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FAYETTEVILLE GA
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'n i h', WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MORXCNO, JULY 18, 1882.
PRICE 5 CENTS
DURING THE W£EK.
"WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
acted, was that Mr. Stephens would pet 206
j votes safely, and probably more. This pre-
! diction which was .then laughed at has been
• more than verified by the returns. We believe
I that the table we print this morning is as
nearly correct as patient and earnest investi
gation can make it. Our opinion is that the
first ballot will not fall five votes below it.
though it may go twice that many votes above
Monday, July 10.—The British fleet began ' it. . ,,
the bombardment of Alexandria. A Syracuse) There will he .T>0 delegates answer to the
laborer stabbed his wife and killed her. Con- 1 roll call, provided Itabun does not act. The
■ increase of the vote over 3o0 is due to the fact
that certain counties entitled to fonr votes
BURNING ALEXANDRIA.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE CITY
BY THE BRITISH FLEET.
Tke Bombardment of Alexandria—Brown and Sto-
phens HsturntnzRo O.urKla ■- Locko for Marshal
and Dirae.l for Bolioitor—Busineaa In tho
Poat.Offloo—The World Abroad.
pressman Hammond secures the defeat of the
proposition 10 allow Nebraska an extra mem
ber of tne house. The session of congress
will linger along until August. A safe in
Cairo, Illinois, broken open uud robbed. The
turitT commission lias organized and will sit
in S iratoga. Ton new Mexiem congress is
favorable to the president. - In theCity.—The
Young Meu's Christian association had a high
ly interesting meeting on Sunday night. Mrs.
«H. II. Witt and Leonora Mary, daughter of
diaries F. Weatherbe, died. The United
Slates circuit court adjourned until the .'list.
Stephen Floyd, it colored man, died, atid the
Kmghtsof Wise Men, of which be was a mem
ber, paid his widow $2,000. Mary Parker ac
cidentally shot in the leg. L. W. Fambro, of
Griffin, liourol over lor assaulting the recorder.
(,'. V. Tutwiler, the first mail carrier appointed
in Atlanta, lias resigned. The Home Building
as-ocintion lias organized with the following
officers: G. J. Fort-acre, president; Joel Hurt,
secretary and treasurer. Directors—II. L.
Wilson, A. L. Koniz, E. C. Peters, J. C. Si
mons, A. B. Bostick and George Winship.
For the week ending July 8th the Atlanta
|K>st-olHcc money order department issued 520
money orders, amounting to $11,200.72, and for
tlie same lime received on deposit $27,302.
During the same week 2,370 money orders,
umountingto$2G.l!)l.(il were paid. The letter-
carriers' rejatri for the month ending July 8th
was: Mull letters received, 130,010; mail postal
curds received, 38,510; drop letters received,'
17,200; drop postal cards received 10,000; pa
pers, etc., received, 123,723; letters collected,
08,000; |>ostal cards collected, 30.540; papers,
etc., collected, 0,022; registered letters deliv
ered, 1.007; making a total of 440,520 pieces.
Tuksday, July 11.—Nine killed und forty
wounded in the bombarding British Heel.
President Barrios, of Guatemala, in Washing
ton. The boiling Tennessee democrats nomi
nate a ticket with Mr. Fusscl for governor.
The strikes still extending. A fatal duel at
Kan Luis l'otosi, in which both parlies were
killed. Several counterfeiters have been ar
rested in Arkansas. A banquet will be given
to Micbucl Ilavitt on his return to Loudon.
The Europcnn conference is urging the porte
to intervene in Egypt. The wire makers and
the hatters ot New Jersey are nowon ustrike.
It is rumored in Paris that General Skobcleff
committed suicide in order to H".out punish
ment for nihilism. The British government
bus censured the Canadian authorities for
their expression of opinion in favor of home
rule for 11eland. Patrick Eagan* treasurer of
the land league, acknowledges the receipt, in
three months, ot l‘J.740 pounds from the
United Stans. In (lie City—The Richmond
and Danville railroad pays $40,000 monthly
in wag* s at the Atlanta end of the line. Col
lins's district in Fulton county is to vote on
the fence law. One dog and his owner on
Jones street killed 173 ruts in one night.
Judge I. S. Clements, of Forsyth, had hts eye
taken out by Dr. Calhoun. The Grant ined-
uls fur the Georgia radicals have arrived.
Wednesday, July 12.—'The white flag
hoisted by the Egyptian for ces at Alexandria.
The population Uf' AlfcYftiiitria is 300,UUb.
Messrs. Stephens and Brown leave iVasliing-
ton for Atlanta. Thu river and harbor bill
passes me senate. General dissatisfaction is
felt at Admiral SUnf.ldt's course in Corea.
Tlie queen signs the Irish repression bill and
thirteen counties are placed under its provis
ions. Massey, a I lotting readjuster, will be
supported by i be democrats as congressuian-
ai large from Virginia. A New York bank
robbed of $1100,1100. An explosion in Paris
killed twenty persons. A railway collision
ill Russia resulted in the death of 178persons.
In the city.—rhe cowhiding sensation lias
reached the colored people. Miss Annie Rice,
of Augusta, in the city. Mr. Kimberley, of
Rough and Ready, lias a LeConte pear tree
from which he lias taken over lifteen bushels
of pears. T. P. Westmoreland a candidate
for tlie legislature from Fulion county. A
state temperance convention is to be held in
Atlanta August 13th. The Kosedale farm, on
Peachtree road, la acres, sold for $15,000 Mr.
A. Godard and Miss Dolly Dozier married.
Thursday. July 13.—The president lias ap
pointed R. I). Locke tp be marshal and S. A.
Darnell to be solicitor for the new Georgia
court. Another Indian outbreak has taken
place in Arizona. Tht Pennsylvania republi
cans refuse.to unite. Mrs ScoviUe is to be
indicted for sending in a poisoned bouquet to
Guileau before lie was hanged. The new
hands engaged to replace the strikers are gen
erally striking themselves at the end ot the
mouth. J. S. Montgomery, a Mssissippisu
jH-riniendent of education, has decamped
with the funds. The Chesapeake, Onio and
Southwestern railway lias been completed
In tlie city—Mrs. C. M. Boynton is dead.
Mrs. Ballard's new female college has been
completed utu coslof$40.U00. The new court
house of Walton county will be built by Mr.
J.; Smith of Sparta, for $21,000. A traveler
robbed of $120 at the car shed. Judge Pitt-
tuaii will run forsiicritrof Fulton county A
colored woman gored by a cow. She is* in a
dangerous condition. Counterfeit money cir
culating in Atlanta. J. M. Stephens and
Miss Zipporah Bagby married. The paving
of Peachtree street will cost $25,000.
Friday - , July 14.—John Bright resigns from
the English cabinet on accountof his oppe-
sit ion to war measures. The grand jury in
the star route investigations failed to find*any
new verdict. A cotton warehouse was burned
in New York, loss $00,000. Congress has
passed the bill grauting Mrs. Garfield $50,000.
A young girt iu Philadelphia fell dead on the
street. The shoemakers have joined in the
strikes ia New York. Congress will take up
the contested electm « oases again next week.
Senator Brown gives $3o,0u0 to the state uni
versity. Tue river ..n t harbor bill now be
fore congress approp. .ales $20.00u,000. In the
city.—Wiiliam Joins fireman on ilu- Western-
uud Atlantic- railroad, swallowed a half dol
lar coin. The taxable property of Gwinnett
lias increased in value $259,000. Bishop Beck
with has returned to tlie city. There are
1.231 convicts in the penitentiary.
Saturday, July 15.—No Americans have
been killed in Alexandria. Mr. Bright's res
ignation from the British cabinet has been
accepted by the queen. Alfred H. Pease, the
well-known pianist, is dead. Van Wyck, sen
ator from Nebraska, threatens to quit the re
publican party.—In the City.—The Atlanta
Electric Light coni[>any is soon to begin oper
ations. Dr. Alexander Fox released from
prison. The city full of delegates to the state
convention. Miss Mary Hardeman died at
Stone Mountain. Tlie Atlanta greenbackers
are trying to reorganize. The trains begin
' running on the new road from Dallas to Macon
to-day.
A CLEAR MAJORITY.
or the Delegate* Keene te be le furor or the Abo.
ItUoe #r the Two-Tklrd. Kele.
Messrs. (Stephens and Bacon are in the city,
and have headquarters at the Kimball house.
The delegates are arriving rapidly. To-mor
row's convention will be one of the most no
table ever held in the state.
under the old apportionment will insist on
their full vote, while those winning the in
creased vote under the new will also claim it.
It is probable that the convention will allow
each county to cast the full vote claimed dv
it
Of these 35G votes we figure that 221 will
vote for Mr. Stephens. There are. chances
that he will get others, and it is not impos
sible that he will open with two-thirds. We
hear that he will get flart of the votesof Mus
cogee county—we believe that he will get
part,’at least, of Putnam, Clinch and Pierce
and other counties It is said lie is good for
three votes front Harris, and we give him two
of these votes on authority that we consider
good. It is claimed that lie will get part of
Catoosa's vote, and he will doubtless carry
Henry to morrow. There are probabili
ties in sight that reach to a two-thirds vote.
We do not believe he will lose a vote we
have given him except possibly tlie Wilkin
son codnty votes It is claimed that he will
lose one vote in Campbell, though we do not
believe it. Such, in short, is our last review
of tlte field just before the fight opens.
It does not appear probable that any other
names than Mr. Stephens and Major Bacon
will be balloted on.
As to the rule, a majority of the delegates,
or 175 votes, are instructed, or reported to us
as outspoken fortlie abolition of the two-thirds
rule. To these may he added certainly the 6
votes of Fulton, winch alone makes a majori
ty of the convention and sets up the rule. Of
course there are other votes to be heard from,
and it is possible that the-vote for the majori
ty rule may reach 200 votes.
An Epidemic ofbufcldes.
Lancaster, Pa., July 14.—Mrs. J. F. Showers, o
Reamslown. this county, committed suicide last
night by drowuiug herself in Cocalico creek while
laboring uuder an attack of melancholy.
Philadelphia. July 14.—Jacob Newgarten. sixty
years old. committed suicide at noon to-day by
hanging himself to the bedpost at bis residence on
South Fifth street. *
On Tuesday morning at 4 o’clock, Admiral
Seymour, commanding the British fleet off
Alexandria, ordered the bombardment of the
city. The firing continued for two days. The
Egyptians put up a flag of truce, and during
the cessation of hostilities thus gained, es
caped into the country. Before leaving, how-
«i-er, a frightful massacre of Christians took
place, and tt^e city was given over to fire and
plunder. The forts were all ruined. The ma-
rines'landed and took possession of the city.'
The Khedive is under English protection.
The adherents of Arabi Bey will resist every
foot of ground.
THE BRITISH FLEET.
rhe Ftr»t Gun Upon the Fated Clty-Deeperate Bt-
eist nee by the Egyptian!—Too White Flag
Hoisted, the Egyptians Escaping in tlie
Interval—'Tne Flignt 01 Arabi Bey.
They replied that Fort Marabout had already
been evacuated, but that they could not give
aoy definite auswer in regard to Mex fort.
Finding that no agreement waa likfclv and
being unwilling to waste further time’ Lieu
tenant Lambton left.
THE EFFECT OBSERVED.
The military governor conducted the
conversation. He was in command during
the action yesterday. He admitted that the
troops had sufl'ered heavy losses. Lieutenant
Lambton informed him that should he agree
to the terms, the troops would be allowed to
evacuate the forts with their rifles and all the
honors of war, but unless these terms were
complied with no negotiations could be en-
lerea upon. As the Bittern steamed out, the
Egyptians hauled down the flag of truce. The
bombardment had evidently produced a
great moral effect upon the military officers
with whom Lieutenant Lambton conversed.
Easton, Pa., July 14.—Mrs. Lizzie Ruhr, aged
forty, committed suicide at Belvldere, New J. rsey.
last evening by drowning lierrelf in a cistern at her
residence.
Scranton. July 14.—William Merzo, a German
who has been missing since the 24th of June last,
was found yesterday by a boy hanging to a tree at
Greenville. It is supposed that the man commuted
suicide. •
Naw York, Jnly 14.—John Blasius, a German
shoemaker, sixty-two years of age, committed
suicide this afternoon at his residence In Leonard
street by swallowing a large dose of oxalic acid.
Effect, of the Heat.
New York. July 11.—There were reported up to
noon to day nine deaths of young children from the
excessive heat. Seven- cases of sunstroke were re-
ported’up to the same hour. The death-rate took a
sudden jump upward to-day. The number of
deaths reported at the bureau of vital statistics for
the twenty-four hours ending at noon retched 179,
and of these 58 were ,the cases of infants under five
.years. Three additional cases of sunstroke were re
ported tills afternoon.
Later.—Kiih". additional eases of prostration by
the heat have been reported. In accordance with
the annual custom, forty-seven of the fifty sanitary
inspectors have oecn appointed by the board of
health to visit and prescribe for the poor in the
tenement district, distributing aiso free excursion
tickets to those who need them.
New York. July 11 —Two .deaths and five pros
trations uy tlie host are added to the list this
evening.
The Mormon Wap Claim* and Lapsed Greats.
Washington, July 13.—The house committee on
the judiciary to-day directed Representative Pay-
son. of llinois, to report to the house adversely the
Mormon war claims, which have been pending be
fore congress since 1859. The amount involved in
the claims aggregates about $180,000. Home action
had been expected in connection with the lapsed
grant railroads but the subject was not discussed.
The committee having already reported upon all
roads whose grants they believe should be declared
forfeited, the only question now before them is
whether the matter of policy should be considered
in connection with the legal questions involved in
the grants to some roads whien have already been
reported upon by the comm ttee. As they will hold
but one or two more meetings this session it is
hardly probable that any further action will be
aken.
The English Mrn-of. Wnr Which Are Lying Before
Alexandria—Formidable Craft.
Alexandria, July 12.—The most important
of the English vessels, with their armament—
that is, their fighting gun batteries—are as
follows, the name being followed by the num
ber of guns aid their weight in tons: »
Hector, 18, h%: Valiant, 18,6)5: Defense, 18, 6%-.
Lord Warden, 18, 6V£; Iris, 10, *; Repulse, 10 8;
Warrior, 10, 12: JG. 6)4; Penelope, 10,12: 4. «!■*
Monltaur. 17.12; Agincourt. 17, 12; Northampton
17.12: 7, 6/4: Hercules, 8.18: 4.12; Superb, 16,18;
Alexandra, 10, 18; 2. 25; Temeraire. 4, 25; 5,18;
Monarch. 4.25; 10; 6}£; Inflexible,4, 80.
*Six.y-four pounder.
THE HEAVIEST OF THE GUNS
weigh over 1C0.000 pounds, are thirty-two feet
eight incites in length.and with a 1,700-pound
projectile driven by 370 pounds of powder,
at a velocity of 1,520 feet a second (this is at
the rate of over a mile in four seconds), pro
duce an energy equal tc the effect of 27,213
tons of metal falling from a distance of one
foot upon any object. The smallest of these
guns will drive a bolt through seven inches
of iron at 500 yards’ distance, and tlie largest
will put their shot, under the same condi
tions, through twenty seven inches of iron,
England can bring to bear upon tlie fortifica
tions of Alexandria 224 heavy guns, 106 of
these being of the 034-ton class. 05 of the
12-ton, 39 of the 18 ton, 10 of the 25-ton, and
4 of the 80 ton. Thirty 12-ton guns could in
ten minutes pourinto the city 50tonsof metal,
which would develop a total energy of G90.000
foot tons at a distance of 4,000 yards; 20 18-ton
guns could, in the same time, throw 36 tons
of metal with an energy of 454,700 foot toils.
At tlie muzzle these shot would go through
14J4 inches of armor, at 1,000 yards through
12)4 inches, and at 2,000 yards through 1134
inches.
AMERICAN GUNS.
On this same port of Alexandria we have
two American ships, the Lancaster and the
Quinnebaug.both wooden and of good cruising
type for time of peace. The battery of the
former, and it is the best we have afloat, is
made of old-fashioned 11-inch smooth-bore
Daldgrens, converted on the Pal User sv n
into 8 inch rifles with twenty live pou’n
powder, sometimes with thirty-live poun
though this charge is considered excessive,
these can throw shots weighing 180. pounds^
which, under the best condition*, develop an
energy of 2,627 foot ton’s.
WORKIN3 ON THE BATTERIES.
THE WOUNDED REFUGEES.
A SUPERB GIFT.
SENATOR BROWN’S DONATION TO
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
positively, so far as he is concerned, that any
such letters are in existenne, and he affirms
he never wrote anything of the kind.
THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH.
In the Itame of Eta Deceased Son Senator Brown
Makes a DonaUon to the Slate University of
S -'0.000,'to Be Applied to the Tnition of
Poor Young Men—Terms of tho am.
The Matsarre in Alexandria—Flchtlns Their Way to
* the Beach.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
London, July 13.—The correspondent of the
{Standard on board the Invincible telegraphs
us follows: “Off' Alexandria, 13th, 1 p.m.—
A’ter daybreak this morning a number of
persons were seen on the edge of the water of
the harbor. Glasses showed them to be
Europeans. Boats were at once lowered and
crew's armed to the teeth started for tlie shore.
They found about 100Europeans,many of them
wounded, who had gathered iu the Anglo-
Egyptian bank, and had resisted desperately,
i’tiey had maintained themselves there
hrougliout the night. Toward Uaylighttheir
assailants drew off and the party made their
way to the shore. They reported that Arabi
Pasha, before he left with his troops,
tad the prisons opened and that the
convicts, joined by the lower classes,
nd some Bedouins, proceeded to sack the
ity and kill every Christian they could find,
ltd set the European quarters ou fire. From
he part they were defending the Europeans
- ould hear the shrieks and cries and reports.of
i'.istols and guns. Scores of fugitives were
ut down or ' beaten to death in their
ight. The European quarter is all iu
dames and the great square is a mass of smok
ing ruins. All the public buildings are de
stroyed, and nothing European seems to have
escaped the rage of the fanatics. Several
shells have been fired within the last two
hours into that portion of the
city where the conflagration broke
out in the hopes that they may
scare the pillagers. That many pillagers re
main is evident by the fact that several fresh
tires have broken out in the last three hours.
.Y British gunboat is lying close to Uamlcti.
\vo iron cluds ore cruising near and will fire
i.pon any men approaching the palace. An of-
.ii-er just returned from tlie Chiltern reports
the scenes of carnage on sitore as appalling.
The town for some hours after the troops left,
-.vas a veritable pandemonium. There is a
. dspicion that the forts are undermined, and
t hey will be carefully examined before any
large bodiesof troops areallowed to enter them.
Aboukir is as yet untouched. A thousand
men are known to be entrenched there. No
reconuoissance have yet been made of the
dosetta and Damietta forts. The fugitives
say that tlie losses of the Egyptian artillery
men during the first days bombardment were
very serious. The infantry did not suffer..
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AMERICANS IN ALEXANDRIA.
How a
by the
The Heaviest lintln in America.
Leadville, Col., July 12.—James II. Madden, a
gambler, who died here the other day. had the
largest brain of any man in America. Dr. McDean,
who attended the deceased during his illne‘s.stated
that he had a very remarkably formed head, it whs
about the average size, with an immense frontal
and lateral development. After death the doctor
examined the head, ami when the brain was re
moved and weighed it brought down the scales to
62)4 ounces. This is the heaviest brain ever found
in America. Daniel YVeoster's brain weighed 53)4
ounces and Professor Agassiz's 52)4 ounces.
Klopment* In Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa, July 14—X B Ilartwe'l. a phy-
siciau of this city, returned home to-day, aftei a
week’s absence, to tied that his wife had eloped
with William Osborne, a friend of the family. She
took her little daughter uud the household goods.
With them was another couple of elope:*. Miss
Dana, niece of Judge Napier, and Edward Nor
man. Both women heretofore bore good reputa
tions, and were noted for being quiet and demure.
The meu were hardware clerks,
Chtoro-orim-J and Murdered.
Special Dispateh to The Constitution.
Vicksburg, Miss, July 13.—The store of A. Farkas
in the ea-.iern suburb of the city, was entered at 3
o'clock this morsiug by negroes. Mrs Farkas was
murdered iu bed and her husband chloroformed
ami bound with rope*, after which the house whs
robbed of S70U and set oil fire, burning the body of
Mr* Farkas to a c-isp. Farkas recovered fr un the
effects ot the chloroform and managed to escape.
No arrests.
• Tiir'-ctotoIIll-u-tcr.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Wheeling. July 13.—In the Scioto investigation
to-day William McCormick, of Mouudsrille, a s-w
loon keeper, swore that tne pitot, Keller, of the Sci
oto, was so drunk, iu bis place, that the b trkeeper
refused him liquor and advised him to go to bed
and sleep U off. The barkeeper contradicted Mc
Cormick's evidence in every particular.
The llnvlcot Family la Pcuasjlvanla.
WiLLLOisroRr, July 13.—Joseph Wheeland, wife,
son and three daughters, living near this city, were
photographed in a group to-7ay. They were then
weighed, when it was found that their aggregate
weight was l.aOS pounds. They claim to be the
heaviest family of six in the state.
Sharp Cannonade Wan Stopped
Egyptians.
London, July 12.—The Daily News’
dispatch from off Alexandria says:
“Before the bombardment recoin
ntenced, Admiral Seymour sent the Bittern,
under a flag of truce, to demand the surren
der of tlie forts for tlie purpose of avoiding
further bombardment, but without result.
All reports confirm tlie previous statements
us to the manner in which the Egyptians
handled their guns until they were fairly
blown from the batteries by the explosion
of shells. The Monarch tired two hun
dred heavy shells and six thousand pounds
of shot from. the machine guns.
There was some splendid sci
entific firing. and the official reports of the
first practical trial of modern fighting ships
will be records of tlie utmost value. Some
houses in Fort Mex, apparently of concrete,
withstand the fire of the heaviest guns of tlie
Monarch. A correspondent of the Standard
telegraphs from on board the Invincible, at
8 o’clock a. m. yesterday, that tlie admiral
summoned tlie captains of the fleet to a con
sultation. The result of the deliberation was
a decision tliat the sea was too heavy for seri
ous operation. The rolling of the ironclads
would unsettle their aim and the town might
suffer severely from shutflying too high. Ad
miral Seymour, therefore, delayed their in
tended attack on the Morabant forts, but
directed the Temariere and the Inflexible to
watch the Raseltin and Ada forts.
A SIGHT OF ARABI
At half-past ten the Temariere signalled
that parties of soldiers were at work at the
hospital battery near Fort Ada. Two iron
clads opened fire. Only six rounds of shot
and shrapnel were fired. AW took effect, the
practice being excellent. The troops engaged
upon the work at once abandoned it, and the
firing ceased. The white flag was hoisted at
the lighthouse. The Bittern was sent inside
to inquire as to the intentions of the govern
ment. After she had steamed off the Tem
ariere made the following signal: “The body
of men we saw working on the hospital bat
tery dispersed after our last shrapnel was
fired. They took refuge in tlie casemates close
by. We saw about. 100 men armed with rifles
running toward tlie light house fort. They
carried bags. We saw also an Egyptian
general, apparently Arabi Pasha, surrounded
t>v liis staff.'' Two eighteen-ton guns on the
Alexandria were disabled, the shot having
passed through the port holes.
THE DECOY FLAG.
-Old Ira Fletcher."
Providence. R. I., July 12.—A middle-aged man
seated himself upon the Methodist church steps at
East Greenwich to-night, and. drawing a revolver,
said: "Here is the last of old Ira Fletcher.” As he
said this he placed the pistol to his left breast and
fired, living only twenty minutes.
The Fatal T.j l-l.tol.
Boston. July 13.—Two boys died here on Tuesday
night from lockjaw, caused by wounds from a toy
piatol on July 4th, and another is dangerously ill.
One died in Gloucester last night and three iu Low
ell yesterday, all from the same cause.
Death af Bishop Scott.
Wilmington, BeL, July 13.—Bishop Levi Scott,
_ ... , , ...... *enior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church
Our prediction after tlie campaign had fairly died at his home, near Odessa his morning at 9:35
shaped itself, and before tbe counties bad o'clock.
at Secretary Frellnshuynen has to Say of Their
Safety lroiu Violence.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Washington, July 12.—Secretary Freling-
huyseti says, in answer to inquiries as to the
safely of our officials and countrymen at A1
exandria, that we have no consul in that city,
but that the vice consul, is a resident of posi
tion, being a rich Israelite; thgt one of the
members of tbe court at Alexandria, Judge
Bacheller, is in this country on leave, and he
understands that the other two American
judges have gone into tlie country. About a
month ago one vessel from the Mediter
ranean squadron was sent to Alexandria
for tbe protection of American residents, and
as tlie danger increased two other ships were
sent thither from the same squadron. About'
ten days since, inquiry haviug been made by
tlie American board of foreign missions. Sec
retary Frelinghuysen telegraphed to the vice-
consul. asking as to the safety of the mission
aries. He received an answer to the effect
that they were aii either on our vessels or had
gone into the interior. He trusts, therefore,
that the American residents at Alexandria
have suffered uo harm.
THE KHEDIVE’S COOLNESS.
Lieutenant Lambton Goes Ashore to Find Illmoelt
the Victim of a Itnse.
Alexandria, July 13.—At three o’clock the
Bittern was seen st-auiing out of the harbor.
As she came out she signalled: “Negotiations
have failed.. I have accordingly informed
the authorities on sitore that you will engage
the batteries at half-past three.” From this
it seemed as if the officer and
staff observed in the hospital battery, finding
themselves in a dangerous position'and una
ble to escape, had simply hoisted tlie flog of
truce in order to get off the fire. There was
great indignation expressed that five hours
should have been wasted in an abortive nego
tiation. while meantime the swell had in
creased so much that the fire from the ves
sels, if hostilities were resumed, would be in
effective.
LAMBTON’S REPORT.-
At half-past three the Bittern arrived at the
outside. Lieutenant Lambton reported that
the evident object of the hoisting of tlie flag
of truce was to gain lime. When the Bittern
went in large bodies -of troops were evacua
ting tbe barracks behind tbe forts, going out
in full marching order.
THE PARLEY- ON SHORE.
General Stone Confirms the Itepert ot Arabl'a Order
to Kill Tewfik.
London, July 15.—The News correspondent
at Alexandria telegraphs that the khedh e’s
coolness and courage never left him during
the crisis. Tlie sailors have arrested the fur
ther progress of tlie flames at tlie harem pal
ace. Tlie diplomatists are trying to estab
lish with the khedive the semblance of a
ministry. The people cannot understand
why tlie Americans, who cati only muster a
handful of marines, are invited to land
men. An' officer on shore has sent word
to the ships that a hundred
refugees on Marino are clamoring
for food. Biscuit is being sent them. Daily
Telegraph has the following:
Alexandria, July 14,7 p. m.—All the
Arabs are carrying white handkerchiefs on
sticks, and showing great anxiety to be
thought friendly. I found General Stone
with the khedive. The general confirmed
the report that Arabi Pasha ordered the mur
der of the khedive and added that Arabi bad
ordered tlie sacking of the town before quit
ting it. The Americans have landed 60 ma
rines under command of Captain Cochrane.
There are still some Egyptian police helping
to maintain order. The entrance
to“ Ras-El-Tin palace lias been
entirely destroyed. The court-yard and bar
racks are full of arms and acoutrements.
Tlie base of the light house is badly dam
aged. A European municipal official in
formed me that Arabi Pasha ordered the fir
ing of the town. The soldiers were the first
to begin the plunder. Desertion from Ara-
bi’s army is rife. Reuter’s telegram com
pany has received the following
dispatch from Alexandria; The sailors
now occupy all the gates. They have been
ordered to disarm all soldiers and to shoot
looters. The populace are being encouraged
to return to their homes. The Penelope has
sailed for Isuiaila. A correspondent oi the
Times telegraphs from Alexandria at noon
I went ashore to-day. All evidences prove the
truth of the report'that the Kgyptiau gunners
were directed by French and Italian artillerists.
The Times’ correspondent on the Condor, off
Alexandria, says that women were seen firing
bouses with petroleum. Admiral Seymour
telegraphed, at 11 o'clock last night, that
the fire in Alexandria is not spreading, and
nearly all the looting had stopped. A force of
Germans have landed to protect the hospital,
an-i a party of Americans to establish the con
sulate. The ironclad Minotour has arrived.
A dispatch to the Manchester Guardian from
Alexandria says the bombarding of Tuesday
almost exterminated the Egyptian corps of
artillerymen, which was the best branch of
the army.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Athens, July 15.—Mr. Charles McDonald
Brown, son of Senator Brown, a most prom
ising young man, died nearly a year ago.
Senator Brown has made a donation to the
university of $50,000, to be known as the
Charles McDonald Brown scholarship fund,
being money that his said son would have in
herited from his father’s estate if he had
lived. The donation is on condition that the
legislature, at its next session, pass an act
agreeing to receive the $50,000 cash into
the treasury of phe state for the
use of the state; and issuing to the university
a bond for $50,000, payable fifty years after
date with interest at” per cent, pavaoie semi
annually. This Yvould yield an income of
$3,500 per annum. $2,500 ot this sum is to be
loaned to poor but promising young men;
not able to educate themselves; who pursue
their studies in any of the branches of the
university of Athens, or in the medical de
partment of the university at Augusta. Not
more than $200 per annum is to be loaned
to any student. As the university charges
no tuition, with proper economy this will
supply what is needed by each. The re
cipients are to be selected under such rules
as tlie board of trustees of the university
shall from time to time establish. The se
lections are to be made as impartially as pos
sible from different portions of the state so
that each section will be represented.
HOW THE MONEY IS TO BE PAID BACK.
Each student, as soon as he has made the
money, in addition to an economical living,
after the completion of his course of study,
is to pay back to the university tlie umount,
with 4 per cent interest. These payments, as
they are made from time to time, are to be
added to tbe principal of $50,000, which in a
few years will cause an accumulation that
will in the end make the principal sum a very
large one. The interest only is to be
used as the sum accumulates. One
thousand dollars per annum of the interest
on tlie principal sum donated is to be loaned
to students of the North Georgia agricultural
college at Dahlonega upon the same terms as
are prescribed in tlie case of students at
Athens. Tlie cost of living being cheaper at
Dahlonega only one hundred and fifty dollars
are to be loaned to any student. Tlie money
is to be advanced to them monthly as they
need it; the interest commencing in such
case at the end of the year.
REMEMBERING EARLY- FRtENDS.
The students getting tlie benefits utDahlon-
ega are to be selected under regulations made
by the board of trustees from the mountain
counties of northeast Georgia and the coun
ties of Pickens, Oconee and Anderson, 8. C.
embracing the counties of Senator Brown':
birtli and boyhood, and the county of Ander-
son., where.the first money was loaned him
to aid in his eduction. Tne mountain coun
ties have the same rights as any other section
of Georgia to participate in tne fund at
Athens, and the one thousand dollars a year
at Dahlonega is in addition to that.
The money paid back by the students at
Dahlonega from year to year is to be added
to' the principal, thus still more accumulating
the principal for that point. In the case of
young men studying for the ministry, in any
of the churches, only one-half tlie amount is
to be paid back, with interest at 4 per cent,
RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE FAMILY'.
Senator Brown reserves to his four sons,
Julius L. Brown, Joseph M. Brown. Elijah
A. Brown, and George M. Brown, each, the
right to select one student to be the recipient
of loans under tlie act With a selection of a
successor of such students; so that each dur
ing his life time may keep one student con
stantly in college. In case of a relation as
near as the fourth degree, tbe son may in his
discretion relieve the student selected by him
from repayment of the fund. The senator
reserves to his four sons and the survivors of
them the right of visitation to see that the
trust is properly administered, and in the
event of a substantial violation of it tlie
right to bring suit to recover back all
money; but this is not to be done on account
of anytechnical or immaterial Violation; and
tbe survivor of his four sons has, if he chooses,
the power to appoint a visitor by his will to
look still further after the proper administra
tion of the trust.
THE TRUST ACCEPTED.
Tlie board of trustees unanimously accepted
tlie trust, upon the terms mentioned, and
Senator Brown gave his obligation to pay tiie
$50,000 in cash into the treasury of tlietstate
as soon as the legislature, at its next session,
passes the act to accept the fund for tlie bene
fit of the university. and give the obligation
of the state for its payment at the end of fifty
years with seven per cent interest.
This is the same provision with the act
of the last legislature 'applies to the
maturing bonds of the state belonging
tb the university, in such case the
governor is required to give the university in
lien of the matured bond a fifty year’s seven
per cent bond of tlie state. Senator Brown
was ready to give his check for the fifty
thousand dollars at present if there had
been a. law of tlie state authorizing tlie
amount to be received at the treasury of
the state on the same terms that the niatur
ing bonds of the present endowment of the
state are to be received, but as there is no
such act lie makes the donation conditional
ontflie passage of an act by the next legislature
to place tlie fund he donates uf on the same
footing of security with the funds now be
longing to th<»university. It is not doubted
that file legislature will do this promptly.
This is tlie largest donation ever made to the
university by any one. As some young men
will only need partial aid, it is supposed the
annual income will keep about 30 youngmen
at college not now able to educate themselves,
and as the fund accumulates by repament by
students who have had a loan, it will iu
future maintain a much larger number.
C. H.
Bishop Warren Speaks Most Enthusiastically of the
Wonderful Pragma Here.
Cincinnati, July 15.—Bishop Warren, of
the Methodist church, whose episcopal resi
dence is in Atlanta, is in Cincinnati for a day
or two. To a reporter he said that there
was a great future for the southern states.
Northern capital is pouring in, and the people
are becoming inspired with northern enterprise
toadegree surprising to those acquainted
with tlie south before thq war. The wheat
crop was phenominally large tiiis year, and
the cotton crop, though 20 days behind, will
he above the average. The extension of
southern railroads was commented upon by
tlie bishop. Good effects are also apparent,
he says, from the development of the mines
and tlie opening up of markets for southern
products. The devastation by the spring
l ioods has made the abundant crops o f tiiis
year all the more fortunate for the people.
All tlie south needs, the bishop says, is a con
tinuance of tlte present spirit of investment
and local improvements und for helping on
the cause of education. The building of
pikes rind railroads is having a wonderful
effect. The church, lie' says, is accomplishing
a great work for the freedmen, spending
thousands of dollars annually for their edu
cation alone.
The ministers had no proposals. Lieuten
ant Lambton informed them that he had
BLAST AND LIGHTNING.
A Kutldlnjr Fired by Lightning Hunts Up Sever*
Men—Killed In a Mine*
Little Rock. July 13.—A special from Tex
arkana has tlie following details of the storm
yesterday: The storm began about 6:30 in the
evening with heavy wind, rain and lightning.
At about 7 p. m. Grics’s new building, a large
three-story brick almost completed, wasstruck
by lightning and fell in a mass on the top of
the franie building known as
tlie Paragon saloon, burying every
thing beneath , the ruins. It was
raining in torrents at tlie time, and there
were heavy showers until' about 10 o’clock.
The lamps in tlie Paragon set fire to the ruins
from underneath. Every man and water-
bucket in town was brought into use. and wa
ter was thrown on the fire, but it finally
broke out beyond all control and burned two
franie buildings next to ■ he. Paragon. It is
impossible to give the exact number burned
in Jthe ruins. Two or three difierent parties
who came out of the Paragon only a few mo
ments before the accident, say there were at
least thirty men in the building. The re
mains of Mayfield, one of tlie proprietors, and
another man and a boy, have been taken out
of the ruins.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 13.—On the
Westboro railroad, near Milton this after
noon, a premature explosion of a blast oc
curred while a party of 28 workmen were in
close proximity to the hole. Two kegs of
powder were in the rock. Eighteen of the
workingmen are safe, five are dead, two are
missing, supposed to be burned in the debris,
und three are badly injured. Several of the
dead and injured are Italians, known only
by numbers, and were unable to speak Eng
lish.
St. Louis, July 13.—A special from Texar
kana, Arkansas, says eight corpses have been
recovered from the buildings wrecked by tho
cyclone. Colonel Wayfield, Ferd Smith,
Johnnie Way, and the other.; names are not
learned. More are wounded seriously, and
will probably die. Great crowds of excited
persons are around. There are only seven or
eight more bodies in the ruins.
Providence. R. I., Juiy 13.—Cotton yarn
mill of John L. Ross, in Oakland, Browuviile,
was entirely destroyed, last evening, by a fire
originating in the picker room. -Ross esti
mates his loss at $110,000.
Cincinnati, July 13.—The Times-Stnr,
Lima, 0., says a fire this morning destroyed
the mill of East & Lewis—loss, $80,000; insu
rance, $31,000. This is the fourth time this
mill has been burned ia eight years.
Chicago, July 13.—The mill and lumber
yards of B. M. Holmes, at Ogema, Wis.,
hunted yesterday—loss, $150,000; insurance,
$30,000. Spark* from a passing train caused
the fire.
RUSSIAN JEWS.
A MEDICAL CONSPIRACY
To Prove tke ExDteaee or Yellow Fever
aaa-The Letter* Published.
New York, July 15.—A Times New Or
leans special says: The Picayune this morn
ing reproduces a series offletters from Secreta
ry Turner, of the national board of health;
Dr. Mitchell, the Memphis member, to Dr.
Bemiss, the New Orleans member, to show
that a conspiracy had existed to proclaim the
existence of yellow fever in Louisiana in or
der to convince the country of the usefulness
of the national board. The letters are of
such an extraordinary character that the
question of their genuineness lias been
raised, but the Picayune offers to exhibit
photographic copies of the original if re
quired.
I)R. TURNER’S PROFESSED IGNORANCE.
Washington, July 15—Dr. Turner, secre
tary of the national board of health, had his
attention called to the dispatch from New
Orleans, which states that a series of letters
had been published there from himself and
Dr. Mitchell, of Memphis, to Dr. Bemiss, of
Two Person* Drowned.
Kalamazoo, Mich, July 14—At South Haven last
come not to offer conditions, but to receive j Dight, be.weea 7 and 10 o'clock, O R Foot, cadiicr j New Orleans, which Tetters go to show that a
proposals. He informed them that “We did j ofth e First National batik of that place, and Miss I conspiracy existed to proclaim the existence
not consider ourselves at war with Egypt, hut j Kil . Je Underwood, of Aurora. Illinois, were °? yellow fever in Louisiana, in order to con-
tbat the Mex fort must be occupied by our drowned by the upsetting of a sailboat. Thebodies vince the country ofthe usefulness of the
troops, and Fort Marabout must be destroyed.” have not been recovered. national board of health. Dr. Turner denied those he loves best with himT
IIow the Atlanta Colon j I* Proving IUelf Compeoed
of Good Citizens.
Is the Russian Jew a desirable citizen?” is
a question that has been frequently asked
since their advent into America.
Less than one yeaT ago the first of Atlanta's
Russian Jews arrived in Atlanta. In every
instance they were illy provided with the
wherewith of life, and really were dependent
upon charity for a support. But, notwith
standing their want of money and the fact
that they were in a strange land in tlie midst
of strangers whose language was unintelligi
ble to them, they, without a known excep
tion, went to work with a will that soon won
for them the respect of Atlanta people.
Since their beginning in Atlanta, they have
not only shown a disposition to work, but a
desire and intent
to accumulate wealth.
One of the number who reached tlie city
with four dollars and twenty-five cents has
within a year earned the means to purchase
two comfortable houses and lots, tbe com
bined value of which is about $1,300. An
other one, William Weiss, who runs a con
fectionery store on_ Broad street, reached At
lanta last October without a dozen dollars he
could call his own. His family was away
from him, and witii a heart, buried in their
midst he went to work with a feeling of con
fidence in his success which soon crowned
him with victory. To-day his family is with
him and he is well enough fixed to enjoy life.
Isadore Blau, a carpenter, another one of
the number, reached Atlanta in December.
There were five persons in his family and each
one went to work with energy. Now they
have a nice home on Fort street, and are still
toiling six days in each week.
as artist’s luck.
_ Mr. Robert Pause, an artist, came to this
city about eight months ago, and by strictat-
tention to bis business has secured a good
living. He is thoroughly acquainted with
his trade, and although not so much money
in pocket as ethers have is on tbe road to suc
cess.
Hirsch Bino is a tailor at Max Marcus’s on
Peachtree street. He came to Atlanta nine
months ago and went to work. He had noth
ing at all then. Now he has his house which,
however, is a rented place—comfortably fur
nished, and has a little over two hundred dol
lars ahead. In addition to tnis he has equipp--
ed an eighteen-year-old son with a petidling
outfit, and by industriously canvassing the
county this lad is daily adding to the nest
egg of wealth which is secreted in the father’s
bouse. Then a fitteen-year-old son is daily-
plying tbe needle
AT A1S FATHER’S FIDE,
and each stitch enhances theic bank account.
When they left their native laud, they left
behind a son who wears the uniform and who
carries the musket, and for the purposeof pur
chasing his discharge they are now hoarding
their earnings.
At Hirsch Bros., the Whitehall clothiers,
there are four of the race. Two of them de
serve mention.' Like all Russian Jews, they
came to America “dead broke;” but to-day
they are “heeled.” John Bartlett, who lias a
wife and two children, has supplied their
wants, furnished a bouse and saved nearly
$500 since October last. L. Grutkorsky lias
been working and sending money to his
family, who are at the native home. He has
a few dollars ahead, and hopes soon to have