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tln-rcf'jrf, the South is
Bjfrged with being the peculiar friend
Puid abettor of this species of homicide,
her trnducers display their ignorance as
strikingly as their malignity. This
“relic of barbarism,” which they are
pleased to term Southern, still survives
in England, in France and in Germany
countries which need not fear a com
parison of their cultivation, their
refinement, their morality with the
Credit Mobilier civilization of the
United States.
In the second place, we cannot see
that the custom—-no matter whence it
came or by whom practiced—admits of
any defense. It is violative alike of the
laws of God, the laws of man and the
laws of common sense. It is powerless
to repair a wrong, or to redress an
affront. It is not a test of manliness or
courage, and it is the worst species of
murder because of the coolness and the
deliberation which enter into the offense.
Its advocates usually say in its behalf
that it prevents the disgraceful scenes
which accompany street rencontres, and
that it also does away with brute force,
and places the strong and the Weak
upon the same level. Wherein con
sists the difference between a street
fight and a duel, save in favor of
the former, we are unable to discover.
If it be a worse spectacle to witness
one man assault another upon the
sidewalk and pommel his body on ac
count of a real or fancied wrong until
the police or the by-standers interfere
than for the same men to repair to some
notorious place of “ meeting,” and, in
the presence of a hundred gaping spec
tators, shoot at each other until one or
both fall wounded or dead, then this de-
sense may amount to something. The
other plea is equally as absurd. It does
not place all men upon the same level;
but, on the contrary, places the novice
entirely at the mercy of the expert in
murder. With regard to the courage
which the duelist is supposed to require,
it has often been remarked that in some
of the most desperate meetings ono or
both of the combatants wero cowards,
and we venture to assort t hat fear—moral
cowardice dread of the world’s opinion
has caused more duels than desire to
avenge injuries or heal wounded honor.
The history of dueling, for instance,
shows us that nine out of ten invitations
to the field have been sent for causes
the most trivial, and that men have
often expiated with their lives a hasty
word, a contemptuous gesture, or, as has
been frequently the case, received their
death wound from someone who had
put. upon them a real or imagined
affront. The folly of this modern
substitute for the ancient ordeal of bat
tle is abundantly testified to by the fact
that the injured party is as often the suf
ferer as the iujurer. It is a practice
which can settle no point of honor,
for the parties remain in the same posi
tion after as they did before the combat.
Take the Richmond affair—itis a typical
duel of the age. McCarty publishes,
anonymously, a poor and pointless epi
gram, which was supposed to refer to a
reigning belle. The matter is discussed
at a club room, ami Mordecai, without
knowing the author, impulsively asserts
that if the piece was intended to bring
the lady into ridicule it* writer was not
a gentleman. The author discloses his
identity and a quarrel ensues, which is
finally lamely arranged. A few days af
ter the parties meet again, and a con
temptuous accent—a drawling, sneering
intonation—brings about a collision and
then a duel, in which the aggressor
was only slightly wounded, while the
aggrieved party is slain. Because Mc-
Carty wrote bad verses and drawled
his speech insultingly, one man is killed
aiul another is to risk the gallows in
a trial for murder ! Was there any
logic in this? Did the injured party re-'
ceive satisfaction along with a ball in !
his stomach ? We think not. Is the j
<-<m tu belli —the wretched doggerel— j
worth two human lives and the shame j
and anguish of perhaps a dozen hitherto ■
happy families?
There eau be no defense of this foolish j
and wicked custom, and the sooner a j
healthy public sentiment combines with j
the law to exterminate it root and j
branch the better it will be for society !
and for the country. j
Oil! POBEIHN FINANCIAL RKLA
TIONS.
The New York Rulletin has a sngges-.
tive article, ealliug attention to the
heavy balance of trade against us for
1572, the imports for last year exceed
ing the exports by $107,700,000, against j
a like excess in 1871 of $52,200,000. We
thus entered upon 1870 with a trade 1
balance of about $108,000,000, which,
together with say four mouths of inter-;
est on our foreign indebtedness (at the
rate of not less than $75,000,000 per an
num!, had to be liquidated by remit- i
t anees of specie and securities. Under j
the circumstances, and considering that j
Continental fiuances are disorganized i
and that the tendency of the Loudon
money market is towards a decided ae- ]
tirity, the editor goes on to say:
•‘We arc confronted with the possi-1
bilitv, at least, of being called upon for |
free remittances of specie during the
next few weeks; and the question, there
fore. is suggested, in what position do '
we stand for meeting such a demand?" ,
Concerning the available 1 supply of
goto for shipment, the editor estimates ,
that the supply in the market for the
two months may be estimated at $43.-,
000,000, while the withdrawals are likely
to l>e about $19,000,000, leaving a bal- ‘
jtpice of $24,000,000 to provide for the j
wants of export and for the necessary j
stock L3 the banks.
During the months of May and June
last year (thd .Bulletin goes on to say)
the specie exports amouuted to $20,000,.
000, and for the same period of 1871 to
$21,000,000; the average the two!
years being equal to the whOfU. above,
balance available for export •
: and slock. Taking the favorable sup
position that the outflow of specie this
mouth and next will not equal that of i
whe last two years, yet we have a prob
ability that the stock of gold in the
.ank-s will be reduced, before July Ist,
by t:..
rio-m to
west, aud
'fenarkana, to a point near Fort Worth,
by January 1, 1874. Four hundred miles
had already been graded. The route
west of Fort Worth had been thor
oughly developed, but not yet definite
ly located, except a portion of the San
Diego division. A survey was made of
the country between San Diego and
the Colorado river, and the route enter
ing San Diego from the direction of San
Gorgonia river was adopted. Work has
been commenced at San Diego. A con
tract had been concluded with a con-
structing company, and they saw no
reason why the entire road should not
be finished in five years.
The summits to lie crossed on this line
are about thirty-two per cent, less than
those on the present Pacific roads. No
train will be delayed from snow or other
obstruction. The entire rail transporta
tion will be less than eighteen hundred
miles. The lines approaching the road
from St. Louis, Cairo and Memphis, via
Little Rock and Fulton, are fast ap
proaching completion, and will form
connection during the Fall. Arrange
ments are being perfected for the com
pletion of the road from Monroe to
Shreveport, and negotiations are also
pending that will probably result favor
ably to the construction of the line from
Shreveport to New Orleans, via Baton
Rouge. Au extract from the report of
the Chief Engineer, General Dodge, was
also read, setting forth the resources of
the country and other interesting facts,
and the meeting then adjourned.
Tom Scott, the great railroad consoli
dator and developer, will build the Texas
aud Pacific Railroad, and place the At
lantic, Gulf and Southwestern States in
the closest rail connection with the Pa
cific. This road will not be either snow
or ice bound even in dead of Winter,
aud will, therefore, control freight and
travel during the greater portion of the
year to the States of the Pacific, not on
ly from the Eastern and Middle, but
Southern and Western States.
PRESIDENT GRANT SUSTAINS
KELLOGG.
President Grant issued a proclama
tion yesterday recognizing the usurper
Kellogg as the legally elected and right
ful Governor of the State of Louisiana.
He pledges the whole power of the Gov
ernment to sustain this creature iu his
wicked usurpation, and commands all
opposition to his administration to
cease forthwith. Heretofore the Presi
dent has contented himself with a quasi
endorsement and an indirect support of
his government. But now he comes out
in his official capacity, as the chief Ex
ecutive officer of the Government and as
the Commander-in-Chief of the army
and navy of the United States, and de
mands obedience, on the part of the
people of Louisiana, to Kellogg and his
rascally partizans.
This ukase from the President of a
so-called Republican country, is but in
keeping with the antecedents of Grant,
his administration, and the party which
elevated and sustains him iu trampling
upon the rights of the Southern States,
and in violating the plainest provisions
of the Constitution.
This official recognition of fraud and
usurpation in supporting Kellogg with
the bayonets of the Government, must
be recognized by all honorable men, of
whatever party, as the crowning infamy
of an infamous Administration. Let us
hear no more from Southern men of
Grant's magnanimity, integrity and
ability. Public indignation is fatigued
and outraged by this fawning servility.
’l'llK UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
SUIT.
At its last session Congress authorized
; suits against the Union Pacific Railroad,
and those of Us directors who were di
rectors and stockholders in the Credit
Mobilier. When these suits come of} we
will have a second edition of the scenes
witnessed in Congress last Winter. The
Government is hungry to make the
“ ring-masters disgorge, and the proba
bilities are that thorn will be a fresh
chapter of scandals and loud and per
sistent. swearing on both sides. The
history of the whole affair is briefly
stated by the St. Louis Republican,
from which it appears that the Govern
ment issued to the company .$27,236;012
tliirty-year 6 per cent, bonds, which
. amount was to have been used iu con
nection with the private subscriptions
in building the road. Certain directors
of the road, howawer, formed the Credit
Mobilier, gave out the contracts for
building the road to themselves- iu one
case letting out 58 miles of road that!
had already been built, and paying
$1,345,000 for it extra—and thus absorb
ing the bonds of the Government, and
the stock and bonds of the r. ad, iu a
way that looks a little different from
outright robbery. The Government, in j
this present suit iu equity, will insist that
the original subscriptions to the stock of
the road were never paid; that the receipts
given for them were fraudulent, and
that the dividends of bonds, stock and
mouev —the same dividends which the
late Oakes Ames distributed among
members of Congress, placing them
“ where they would do most good”—
were misapplied, and must be account
ed for. The Government does not sue
the Credit Mobilier, but it will reach the
stockholders and' directors through the
directory of the railroad company, the
directors of one being the directors of
.the other. The railroad company
imagined that by the adriot trick of re
solving itself into a second corporation
aud waking contracts with it, they
would be able to ewadn the law, and, in
deed,Vy the skillful gifts of stock and divi
dends to members of Congress, they did
manage for a time to have all decisions
made in their favor. But the suit in
equitv wdl reveal the whole chapter of
the fraud, and force the company to
stand or fail »u the facts in the case.
Under the contract to build the road
from Omaha to tine IbOth meridian, the
result, as stated by the Wilson commit
tee in the last Congress, was as follows:
This contract cost the Umon
,-z-ific Railroad Company -4
It ccAtV-* Credit Mobilier <.*»> US 43 j
‘ ‘ #5.168.233 84
Another contract wiit> building 661
miles of road from the 100th median,
called the * ‘Oakes Ames contract. The
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WBBBgBI S1: OK THE OOI.D
HMARKET.
,r!{ 111 -y artie!.-,
doubt -» 1..-t’c-r tb.- gold -i.ip
■Mril li. dtiply biter iu tie Week,
increasing supplies of sterling
■p. The writer says:
W Our information from London is to
the effect that very considerable negotia
tions on American account have recently
been made, of which the public here had
no intimation until the accomplished
facts were received from the other side.
Messrs. Baring have taken charge of
55,000,000, or 000,000, Boston City
Fire Loan, bearing 5 per cent , at 91 [
per cent, sterling; also, 52,500,000, or
£500,000, Louisville aud Nashville Kail
road Company, Memphis and Clarks
ville branch; also, a pending loan of the
same company, North and South Ala
bama branch, £1,000,000 sterling, or
$5,000,000. The Paducah and Memphis
Company have recently placed $5,000,000
in London and Amsterdam. These op
erations, outside the usual calculation
on the exchanges with Europe, taken in
connection with numerous small orders
for various American stocks through the
importing and banking bouses, suffi
ciently account for the continued ruling
of bills on London below the points at
which it would pay the banker to ship
American gold coin to profit.
The World financial writer seems to
know a good deal about what is going
to take place in the future, and so we
give his story below, as we give all
other Wall street stories, for what it is
worth:
It turns out that the bear clique in
stocks have judged the time good to
buy gold, partly in hope of advancing
its price, and partly for the purpose of
having their gold carried in such a way
as to embarrass the money market.
They have bought five or six millions
on Saturday and to-day, and the pur
pose ascribed to their leaders is that of
hiring some firm or combination to take
the load off the market; which, they
calculate, would bring money up to \
per cent, a day once more. The people
who would earn a commission from them
by taking tliis amount of gold off the
market are easily counted; anil those
who would stoop to a piece of business
like tliis, so unworthy of a respectable
banker, must be fewer still.
The New York Express, of Thursday,
corrected the exaggerated reports as to
the losses of Brown Bros, resulting
from the failure of a Southern house;
the Journal of Commerce now supplies
some additional facts of interest:
Messrs. Brown, Bros. & Cos. have lost
only between SIOO,OOO and $130,000 by
the action of Halsey & Cos., New Or
leans; Goldthwaite & Cos., Mobile, aud
Halsey & Goldthwaite, Galveston, which
firms have been dissolved. These con
cerns represented this house at the
South, and purchased bills of exchange
for Brown, Bros. & Cos. from cotton
speculators with whom Goldthwaite was
interested, and who proved to be wholly
irresponsible. Mr. W. I. Halsey, still
in the confidence of the house, has the
settlement of the business.
Worse Than Credit Mobilier. —A
fruitful subject for investigation is thus
suggested to the next Congress by the
Chicago Tribune: “The case of Phelps,
Dodge & Cos. will come before theForty
third Congress as Credit Mobilier did
before the last session of the Forty
second Congress. It will present a crime
perpetrated under the forms of law more
vile and degrading than the grand com
bination for defrauding the Government
in Union Pacific. It will involve offi
cials who were engaged in a huge black
mailing transaction, and will develop
the nefarious ways and means adopted
by spies, informers and vampires, who
operate under the protection of Govern
ment authority. The demand for this
investigation will come from the entire
mercantile community of the country,
which cannot afford to permit one of its
members to be bled after the fashion in
which Messrs. Phelps, Dodge & Cos. were
plundered, since they may all be sub
jected to the same process.”
As all the parties involved in this dis
graceful affair are Republicans, it is
doubtful whether Congress will do any
thing to expose their iniquity.
The Iron Interests of Georgia.
A correspondent of the Monroe Ad
vertiser thus speaks of the iron factories
around Rome :
The manufacturers of iron are well
worthy of notice. To me they were sur
prising. I had no idea of the amount
and quality of wares manufactured. The
first I visited was the Rome Iron Manu
facturing Company. This is a large
establishment. Within is the scene of
busy life.
••Quaffs apes .estate nova per tiorea rura
Exeroet sub eole labor.*'
A heavy black smoke is curling above,
one hundred and fifty operatives are
moving hither aud thither, the wheels
are whirling above and below, bars of
red hot iron are rolling out, the heavy
jaws are chipping off the nails. All is
life. The scene at night is still more
grand- Any one who lias ever read the
ancient classics, and will step into this
shop at night will be apt to feel like he
is in Vulcan’s forge under Mb -Etna,
where thunderbolts are made for Ju
piter. This shop makes per day 500
pounds bar iron, 120 kegs of nails and
30 kegs of spikes. It consumes 25 tous
of coal per day- It has two single and
two double puddling furnaces, and is
erecting two more large boilers. The
bonded stock is $30,356; common stock,
$72,300; authorized capital, $300,000.
John C. Allen, President.
Noble, Bro. A Cos., with a capital of
Slttti.OOO—all Southern men—employing
90 laborers, tbej manipulate per day 12
to 15 railroad axles, 6d pgr wheels and
heavy casting, machinery, eti>. They
make a complete 40-horse power engine
in a month, or 300-horse power in rive
months. This shop uses up teu tous
pig iron and two tons wrought iron per
day. It consumes 25 tons of coal per
week.
Rome Stove, Hollow-ware and Ma
chine Manufactory (J. J. Seay, Presi
dent), has a capital of $30,000, employs
64 laborers, makes sixteen stoves, 2,000
pounds of machinery per day. In this
shop Slaymaker’s school desks, and
Arhardt's turbine wheel are manufac
tured. This seems to bes yery active j
and efficient company.
In connection with these companies !
are several large furnaces near by, which
do au immense business.
The .Etna Company, Alfred Charles,
President, and Hon. 'H. D. Cothran,
Secretarv ■ capital, $79,000; operatives,
200 to 250; makes ten to twelve tons
pig iron per day, worth S4O to s4o per j
ton. 5
Stonewall Iron Company, Hon. W. D.
Cothran, President: David Adams, Sec- j
retary and Treasurer ; capital, sloo,oooj :
150 to 200 operatives ; makes 12 to 15 j
tons pig iron per day, worth S4O to $4.)
per ton. . j
Woodstock Iron Company, Daniel j
Tavlor, President ; Samuel Noble, Sec- j
retary ; capital $150,000; 200 to 250
hands ; makes 20 to 25 tous pig iron per
day.
Decampsie Don Company, General
Warner, President; W. F. Mason, Sec
retary and Treasurer; capital, $100,000;
turns* out 15 to 20 tons per day.
Cornwall Iron Company W. D. Coth
ran. President; Thomas MeCullock.
Secretary; capital, $100,000; makes 10 j
tous per d«r. •
Bartow Iron Works, Hugh O Neal,.
President, F. J. Stone, Secretary ; capi
tal, $120,000 ; turns out 25 to 30 tons per
day, pig iron, worth $45 to SSO per top.
Captain J. G. Clarke entered upon his
duty as postmaster at Savannah, on the
19tli.
ROME.
SSsK the Pope - The Rulers of
the Future.
from Rome, of April 18th, ha
“ The health of the Pope
to liav improved, although hi.-
■Hft still swollen, but -till doubts
to whether he will regain his
of his successor naturally
BBT- public attention. The Italian
appears to wish that the
Pontiff should be Cardinal Kiario
Archbishop of Naples, who is on
K>od terms with the civil authorities,
and who rendered useful assistance in
the last municipal elections. I believe
that in reality the Cabinet would be
pleased to see a rHigvous party formed
in the Parliament, provided that the
dynasty was accepted Such
a creation would form a real conserva
tive element which is now wanting. But
that this desideratum will ever be ob
tained is very doubtful. The clergy,
who wish to continue the combative
policy engaged in by Pius IX., are said
put forward Cardinals Pauebianco or
dc Lucca. The former of the last named
is a “icilian monk of very austere habits
and decided principles. He/Isa
man wmSUves like the ancient ceqrfibites,
fasting aud is said to
be of a \ky energetic character.—
He would pßpcbly be a fighting Pope.
Until now ine name of Cardinal de
Lucca bad not been pronounced, yet I
think that he has a. very great chance,
simply because he lives retired, and
does not mix in any intrigues. I have
frequently met him in the solitary walks
he takes daily, sometimes on the de-1
serted road along the Tiber outside the
Angelica gate, or in the quiet avenues
of the Villa Borghese. He is only fol
lowed by his servant and a carriage of
modest appearance drawn, as is usual,
by a pair of black horses. He is a man
of middle height, with a bright and in
tellectual eye, and of a firm and digni
fied presence. I have rarely seen aphysi-1
ognomy that has made more impression \
on me, and I believe he is destined to ;
play an important part in the future of I
the church. I have questioned about
him many of the old Romans, who have
little sympathy for the clergy, and who
are acquainted with all tire gofesip, true
or faLe; but they tell me nothing is
known of Cardinal Lucca excepting that
he is a very intelligent man, and that
his name is rarely mentioned. I thought
that a greater eulogium could not be pass
ed on him. Whatever may be the choice of
the future conclave, it may be well to
bear in mind the election which took
place at the end of the last century, in
circumstances analogous to the present.
Cardinal Cliiaramonti passed for being a
Jacobin, and Pope Pius VII. presided
over the European restoration and re
established the Jesuits. But the Italian
Government can or will permit anew
Pope to continue the protesting attitude
taken up by Pins IX, is by no means
certain.”
THE POISONING CASE IN NEW
YORK.
The Facts Plainly Told.
[From the Evening Post.]
A morning paper yesterday devoted a
large part of its space to a long story
about the poisoing of several servants in
the family of a well known citizen. The
poison, according to this account, had
been administered by the butler, and
freat efforts were said to have been
lade by all the members of the family
to keep the matter a profund secret. An
errand boy employed at the house where
the poisoning was reported to have
taken place was found lying sick at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Moffat, in
West Twenty-eighth street, by the re
porter, who claimed that the woman
acted as through she had been bribed to
conceal the true facts of the case.
The reporter afterwards ascertained
that the poisoning occurred at the house
of R. M. Blatchford, No. (5 East Four
teenth street, and assorts that all infor
mation was refused him by the family.
In his story, moreover, reflections are
east upon the butler and others.
The following is the account of the
poisoning, as told by members of the
family:
On Saturday, May 10, Mr. Blatchford
called the cook, Mary Gaffney, accord
ing to the usual custom, and wished to
know what the servants required for
tlieir Sunday dinner. She asked him to
order some corned beef, which was ac
cordingly purchased. The servants ate
their meal on Sunday much earlier than
the other members of the family, who
luckily did not partake of the beef.
On Tuesday five of the servants w°re
taken suddendly ill, most of them suffer
ing from severe pains in the lower limbs,
accompanied with a soreness through
all the muscular system. Vomiting was
.also frequent, and the faces of all were
flushed, while the upper part of the
mouth became dry, with a sensation of
burning beat. Other dangerous symp
toms becoming manifest, Dr. Harris, the
regular family physician, was summon
ed on Wednesday, aud, after making a
careful examination of the several cases,
came to the conclusion that the symp
toms had been caused by some arsenical
compound which had entered the sys
tem of the sufferers. He immediately
prescribed the necessary treatment, and
analysis was made of the flour, tea,
sugar, coffee, butter and bread, but no
traces of arsenic could be found.
The cause of the mysterious illness
remained unsolved until Dr. Harris was
told by Mrs. Moffat, while visiting her
son (who was prostrated with similar
symptoms), that a man named Miller,
who lived in a shanty at Ninth avenue
and Sixty-ninth street, was in the habit
of calling at Mr. Blatcliford’s kitchen to
collect swill, and had been given a large
piece of cold corned beef, of which he
and his family had partaken. Dr. Har
ris and Mrs. Blatchford, upon learning
the facts, visited Miller’s house, and
found himself, sou and two daughters
suffering in the same manner with the
servants.
As soon as these facts were ascertain
ed, the remainder of the beef was given
to Mr. Neergard, the President of the
Board of Pharmacy, who is now making
: a careful analysis. All the druggists on
several avenues were informed of the
| circumstance, and every effort was made
to obtain information in relation to the
sale of the poison. Unfortunately, Mr.
Blatcliford called at several markets upon
the day the beef was purchased, and he
fails to remember the place where it was
bought. He started to visit the different
shops this morning, and may probably
find some trace to-day .
All the servants poisoned are now
rapidly recovering, and no fatal results
are apprehended. Every attention has
been shown the sufferers from the start
by Mr. Blatcliford, his wife and daugh
ter. The family physician has been in
constant attendance, and Mrs. Blatcli
ford has been unremitting in her efforts
to contribute to the comfort of all.
The errand boy, Samuel Moffat, who
was taken home by his mother, has been
visited by Dr. Harris and Mrs. Blatcli
ford every day since las sickness, and
many acts of kindness, oil the part of
Mrs. Blatcliford have apparently been
misconstrued into endeavors to bribe j
the mother to secresy. Mrs. Moffat is a !
woman in very poor health, and Mrs.
Blatcliford, who is noted for her char
itable nets, has largely contributed to- |
wards her support for many years. W hen i
asked in regard to the cause of the hoy s |
sickness, Mrs. Moffat naturally felt diffi
dent about relating the circumstances,
through fear that her benefactor might
think that she had done wrong, and con
sequently refused to say anything.—
When Mrs. Blatcliford was informed of
this, she kindly remonstrated with her,
and told her to relate everything, as
there was no reason why the plain facts
should not be told.
The cook was taken from Mr. Blatch
ford's home, st her own request, to that
of her brother, where has also been
daily visited by Mrs. Blatcliford and
Dr.‘Harris. The other servants who
were so strangely poisoned are Louis
Trenthardt, the biitler;Margaret Bergon,
housemaid; Catharine, the laundress,
aud Helen and Mary, two maids. All
these people have been in the service of
the family for many years.
There is every reason to believe that
the servants will recover. The greatest
harmony of feeling exists among them,
and they are equally indignant with
their employers at the hints which have
been thrown out in relation to the case.
So far from any mystery being observed
in regard to the poisoning, ali the mem- j
bers of the family are willing to contri- j
bute all the knowledge they possess in I
regard to the matter.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
The City Gouncil have donated S3OO
to the Griffin Fire Department.
A vein of magnetic iron ore has been
discovered in Lumpkin county, near
Dahlonega.
The Schuetzen Gesellscbaft of Savan
nah, at their recent festival, receded j
about $2,500 as gate and privileges ;
money.
The Mitchell heirs have employed i
Gen. Toombs, and have commenced suit |
against Gor. Brown and Lochrane to re- j
cover their Atlanta property.
Jane Herring, colored, of Decatur I
county, who murdered her father some I
months since, has been pronounced in- i
sane, and ordered to the Lunatic Asylum. <
The Forest Gity Boat Club, of Savan- j
nah, has received anew paper sheii called
the Nina —forty feet nine inches in j
length, seventeen inches in width, and
will puli four oar*. This new candidate
for aqnatie honors will ne entered in the j
approaching regatta at Savannah.
HOW IT FEELS TO DROWN. '
Dr. Hoffman s Experience of the Dixon
Baptism.
, [From the Chic»go Tribune.]
My w fe aud I went to see the bap
tism of the converts, and took up a po
sition on the bridge, about thirty feet
from the first pier, and be&veen it and
the abutment. We were surrounded by
people—men, women and children.—
Suddenly, while Mr. Pratt was entering
-the water with a female, I heard, a re
port similar to that made by a smalt can
non, and in au instant the water closed
over me, and I felt that something was
pressing me down. A heavy weight ap
peaifed to be over me. I did not sink to
the bottom. I was perfectly conscious,
and immediately thought of getting
out if possible. My hands came in con
tact with the trestle work, and, crawl
ing np as if ascending a ladder, I was
fortunate in tin'ding an opening, through
which I crawled aud immedJilely rose to
the surface. I was then, as near as I
saiyudge, about seventy or eighty feet
shore. I swam toward the
it my strength gave
° u iiZ'/iiile swimming, some
Jjl^on. Veen under the
water, caughtroldof uiy left leg and
graspedtight for a minute, preventing
me fron going forward. The person
let go as suddenly as lie liad taken hold,
and I gave a stroke or two, when I en
countered a dress. Thinking it was my
wife, uiio was standing when
the span fell, I grabbed it, but, having
become enervated, I was obliged to let
it go. I was almost exhausted at the
the time, aud do not know that the
dress was that of my wife. I did not
notice it particularly. My thoughts
were almost solely confined to her, and
I imagined, when I saw the dress, it was
her's.
When I sank I was still sensible of
surroundings. I went apparently very
close to the bottom. The current rolled
me over and over, and my hands fre
quently came in contact with the gravel.
I could feel the water running down my
throat and in my ears and all at once
experienced the most delightful sensa
tion. I seemed to be at peace with
everything, and perfectly happy. My
whole life flashed before me like a flash
of lightning, the events appearing in
sequence, the most prominent appear
ing to be indellibly impressed upon my
mind. Circumstances I had forgotteii
appeared vividly, and I did not want to
be disturbed. I should have preferred
to remain where I was. While in the
midst of a beautiful reverie, thinking
wliat my wife would do if she were
saved and I were drowned, I felt a hand
on my shoulder. I was pulled out and
placed on a rock. I was almost insensi
ble, but gradually came to myself. Oh,
how sick and wretched I felt.
After remaining on the rock about an
hour I was taken to my home. Here I
commenced vomiting, and frequently
ejected water and partially-digested food
until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. I was
taken out of the water 600 feet below
the bridge. I was very thirsty after
vomiting, and tried to drink some water,
but the taste was so disagreeable that I
could not bear it. The only way I could
quench my thirst was by putting vinegar
into the water, about an ounce and. a
half to a quarter of a pint. That struck
me as a rather curious circumstance. I
was greatly astonished at the number of
events that passed through my mind
while under the water. Nothing that
occurred during childhood was evident,
but everything since I was about nine
teen years old appeared before me as if
photographed. The sensation I ex
perienced while the water was going
down my throat was not unpleasant. It
seemed as if I was going on a journey
and was surrounded by all kinds of
beautiful things. While on the rock I
felt very bad aud desired to be let alone.
The sudden transition from the beatific
state in the water to the dry land seemed
to have a bad effect, and made me in
different to what was going on around
me. Several people came to me and
wanted to take me home, but I told them
to let me alone, I was so miserable. The
corpse of my wife was found after she
had been in the water about three hours.
It is said that Mrs. Hoffman’s counten
ance was lighted up with a life-like
smile, so peaceful and suggestive of such
pleasant thoughts when dying that
everybody’s attention was attracted to
her.
Sumner’s Divorce.
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer, May 14.]
It is announced that the Hon. Charles
Sumner has obtained a divorce from his
wife on account*of five years’ willful ab
sence from his bed and board, which is
a ground for divorce under the laws of
the State of Massachusetts. We have a
suspicion founded upon the gossip of
Mrs. Grundy, who, in this instance, we
are quite stare, lia§ not not made a mis
take, that) Mrs. Charlis Stunner has
really secured the sundering of the mari
tal tie rather than her distinguished
husband, although it appears in his
name. Mrs. Charles Sumner was, at the
time of her marriage, a widow, young
and blooming, still in her twenties, and,
we believe, without any children. Her
first husband was the eldest son of Mr.
Hooper, a millionaire Congressman from
Massachusetts. It is believed in Wash
ington that Mrs. Sumner had a good le
gal ground for a divorce against her
husband, recognized as such under the
laws of all countries and States, but
that she was unwilling to plead it both
from motives of delicacy to her and to
himself, and that, therefore, it was mu
tually arranged that she should absent
herself for a period that would give the
Senator a legal right to cancel the matri
monial contract.
We know not how it may be, but it
has been said that a jealousy on the part
of the honorable Senator had con
siderable to do with this unfortunate
proceeding. When the parties were
married, one, we presume, was in the
neighborhood of three score, and the
other a score and a quarter. There
was, therefore, naturally a disparity of
years and of tastes and habits. This
almost universally produces an unhappy
marriage. But in this instance it was
aggravated. Mr. Sumner was not only
a bachelor of long matured habits, but
he had formed other connections and
associations peculiar to himself even
aside from that fact. For instance, it
was said that he always had his car
j riage at the door at any ball or party
they mutually attended, at which he
j would say, “Madam, it isnowlO o’clock;
lit is time to go home, and our con-
I veyance is below.” She would reply,
!“I am happy to hear it. You are sleepy
! and tired. Go home and go to bed, but
:I am not yet ready. I will follow you
!by and by. So good night, my dear. ”
Then, as we have said, the Senator
was said to be morbidly jealous of
a certain gentleman connected with j
the Prussian Embassy, whom he
had himself introduced to his wife, and i
extolled in the highest terms, and j
which gentleman afterward escorted
her to many evening amusements, which :
her husband’s habits forbade him to at- j
tend. One day this young attache re- j
ceiyed * very peremptory letter from j
Berlin ordering him to return home im
mediately, and recalling him from the j
Prussian Legation. He was thunder- j
struck by the intelligence ; not con- j
scions of any offense against his Gov- \
eminent, he could not conceive what it I
meant. He therefore wrote to an in- i
fiuenfial friepd at home to make in
quiries of Gount Bismarck as to what I
was the real reason of this very extraor- I
dinary proceeding. In reply he was in- i
formed that the Chairman of the Senate j
Committee on Foreign Relations, who j
was then Senator Charles Sumner, had j
written a letter requesting his recall, I
and that tfie Count did not consider
that he was authorized to refuse a re- !
quest coming from such an influential \
source in the Government to which he j
was accredited. Os course the young ]
Prussian gentleman duly informed Mrs.
Sumner of ali this, and rumor hath it j
that that lady was not at all pleased with |
the conduct of her husband in the matter.
The German Secretary returned home, '
and for a time the cloud upon the mar- !
ital relations of the Senator disappeared. 1
But by and by, as it was announced to
the publie, and, we think, by an agree
ment between the parties, Mrs. Sum
ner’s health required that she should
leave the American Continent, and
breathe for a time the air of Europe.
This was accordingly done, and the at
mosphere has been So bracing and the
scenery so pleasant —to say nothing of
her companionship—that she has lin
gered there so long as to enable Mr.
Sumner to obtain the divorce for willful
absence required by the statute. Mr.
Sumner will resume his old bachelor re
lations, and his late wife—a young,
handsome and wealthy widow—will be
a prize to be contended for by gentlemen
of position who are in the matrimonial
market.
An Arkansas Feud —The Last Male
Member of a Family Killeib
[From the Hot Springs (Ark i Courier.]
We are informed by a gentleman di
rect from Polk county that John Flynn,
the last male member of the family, is
killed. It will be recollected that about ;
one vear ago a trouble arose between ;
the iVvmberlvs and Fynns about a horse
race; that is, one of the Wymberlvs
whipped one of the Flynns at the race,
and the next day two oi the Flynns—
father and son, the former an ex-feherilt
and the latter then acting She riff—went
to Wymberly’s house and shot at \\ym
berly. Wymberly returned the fire and ;
succeeded in killing both of them, i
Blackwell, * tfon-injav qf_ Jdynn, br., |
thpn took out letters ol administration
on his father-in-law s estate, and the ,
Flynns were opposed to his selling the
property and shot? The
Flvuns were then arrested and one of
them imprisoned, while tli£ other proved
an alibi, lm‘ was stiot as he was coming j
out of the Court House. John Flvun, j
the last one, broke jail about Christmas, 1
and had been Jviiig around and making
trips bock and forth in the Indian Na
tion. Ou Saturday last they heard of
his being in the neighborhood, and pro
curred a warrant for his arrest and
went in search of him. They came upon
him about dajlight last Sunday morn
ing. }}e drew his weapon and made
fight, «nd then tiu- posse tired upon him,
sfiooting him through the body and
through the head.
THE POLARIS.
The Story of the Rescued- C»pt. Hall
Poisoned -The Victim of Envy—The
Simple Statement of An Esquimaux
—An Open Polar Sea in Sight What
Might Have Been.
New Youy, May 22. —Esquimaux
Joe, in a published statement, speaks in
a disapproving wiG'V.f Capt. Hadding
ton,, the sailingffiiaster of the Polaris,
and says Hall \tas poisoned, and that
Hall so expressed himself to him, saying
there was something bad in the coffee
which he drank on returning from the
sledge expedition ; that it made him
sick, and thvt he had a burning sensa
tion. Hans Christianas statement is to
the same effect.
The prevailing impression among the
unfortunate nineteen who were left be
hind was that Buddington had willfully
abandoned them to their fate. He hail
been anticipating the breaking up of the
ice for sometime, and if he hud wished
to have taken Tyson and his compan
ions ou ho could easily have represent
ed matters to them in such a light that
they would not have ventured to be
absent at so critical a juncture. But no
such intimation was given to the men on
the ice. The vessel did not drift away
so suddenly that the men could not
have been rescue! iroiu their perilous
position.
Tyson says : I cmld have got aboard
the vessel that night, and been Vhere
now, but would mi leave tine women
and children. My duty wsef °n the ice.
I thought he would gi>*t 'back to us the
next day, which hercould have done.
The breaking away was caused by the
floe to which the ship was fastened
drifting between the land anil some ice
bergs that were jammed. The jam
broke up and the floe and the vessel
broke away. It was about nine or ten
o’clock at night. The temperature was
about zero that evening. It had been
nineteen degrees above.
Capt. Tyson thinks the ill-feeling and
bad designs of Buddington and a few
others who were accomplices had •con
tinued from the first on account of Capt.
Hall’s determination to go as far North
as possible, and Buddington’s determina
tion, from fear or whatever cause, that
lie should not. After Hall’s death most
of the others were in favor of con
tinuing and pushing North, and Tyson
says that Buduington several times ex
pressed his determination to send them
(Tyson and party) on the road to hell as
sooii as opportunity offered. He charac
terizes Buddington as a great scoundrel,
and declares that he purposely aban
doned them to destruction. He gives
Myers the character of being energetic
and qualified in his department, but
thinks ho wars not sufficiently aware of
the condition of affairs at the time of
the separation and the possibility of
rescuing them, (o bo able to give any
opinion upon it.
Capt. Tyson did not speak fully as to
the death of Capt. Hal). He appeared
to be deeply grieved and reticent upon
the subject connected witli his adven
tures that especially touched his feel
ings, even his own sufferings. No doubt
Capt. Tyson anil Mr. Myers are in pos
session of information which they are
unwilling to communicate yet, but which
will doubtless be made public at the
proper time.
Joe says, partly in answer to inquiries
and partly speaking on his own account,
without being interrogated at all :
Very fond of Capt. Hall. Didn’t like
Buddington; always talking behind
back ; asking story all the time. Some
men here in St. Johns and some in ship
used to quarrel. I went with Capt. Hall
on purpose to go sledge to north. After
Hall died Buddington wouldn’t go. I
tell Buddington I come to go north. He
wouldn’t let me go. Buddington and I
quarreled good deal about it. I went
with Hall on last sled, and Hans and
Chester, the mate. We went fifty miles
north of the ship ou ice and land. Found
musk ox tracks on land. Sun nearly
gone. When come back to ship Hall
told ine when sick somebody give him
something bad. He was sick two weeks.
Buddington did not take care of him. I
think it not right. Made me feel bad.
Sick man, good man too. Throat swelled
something. Could not drink. Said he
burn inside. I stopped up with him every
night with another man. Hall was in cabin.
I talk to Hall much. He no talk to oth
ers as much as me. I didn’t see Hall on
first night after he came from sled.
Came aboard with him in afternoon.
He looked well, happy, and spoke nice.
The four of us (Hall, Chester, Hans and
Joe) had coffee when came aboard. I
had mine in my own room underneath
cabin. Hull in cabin, and the two
others in galley. At 10 o’clock that
night my wife told me Hall very sick,
vomiting, eat something. Next morn
ing I go see him, and say what matter.
He alone in cabin. He say, yon pretty
well, Joe ? I say yes He say yon
drink bad coffee last night ? I say no.
I ask him did he drink bad coffee ? He
say something bad in coffee I drink last
night, making me sick and stomach bad.
Same morning he get very sick, vomit
ing. After five days ho feel better,
wake up, and say he want to see my
little girl, and say to her lie think he
would leave'lier, but didn’t like. After
he get better he get four doctor books
to try and sec what make him sick. He
study hard and say to me that name is
mailing me sick. (Joe explained that
Capt. Hall here pointed to name in one
of the books which he read out. It was
something about poison.) I think after
Hall die everybody watching one an
other. He no understand wliat they
mean. All afraid somebody put down
poison in water, bread or something.
It looked like if he was poisoned to me
all the same. Buddington didn’t like
to go to cabin. He was quarreling all
the time.
Hans Christian’s statement upon lliis,
though much briefer, is to the same
effect. The correspondence says the
expedition had passed what Kane sup
posed to be the Polar sea which now
proved to be a sound. Beyond this they
penetrated into Robinson’s channel and
there, on the last day of August, 1871,
many important circumstances unmis
takably indicated the existence of an
unfrozen ocean beyond the channel.
Mild weather, with fogs and mists
brought down by northerly winds, could
come from no other source. Land was
visible to the north and west of this
body of water a great distance. Now
was the moment to embrace the present
favorable opportunity which was liable
to be defeated by the slightest sudden
change, anil by a prompt continuation
of their hitherto successful adventure
achieve the glorious goal for which they
had hazarded so much. But here, on
the eve of an easy victory, arose that
fatal differenoo of opinion which blasted
all the heroic explorer’s prospects and
rendered fruitless that mighty energy
and labor which had already led him
such a distance over barren and
inhospitable regions of the North.
Sailing-master Buddington had several
times expressed anxiety to go no
farther, and strongly urged the necessity
of retreating to Winter at Port Hope
nearly 240 miles south of their present
highly advantageous position. Hall de
termined to proceed if possible and
would not consent to this latter proposi
tion. Haddington, however, perissted.
Before concluding to retreat Hall called
a council, consisting of himself, Capt.
Tyson, Cheater, the mate, and Budding
ton, to consider which course was most
advisable. At this council Capt. Tyson
strongly advocated Capt. Hall’s views
and urged the impropriety of desisting.
The brave and the right cause was over
ruled, to which circumstance it is possi
ble Capt. Hall owed his death. If the
vessel had continued on its course, as
Capt. Hall desired and urged, the expe
dition would in all probability have been
crowned with success and the dreams of
geographers and explorers been realized.
But an unaccountable timidity, the off
spring of craven cowardice or other im
proper motives, annihilated the hopes
of Capt. Hall. Bmldington, from the
position which he occupied, was master
of the situation. He said, thus far you
have gone, you shall go no farther, and
he was obeyed, reluctantly, of course, j
as a matter of necessity.
A New German Coinage. —The Prus
sian Government proposes to do away
wit.i the perplexing variety of indepen
dent coinages that prevail among the
pettv States of the Empire, by making
them all conform to anew and improved j
standard. The gold currency Gtobe j
based upon the valuation of the mark, ’
which is about equivalent to our silver j
quarter; and the silvercoinage will be in
five-mark, oae-mark, and half-mark I
pieces. Smaller coins will be either of ;
copper or nickel, the issue being limited j
to the maximum of two and oae-haif
marks per head of the population, while j
the maximum amount of silver is fixed j
at ten marks per head. The striking of j
tie new coins will be open to competi
tive bids from she different State mints,
and the expense of the manufacture
charged to the whole empire.
After a long and trying illness, which
had' confined him to his residence for
upwards of twenty years. Mr. James W.
May, of -Charleston, died on Tuesday.
FIGHTING EDITORS. \
Ttie Atlanta MYr— Abrams vs. Htyl»r|J
—Billet Dop« and Shot Guns. w
[From tho SfcYiuyialj Advertiser.]
Apropos of the subject Tffa Herald, is
still on the war-path, sliflmg at every
body, even Joe Brown. AaSaiUs heard
ou Tuesday that Styles hadWitimated
that lie was a “ nigger,” andrsent him
thi§ note : , ' f\L
AtS*’ 20.
Caret/ I V.,ls!ylcs: r-.
Sir —liyhas come to my knowledge,
from a reliable source, that you Mave
put in circulation a report that I have
negro blood in myjfeins. *
I desire to know whether dry not my
information is correct.
An immediate aud unequivocal reply
is instantly demanded. ,
1 am, sir,
Alex. St. Clair Abrams.
The belligerent Abrams followed up
this epistle with a shot gun, which he
shouldered and marched down to the
Kimball House. It seems very strange
that he should have selected so a promi
nent a place, and so prominent a
weapon, if he really intended to slay
the Albany quill driver. As might have
been foretold, the fiery Modoc of the
Atlanta tribe was arrested before he
could use his gun upon his opponent.
He was taken to tho barracks, where he
bared his arm aud opened a vein in a
dramatic manner, and asked if that
looked like negro blood. Agassiz says
there is no difference in the races, so we
C*m"t see why Mr. Abrams was so u«-
u-rts.mable as to expect the talented po
lice to make an analysis on sight.—
Abrcms is quite a decent white man,
andVarey, the tnagnijiqus, should not
have lVt intimated anything to the con
trary, immediately after the
shot gnt* fid-eo fie sent the following let
ter to' Col. Alston, which Abrams re
fuser! to accept:
Co>- C. A. Alston, Atlanta:
The communication handed me this
day by yourself, signed by Mr. Alex
ander St. Clair Abrams, needs this reply.
I am not the author of any report in re
lation to Mr. Abrams’ blood, but did
say if he was a son of a certain family of
Abrams he had negro blood in his veins.
I made inquiry a few days ago, and
satisfied myself that Mr. Abarms is not
of the family reported, and have fre
quently so stated since, fully acquitting
him of the imputation. I make no such
charge against Mr. Abrams.
Respectfully, eic.,
Caret W. Styles.
Please hand to Mr. Abrams as my re
ply,to his communication, which I trust
will be satisfactory. C. W. S.
Toe latter, wo were told by Alston,
intends to lull Styles, if it takes him all
his life time. This is very wicked in
deed, and we trust Mr. Abrams will, in
stead of slaying the Albany man, go on
editing the Herald in a peaceful, loving
manner. Styles isn’t ready to die yet,
by long odds, anil Abrams can make
more money on the Herald than bj
shooting him. But there is no predict
ing wlnit the latter will do as soon as he
gets rid of the policeman who has had
him in charge for two days.
THE VIENNA PANIC.
Cause of the Panic—Speculations in
Real Estate.
The following from the Brussells Cote
Libre, of May 3, shows that real estate
speculations had much to do with pre
paring tho Vienna Bourse for the panic
which recently raged there :
The Vienna Exchange is on the eve of
a monetary panic, chiefly arising from
the locking up of money in real estate
speculations, in anticipation of enhanced
values through the instrumentality of
the international exhibition. The real
estate speculation mania has been run
ning riot for sometime past at Vienna,
and no less than forty building socie
ties had been formed. Whether these
building associations have been lack
ing the ordinary prudence in the selec
tion of lots, or whether they have mis
managed affairs in some other shape,
suffice to remark that the locking up of
funds withdrawn from the open market
has been considerable. To cap the
climax of stringency, the real estate be
longing to these companies, lias, instead
of improving in value, declined, and
they cannot raise the money on it they
calculated to obtain. Tho amount of
money thus withdrawn from the open
market appear to figure up no less than
200,0u0,000 florins. Fortunately, how
ever, the crisis cannot, in any evijnt,
last long. The crops of all over Austria
anil Hungary are represented to promise a
most brilliant yield, and tho harvesting
in the empire commences as early as
June. Even supposing, then, that the
exhibition did not of itself produce all
the results expected, the money which is
to flow into Vienna and Austria in gen
eral in payment of the gigantic crops
anticipated, will greatly contribute to
wards replacing financial affairs upon a
sound and normal basis soon after the
apprehended storm shall have passed by.
The Dry Goods Business.— The New
York Bulletin, in its review of the dry
goods market, says the movement in all
descriptions is quiet; also that the com
mission houses dealing in domestic cot
tons are unusually dull, and there is a
manifest determination ou the part of
jobbers to purchase only from hand to
month. The agents for woolen manu
facturers look upon the season for light
weight goods as being over, and their
energies are now bent upon the distribu
tion of Fall styles of cassimeres and
coatings to the clothing trade, and their
efforts in this direction are meeting with
a fair measure of success. As to foreign
goods, the Bulletin says :
There has been a noticeable improve
ment in the city retail trade within the
last few days, and if the present fine
weather should continue, an improved
inquiry for certain fabrics which have
been sluggish hitherto is almost certain.
No branch of the trade has suffered
more from the backwardness of the sea
son than white goods, and the opera
tions of the city retailers in these
fabrics have been light up to this time ;
but there is already an improved feeling
and freer distribution of Victoria lawns,
organdies and other muslins, as well as
embroderies.
Thf. Anniversary or tiie American
Bible Society. —The report of the Sec
retary of the American Bible Society,
which held its fifty-seventh anniversary
in Philadelphia on Thursday, shows that
the receipts for the year were $069,007 06,
including $354,067 12 for publications ;
$139,454 60 from legacies, and $125,-
897 53 from donations. The payments
have been $656,419 77, and about $72,000
will be necessary to meet outstanding
obligations.
New translations and revisions of the
Bible are in progress in Arabo-1 urkish,
Armeno-Tnrkish, Hebrew-Spanish, Azer
bijan-Turkish, Chinese, Mandarin, Col
loquial and Japanese ; several sets of
new electrotype plates have been made
or are in progress at the Bible House, five
sets are in progress at Beirut, and one
set for an American Reference Bible at
Constantinople. The new publications
at the Bible House were six in number,
five of them in foreign languages, and
five of them wore printed in foreign
lauds. The number of volumes manu
factured at the Bible House was 780,850;
printed and published abroad, 273,366 p
total, 1,540,216. The number of vol
umes issued was 1,201,245, representing
sixty different languages and dialects ;
426,700 copies were oircnlated during
the year. The gratuitous work for the
year amounted in value to $263,865 32.
Os this sum, $86,235 51 were cash ex
penditures in foreign fields, besides
more than 11,581 volumes sent from this
country.
The Liquor Trade.— The organ of
the liquor interest in New York has
taken pains to collect and group t;ll the
facts connected with the trade in this
country. The amount of tax on spirits
collected by the United States in 1872
was $49,475,516 36. This represents
about 100,000,000 gallons, worth at
wholesale $85,000,000, but which
brought, at retail, about $317,000,000.
This aggregates a money interest of
over $400,000,000. The beer trade pays
a tax to the Government of $8,573,-
498 46. This represents a retail value
of over $212,000,000, which, added to
the value of the article to the
tnrers, represents a money interest of
about 8300,000,000. The wine trade
represents an interest of $75,000,000.
The import trade of liquors, beer and
wine, represents a retail value of liquors
of $27,000,000; of beer, $2,806,05); of I
wines §135,000,000; or a total of nearly j
$165,000,000. Added to. all this the
invested in buildings ami ma-1
chinery, etc., together with the expenses ;
connected directly and indirectly with j
the trade, the footing is at least $1,500,- !
000,000.
The capital of the new “ Anglo-Cali
fornia Bank,” proposed to be establish
ed in San Francisco, is 5i,300,000, or
$6,000,000, in 59,*»i) ordinary'shares of
420 each, and 600 founders’ shares at
£1 each. The directors are Henry
Hitchcock, Hugh McCulloch, Reuben D.
Sassou, W. F. Scholfield and Isaac Selig
man. It is proposed to commence in
July pmu, with a capital A6OO,O(kA
or 8:1,4)0,00.0,
A fuss in the Browning family in
Mcmigomery county, last I’riday even
ing, resulted in the death of John L. at
the hands of Silas Browning, his uuele.
LOUISIANA CRFSHEdT
TUB IRON HAND of -«rg K Ty|{
RIVETS HER yiiVri^^ANT
A Shame atnl DisgyWe to the Country
—Grant Sustainryfhe Usurpers With
the Army unit Navy—Official Procla
mation Sustaining Kellogg.
Washington, May 22. The following
proclamation has excited surprise in all
circles. Senator West is equally sur
prised with others:
a proclamation.
Whereas, Under the pretense that
Wm. I*. Kellogg, the Executive of the
State of Louisiana, and the officers asso
ciatjtt|Rwitk him in the State adminis
tration, were not truly elected, certain
turbulent and disorderly persons have
combined together with force and arms
to resist the laws and constituted au
thorities of said State ; and whereas. It
has been duly certified by the proptx lo
cal authorities and judicially determined
by the Inferior anil Supreme Courts of
said State that said officers are entitled
to hold their offices respectively, and
execute and discharge the functions
thcreof;aml whereas, Congress, at its late
session, upon a due consideration of the
subject, tacitly recognized the said Execu
tive and his associates, tiienu and now in
office, by refusing^ o take any action with
respect thereto, and whereas, It is pro
vided in tlie.Oonstitution of the United
States thn/the United States shall pro
tect every State in the Union on ap
plication of the Legislature or of the
Executive, when the Legislature cannot
be convened, against domestic violence;
and whereas, It is provided iu the laws
of the United States that in all cases
of insurrection in any State or of ob
struction to the laws thereof, it shall he
lawful for the President of the United
States, on application of the Legislature
of such State, or of the Executive
when the Legislature cannot he con
vened, to call forth the militia of any
State or States, or to employ such part
of the land anil naval forces as shall be
judged necessary for the purpose of
suppressing such insurrection, or caus
ing the laws to be duly executed; and
whereas, The Legislature of said State
is not now in session, nnd cannot be con
vened in time to meet the present
emergency, the Executive of said
State, under section 4 of article 7th of
the Constitution of tho United States
and the laws passed iu pursuance there
of, has therefore made application to me
for such part of the military force of the
United States as may be necessary
and adequate to protect said State and
the citizens thereof against domestic
violence, nnd to enforce the due execu
tion of the laws ; and, whereas, It is re
quired that whenever it may be neces
sary, in the judgment of the President
to use the military force for the pur
pose aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by
proclamation, command such insurgents
to disperse, anil retire peaceably to their
respective homes within a limited time.
Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant,
President of the United States, do here
by make proclamation, and command
said turbulent and disorderly persons
to disperse and retire peaceably to their
respective abodes within twenty days
from this date, and hereafter to submit
themselves to the laws and constituted
authorities of that said State, and I in
voke the aid and the co-operation of all
good citizens thereof to uphold the law
and preserve the public peace.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sot
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the City of Washington, this twenty
second day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three, and of the Inde
pendence of tho United States the
•ninety-seventh.
By the President.
U. S. Grant.
J, C. Bancroft Davis, Acting Secre
tary of State.
Washington, May 22.—1 tis stated in
Republican circles that some time neo
Kellogg applied for United States assist
ance, but was persuaded to withdraw it,
and the national Executive regarded it
of no effect. It is probable that the
President, who was absent at the time,
never saw the request, as tho denial of
a previous dispute i that such applica
tion had been nu de came from the
President’s lips. The proclamation of
to-day is stated to be prompted by Car
penter’s pressure upon Kellogg to renew
the application, and the personal repre
sentations from Carpenter to the Presi
dent by telegraph of the dangerous con
dition of affairs in Louisiana. Hence
the renewed application from Kellogg,
and the present proclamation.
THE DEAD JUDGE.
The Will of Salinou I*. Chase.
Washington. May 22. —The will of
Chief Justice Chase was filed to-day in
the office of the Register of Wills for the
District of Columbia. It is dated the
19th of November, 1870, anil is as fol
lows :
“I nominate 11. D. Cooke, of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to ho tho solo execu
tor of this, my last will and testament.
After tho payment of all just debts, I
make tho following bequests : The in
terest on SO,OOO at 7 per cent, to my
neice, Jane Auld, during her life, and if
her daughter survive her, the principal
thereof to be paid ou them equally ;
SIO,OOO to the Wilberforce University ;
•SIO,OOO to Dartmouth College ; what
ever sum may be due to me by my late
brother, E. J. Chase,-of Lockport, N.
Y., to be remitted to liis widow and ad
ministratrix ; the picture of Chief Jus
tice Marshall presented by the members
of the bar and other citizens of New
York, to the United States for the use
of the Supreme Court ; the residue of
my estate to be distributed iu equal
parts to my two daughters. I commit
my soul to God in Christ Jesus our Sa
vior through the Holy Spirit.”
S. P. Chase.
Witnessed by R. C. Parsonsand Jacob
Sclmcken. The will was to-day admit
ted to probate and record, anil tho ex
ecutor qualified and gave bonds inasum
of a hundred thousand dollars, which
covers the estimated value of the per
sonal property of the deceased. The
remainder of the estate, consisting of
real property, is estimated to tie worth
$150,000. The will is in the hand
writing of Mr. Sclmcken, who was, at
its date, the Chief Justice’s private sec
retary.
THE RIVER HORROR.
Further Details of the Tragedy.
Memphis, May 21.—A terrible tragedy j
was enacted on the steamer Phil Allen \
while lying at Jillewild, fifty miles be- j
low here this morning. A planter named ,
Morgan, who, in company with his j
fiancee, had gotten aboard at Friar’s
Point, was shot and instantly killed by
John Cannon, who was somewhat under J
the influence of liquor, and who hail in- |
vited Morgan and several others to take I
a drink. While standing at the bar a j
dispute arose, resulting as stated above. !
After the shooting Cannon went to the j
clerk of the boat, asked for a package of
mouey he had deposited, and after get- j
ting it jumped ashore and made his es- j
cape. The murder was one of the
most unprovoked that ever occurred. >
Morgan was an entire stranger ta Gan- j
non and never exchanged .. word with [
him. Cannon was drunk and had !
threatened to kill one of tho clerks of
the boats, and while walking down the
cabin saw Morgan sitting in a chair, j
with his feet ou the back of another,
and approaching him, said, “ You are a j
damned fraud.” Morgan, without mov- |
ing, replied, "You are a liar," where-1
upon Cannon put a pistol to his head j
and fired, Ho then made his escape us
already reported. Cannon was a des- j
perate character, and attempted to kill '
Ins own sister sometime since, ft is |
thought he will attompi to reach Texas, 1
THE SP ANISH REPP U*,l CA N
FIASCO,.
HepubUcan Greasers Butchered and
Pari, lifts Greasers Threatened A
Huge Farce on a Small Scalp \ Uis
grace to Civilization,
Bakcelivna,, May 33.— Later dis
patches Rum Sanahuja states that the
twenty who surrendered were butchered.
The fate of forty others is unknown.
They are believed to have been killed.
The atrocities of the insurgents, have
caused intense excitement h«<e. The |
militia demand that tb,v. insurgent pris- ,
oners held here qhail be given them for |
butchery. The authorities refused to |
i surrender them. They have been buns-1
ferred from the fort to YU.«el» iu the
harbor for safety. It is projgibje that a j
number of well known earlists will be
arrested and hekt as hostage:,. A levy j
tn mount, is expected to W 4 ••gainst the j
Garlists,
Barcelona,, May 32.—Gen. Valarde j
has isstLod liis proclamation calling all
the males between fourteen and sixteen !
years of age into the Republican col- !
umns, and threatening the infliction of
heavy penalties upon all municipalities
which shall thwart Ra operation.
FROM OHIO.
Republican State Oonvewtiou.
Columbus. May 2& —The Republican
Convention has met. Noyes lias been
nominated fox Governor and Hart for
Lieutenant-Governor. The platform is
mostly a recapitulation of the industry of
Utft country, which should have the
cheapest and best transportation. Jt
demands pure official conduct and the
punishment of unfaithful officers. It
denounces Credit The in
crease of salaries is condemned as un
wise, and it favors shortening proba
tionary term to citizenship.
0U» RED BROTHERS.
The “Pitts” and “PinfH” Going to
Defy the White Mail’s Bullets—“Olil -
Sliave Head” on the War Path The
Poor Indians on the Texas Border
Nineteen Warriors Killed and Forty
Squaws Captured.
San Francisco, May 22.—Dispatches
state that the Modocs are going to
ward Pitt River country. Trails show
that the Modocs and the Pitt River
Indians have been in constant communi
cation. It is believed that the Pitts are
with Captain Jack now. The Pints
arc also out of their country. Twenty
fivc*Piuts were seen in Surprise Valley,
but suddenly disappeared. It is report
edkthat much ammunition has been sold
to the Pitta. They have held several
councils. Their attitude is thercaton
ing. Old Shave Head tells them they
must fight or go to the reservation.
A company of forty volunteers from
Douglass county, Oregon, passed Port
land to-day, (it route for the Modoc
country.
San Antonio, May 22. —C01. McKenzie,
commanding at Fort Clark, has failed
to stop the raiders who crossed the Rio
Grande and attacked the Kickapoos
ou Mexican soil. They killed 19 war
riors and captured 40 squaws and
much plunder. There is much indigna
tion across the Rio Grande on account
of this incursion. Col. McKenzie lost
one killed and two fatally wounded.
Advices from Fort Sanders, Wyoming,
say that two companies of the Fourth
Infantry, en route for the Modoc war,
has been ordered to remain here.
A General Indian War Preparing Lo
• Donning llis War Paint The Recent
Border Fight—Threatening Demon
strations.
Washington, May 23, —General Jeff
C. Davis ranks as Major General while
commanding against the Modocs. He
officially reports that two hundred war
riors of the Yankton tribe have left the
reservation to join the hostile bands of
the Upper Missouri. These Indians will
muster five thousand strong. An official
dispatch confirms Col. McKenzie’s vic
tory over the Kiekapoo and Lipon In
dians. The dispatch does not say whether
the fight occurred on Mexican territory
or not.
Virginia City, May 23.—A letter from
Spruce Mountain, Nevada, reports In
dian affairs as having about reached a
crisis. The painted Indians have been
stealing lead from the furnaces and buy
ing ammunition.
They are having war dances, anil
have notified settlers to leave. The
impression here is general that an Indian
outbreak is being planned.
The Yarn of the Scouts -The Jack
Family Brilliant Success of ttie Sol
liters--The Army Captures Four
Squaws.
Fairchild Ranohk, May 23.—A cou
rier has been intercepted by Gen. Davis,
en route from tho lava beds to Bremers,
whereupon the Warm Spring Indians
and scouts liavo been recalled, and the
programme changed. Gen. Davis lias
established his headquarters at Fair
child, 23 miles northwest of the lava
beds. The scouts say that the soldiers
scaled a ridge twenty-live feet high in
the face of the Modocs and drove them
away. Capt. Hnsbrouck did not lose a
man, and captured a squaw.
The reportof the operations for the last,
few months says that Shack Nasty Frank,
Shade Nasty Jack, Shack Nasty Hill,
Steamboat Frank and Ellen’s Man Hook
er, Jim’s Father, Boston Nick and
several other Modocs were killed and
many wounded. Curly Headed Jack
was seriously wounded. Little John
was unable to move rapidly and delayed
tho Modocs. At this stage the Warm
Spring Indians made some hostile
demonstrations and captured the squaws.
In the stampede Mrs. Hendricks aliatt
Limpsey threw her child away hoping
to escape. The squaw killed the child
and brought it to camp. The captured
squaws are Mrs. Wechmotel, two sisters
of Boston Charlie, the mother of Black
Jim and a girl. No braves were cap
tured.
Two Indians have been sent to tho
Modocs, offering them terms of surren
der. General Davis reports no trouble
apparent among the Klnmarths.
Later.— The Modocs must bo fifteen
miles away. The rftjuaws taken before
Davis talked much, but gave little in
formation. Tho MoJoes number fifteen
men, fifty squaws and children. The
Modocs wanted to talk with Davis alone,
but Davis sent word lie did not want a
peace talk, but would allow them till
Friday to surrender. After that he
would kill every Modoc found with a gun.
The private dispatches as received in
Washington are vague, and give no idea
of the real situation.
Yreka, May 23.— The Creek band of
fifty men, women and children, surren
dered to-day, anil were placed under
guard. Fifteen warriors, among whom
were Bogus Charley, Slmek Nasty Jim,
Curley Head Charley, Head Doctor
Franklin, and others of the best fighting
men Capt. Jack had, surrendered. Their
surrender appears to have been uncoil
ditionnl. It. is supposed that no warriors
are now with Capt. Jack, whose where
abouts are unknown.
San Francisco, May 23.— Tho Bulle
tin publishes a graphic account of tho
surrender of a part of the Modoc tribe.
The war is considered over. Gen. Dn
vis and hisstaffare separated—some be
ing at Yreka en route for New Orleans,
The few horses ridden by the Modocs.
were gaunt nnd weak, and' scarcely able
to bear the women and children as
they rode into the camp. All tlio
braves wore portions of the Federal
uniform, and all entered into tlio
camp in funeral procession. There
was no noiso among the soldiers, and
the Modocs said nothing. Gen. Davis
advanced, and was formally introduced
to Boston Charley, who is twenty years
old, and speaks English well. Hii smiled
sweetly, and shook Davis by the hand.
Davis demanded their pistols and other
arms, and then assigned them a camp,
telling them they would bo shot
if they attempted to escape. There
were half naked children and squaws who
c.ouhl scarcely hobble, Fairchild says
there are twenty still in the cottonwood.
Their dissatisfaction is confirmed by tho
captain of the lmml, who said ho parted!
with Capt. Jack eight days ago. Tin*
army is divided into squads to pursue.
Capt. Jack and his party. Hooker Jim,
the Lost river murderer, has just surren
dered.
Washington, May 23.—-Official dis
patches received here to-night from Gen.
j Scofield aay that Gen. Davis, reports!
| that about half the Modoos being whip
1 pod and hard pressed by Hasbriuik.
; have surrendered unconditionally. Gen.
j Davis sa‘ys he will push the pursuit of
| Capt. Jack and his party, and hopes to
| end the war soon.
Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory,,
| May 22. —Two companies of the U'onrtlt
j Infantry, en route for the Mo,joe seat
| of war, have been ordered to remain
| hero.
THIERS |\ TROUBLE.
IIIS ADMINISTRATION TOTTER
ING.
• Exciting Keene in the Assembly
Thiers Attempts to H|ieak A Storm
of Objections, lie Descends the Tri
bane-—His Friends Still Sanguine.
Paris, May 23.—The debate on tho
interpellation was introduced by tho
Conservatives, after which there was
great confusion. Tho Chamber voted
ami by large majority refused to hear
Thiers. President Thiers then mount
ed the tribune to speak, but instantly a
storm of objections and protestations
came frorq the Right and Right Centre,
which, ,ras met with contrary cries from
other side. A scene of excitement,
and confusion followed, which lmfiles,
description.
'1 he President in vain endeavored to
make himself heard. His voioe was
j drowned in the uproar. Finding that
j the house would hear him, M. Thiers
i descended from tho tribune, and con
- suited with the Minister of Justice, M.
1 Dufnuro, who took his place in the tri -
I bune anil scoured silence. He said
j that lie h&J been instructed to formally
notify ehe Assembly that in accordance
I with the law adopted at tho last session,
r the President had decided to address
j the House in person, and requested an
adjournment until to-morrow morning,
j wlion he would proceed to deliver las
I speech.
The Chamber accordingly adjourned.
A SfMs'ial meeting of the Deputies of
1 the Left has been called at nine to-mor
row evening. The Left were pleased
with Dufaure’s speech and conduct, but
no decisive action wan taken to-day, and
the supporters of the movement are
hopeful of securing a majority of twenty
against interpellation.
Alexandria.— Alexandria, in Egypt,
lues grown more rapidly than any city
on the continent. In 1843 its popula
tion was about 60,000, and now it is
nearly 800,000. Some idea of the im
mense lalior which has been expended
in improving the harbor may lie formed
from the fact that a breakwater is in
process of construction, to lie when
completed a mile in length. It is to bo
composed of 20,001i blocks, each one of
not less than twenty tons weight, placed
upon a bod of smaller stones. This
breakwater will enclose a harbor with a
superficial area of 1,500 acres, nowhere
of a less depth than thirty feet. In tlie
midst of tho grand canal, a company of
English engineers are at work blasting
out rooks, and employ constantly about
2,000 men and forty steam engines. In
1871 the exports amounted to 30,000,000
and the imposts ta 175,000,000 francs.