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efmnude anfr Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY ...JUNE 14, 1876.
SO TIRED.
B. A. A.
{Memphis Appeal ]
Tired, so tired, of struggle end strife, _
Q rasping *t shadows that darken my life,
Waiting and watching for gnnsoine again.
Finding at last that my watch is in rain.
Tired, so tired, of gutter sad glare.
Fraud and deceit, that I And everywhere ;
Words without meaning, vows that are untrue.
Hearts that are callous though sorrow may
sue.
Tired, so tired, of acting a part,
Wearing a smile, though weary at bean,
Grasping at laurels te wear on my head.
Feeling too late I have thorns in their stead.
Tired, so tired, is there a rest
Beyond the bright river, the home of the
blest ? _ ,
Unworthy to aek it, oh', say, shall I dare
To pray for a home in the bright Overthere <
Then if at last the pure gates I should see,
Would 01-y we waiting for me ?
Free, free from the burthen of sorrow he
bore,
Will he stand on that beautiful shore t
Then tired no longer, life shadows aU fled,
If safe by the hand of my Saviour 1 m led.
The weary cross broken, the golden crown
won. , .
Eternity—rest, then, with husband and son.
FORGIVENESS.
Like buds of Spring,
Sweet words are born from darkness and des
pair.
And waft new fragrance through the suimy
air;
Glad spirits sing.
Ah ! ye who fought,
And nobly fonght as warriors fit to die,
Bhall ve the power of brotherhood defy,
By death untaught ? •
The right and wrong
Are buried with the dust of those who sleep
In the warm stillnese of earth’s bosom deep,
And life is strong.
Forgive! Forgive!
Thus sings the sunlight as it gently gua
Into each burdened heart that doubt divides
Forgive and live!
Forgive! Forgive !
Oh! ye to whom the pitying Heaven had
deigned
Man's sovereign rights by tyrant power dis
darned.
Forgive and Uve !
0 love divine!
Arise, arise, that souls may worship thee ;
That souls may glorify thy name, and see
Their strength in thine !
Men. ve are kings !
But stife will make ye brutes, unfit to sway
The kingdom of the future, formed to-day
The least of things!
, Eternal God!
Fill these great hearts with Thine eternity,
Let union strew with flowers of liberty
The aching sod!
JAMES HAREBELL'S SONG.
O, there above, yon heather hill,
Where footfa’ comes bat rarely.
There is a house they point ont still,
Where dwelt the Man o’ Airlie.
He wore a coat o’ hodden gray,
His hand was hard wi’ labor ;
But still be had a hamely way
O’ standin’ by his neighbor.
His bnrly laugh made men rejoice,
His words the neighbors guided ;
But little baimies loved his voice
And iu his smile confided;
The word, to day, that left his lip,
Became a deed to-morrow
Hout man, the friendship o’ his grip
Would lift the heart o’ sorrow.
He was na’ loud, he was na’ proud,
He lacked in learnin’ sairly.
And yet ye’d pick him frae a crowd,
The honest man o’ Airlie.
His wealth, it was na’ in his land,
It was na’ in the city;
A mint o’ honor was his hand,
His heart a mine o’ pity.
He’s dead and gane, this prince o’ Fife,
Mute is his burly laughter ;
But ah! the music o’ his life
That bides wi’ us lang after.
His memory lives, the man may die,
That Ungers bright and lovin’,
Just like a star lost frae the sky
Whose ray survives his ruin.
CHORUS.
O up and down an’ ronn an’ roun,
And o’er the "hale world fairly,
Ve might hae searched, but never foun’
Anither man o’ AirUe.
A FRAGMENT.
There’s many a life chained down by circum
stance •
And tethered to a close and narrow scope,
That wildly throbs impatient to advance,
And sore to join its dear desire and hope;
Vet brooding in the realms of hope’s expanse.
Falls down within its narrow beaten track,
And wakes at last from out a life-long trance,
To find in death each hope turned empty
back.
It is not only to the scroll of fame,
Nor to the sculptur’d stone to honor raised,
Is limited the noblest deed and uame;
These, in their greatness known, the world
has praised,
Bnt many a Ufe has been whose dying flame
Has flickered dimly to a lowly end,
Whose noble deeds a deathless name might
frame,
Vet died, unknown, unhonored, with no
friend. .
There have been heroes more than battles
make.
Whose greatness never reached a heralds
ears;
There have been martyrs, never at the stake.
Who suffered martyrdom through Ungering
years;
As noiseless as the snow falls, flake by flake,
And melts unseen upon the rolUng wave,
Bo their pure lives in silent actions Bpake,
Their virtues mute, went down into the
grave.
The ills of Ufe are manifold —they come
Upon the righteous and the bad the same;
The rich and poor alike must tako their sum,
For trouble knows no station, caste or name;
In life’s great camp, above the merry hum
Of thoughtful life, steals in the solemn tone
Of sorrow, beating his low muffled drum,
And the tramping on, with rendering wail
and moan.
Tithe creepß upon us unawares, the years
Like ocean waves roll up, and onward go,
The burdens of the day, joys, hopes and fears.
Move ever with a ceaseless ebb and flow;
back upon the rolling past, that ream
Its waves iu silent tempest, and behold!
It tills the miud with many mingled fears—
Fears for the things the future may behold.
And shall we wail and sorrow for the dead ?
Nay, rather for the living drop a tear!
Their’s the moist eye, their’s the heart of lead,
Thsir’s the drooping soul that needeth cheer.
Then weep, weep for the living, their’s the
woe,
The ilia of life are ended with the dead!
They leave their sorrows and their griefs
The living have Life's future to dread!
We know the present and the bygone, too;
We know what we havo been and what we
are;
But, oh! that we the unborn future knew!
Would it the Present’s sweet contentment
mar ?
Alas! we know not. Death alone is true:
But what shall fill the space that lies be
tween ?
We cannot say, we may not catch the clue.
Or know our parts in each succeeding scene !
A GAME OF WHIST.
If yon the modern game of whist would know.
From this great principal its precepts flow :
Treat your own hand as to your partner's
joined, ■
And play, not one alone, but both combined.
Your first lead makes your partner understand
What is the chief component of your hand ;
And hence there is necessity the strongest.
That your firet lead be from your suit that's
longest.
In this, with ace and king, lead king, then ace:
With king and queen, king also has first place;
With ace. queen, knave, lead ace. and then the
queen;
With ace, four small ones, ace should first be
seen:
With queeu, knave, ten, yon let the qneen pre
cede;
In other cases you the lowest load.
Ere von return your friend's, your own suit
play;
But trumps you must return without delay.
When you return your partner's lead, take
pains
To lead him back the best your hand contains.
If you received not more than three at first;
If yon had more, you may return the worst;
But if you hold the master card you're bound
In most cases to play it second round. |
In second band your lowest should be played,
Unless you mean trump signal to be made ;
Or, if you've king and queeu, or ace and king,
Then one of these will be the proper thing.
Mind well the rules for trumps—you’ll often
need them:
When you hold five 'tis always right to lead
them;
Or, if the lead won't come in- time to you,
Then signal to your partner so to do.
Watch also for your partner's trump request.
To which, with lees than four, play out your
best.
To lead through honors turned up is bad play,
Unless you want the trump suit cleared away.
Wheu second hand a doubtful trick you see
Don't trump it, if you hold more trumps than
three;
But having three or less, trump fearlessly.
When weak in tramps yourself, don't force
your friend.
But ’ always force the adverse strong trump
hand.
A BANKRUPT RAILWAY.
The Receiver* ef the Atlantic, .Mississippi
and Ohio Hoad.
Richmond, Va., June 6. —ln the
United States Circuit Gonrt this morn
ing, Judges Bond and Hughes presiding,
the latter announced that tlje Court had
decided to appoint aa joint receivers in
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail
road case. Messrs. Charles L. Perkins,
of New York, and Henry Fink, the pres
ent Superintendent of the line. These
gentlemen were recommended by both
parties to the case —Mr. Perkins on the
part of the bondholders and Mr. Fink
on the part of the Railroad Company.
Silver soutache is used by French
modistes forjtrimmingailver-grsyleamers
hair costumes.
THE BLACK REPUBLIC.
EXCITING STORY OF THE HAI
TIAN REVOLUTION.
An American Naval Adveatarer Uses’ a Brit
ish Man-Of-War for a Shield, aad aa Eng
lish Consol Rides a Hundred Miles and
Kills HU Horse lo Pot a Negro General is
the Way of Getting Mardered.
{Correspondence of the London Standard.]
A revolution has just taken place in
Port-an-Prince, and the Government has
been deposed in a.very short time. The
movement was almost spontaneous
throughout Hayti, and the first rising
took place in Jacmel about six weeks
ago. A Gen. Boisrond Canal appears to
have made himself very popular in the
island, and to have acquired a renown
for disinterestedness—rather a rare qual
ity here—and the Government of Gen.
Domingae, who came into office two
years ago, has always looked upon him
as its bete noire, and made an attempt to
assassinate him last year. He, however,
assisted by a few men armed with mur
derons sixteen-shot Henry rifles, pat to
flight the men sent to arrest him, and
took refuge in the United States Consul
ate, whence he effected his escape to
Kingston, Jamaica. Gen. Domingae,
the President of the Republic of Hayti,
in accordance with the Haytian custom
of
MakiDK Hay While the Sun Shines,
Pat his relatives in all the best paying
offices of the State, and his nephew,
Septimus Rameau, was made his first
minister. So rapacious did Rameau be
come that he absorbed the best part of
the revenues of the Republic himself,
and sent them to Europe for securiiy.
This and other arbitrary acts were the
cause of an incipient revolution last
May, when General Brice, who had only
then been recalled from his a poihtment
of Haytian Minister in London, was as
sassinated by order of Domingue, and
the movement quelled. Beyond an oc
casional protest and manifesto sent by
Boisrond Canal from Jamaica, Domin
gue and Rameau did very much as they
pleased until six weeks ago, when Louis
Tania, the General iu charge of. the ar
rondissement of Jacmel—an important
town on the south coast of Hayti re
volted against the Government and de
clared for Canal, who made an ineffect
ual attempt to land ou the island. The
President at once sent down an army of
from four to six thousand men to be
siege Jacmel, and two Haytian men-of
war, the Saint Michael and the “1804”
(so called from the year when Hayti be
came a republic), to bombard it from
the sea. Hayti, not boasting any trained
artillerymen, gave an acting commission
as a gunnery lieutenant to a roving
American named Gordon, who, rumor
says, has had practice during the Cuban
insurrection. The Haytian squadron
remained quietly outside until an un
suspecting English corvette, the Druid,
entered the harbor, and, after communi
cating her intention to the officer in
command of the squadron and getting
his permission, she let go her anchor
and prepared to take some refugees on
board, in accordance with the wish of
her British Majesty’s Consul. At 4, a.
m while quite dark, to the astonish
ment of all on board, the “1804,” which
had taken up a position directly astern
of the Druid,
Degnn to Throw Shell Into the Town.
The forts could not at first reply to
this fire, as the “1804” was quietly mak
ing the Druid into a shield, and had
they fired the probability is that the
Druid would have been hit. By the time
the latter vessel had got steam up and
was under weigh, it was daylight, and
the forts could bring their guns to bear
on the Saint Mieheal and the “1804,”
which steamed away to a distance of
three thousand yards, and threw all
their shells into the water instead of in
to the town. The land forces were mean
while attacking the town on all sides,
but the insurgents, who were armed with
the Henry rifle, and who fought behind
barricades, were able to repulse the Gov
ernment troops with scarcely any loss
to themselves, and a loss to the former
of over fifty killed. The dead were bur
ied after the engagement. The only
damage the ships received was caused
by their making fast their guns to pre
vent the reaoil, the result being that the
100-pounder Parrott guns carried away
a portion of the bulwark and came part
ly through the deck. This was the only
fighting that occurred during the revolu
tion, and the troops and men-of-war
after listlessly blockading the town for
some weeks, went over to the insurgents
and declared for Boisrond Canal. This
was ou Saturday, the 15th of April.
That very day Domingue aud Rameau,
at Port-au-Prince, appeared to have an
inkling of what was about to happen,
and Rameau went to the National Bank,
where were deposited $500,000 in silver
and millions in paper currency. With
a party of thirty soldiers he loaded a
wagon with
Boxes of Hollars
And sent them down to the wharf, to be
embarked on a schooner which he had
chartered for the purpose. Already one
wagon-load had been embarked, and
another load was being escorted down,
when the citizens became exasperated at
seeing the money so openly stolon from
the bank, and assembled by scores at
the wharf; the scores soon increased to
hundreds and thousands, and they re
fused to allow the dollars to be embark
ed. Cries of "A bas Domingue,” “Vive
Boisroud Canal,” became general, and
the soldiers in charge of the money de
serted iu alarm. The whole town now
swarmed with arced men, who went to
the National Palace, where Domingue,
his wife and Rameau had taken refuge.
The French minister, the Marquis de
Vosges, and the French Vice-Consul hur
ried to the palace to try and take
them to the French Consulate and save
their lives. Domingue, however, was
clubbed on the head with a mnsket, and
then stabbed, but was carried, still
breathing, into the Consulate. Rameau
was shot iu the o*ak from behind, and,
when fallen, was mosi brutally murder
ed. The population could pot show
their detestation of him sufficiently, gnd
trampled every vestige of humanity out
of him. One woman in particular, a
perfect fnry—a sister of the Gen. Brice
above mentioned aa having bom) assassi
nated last May—dipped her bwpifcer
chief in Rameau's blood, nd, wving it
over her head with one hand while she
shouldered a rifle with the ot4**' f led a
party of over five hundred men through
the towu to the bank, which they at ouce
pillaged. The soldiers and townsmen
broke open the chests of dollars, which
they, threw about the streets without
thiukiug of pocketing them, and thrust
their bayonets through the piles of new
paper currency, almost ready for circu
lation—in fact, only wailing for Dom
ingne'e signature to replace has fljoDey
filched from the State by Rameau. The
populace seemed
Rad Wilt BSr'lfemeut,
And the money that had been embarked
on board the schooner was thrown orer
board, and some enterprising negroes
have been bard at work -oyer since diving
for the sunken dollars. So less than
$20,000 are at the bottom of the harbor,
all round the schooner, and of the 500,-
000 silver dollars iu the bank at noon,
not one was in it at 4 o'clock the same
afternoon. The English and American
ministers had ridden off when the out
break first took place, at the President's
wish, to ask Gen. Lorquet, who was at a
distanoe of sixty miles from the capital
with two thousand trustworthy men, to
return to the capital and try to prevent
the atrocities that were feared. Lor
quet, unfortunately, waa almost as un
popular as Rameau; but b* returned
with his staff and some hundred men,
and finding Dosaiugne and Rameau
murdered, begot his troops to cry “Vive
Lorquet, President,” apparently think
ing he was iu favor. The infuriated
people, however, would bear no name;
but Boisroud Canal, and having broken
into Lorqeet's house they brutally mur
dered him. True it is—lt seems almost
like a romance—that the Ergush Minis
ter. Maj. Stewart, an old cavalry oflicer,
rode over a hundred mil-j* aa one horse
to bring Gen. Lorqaet to the capital,
and on his return, the i istant the saddle
was removed, the gallant animal fell
down dead. It was a presect from Gen.
Domingue to the Major. The town is
now comparatively quiet, bnt the streets
are full of soldiers, and a committee of
safety has been formed, to look after the
interests of the State until the elections
have been held for the new houses of as
sembly. Gen. Bc-srond Canal’s election
as President is certain.
THU CORING CAMPAIGN.
Anion of the Stale Eientire Committee.
[-Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and SentituL]
Atlasta, June 7. —The State Execu
tive Committee met this morning.—
Messrs. Geo. T. Barnes, R. E. Lester,
J. M. Smith and J. W. Wofford were
elected delegates from the State-at
large to St. Louis. Messrs. J. H.
Christy, of Athens; A. O. Bacon, of
Bibb; J. V. H. Allen, of Augusta, and
C. J. Wellborn, of Union, ware elected
alternates. After this Col. Hardeman,
the Chairman of the committee, retired
and the State Convention question came
np. August 2d was ehooeo as the time
and Atlanta as the place for holding the
Convention by a vote of nine to two.—
Each county will send two delegates for
each representative it hsa in the Lower
House of the General Assembly. The
committee adjourned to meet the jjd of
August. H-
Embroidered gauze galloons is the
novelty for trimming evening and din
ner dresses. It is wrought in self color
or in contrast, and is in floral or Japan
design.
THE DERBY.
NINETY-SEVENTH RACE FOB THE
BLUE KIBBON-OF THE TUBE.
Kisber the Winner—F.remnner and jalios
Ctesar Finish Second aad Third—Petrarch
Not Placed—Five Hundred Thousand Per
sons Present—Great Excitement on Epsom
Dawns.
London, May 31. —The ninety-seventh
Derby was decided to-day on the far
famed Epsom Downs, and was won by
Mr. Alexander Baltazzi’s Kisber, by
Buccaneer, ont of Mineral. Prom early
morning streams of carriages filed down
the southern roads and through the
green lanes of Barry. The various rail
ways never carried more passengers,
and yet daring the whole eighteen miles
the carriages, donkey carts, four-in
hands and other vehicles progressed at
the rate of about four miles an hour. It
is needless to state that with snch a
stickler for precedents at the hefra of
the State the House of Comnpns paid
homage to the day, and formally sus
pended its legislative duties. The Mar
quis of Hartington, clad in a light check
suit, and wearing a Jim Crow hat, look
ed happiness itself, aDd had altogether
lost the glum appearance that is notice-,
able in him when he Jtakes his place orf
the front opposition bench to lead a
body of ranting Radicals, for the most
of whom he entertains supremq con
tempt. The heir to the great dukedom
of Devonshire had no Derby favorite to
day, but he is forming a stud that onght
to result in a Derby winner before long.
He has a sort of working agreement with
his political antagonist, Mr. Chaplin,
the lord of many broad acres in Lin-,
colnshire, and on the race course the
two are inseparable. Rare old General
Peel, who won a Derby thirty years ago
and has been a shining light on the Eng
lish turf for nearly double that period,
ill as he has been, managed to pay the
course a visit, and one could not help
Doticing as he gazed on the scene of his
great triumph how fallen away he is
from what he was this time twelve
months. For a minute or two he was in
earnest conversation with Lord Rose
bery—the coming statesman and the
past one. Lord Rosebery, it is known,
had a SIOO,OOO book on the race, and
the wildest guesses were hazarded what
be stands to win on his own horse. All
Heart, a magnificent colt, half brother
to the famous Doncaster, that as a year
ling cost him SIO,OOO. In addition to
this yojingster he had Bay Wyndham iu
the race, for which he gave SB,OOO
twelve months ago, after the colt had
gained a victory over the Epsom course.
The observed of all observers was
Lord Dupplin, a young nobleman who,
two years ago, was unknown in connec
tion with the turf. People do not know
whether to envy him or Dot. Avery
short time ago he married one of the
pretty daughters of the Earl of Fife,
who now writes him that she has fouud
a man she likes better. . This example
has been set by her two eldest sisters,
one of whom married the Marquis of
Townshend and the other Mr. ’Adrain
Hope, the rich banker. This fair but
frail sisterhood are great grand-daugh
ters of the famous Mrs. Jordan, the ac
tress, who was the great t favorite of
George IY. Lord Dupplin does hot
seem to regret the wayward little woman
that he led to the altar, and he consoles
himself with having won something like
$50,000 at cards of the man she ran
away with. His Lordship is the owner
of Petrarch, for whom he gave $63,000
about three months ago, since which
time the horse has got back half the
money by winning the Two Thousand
Guineas. Petrarch has been a sensa
tional animal. One night a party of
gentlemen sat down to cards at Prince
Bathyany’s, and they played till eleven
o’clock next day, when they determined
to have the horses out and try them.
This was done before all Newmarket,
and as Petrarch finished last his victory
in the Two Thousand caused rare sur
prise. It perhaps astonished no one
more than it did Lord Rosebery, who at
once acoepted the big bet of $20,000 to
SIO,OOO about the horse for the De&hy,
in order to cover some moneys that he
had laid out at much larger odds. Ful
ly five hundred thousand persons were
present, including every rough that Lon
don produces. Among the vast crowd
were several foreign princes, but there
was much disappointment occasioned by
the absence of the Prince of Wales, his
illness preventing his attending. The
Princess of Wales, Duke of Cambridge,
Duke of Connaught and the Duke and
Duchess of Teck were also absent.
The field for the Derby, it was gen
erally considered, was not an average
one, and it was prophesied that the 're
sult would be “Petraroh first, the rest
nowhere.’’ How correct waS the pro
phecy will by seen below. Petrarch,
though not a big horse, is handsome in
the extreme. He is a son of Lord Clif
den, a horse that unfortunately died
last year, and only tweuty-fonr hours
after his owner bad refused $57,500 for
him. America is to be congratulated on
having secured two of his best sons in
Winslow and Buekden, the|latter owned
by W. Cattrill, of Mobile, Ala. Winslow
was a really high class racer, and is in
appearance very much like his sire.
Petrarch was an unbeaten candidate last
year. He ran only once. When not
half trained he won the Middle Park
Plate of $17,300, the greatest two-year
old rase of the year. This season, as
already stated, he won the Two Thous
and Guineas, worth $§,500. He was
bred by a miller in Sussex, who bought
the dam for the insignificant snip of
slfs after she had broken down in a
race. Such is the luck of breeding that
from this broken down mare he has
raised half a dozen of the best horses in
England. She has, indeed, prayed to
him a fortune.”
The most dangerous antagonist to
the favorite it was generally considered
was the winner of the race, the oolt by
Buccaneer, out of Mineral, belonging
to some very shrewd Hungarians. This
youngster, though of English parents,
was bred by the Emperor of Austria,
who about ten years ago purchased Buc
caneer for a comparatively small sum.
Later on he made an equally fortunate
purchase In Mineral, whose foal that she
left behind fn England developed into
one of the best hors.es of tjje season and
won the St. Leger. This was Wenlock.
The JVUnered colt, the name he was
known fry fbeji, ran fonr times last year,
bnt won only ou.ee, the Dewhurst Plate,
a race of considerable yalge. Uncharit
able people sey that the Wiper&l' colt
won a® often as he was wanted, and .cer
tainly the Hungarians have been run
ning iu and out with their horses. There
were rumors that Advance would pr°ye
a good outsider, but after he bad been
beaten in a minor race, he was sent to
an extreme price. There were no fillies
of any note in the entry, nor did the
French division show anything like a
bold tro-fi,
In the betting, tygt .night, the rates
ruled: Petrarch', 7 to 4; tu Mineral colt,
4 to 1; Forerunner, 7 to 1; Julius Ciysar,
33 to 1. On the course, just before the
start, Ifce odds were 2 to 1 against Pe
trarch, £ to i aapinst the Mineral colt,
7 to 1 against ~Hkylark. 7 to 1 against
Forerunner, 8 to 1 agajnst All Heart, 33
1 agiipst Great Tom, Wild Tommy anil
Julius Cmaar, while all the others were
50 to 1.
Of the 229 subscribers fifteen came to
thn post. These were Lord Rosebery’s
All Heart, Father Claret and Ray
liatn, Mr. J. if. Houldsworthle Coltness,
Mr. R. Peck’s Juliqs Csar and Fore
runner, Lord Falmouth's Skylark and
Great Tom, Mr. John Watson's Wis
dom, Duke of Hamilton’s Wild Tommy,
Lord .Zetland's Hardrada, Mr. Gomm’s
Advance, Count Grange's BraconnJter,
Lord Dnpplin’s Petrarch and Mr. Alex
ander Baltazzi’s Mineral colt, the win
ner, who was subsequently named Kis
ber, and who, bidden by Maidment, se
cured the first Derby ever won by an
uuuaaied colt or filly. fjh££,r after
cheer gre-isd each candidate as he tuyop
his way ,out ot the paddock, and when
Fel.rarch appeared dsaXening huzzas
rent the sir.
After a preliminary canter, which was
led by Skylark, the entire field got away
at sixteen minutes past three o'clock,
with the exception of All Heart and
Jnlins C3sr, this pair being sughtly
behind. Father Claret was the first to
show in front, Coltness running second,
followed by Forerunner, and then in a
cluster came Great Tom, Skylark, Wis
dom, Hardrada, Petrarch, the Mineral
colt and Bay Wyndham leading the re
mainddr of the field, wikh i nlips
and All Heart bringing up in the rear.
Bnt little alteration was made in the
order of the running until the mil® P? sl;
was passed, when Father Cfaret in
creased his lead to two lengths in ad
vance of Coltness, Petrarah ix> the mean
time having moved up to third place,
within three or four lengths of Coltnegs.
Then in a cluster casre Great Tom, Sky
lark, Wisdom, Hardrarda and ra "
connier, with All He.art beaten off-
Coming into the Straight the fa
vorite, Petrarch, raised tfcg hopes of bis
backers by going to the front ana hold
ing the lead for one mile and a quarter
and until witfci* fwo distances of home,
when he gave oat, and ifcg Mineral colt,
who, under Miidment’s steady ioJP£.
had been gradually drawing np, took
the first place, and in an easy canter
came in a winner by sparly five lengths.
Foreruimer andJolius Csesa* also passed
Petrarch, and made a determined effort
at the fcul# distance to overhaul the
Mineral colt, but failed signally, Fore
runner beating Julia* Cmsar three
lengths for second place. Petrarch was
the saqjc distance behind Jnlins Caesar,
and then came Skylark, Coltness, Wis
dom, Great Tom, Wild Tommy, Bracon
nier, Hardrada, Advanoe and All Heart
in the order named. Hay Wyndham
and Father Claret did not pass the win-
ning post at all. The time 'of the race
was 2:44. Mr. Baltaezi, owner of Kis
ber, wins $250,000, and Batkin Roths
child and Sir George Chetwynd are also
great gainers. Lord Dupplin, Sir Rob
ert Peel and Lord . Rosebery are heavy
losers.
MR. BLAINE OF MAINE.
HIS STOCK JOBBINGOPERATIONS
IN CONGRESS.
Elegant Extract* from Hi* Correspondence—
He Want* a Share and Asks a “Definite”
Offer—How He Helped the Scheme—A
Touch of Parliamentary Law that Paid.
Washington, Jane 6. —The following
is an extract from Blaine to Fisher :
“ June 29, 1869. Yonr offer to admit me
to a participation in the new railroad is
in every respect as generous as I could
expect or desire. I thank you very sin
cerely for it, and in this connection I
wish to make a suggestion of a some
what selfish character. It is this : You
spoke of Mr. Caldwell disposing of
a share of his interest to me. If he
really designs to do so, I wish he would
make the proposition definite, so that I
coaid know iust what to depend on.
Perhaps if he waits for the full develop
ment of the enterprise he might grow
reluctant to part with the share, and I
do not by this meau any distrust of him.
I do not feel that I shall prove a dead
head in the enterprise if I once embark
in it. I see various channels in which I
know I can be useful.” “ Augusta, Me.,
October 4, 1869 : My Dear Sib : I spoke
to yon, a short time ago, abont a point
of interest to your railroad company
that occurred at the last session of Con
gress. It was on the last night of the
session, when the bill renewing the land
grant to the State of Arkansas for the
Little Rock Road was reached.
Mr. Julian, of Indiana, Chairman of
the Public Lands Committee, and by
right entitled to the floor, attempted to
put on the bill, as an amendment, the
Fremont El Paso scheme—a scheme
probably well known to Mr. Caldwell.
The House was thin, and the lobby in
the Fremout interest had the thing all
set up, and Julian’s amendment was
likely to prevail if brought to a vote.
Roots, and other members from Arkan
sas, who were doing their best for their
own bill, to which there seemed to be
no objection, were in despair, for it was
well known that the Senate was hostile
to the Fremont scheme, and if the Ar
kansas bill had gone back to the Senate
with Julian’s amendment, the whole
tiling would have gone on the table and
slept the sleep of death. Iu this di
lemma Roots came to me to kuow what
on earth he could do under the rules,
for he said it was vital to his constitu
ents that the bill should pass. I told
him that Julian’s amendment was en
tirely out of order because not germane;
but he had not sufficient confidence in
his knowledge of the rules to make the
point, but lie said Gen. Logan was op
posed to the Fremont scheme and would
probably make the point. I sent a
page with a note to General Logan,
who raised the point. I could not
do otherwise than sustain it, and so the
bill was freed from the mischievous
amendment moved by Julian and at
once passed without objection. At that
time I had never seen Mr. Caldwell, but
yon can tell him that without knowing
it I have done him a great favor.
“(Sincerely yours, J. G. Blaine.”
Washington, D. C., May 26, 1874.
My Dear Sib —Your favor received.
I am very glad, all things considered,
that the Government has accepted your
proposition to take all your manufac
ture till Ist September, 1865. It gives
a straight and steady business for the
company for a-goon stretch of time. In
regard to the tax provision you can
judge for yourself, as I send herewith a
copy of the bill as reported from the
Finance Committee of the Senate aud
flow pending in that body. (See pages
148 and 149, where I have marked.) In
looking over the bill you will please ob
serve that all the words iu italic letters
are amendments proposed by the Senate
committee, while all the words enclosed
in brackets are proposed to be struck
out by the same committee. The pro
vision which you inquire about was
not in the original bill, but was
an amendment moved from the
Ways and Means Committee by Mr.
Kasson, of lowa, to whom I suggested
it. It is just aud proper in every sense,
and will affect a good many interests,
including your company. I am glad to
hear such good accounts of your pro
gress in the affairs of the company of
which I have always been proud to be a
member. In haste, yours truly, J. G.
Blaine. Warren Fisher, Jr., Esq.
Comment by Mr. Blaine —I have looked
up the provisions which the gentleman
from lowa (Mr. Kasson) moved, and
it was this, that where the Government
had contracted for the delivery of a
specific article of manufacture, and after
the contraot was made with the Govern
ment an additional tax was levied on
that artiole the Government should
stand the loss and not the seller. The
gentleman from lowa understands the
point. Mr. Kasson : “I do remember the
fact of the amendment.”
Mr.'Blaine : “It is a very simple mat
ter. In fact all the manufacturing in
terests in the United States where con
tracts were made were interested in it,
and where new tax bills were passed
every few months”
RODENTS ON THE RAMPAGE.
How Stovepipe Trousers and a Zinc Petti
ppat Saypd Two Uves—An Unprotected
Bafye Eaten Up.
Pueblo (Col.) Chieftain, May 25. —
The number of rats inhabiting the rocky
crevices and cavernous passages at the
summit of Pike’s Peak have recently be
come formidable and dangerous. These
animals are known to feed upon a sac
cliabine gum that percolates through
the pores of the rooks apparently up
heaved by some voloauio action. Binpe
the establishment of the Government
Signal Station on the summit of the
Peak, at an altitude of nearly 15,000
feet, these animals have acquired a vo
racious appetite for raw- and uncooked
meat, the scent of which seems to im
part a ferocity rivalling the fierceness of
the starved Siberian wolfe. The most
singular trait in the character of these
animals is that they are never seen in
the When the moon pours
down her queenly light qpqq tfie sum
mit they may be seen ip poqntjess num
bers trooping around tlie rocky boul
ders that crowp the barren waste, and
the W&TO Summer npmths -they may
be seen swimming uud sporting in the
wafers of the lake, a short distance
below the Peak, and pf a dark, cloudy
night their trail in the water is marked
Ijy a sparkling light, giving to the waters
of the lake a bright and silvery ap
pearance. A few days ago Mr. John T.
O’Keefe, one of the Government opera
tors at the signal station upon the Peak,
returned to his post, taking with him
upon a pack animal a quarter of beef.
It being late in the afternoon his col
league,' Mr. M 0 * 3 * 18 ’ immediately left
with the pack animal for the Springs.
Soon after dark, while Mr. O.’Keefe was
engaged in the office forwarding night
dispatches to Denyer and Washington,
he wss startled, by a loud scream from
Mrs. O’Keefe, who frad retired for the
night to an adjoining heiffoojp, and
who came rushing info the office
screaming, “ The rats! tlje rats I”
Mr. <y Keefe,' with great pres
ence <?f mind,, immediately drew
around his wile a scroll zinc plating,
which prevented the animals fpm
climbing upon her person, and, al
though 'fxif own person was almost
literally coyeyed with them, frP append
ed in incasing both of his legs epch ip a
joint of stove pipe, when he commenced
a fierce and desperate struggle for the
preservation of life, being armed with a
heavy cane. Hundreds were de
stroyed on eyery side, while
they still seemed to pour with
inereyjisg pujqbers from tlie bed
room, the doojr of Wf) ie h qeaa
open. The entire quantity of beef
was eaten in less than fiye minutes,
which seemed to only sharpen their ap
petites for‘an pppp Mr. O’Keefe,
whose bands, face and neck were terri
bly lacerated. In the midst of the war
fare Mrs- O’Keefe managed to reach the
office, from which Mr? t b rfiw ® coil of
electric wire over her b nsband tbat sprang
outward and spread itself over the
room, then, grasping the yalve of the
battery, she poured all its terrible pow
er upon the wire. In an instant the
room yaa Mi ablaze with electric light
and hundreds were gilfed k?
When the sodden appearance of day
light, made such by the coruscation of
the heajrjJ'i gharged wire, caused them
to take reluge amoug ths previ£e§ and
caverns of the mountain, by way of the
bed room window, through which they
had loroed their way. But the saddest part
tit this night’s adventure upon the Peak is
the .destroying of their infant child, which
Mrs.’ G Recio thought she fta4 Rffide se
cure by a heavy covering of bed elpth
ing. Bnt the rats had found their way
to the infant (only two months old) and
left nothing of jtjbut the peeled and
naked skull. Drs. Rorn ana Andersen
have ipst returned to Colorado Springs
from the Peak. It was thought at first
that the left am of Sergeant O'Keefe
wopid have to be amputated, bat they
now believe it can be saved. j
Memphis, Jane 6.—Sam Anderson,
colored, who was arrested here Monday,
for attempting an outrage on Miss
Yaughan, of DeSoto county, Miss., and
catting the throat of her brother and
leaving him for dead, was taken from
the officers yesterday morning by a body
of armed citizens and bang. His father,
charged with being accessory to the at
tempted murder, is in jaiL
RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS.
A Record or the Muscovite Press—Two Hun
dred and Fifty Years of Journalinn.
An interesting historical review of the
Russian newspapers is published in a
series of articles in the St. Petersburg
Zeitung. The first newspaper in Russia,
as in other countries, appealed under
the form of news-letters, containing
translations froqa foreign papers and va
rious items of news. These news-letters,
however, were not private undertakings,
bnt were written in the Russian Foreign
Office. They consisted of extracts from
the reports ot Russian diplomatic-agents,
and were only intended for the use of
the Czar, and his family, and the mem
bers of bis Court, among whom they
were circulated from 1621 to 1701.
Though foreign journals began to be
received in Russia in 1631, it was not
until 1702 that a printed newspaper was
published in that country. This was the
Military and Other News, which was
established by Peter the Great, and is
said to have been edited, and even part
ly written, by that sovereign. It was
printed at Moscow, in Sclavonic charac
ters, and, though it did not appear regu
larly, its average sale was 0 thousand
copies. In the year 1717 it adopted the
Russian character instead of the Scla
vonic; in 1725 it changed its title to that
of the Russian News, and iu 1727 it
ceased to exist. The next Russian pa
per was the St. Petersburg Gazette,
which was started in 1728 by the Acade
my of Sciences. It appeared in two
•editions—one German and another Rus
sian—twice a week. This journal, like
its predecessor, was merely a chronicle
of home and foreign news, the former
being restricted to lists of promotions,
accounts of reviews and official festivals,
and occasional remarks about the weath-
er. The editor [G. Muller], however,
also published an appendix, entitled
“Historical, Genealogical, and Geo
graphical Observations,” which was very
widely read, and contributed greatly to
the enlightenment of the Russian pub
lic on the principal questions of the day.
These “Observations” ceased to appear
in the year 1742, and in 1755 they were
succeeded by a monthly paper, called
Monthly Works and Translations, which
was the first literary perodical published
in Russia, and had a large sale. The
first journal started by a private person
in the Empire was The Busy Bee (1759),
of which the well known dramatic writer,
Sumamkoff, was both editor and pro
prietor. It existed only for a year, and
was followed by several others equally
short-lived. In 1769 a satirical weekly
journal appeared, called The Miscellany.
It soon became so popular that a host of
rivals sprang up, which bitterly attacked
each other in striving for the public fa
vor; but the taste for this kind of litera
ture soon died away, and by the year
1775 The Miscellany and its imitators
had all disappeared. An enterprising
publisher, M. Novikoff, now started a'
number of papers, of which the most
important was a monthly periodical en
titled The Old Russian Library, con
taining articles on old Russian literature
and history. In 1791, however. Novikoff
was imprisoned in the fort;ess of Schlus
selburg for having entered into commu
nication with some secret political socie
ties abroad, and five years afterwards
the Emperor Paul issued a ukase forbid
ding the importation of all foreign books
ana even musical publications. These
two events put au end during the re
mainder of the Emperor’s reign to all
journalistic activity in Russia. But the
period of political and literary stagna
tion did not last long; the accession of
Alexander I. revived the hopes of the
most liberal spirits in the Empire.
Count Paul Strogonoff, the eulogist of
Mirabeau, wrot'e to his friend Nowosilt
zoffin London: “Arrivez, mon ami;
nous allons avoir une constitution-,” and
the historian Bogdanowitch says that
“more was done for the culture of the
Russian people in the eight years from
1802 to 1810 than in the whole of the
eighteenth century.”
The first Russian official paper, the
Northern Post, was started in 1809. It
was edited by the Minister of the Inte
rior, and contained, besides the ordinary
items of news, literary criticisms and ar
ticles on science, trade, and industry.
The most eminent journalist of that pe
riod was the celebrated historian Karam
sin. His paper, the European Messen
ger, was so successful that it brought
him an income of 6,000 roubles a year,
and it was the first Russian journal that
published political articles, though these
consisted for the most part of eulogiums
of the reforms of Alexander I. One of
Karamsiu’s articles begins with the fol-,
lowing sentence: “Peter the Great
founded the first academy in our coun
try, Elizabeth the first university, Cathe
rine the municipal schools; but Alexan
der exclaimed, when he increased the
number of universities and colleges,
‘Let there be light also.inthe villiages !”’
But with all his exaggeration and one
sidedness, Karamsin rendered great
services in the formation of publio opin
ion in his country. “He was, indeed,
the father of Russian journalism; before
him the only Russian newspapers were
either official chronioles or academical
almanacs, which were rather of the na
ture of school books than organs of the
enlightened classes in Russian society.
He was the first Russian journalist who
expressed his opinions on home as well
as on foreign events, and who without
official support succeeded in exercising
a certain influence on the public. * * *
Cultivated people found in his paper
not only the facts which interested them,
but also the views with which they most
sympathized.” The success of the Eu
ropean Messenger led to the publication
of a great mwy oßier journals, unc) as
eariy as 180(3 the power of the pv eaa was
so generally recognised in Russia that a
Russian nobleman,' wishing tq protest
against the practice of intermarriage be
tween laud-owners and their serfs, ad
dressed his complaint not to the Govern
ment but to a Moscow paper. Simul
taneously with the European Messenger
was published a monthly perofiipal cal
led the Northern Messenger, which was
subsidized by’tbe Government and edit
ed by a Government official, J. Marty
now, Director of the Department of
Publio Education. Martynow was an
enthusiastic admirer of English institu
tions, and wrote warmly in his paper in
favor of their adoption in Russia. “Eng
land,” he said, “is a monarchy, bnt we
do not find in her the hurtful power of
the Caesars; she is an aristocracy with
out the crushing pride of the patrician
spirit; she is also a democracy,- but she
is not under the sway of a tyrannical
majority. Tfiis js because sjae is pene
trated by tRe spirit pf true patriotism
which spring from a love for free insti
tutions.” Such statements, appearing
in an official paper, naturally shocked
the Russian Conservatives, apd they
brought opt, in 1-808, a journal pf their
own, the flnspqn Messenger, which was
the first paper that represented the views
of what is now called the Old Russian
Party. This was the beginning ef the
reaction against the liberal policy of
Alexander I. which resulted in a return
to the old autocratic regime; the censor
ship was made more rigorous than ever,
and Russian journalism sustained a
blow from which it bas not yet recover
ed.
Mb. Moopx in Chicaqo. —The Inter-
Qcean says : Yesterday morning Moody’s
church was well attended, but it was in
the evening that by far tli® lar g eat num
ber of people yet seen in tf,e hiding
assembled tq qeqr the popular preacher.
By every available fqof of room was
occupied; men and women stood in the
passageways apd sat on the steps lead
ing to the gallery, end sqqing this, the
ushers tqlfi every one oqtsiife that tliere
was not even Staffing room ip the pdi
3<se. yery m<?ny fetired greatly
isappoiftted, not a few persisted in
their efforts and effected an entry to see
and hear as much as they could. Not
withstanding the apparent lowness of
the dome, the church was nice and cool,
which speaks well for its ventilation,
Punctually at 7:45 Mt. Moody
folfowed bj thq ty*- iSrdman, and,
aiter ij hymp Pfayer, Ifr. Moody re
quested that all the doors be shut, as it
was impossible to crowd any more igto
the building. Mr. M°lQ4r ties *poke of
tbeir financial qoaditiem. The original
debt was $67,000; they "had received $63,-
(jOQ, and $4,000 was still needed. If that
sum was raised they would give away
the bouse to the Mo r 4 th#t night.
r jph e cqllevitiou was then taken up, and
it was afterward ascertained that it
amounted to $855. The morning collec
tion was abont $2,000, one of the bas
kets containing a gold chain, a pair of
earrings, and a brqasßfin,
M*. Mqqdy announced that he would
be glad to meet hie North Side friends
at a reunion in the church on Thursday
evening. He would not horn them with
qny pfeaphing ey speech-making.
Mr. Moody took for his text the words:
“Except a nian be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God,” and preached
for forty minntes in his u*ual vigorous
and efiectivp manner; his dosing re
marks in reference to the hymn, ‘ ‘Watch
ing and Waiting,’-’ were intensely pathet
ic, and at the close there were but few
dry eyes in the house. In the absence
of Mr. Sankey, whfi i indisposed,
Mr.Moody was ably seconded by P. P.
Bliss, whose rich, melodious voice was
heard to grept advantage in several pret
ty hymns.
Patrick McNiohol, a witness in a Phil
adelphia Conrt, touched his Kps to the
Bible without smacking them, and the
opposing lawyer insisted upon a genuine
kiss. “Do yon want me to open my
month and swallow it?” rtked Pat.
“Kiss it as yon would kipp your wife,”
said the lawyer, bnt Pat said that he
had never kissed anybody. The Judge
'kindly illustrated how the kissing ought
to be done, and the witness imitated
THE BEAUFORT TRAGEDY.
THE CAUSE OP THE TROUBLE,
Further Particular,, in Regard to the Affair.
In the Chronicle and Sentinel of
Tuesday it was briefly stated that a
Mrs. Smith, wife of one of the naval
officers at Port Royal, had been found
dying in he! room at Beaufort, with a
pistol ball wound through her body.
Since then we have obtained the follow
ing particulars in regard to the affair :
Capt. T. R. Smith of the monitor
Sanguis, and his wife and child occu
pied two rooms in the Sea Island Hotel
at Beaufort. Mrs. Smith was a splendid
looking woman and apparently lived in
perfect harmony with her husband. But
this state of things was soon to come to an
abrupt termination. Onr Saturday morn
ing Capt. Smith intercepted letters to
his wife fiom a brother officer in the
fleet, which terribly compromised Mrs.
Smith. Outraged and indignant, Capt.
Smith confronted his wife, showed her
the letters and charged her with infidel
ity. He would take their child, while she
could return to her parents in Boston.
In the meantime he would have his ef
fects removed from the apartments they
then occupied to another portion of the
hotel. Mrs. Smith protested against
this action, and informed her husband
that if he exposed her in that way she
would kill herself.
Capt. Smith replied that she did not
have the courage to take her own life.—
He then left her, went to the proprietor
of the hotel and told him that after that
day he would not be responsible for his
wife’s board. He engaged rooms on the
other side of the building and had his
trunks and other effects moved into
them. Later in the day Mrs. Smith was
found in her own room, the door of
which was locked, in the death agony,
with a frightful wound torough her
body. She died in a few minutes. The
coroner Jield an inquest over the corpse
a short time afterwards. The jury re
turned a verdict to the effect that it was
doubtful whether the deceased had com
mitted suicide or not. We understand
that there was no mark of powder
around the wound.
The grand jury of Beaufort county,
we understand, are investigating the
matter.
We find the following in regard to the
affair in the Savannah News, ,f yester-
day:
Beaufort, S. C., June 6.
The particulars of the supposed sui
cide of the wife of one of the naval offi
cers stationed at Port Royal, already re
ported, are as follows: On Saturday at
5, p. m., Mrs. Caroline Smith, wife of
Captain T. R. Smith, of the monitor
Saugus, was found on the floor of her
room, at the Sea Island Hotel of this
place, with a pistol shot wound under
her left breast. Life was not extinct
when the unfortunate woman was found,
but she died, after fifteen minutes of
terrible agony, without speaking a word.-
Dr. Stuart, who had been called in, did
all that medical skill could do, but the
flow of blood soon exhausted the victim.
The pistol, a Colt’s navy revolver, carry
ing an ounce ball, was found on the floor
near where Mrs. Smith was lying. The
ball passed entirely through the body
and out at a window through the shut
ters. Alleged infidelity is said to have
been the cause. It is stated that her
husband discovered several letters,
which led to confession on the part of
the wife and to the terrible culmination
already related. The inquest of the coro
ner was not satisfactory to the grand jury
nor to the public. The verdict was to
the effect that deceased came to her
death by her own hand or the hands of
parties to the jury unknown. Captain
Smith, the husband, was in the room
ten minutes before the bleeding body
was discovered by the servants. He had
been very much excited all day, and on
endeavoring to enter the room he found
the door locked and kicked it open.
Upon the discovery of the wounded wo
man, he was sought for and found in the
office below. Three doors open into the
room in which the body was found. One
of the alleged paramours of Mrs. Smith
—a physician on board a Government
vessel—-upon hearing the news of the
tragedy telegraphed his resignation and
left on the first train. The grand jury
is now in session, and that body will
give the case a searching and thorough
investigation. •
The unfortunate victim was a native of
Boston and about thirty-one years of
age. She leaves a little child eighteen
months old. To all appearance the de
portment of Mrs. Smith was irreproach
able, and she was very highly esteemed
here.
EMORY COLLEGE.
.Shall n Man Defend His Country, Knowing
It to Be Wrong ?
[From an Occasional Correspondent.}
Oxford, June 3.— The beautiful fo
liage of the majestio and innumerable
oaks of the “College Caijapus” waving
and rustling in the silent solitude by the
bland atmosphere of last evening, im
parting an exhilarating feeling to all
spirits, were interrupted in the grandeur
ofc their musings by the pervasion of the
master voices of the “Phi Gamma So
ciety’s” most efficient debaters, discuss
ing the merits of this question, viz: “Is
a man justifiable in defending his
country when he believes it tQ be in the
wrong ?” The hall was packed with
visitors from Oxford and its sister town,
Covington. Mr. Q. W- Heiflt, an able
minister <if the North Georgia Confer
ence, presided as President pro tern.
The exercises were opeped by a melodi
ous overture from Emory's young Uter
pepn String Band, thrilling the audi
ence with its ecstatic strains. Mr. A.
E. Bird, the salutatoriau of the occa
siou, welcomed the audience and intro
duced the debaters in his own attractive
and flowing style, and we certainly think
his effort one of the beat preagiffularics
we have had the pleasure of hearing at
“College." the debate was opened by
Mr. y. 0. Culver, followed by Mr. J. J.
Ansley, who most amicably and effec
tively maintained his side'(negative) by
his expressive words and sound logic.
Mr. W. S. Featherstoue followed with
the best speech on the question. Mr.
J. E. Speir eloquently closed the de
bate, refuting much of the argument of
his opponent by his sarcasm and im
promptu repartees. The interest mani
fested by the audience may be pqrtiaffy
attributable to the fact tho debate
was an unequal one because the
two debaters on the negative side were
Sophomores, those on the affirmative
Juniors, with all the dignity of their ap
proaching senior year, the threshold of
which they’are just entering, ffhe able
decision duly madp by the Mr.
Heicft, after congratulating the youthful
contestants upon their laudahle debate
as dehuters, was given in favor of the
affirmative, much to my chagrin and
consternation, because I cherished a
hope of success and fellow feeling for
my class mates on the negative side. We
were finely entertained by an amiable
and touching address by Mr. J. H.
Daniel, valedictorian of the departing
Senior class, his hea'ftv appeal to the
mergers is about to ’leave, to apply
themselves by arduous and assiduous
efforts to become good debaters, and the
solemn and pleading epithets addressed
to his plass mates to conduct themselveg
becomingly m future life made an im
pression ~upon (he apd hearts of
all those present, which the transpira
tion os another senior yeap cannot erase.
Mr. J. W. Akin, of the Junior class, the
respondent, with hip soul pon
vulsed the house; he could SUUTqefy be
heap) in the first’psqt of pig spepiff}. He
finished iqosf spluiirahly by picturing In
thp saddest garb imaginable, the “Fare
well’’- he was compelled to extend
them, and that he hoped it would be an
era in all of their lives never to be for
gotten. Q
WASHINGTQ-N 440451 P,
fwvtt Rumors Irani the Capital.
Washington, June 6. —The Senate
Committee on foreign relations have ap
pointed Friday the 9th inst. to hear fur
ther the delegations representing the
sugar and rice interests. Messrs. Owens,
of Georgia, and Gibson, of Louisiana are
thoronghly alive to the difficulties of
their position but do not dispair of final
success. It is thought the longer the
Hawaiian treaty is discussed by the pub
lic the stronger the opposition becomes.
It is remarked that the delegates are
more enthusiastic than their constituen
cies. The sub-Jndioiary Committee ad
journed to to-morrow in consequence of
other engagements. Mr. Hnnter, ex-
Senator Riee and Mr. Howe, of Ar
kansas will be examined.
Commodore J. Blakely Creighton has
been placed in command of the Norfolk
Navy Yard until July Ist. Commodore
T. H. Stevens will discharge the special
duties relative to Norfolk harbor. Sam
Ward before the Ways and Means Com
mittee knew nothing of the three hun
dred thonsand dollars from California
used to pass the Hawaiian treaty. Ward
stated the investigations had hampered
the business of lobbying.
THE NARROW GAUGE.
A* New 14ne from Buffalo to Philadelphia.
Buffalo,* June 6.—The completion of
the third rail narrow gauge through
route from Buffalo to Philadelphia via
the l£rie and Lehigh Talley Roads was
duly inaugurated to-day by a compli
mentary excursion, extended to repre
sentatives of the different railroads and
press of the different cities, with their
ladies. The train consisted of five
drawing room, one smoking and one
commissary car. Oneof the Lehigh Val
ley Company’s cars, which left here at
7, a. m., will arrive at Philadelphia at 9
this evening.
. TWO STATES.
INTERESTING LETTER FROE OUR
TRAVELING CORRESPON DENT.
Wnlhalla Newnan, l ainesvllle—The Busi
ness Outlook—The Crops—The Gubernato
rial Question.
Walhalla, Ooonee Cos., S. C., {
June 6th, 1876. j
Editors .Chronicle and Sentinel:
Walhalla, sitnated on the Blue Ridge
Railroad, at the terminus of the road, is
a town of about oue thousand inhabi
tants. The streets are well shaded and
very broad. The business is done on
one street, which is about one mile long.
The town has a good many business
men, although at this time there is but
little doing. Among the prosperous
men in business are to be found Dr. A.
E. Norman, with his mammoth drug store,
also Mr. I. P. Fincanuon and Mr. W.
Pitchford, in the dry goods line, also
some others who are doing well. The
town is well supplied with churches,
having four, a Methodist and a Presby
terian, a Baptist and a Luthran. The
Newberry College is situated here, with
a prosperous school of about one hun
dred and twenty young men, from differ
ent parts of South Carolina and
other States. The trustees of this
College are men of great note
in South Carolina, and in all the
principle cities of the State. The Fac
ulty is composed of men of great learn
ing, almost all ministers. The worthy
and much esteemed Rev. J. P. Smeltzer,
D. D., is the President of the College.
Next week will be commencement week
at the college, and your traveling cor
respondent was strongly solicted by
some of the able Faculty as well as by
some of the polished • young men who
are attending school to remain. There
will be quite a gathering, as there will
be six young men to graduate. Walhal
la will be crowded with visitors the
whole time. The Keowee Courier, Wal
halla, S. C., is published here, and is
a neat little paper. The publishers are
Col. Keith and Mr.D.A.Smith—the latter
worded on the Chronicle and Sentinel
two years back. He is much pleased to
see the success in all parts of Georgia
and South Carolina of the Chronicle
and Sentinel. Your paper will double
any Georgia paper at this office, and
dare it refuted also in the county. The
people look for the Chronicle and Sen
tinel to help them through this year
to fight plunderers and thieves who
have control of the State, and have
brought it so low. They look for that
old time paper, the Chronicle and Sen
tinel, to help them bring the State to
honest government. They look for no
help from the Chamberlain organ, the
News and Courier, as it is termed up
here.
Leaving Walhalla, my next visit was
to Seneca City, on the Air Line Rail
road. It is a stirring business place of
about three hundred inhabitants, yet
the little city is but two years old, and
has ten or twelve good business houses.
The situation is decidly beautiful. It iB
built at the junction of the Blue Ridge
Railroad with the Great Air Line.
Seneca City is bound at no distant day
to make quite a city. The inhabitants
are refined and of the best class, and are
Democratic. Hon. J. W. Livingston
resides here, a true man; his many
friends have brought him out for Sena
tor,and there is no doubt of his election.
The Coleman House, kept by Mr. M.
W. Coleman, who was raised at Edge
field, S. C. ( is one of the best houses in
the State. His table has everything on
it to make it first-class. His rooms are
large, airy and well ventilated; his
charges are moderate for a. first-class
house. The traveler will always be well
pleased after stopping at Mr. Coleman’s.
The Seneca City Mineral Springs are
situated about a quarter of a mile from
the Coleman House. The water has
proved a great benefit to invalids at dif
ferent times. Your traveling correspond
ent, in company with Mr. M. W. Cole
man, visited the springs and was sur
prised to find three different kinds of
water running in less than five feet of
each other. I notice some fine build
ings in Seneca City, among them that of
Dr. Yarbrough and that of Col. Living
ston. There are quite a number of new
houses going up; also, a union church,
for all denominations. Mr. F. A.
Lewis, the successful young mer
chant,. will accept thanks for kind
ness during n.y stay, and all the
kind and intelligent people of Seneca
City. The Chronicle and Sentinel
stands double at Seneca City, on the
great Air Line Eailroad, of any other
Georgia paper. I will now give you
some pews concerning my trip in Geor
gia last week. My first stopping place
was Newnan, the place of my birth.
Newnan has changed a great deal. Num
bers of fine improvements have gone up
—a oounty fair ground and quite a num
ber of fine brick dwellings and business
houses. The city has about three thou
sand inhabitants. It is very healthy
and has good society apd line schools.
There are three churches. The Metho
dist and Presbyterian churches are
handsome buildings. The Baptist
church is quite an old building. The
town has two weekly papers, one of
which is the Newman Herald, publish
ed by Mr. Welch and edited by Mr.
Dent. lam glad to hear from Mr.
Welch that the Jfemld is well supported.
The Newnan Blade, edited hy Mr. Bar
ron, is quite a handsome little paper
asd the people are giving it a good sup
port in Coweta county. Your traveling
correspondent was entertained by Dr.
Wellborn while at Newnan and by his
accomplished family. Near his resi
dence is a mineral spring, which has
proved a great benefit to invalids. I
was much pleased to meet with persons
I had not seen from childhood. With
kind feelings tq afl my friends I left
Newnan to visit Grantville, Coweta
oounty. Grantville is quits a handsome
place, with a good school and four or
five business houses. The representa
tive of the Chronicle and Sentinel was
mnoh pleased to meet with subscribers
in that oounty who showed me receipts
running back forty years. I could
hardly realize what changes had taken
place since I left—twelve years ago.—
The county has much improved.—
May all my kind friends and the people
of Coweta prosper. Asa sun J feel proud
of her. My plane was Gainesville
o,q e 4 ir Hioe Railroad. I was much
pleased to notice that uncle Daniel Quat
tlebaum’s new house was finished; be
has a fine place, handsomely shaded and
now ready for guests. The New Holla, u d
Springs are in charge of Qapt.
I called on hitq qpd he was busily en-
predating fat visitors. Gains
ville is quite a pleasant place, with fine
mineral springs- The town is improv
ing very fast. While there I called on
A Hooker, proprietors of the
steam plaining mill. They report busi
ness good. All along the enbfe
road the crops look weff, ’fhe peo
ple are greatly fn earnest about
who will bo Governor of Geor
gia, apff ask me who the Chronicle and
Ssntiiubl is for. The people and the
papers ask it. Numbers of the people
say if that true and tried patriot,
Herschel V. Johnson, will only (el his
name be known as a the peo
ple will know thpn who wdi De their next j
Goversw-, s’a,H love and venerate him. I
I haye, hehrd several of the leading |
of the State say if he woiffd an
nounce himself as one py the. aspirants |
the qqestipfl foe* would
beset&p.
4 IfflW to-rTorraW for Georgia, and
hope to return to South Carolina in a
shdrt tiffiO, G. w, N.
FAIRBANKS’
SCALES
THU
STANDARD.
Also, Miles’ Alarm Cash Drawer,
Coffee and Drag Mills, Letter Presses, Ac., Ac.
Store Trucks, Baggage Barrows, all sizes.
PRINCIPAL SCALE WAREHOUSES :
FAIRBANKS & CO., 311 Broadway, N. Y.
FAIRBANKS A CO., 166 Baltimore Street, Bal
timoie, Md.
FAIRBANKS A CO., 53 Camp Bt., New Orleans.
FAIBBANKS A CO., 216 Main Strjet, Buffalo,
N. Y.
FAIRBANKS A CO., 338 Broadway, Albany,
N. Y. i
FAIBBANKS A CO., 403 St. Paul’s St., Montreal,
FAIBBANKS A CO.. 34 King William Street,
London, England.
FAIRBANKS, BROWN A CO., 2 Milk Street,
Boston. Mass.
FAIRBANKS A EWING, Masonic Hall, Phila
delphia. Pa.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., 11l Lake Street,
Chicago.
FAIBBANKS, MORSE A CO., 139 Walnut St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
FAIBBANKS. MOUSE A CO., 182 Superior St.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
FAIBBANKS. MOBSE A CO., 48 Wood Street,
Pittsburgh.
FAIBBANKS, MOBSE A CO., sth and Main
8t„ Louisville. ,
FAIBBANKS A CO., 302 and 304 Washington
Avenue, St. Louis.
FAIBBANKS A HUTCHINSON, San Francisco,
California.
For sale by leading Hardware Dealers.
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IN ew Advertlsmnenis.
ORAND REDUCTION
IN
DRY GOODS.
We Will Offer To-Morrow :
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30 Pieces Checked and Striped Silks at 50c. a yard.
30 Pieces Solid Colors, very low.
20 Pieces Black Silks, cheaper than ever.
500 Pieces Dress Goods, Including Black Grenadines and all the newett
Styles In Colored Goods, at greatly reduced prices.
The best assortment of Mourning Goods in the South.
500 Dozen Honey, Glycerine and Brown Windsor Toilet Soap—large
Cakes, at 50c. per dozen.
500 dozen Gents’ Half Hose at 6 1-4, Sand 10c. a pair.
Another invoice of those fine English Half Hose at 25c. a pair.
150 Pieces Cotton Fringe at 75c., worth $3.
5 Bales 4-4 Sea Island Cotton, extra fine, at Bc. a yard.
We are slili Selling Handsome Spring Prints at 4c.; best brands Prints
at 6 1-4.
25 Dozen Ladies’ White Underskirts, six tucks, at 50c. each.
A Complete Assortment of Suits and Underwear proportionately low.
65 of those beautiful Llama Lace Sacqnes left, which we will sell at
about 25c. on the dollar.
Garment Linen—a full stock very cheap.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Fine Trunks and Valises in great variety.
JAS. A. RAY Ac CO.
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Colored Silk Grenadines!
AT TEN CENTS PER YARD I
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CHRISTOPHER CRAY & CO.
Will offer for sale Monday Morning, Two Cases ot Silk Grena
dines and other Dress Goods at the nominal price of ten cents#
The Best Brands of New Prints, Merriinac, Pacific, &c., at
6 1-4 cents per yard# No Trash, but New and Choice Goods.
All other Goods in our Stock have beeu marked as low in
proportion as the above.
O. GRAY Ac CO.
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Important to planters and others!
THE RICHMOND FACTORY,
Ten Miles From Augusta,
CONTINUES TO MANUFACTURE WOOLEN CLOTH AND TO CART) WOOL ROLLS FOR
PLANTERS and other parties sending Wool to us. We propose in future to DYE the
COTTON WARP when desired, and we will also DYE the WOOL FILLING, if requested, either
Brown, Black or Gray, or the Cloth can be made the natural oolor of the Wool.
The charge for making Plains will be 12Jc. a yard, and for Twills 15c. a yard. For Dyeing
Cotton Warp. lc. a yard; Wool Filling, 2c. a yard; Carding Rolls, 100. a pound. Wool can be
bent in the dirt. We are prepared to Wash and Burr it promptly.
OUR MACHINERY BEING IN PERFECT ORDER, no delay will take place in prompt
delivery of the Cloth and Rolls. All Wool' sent us should be Plainly Marked with the owners
name, and all instructions and inquiries be made to and through YOUNG <fc HACK, Agents,.
Augusta, Ga.
I>. B. HACK,
mayl7-wtm PRESIDENT RICHMOND FACTORY..
Fire, Life, Marine nl Aceident, liiNUrnuce.
No. 219 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
ORIGI N A L IN ONVBO A.RI> AGENCY.
QONSULT your interest and oall or write for rates before insuring elsewhere.
Fire, Life, Marine and Accident Insurance
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Effected in town or country at the Lowest Equitable Rate in the annexed list of First-Class'
Companies, which are second to none in Reliability, Fair Dealing and Prompt Payment of
Losses;
Cross Assets, Over $39,000,000,
London and Lancashire Fire Ins,Co., England.
Westchester Fire Insurance Cos., New York.
Commercial Fire Insurance Cos., St. Louis, Mo
Virginia Rome Insnranee Cos., Richmond, Va.
Farmvilie Ins. and Banking Cos., Farmville, Va.
Home Ins. and Banking Cos., Galveston, Texas.
Citieens’ Fire Insurance Company, N. J.
iEtna Life Insurance Comp’y, Hartford, Conn.
.Accident Insurance a Specialty.
lan?3 , ly f. \V. HARRIS# Manager.
Banking Institutions
SSfimTilD SAMS BANK,
5323 Broad Street,
CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY*
Interest Allowed on Deponitw,
TANARUS, T>. BRANCH, President, J- T. NKWBERY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
THOS. W. OOSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JAMES L. GOW„
JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. I. BRANCH.
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T<>t> Printing and Hook Binding.
JOB PRINTING.
BOOK BINDING.
RULING, Etc.
ARE PREPARED TO DO EVERY DESCRIPTION OP WORK DESIRED
Merchants,
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torpor ations,
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Railroads,
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WALSH & WRIGHT.
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Fire Association Ins. Cos., Philadelphia, Fa.
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Old Dominion Insurance Go., Richmond, Va.
Richmond Fire Association, Richmond, Va..
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Mississippi Valley Fire Ins.Co., Memphis, Toon.
Union Marine and Fire Ins. Cos., Galveston, T.
[ Travelers Life nnd Accident, Hartford, Conn.
