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• ' cTcik. T £ . / -v ; \ .• «$KhdM» ir^w-> FAYETTEVILLE GA i f I * LBUnggf C Inri ;r-v- • *-. • ~ 55 < . * ONSTITUTION. VOLUME XIV. TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 29. 1882. PRICE 5 CENTS PORTER’S FIGURES. 2 STORY OF AN UNKNOWN ENGLISH LAD. I From rov.rty to Prominence in . Pew Years—Tlie Leading Authority cn Political Eoonomy. American Cniee and the Debts They Carry- Cbaraoter of Immigrants. Special Correspondence of The Constitution. Os the Train, August 2a.—In 1WV9. the good ship Calabria, brought an English lad eighteen ypan of age. to Kew York. The youngster did not have an acquaintance on this continent, and six pounds andaetout bcait made up the sum of his posses sions. He drifted westward and engaged as a farm hand at (12 a month. There be made a good plough boy, and in a year or so had a reputation for pitch ing hay that Ailed the county. The other dey when President Arthur was mat ing up the commission for the revision of the tariff, there was one li.me that commended Itself to all classes—one appointment that was made as a matter of count, and around which the other appoint ments were grouped. This was Robert P. Porter, the English boy, who home over in 1869, and who less than ten years ago was a field baud, and, with the laborers on a western farm, working for thirty cents a day. I do not think this country, so prolific in oppor tunities, offered and embraced, can show so rapid an advancement in so bad a Held, as this has been. Political economy Is the study of a lifetime, and to comprehend the details, much less die purpose, of die industrial growth of America is quite as much. And yet in hardly isfx years this foreign youngster, without acquaintance or relation, lias come' from the humblest walk of life to be our most intelligent writer on economic questions, an futhority on all industrial topics, and on the tariff, debt and taxa tion and such matters without au equal. When the scope ot the census of uxo was fairly set and it was determined to make it the completest work ever done, this youngster, then only 27 years of sge, was sent for, made second only to General Walker, given absAlutv carte-blanche as to money, men and methods, and told to cover the subject of debt, tax ation and cities. The result is two volumes of 800 pages each, from his own hand, that are miiacles of iudustry aud ability, besides many other books prepared under his direction. Tho history ol his rise is a simple one. At the suFKcstimi of a friend, who saw in the thoughtful boy something more than a mere laborer, he wrote Home articles for a little patter in Rockford, Illinois It is work, though crude and casual, was satisfactory, and the editor offered him SI per week to go on the paper regularly. Once In this Acid he became very much interested in the growth of certain western cities, concerning which he wrote letters to the Chi rago Inter-Ocean. He s|iced!ly saw that there were groat and essential lessons, underlying the details of nrban growth in America, and many dangerous tendencies. The difficulty in interpreting the mean ng of all this enormous expansion was that there were no reliable data, and no system under which they could be gathered. Fascinated at once with the mystery and the meaning of the subject he de termined to devote his life to devising some scheme by which its surface could be defined end its undercurrents made plain. In the meantime he had been called to an editorial desk in the Inter-Ocean office, and attracted general attention. The rest is public his tory. One thing further may be told. Last year be visited England. While iu London he was the honored gnestof the Political Economy club, the widest and m-wt.exclusive club in England. Of.its thirty-five members fifteen are or have been mem bers of the English cabinet, and Mr. Gladstone is himself a member. It was a dazzling honor for so young a man to sit vis-a-vis with these men by Mr. Gladstone’s side, as the invited guest of the evening. It was euough to turn the head of the stout-hearted lad who. friendless and obscure, had left Fngliuid a few yeuts before. Of the fierce and plucky struggle iu America he .brought back but one scar -a long, seared line on his left arm, torn by a pitchfork as he fell one day from the peak of hay heap, piled i#> by his own hnnds at thirty cents a day. ‘ ’ 1 GOSSIP OK OUR CITIES. I had a talk with Mr. Porter on yesterday and asked him how many cities there were in the coun try- “There are 12,000 townships," he said, “that have a financial existence—that is that have a form of government and the power to raise money. There are 8,000 townships additional without financial existence There are,.however only 211 American cities in the true sense of the word—that Is, cities with over 7,8J0 inhabitants." "Wliat debt do these cities owe?” "A trifle over S6W),C00,000. The rapid growth of manufactures in America has increased the per ccntftge of urban population which of counic in creased tlic debts of cities. The city debts have grown 132 per cent since 1S70—the county debts percent—while the state debts have decreased 25 percent. This decrease in state debts is due to heavy payments made by New York, Pennsylvania and llllitois, and to the repudiation or readjust ment oi the debts of many southern states.’ "Do you think the limit of city debts has been nearly reached?” "Yes, in many states—most of them, perhaps— there is a constitutional limit against cities mottga- King more than a<certain per cent of their property. This is usually—as in the case oi Georgia—seven percent. In most cases this limlthos been reached There will be more caution in makiug debts in the future." “Hasn’t the city borne the expense of must of the Improvement?” "That depends on the section. In New England the city is the main agent. In the south the suite . is the main agent. In the west it is the county. With you the county has but little func tion. And yet Georgia is, with the exception Texas, the only county-making state in the union. It has made more comities in the past few years than all the states put together. But as you don' allow your counties to do anything ol importance itdoesen’t matter much There are 2,400 counties in the United States." "What Is the main item for which the debt . American cities was made?” “Water works. There stands charged to this one item$142,000,000, or one-fourth tit: c..tire munici pal debt of the couutry. It is usually a good debt however, aud one that carries itself. In Uassachu setts alone the revenue from water works is $3,000, 009. After water works the debt is divided between gas works, public buildings, education and streets. “What is the highest taxed city in America?” "Boston is the highest taxed city in the world, speeds more on the education of its children alone than is raised for all purposes by Birmingham England, though the latteris the larger city. There is no such eity as Boston. It has 10s,000 females 100,000 males, and yet so thrifty are her spinsters t|pt while 14,000 people own the Sl2?,0u0,000 of gov-, ernment bonds owned in New York, SiO.OQO.OOOheld in Massachusetts are divided among 16,000 holders." "How does the distribution of women to men hold out?" “The proportion decreases as we go westward. In New England the females are most numerous. In the middle states about equaL In Illinois the wo men are 97 to 100 and in California 60 to 100." "What has been the result oi your investigation of the affairs of American cities?" "Hopeful in every sense. I have found the debt smaller than was genera ly supposed and as a rule well invested. You see, \rith everything new and everything to do It was necessary to create an enor mous debt. Most oi the cities have finished their most Important public work and many are reduc ing their debt annually. For example, your city Atlanta will, in the present decade, reduce it* debt nearly a half a million Oi all the cities, Washing ton, Which owes 6127 per capita, is the only impor tant one that Is debt-ridden-to a degree. Chicago only owe* SIS a head city debt. I was astonished, however, to find that the chief English cities had grown as rapidly as the leading American cities. Take the eight first cities of each i-ount-y, omitting Chicago, and the English cities hold their own with us. Omitting Chicago, Salford, England, just across from Manchester, has shown the most remarkable growth of any city in the hundred thousands." THE GROWTH OK THE VARIOUS SECTIONS. What about the comparative growth of the sec tions of the country?” The west has grown 26 per cent, the south 25 percent,the middle states 14 percent, and New England 6 per cent. I do not think the south has grown as rapidly as the figures indicate. Her large percentage Is due to the fact that the census of 1870 was taken Inefficiently. Her proper percentage of growth is about 15 per cent.” What is the most remarkable feature of the cen sus as developed to you ?” The growth of the business and manufactures of the west. We had all realized that In an agricultural way the west had grown with enormous rapidity. But no one had a conception of what she had done the way of manufactures. For example, I was talking to the Mayor of Birmingham the other day, aud he said that of course the vast agricultural region of the west would 'favor free trade and thoughtit might be relied on to throw the .Valance against protection. He thought the west was all prairie, and was astounded when 1 told him that cut of $70,000,600 worth of agricultural imple ments manufactured In America, six western ates made 65 per cent —when I gave him an idea the immense iron mines and mills oi the Lake tiuperior region—that the west, which less than 1 per cent, of the population of the country cigUt decades ago, now has 25 per cent, of it, and that she had 124,000 factories with one thousands mil lions capital and one million o]>eratiyes. THE FOREIGN A.VIl THE NATIVE POPULATION. “How does the percentage of foreign population compared to native show up?” "Do you know there ym, hit a popular fallacy. From the Immense inflow of immigrants the im pression lias gained that foreigners are running over us aud that we are losing the American charac ter of our population. Nothing coold be further wrong. The percentage of foreign bom people in America is getting less continually. There are more people bom than come in by ships. The thousands who arrive here to-day bear American bom chil dren,, or marry Americans. The percentage of allensin the sense of birth is constantly decreasing and is less now than it was ten years ago.” "Thu character of the immigrauts is better than ever, is it not?” Much better .1 think. It is a notable fact that England sent over last year 87,000 people while Ireland only sent 80,000. It is generally supposed though that Ireland is emptying herself Into Amer ica knd England doing nothing. Tlie English im- mlg\ant* are as a class, I believe, the best. They amalgamate so thoroughly aud so rapidly.They melt into the general population and do not stand out in knots and bumps. For example do you ever hea r of any party or faction pandering to the “English vote?” We hear of the Irish vote and the German vote, etc , but never of the English vote.” "Many of the English who come over are tampers are they not?” “Why.no. Why should a pauper wish to leave England? Iu no country on earth do paupers fare so well. Out of -l.tAJO.OOO pcofile uteri- a.e l.ooi.Asi paupers, aud the "wotkus” in which they are housed and led at parish expense is much better than the tenement house of this country. Of the rights of paupers, Labouchere spoke pointedly when he said, commenting on the petition of one of the princes f,»r a marriage annuity: “Here we have the two extremes. At the lower end of the scale the pauper asks for his bread, his meat and his mug of beer; at the ullier, the prince asks for a sum with which to support his dignity. Such is the cold blooded equity of our law that the pauper demands, while the prince begs.” I saw a pauper who came over here and settled in Illinois. He speedily returned to England, and remarked that while England had several thousand "workuses,” some of which are palatial, Illinois had only three or four. The English pauper will never leave Eng land for this country." THE COST OK THE CENSUS. What will be the cost of the census, and when it will be finished.” It will cost 65.000,000. The work was begun in 1879 and will be finished in ’83, making five years of solid work. Of course it will be the compietcst work of the kind ever done. The English census cost only $142,000, and ivas begun aud completed in one night. Late one evening the officers left printed lists at each house In the king- dont and next gathered them up entirely finished, The American scheme is an entirely new one, and very much more comprehensive. The greatest dif ficulty we bad was in establishing some uniform basis of assessment, taxation and administration. We found that every state had a different scheme for its state, county and city government. In Dela ware, for example, the counties are divided into the old “hnndfcds” of the English law. When I began my work 1 found it necessary to visit the capital of every state in the union and make personal study of its governmental schemes. At last I succeeded in reaching a common basis, and the result Is a most satisfactory showing, but the books will be out in a short time, and then the public can judge for itself.” II. W. G. Tirol rV'C PIDCT CIPUT , iat Turkish troops shall only beollowed to disem- VYUJLoLLlll O rluji riuni rWlc at Rfifctta, Pamiatta or Aboukir, THE BATTLE RACED THROUGH THE DAY. The Egyptians Found In Greater Woe Expected—The Opening Attack—rhe Re turn Ftre-eTbe Retreat of the Egyptian Fcrcee Unoer Cover ot Night. id catagorically refuses to permit their land- ALL. i igat Alexandria, Port Said or Suez. Lord Duf- 1 i-riii, British ambassador, has promised that the j .- ilgrims to Mecca will be permitted to traverse Numbers then | Suez canal as usual. \ APPLYING KOR MOKE TROOPS. London, August 26.—The Standard says it has reason to believe that General Wolseley has applied for more troops. This, it adds, probably means the iVrd division of the army corps, now mobilizing at 1-ONhos, August 26 —The blockade of/the Egyp tlan coast was established yesterday. Sir Garnet j \id ers j!0L Wolseley s dispatches, dated Ismailia. 25th, even- Alexandria, August 26,-It is stated on good Ing. report that Friday’s oiieratlons against Arabi . . dthority that two thousand Albanians have been were entirely successful. He flanked the Egyptians «tfj*edfor ren-lce. in Egypt in the quarantine and at Mahsameh railway station, which he took, rout ing the enemy with considerable loss, taking five Krupp guns. 75 railway carriage* laden with provisions and a large quantity of ammunition and rifles. Wolseley's losses were not over a dozen killed and wounded, but 43 cases of sunstroke occurred, one fatal. Wolseley gives high praise to all his soldiers Following up his advantage he took possession of a lock on the fresh water canal, which gives com mand of the safe route across the desert to the cul tivated lands of the Delta. The Times has the following dispatch: Ismailia, August 25.—This morning tlie enemy turned out of their strong posi tion near Raineses station, and retreated, lcaviug their camp behind them. They took some guns with them. The enemy’s loss In the fighting is estimated by some as high as 400. A dispatch '.from Ismailla to the Standard says the i-ther departments, as it is feared that tlie native troops cannot be trusted. Troops are urgently re quired at the quarantine station at Moses Well, .tear Suez, as the attitude of the Bedouins there is threatening. 'The Southern Crop. New Orleans, August 26.—The price current •ays: “The crop reports from tlie southern Atlantic -iates are generally favorable but portions of I-oaisr :Sua, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama complain of ;&> much rain, causing shedding of the bolls and retarding the packing. Some worms are also men tioned, supposed to be the'second crop, but it is ■hbught, too late to do much damage. The Ezrrtinn Cotton Crop. Alexandria, August 26.—Advices from the inte rior represent the cotton crop as having suffered 'onsiderably, owing to the want of irrigation. A KNOXVILLE TRAGEDY. BUZZ AND BOUNCE. THE GOSSIP THEY HEAR IN NEW YORK. Spicy -Talks and Bright Anecdotes of the Man and Things Fast and Present In the Metropolis of the New World—An Interesting Case in Court—Theatrical jT'acts, E-c- THE SULZ CANAL.* The map of the Suez canal, above presented, w ill j>e of assistance to the reader in following the oper. ations of General Wolseley, for which the canal ir t serve ai the base. Tho isthmus through which the canal runs is a ncc£ of sand about about ninety i- ! -It width, and at no point more than 150 feet above the level of the son.. Tho soil coq«i<t»'of • iJjtP*!ujg sand, exc~ot at Serapeum, where there is rock. The length of the canal.'frcm entrance to "eiwmnce, is 96.7 miles, and the established Surface width isahout 328 feet, except in difficult cuttings, where it is not more than 180 to 190 feet. The bottom widtn is from 72 to 100 feet, and the depth is at no point less than 26 feet over tint surface. The town of Port Said is situated at the opening of the canal on the Mediterranean side, aud grew up entirely from the bntlding of the canal. The harbor at Port Said is a triangle, the base resting on the shore. On the western side is a ^breakwater 8,200 feet long, protecting the entrance from moving sand On the eastern side is a breakwater of 2,550 feet, and the channel between the two is twenty-seven feet deep. The outer harbor of Port Said will permit twenty liucrof-battle ships to swing at anchor. -An inside basin has been constructed, which is sheltered from the northeast winds, and in which there is room for forty-five ships to be moored. For 26 miles from Port Said the canal runs almost due south, through the bed of an extinct lake. On the-western side of the canal fora distance of 24 miles lies Lake Menzaleh, a shallow body of water. Twenty six miles from Port Said the canal curves slightly to the eastward for two miles, and then runs southerly till t reaches El Gulsr, which is the highest point of land on the whole course of the canal. The banks are eighty-five feet high, and there are two sharp curves, which make the point one of some difficulty for long ships. One and a half miles beyond is the entrance of Lake Timsah. where the town of Ismailia lies. This is 42 miles from Port Said. Ismailia Ls the headquarters of the canal company, and cniy the officers and employes of the company and other.Europeans are allowed to reside there. There are repair ing shops at Ismailia, but the company’s principal workshops are at Port Said. Leaving Lake Timsah the canal runs easterly through low land until Serapeum is reached, and there the country is rocky and he banks- are 62 feet high. From Serapeum the canal runs south about seven miles and enters the big lakes. These lakes, recreated by the bnilding of the canal, are of considerable size, and the larger affords anchorage for ships. The canal, after leaving the lakes, runs almost south until it comes to Shaloof. where the banks are fifty-six feet high. Two miles beyond Shitlnof Ls Suez, the Red Sea entrance to the canal, and two miles and a half from the entrance lies the town of Suez. At Suez there is a fine natural harbor. The population of Suez is 12,500, and there is railway connection with Cairo and Alexandria. Port Said has a popula tion of 9,COO, and Ismailia 2,000. The latter is connected by railway with Suez and Cairo. The supply of fresh water along the canal is obtained from Zagazig. which is about half way between Cairo and Lsma- ilia. The water is brought from Zagazig to Ismailia, and this iresh water canal continues from Ismailia to Suez, while a double row of water pipes convey the water from Ismailia along the canal to Port Said The control of this fresh-water supply ls so important that the ability of the English to hold the canal may almost be said to be dependent upon it. If the force at General Wolseley's command is adequate to tlie undertaking, he will undoubtedly endeavor to occupy Zagazig with a force strong enough to secure the water supply. n Affray Between the Mabrys and Laobvs, la Which the Latter Were Killed. Knoxville, August 26.—A fatal shooting aflray occurred here to day, in which Moses Lnsby was shot through the breast and instantly killed, and his son, Don Lusb^, through the body and cannot live. The shooting was done between the two men on the one side and General Joseph A. Mabry aud his son, Joseph A. Mabry, J;., on the other. Don Lusby is the man whomurdenrd William C. Mabry, sou- oi General U&Ury. last Christmas eve. On his trial for the murder the jury disagreed, aud Don Lnsby was released on ball. This morning von Lusby abased General Mabry on the street and threatened to kill him. Don was arrested by the chief marshal, but resisted arrest, lits father attempted to rescue him. He was taken |o the city hall before the recorder, where the chief marshal and a policeman attempted to disarm him. The Mabrys were present as witness es, and engaged in the scuttle, in which the Lusoys were shot. When killed Moses Lusby had one pis tol In his hand and one in his pocket. Don Lusby also had two pistols. An examination at the coro ner’s inquest failed to develop who did the shoot ing. The Mabrys gave themselves np and gave bond. Males far the British. St. Lotts. August26.—Lieutenant-Colonel Swln- ney, of the Royal Artillery. English army, accom panied by Dr. Cox, veterinary surgeon, are here J 'urchaslng males, which will be shipped direc rom New York to Alexandria for use in the Egyp tian campaign. A Preacher Kilted. Shiloh, Ohio, August 25.—In a quarrel yesterday over an attempt to enforce the*law prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday. Rev. W. L. Phillips, pas tor oi the Methodist Episcopal church, wy subbed seriously bv John E. Smith, a leading grain dealer. enemy throughout the light declined to come-to close quarters. The troops behaved well. They j were all day Without water or food, after march- | ing ten miles through heavy sand. The enemy’s cavalry swept around the British right flank, but did uot come within striking dts tauce. The Egyptian fire was too hot for the Life Guards to cross over towards them. The British infantry passed the day lying down behind the banks and In ditches. After the engagement on Thursday General Wolseley rodet into Ismailia. and returned late in the evening. Reinforcements arrived daring the night, but the guns not until early next morning, having had great difficulty to get through the sand. At daylight it was found to the great-disappointment of our men that the main body of the arniy had withdrawn. The Egyptian artillery fought well and fired much more accurately than at Kafr el Dwar. The infan try were contemytibie and the cavalry little better. Many of both those arms were observed -breaking from the ranks and dispersing under our fire oi shell. THE ENEMY’S RETREAT. The Daily News has the following dispatch from Ismailia: Raineses and Birket el Mansameh weie occupied yesterday by the British. The losses were small on both rides. The enemy retreated to Lake Maxama. The Life Guards captured eight prison ers who were dressed as ordinary peasants, but carried arms. Two oi them had long Arab muzzle loaders, the others carrying Remington rifle*. The enemy's scouts displayed great boldness. The enemy was much stronger than we expected. They had a number of cavalry and spread them out in a semi-circle. We soon perceived train after train of reinforcements ar riving. Our guns commenced firing at U o'clock. At first our fire was very weakly responded to, but in the afternoon the rebels threw three shot to onr one. They produced, however, very little effect. The fire oi the enemy, though fairly good for amateurs, DEEDS OF BLOOD. Special Correspondence of The Constitution. New York, August 23.—The New York courts de velop some queer case. On last Monday Mr James Loonie lost his wife and engaged James Smith, a Third Avenue undertaker, to take charge of the fu neral, and payed him $20 in advance. On the day of the burial the undertaker refused to deliver to the bereaved husband the “burial permit," which is the “open sesame” of the cemetery gates, until the bal ance due on his bill wag paid. The husband seeing the permit lying on the table, snatched it up and left the office. The undertaker has since had him arrested for larceny, and the case is set for to mor row. In the same court is a case where Geonre Taly, a bashful old bachelor, wanted a wife, but did not have the courage to "pop the question,” hence he agreed to pay Fred Burgin $200 if he would find a young girl who would consent to take him "for better or worse.” The gir was found and the marriage duly solemnized and Burgin was paid $100 on account Since the mar riage Taly has refused to pay the other hundred dollars, and Burgin is sueing him. On Tuesday Mr. Erie Bayley, the English actor who produced "The Colonel,” at Wallack theater last season, and acted in it with his wife, went before Judge Donohue and swore out a warrant against his former secretary, Lilford Arthur, who had eloped with his wife from London on the 26th of last month, charging him with the estrangement of his wife’s affections. Arthur was arrested the same day while rehearslDg "Mankind” at Daly’s theater, and in default of S2.0CO bond was putin Jail. Bayley says the affidavit on which the wart ant is based, that he followed his wife and Arthur from London, and on meeting Arthur in New York had agreed not to prosecute him if he would givb up his wife and induce her to return with him (her husb'and to Europe Arthur refused this proposition and would not te^l where he was living withBayley’s wife,hence he was forced to ask the courts to aid him in recovcringhis wife. After Arthur's arrest he ofl’ered to compro mise by delivering Mrs. Bayley to her heart-broken husband, but Bayley, who had already recovered his wife, refused to withdraw the warrant. Hence Arthur, who is without friends in this country, is still in jail, while Baylev and his truant wife are en route for London. Arthur says that as soon as Mrs. Bayley gets home she will; he is satisfied, send bimmpney to procure his release. The sporting men here have created quite a stir by “snaking” the telegraph company and beating the pool-sellers. The sporting fraternity formed a coiiartnciship with the telegraphic ojierator who receives the messages for the pool rooms for the race track, and Mr. Longstreet, manufacturer of tele graphic instruments on Barclay street. Longstreet has a wire running from his office to regular tele graphic office whjch attaches to one of the main lines for the purpose of t.esting his instruments. This shop wire he had attached to the Coney Island and Long Branch wire so that he would receive all the messages as they came from the race track. His manufactory was connected by ‘‘a skin wire” ora thin wire used illegitimately, which ran to a broker office next to the pool rooms, where the gamblers had an operator with an instrument to take the dis patches as they came from the track. The operator that received the racing news for the noo’q would intentionally delay the delivery of the telegrams by being slow in copying them off and delivering them to the delivery clerk aud in important races to gain more time would ask the operator At the track to repeat the message. This would enable the gamblers to get the result of a race 15 or 20 min utes before the pool sellers and to make their bets accordingly. The pheuoraenal success of the gam blers created suspicion aud the blind wire running from their office to LougstreCt’s manufactory, aud his wire to the centrai;offices was discovered and the whole plot laid bare. Longstreet and operator have both been discharged by the telegraph com pany. o”o Rosenheim, the abductor of Cora Leut, has been tried by court martial, found guilty and expelled from the Twenty-second regiment. The following were the charges preferred: “You are hereby notified to appear before me in person on Monday. August 21, 1882, at 8 o’clock p.m., to answer charges preferred against you of conduct unbecoming a gentleman and a soldier: to wit; vi£, at the date of your enlistment, being under age and falsely swearing you were of age: also to answer charges of pawning a part of your uniform. "Respectfully, W.B. Smith, “Second lieutenant and president court-martial." The funny part of It was, after the court-ma: tial rendered its decision, the regiment called a meet ing and passed a resolution to the effect that here after no Jew would be allowed to enlist.in the regi ment. Having planted themselves on the|?ame platform, that the new czar is running. Russia— Hilton his hotel—I guess they feel secure. An Insane Woman Kills tier Husband—A Quarrel Over Cards—Goaded to Suicide. Petersburg, Va., August 26.—S. C. Gray, a prom inent citizen of Surry county, committed suicide at Dlsputanta s’tation, on the Norfolk and Western railroad last week by shooting himself five times with a revolver. The deceased was the husband of Mrs. S. 0. Gray, who was poisoned a short time ago by a negro girl named Mary Booth, who has been sentenced to be hanged next November. The death of his wife is supposed to have been the cause of his suicide. 7 Worthington, Ind., August 26.—William Chap man. an elderly gentleman, was murdered here last evening by his insane wife. Preparations had been made to send her to an insane asylum, and. her husband had been watching her for several, days. It is supposed that he was so fatigued that,' he fell asleep, when she cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor. Her two daughters heating the noise, hurried to the room, hut found the door locked, and their lives were threatened if they broke in. They called assistance and the murderess was secured. Little Rock, August 26.—A Gazette special from Alma, Ark., says: “At Manntaunburg, last night, Tom Simcoe, David Pope and Frank Lane got into a quarrel while playing cards. Lane drew a knife and ctit Pope in the abdomen,disembowelling him, and then fatally stabbed Simcoe in the breast* Pope lived one hour. Bimcoe is still alive this morning. At last accounts Lane was in the hands of a mob, aud. It Is believed, has already been lynched. Springfield. Mass., August 26.—Charles Sperry, a Brookfield boarding house keeper, tried Thursday to poison his family and nine boarders with Paris green. The poison fortunately was discovered be fore harm was done. Sperry has fled. Her husband says, “her kneecap is very sore, and she'ninnot say her prayers in the orthodox posi tion.” This, however, will r.ot prevent hepfippear- ing as a support for Mme Valleria, the prims donna of Carl Rosa opera house. It looks as if Madame Langtry had decided to travel on her shape. The week before she leaves England she will appear as Rosalind to display her charming Jersey calves at the Imperial theater, London, as a sort of guarantee to her friends that she will not score a failure in America. Abbey says her piece de resistance in this country will ;_A you Like it." Since Mary Anderson has become the owner of a cottage at Long Branch and a steam yacht, she is getting proud, and hus announced through her manager. Ham Griffin, that she will play this win- tcronly in large northern cities. Towards the heel of the season, however, she may find the north flooded with foreign attractions and turn her faco southward. If so she will head for Atlanta, which is her favorite southern city, not excepting Louis ville. her old home. Henry Pettett seems to he the popular playwright for next season. He will have six plays on the boards—“The World,” “Taken from Life,” "The Black Flag,” “American Born,” "A Free Pardon,” and "Pluck," ’-The Black Fmg” is now being played with great success at the Union Square theater, with Nat Goodwin as the Jew, hanker and sharper. Edwin Thome, as the "ne’er d> well*’ son;'and pretty Eliza Wcathersby in a boy’s part.' s Chicago advertises "American Bom” in the fol lowing manner: » A fiery surprise for Chicago! Love, hate aud a big volcano! • “Chicago seas it first! New York sees it next! Never a play like it! And never scenery! “Brilliantly sensational! Thrilllngly emotional I One thbusatid yards of canvas and four thousand feet of timber! “Three hales of cotton aud over one hogshead of red fire! “The utlmic flames and'lava absolutely free from peril! "Chicago wants venation bordering on sublimity) San Francisco sends the powder aud Chicago ap plies the match! "The play hasa dove aud a viper. A hero and the American flag!" ' V s Mr. David Dudley Field has just returned from Liverpool, where be has been attending the tenth annual meeting of the association for the reform and codification of the laws of nations, which ho founded in 1873 and which has since met annually at Brussels, Geneva, The Hague, Bremen, Antwerp, Frankfort, Berne. London, Cologne and Liverpool. Among ()ther important matters they remodeled the marriage laws. He says: "In the discussion upon a uniform law of marriage it was found that there was great diversities in the marriage laws of dif ferent nations and that much, difficulty would be experienced in reconciling them. As the laws stand at present, a Portuguese, for example, may he legally married iu this country aud live here most of his life with his wife'and children, but on his return to Portugal or to some Portuguese settle ment he may find his union declared illicit and his children illegitimate. The meeting, after a debate, adopted a resolution recommending that a legal marriage in any country should be recognized as lawful the world over. Great opposition was en countered from the French delegation who. insis ted upon conformity to French rules. A resolution, was moved by a French delegate that the associa tion should call upon the English government to- open negotiations with tho French government,, tilth a view to the adoption of uniform laws of marriage. That resolution was voted . down and the resolution which I have mentioned was. adopted.” I*send you a iiiort extract from a Saratoga society letter to "The Globe”—the New York organ of the colored folks; so that you might see how ytiur “Brothers in Black,” as Atticus Haygood calls them, were enjoying themselves at the spring?. “The Broughton bouse, which is the only colored hotel here, never did a better business and is ‘ crowded with ladies and gentlemen of means and refinement from different parts of the country. The style and general air of tho Broughton Hotel rank second to none of the large hotels. Carriages, phaetons and other vehicles are always busy ac commodating its pleasure seekers. Amopg th< names on the register are Miss Betlie Lewis and Mi s Alice Thomas, of Richmond: A. Drayton, of the New York post-office; Mr. Stephen C. Daven port, traveling companion of Oscar Wild<f, whe spent two days with us last week." He goes to Sha ron Springs, thence to New York, preparatory to a trip to Japan. Mr. J. B. Scott will spend tlie month here. A grand* social reunion, given by persons of every denomination, will be given for the benefit of the A. M. E. Zion church in the Town Hall the 21st Inst. The Rev, J. B. Stansberry, of Brooklyn, is here and preached in the morning at Zion, in tlie even ing at Putnam's music hall. I need not mention the scholarly ability of this widely known gentle man. His strong eloquence and philosophical thoughts are not common with our clergy. “The number of entertainments, moonlight ex cursions, church festivities, evening hops, ete., might be said to be innumerable, but to visit a re ception such as was given by the waiters of the United States hotel Tuesday evening last and to be hold the gorgeous attire of the many ladies and to inhale the sweet fragrance of an ocean of flowers, imagination would have you in dreamland. The managers of this reception, Messrs. Reed, Worth ington, Walker and Batler, exerted every effort to excel all other kindred amusements. No city ball would have done more credit to the parties con cerned. Some of the ladles present were Miss Clara Brighton and Miss E. T. Brighton, Mrs. W. II. Brock, Miss Willie Thomas, who was considered by some to be' the belle of the evening. The Grand Union club was'represen!ed by their president, Mr. C. II. Booker.” \ POINTS. A prominent banker said to me the o’her day,-1 *have known General Grant intimately for twenty years, and know him tij be a great man, but I Dever heard of but one good tiling he ever said, and that was “the best way to get rid of a bad law was to en force it.” There is only a half crop of peaches In Jersey this The theatrical season for 1882-S3 is about to open. The managers are all back from Europe. Compa nies are being organized, calls are being made for rehearsals and routes are being mapped out Be sides an unnsal large number of foreign attractions, the indications are that the field will be flooded with American troupes. It is estimated by the dra matic papers that over 200 traveling companies will start out from New York next month. The stare are gathering here, and their managers, as a sort of advertising dodge, are telling the newspaper men in confidence of course, how the aforesaid stars spent theirsummer vacation. Emma Abbott issaid to have made S100.000 speculating In Wall street and lea rut the Irish brogue. She commences her an nual tour on September 4th as Eily O’Conner in Benedict’a’’Lily of Kiliamey.” Salvini, according to Chizzola,Recently fell down the marble stairway of his villa near Florence, and raptured himself so bad that he will only be able to play a heavy part like Othello once or twice a week. The following is his ronte: From New York j he goes to Boston to play a week. Then he spreads | season. Yet New York sold over 10,000,000 quartsof Galveston, Augupt 26 —The News’ Athens spe- was tro7"correcu * Ali^ether "our meii "and _ horses i c ‘i 1 An old negro man sard to be crazycut off the heads of two of his grandchildren m An derson county to-day. t The Warren Fuad. New POET, August 25.—Upwards of $30,009 have ‘o tiw fund n°w beiog ! g <n j t h e eonrention with England and other raised for the family of the late General G. k. War ren. withstood the hea: of the sun very well. A launch had been sent np the caaal with two guns. The siege train will probably be ready to-morrow with forty pounders. The Thirteenth Bengal cavalry will land to-morrow. THE PORTE IN COUNCIL. Constantinople. August 26.—The council of ministers, under the presidency of the sultan, is now sitting at the palace to decide definitely in re- Absconded. Fall River, August 26.—Quite a sensation was caused to-day j>y the report that John F. King, book-keeper of the . Fall River ttaily Herald pub lishing company, had absconded. King is a popu lar young man, and at the last election was chosen alderman on the reform ticket. It is claimed his pending questions. Lord Dufferin firmly main tains present trouble Is solely due to drink. himself from Providence, Rhode Island, to Syra cuse, New Yo*k, for another week. Then he plays tnree nights In Buffalo, but two In Cleveland, loses amatiuee performance and "jumps" to Terre Haute, Indiana. St. Louis, Chicago, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, follow; then Detroit, for two nights; -then he gets into Canada, for a couple of perform ances, and from there back to Boston. This time he stays in Boston two weeks, then goes to Phila delphia for one and to Baltimore and Washington for one each. From Washington he is dragged west to Cincinnati, to play election week; then he “jumps” all the way back to Philadelphia, for a second engagement of two weeks; thence to New York, for a flying engagement; then back to St. Louis for a second week; then again to Chicago then back to Philadelphia (third engagement) 1 , then to Boston (third engagement), and finally to New York. This route looks so suicidal that it Is probable that itmay be so amended as to "taka in Atlantaand New. Orleans, where he has been greeted by large and enthusiastic audiences. Marie Koze. besides Inheriting $8,000 from a grandmother who just died in Paris, has recently met with.an accident. Her dainty little foot slipped as the Prince of Wales was helping her into an English railroad carriage, and she fell so as to strike he'r knee against the step. f them on Monday in small lots, besides the large lots sold to wholesale dealers for canning. The ques tion is, where do they all come from? A member of the tariff oommlssion said to me yesterday: "Judge Underwood might as well com mence writing his minonty report. There will be two reports—one signed by him and another signed by the rest of tlie commission.” During Mr. Vanderbilt’s absence- his' house ser vants have been charging a fee of $4 per night to show inquisitive visiters through the Vandervilt palaces. From tins source they have derived qu^te a revenue. Lawrence Barrett is back from Europe and has bought a Fifth avenue residence. While abroad he had a life size picture of himself painted as Cas sias, which graces tlie ball say of his new home. Mr. John Hoey. Jr., who is said to have cost his mother, the once famous Mrs. Hoey, of Wallack’s, S40,U00J>y trying to make himself and “Tfie Child of the State” popular, has retired from the stage. Oscar Wilde says the Japanese are the truest ar tists in the world. They can even paint the wind, and are the only people that can. \ Mr. John C. Latham, of Latham, Alexander & Co., has just returned from a summer trip to Eu rope. Buze and Bounce. L_< INDISTINCT PRINT