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TTTK WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15. 1884. DOMESTIC NEWS. COMMISSION'S REPORT ON THE NEW ORLEANS POSTOFFICC. Republican Movements In West Virginia —Desperate Fight In Texas—Nomi nation* to Congress—Stag nation at Pittsburg. Waihington, August 7.—The special commission which has been investigating the condition and management of the New Orleans post-dffice submitted its report to the Postmaster-G&ner&l to-day. The com* znissioners, Messrs. Burt, Dice and Abels say in the report that the facilities of the office are ample, but the force employed inefficient through lack of proper training. Organisation or discipline, they say, does not exist in the office, nor does any t-ys tern of promotion based on individual merit; and they add that they found ev erything arranged apparent!/ more for the personal convenience of the clerks than for the necessities of the business. They say that the postmaster possesses but a limited knowledge of the actual work of the office, and that makes little or no effort to form himself of the necessities of the service, randy visiting the working floor and seldom consulting with bis subor dinates. That while too much ought not to tx%xpected of the assistant postmaster, in view of hia comparatively recent ap pointment, yet that they feel constrained to say hia selection for the place was un wise, because of his inferior judgment, lack of decision and inability to maintain disci- 8 line They say further, that they found le mailingdiviniou without organization or discipline, mail matter, especially news papers, being badly handled and delayed; that they found that no account had been kept of mail sacks, which latter, in many cases, were being unlawfully used by persons other than employes, they (be commissioners) having found 140 of them in junk shops %nd two others used at cotton t*arkages or made Into ham mocks. They express the opinion that the want of energy on the part of the chief of this division is 'In part owing to the fail- ore of his superiors to support him. They say aho that tho office of collection clerk with a salary of lOOO.has been held for some time by George W. Merchant, a son of the postmaster, who has rendered very little service, bis work having been done by the cashier, and they add that his office is en tirely unnecessary und should be abolishel. They report having found an employe carried, on the rolls as porter, detailed as a detective, who ren dered no service himself, but had hired an old colored man at eight dollars per month to do a little sweeping, that being the ser vice which called for the employment of a porter, and they recommend this office, as well as that of chief porter, to be abol ished. They also recommend that the title of the official now known as the sec retary and auditor be ciianged to official secretary, and the salary of the office be reduced from $1,51) to $1,200 per annum. They recommend increases in th*» salaries of certain clerks, aggregating $1,101 per annum, and redactions aggregating $2,450. They also report having made inquiries relative to depredations on the mails at this office and the failure of the postmaster to report them, and say with respect to this branch of their investi- S tlon that it was found that just before eir visit fifteen letters au Ir. s*-ed to M. A. Dauphin had been abstracted from the mails in the office; that the circumstances pointed almost conclusively to a son of the postmaster as the Demon who stole them; that when the facts were reported to the postmaster he obtained possession of aud burned certain fragments of the missing letters, thereby destroying important evi dence against the guilty person, but that he afterwards promised to exclude his son permanently from the office. THE CATTLE DISEASE. FIRE IN ROACH'S 8H P YARD. Much Expensive Machinery Burned—Lots •230,000- Cna&TBn, Pa., August 8— About 8:30 o'clock this evening lire was discovered by one of the watchmen in the blacksmith shop, a frame building in Roach's ship yard The Same* to the punch shed, also frame, and covering nearly an acre of ground. Upon this the flames fed rapidly, and despite the eff >rts of the entire Chester fire department, the fire spread over the building, which was old and dry, lighting up the sky for a great dis tance around. All etlbrti to save this im mense building were given up and atten tion directed to saving the binding shed, a short distance away, but the efforts of the firemen were unavailing, and it wa« aooa laid in ashes. The firemen then directed their attention to thejoundrv. a large brick building ad jninitft the binding shed, and it was only by herculean effort that it was saved. So desperite did the fire become that tele- 8 rams were sent to Wilmington and Phils- etphia for assistance, but the fire wa* got- ten under control sufficiently to counter mand the orders. The principle loss will be in the punch shed, where there was a great deal of heavy machinery, including polls, punches, drills, shears, counter sinks,’planers, shafting and pulleys, val ued at $350,000 The polls alone cost $10,000 to $1».000 apiece, and there were three or four se;s of these I here were s x sets of punches valued at $0 000 The other machinery was proportionately expensive and required to be in daily use, as it enters into tho shaping or preparation of all plates and iron used in snips. Much of this machinery was new. and it will require several months to replace it. The lots in the binding sbed will reach over $200 000 Iu it were two furnaces, nlate and b nding machinery, which were aho heavy and ex pensive. The buildings were, although sheds, wortii $50,000. The loss on both buildings and machinery is said to he fully covered by insurance in Philadelphia, New York and English companies. The ways under the Old.I) > minion ship Senses, to be launched next Tuesday, caught fire, but fortunately it was subdued before any damage was done to tire vessel. Everything about the two buildings burned was rendered worth less except for old iron. The con flagration throws about 500 men out of work and will virtually stop the yard and suspend work on the govern ment cruisers for some time. Ciiksteb, Pa., Augast 9.—The ususl number-of men, 1,500, filed through the gates at Roach's shipyard this morning, and went to work as if the lire hau not oc curred. Those who work about the yard, known ns outside men, were set to clearing away the debris of the fire. An examina tion of the tools shows them to he some what damaged, but not enough to render them unfit for use. Temporary she-ls are being erected and tools repa’red, and Mr Roach says tho burned machinery will he in operation in ten days. He is upon the ground overseeing the work. Other shops belonging to the establishment have faril- ties to go on with the work, so that there will be no cessation of operat : ons. Plans for the new building have already been made, the material h upon the ground an I a busy scene is presented. As yet it i* im possible to estimate the los*. The adjust ment of losses will not iirerfeie wiih prog ress upon other government cruisers or merchant ships now under construction. Washington, August 9— John Roach to-day telegraphed to Admiral Simpson president of the advisory board, relative to the fire in his yard at Chester, Pa., la ft night, that no damage was done to any part of the government work. ' The fire was confined to tho plating shop. Naval Contractor llanscotu telegraphs that sork on the cruisers will be delayed but shglity, aud not at nil on the Dolphin. Nog »vern- ment property was destroyed by tue fire. THE GROWING CROPS. Cotton, Corn and Ornln Promises ( Atrunoant Yield, all Moklns a Bat ter Snowing tnnn Loot Year —Tne Sint. Average*. Cheyenne, W. T , August 8.—Governor Hale, o( Wyoming, last night, Usued a proclamation establishing a quarantine on the southern anil eastern boundaries ot the Territory to |iroveut cattle ihipped from Trias, wholly or in part by rail from en tering. The order eiao applies to cattle from any point Infected with contagious diacaae. The proclamation la to remain in effect until October lat, Chicago, August R.—The Journal's Des Koine., lows, dispatch aaya that notice has been given by the Slate board of health of an outbreak of the cattl* dismiss at Lmunrro, seventeen heed of cattle hav ing died in twenty-four hours. The 8tatc veterinary surgeon has been sent to investi gate. No details yet. Lancastes, Pa., August 8.--Several cases o( Texas Yevcr and pleuro-pneumoma hive been discovered among cattle in this coun ty. The State authorities have been noth tied end infected horde quarantined. Louisiana Planters to Consider Polities; Naw Oiuun, August 7.—K. J. Gay, president of the convention of Louisiana Protected Industrie., representing mainly the soger and rice planters of the State, to-day issued ■ call for s general conven tion ot the planters to meet hero on August 20 to consider the political situa tion, aud to decide upon the most Judicious course of action to be pursued in the pres ent campaign. The convention is of great political importance. Wbea the sugar planters met here in Match lost thev pro nounced etrongly and emphatically in fa vor of protection. It wee resolved that the convention ahoutd be called to meet again at a later day to decide whether it would be advisable to place a full electoral ticket in the Odd, and nominate a candi date for Congress who favored protection. The cooing convention, it is understood, meets to decide the; question of an Inde pendent electoral ticket in Louisiana. The majority of the mbsre have hitherto been Democrats, but the organisation is non partisan, end the president, who make, the cell, t* e Republican. . Bank OfTloera Arrested. Fcrauaian, Vs., August 7. -A. a result ot the Investigation of the grand Jury into the nOeire of the Planters aud Mechanics' Hank. Thomas Whyte, W. W. Whyte and John Beckwith were brought before Mayor Jarrett this evening on bench warrants lined by Judge K. W. Mann, of the Hust ings Court, for examination, which coun sel for the defense waived. The accused were sent fur trial to the October term of the Hastings Court, end each was released on bail of I2JS09 (or appearance. The re sult of the grand jury’a investigation is the genera! theme of conversation. A TEXAS FICHT. Four Men Fight to tne Death In the High Road, St. Loi'ts, August 7.—A dispatch from Krcdonia, Texas, says: A desperate fight occurred ten miles north of this place on Monday eveniug, in which one men wet killed and three mortally wounded. Sam uel Faulkner and Henry Allen met two brothers, naked Woodall, on the road and attacked them with Winchester rifles. The party dismounted and fought from behind their horaea. Nearly twenty ebo'a were exchanged. Allen was shot through the head at about tho fifth shot. One of the Woo lull wa* shot In the shoulders and neck and disabled. The other Woodall anil Faulkner then closed with iuwie knifes, and a fearful combat ensued, In which Woodall was stabbed just below the heart. Faulkner then turn, ed to look alter his dead companion, Al len, and as he did so he received a bullet in lib breast from the pistol of the Klder Woodall, who was bine o t the ground witli his neck and about.! er split open. Faulkner may possiblyNxdvcr. but the VVootUlh will dio.>Tho fight wan the re- ■nit of an old 1-n !, which oiginsted In Arkansan, where Allen Uv**s. Bulb parties were going to a catup-mceiing when they met. [tklpgrapiicd TO Till ASSOCIATED PBKS9.| Wa“hingt«»n August 9 —The Depart ment of Agriculture reports the condition o f colt-»nifuurqy«»i in Virginia. Tennessee. Mi Hia«ippi. Louisiana an I Arkansas. The improvement in equally manifest in Mis«is'ippi and Louisiana. In North Carolina end O j trgid Us average status is unchnnKed since the July report. In South Carolina Florida and Alabama excessive rains have caused a weedy growth and the*he<ld'»£of forms, and has prevented cultivation. In Tex**, drouth has caused the I ms of one point and raised serious apprehensions for the future. The tem perature of the past month has been either inai or higher than 'ordinary, in the Mississippi valley and lower on tho Atlan- coast and in \labsmi, the region of Teased rain fall. The cotton moth has appeared in a few counties, but no damage as yet resulted. The plant generally reported late and deficient in folijige-in condition to give a good result with favorable tvet'h’-r and delaye l frosts, or •how heavy depreciation with continued excess of rain in one section and drouth in the other. The average of condition has advanced from 88 in July to a little above 90 ao far. This is f tvorable, a* in six years of the past ten the Angus*, report has showed a decline from the record of the preceding month, the exceptions being 187G. 18-*0 and 1882. I'he State averages ire: Virginia 81, North Carolina 87, South Carolina 91, Georgia 90. Flori »a 97. Alabama 92. Misdssippi 89. Lotil«iana80 Texm 79, Arkansas 87 and IVnue.-Nee 92 Advices sluce the first of the month indicate an improvement from seasonable rains in Texas. THK CORN CROP. Hie condition of corn averages the same i the July report, **nd is higher than iu any August *mce 18K). It has been ex ’♦‘♦•fled hut three tunes in ten years—in 1875, 1879 and 1830—when it was each instance. There has byen an improvement in Iowa, Missouri K.in»a* % Nebraska and in Georgia, Ala bama, New York. New Jersey and the Pa cific Co**t. A slignt decline in condition reporied in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and wmo of the Southern States. Drouth has prevailed iu portions of the Ohio Val ley and iu Texas with considerable sever ity, reducing the condition of corn six points. Tne averages of the principal Hr ate* are: New York 91, Maryland 91, rginia 95, North Carol mu 97. Month Car olina 94. Georgia 97, Alabama 99, .Missis- pi*’ fW Lo lisiann 78. Texas 83, Arkansas L. Tijoma-ce 9«, Pennsylvania 00, Ken tucky 9>». Ohio 81, Indiana 94, Illinois 92, Iowa 1"2. Missouri 102, Kansas 101 aud Nebraska 105. WHEAT. The report for wheat includes only the spring wheat region. The average is 93. one point higuer than iu the two last good spring wheat years aud higher than any year since 1877. OATS. The average for the condition of oats is one pol is lower than m J883. The crop i*» been harvested in the lower latitudes and promises a fine yield iu moat of the Northern Sintra, The condition of rye averages 97, the same a* last month, it is harvested or la ripening. i nrky alto maintain* its high condition and buck * heat promises a full crop on an area about the same as last year. TOBACCO. Tobacco promt-es a large crop. The av erages for tho principal 8 ates are: Massa chusetts 85, Connecticut 92. Pennsylvania *12, Maryland 102, Virginia 97, North Caro- iua 99. I'tuines-ee 193, Kentucky 97 and Ohio 74. Ti.e prospect is favorable for an other large crop. L?ndlng the Bodies of Greeley's Unfortu nate Comrades. New York. August 8.—The Alert, Bear and Thetis, of the Arctic relief fleet, which lay in the tower bay all last night, weighed auchor soon after 8 o clock this morning, und steamed slowly up towards the harbor. The troops ou Governor'* Island were iarly on duty. At 9 o'clock Gen. Hancock, with Generals Whipple and Jackson, and other offi era of bis stafl*. had the funeral escort and saluting companies under arms lookout was placed on the terreptein of Caalle William to signal the coming*of the HeeL At 0:30 o'otock the navy yard tug Catalupa arrived at the lalaud, with Com modore Fitlebrown and Captalna Kirkland and Watson on board. The next arrivals of note were Secretary of War Lincoln, Gen. Mhernian and dan. lUzen, with the members of their staffs, who were saluted by the guard of honor ou landing at the THE WRICKED AMSTERDAM. |New York, August 7.-Dispatches were] received at tbeoffice of the wrecked steaml er Amsterdam in this city to-day, giving^ | the names of the lost. They were Henry 8chelenberg and William Dickson, steer! I age passengers, and Tretnmer Brotumel, a coal passer. Captain Gofc, ot tue steamer Brooklyn City, plying between! New York and Bristol, who arrived here Sunday, called at the office of the Amster dam to-day and stated that his steamer and the Amsterdam were together from the morning of the 29*.t> of July to the morning of the .’40th, and that they parted company about noon that day 120 m lc* from the scene of tbe wreck, ncarStblej Island. On both those days Captain Gore say a he found himself eighteen miles away from where be ought to have been, and I that the steering compass was practically useless, on account of the weather dis turbances. He suggests tbit tbe case must have beeu the same with the com pose of tbe Amsterdam, end thus caused her to go ashore. Employee Discharged. RxIdivo, August 7.—AI*out eighty men employed in tbe freight and passenger de partment of the * niladeipbla and Reading car sheps, this city, were enspended indefi nitely tnie evening. The order was not re ceived until a late hour, and when it was announced it caused considerable excite, ment. Twenty-five men were employed in tbe passenger car department, princi pally on new work. The others were taken from various freight gangs. It also stated that a alight reduction in wages in several department* baa been ordered. Attempted Suicide. Tboy, N. Y.. August 7.—William J. Lanaing, a lawyer of Cohoes. K. Y., was arraigned In the police court of that city to-day charged with drunkenness. He tried to kill himself in the court-room with a atone paper weight, cutting hi* head badly. When he was returned to the station bouse he seized a kerosene can and drank a quantity of oil. Lansing was once a brillliant lawyer. It is thought that be is insane. _ Hrrrteon Released. Indianapolis Aogust 9.—This morning Jndge Beit, in habeas cornu* proceedings, reduced the bail of J. C. U Harrison, the defaulting honker, from fsjO.OCv) to $10 000, id ba was released, hia brother-in-law, tchola* McCarthy, becoming his bonds- It is reported that Harriw/U is very CENTRAL STOCK. A Lively Advanoe—None on the Market. Savannah Timet. The stock of the Central railroad and Banking Company, we are informed, has almost ent.rely disappeared. Brokers were gradually advancing their bids this week until to-lay 75 per cent is bid by them for quan-ities to supply orders for it. Not withstanding this advance, the demand cannot be supplied, holders being indispos ed to accept present bids. One of our prominent brokers says: “There it noth ing in the situation at present to warrant tbe advance. The outlook for e big cotton crop may be fair, but competition will keep the roadT from being crowded with bust- nets, and the railroad commissioners will see that the road earns no more than tbe commissioners can help let it earn. 8U11 the demand at higher and higher prices is a fact and I expect Central will sell again at or near per in the early future." From our knowledge of this particular broker we know reltanc* can be placed in bis judgment. Murdered by Indians. Helena, Mon., Augast 9.—I.inn McFar land, a prominent sheep man of Judeah basin, was found dead yesterdav, thirty five miles norb of Billings, in the smoul dering ruins of a log house. Nobody was about the place. Mfl-'arland was on bis wav to Billings with a team and appeared tobavfc stopped to feed./ The murder U supposed to litve been committed by In dians. as several roving bands have tr * '* * •—•Mr. dock. At H o'clock the watch on the fort mnornced that the Thetis was in sight, and the calculated guns on the first ana second tiers of the castle begun to fire a funeral saluie of twenty one rounds. The Hteaui launches Gen. Green and Catalupa and the steamboat Chester A. Arthur k at •ee steamed out to meet the fleet. Itwsa not until alter noon that the bodies were transported from the Bear to the deck on G •vernor'a Island. They came on the tug CatdUDi. Poliowing them c*me General Hancock’s barge and after that were Commo*!*v* Fillebrc srn'a barge and the steam launches Dispatch and Min nesota. The flotilla was commanded by Lieutenant Commander R. D. Hitchcock. U. 8. N. There were about four hundred troops in line, made up from tdx batteries of foot artillery, together with the mount ed men of a light battery. The names of the dead are a* follows: Li*nt*nnnt James E. Lockwood. His body will oe sent to Annapolis, in charge of Lieutenant R. G. Peck, U. 8. N.. who acts for General II. II. Lockwood, father of tbe dead lieutenant Lieutenant Fred Kislingberry, whose remains will be tent to Rocneater, N. Y., for interment. Sergeant Israel, who will be buried at bis home Kstamazoo, Mich. 8ergeaut Daniel C. RaUton, whose body will be sent to Howard, Knoxville county, Ohio. Sergeant David Lynn. His body will be buried in Philadelphia. Sergeant VVrn. Cross. His remains will he forwarded to bis widow in Washiugton, D. C. Corporal Joseph Ellison. His brother In PottsvlUe. Pa., will receive tbe body. Private WmJ Whistler, who will buried by his father in Delhi. Ind. Private Wm. A. Kills, whose mother will take charge of his remains in Clyde, N.Y. The Aretlo Dead, Kaw Yobk, August 9.—Funeral services were performed at li o'clock this morning in the mortuary chapel of tbe post hospi tal. Governor** Island, over the bodies of the Arctic heroes, Roderick Hchneader and Charles B Henrv. Ge era! Hancock and staff with a band and a military detach ment of two hundred artillerymen attend ed the religions ceremonies. Post Chap lain Goodman read the Episcopal service for tbe borial of tbe dead. No sermon or addresa was delivered. Tbe caskets of tbe dead were then carried out and mounted on caissons, and tbe full procession .pro- ‘ * * Tf A DASTAROLY REVENGE. Murdered by a Ruffian Because She ' Would not Marry Him. [SPXCIAL TB1CGRAM.] McVillx.Oa., August 9.—We are just in receipt of the intelligence of one of the darkest and most brutal assassinations that has ever crimsoned the annals of the State. The victim was Miss Alice Higgs, the sixteen year-old daughter of Mr. James Higgs, living about seven miles from ML Vernon, in Montgomery coun ty. The perpetrator of the bloody deed is named David Conner, a first cousin of Miss Higgs, aged about twenty-three years. The particulars are as follows: A protracted meeting has been In prog ress for some tjme near Mount Vernon, at tended by large crowds, and In which has been manifested gteat interest. Among the attendants on the meeting were David Conner and Miss Alice Higgs. It is well known that Conner has for some time been pAying attentions to the young lady, who exhibited no marks of reciprocation. Although treated with indifference, he has persisted in his devo tion, and notwithstanding the near rela tionship existing between them, has urgently sought her hand in marriage. It seems that formerly they had beenen- giged, but when the time came for the consummation of the vows she refused to mairy him, whereupon Conner became so enraged that he threatened to kill her if she did not. She, however, refused, ssy- ing she did not love him aud would not wed him. Yesterday evening, he met her at the spring near beside the church, and asked for an Interview, which she refused. JJe remarked then that she would never have another opportunity ot refusing his re quest. Some friends prevailed upon him to go in the church, where he stayed only a few minutes and left. The presumption is that he went home, which was near by, and armed himself. The family of Mr. Higgs remained over to the night service, and at its conclusion proceeded home in a wagon, accompanied by the preacher. As they were riding leisurely along, a loud report of a gun was heard, and Miss Alice Higgs fell from the wagon mortally wounded., •lion investigation, it was found that seven buckshot had jienetrated her back and came out through tier breast. Tho assas sin , was discovered and recognized as David ti, Conner, her rejected suitor. Conner has fled the country, and every eff ort is being made to bring him to justice. The sheriff, in charge of a posse of men, is in hot pursuit. This is one of tbe most heartless and brutal acts ever per petrated in our wiregrass country. Miss Higgs is a member of one of the most re spected families of Montgomery county. She was alive at last accounts. Harris Nominated, [SPECIAL TKLKURAM.l Wist Point,August 7.—H. R Harris was nominated to-day on the first ballot, with- ut any enthusiasm. The vote stood: Harris 23. Fannin 1. Eight votes were cast solidly against Harris, who was the only candidate in nomination. The ma jority rule was forced on the convention. A motion to make the nomination unani mous was objected to and withdrawn. _ motion pledging hearty support to Harris was objected to and withdrawn. Harris speaks to-nighL Judge Buchanan was not present. Many are dissatisfied with Har ris’s nomination. He was cartooned on the street. _ , Named for the Senate. [special tbleuram.] Thom ASTON (via Barnesville), August 7.— It has been conceded by*the executive com mittee of the twenty-fifth Senatorial dis trict that Upson is entitled to furnish tbe candidate for tbe next Senator from the district. A primary election was held in the county yesterday to select the inan, and Colonel J. Y. Allen, lawyer, received a majority of 287 over Dr. J. C. Drake, who haa represented the county and district in tbe Legislature since the war. THE FIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA. Tho Republicans Preparing to Carry It. If Money Gan Do It. Itklxorapued to TUK ASSOCIATED PKKM.1 Deke Park, Mp.. August 7.—Another conference was held here to-day between Stephen II. K;kins and several leading Re publicans and Oreenbackers of West Vir ginia. The number present was not as large as at last week’s conference, it being understood that only those who were to have part in the management of the can vass in Wr»t Virginia should attend. The closest secrecy was observed. None of the gentlemen registered at the hotel, all being entertained at Elkins’s cottage, and the meetings were held within its doors. Elkins and exBeuator Davis returned last night from the mines adjacent to Weit Virginia, to control which section Senator Dan Camcrou and several Penn sylvania Republicans recently reached here, via tne Wuite Sulphur. Some of those in conference with Elkins here to-day ar rived yesterday aud awaited hia coming. He has assumed personal charge of the can vass of Maxwell, the Fusion candidate for governor. Funds, it is said, have been liberally promised by the Republican national commltte, and tU*e corupaign will be Inaugurated at an ear'y day by a big meeting in Wheeling. Arrangements were concluded at the conference to-day for t ie services of R. P. II. Btaub, of Baltimore, and u list of speaking appointments will at once be made for him through the State. Btaub, who is a lawyer, has hitherto been a Dctn FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THE CHOLERA APPARENTLY SPREAD ING IN ITALY. Franc. Bombard, and Cnptur*. Chines. Town - Politic. In B.lglum-BIs- mnrek Sand. HI. Son to Watoh the Fr.noli, Eto. ocrat. was in the Confederate army, and this circumstance is expected4o strength en ids inllitence. ceded to tbe xovernment dock. htndpl.yel a a‘r*e. Tbe bodice were then eecorted to Cyprasi Hill Cemetery. I/mg Isleod, where tbe interment took place witb military ceienunlee. CHINA. tux racxcn cumins xtu Loaon., Anxqst 0.—A dispatch from Shanghai of thisaate to lleuter’i Telegram Company .tales that the French oqoadr jd under Admiral Lopes, consisting of fire veoosde, lid bombarded and captured the town of Kelung, on Use island of Formosa THE CREELV EXPOSITION. Til. Records and Raima of th. Ill-Fated Aretlo Vo,age. [TELKoaaritxn to tux soaocuTin t-niss.] New You, August 0 —The original pa* pen, comprising a record of (ireely's Arc tic search and the most Interesting of tbe relics of that ill-fated expedition were to day delivered into tbe custody of Major General Hancock .Governor's Island, by Lieutenant Sebree, of the Thetis. Thera were four boxes, containing cloth ing, papers and curiusitlea accumulated by different members of the crew. Mtny of them were preserrei as memorials of the dead heroes who collected them in tbe Arctic region!. In tbe bottom of the launch lay the broken topgallant mast and tattered American flog which Lieuten ant Ureely planted in tbe l(c ae a signal of distress, which was tbe means of tbeir rescue by tbe relief party. Arroee the boxes lay a sled about fire fact in length and three in width, it was one manufac tured by Lieutenant Greely from piece* of •moll boats, fastened together with strong strips of skin. It was shod with strips of iron. Tbe official records of Lieuten ant t Ireely's search for two years were in cased in tin boxes and were strapped to large plank which would hara served as _ buoy and kept the reports from being lost In case of a collis ion. •net for Slandmr. Host, All.. August Monroe Taylor shut J antes Uy sit last night fitr defaming the character of tb. former's wife. Iloth are wealthy farmers. Hyatt was mortally wounslcd. iTILEUBAFHXD TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] Marseilles, August ft—Tho nrea affect ed by the cholera epidemic Ie beyond ques tion widening. Yesterday there were five deaths at Arlea and live at Kalin, a village of only four hundred inhabitants near Arle., At Cette there were seven deaths, Beziers two, at Carcsssone two and at Bordeaux one. At Gigean such a panic prevails that parents have lied, forgetting their children, whom Sisters of Charity are caring for temporarily. A soldier from from Avignon, where several deaths from cholera had occurred, died at Gler*. His comrades, who accompanied him from Avignon, have been Isolated. At Vogne, in tbe'department of Ardeche, with a pop ulation of 850. there were five deaths yes terday and three persons were under treat ment. N umerous eases of sickness, which are supposed to be cholera, are reporied from other points in Ardeche. . Marixill*s, August 9.-The Intenseheat causing increased mortality among the cliolerapatienta. Six deaths occurred last night. The return of fugitives to Arles baa bad a bad effect. There hare been six d laths at that place in twelve hours. Maiuxillem, August 9.—A plot to escape has just been discovered among the pris- oners at the prison in the Boulevard Chave. Twenty-five men, who had in some way secured crowbars and files, ar ranged a plan to kill the warden and break their way out. Owe of their number in formed the prison autuuiUits of what was going on. and the rest of them were put in The plot was said to have origina ted in the prisoners' fear of the cholera. Toclox, August 9.—There were three deaths from cholera here last night. Marseilles. August 9, 8 r. m.—There have been four deaths from cholera here the P® 8 * twenty-four hours. Touloic, August 9.-One death from cholera occurred here to-day. The record of the hospital to-day was: Admitted 0, died 1, cured 4, under treatment 77. There was one death from the disease at La- seane. FRENCH MOVEMENTS IN CUINA. Paris, Augast 9.—The occupation of Kelutig iy the French is officially an- nounced. Paris August 7.-It is stated seml-of- ficiafiy that the negotiations between M. latenotre.the French minister in China, and Li Hung Chang only resulted in an offer on the part of China of an illusory indemnity. The time given to China to accept the trench ultimatum expired August 4. France was obliged to support her demands by seizing a guarantee. Ad miral Lespes therefore, on August 5. oc cupied the port of Kelung and the coal mines in the vicinity. I‘*«noire has informed Li Hung Chalig that the duration of tho French on- cupation depends entirely upon Tsnng Li 1 amen, who can shorten it by paying an indemnity of 80,000.000 francs in ten yearly installments. VRASCK WAXTS 80 MEDIATION. Ixjxnox. August ft-A Foo Chow dis- patch to the Timet ot to-day's date says France refuses to submit the settlement of the Francp.Chinese difficulty to media- JtVSi from Pekin Nif August 8th state that Tting Li Yamen has regained confidence and will disregard the chronic menace of the French tleet. French pres tige can only be recovered by serious operations. < CONSTITUTION AL REVISION, Pa aw, August ft—The congress of the two houses of Parliament at Versailles continu'd the decision of the revision of the constitution. Two fresh amendments, proclaiming the sovereignty of tbe con gress, were defeated by a large majority. EGYPT. CATSOLL1XU TBE NILE. Cairo, August 9.—Three steamer* under C»pt Bedford are to be sent to re inforca the fleet patrolling between Assouan and Wady Haifa. THE KjlARTOCM EXPEDITION. Ixindon, August 9.—The government has decided to limit the Gordon relief expedi- lion by way of Ihe Nile to Khartoum to 2.500 men, partly English and partly r-gyptlan, and seven cuirassed river boats. The whole expedition will be under commend of General Stephenson, com- rnander-ln-cbief of tbe English forces in Lgypt. On reaching Dongola, paid con- Ungenta from the tribes of Western Sou dan will join the expedition. FROM ATLANTA. A Case of Desertlon-A Woman In Tear* —A Funernl Delayed—Personal. [special correspondence. | Atlanta, August 7.-0ut on Young street, No. 105, is a pleasant little cottage, a cozy porch clambered by vines, and in front a rich green sward. Within is a neat, blue-eyed little woman, a bride of four months, who was iu tears this morning because tbe husband who hsd pledged himself such a short while ago to care, protect and cherish her had, without cause and without notice, deserted her. The story as she tells it is pitiful enough. They had lived happily together, contented, and everything was lovely until last Monday. On that morning Chris Amlerion kissed Ills wife good bye as ususl, aud went to hia if*^i * ,. D ^t he failed to come, and the little wife waited. Later she went out in front and walked up peering into tbe MEXICO. A HOSPITAL CONFISCATED. SiT*.^** 10 * (vi * °*lve*ton,) August 9. —The independent press protests Against the confiscation of the Hospital of Jesus by.the government. This hospital waa endowed by the will of the conqueror Cor tez. The pretext lor conftncation is found ln th° non fulfillment of the terras of tho will which endowed a convent and school of theology as well as a hospital. The first two mentioned institutions have nev er been established. The hospital has hitherto tieeu considered a sacred institu tion. * ITALY. PACIFY!NO TUB POPE. Rome. August 9.—In consequence of the declaration made by Spain to lialy con cerning the tpeech made by Benor&pidai Youon, minister of agriculture and com merce in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, in favor of the restoration of the temporal power, the Pope threatens to withdraw his nnncio at Madrid. Spain has sent the Marquis of Molines to Rome to pacify the Pope. and down pvcrTng "Into” the darkness, imping to hear tho familiar foot- • !* /* e ca *! ne , |l0 t. and has not been heard of to-day. As he was a man of good hab its. temperate and industrious, the wife is perplexed to know the cause of bi< disap pearance. She believes there has been foul play, and perhaps that he has been murdered, but the idea is nearer correct that his affections have been lodged else- where and he has levanted with some other love. A NUISANCE. Oat on Decatur street, at the railroad crossing, a funeral procession was delayed for an hour this morning until a train of freight cars could be leisurely moved. It is complained that this happens fre quently. Congressman Crisp was in the city to-day on his way to New York, to meet with a ■pedal committee on the question of the reduction of the tariff on Iron, of which he is a member. Tbe committee was to meet in New York on the 5th. Willis Hawkins, Jr., and hi* counsel were in the city to-day on their way to An niston. where young Hawkins is to stand his trial. His case will probably come off next Tuesday, and his friends are confi dent of bis acquittal. Quite a party of veterans left here this morning to attend the reunion at Charles ton. BASEUALL. In the game between the Browns, of Au- gnsta, and the Dixies, of Savannah, played here this afternoon, the Browns won ty a score of 6 to 2. The game closed after the seventh inning. It was not a very inter- esting game. The greatest enthusiasm manifested was in watching the bulletin kept on the ground by the Western Union Telegraph Company of the game in Co lumbus between the 8tars and the Atlan- tas. Everything was promptly placed upon the board. At the close the score stood 4 to 2 in favor of the Stars The re sult was a great disappointment here and considerable money lost on it. MARRIED. Mr. Joseph Thompson and Miss Miras were married to-night at* St. Phillip's, Bishop Beckwith and Rev. Dr. Armstrong officiating. RAILROAD ACC’DENT. A Train Loaded With Soldiers Leaves the Track. [TELEORAPHED TO TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] Carlisle, Pa., August 9.—Conductor Frank Small and Fireman Fuller Thomp son were killed by an accident to a train on the Gettysburg and Harrisburg railroad, near this place, at noon to-day. Tbe train consisted of on engine and seven cars, and contained com panic* from western parts of the State belonging to the tenth and fifteenth regiments of National Guards, re turning from the State encampment at Gettysburg. While the train was run ning slowly near Carli.il* junction, the track suddenly spread, throwing the en gine and tender down an embankment and causing four cars to leave tbe track.. The engineer jmuped, lodged in a small tree and escaped with acalded feet and slight briuses. Conductor Small jumped, but fell under the moving cars and was killed. Fireman Fuller Thompson re mained on the engine aud was buried un der the wreck. Ills body has not been re covered. None of the passengers were in jured. Arrested While on a BrldalTour. 1’uii.adelpuia. August*7.-—John Wallace, paymaster's clerk of the receiving ship 8L Louis, stationed at tlie League Island Navv Yard, was arrested here by Detect ive Sillier last night on the charge of era- lie/.zltng government funds. Wallace was E anted a furlough on July 2, since when i married a very estimable lady well known in society. The detectives were watching for him, and made the arrest aa the young man stepped from a carriage in which was his bride. He had just re turned frsni his wedding trip, and was about to leave his wife at the home of her father preparatory to joining his ship: He waa held In $3,09) bail, in default of which he waa tent to Moyatnensing jail. EGYPT. TIIE NILE EISING. Caild, Aogust 7.—The Nile Is rising slowly, and much anxiety is felt for the safety of the crops, "Speinopield, Mam., April 10, 1881.— for diseases of the kidneys, liver, bladder and urinary organs I received great bene fit from Hunt's (Kidney and Liver) Rem edy. I pronounce it the best. H. W. Payne. Manufacturer Harnesses, Trunks, •tc., 447 Main street." IT ISASPECIFICj YOB Kidney $c LiverX Troubles, Bladder, Urinary . and Xirer DUeaoca, 1 Dropsy, Omvcland^ Diabetes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. , It cures BUloueneae, XXeadache, Jaundice, Boor IT WORKS PROMPTLY / ——i Intemperance, Nerrorm ** iml TtoMHtw » I -*• USE IT AT ONCE. It restores the KIDNEYS, LIVER and BOV BIB, to a healthy aotlon and CUBBBwhentn other medicine* fell. Hundreds hare been miS who hare been siren up to die by fUenda asd physicians. I’Hffll.IB. Send for Xllustr*ted Pamphlet to HUHT* REMEDY CO., Prorldenee, n. L 68OLD BY ALT. DUUGtJlsTS. TUTT’S T sung*, expectorates Uie acrid u hatouUcctsin the Bronchial Tu! ‘.r.ndf na-n M .nothing coaling, which relieve* the ir- Itf.tlon thatcfiUiM tlie cough. It cleanice the lungs of all Impurities, strengthens them when enfeebled by disease,ihtir*. atee tho circulation of the blood, and breceethe nervoussyetem. Might cold* often end in conemnptlnu. It Is dangerous to nr elect them. Apply the remedy promntlv. A toetof twenty years warrants the sntriton that norepic^y haeerer bee n fbitml that leaa inftunuiiUlon.aad iu aw «p«5ilr turn the nwt obstinate toa?h. A pleasant earBI.I.etill- •lren take It readIIr. For Cron; It U Invaluable shout J he in erery family. IiHSr.sml Si nottlw, ITALY. TUX CHOLERA. Rone, Ampul 9.—The report of tba rav age, of cholera in Italy since the last ac counts is as follows: On* death has oc curred at Drocer, and two deaths and one fresh cose are reported at Cairo. At Mon- tenotte there are two caees, which are ieolaled. Fresh cases ire reported at Ze- iNtrea and I'ancsleiri, ,od three death* at the latter place and three deaths st Osapo IRELAND. VNoTItr.a CHARGE AGAINST DOLTON. Duaux, August ft—Tbe f/aitof Inland announces that Thomas Casey, approver in the Montross murder case, has declared In the presence of tbe Archl.Ubopof Tnam and members of hi* flock, that Mr. Bolton, solicitor fur tbe crown, compelled bint to swear sqsintt Miles Joyce and others charged with that crime, who were inno cent. AUSTRIA. Mt-lDia AND SUICIDE. Vienna, AuguetO.-At Preesbnrg Cant. Holer, of tlie infantry, who hsd gained fsm# in several campaign*, shot bis wife dead and then committed suicide. Comniunlsts Fined. New Yoee, August i.-AdulpU Neilson, Theodora t.oelxct and Ambrose Witte, !L h0 JI5! •»» Right lot poeting on ■JR"** Socialistic proclamations reter- rt ng to the execution of Shell number, th* Vienpeee Sodslist, were fined >5 each in the Tombs l'ofice Court to-dsy for viola- ttoo of the corporation ordinance. Justus Schwab, of Communist fame. Mid their fine*. Cotton MUIe Closing. Fsu. Rives, Mass.. Augustft— A general •hut down of all the cotton mill* her* has been decided upon and will btgin Monday. All the mills not approving of the shut 'l?«" *" |l“ S ori ” cil *- PR**"**. King Iffid p.i nlM.Nsrraraniett and Sagamore, bot It Is qidte likely tliey will etop within a week The cans* of the dosing ft (he dull ness of the market for print. NOTICE. Board of Com* Uatimrnt of Telfair county, tho 4th day of Augmt next for bul dins a Jail «t McKac, Go., of brick work, 1 to be constructed under plsns and specifica tions furaUhed oy John 1). Fred, agsut for P. J. Pauly dc Bros.' latent cells, (aaopted bjr Commissioner»’ Court), which cau be seen by application to John F. McRae. Clerk. McRae, CJa. Tlie work to be completed bi the first day of December next. On the 4th day of August the beat proposal will be re ceived by the Court, rcxenrlng the right, how ever, to reject any or all bids. By order of Telfair Commlixtonen Court. JoifcT. »4. JOHN HMITU, Chairman. | ■ JNO. F. McRAE, Clerk. aug7-law4w $11,950 IN CASH GIVEN AWAY To SMOKERS of Blackwell’s Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. This Fpedal Deposit Is to guarantee the payment of the » premiums Ally described In our former announcements. The premiums will be psl.l, no matter how •mail tne number of bags returned may be. Ofm BUebtMtTi Dwehmm fWtor— CI*J r. x. wn.rriZ?*’ me t ------ -ni r r-.ir,i.i r-irft—. rr r Pnsn ais:-W. inrU. ygu SIMlsm. ro^osTTOire bSSoSoK£jr% , rp«j‘c AAC ffJjuiifWri Pwrkem Maw Cb. Meat geania* wtthcwtptctwm of BULL aa the ^ ^ peck***. FOR SALE. ■pSOIHES, Boilers, Huw Mills,Com Mills, £i Cotton Presses, Mill Spindles, Pulley* amfting*, Hangers, etc. AU kinds -~ Wilt* for prior* on any kind of machine ry- .. B.D.COLEACO., BtarHwIjr Newaan •**. Cures ( kills and Fcrer, lliaptp.li, Nick Ileedscke.ltUlous Colic,Ct.n.i (Ion, HUvuuaaU*m, Pile, 1-ulplt.iloiiur Ike llcnrt, Ulxztnesi. 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In every instance where It h **.¥* n . g ** d » K* hove been sil that I could osk. I consider It o great hlsestnf This remedy Ii om shoot which wo it It is a nmi wonder- after tbe first twa oe Tseon $h __ i mailed frea. ITis^MuDviEia Riotl Atoa Oh, Boxa». AUaate.ua.