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CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY* - MARCH 2, I860.
VOL. XII., NO. 37
ANOTHER SUIT.
ON THE MACON A BRUNSWICK LEASE
KiaWll Claims tka Road-His Piptn to tke
GoT«raor~Hia Eight* ia tb« Maltor-An
Offer to Lnti it to Jadga Bleckley.
On W*d tally t « a runntnl over tbe
eitv that the company represented by Mr II.
1 Ki'.••mi# in the lra*e of the yacoo and
Brunswick road, had filed paper* with Gov-
<rr«>i Colquitt, demanding the leave of the
road.
A representative of Tar Constitution
called on Mr. Kimball to ascertain wliat
had been done, and what wa* to be done in
the matter Mr. Kimball aaid:
"It ia true that ire demand the road, and
we have prevented our demand to the gov
ernor.”
•'What h thelilatory of the transaction?"
"Itissimplf this. When I was in New
York a Urn day* ago I received an official
not fication from the governor that the
highest bidder for the road bad not com
plied with the term* of the leaae; that the
time allowed by law had expired— and be
notified rue “as fhe next highest bidder’’ of
these facto. On thi* official notification l
wrote tVe governor at once that I bad receiv
ed biv letter and would take )ion«emion of the
road without mmeceeiary d-day. Shortly
after thi* l inn Governor Colquitt in the
Fifth Avrmitf hotel with Mr.'iug^le, and
I invited him to iny room, where I moile
him a fender of the find payment. In the
rucn.'itinie I had learned that he was in
Wieddngton, ami teh*;raphed him there lire
Mileiams of my trl.ee to Atlanta.
Governor CulijuiU then informed me
that be had reopened negotiation* with the
highest hidden, wlio-e time a« he had al
ready officially notified me, had expired,
and Mid he could not treat with me until
lie had seen them further. After a day or
two of ;Zi»rti«vion I learned that he had
onsciitid to an arrangement with a party
of New York gentlemen who were never
hidden for the road and with whom the
governor had no »-irt of right to treat, a* I
am aitifllied he will discover u|*on investi
gation.
•’Was your company ready to take the
road?”
"We were. We had consulted Judge
llopkin*. and he had given its an opirnon
on which we determined to pay the m« ney.
I represented a .strong com j*any ami a good
one.”
"What do you propose to do?*’
"We have li'ed a paper with the governor
demanding the road through Judge Hop
kins. I will aay further that we have a
clear legal, equitable and moral right to
the mad, and we projioae lo insist on our
light*."
"Will you proceed against the new com-
pony?"
“I do not admit that there is any other
Irgal coii>|*atiy. and therefore do not care to
talk about that matter. It is enough to
say that we have the only right to the road
and we shall insist on it. There is no
doiilit of our rights. We know that Gov
ernor Col.jiiitt will enforce the luwas he
construe* it. lie has already consult-d
Judge IMrekiey on this matter. He referred
the matter of the lived to him. Now I pro-
|m*e to the governor, that we will submit
our rights under this case to Judge Bleck
ley, who is hi* chosen leg.il adviser, without
argument. If he dues not decide that our
right is jierfeci and complete, I will agree
to give way without a word. You
must remember one thing. I have
lieen a legitimate bidder all the time. The
oilier com|»aiiy l* an entirely new one, and
is not the coui|»any that made tlio highest
hid. Tile name of that company was the
two Vihtnrds. Wheeler und Green. They
have nil retired and drawn out. The com
juuy purchasing is a new company and
one that was not represented at the sale at
•II.”
"If vou get the ruad will you build at
once?”
" We will. From the very moment of my
dot ap|»ear4ncc in Macon os a bidder in
November, we have prepared in every
sense of the word to comply with the letter
and spirit of the law. And we are r ady
now.”
Will you furn«*!i ns with a c»py if the
|4i|ier you have filed with the governor.*"
"Certainly. All that Id* I am willing
for the public Pi M*e. I tell yon ihc public
i* just us lunch Interested in this matter
a* we are. Here is the p.i|#*r.”
We ap|»end the pajH?r sent to the gover
nor, and will he able to give fuller details of
the matter to-morrow:
Atlanta, Ga., February 25, lHSQ.—To Hi*
Excellency A. II. Colqnitt, Governor: It
was announced to the public, bv the repre
sentative of the state, at the time of the
leasing of the Macon and Bruns wick rail
road, that the holiest qualifiml bidder who
would comply with the terms of the .statute
should have the lca«e, and the bid* were
made with that understanding. I bid f«
the company I represented $I5I3,1U0. M
foil per hid 3dl*l,UU0, and it was knocked off
to him.
The leasing occurred on the 13th day ol
January, ISrtO. The term* allowed the bid
tier hy Huttre for concluding the iran*ar-
tton. was thirty days. Ort the 17th ins:artt
tlie secretary of the executive depart uent
addiessed me the billowing letter:
State of Georgia. Executive lh pnr.tnen*,
Atlanta,Ga. February Ft, IH.su.—Mr II. I.
Kimkill. Atlanta, Ga : D.-arJSir —I am di
rected by tbe governor to inform
the next higbc*l bidder at the lea?-
Macon and Brun*w»«k railroad, that the
) turtle* making tlw highest bid l.avefaihd
to com*’ ude the transaction, and that tie
time allowed them for doing *o ha* expired.
Very respectfully.
J. W. Warren,
Sit*. Ex. lie)'
I was in New Yoik; the letter was l
warded to me, and I made the following re
ply on the 17th instant:
Nkw Yt UK, February 17. issn.—Dcar S
Your favor ol the 13th mstan’, informing
me "us ihc next highest Imldcr at the lease
of the Mncon uml Brui swick railroad, that
the parties making the highest hid in
failed to conclude the irai.-mium, and i
the time allowed them to* doing so has
pi red ” ha* lieen forwarle 1 to me here, u
I will pnwxed to c imply with my hid a
the miuireroei.touf the law. ami take pos
aaiion without unnecessary delay.
Yeiy re*|M«-t■ nl!v yitir
II. 1. Kimri
To Hi* Excellency A. II. t’o!qu«u, At
lanta. Ga.
Subsequently vou went to New
York, and while there, and before
you had seen the other t«rfy. 1 oili-red to
place in your bands the*l0,'*v> mentioned
in the statute ami comply otherwise with
the statute
You declined to receive it on tlie ground
that negotiations hud been resumed with
the bidder* whose teiin had expiree!, that
oecutrcd without the limit of the state.
’I'he statute restored the road to be* leased
at public on'cry in the city of Macon, and
u was done, the term allowed tbe highest
1 iUder had expired, ami by the terms of the
leaving it was my time for action.
Your excellenty has now returned to the
state aud there can now be no doubt
your power to accept, at the capital, the
money, and there lore, I herewith tender
the $lh,00t) mentioned in the statute and 1
am ready to lake the tease at mv hid and
comply'with the statute in letter
spirit.
The money l will deliver to you imme
diately should vou signify your willingness
to accept it. I nave it ready to U* deliv
ensl. Very respectftiilr.
H. 1. Kimball.
the republican convention at Utica. As far
m heard from 14 delegates were instructed
to vote for Grant and 21 favor Grant. Two
are opposed to Grant and two are opposed
to tbe third term. Only one publicly fa
vor flunk ling. Fifteen are anin&truced:
of these 2 are opposed lo .Shern an. and .7
favor Grant a* their first choice, Blaine
second.
ArofaTA, Me., February 21.—The green-
backers in the legislature held a caucus last
evening and nominate! delegates at large
to the national convention to meet at I'hi-
cago. A committee was appointed to draw
up a resolution of thank* to Solon chase,
the father of the parly in Maine, for the
resolute stand he had taken.
MJmm Bardetlc-Coutt*.
Boston He raid.
Mias Bur Jett Coutto known as the rich
est single woman in Eaglauff, and as a per
son of such liberality in the distribution of
her vast wealth os to commend her to »be
admiration of tbe civilized world, came
into possession of her fortune in a very
interesting manner. She seems to prefer
the sini|de title of Mi?«s Coatis to that
of Baroness. Coults, conferred upon
her by i|ueen Victoria in 1.171,
in consideration of her munifi
cent publicebaritie*. Miss Uoutts lived in
rather straitened circumstances during her
edrly years, inheriting no property from
her rich grandfather, Thomas Gout to, the
eminent banker, born In 1741. At the
death of his brother Peter, Mr. Coutts as
sumed the entire direction of the firm,
which, under In* control, rote to its h g'iest
prosperity.^ He was a gentleman in man
ners, hospitality and benevolence, and
counted among hi* triend-, some of the first
literary men and actor* of hi* day. boon
after his settlement in l^oiuloit he married
Elizabeth htarkey. a girl of humble
origin. They lived happily together,
and had three daugtiter*—.Susan. who mar
ried the earl of Guilford, Frances, who mar
ried the marquis of Bute, and k’ophta,
uiolber of the subject of this sketch, who
married bir Francis Burdett, the member
of parliament who proposed tlie celebrated
inquiry into the state of C'oidbath Fields
prison, which resulted in the dismissal of
the keeper and the complete reformation of
the regulations of that prison, lie doubt-
less transmitted to hi* celebrated daughter
many of his benevolent virtue*. .Saon after
the death of Mrs. Co lifts, in 1115. Mr.
Coutt* fell in love w lb the beautiful and
accomplished M:ss Harriet Mellon, u very
|*>pulur actress in comedy in tlie early {art
oJ_ this century. This lady was bom an
1775, and was so much younger tbau her
opulent traitor that she declined the milch,
representing that the forty-four years’ d:f
ferenre in their ages made Pro great a har
rier to lie surmounted. Trie enamored
millionaire, however, successfully persisted
in Ids suit, and Miss Mellon became the
happy wife of Mr. Colitis. In consequence
of Hie violentopi*osition of hi* three daugh
rer* to Disunion with Mis* Mellon, Mr.
’out!* disinherited them, and made hi*
wife sole mist res* of his Colossal fortune at
hi* decease. About live years after the
death of Mr. Coitlto his widow married the
duke of bt. Albans, grand falconer of Eng
land, who was much younger than .Mr*,
i. At her death .-iie left the duke an
ie of $5u,ixri a ytar, and a life interest
le landed estate. With this excep
tion *h *, from n deliette sense .of justice,
lirqueathed the entire fortune which she
derived from Mr. Vou Its to his grand
daughter, Angela Burdett, youngest daugh
ter of bif Francis Burdett.
The duchess ul St. Albans, in bequeath
ing her fortune to Mis* Angela Burnett, de
sired her to take the name of Cjutts. This
lady was horn in 1HM and receive ! the vn t
1137, since
GEORGIA’S.GOLD
GLITTERING THROUGH THE HILLS.
.spicuous for
huiuanita-
y in estab-
lier charitable deeds
t-cbemea. Her lil
(idling the corps <
Florence Nightingale, in the Crimean war,
is familiar to every one. She is said to spend
!.er entire income, $J,OU*>,uuQ or $1,2U0,<*x> a
year, in her philanthropic project*, She is
an unfailing friend to the pour, a protect
or of dumb animals, and founder of
churches ami schools. Zu 1117, ten years
after obtaining her fortune, she endowed
a church, with iwrsonage and schools
attached, in Rochester Row, one oi the
most neglected parts of London. She also
established the drinking fountains which
are such a bleating to weary pedestrians;
also the cuihe saloons, which are such
aids to the temperance movement, bhe
much revered and beloved l»y all
classes that the very populace, when
per*ted by poverty to ex ire-
violence. protected the horn o,
and declared that no lmnd should be raised
against the |M-ace of tneir benefactor, Thi
The Gromai Arowzd Dahloaega Precioms With th*
liriknu Product—The Exteat of th*
Miae*, tad th* Prospects of Fa-
tar* Yield—New Btaap Mills.
There are few people in Georgia, much
less abroad, who thoroughly realize the ex
tent to which the gold mining interests are
lieing pushed in the mountains that encir
cle the pretty village of Dablouega. tbe
county seat of Lumpkin county. In tbe
rush and bluster of this fast age, few peo
ple have found time to leave railways for a
day, and resorting to more primitive means
of transportation, made the reclusion of
this little mountain village, that may yet
win fer herself the title of the Southern
L?adville. Popularly, therefore. Dzhlonega,
with her vast resources of wealth, posseves
the envious boon of being unkuown.
But nevertheless, the keen eyes of a few
shrewd business men in search of new re
munerative enterprises, hare of late pene
trated into the very heart of her encircling
mountains and detected there vast treasure.
Ten* of thousands of dollars’ worth oCma-
chinery have been transported overland
to the little village and put In
operation among the surrounding moun
tain*; the never ending crash of stamping
mills can now be heard from every side;
the mountain tops have been converted
into reservoirs; the mountain side* are
traversed In every direction with ditches
that carry the water Into and out from tlie
mines; a thousand men with nick and
shovel are to day busily engaged there in
i tie search for gold. 1) > the Dahlonega
mines pay? Answer the question in the
negative and you will say that men are
fool*. Every hour is marking the prosecu
tion of new enterprises in the mountains,
where, not mere adventurers, but men of
capital and shrewdness are sinking thou
sands of dollars, and growing more and
more confident every day that their in
vestments will prove amply remunerative.
Never, since the mines were first opened,
ha* capital for procuring every needed im
provement been so easy to command. The
exclusion of Dahlonega will soon be broken
by a railway, and a dozen new mining
scheme* now in their incipiencv will 900x1
bring hundreds of men and thousands of
dollar* into the mountains around the vil
lage. It will he interesting to take a gliuip-e
at the new enterprises now on foot for the
development of the wealth of the spurs of
the Blue Ridge.
Nothing will be more conducive to the
success and prosperity of the men engaged
in developing these mining enterprises than
the cheapness with which it can l>e done—
cheapness of * mining labor, cheapness
in opening up railway communica
tion. cheapness of living, cheap
ness of everything. * The great
desideratum ha* been a railway to Gaines
ville, 25 mile* distant. The thing desired
is now a certainty. Colonel Price, of !>ah-
lonega, has just returned f om New York
on a trip for soliciting stock investments.
The amount of stock that he had been in
structed to sell was $13*1.000. "When 1
asked gentlemen in New York to invest
that amount,” he says, "they laughed at
me. ‘One hundred and thirty thousand dol
lar* to build a railroad?' they said. ‘Why,
if'you want a million or two million with
a proapcctof its paying us four or five per
cent it is yours for the asking.”’ The
$130,000 were raued, and when Grant re
turns front Cuba he can doubtless ride to
Ibildonega in a palace car. Dalilonega's
railway will make it a thriving mining
town, and that, too, at a trilling cost.
The cheapness of mining labor is an
other exceedingly important factor in
:hc development of tlie mines, euabline
the proprietors to Work with profit low
;rade ores that in California could not be
touched. I was standing a few days ago on
the verve of the Findlay mine in company
with Colonel J. 1*. ltnboden, the Mi|>eriu-
femlent, looking at some fifty men break
out the xvhite gold-bearing quartz from
the veins. "Thoie men,” he said, ‘‘cost us
flits a day. aud many of them lix'e at
an ex|»en*e to themselves of 80 cents a
week. In California the same labor could
not he obtained for less than $4.00 a day.’
a 1.-niinAd ti/tn 1 li.. In fitiurntii.i
n a&signatkn bouse of the CDurt consult
ing room, and has been guilty of profanity
and indecent, violentand infmoral »-onduct.
The charges were referred to a special com
mittee of seven.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
THE GAY JUDGE
AKO THE ENTERPRISING WIDOW.
The Findlay mines now has in oi»eration
ills, one of ten stamps, the other of
forty, a* an old California miner character-
?d' it—"the biggest and finest mill in the
i»rJd.” A miner in one of this conipiny’s
mines a few days ago struck a new vein of
measure* of 1 the richest ore yet discovered, qnartz of the
f MusCoutts, I the purest white, thickly flecked
iih particles of yellow gold. The
discovered in the very
beneficent lady, who has spent her wealth I Itottom of one of the deepest mines, a veiitl-
so freely for I lie improvement of human I cation of the theory suggested by the geo
welfare, is by no means adverse to the pleas-1 logical formation of the mountains, that
(ires of life. She ha* just been seeking a I the richest finds will be made deep in the
little healthy recreation in a yacht voyage I earth where the veins that reach the
up the Mediterranean with a party •( I face unite-in vast bodies of quartz. The
distinguished guests, one of whom. Mr. I new find in the Findlay n»i ie created
Henry Irving, of the lyceum, hal an op-1 quite an excitement in mining circles, and
ftortunify thus given him of Miiveying tlie J one can hear estimations made of ttie value
identical scenes which he so forc.hly por- I of the vein all the way from $25,000
trays in enacting the part of eh>lo* k in I $100,000. This vein will of course greatly
the "Merchant of Venice." Afier return-I improve the value of this mine, but even
iug from the sunny south and re-entering I before the discovery was made every pnr-
the Thame', her ladyship’s commodious I tide of quartz, every grain of sand from
steamer lay a week off Gravesend, where I this mine’was being swept by deluge* of
she and her companion* had leisure to I water into the stamping mill, and xva*
study the vast maritime, coasting and river | yielding a rich harvest of the yeliow gold,
traffic of the jort of LmJon which had ‘ " ’
great interest to Mis* Couth*, a* the condi
tion of those employe*! in it had long en
gaged her kin By attention.
A DARING ROBBERY.
Nineteen llun«lre«a ami Ne vent j-live !
:.ollnr*. Taken From 1'ntler n Lulj's
II end.
A heavy rotdiery took place Sunday night
last in ihi* c»iy, the particulars ol which
came to band ye. t« relay. A short time
since Mr. J K. Burnttt
this city from Indiara :
at the residence <J Mi*. Dcuela?* on Ivy
street. Sunday night last when the couple
returned Mrs.* Barnett put h er skirt, in
which was a ticket containing$1,1)75 under
her pillow.
The following morning when the wife
arose to dress she discovered her skirt lying
lhe superintendent ordered several pan-
iiic.gs made inducriuiinately from different
localities of the mine while 1 era*
there, and there never failed to be left
in the bottom of the pan a few yellow par
ticle* that could be picked up with the lin
gers. Tiie visitor to Dahlonega can not fail
to lie convinced that her mountain* are
rich in gold—gold that can be mined at a
comparatively trilling costand yield for-
from low gradeairci.
; week the steam was for the first
time turned on Rome machinery newly
ted f. r the purpose of separating gold
chai
amining the
at the f.s
cy s
s gout
>*>d wife came to f n>m quartz and sand. It was the result of
d procured board j $-v-»,tmo invested by a New York mining
" * company and is called the "new process
mill. ’ The common process of mining at
Ihtldonega is as*follows: A reservoir with
a capacity of several thousand gallons, is
constructed < n the top of a mountain that
is to lie mined; at tbe foot of the
mountain is erected the stamping
ftheh»d. Upon ex-I mill; the mine is excavated
on tlie mountain side between the two and
.connected with each by ditches. When a
M tlie couple that th* I Mitiicieni quantity of the quartz ha* been
had gained en- | tom lo**e by workmen in the mines, the
thief who **tole tl
traiuv to t‘.e r«*
house through tl:
gaining admit
luent-* throng
which sepnrat*
the front pari*
a* wel! as the d-*
tbe entry were
door, however, w;
ton ml laying
couple retired on
door wa* locked and the key left
>r. Officers who have visit*! the
1 looked into ttie matter have ii<
any decision that will lead to the detec
n of the thief. The loss i» a great
Bonnet ami his wife.
un by first entering ttie I water i* turned loose from the reservoir and
e front window and then 1 sweeping down the ditches thnmgh the
lance to their apart-1 mine it carries the quartz to the stamping-
» a _ folding door j The quartz in a wet condition is
*1 their room from I G,en slmvele»t un*ler the stamps, cru*he*l,
•r. The folding door. I and quicksilver is thrown in to amalgamate
•r entering the room from I the gold that lias been set tree. The "new
IhuIi do'ed. The smaller I pnK-ess miU" is on an essentially different
-a* not locked, ami the key | principle. By this process the clay, sand
When the I and quartz which lias been excavated from
Tbe Frightened Czar—A Riot in Ire
land.
London. February 25 —A Berlin dispatch
states that at an audience given by Eiujier-
or William to the president of the reiclistag,
his majesty declared the passage of the
army bill absolutely necessary for Ger
many*- defensive j«ower.
A dispatch from Berlin to the Times says
the recent article in tbe North German <ia-
zetteon Russian fortifications hascrea'ei a
noticeable sensation. It is considered sig
nificant that the Russian Graud Duke Nich
olas. who arrived in Berliu Tuesdav, was
received with much impressiveness, f’rince
Charles gave a banquet, at which the em
peror and all the prince* were present. The
emperor afterwards- held a brilliant recep
tion at the palace in honor of Grand Duke
Nicholas.
1 RELAX I>.
A large tenant right meeting near Porta-
down county. Armagh, to-day, was attacked
dy 3,000 orangemen armed with bludgeons
who stormed the platform and then dis
persed the meeting. The tenant-rigbter*
were outnumbered and twenty of them
were seriously injured. The orange party
considered the meeting to be of a seditious
character.
KFSS1A.
London, February 25 —Tlie Moscow Ga
zette demand- the appointment of • dicta*,
tor to more effectually crush nihilism-
London, February 25.—A St. Petersburg
dispaich to the Times says that there is a
sense of insecurity ob-ervable in every di
rection here, and while there i* great ‘fear
that something will liap|»en before the
anniversary of the emperor* accession to tiie
throne, there is al*o a settled idea which
i* destined probably to be disappointed,
that the cz-ir will proclaim something new
on that occasiou. The most important fact
connected with the latter’s expectation is
that very important state documents are in
course of publication in the printing-office
of the fourth section. A certain number
of trustworthy men have been workiug at
tbejc papers for three week*; the
intents thereof are kept a profound
secret, and in order that nothing snail leak
out, the printers are kept in charge of an
officer under lock and key. This proves
that something unusual is being prepared,
but as it was begun prior to the explosion
in the winter palace, that event may have
somewhat changed the good intentions of
the czar.
It ha r i Wen decided tliafr General Louis
Meliofl shall lie appointed governor-general
of St. Petersburg vice General Gourka
Feodor.
Nicolaiewicz Glinka, Russian author, is
lead.
The Motwa states that on Sunday last the’
superintendent of |*olice delivered to tin-
chief of artillery six shrapnel shells found
in a tramway car. The chief thereupon
ordered a verification to be made of all am
munition stored in the distric: and dis
covered that thirteen shell* were missing.
The Journal de Sl Petersburg says: The-
North German Gszette indulge* in a variety
of liyjkothesis on Russia’s fortification pro
jects, aud from these hypotheses manufac
tures a hypothetical policy.
A Berlin dispatch to the Pall Mall Ga
zette says Russia appears inclined to treat
the refusal of Cnina to ratify the Kuldja
treaty, if percHted in, as an affront necessi
tating a diplomatic rupture, a* the treaty
ha* lieen signed by the czar. The Jour
nal oiues to the conclusion
that lhe opinion expressed iix
recent German (lanipblet still holds good,
namely: that the feeling existing in Russia
that Germany will not attack her can only
proceed from the belief that Germany lias
always been Russia’s truest friend ami that
the two countries have no fundamentally
divergent interest.
kn(;laxd.
London. February 25.—Some timber in tt
yard on Glass Honstreet, Yauxhall, Lon
don, fell to-day killing five persons and
wounding sixteen.
The bark Stratlinairn. bound for Wel-
honrne from London, wai sunk by a col
lision to-day, and sixteen |>ersons drowned.
It is staled that Persia is actively assem
bling trooi*s to march on Herat.
IBirOLl.
Madrid, February 24.—Intelligence has
lieen received from Tripoli that iiUeen hun
dred home* were destroyed there by Hoods.
FRANCK.
Paris. February 24.—The right abstained
from voting in the election of M. LeMoine.
lu the senate to-day during the debate on
the Ferry education biil M. Pel loon n Le
niently attacked the Jesuits. M. Cuniu
Gribaine. republican senator for the de-
|»artnient of Ordennes. is dead.
Tbe National Democratic Convention
Washington, February 23.—Th ? nationa
democratic committee assembled in Wil
lard’s hotel in this city to-day to select the
place and appoint the time for bidding the
national democratic convention. After
some discussion, it was resolved to hold the
convention on Tuesday. June 22. Jlelegates
from Chicago, Cincinnati, 8t. ixmis, and
other cities, then presented tlie claims of
their several localities a* suitable places for
holding the convention. Un tlie first for
mal ballot Cincinnati was selected by a vote
of 24; Chicago having- 8 votes, St. Louis 4,
Washington 1, ami blank 1.
Washington, February 24 —-The national
democratic executive committee to-day is
sued the following call:
‘•'rite national democratic commit e
having met in the city of W *Hii:;gton
tbe 23d (lay of February, 1810 % has appoint
ed Tuesday the 22d day of Jut a? next, as tlie
time and chosen the city of Cincinnati a
the place of holding the iiational demij
cratie convention. Each state i
entitled to a representation therein
equal to double the number of it* senator*
and representatives in the United States
congress. All democratic, conservative
and other citizens of the lli itc d States,
spective of |*ast political associations or
ferences, who can unite with, us in the ef
fort to procure an economical ind consiitu-
lional government, are cordially invited to
join in sending delegates to tb e convention.
At the last national democratic conventio
held in the city of Svllouis. in 1S70, the.t'ol
lowing resolution was adopt**!:
Resolved, That the states bo requested to in
struct their delegates to the natli ual democrat!
eonvoution to i>e held in lss® whether it t>
desirable to continue the two-third* rule longer
in force in national conventions, and that the
national coranUUee iuscrtsuch request in the call
for the next convention.
Wm. II. 15abxcn. Chairman.
Lexveaworth Suyplie* tbe World With a Wild
Western Romance, in Which ICerals ops Set
at Defiance—Jeff Davis's Legacy—Per
petual Motion DiscoTertaf Etc.
Leavenworth. February 20,—Judge J.ll*
Fendery. the principal owner of the cele
brated "Pender? mine” at Le*lvil!e, is the
hero of a very interesting real life drama,
the last act of which is just ne/vr being j*er-
fortued. The story embraces the ardent lov
ers, tlie irate parent, the faithfal friend, and
all theother features necessaryitoacomp'ete
romance. Pendery is, or was,(married, and
has one son, grown to manhood. This son
now lives with him in Leadvilk*.. The wife
regains at the old home here—e very
handsome and comfortable pouse, in a
fashionable part of the city. She i* ukl.
The other lady in the case—for there is
ano.her one, who i* the heroine of the story
—is a Mrs. McNulty, a widow, with two
children. She is comparatively voting and
rather prepofaeasing in appeaimnee. Ye^s
ago—six or eight, at least—when the judge
hadn’t as much money as he is supposed Jo
have now, a mutual admirauon grew up
between him and the widow, 5*’d their re
lations were more friendly tljpn was peT-
- «:s, and in
[ VhianiiUtt-
»uw i.uo ibuj a i«nnV' took cog
nizance of the condition 1L.\< atfeirs
and warned Mr. Pendery sh-
ciety elsewhere. This,
plicated matters somewhat, bn, did not by
any meins put an end to the friendly rela-'
lions that existed between the couple, or
wholly deprive them of the. pleasure of
each other’s society. They continued to
xneel clandestinely, till one night, when
the old man, lying in wait for Pendery. dis
covered him approaching fce widow’s
house, and "went for him” with a shot gun.
Tlie judge is a large portly mxn, not built
the race-course, but he did pome beauti-
high stepping on this occasion, and
though two loads of bu« k hot were sent af-
hini, he succeeded in taking himself out
reach of the old gentleman’s ordtutr-cc
without loss of blood, and with no other in-
, ury than a bad fright. After this persona!
nterviews between the couple were
regarded as extra hazardous, and,
to add to the difficulties of the
situation, the shooting affair has made the
vhole matter public, and accounts of it
ubstautially the same as above were pub
lished in the local papers. Bui the fire was
no means stamped out; they could not
meet each other, but they could write,and
did write every day. the loving epistles be-
_ carried to and fro between her house
and hi* office by her faithful colored wo
man. llis office was with the county at
torney in the court house, and in a certain
drawer in an out-of-the-way place he would
deposit his letter every morning, and regu
larlv at the appointed hour the widow’sser-
ant would coiue and take it away, leaving
one from her mistress in its stead. This was
necessary, because their letters through tha
post-otfice would be intercepted hy tlie ene-
f. But the old man, not to he baffied
this way, induced the widow’* rascally
son to rifle liis mother’s bureau drawer and
capture a package of the judge’s letters.
These letters, breathing the most ardent
devotion in every line and giving unmis
takable evidence of unlawful intimacy be
tween the parties, tlie lady’s father gave to
the newspapers, and they were published in
full except su^h parts ns would not bear
printing. In this condition thecase was left,
and the affair did not come before the pub-
again till the Leadville mining excite
ment commenced. Then Pendery went U>
Leadville, and in a short lime he "struck it
rich” and began to make money. Then he
commenced proceeding* for a divorce from
his wife, and the accommodating mar
riage laws of Colorado gave him a decree a
few weeks ago. Before the divorce was
granted the widow commenced making her
prejiarations to go west, and having com
pleted her trousseau, she started a few days
.i._ » r
the ll.»
cnuig prov
tiie
W.
COE,
THE TRAVELING GENERAL
Colonel ConUlmsr Preparing «• Cap
ture «t»~ New \orlx Delegatlo;
Nkw York. February 23.—The Graphic’:
All any Kpecial say* a most surprising i*
litical rumor ha* quietly gotten into ciren
lation «tihiu inside circle* here during th
pa^t twenty-four hour*. It i* nothin*. Ie.-
t tan that Senator 4\mkli:ig's lieutenant:
are laving wire* for the oniet ignoring
General Gram's us me a! 4 tiro, and putting
forth that of t'onkling liiit'.seU a- thechoic*
of the convention for the presidency
Whether lids!■ With the knowledge *
aem.tor himself noU>ly >eenu> to know.
an»l, to lell the truth. even his
niast devoted henchmen do not seem to
care. In either cose they feel that they are
quite safe in doing what they cm to carry
the scheme, a* the senator is not likely to
punish anybody who will advance hi* own
prestige in this manner. One or two of the
devoted adherents of Grant, independent of
Oouklmg. who have heard of the nian, are
natuniliy taken aback by it and denounce
it it pretty strong terra*. If Conkling ha*
directed or omuive* at it, they mv he is
guilty of a very nasty piece oi treachery.
On the other ha-.d, me senator'* frieml*
•Tgoe that the feeling against the third
term i*daily growing stronger in this state
and that it will be wisest to keep the
delegate* together for unanimous action t
t'nicogo. ('«inkling's name, they think
will meet with little or no opposition at
Utica, and at Chicago, if there is a clear
chance of Grant's nomination, the v«*ice of
the state can be made much more effective
on the wcuud or third ballot than on
first. Conkling is known to be the liis-
ohoice of a large majority of member* of
the republican sUtecomiuittee.au from
present appearances the delegation is very
likely to be instructed to vote for him if be
the 'mines, i* thrown into a furnace and
thoroughly dried. Then, instead of being
thrown under stamp* and ciushed into
minute particles, it i» passed through a n
diine and ground into a dust as fine
emery. The dust is then alowiy
fe«l into cylindrical tank* filled with water,
which by’machinery, is kept in a whirlpool
motio.). The particles of gold sink to the
bottom, amalgamate with the quicksilver
here; the water is drawn off; and it i*
claimed that every single particle of gold
ha* been separated from the quartz aud
now adheres to the bottom of tbe tank. By
the stamping process it is impossible t*
prevent ttie lo^s of considerable gold. It
i* claimed that the new process is far sti|>e-
rior, ami admirably adapted to the working
of low-grade ores.
It i* excellent attestation of the value of
the Dahlonega mine*—the fact that
Aud Ilia Plana for Future Meander
inga.
, February 23.—A News* special
from the City «*f Mexico *ays that General
rant and party arrive*l there la«t night
,'3nmpanii-d by Minister Foster and
reception committee. They v
met at the dej <»t by the t ity official*
member* of the federal governuiei t The
treets were packed with jiei.p’e. The pant
carriages were escorted to the mineral I ^i^uuTorreimtmggord from ore are
^ ^ iUu l r \, : * n ^ I now in operation in that vicinity. But a
better manifestation of the confidence felt
Secretary national democra vie committee.
The coiuiuiitee then adjourned to meet
at the Grand hotel, Cincinnati, cn Thurs
day, June 17 th.
The committee of nine appointed by
the national democratic coauinittee yes
terday held a meeting at the Ar-
limrton hotel today and organized by the
election of John G. Tbnmjwon, of Ohio,
chairman and Frederick O. Prince, of Bos
ton, secretary. All the member* were
present. The following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That Colonel A. Harris. General
B. Bauniuc. Benjamin KobitiBon. Colonel C.
Woolley. John A. Foley, Alexander Lone and
thou*at.d cavalry. Tlie builuiug-
and streets w»re illutiiinated.
New Orleans. February 23—General
Grant, replying t*» a letter from Acting
Mayor Isaacson inviting him
city on hi* return f om Mexio
there are good facilities for travel he will
return to the V .in-d States via ^ai
cisco, if not. he wi.l reiurn \ia Tt
visit plcc-s familiar to hint dur
Mexican war.
City or Mexico, February 25 —General
Grant and party arrived at Vera t
terday morning atni were cordially
Th* d-urtesie* of the city were extended
them and in the evening they took the
train for Orisahia.
in the future jielil i* that General Smith
wealthy capitalist of New York,
h no interest whatever in the mines,
now proj*oses to invest a large sum of money
in a canal for the purpose of furnishing
water to the mining comicinie*. The pro-
I jeoted canal will be six mile* ia length and
1 I L.5I1 ...» !*** *T -
Killed by an Owl Heed.
Troy \N. Y.) Wbij.
Ezra U. Hare, residing :
was seized la-t
id cramp*, froi
House
less titan $10b.000. General
igent has been in Dahlonega for
some weeks past, and the general himself
wa* expected there yesterday. What
rangetueuts have been consummated I
could not learn, but General Smith’s ag-»nt
informed me that his rej>orts rent to New
York had been favorable, and that he had
djubt that the canal will be built,
exprea-ied confidence that the bu>ines*» of
furnishing water to mining companies will
at an early date be as profitable in Dab-
lonega as in the average localities of the
hich he recov
ered somewhat, but was again attacked
Tuesday, when Dr. Akin wa* called,
lound the roan on hi* arrival in a sta?e
collapse for near'y pul*ele-s). 't he patient
rapidly sank and died Tuesday night. Yes
terday Dr.'Akin held an Apt* q*y of tlie
case, whie i revealed sonic
Thursday with I gold-mining district* of tbe west.
high, in West Thirty-eight street. New
York. A reporter, who called there, Tues
day evening, was ushered into the parlor,
which is handsomely upholstered. The car
pet Is of a rich pattern, and fine ornaments
adorn the walls. The lady was HI. and her
husband, a floe looking man of thirty-five
years, gave a cordial greeting.
"T hope no mentioii will be made of this
unfortunate affair,” he sa d, "asit is purely
a family matter and doesu’t concern the
public. Mrs. Collins has not been recog
nised by us on account of her
marriage beneath, lier station, and
there are family reasons wbv
I should not lell yon anything about her
life. Ido not know whether any assist
ance will be given to Mr. Collins to bury
his wife, and in fact, I would rather qot
sav any thing-whatever about the case.”
The gentleman then atuiled very pleas
antly, .stroked his long board gracefully,
and bowed the reporter out,
Mrs.€ultios wa* first cousin to a promi
nent • New York,.politician, aud she whs
also a relative of a leading lawver in Wall
street. Met' brother is at a Baltimore col
lege. Ex-8enatorTJolin W, Stevenson ‘is
alsolbereoflsftfi.• * •’•*** rtW J
-•* ' ^novel rrihal trip, 1 J
• Metnphw Le^iger.
^ Last >*»ar, or the year before, a * Captain
Kopy, of Rising: Sun, Indians, married ; a
beautiful Ohio valley belie, fitted up a real
bridal chamber in exquisite style, and re
gard less of expense starred on h voyage to
tbe lower Mississippi, where the live oak
forests tower and the fragrant orange blo»-
sonis spread their odor upon the breeze.
The couple passed several months in this
way, and the lime was delightful for both
Yesterday
went by h
ago to join the judge at Leadville. Before
thi* reaches tiie public eye the couple will
doubtless be married. The ex-wife has the
ami fortn hie homestead in Leaven wort h,,
and an allowance sufficient to maintain her
comfortably. Young Pendery, ai Leadville,
sides with* hi* father. Mrs. Pendery No.
1 offered no opposition to tb.ftdifcOio*,iliK
judge and the widow are undoubtedly hap'
py, and the final act doses with everybody
istied—except tlie judge’s new father-in-
law.
JEFFERSON DAVIS’* LEG AC \
York.- February 20.—Mrs. Thomas
Kills, of Philadelphia, the widow of
brother of Mrs. Sarah A. Darsey, Beuuvoi 1 ,
Mississippi, who willed all of her estate
to Jefferson Davis, has withdrawn from the
contest of Mrs. Dorsey’s will, altliough
through the children of her husband she
obtains equal rights to the ot her contestants.
The Republican corres]»ondeut called upon
Colonel S. Percy Ellis, who is the chief con
testant, to substantiate this fact and also to
iuquire what effect it would have upon the
contest. He said that lus sister-in-law had
been left out of the bill of coin-
I riaint, and that hiiuself, Mrs.
‘eckhani. of Ixmisiana, his sister,
and Mortimer Dahlgren. of St. Louis, were
the contestants. "1 atn pref»ared to prove.”
said Colonel Ellis, "that Mrs. Thomas L.
Elli* was bought off from the contest by
ribe from Jefferson Davis, and if the ques
tion arises I will prove it. The case i* now
before Justice Ward, of the United States
court, in New Orleans, on the demurrer in
ter! msed by Jefferson Davis’s ounsel, and
mv counsel has one more hearing before
the argument is closed. We certainly ex
pect a decision in our favor. Jefferson Da
is demurs to our cum plaint, claiming that
Idle we allege undue influence we at
the same time dwell upon the
fact that Mrs. Dorsey possessed
extraordinary talents, but while he picks’
out thi* statement he omits the one in
which we allege that si e was also a mono
maniac upon the subject of religion and
liero-worship. anil that as Jefferson Davis
her hero he employed his knowledge of
that fact to influence her to give him all of
her projierty, on the theory that his services
in behalf of the south bad never lieen fully
rewarded.* We have employed able counsel
here, as well a* in New Orleans, and we
propose to make a vigorous fight for our
ghts ”
Mr. Ellis also accuses Mr. Jefferson Davis
of having mis-tated the value of Mrs. Dor-
estate, which he is said to have fixed
at$3O,OO0. Tlie house at Beauvoir, which
alone cost $30,000 to build, is, Mr. Ellis says,
worth to day more than one-half that sum.
and there is in all nearly thirty thousand
acres of land. There are three splendid
plantations, all of which are more or less
under cultivation.
ULYSSES AruncA.
AMONG HIS SLAVISH FOLLOWERS*
New York Casts Her Vote For Grant, Whom
She Proclaims to be the ** God of Battles"
—A Motion to Make Blaine Tail-
Piecc Laid on the Tab e.
>, going south on a Oaf-Boat
They were also from lUsingSun, Ind.,ashort
distance below Cincinnati, on the Ohio,
and the boat was a month out from her
starting-point, the pilot being Captain
Thomas, and the same who steered the
Espy boat touth laSt season. It was the
silver bridal trip of Captain and Mrs. Wil
liam Hemphill, of Rising Sun, a couple
well off in worldly goods, and whose resi
dence is the finest and the most attractive
in the town of Rising Sun. The gardens
and groves in which their house is situated
occupy ten acres, all in a high state of cul
ture and carefully kept. In addition, the
captain owns a large and productive
farm near by. He lias been
fiat-boating for ’ the past thirty-four
years, and this is the first time Mrs. Hemp
hill ever made a trip from home. Their
children are all grown but one, a lad of 14,
who accompanies hi* parents on tlie voyage.
Several of the children are married, and all
are well-to-do. The boat upon which Cap
tain and Mrs. Hemphill are floating down
the river contains five thousand bushels of
corn for distribution and sale among sugar
plantations in Louisiana. At one end of
the craft is a neatly-fitted cabin, where a
state-room is comfortably fitted for the lady
and lier spouse. She enjoys tlie novel voy
age, she says, and will not in future allow
her husband to make other trading trip3 on
the river unless he takes her along.
PERPETUAL MOTION.
Coi.t’Mill’s, O., February 18.—Tbe Stale
Journal’s Marion special, to-night, gives an
account of the discovery of perpetual mo
tion by William S. Obern and William F.
Hyett. of Richland township, Marion coun
ty. -The truth of the discovery is vouched
for bjr leading citizens. It consists of a
large iron wheel, containing a large num
ber of slides, inclined planes, eiq. It will
start itself. Ooern is a miller by trade and
Hyett is a mechanic. They have been
working at the machine for some time. A
model has been made and sent to Washing
ton for a patent. Meanwhile tbe patentees
have the machine under lock and key.
How the Quarrel Took Place.
Washington, February 24.—-There bus
been so much said about the spat between
Senator Gordon and Mr. Stephens, that it
may not be amiss to furnish you the true
inwardness of the whole matter. The re
ports already published were exaggerated,
and strange to say, uoueof the correspond
ents got at the gist of the quarrel. 1 S2nd
it to you now os it will explain the dis
agreement and shed some light upon how
Utica, February 25.—Shortly after 12
o’clock General Arthur called the conven
tion to order. When Albany county was
called, Senator l\s er moved that tlie
credentials of Wm. II. Sluigerland and
his twelve associate*, and the petition of
Hamilton Harris and his twelve associates,
be referred to tbe committee on contested
seats when appointed. N. M. Curtis
seconded the motion. Charles U
Spencer raised a point of order
that no business could be done, tbe conven
tion not having been organized. The chair
decided that the i>oint wai well taken. Mr.
*;\ s’er appe&ied from, the decision of the
I hair, ami called for tbe yea* and nays,
(applause), but Governor Ho.-kins moved
to lay the appeal ou the table, and the mo
tion was carried with only a few votes in
the negative. The secretary theu proceeded
with roll call.
During the roll call several disputes arose
between tlie contesting delegations from
various parts of the state, and there was
much coufusion and wrangling over the ap
pointments to the committee on credentials.
Stephen B. French, of New York, nominat
ed for temporary chairman Hon. Charles
)on via t
junaa-
rentarkson taking ttie
chair, an allusion to Grant at Appomattox
court-house was received with great ap-
*tdrived f-1 tit applause ar.d ■;
iittou*. During It is rent
the selection of census supervisors
made. I think I am correct, as I received
my information from one who was present
in tlie committee room, and who is entirely
disinterested.
Dr. Casey, of Columbia county, applied
fur the pq*ition of supervisor of Mr. $teph
en’s district, and was recommended by Mr
Stephens. Dr. Casey and Mr. Stephens have
been life long frieuds, socially, personally,
and {toliticaliy. Mr. Stephens also recom
mended Mr. McWhorter, who received the
appoiutuient. General Gordon went to see
the commissioner to urge the appointment
of Dr. Casey, as did Senator Hill, and was
told by tlte commissioner that Mr. Stephens
bad endorsed both Dr. Casey and Mr. Mc
Whorter. He told Geueral Gordon
also, that he had determined
to appoint one or the other
of these two gentlemen. General Gordon
immediately called at Mr. Stephens’s room
and urged Him to go to see the commis
sioner with hint, saying: "I hav
riage at the door, Mr. Stephens, and if you
will go with me to the commissioner and
say that you want Dr. Casey you can have
bun appointed.” Mr. Stephens declined to
go, saying there were complications in the
matter and he would not go. General Gor
don again urged him, and he then said
"You tell tbe commissioner Casey i* 1113
first choice.” “No,” replied Cotdon, "that
won’t do any good; you trust see hint in
person, and we can go now.” Mr. Stephens
still declining, Geueral Gordon left. A few
days altewanis McWhorter was apjiointeJ
It reached General Gordon’s ears that M
Stephens had said, in effect, if Gordon had
delivered liis message to the commissioner,
namely, that Casey was hi* first choi*
that Casey’ would have received the ap
pointment. Gordon told to some one the
conversation he had had with Mr. Stephens
in his r- out, and stated that if Stephens had
gone, Carev would have been appointed.
Now, when they met in the committee
room the matter was brought up by Mr.
Stephens, saying that Gordon had been
talking about liitn, and interfering L: "
Pi:
Mr Foster said his district had selected
unanimously’ two delegates. We believe,
as the chairman has said, that wc should
have a presidential candidate before whom
the rebellion dare not raise its horrid head.
We believe that James G. Blaine is such a
an. (Great applause.)
11. It. Prersoa, in replying to the remarks
of Mr. Foster, said: "We ueed not go out
of New York to find a nominee. (Longcon-
tii.tied applause.) We can find one in
O .io. (ApplAuse ) But among all these
«er* among peers there is a name I hold
!»*vc all others. (Applause and mingled
rics of Conkling and Blaine ) I mean
Uat name which stand* as the God of hat-
les, Ulysses S Grant. (Great applause.) I
believe that it will be Grant. 1 believe that
imperial state of New York will
amt ought to go to Chicago
and" express its itnjterial will
os a unit. (Applause.) After transacting
considerable routine business, the conven
tion took recess uulil 3:30 p m.
Later—The convention has adopted a
resolution favoring the nomination of
Grant. The test vote showed that Grant’s
friends had 37 majority over the advocates
»f an untramineled delegation. A resolu
tion favoring Blaine fora second choice was
laid on the table.
The republican convention upon reas-
enthling this afternoon effected a pertua-’
nent organization hy the election of Chas.
K Smith, of Albany, a* permanent chair
man. Resolutions were then submitted
declaring that the safety’ of the nation is
again imperiled by the unlawful efforts ol
the democratic party to overawe^and sub
vert state governments us in Maine and sev
eral southern states, with a view to se
curing jontrol’of the general government by
deeds of violence and fraud; that
in this emergency, mindful of the fact
that tlie forthcoming contest must be de
cided by’ tbe electoral vote of their -state,
the republican* of New York pledge to the
republican* of the other states their ability
to cast the vote of New York for U. S.
Grant. After expressing their confidence
in Grant and declaring that the objection
to a third term applies oul>’ to a third con
secutive term, and not to the re election of
a man who is and has been a private citi
zen, long absent from the country. The
resolutions declare that Grant’s re-election
is urgently important,.and instruct the del
egates to Chicago to use their most earnest
and untiring efforts to secure his nomina
tion.
At the close of the reading tlisre wa* long
and continued applause, mingled with
hisses.
Mr. Foster moved to amend by striking
out the references to a third term aad sub
stituting the name ot ltlaino for that of
Grant.
After considerable discussion, Mr. W. B.
Woodin moved to strike out the name of
Grant and leave the delegation unpledged.
Mr. Foster accepted Mr. \Yoodiu*s amend
ment.
Mr. Conkling took the lloor and addressed
the conven*ton at great length. The vote
then taken on Foster’s amendment, a*
amended by Woodin, which was defeated
by 217 to ISO. The resolution* were then
adopted.
A delegate moved that in care Grant can
not be nominated at Chicago, that the dele
gates be instructed to vote as a unit ioi
Blaine. The motion was tabled.
The delegate* to Chicago, {'.residential
electors and member* of the state commit
tee were then named by the delegations
from the various congressional districts, af
ter which the convention adjourned sine
die.
A CROW FOR EDMUNDS.
Monti’Elikr, Vt., February 25.—The re
publican c invention lias adopted resolu
tions favoring K ltnunds for president.
Indiana’s delegation.
Special disjuitch to The Constitution.
1 sdi.ynapolls, February 25. — Delegates to
the republican convention at Chicago were
elected in all the congressional districts to
day. A majority of them were uninstruct-
, ed, but twelve are known to favor Blaine
and two Sherman. Several are for Wash
burue for second choice.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MX. THOMAS EWINC
New York Herald.
When General Thomas Ewing, of Ohio,
as stopping at the Fifth Avenue hotel he
to give to General Grant; thirdly, the solid
vote of Illinois, which they do not yet ad
mit that any other candidate can ’break;
and, lastly, the enthusiasm which General
Grant’s return is expected to inspire.
This combination fs not one that is de-
ptsed by the thoughtful friends of other
candidates They believe that they can
defeat,it; but they well know '*
will have no cosy task.
THE COMING CAMPAIGN.
Washington Post
One of the proudest men visible about tlife
hotel Willard yesterday afternoon was ex-
Congressnum Binning, of Cincinnati. He
worked hard with the Cincinnati delega
tion in favor of securing Cincinnati the
democratic convention. After the result
th tt Cincinnati had been chosen as the
place of meeting, in response to the Post,
General Banning said:
"As a democrat and a representative of
Cincinnati and Ohio 1 am free to My that,
in tuv opinion, the selection of Cincinnati
was the best thing that possibly could have
been done Not because I am an Ohioan do
I speak this way, but becaure I believe the
party will be strengthened in choosing Cin
cinnati as a place of meeting.”
\et ; la not the choice of Cincinnati
rather in the interest of an Ohioan for pres
ident T*
"No, no. So far as we Ohio democrats
are concerned we want to givo every candi
date a fair chance. For my part, 1 believe
if the Ohio democrats are stirred up and
enthused a little we can carry the state by
a gx)d sized majority.” •
State Senator O’Hagan, of Sandusky.Ohio,
and pne of the buckeye state’s most solid
large rock and struck liis victim on the
head, knocking hint senseless. He then
kicked the unfortunate man until life was
extinct. As soon as tlie villain* secured
their booty they tied and the murder was
not discovered until 9 o'clock Satuiday
morning, when Abraham Lincoln, brother
of the deceased, went to the mill.
The perpetrators of the crime were dis
covered in bed asleep at their home and
were rafely lodged in the Harrisonburg
jail to await trial. They are kept under a
strong guard, as there are threats of lynch
ing. Coroner L. H. OU held an inquest-
over the body of the murdered man and
the jury’rendered a verdict that became
to his death by blows at the hands of Woods,
with Reed as accessory. Aa this is the first
murder that has been committed in
this section for five years, tlie community’
is thrown into a state of the greatest excite
ment. # The murdered man is one of the
wealthiest in the neighborhood, and great
indignation is felt The guard about the
prisoners at the iail is unusually' heavy, as
the utter worthlessness of the murderers
has aroused the anger of the people to a
dangerous pitch.
Cincinnati, February 25.—To-day
young woman died at a respectable board
ing-house in this city under rather mysteri
ous circumstances. She came to the house
five weeks ago, claiming to be a married
woman, and, stating that she expected to
be confined shortly’, obtained boom.
Early this morning she was delivered of
a healthy female infant, and the doctor left
her shortly afterward*, she being in good
condition at the time. At noon today he
returned and found her dead. The lady of
citizen®, said: “I am willing to wager the t i ie wh ,° attoodm* K*r •*?»
clothes ! iwarLf.d il.v ;Yod I rot thatiforwH hf ilMW.toi tfc»Mm4orabcMft6v»
Ts the nominee or tKerepubncaTTpITTy.tJtiro *
will go democratic.*’
After the national committee adjourned
a Post reporter tackled ex-Senator Barnutu,
chairman of the committee, and bluntly put
the question:
"Mr. Barnutn, what do you think are the
chances of the democracy in the coming
campaign? Is New York safe?”
The ex-senator courteously replied: "I
see no reason why we should lose New
York.”
"What of tlie general prospect?”
"It appears to be favorable, as far as I can
ascertain.” was the reply.
Hon. W. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, mem
ber of the national democratic committee,
said:
"With a good man at tlie head of the
democratic ticket we may be able to carry
Pennsylvania. A great deal of disaffection
exists in the republican party because of
the third term fever which lias alllirted a
!>ortion of the followers of the republican
party.”
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York,
member of the national democrat*
her return found her a
corpse. No traces of poison were to be dis
covered, and it is not known wliat
caused her death. Before her confine
ment she acknowledged to her phy
sician that she was unmar
ried, and that she had been seduced by
some man whose name she refused to give
whilst teaching school in Kentucky. It has
been discovered since her death that the
name she went under here (Mrs. Graham)
was assumed, and that Iter real name is
Miss Mattie K. Coleman, of Pratsvills, Ala., *
where her folks reside. The name of her
seducer is unkuown. The child is healthy
and likely’ to live.
Ttie Corundum Mine* of tbe South.
Scientific American.
The name "corundum” is applied to all
crystalized alttmnio. It is the hardest min
eral in the world except the diamond, and
when in the crystalline form and transpa
rent. constitutes the Oriental gems, the
sapphire, ruby, emerald, Uquz, etc.. Which
Wltt are of great value, some even exceeding the
niittce, said to the Post that, in his honed diamond, because they are more rare. It is
opinion, tlie existing differences between j J} 8 ?” for abrasive purposes, but as yetasuf-
the Tatutnany and anti-Tammany organi- I " c } enf quantity has never lieen found In
zations in New York city would not seri-1 f h,s t^mntry to take the place of emery. It
ously affect the chances of the democracy I 18 n V*. , than emery, performing the
for success. The disaffection which oxiai’s I work in less time.
in democratic ranks, in Mr. Hewitt’s opin-1 C orundum occurs in the great chrysolite
ion, is almost equalled by that which ex- I .extending from the southern part of
ists in the ranksof tlie republicans. A num-1 ' ir g ,n ta to Middle Alabama, passing in a
berof prominent Tanmtony followers have I southwesterly direction through the tnottn-
been-in Washington during the week; I famous portion of North Carolina. In the
among the number Ed Gale, Tom Dunlap I southwestern counties in the Nantahala
and Kd Keatnly. They* were in great glee m«Se of mountains (one of the spurs of
last evening over tlie defeat of | “ e «‘ ue lBdge), and lying on either side of
the claims of SL Louis f or Buck creek (a tributary of the Tennessee),
the convention, and attributed it to them j at an elevation Of from three to four thou-
selves as a victorv of Tamntanv hall over I ®* ,M * ls f' ,c WHsalleaCullakenee corutt-
Tilden. Mr. Thomas Dunlap, an old Jack- I ,ll,m mine, which has been considered the
souian democrat, probably’ otic of the oldest I largest deposit of corundum in this coun-
of the members of Tammany* hall, said to I f r y- **_®°. vers an area three hundred
the Post at the Arlington last night, that he ac £^- t T *‘ ,s mine was purchased in April,
did not believe that the New York democ- b y Herman Behr A Co., and has been
racy would be so much divided on national worked since May, with wliat success is not
officers, no matter who was the ttominec of I reported.
the Cincinnati convention, as to turn ‘the I f' 1 Macon county, N. C., on tlie western
stale over body and soul to the republicans. I slope of the Blue Ridge, at an elevation of
He felt assured that a compromise would I about twenty-five hundred feet, is Contn-
be effected, so as to perfect a union between I dutu bill, formerly known as Cullasagte
the contending factions in the party in I mine. This mine was discovered in 1872;
New York. I was afterwards purchased by K. B. Ward,
and worked for eighteen months by Colo
nel C. W. Jenks, of Boston. Rumor says
that gems of exceeding great value were
taken out. In July, 1871, this mine was
Columbus Times, 25. purchased by Dr. II. S. Lucas for tbe Hamp-
Yesterday morning about ten o'clock a J Emery company, of Chester, _ Mass,
report reached the citv that the down train I ^hey commenced mining August 20, and
on the Columbus and Rome road had gone «P ,( ? the present time have taken out two
through a trestle a few miles front the city, hundred tons of corundum; also, in waslt-
and that one man was killed and others »ng»>ine of the damns left there when
mortally wounded. In a short time after worked by Colonel Jenks, were found
the report began to circulate the passenger* I ?* a "y foments of the Oriental gem, per-
arrtvcit, haring bc«.. «rnt ia <m and I f» ct, y transparent and of very great brtl-
verilicd tlie statement as to the suiadi up, | “ an ®y« Atnongtnese is an emerald weigh-
but modified the statement ns to the I jngotLa carats, and several rubies of the
wounded. finest color.
In the easterr part of Jackson county,
—, , - „ • . —r.~~T—■>| -North Carolina, at the footot one of the
patched to the scene of the disaster which higbest Iieaks „t t | ie Blue Itid E c, is what is
Be found to be at trestle ho .! just four tc f mcd * he „ Back nlilie f ’ This mine
units north of the city,, audl about_one- W asoperated for a limited season by the
fourth of a uule beyond Whltesvillc cross. HannKlenVwnem mini
jug. The trestle is about one hundred aud 1 No f tha ;, t o{ Ul0 $£00, in Heywood
thirty feet long and twenty-three f«t high. mun ,y t North Carolina, is stilt another de
ft was from tms that the entire tram, ex I p, )sit o( corundum, railed thej'resley mine,
cepting one coach and which has been worked since one year ago
thrown and presented a tno*t disastrous I, . jjf arc {, .
spectacle. The cause oftlie disaster as and ne „ lhe Bnncnmhe coun-
sBown by the circumstances, as1 well as in- t H in thesame slatc is an outcropping
formation received, is abont as follows: ,/ f cbrj-solite. carrying corundum, ‘vhicTi
I covers an area of seventy-five acres, and has
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
E. Bosch bo. and are Hereby constituted a resi
dent committee of the city of Cincinnati ur
the national executive committee, and are
thorixed to make all noediul local provisions
kuch necessary arranRcmeut* as >h*U be required
for the convenience oi the convention to bo held
iu that city on the 2Jd oi June.
The committee then adjourned to meet
at the Grand hotel, Cincinnati, Tt.ursday
me 17th.
Mont* omcry, Ala.. February 24.—Tbe
demi.cr.iiic state committee met to-day, and
called the state convention to meet on the
22d of J une.
Southern Kailwny Excntkioa.
Cincinnati Gazette.
The committee having in charge tbe
southern merchant’* excursion to this city
on the Cincinnati Southern railwav met
yesterday in the ordinary of the Buruet
Douse and took action as to many details of
the affair. Mr. Henry Mack and ex-Gov-
ernor Bishop, of the bum! of trustee*, were
present, ana suggested an earlier date than
that chosen on Thursday, viz: tlie 24th of
March. President Clement, in a letter, cx
pressed himself as satisfied. After dUcus-
JEXNXETYLER’S SAD DEATH.
Washington Post.
Many of the citizens of Washington will
learn with deep sadness of the death of Miss
Jennie Tyler (Mrs. Collin*!, who breathed
her last in a Brooklyn hovel, Monday af
ternoon, in poverty and destitution. Jen
nie Tyler was the grand niece of ex Presi
dent John Tyler, and fE”lale aa ten years
ago shone in the society of tbe national
capital as one of its brightest ornaments
and reigning belles. Her life history has
been replete with romance, and thore who
knew her in the height of her popularity,
scarcely dreamed that the suo-
ject of their deep regard was destined
to enter upou her final rest away
from home and kindred, and with all the
harrowing attendant* to make the last scene
one of the deepest misery. She was born s ~
R ; chmond, Vo., in 1843, and until the open
ing of the re!»ellion lived with her father.
William W. Tyler, on hi* plantation. Tlie
father united his destinies with the cause of
tbe confederacy, and was a colonel on tlie
late General Lee’s staff, and when Iff* prop
erty, in common with others in like cir
cumstances, was confiscated, Jennie, who
added to a thorough and polished educa
tion an attractive personnel, received an
ample fortune through the death of a Cali-
district. or word* to that effect, Gordon
then said: "Mr. Stephens, this will
force me in justice to myself to tell this
committee wliat did occur between ns.”
Gordon then detailed substantially the f. re-
going account: When Gordon reached
that part in which lie said Mr. Stephens
had recotumendetf botli Casey and Me
Whorter for the same place. Stephens in
terruped him saying: ‘‘i deny that I recom
mended both of them.” "Beware of wiiat
you say’, Mr. Stepheiis ” replied Gordon,
"for the record* urc near aUha’td and wc
can soon see who is right." Mr.Stephen;
said: "I deny having recommended belli,
I recommended Dr. Ca*ey, and only in
dorsed Mr. McWhorter.” "Ah,” said Gor
don, "that means the sat; e thing.”
a* after thi* that Stephens slid he
had learned that Gordon was for Smyth
and it was over thi* assertion of Stephens’*
that Gordon said he wouid hold him respon
sible for tiie truth of the report.
This I think furnishes the key to the
primary cause of tbequarrel between them,
and let* in a little light as to how a deiuo
crat lost his position at the ban
friend, and a republican was appointed. I
don’t know what Mr. Stephen’s expla
nation i* or what were the
"complications” that existed J^-
tween him and McWhorter (a republican)
to such a degree that lie could not go and
urge Dr. Casey’s (a democrat) appointment.
I have talked* to neither Mr. Stephens nor
General Gordon on the subject, bill as I
said before I got the truth of the affair
from a disinterested spectator. It )s also
knowu ate >ng the Georgia congressmen.
For some time past tiie company have |
•en using a light car for the purj
carrying baggage, which has given uusm i f .» niwt - MWin
much trouble £ut wliich for tbescxmty of i^Lita oi ram^dum are also found in
reffiasss *•“* “<»
on the road for some time, but wliat was I
caused ny this car. The company have Bearlied.
been thinking ot abandoning it for some 1 special dispatch to The Constitution,
time, but the scantiness of tlieir rolling 1 p-hmarv •>-. —A .1,snatch
stock would induce them to keep it on the fr ^ m Louisv ,ii o sa ys the steamer Kkforailo
road hoping that no damage would tome I str uck a pier of the ^bridge in descending
from using it. \ estenlay morning as the h the Ohio river there to-day. She
down train waanwroacbing treade No. 3 ,- |||ed wthwletni W as beached. The
and aboutoOyardb beyond it tins homage bound for SU Louis with a cargo
car jumped the track and bcunecd along on manufacture< , iron . She was valued at
the tics until about half way-aero** the U.r l0fln . insured f#»r
trestle, when it broke through the plank I ,nauml * or
crossties, and as it fell through struck one
of tlie bents, knocked it down and thus as
it fell pulled the car next in front and rear
after it, knocking down almost the entire
the earlier action wa* reconsidered,
and the 17th substituted for the
24th as the day of arrival.
The entertainment committee wa* in
structed to prepare a bill of Lore for tbe
proposed banquet, and solicit proposals
from caterers; there beine a sentiment in
the committee that supper might be more
feasib'e tban a banquet, the comi xittee wa*
further instructed to get bids on a supper
( iu accordance with a submitted scheme. It
*ting fact*. It appear* that at some time I pressed with the belief that the little vii- was determined that a solicitor should be
Mr. litre had swallowed an I iage ho*athr.v.ng future before her. appointed to canvass portion* of the city
cat, which. entering the atom-1 m j not canvassed by the members of the
ach, had entered the appendix, or blind I w . ' finance committee, the solicitor to be re-
?ac, situtted at the base of t he ascending I A Xoaei Jauge. munerated by a percentage on the sub
colon. Tlie oat after lodging in the appen- I Annxralii, Fetr larv 25.—In the bouse scriptions obtained. Mr. V
u>x cau ed ulceration of the organ* of the I Q f delegatesto-iav Dr. ’Bruce, delegate from ! was a PP®S*'® d a committee of one on
stomoc i in immediate contact with the 1 Allegheny conntv, presented a memorial of printing. Another meeting will be held
• ppen fix. The oat finally worked its way I the citizens of Cumberland and Alleghany ! Tuesday at 4 o’clock p.
throu;h and perforated tbe appendix, | r unties preferring charges again*: Judge 1
All the many enterprises existing is Dab-
| lonega now. all that are in prospect, areap-
l«arfjitJy of a must substantial nature,
tucked by men of vast capital. They are
enterp-Ue* that will bring wealth into the
south, induce immigration, and in many
wavs oe sources of desirable benefit*. The
fbitor* u» D ih’oorga can not fail to l«e
wbic t. combined wilh the ulceration I George A. I’earre. assistant ~ judge of the
emus d death. Tiie rise prove* the fact J fourth judicial emuit of the state, with a
impeachment. The charges al
dots n tt come forward and positively L rbid j i . ^ . ue ioci l Ioann judicial a
Mirh wiktn. ' J i t«*t people cannot l*e u» caret ul about! new t*» his utipea
* v x- «j i .... l.takl »gse«d* of any kind Into the stomach.) lege that Prarre t
New Kbruary 21.—- lhe pnuianea a* o e bulging iu ibe a; pemiix would pro- J whl!e acting os j<
I eld an election last loght for deieg | due : the saute result. f which be had pe
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
. . - New Yok. February 5.—Maas &
lias received counsel lets ' picture-frame* and moulding
judge, ho* decided cases in works, No. 436 l’earl street, were bprntd
fornia relative, and wa* sent to Washington
after the war, under the protecting care of
General Custer. Here she entered
society circles, and soon not only became a
favorite, but acknowledged leader. In 1*72
she went to Brooklyn to live, and was en
tile 1 into a mock morriage with a dissolute
Lothario, who was an inmate of the fashion
able house in which she boarded. After
securing the remnants of her fortune, about
$16,000. her supposed husband was found to
have a wife living at Buffalo. A civil suit
for the recovery of the money resulte i in
his arrest, but lie escaped through some
irregularity or legal technicality. The
young heiress was thus left without the
means ot support, and to her trials was
added that of estrangement from her
family. After a precarious existence,
she, tn 1S75. met William Collins, an
industrious laboring man, who was
employed by the Brooklyn gas company,
and they were married July 13, of that year.
Up to one year ago their married life was
comparatively happy, when Mr. Collins,
losing employment, became very much re
duced. H's wife contracted a t-ald which
culminated in consumption, from which
she died, as stated. The dejd woman was
then laid out on a table in the wretched,
comfortless apartment so recently her
home, in striking contrast to her former so
cial condition, and her husband too poor
to give her remain* a decent
banal. He telegraphed her lath
er at Harrisburg for aid, bat received
C. H. W.
A Virginia Veto.
Richmond, February 25.—The governor
to-day vetoed the bill passed by the read-
jasters changing the system of appointing
the subordinate officers and guard at the
penitentiary by requiring such appoint
ments to be made by the executive with
the consent of the senate, whereas tue ap
pointing power ha* heretofore been vested
solely iu the govern*,
ked to express hi* opinion a* to the
probability of the ex president’s nomina
tion in Chicago as it appears since the Har
risburg convention, ami in reply said: "The
Harrisburg convention strengthened him
fur the nomination, but diminished his gen
eral popularity, if the New York conven
tion l*« carried for him also the more timid
the anti-third term republican*
•shut up.’ If the Illinois convention
carried for him, to**, the republican
politician* who have ever opj>o?ed the third
term will be hard to find, and the ex-presi-
dent will receive the nomination with a
hurrah. At the same time, nothing is more
ertain than that his nomination is not de
manded by the people nor sought by bis
nseltish friends.”
General Ewing wa* next asked whether
the ex-presidcnt will, if nominated by the
Chicago convention, be a strong candidate
before the people. Tlie answer was:
"1 think not. In addition to the genera
repugnance to a third term, tiie fact that
the popular feeling in r-ctinsylvania for
Blaine was contemptuously disregarded by
the managers and the machine politicians
who have championed the ex-president, has
hurt him immensely.”
To the question, "ha* the ex-president
any supporters in Ohio, ami wiiat kind of
delegation will the republicans of Ohio send
to Chicago?” General Ewing am we red:
"The machinery of the republican party
in Ohio is in the hands of Sherman’*
friends, and he will get a large majority, at
least, of the Ohio delegation. I doubt if the
ex-president will have any part of it. Thore
who are not for Sherman I suppose will be
for Blaine.”
What about tiie democrats of Ohio, gen
eral ? Who is their first choice?”
if Mr. Thurman ba a cmdidatg before
• convention do doubt the Ohio delega
tion will give him a hearty arid united
support, and stand by him while he has a
‘ w of sucre**. Aside from Mr. Thurman
delegation would seek some man who
id unite the party east without splitting
west—that is, dropping state pride, we
wouid seek to overthrow the republican
Democratic Convention.
Washington Post, dem.
„ _ , The democratic national convention will not
trestle and precipitating seven cars a ui** I come to Washington, but the man who is noml-
lance of about twenty feet lo the ground, nated by it will.
The three freight box cars next to the en- J Cincinnati Enquirer, dcra.
gine did not fall from the trestle! Now Mr. Bayard, you will have to strap on our
but were tumbled down an em- 1 liver pad and go to work capturing southern del-
bxmuuent. One of tlie box cars is a com-1 e*atfan» If you expect to show up when you
plete wreck, one end and side being -■«'»<■ '<■ <^,< !„ n .n >P enter the (ree-for-nU.
knocked off; two others are hadly split up I Washington dispatch Baltimore American, rep.
and tlie trucks and ali the under work ot I The selection of Cincinnati means that the de-
- - 1 mocracy have determined to wage a vigoroux
campaign in Ohio next fall, and there is not the
slightest doubt that the second place on the ticket
the running gear being completely demol- SSg^OblKStEul «dSSe“u»SS2
ished. fhe baggage c ir and the w 9 on , 1 I slightest doubt that the second place oa the ticket
class car were both badly damaged and will I w m i*. given to that state, whether Tilden ia
be almost as much trouble to repair as to I nominated or not. This of course dispones of
build anew The passenger coach, which I Hendricks, since Mr Tilden ha* declared that he
SXi frail* Law dimnind will not consent to hunomination for the flr.t
did not fall through was badly damaged, Tbe democrats in the many eoi.tcrenccs
being split opeu on top and the end badly I *; hoy have heW with each olher wcru impelled t«»
mashed in. I thi? conclusion relative to (»hio ticcau.se they have
As it was, it is a miracle bow those in J every reason to believe th»t Grant cannot j*oll the
the second-class car and the baggage car heavy German republican vote of the state,
escaped, but had tlie trestle been one foo 1 Louisville Courier-Journal, dcm.
* * -* 1 It U our fixed opinion that, with a single ex-
On Fire.
Toronto, February 25.—A r£;*ort has
reached here that tbe house of assembly* at
Frederickton, New Brunswick, is on fire,
and there is very little hope for saving any
part of it. The New Brunswick legislature
to open there to-morrom
Ilia Latent C’ouqmat.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"J me*, my boy." called Mr. Tilden
rate secretary: •• James, my boy.
his pri-
_ it about
in all the-
of Kalamazoo
l* otiier seaport? Ana. see
iiig Hcc etary. ’'suppose you add this tii
way of variety, that she lores me for
wbit-h be bed prrronal intemt, hu nude lu-uigbt. Lora $30,000.
31 r. Mrnnur RemlsunrM.
SL LouL* Po*t-I»L-«patch.
Mr. Hayes has not yet telegraphed hi* congrat
ulation? to his great and good brother, the czar of
Russia, out of the contiugeut fund of the state
department. It would relieve tbe melancholy
czar very much to know that the great heart of
the American republic is still throbbing in unison
with his autocratic Romanoff pulse.
Offering Blaine a Seat Behind Grant.
Buffalo Express.
Mr. Blaine is comparatively a young man. HI*
party by such a nomination, if possible, as
that of Mr. .Seymour.”
i OF grant’s friends,
in, February 2 >.— The promo
ters of the Grant movement i*t Washington
are relying upju the eff’rclof the reappear
ance of their candidate in the United State*
before tbe meeting of the Chicago conven
tion to give their "boom ’ a final impetus
that shall carry the nomination of Grant
through with a hurrah against all opposition.
On the return of the general from Mexico
it is intended that he shaii land at New Or
leans and tuake a triumphant progress
through the southern states. The white
people of that section arc expected to treat
him with marked consideration and re
spect. They are being depended upon to
give him. in their excitable way,assurances
of political support, and thus to revive the
democratic Grant "boom” about which
there was some talk a _ month
or two auo. In addition to
that, it i* believed that the colored men
of the south will tuake an enthusiastic
demonstration in favor of tbe general; and
that the whole proceeding will have such
an effect on the canvass for the nomination
as to make the success of any other candi
date entirely out of the question.
The four circumstances upon which the
Grant men base their hopes, therefore, are:
higher, or had the passenger coach gone I . a . ,
wo tret further«ert»ip death yvould Save
most probably been the fate of all on board. I 1 3| f< 'nid 0n . That single exception Is the can-
The car wa* standing perpendicular, the named by Mr. Tilden. It Is our fixed ct4n-
passengers in the rear end of it falling to I ion that we ran not maintain a ticket in the field
lhe trout, anil a, the other and rear rar s!i week, unlcs, itbe headed or hwtily tunrott-
started to follow the falling train itwa, knSwf’tgft S«Mr. TlidS
caught on a bent with the trucks suspended 1 4 j oefl nol me Domination, but that he is oast-
in the air. I fug about formtueoac who may lift U»e burdens
There were about eighteen or twenty pas- of the canvas* from liis shoulder without sacrliir-
sengers on “the train, among them four log the P*rty. H hesuoreedsiu aciileviug the
u lUv*. indtSt. Lbi«. The most aeriouslv mU'ortune of finding otic, the j*arty will lose
*58:^ deni.
wreck“nd“for a ton* time it w« tboaght
he wa* dead. He was able to sit up jester- I j elut< Cincinnati U preferable to 8L Loul*. The
day evening, and it i* hoped lie will soon Music hall of Cincinnati is, in airpoixtts. superior
recover. Toe following is a list of the oth- to tlie MetchauW cxchsnnofW. Itmia The
er.-, sll of whom only received slight, but howl
painful woutula: . . I The2Udof June U a good date. And, added to
H. C. Cameron, E-(q., of Hamilton, in tue 1 m *terinldetail*, comes the pleasant super-
left leg; Hines Holt, conductor on the g^uon that it was at Cincinnati that the demo-
train hi the Ie* and side of the face; Colo- I crvtic party msdelts Ura rareeraful preddenUsl
nel \V. II. MeCulloh of »*nUoli* ^ JJg;
of this city, in the righ. sale; I>. N. H(l/Ul- Buc j, allJUlf a very B uic, a very ut»right, " * *
loh. Harris county’, ankle sprained; \V. L. I M r. Tilden, a very much abused states]
Luthaut, E-q , Harris oiunty, left wrist dis- J Cincinnati Enquirer, dem.
located; Kilgore, back of the head; J. J j t j s nQt ^.ruun that the selection of Cincinnati
\V. Ferguson, engineer, in the shoulder. I had any political rigulflcance as to coitdidates.
The following are th**»e of the colored uishimoKt certain that this city wa* selected aa
mttsen-’ers who were hurt, none seriously; 1 neutral ground. This was the claim which the
lSwSlrtlii nt Hamilton iu the toe- Rev. Cincinnati rommlttec presented; and this is the
Lurti* Bell, ot Hamilton, intnetoe, ’ I facL Cincinnati was not chosen l»ecause the
IJenrv Carter, ugly g**h over tlie eye, Jake I was meant to indicate a preference of the
Blackman, hand an 1 mouth; and one of I national rom mi ttec for one candidate for the pre-
the train hands whose name we did not aidcacy ai»ove another, but beratwe It wosn’L
1 1 The assurance —— •«
that all candidatc.s
The following todies were on land
did not receive any hurt at ail: Mrs. r.. I has a "favorite son," und with modest loyalty to
Gammell and child, of Catania; Mra. Chas. him lhe Ohio delegation will doubtless present
Lawrence and child, city; Miss IJovie Fort- hlimune andglvc him it, sm.port. Mr.TJmr-
sotLKurtswn’s; Snd Mi J Walden, of Hraris BSaiJSaSS
indicate, but he leads all the other candidates
lory shows that the vice president’s chair has fre
quently been, as it were, the stepping-stone to the
presidency, while there has never yet been an
no reply. The dead woman s sister lives in instance of electing a president direct from the
a handsome brown stone bouse, four stories senate.
First, tbe solid vote of Pennsylvania, which
they think’Senator Cameron has already
st-cured for them; secondly, the seventy
votes of New York state, which they
believe Senator Conklipg will be able
son, Fortson’s;
county. . ,
The engine came in yesterday evening
and carried out a list car with the passen
gers where tkev will bs met at the wreck
when the Kites will take them up the road.
A force of hand* will go to work at once
clearing away the wreck and in tiie course
of a week the train will be able to pas* over
H Large numbers of tbe citizens of the city
went out yesterday to view the ruins. It
is a heavy blow to the company but all
are rejoiced to know that no live* were
lost.
Harrisonburg, Va., February 25.—Jacob
Lincoln, a first cousin to tbe former presi
dent of tbe United States (Abraham Lin
coln), was brutally murdered near this place
about 1 o’clock last Saturday morning by
two notoriously bad characters named
Woods and Reed. It appears that the three
men were gambling in Lincoln’s mill, at
Lacy’s Springs, about seven miles front
here, ana the murderers became aware of
the fact that Lincoln bod a large amount of
money about him os he had that day sold
some cattle. It was for the pur
pose of robbery that the deed was commit-
and he is clearly entitled to Ohio's sup
port in the Cincinnati convention. SetUng aside
this pardonable partiality, Cincinnati will give
jest and equal treatment to each of the presi
dential candidates.
Cincinnati Gazette, rep.
WUl Tilden withdraw? He is not In the habit
of being overridden l>y poliUcal opponents, but
this is a personal fight on which depends the last
frail hope of the democratic party of getting poa-
sesrion of the presidency. It is a contest, there
fore, in which the i>aity at large will find it nec
essary to take a hand. If Kelly cauuot be crab
bed into Mibrnit-ftion, the clubbing process must
be tried on Tilden. It seems altogether likely
that the claimant of ’76 will have the sagacity to
«Up aside, and content himself wUh naming the
candidate. It is understood that Kelly ^ill sud-
poit any other democrat who may be nominated,
1 though P *— —’
would na
was mode against the electoral commission. The
name of Speaker Randall has frequently lieen
suggested in connection with Tilden's preference
but Randall would bs disabled in the convention
by opposition in his own state.
Has any republican editor died lately?
If so, we know what killed him. It wai
ted. Woods, the testimony says, took a' Mr. Tiiden’s income tax.
