral pest to society. The
I question now n..study arises as to where to
fix the blame and how to apply a remedy.
It is no use denying that men are supe
rior to womeu. as men; and that women
are immeasurably superior to men. as wo
men; while both’of them together are more
than a match for either of them separately.
[Front tlie Southern Enterprise.)
The Fire in ThomasvHle.
IXC KN DIARIES AT WORK.
One-Fourth of the Business Portion of
the City in Ruins
LOSS Horoin-V ESTIM ATED AT *IOO,OOO
About 2 o’clock on Monday morning
last, the rcur of Mr. Hirt's shoe shop, on
Broad street, was discovered to be on tire.
The alarm wu-s sounded, but at that hour
of the night it was necessarily some time
before the Fire Department was in full
pky, and the fire was rapidly gaining
headway. The building fired and those
on cithi r side wen: of wood, ami lieiug
old auil dry and almost ji lining each other,
were in u Uttle time w rapt in flames. The
heat became so intense that it was imjaxs
riblc to approach them for the purpose of j
saving any of their contents, und hut very
\ little from Mr. Hirfa shop, Mr. Kottman s
store, Messrs. Davies k. Go’s drug store and
Jno, Watt's gun alrop was rescued. The
spread of the. fire down the street was
stsyed at Messrs. Hardaway, McKinnon
,t Go's new brick store by the activity of
the engine companies, und fur a time it
was hoped that the fire would he confined
to the enroll buildings between Hardaway,
McKinnon A Go's and AAR. Smith's.
The heat, however, was too great, und the
tunliers of the latter store, although the
liutldiug was covered with tin, filially took
fire, anil all the efforts of the Department
and citizens to stay the flames were una
vailing until they reached the store of Mr.
B. Goldberg, second door from the corner
of Broad und Jackson streets. Here the
fire was mastered, but not without consid
erable damage to the building. Thus it
will be seen that all the business houses
between Mesam. Hardaway, McKinnon A
Go’s and Mr. B. Goldberg’s, consisting of
Watt’s gun shop, Davies A- Go’s.drug store,
Hirt’s shoe shop, Kottmun'sconfectionary,
A. & K. .Smith’s house furnishing store,
Lohustcin A Btevermnn’s dry goods and
grocery store, Kirksi-y A Scott's (formerly
0. M. McKinnon’s) store, Fans’ dry goods
store, Gasset's drag store and Rushing A
Outten’s dry goods and grocery store,
were completely destroyed. It was also
with great difficulty that the buildings on
the opposite side of the street were pre
vented from burning. In fact, it is due to
the untiring and almost superhuman ef
forts of the firemen, aided hy the citizens
generally, that the whole of the business
portion of the city is not in mins. Many
daring feats were performed by both fire
men and private citizens, but where all did
their utmost, comparison would la- unjust,
A few of the firemen received injuries,
while others fainted from over heat. Mr.
Join s, of the Hunk and Ladder Company,
received a painful and dangerous wound
from a nail in the right leg, near the knee,
and Mr. Henry Ladson got smartly
scorched. Then- may have been other ac
cidents, not reported to us. We will,
therefore, close our remarks in reference
to the firemen with the unanimous venlict,
that each company, mid every member
present, did their whole duty.
After the fire the city presented a dreary
and desolate appearance. The water from
the engines, together with a slight fall of
rain, h;u] render,-I tlie sidewalks muddy
and almost impassable; the streets were
thronged with citizens, male and female,
who hud gath-n-d to seethe ravages of
the fire. The ruins were still smoulder
ing, and the smoke, in their immediate
vicinity, almost .suffocating; and her. and
there lay heaps of goods which had live n
moved 1 rota.the flames, Gi-n'usion reigned
and naught was thought of but the fire
how it originated, how it might have been
stayed, how much each had lost and to
what extent lie was insured. The uon
sutfering business men were slow to open
their places of business, and not until
about noon did order und quiet resume
control. Then the insurance agents were
astir, merchants liegan moving buck their
goods, und those who were honsi less
sought temporary quarters to await the
settlement of pouch s or to resume busi
ness as best they could.
The losses arc variously estimated at
from $50,000 to 8100,000, but all is guess
work. Much of the loss on goods i.- from
damage by water aud removal, and this
has not vet been assessed. Most of the
merchants above Messrs. A. A H. Smith’s
succeeded in removing the greater por
tion, and in some instances the whole of
their stocks. The figures below are ns wo
obtained them on Monday, either from the
parties or from those who claimed to be
posted:
J. Watt, stock. $1,500. Insiutmce, SSOO.
Davies A Cos., 8:1,500; Insurance,sl,7so.
X. Hirt, stock, SBOO. Insurance 500.
J. T. Kottrnan, stock, 2,500. Insurance,
800.
A. A It. Smith, stock and house, $1.5,-
000. Insured for 80,000.
Hunt A Puryear, stock, SOOO. No Insur
ance.
J. A. Linton, house, SI,OOO. No In
surance.
Lohustcin A Steyman, stock, SB,OOO.
Insurance SO,OOO.
Dr. Beid, house, 7,500. Insurance
$4,000
Kirksey A Seott, goods saved. No In
surance.
T. C. Mitch el, on house, $1,500. In
surance $3,000.
.T. Fass, stock, SIB,OOO. Insurance $lO,-
500.
llosenfeld A Levy, house, $4,000. In
surance $3,000.
8. .T. Cossets, goods little damaged. In
sured.
Rushing & Outen, stock, $2,000. In
surance, $1,500.
Knbitsliek & Bro., house, $3,000/ Insur
ance, $2,000.
B. Goldberg, on stock, SO,OOO. Insur
ance, $4,000. House, SI,OOO. Insurance,
$3,000.
Ainsworth & Finn, stock and house
damaged, but covered by Insurance.
Dr. Bower’s three houses were worth
some $3,000 and Insured for $2,300.
Besides these estimated losses there were
others of a different character. Tlie Cor
nets lost nearly all their instruments; Air.
W. E. Davis and Capt. A. J. Love, and
perhaps others sleeping near where the fire
originated, lost their wardrobes; the Nep
finies and Rescues lost, all their splendid
hull furniture; the barber shop was turned
out of doors, and a number of doctors and
law yers were forced to seek other quarters.
The telegraph was also ushered into the
street, and for a time Mr. Helms had
headquarters under a shade tree, from
whence he apprized the outer world that
Thomosville was on fire.
Yesterday the fire question had been
well nigh exhausted and was giving place
to others of a more pleasing character—the
real estate owners discussing the style of
buildings they should erect, the merchants
hoping the raging would abate mid the wa
ters subside in time for the fall fishing.
The fonner topic, especially, is a hope
ful sign, and though the lire has possibly
embarrassed a few, and for the time causes
our city to wear a mournful appearance,
we expect soon to see the old sites graced
with new and superior buildings, and then
if not before, may the houseless again set
sail and glide safely end swiftly into the
haven of prosperity.
[Fr-iqi the Madison (Wis.) Journal )
COLUMBUS “PLAYED OUT.”
A Monument to be Erected to Leif Erick
■on, WUi uDlaeovrred America**
lu Ihr Yfr lUOO.
Ole Bull, Prof. R. B. Anderson, of the
Wisconsin University, Senator J. A. John
son, and other prominent Norwegians arc
raising mbney to liitild a uioiiiimuit to
Leif Eriokaoli. Xhu tuwt named gentle
man has already given some concerto, and
will give a few more before leaving for
Norway, the entire proceeds to be devoted
to the monument fund. Prof. Anderson,
a linguist, thoroughly versed ill Scandi
navian literature, is to lecture for the
benefit ol the fund.
The total amount to be raised is SIO,(XX).
The monument is to he built in Madison,
and dedicated w ith great ceremony oil thn
one hundredth unlit reranrv of American
Independence. Ole Dull, Bjornson, the
famous Norwegian authyr and poet, uml
other celebrities, will he jiresent on the
occasion, together with such a host of en
thusiastic Norwegians from this nnd ad
joining States, as were never before seen
together outside the lairders of Norway.
Leif Erickson, whose name is to la- in
scribed njHin tlie monument, was a bold
navigator, who diseov*red America in the
year 1000. That is what the Sagas sav,
and circumstantial evidence tends to eo’r
roboTate the leelandie records. In Wssh
iugtou Irving's valuable “Life of Colum
bus,” published in 1827, he says: "If the
legends of the Heandinaviuu voyages lie
correct, and tln-ir mysterious Vinland was
the coast of Labrador, or the. shores of
Newfoundland, they had but transient
glimpses of the New World, loading to
certain knowledge, u little time
lost again to mankind. ”
But at that time there were in Copen
hagen untranslated Icelandic manuscripts
(Hagasj, giving an uA-uiuit of the early dis
eoveries of America. These were trans
lated by the celebrated Prof. Charles llafn
(the best authority on Northern antiqui
ties that ever lived), anil published in
1837. Irving speaks of these Sagas in the
appendix to his edition of 1853. But ho
derived his knowledge of them from For
ester's works, and said he had not thn
means of tracing the story to its origi
nal sources. He adds, however, “there is
no great improbability that such enter
prising and roving voyager* as the Heiui
dinnviano may have wandered to the
northern shores of America, and, if iei -
bind manuscripts cun la- relied upon as
genuine, free lrorn modern intenmlation,
and correctly quoted, they wonhi appear
to prove the fact.”
We have seen these Sagas, priutesl in
Icelandic, now in the possession of Pro
fessor Anderson, aud examined the similes
from the original Icelandic manuscript,
and can discover no i-vidcne.-s of interpo
lation In fact, tin- high character of Pro
fessor llafn pris-lmli-s the idea that them
is an attempt at imposition. We think
the Sagas clearly entitled to be shown lu
evidences as historical records, und it ap
pears from them that Bjsrue Herjulfson,
a Norwegian, owner and captain of a ve„-
sel was on hi< way to Greenland to see his
father in t)8(i. Tin- compass was not then
invented, and a violent wind drifted him
southward through tlie fog. When it
cleared he was in sight of Vinland; but,
finding himself too far South, he pro
ceeded northward to Greenland. He sub
sequently returned to Norway, and was
greatly blamed liecauso he did not go
ashore at Viulmul.
The Norwegians who discovered Iceland
in 861, and Greenlnnd in 1)84, were anx
iously looking forward to still more lands
in toe ve st. Leif Erickson, son of Erik
the Red, who had discovered Greenland,
1 -might JBjarne s ship, and enlisted thirty.
five men, and gnided by directions from
Bjarue, and w ith the stars for his compass.
sailed for America. In tlie year 1000
he landed at Finland, and sjw-nt the win
ter at or liesr Fall River. Mass., where,
seven years afterwards, Tliorfin lytrlcsvno
and his party left the famous “Dighton
Writing Rock" inscription. In 1002
i there was an expedition to' Finland by
Thorwaild Erickson, who was.- pierced by
an arrow and died there, and. according t >
the description of the Sugas.it seems that
he was buried at Gunn t Point. About
• forty years ago a skeleton in armor whs
dug up in that vicinity. Longfellow had
written a poem about this, and the Arch
il .logical Society in Boston sent part of
the armor to the celebrated chemist. Ber
zelius, who analyzed it, finding it to he of
tlie precise composition of Norwegian
armor during the tenth century, aud it was
the same style of munufaetimv
The next expedition was under-Thorfni,
1 mentioned above, who left the writing on
tlie rock, which corresponds with the ac
count in the Hagan. He lmd his wife and
151 men, and stayed three years, and
Snorre, his son, was born there in 1008
; (Thorwaldson, the famous sculptor, was a
. direct descendant of Hnorro.)
| There were various expeditions after
this until 1121. when Bishop Erik Upsi
was sent to Finland. The last expedition
known was in 1347, when the Black Plague
broke out and reduced the population of
: Norway from 2,000,000 to 300,000. This
stopped farther expeditions.
In addition to the Sagas, “The Dighten
Writing Rock," the Newport Tower
! (which Indians say was built by giants),
and the skeleton in armor, we have, in
support of the early discovery by Leif J
Erikson, the writings of Adam of Bremen. I
1 an pld historian of high authority wbofl
visited the Danish King. Svend-Esthid-1
| son, and afterward wrote in Latin an ac
count of the northern nations. He saym
! “There is a land discovered by many in
this ocean (Atlantic) which is called Wine
land, lieouuso vines which produce very
good wine grow- there spontaneously; and
there grows grain in abundance without
being sown. Of this we have knowledge,
not by fabulous supposition, but by relia
ble statements of the Danes."
Columbus made a voyage to Iceland ill
February, 1477, and it is thought by some
that he must have learni-d of Finland
then, as the clergy were Latin scholars,
' and that he probably knew of the writings
: of Adam of Bremen.
We understand that a literary gentleman
of Minnesota ia preparing a work in which
he maintains that the throe Pinsons, who
were with Columbus, had a map of Vic
land during the first voyage of Columbus.
Leif, the bold Norwegian, deserves a mon
ument.
Death or Gexeual Caxbt’s Beother.
1 Died, at the State Lunatic Asylum, in this
eity, on Monday, June 0, 1873, Mr. C. G.
;C. Canby. Mr. Canbv lived at West Ely,
1 Marion county, Mo., and was a highly rcs
-1 pceted citizen of that place.
It is always a painful duty to tbejournal
! ist to record the death of any one, and it
is doubly painful under the peculiar and
distressing circumstances which surround
■l cd the subject of this notice. Mr. Can by
was a brother of the late General Canhy,
who was murdered by the Modoes, and i*
is thought that the tragic death of the lat
ter led to what Was hoped would prove a
temporary spell of insanity. Air. Canby
, was brought here and placed in the Asy
lum a short time ago, where he on Mou
; day, breathed his last. His remains Were
’ taken --home for burial. — Fulton f M)-)
[ Tc’.Ajraph.