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Sowilj VOL. 6.—NO. 37. AT HOME AND ABROAD LATEST ADVICES BY TELEGRAPH. The Fall of Khartoum Established Des perate Condition of the British Forces —Cabinet Council Called— Remarka ble Case of Treasure Trove —Bad State of Affairs in Kentucky- Various Items of Current Inters st. London, Feb; 6. —The latest dispatch from Ger eral Wolseley, r<c ivcd at the War Office this morning, is couched in such terms as to leave no doubt that the situa tion of the British troops is desperate. He says that he is in receipt of a communication from Gen. Sir Redvere Buller, commanding officer at Gulat, urging the immediate for warding of reinforcements. General Buller states that since the news of the capture of Khartoum, by the Mahdi’s forces, the ene etny has become very bold and defiant. At intervals they approach in large bodies to within a few hundred rods of the British position, and he expresses the fear that should , they combine for another attack they may overwhelm and annihilate his small force. “Os course,” adds the General, “I can embark my forces on , the s'eamers here, but I have determined not to abandon a position which was so gal lantly obtained by my predecessor, while me of us is yet alive, unless otherwise com manded by you.” General Wolseley telegraphs that in the face of this information,(he has conc'uded to ask further instructions from the War Office, and in the meantime will remain quiescent. Mr. Gladstone, upon being acquainted with the tenor of this dispatch, summoned the members of the Cabinet. They are now in session, and the result of their delibera tions is anxious’y awaited. The Times this morning, commenting upon the fall of Khartoum and the prob able fate of General Gordon, says: “The news of the fall of that solitary figure, th gallant Gordon, who so long kept the flag < f England aloft defying fanatical hordes of i the followers of Islam, will reveberate ' throughout every bazaar and mosque in both Cairo and Calcutta. No other result could be looked for in face of his long and delib erate abandonment by the government, but England will save him if alive, or avenge i his death. Woe to his murderers.” HUMORED MASSACRE OF 2,000 MEN. Cairo, Feb. 6.—Rumors have reached here that 2,000 men were massacreed at the capture of Khartoum. The news of the dis aster has caused great depression among English residents in Egypt. CO N G KES SIO NA L PRO CEEDIN GS. This Morning’s Work in Both Houses. Washington, !)• C., Feb. 6 —The House . was called to order at 10 a. m. in continu ation of yesterday’s session. The report of I Mr. Hepburn, of lowa, ol the River ard Harbor Committee, and five other members ■ present, was taken, after which tue Hou-e went into committee of the whole on the river and harbor bill. In the Senate the credentials of Senator Ingalls, re-elected to succeed himself, were received and filed. The Secretary ol the Treasury forwarded,with a favorable endorse ment, the recommendation of the Super vising Arch'tect that the appropriation for a public building in Louisville be increased to $1,500,000. Referred. A TOM COLLINS’ STORY. Which Sounds Like Poe’s Gold Bug. Canton, Ills., Feb. 5' —Thomas Collins, who lives a few miles from here, while rum aging through some debris in his bouse found a will signed by bis grandfather, be queathing his property to his son and specifying that a cer tain amount of money was buried at the base of the flue of a chimney in the house. The old gentleman was supposed to have died intestate, and Tom’s father took possession of the estate unawares of the hidden trees ure. He died five years ago. On finding the will Tom Collins investigated and soou unearthed $5,000 in gold and silver coins, which had been burled forty years. As he is the only heit the wealth belongs to him. UNFORTUNATE KENTUCKY. s*3,ooo*ooo Stolen from Her Treasury. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 6.—A special from Frankfort says: A superficial investi gation of the records of the State of Ken tucky shows beyond question that a system of robbery has been carried on ibr the 15 years which rivals anything ever hear of/ At the same time it has been conducted under the cover of law. It is evident that the amount stolen will not fall short, of $2,000,000. A OANGFR<»tjS PLAYTHING. ttne Bay Accidentally Shoots AnotheV-. Soberly, Mo., Feb. 6—A five year o d son of John Deddoo, a miner at Shaft No. 1, west of here, got hold of his father’s pistol yesterday, and while playing with it, the weapon was discharged. The ball struck the little boy’s cousin, Reese Deddoo, aged three years, killing the little fellow in stantly. Chicago 'Change. Chicago, Feb. 6.—At the opening wheat was firm; February, 77g-c; March, 78}c; May, 83fc. Corn steady; May, 40}c. Oats firm at 30t(« 30}c for May. Lard steady; May, $7 15. Pork steady; March, SJ2 47}; May, sl2 72}. Bulk meats nominal. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1885. A PARTY TO THE RESCUE. The Terrible Sufferings of a Family on an Ice-Bound Island. Port Deposit, Md., Feb. 6.—Reports have been current in Port Deposit for sc - era! days as to the pitiable condition of the Roberts family, who are the sole inhabitant*- <>f a small island in the Susquehanna, half a mile north of here and an equal distance from the Harford and Cecil shores. Al their means of communication, except bi signaling, had been cut off by the gorged and packed ice, which completely surrounds and isolates their habitation. It was known that Mrs. Roberts was very ill, and it was understood from signals made by Mr. Rob erts on Saturday last, that she had died. It was also rumored that one of their five children was dead, and that the situation of the survivors was in every way deplora ble, with every probability of the whole , family being swept away when the final break up in the river occurs. Prompted by a noble desire to render any ■ assistance in their power, a party was j organized this morning, consisting of Dr. C. A Shure, E iward Boyntou, E. P. Frisf and < John Donnelly who determined to hazard the passage over the hills and gulleys of ' massed ice which intervenes between the , Cecil shore and the island. They started out each armed with a long pole, and after a , rough and perilous journey ovfer the rugged, ‘ frozen surface, reaching the island in safety. They found that Mrs Roberts was not dead, ; but she had recently been confined, and was still v -ry ill; that unattended as she was. by ' any one but her husband and small child ren, her suffering had been great. Neither , were any of their children dead, but their horse and dog had died, and the whole fam- 1 ily had enduied great hardship and priva ( ti n Dr. Shure rendered Mrs Roberts much needed medical attention, and when the party returned Mr. Rober's accompanied them, in order to secure medicines and pro vis ons, of which they stood greatly in need. Should Mrs. Roberts recover suffi ciently an attempt will be made to remove ihe family from their dangerous and ice- I bound surroundings. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Glad to Receive and Consider Advice. New Yobk, Feb. 6.—The most significant utterance of those who visited President elect-Cleveland yesterday, was that of Chairman Barnum, of the National Democratic Committee, who assisted Mr Cleveland in receiving his guests. He said one thing you may an nounce positively. Cleveland has not 1 decided on his Cabinet. These visitors and advisers do not come after the matter has been settled as many suppote. Cleveland is ; glad to see them. He is attention to them an*l what they say will be maturely consid ereiL THE IN lER-STATE COMMERCE BILL. | Judge Reagau Gives Up in Despair. Washington, Feb. 6. —Judge Reagan, of Texas, does not think it at all probable that ' the two Houses can be brought to a point of argument on the Inter S ate Commerce bill, during the present session of Congress. , New York Stock Market. New Yobk, Feb. 6.—At 1:30 p. in. to- , day quotations were : Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Western Union Telegraph Co 6D4 ; Pacific Mail , Lake Shore Gl'j ' Louisville and Nashville 23'., Texas Pacific 1-' M Denver and Rio Grande 8% Michigan Central ■>>, Delaware, Lackawanna & West n ‘Jz'-i Northwestern 91% St. Paul 73% Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 110% Oregon Transcontinental 12% Northern Pacific 38 , Rock Island Jersey Central 36p a Memphis and Charleston 31 ' East Tennessee, Va. &Ga (com) 3% , East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd)................ oL . Philadelphia and Reading 1-’>h Omaha (com) 28% New York Central Kansas and Texas Is}s Erie U'h New York Produce Market. New York, Feb. 6—Flour dull; super-i fine, $2 80 a 3; extra No. 2, $3 20 a 3 75. j Whia ; No. 2 red winter, February 89|; April 92|, Corn; No 2 mixed, February 50}. Uats; No. 2 mixed, 36} for Feb ruary. Pork quiet; mess, sl3 37} a sl3 50. Molasses n minal. Turpentine easier at 30}. Rosin dull; strained to good, 81 25al 59}. Sugar, refined firm; cut loaf, 6}a6}; granulated, 6 3-1 > 6}. Coffee steady; fair cargoes, 6}. Probabilities.- Washington, Feb. 6 —For the South Atlantic States fair Weather, preceded in the eastern poftwh by light rain or snow, northed! to northwest winds, becoming va riable in the extreme southern portion, colder in the eastern portion, and nearly s'ationaiy, followed by a slight rise in tem perature in the west portion. How Bridget Took the Mustard fluster. Ingleside. ‘ There, Bridget,” said the lady of the house kindly to the who wps suffer ing with cramps, “you take this mustard plaster 1 have made sot you and keep per fectly quiet, and in the morning I think you will find yourself better.” In the morning Bridget was able to be about, but she looked far from well. “Oi tuk the plasther, mum,” she said, “an’ Oi kep’ perfectly quiet, but it wuz meself that felt loike scraimiu’ an’ yellin’, mum.” “Oh, they are apt to burn a little.” “Burrun, is it? Indade, mum, an’ me throat is as raw as fresh mate.” Overcoats, nobby and resonable in price, for I I children from up, can be found in large I ' variety at B. H. Levy & Bro.’s. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL CABINET MAKERS AT THEIR WITS' ENDS. New Candidates Constantly Coining For ward to Their Confusion-Gossip Over | the Recent Conference in Albany— Sage Suggestion of Secretary Chandler —Schemes of Repub lican Civil Service Re former- . Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. Washington, Feb. (J —The visits ol 1 Speaker Carlisle and Representative Randall I io Albany, last week, and the conference in Niw York City between the President elect | and his political friends, have furnished I ample material for the gossips here. The ; Cabinet makers now and then have their pet conclusions rudely shaken by the an nouncement of new candidates. It is de clared that the President elect has in no case made a positive selection for a Cabinet place, but it is asserted upon good authority that the number to be selected from has been reduced down to about ten. The choice is said to rest between Messrs. Bayard, Garland, Whitney, McDonald, Vilas, j-mes of New Hampshire, McClellan, Jonas, Wa - thall of Mississippi and General Lawton ol Savannah. The Revenue Reformers represented by Speaker Carlisle, are, it is said, opposed to the appointment of Mr. W. C. Whitney, of New York, to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, but will not object to the selection of that gentleman for any other place in the Cabinet. Friends of Mr. Whitney say that he prefers the Interior Department. Senator Jones, it is stated, will have the support of Senator Gorman, his colleague on the National Democratic Committee, for a I Cabinet place. The Post Office Department I is assigned to him by the slatemakers. Southern men it is said, will be selected ] for the offices of Postmaster General and ' Attorney General. The name of ex-Senator ■ Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, has ap i peared in many Cabinet calculations, but ’ Mr. Davis has, it is reported, advised his ■ i friends that his private business interests j would prevent him from taking office. I Senator Bayard says that the man needed ■ for the office of Secretary of the Navy’ is a ' practical, methodical, capable business man, ■ whocan superintend the work of constructing 1 a navy. It has been suggested that the new Secretary might be selected from among the officers now in the Navy, but Senator Bay ard deems such a choice inadvisable, on at-I countof the innumerable factions which exi t among these officers. Representative P. A. Collins, of Massachusetts, ex-President oi the Irish Land League, is put forward by John Boyle O'Reilly, ana some of his i friends in Boston, for the Naval Portfolio. I Persons supposed to enjoy the confidence of Mr. Cleveland, feel confident that Gen.' i George B. McClellan will be the next Sec I retary of Navy, and it was for that reason [ ; that he was obliged to decline to serve' as ■ Chief Grand Marshal of the inaugural pro cession. Secretary Chandler has directed the at tention of Congress to the necessity of pro viding some vessels of suitable character for 1 the voyages made bv the Secretary of the i Navy. On his voyage of discovery lust year | the Secretary found that there was a n ivy j yard at Brooklyn and another at Ports mouth, N. H. Several old salts, the sur- ; vivals of the ancient American navy, were found in these forgotten and grass- 1 grown navy yards, still saluting the stars I and stripes and firing sun-down guns, : as was the custom when the Americans I could look out to sea without a blush. If I the voyages of the Secretary had not been i brought to an end by the disaster that befell E the Tallapoosa when that gallant vessel was rammed by a New England fishing smack t and went to the bottom of Vineyard Sound, 1 the geographical knowledge that might : have been acquired by the Secretary is in-' J calculable. The recent report of the Sec- i retary to Congress respecting the fate of the i ill-starred Tallapoosa contained the sugges- < tion that Congress should provide suitable ( vessels for these exploring expeditions 6 of the Secretary. Doubtless, Mr. Randall i himself, if the mat’er were brought to his 1 atleution, would favor an immediate and I adequate appropriation for the purpose s The great naval powers of Europe would 1 tremble if Secretary Chandler were afloat in ' i a suitable vessel. I < It is proper that a commission should be j < appointed to determine what qualities a ! I vessel suitable to such uses should have. It | I is urged that the decks of the vessel should . i be balanced upon sets of anti-seasick equi 11 [ librium rollers, so that the administration ' of affairs of State might not receive any I eccentric twist on account of a temporary disturbance of the Secretary’s stomach. It is suggested also that such -hips should be built of light draught and flat , bottomed, so that they might be run , into shoal rivers and cieeks over night, or , be used in case the Seereiary should at any time determine to extend his cruise to the , inland waters of the country. In case of the final completion of the coast line canal , system, the Secretary’s frigate might be , constructed so as to be propelled along this canal, within sight of the sea and within hearing of the cruel, beating waves, where the gallant Secretary could scent the salt air, far removed from all dangers, except such as might be feared from tefractory canal mules. The pen,,'ity which attaches to Mr. Cleve land’s course in inviting Certain gentlemen to confer with him, is, that he is held re sponsible f>r every action of those gentle men, and whatever position Mr. Randall, Mr. Bayard, Mr. Ca)r?isle,or other gentlemen, who have been te Albany, take on public measures, is asstttYed to be an expression of the sentiments of the P e iden-e ect. It does not seem creditable to the wise acres, who in their imagination are constantly making and unmaking governments, that Mr. Cleveland might simply seek informa tion as to men and measures, to guide him in his future conduct, without assuming to direct the course of legislation, or the posi tion which the party should lake on ques tions pending before Congress, and of which, naturally, the gentlemen entrusted with party interests in Congress, are best _ in , formed. After the interviews in New York, ■ Mr. Cleveland will be held by these preten- tious critics of public affairs, responsible for Die sins, the utterances, and actions, ol every one of the scores of men who may gei his ear for a few minutes. The measures recently taken by tl e ( ivil Service Commissioners to extend the classi ficit'onof government employes so as tv j throw the protection of the Civil Sei vice law around all public officers not appointed | directly by the President, bears uumistak | able evidences of an attempt to patch up a shelter for the Republican official famib I befi re the storm conies. Dr ■Gregory however, avows on his sac I red honor as a Civil Service Commissioner l ex-college President and preacher, tnat the j approaching change in th<* administration, has had no ir fluence in the matter. A this reform has been instituted upon the | eve of a change, the good doctor’s protesta ! tions d„ not receive the credit which might i have been given to them before the election. As according to his statements the Senators are empowered to include in the civil ser vice classification all clerks or officials not nominated by the President, it is not im probable that new secretaries may claim I the authority to reclassify the employes. CHICAGO MARKETS. Speculation Still Dull—The Bears Keep on Top, Though the Bulls are Watch ful—Corn Heavy and Provisions in a’ See-Saw. Special Correspondence Daily Times. Chicago, Feb. s—Produce5 —Produce markets on 'Change are dull. Wheat and corn, and hog products, too, for that matter, appear to be getting back into a rut again, and com mission men are unhappy. Wheat is the only article on the list which receives any attention and in this the ab sence of factors, calculated to influence prices much in either direct on, causes a hesitat ing movement on the part of the maj rrity of operators. Many are disposed to stay out I altogether apd wait indications, while the i few who trade are careful not to commit j themselves far in either direction. Under | ! the*e conditions business is light. Prices I seem to be generally regarded as more near- | ly on an even keel now that the recovery ■ from the fright near the close of last year | I has beeu in a large part lost. There is uu- I , doubtedly increased confidence, but it is : largely that kind of courage which is not : afraid, only it would like to see s imebody I I else go first. Then, too, even Jores and his | ' gang of bears, though they undoubttdly nave some tremendous I nes out already, i ' have for tie n >r.ce turned lookers on, and I appear shy about making further sales, I probably through fear that the disappear ance of the snow from the winter wheat I heals may create a crop scare. “These men are figuiirg on 80 cents for May w. eat,” said Green to-night, and I the chances now seem to fav r them, but as thal p nut is approached there will be some I leg covering, cud tl, -e who get in near there will s and <i go d chance of being j j carried up with th 'ide ” ' ‘A go i'i many if hr said Bodman, “I'eiievc in wheat so t ■ui olighly that ’ hey ; are ready to buy a life on every .ak whe.ither they maKe anything uy it or no , because th*y reckon they will surely hit it before long. This will prevent any rapid break hut big stock s, increased receipts and lack < 1 . xport i demind will keep pricesen the down grade I regard the situation as weaker than at any j time since the dollar mark w: s left about al year ago. Corn is heavy and destitute of attractive I features. Receipts are larger and specula- | live trade small. Heavy arrivals oi grain i are expected now for some time, as it has ' been well cured by the severe weather, ami the May premium is not large enough to ! invite cribbing against sales for summer shipment. Provisions are on a “see-saw.” There is a good deal of confidence in them based on the belief that they cannot be manufactured at a profit with current prices for hogs. Perhaps this is partly fallacious, being based upon old-fashioned methods of reckoning, when 200 pounds of green meat went into every barrel of pork, and packers did not economize as now. There is alec a whole some dread of a “corner” in May pork, the fear being founded on the experiences of last summer. The recollection is valuable, but is just as likely to be used one way as another. Trading for May delivery has been so large that it is very probable that month will find the whole stock of pork either in the hands of one party or entirely out of them. In the latter event it would be scattered around among men who could find no other use for it than to have it carried for them into a future month on such terms as might be dictated to them. Moiiaity Threw High, But He Didn’t Get the Stove After All. Says a correspondent of the San Francisco Ingleside: “I heard a funny story about the proprietress of a Tar Flat hotel the other day. It seems that about Christmas time she got up a raffle at a dollar a ticket, to dispose of her dilapidated cook-stove. Os course all her lodgers took chances—any thing for a raffle; and Christmas eve the affair came off in the hotel bar room. Each of the men had taken their throw at the dice—and for the benefit of the innocent and ignorant I will explain that the highest throw of the dice in such case would be fifty-four. “ ‘Have yez all had a show?’ demanded the landlady. '■'We have,’ was the reply. “‘Well, now, by’s, there’s a young leedy out in the anty-room who don’t loike to shw hersilf among so many min. Are yez willin’ the crayture should throw her dice inside in the anty-room?’ “ ‘Certainly,’ was the gallant answer from the crowd.’ “ ‘The old lady toddled into the ante room with the die box, and presently re turned ” “‘Well, b’ys haveyez all thrown?’ “‘We have.’ “ ’Well, what’s yer hoighest?’ “ ‘Forty-foor, fur Moriarty.’ “ ‘Well, b’ys, forty-foot’s high, but sixty six is higher, an’ the sthove remains in the house.” ; “ROUGH ON COUGHS.” Ask for “Rough on Coughs,” for Cough Colds, Sote Throat, Hoarseness. Troche 15c. Liquid, 25. DESPERATE STRLGFLL BETWEEN TWO BRAKEMi'N IN MID AIR. Jealousy the Cause—A Flight and Pursuit on tli . Tops of Freight Cars—A Fight for Life—The Coinbatants Roll from tlie Cow-Catcher anil Are Picked I p Senseless—Narrow E-cape from Horrib e Deaths. Chicago, Feb. 6.—A Pullman car con ductor gives an account of a fight between two brakemen named Tom Brady and Frank Morrison, on board a Denver and Rio Grande freight train between Denver and Salt Lake, while the train was running at full speed. The men had had a quarrel over a girl, and Brady unexpectedly finding Morrison in the caboose of the train, pulled a revolver and fired at him. The shot went | wide of the mark, when Morrison grappled with his assailant and eventually secured control of the revolver. He fired at Brady in turn, wounding him in the shoulder. Brady made his way through the scuttle al the top of the caboose, and began to run over the tops of the cars, Morrison pursuing and firing at him until the shots bad been all expended. Brady stumbled and fell flat upon the roof of a car, and Morrison reach ed him as he arose, but dropped his revol ver and clutched his antagonist by the throat, when a frightful struggle took place in mid-air on top of the rushing train. From side to side the men swayed in their struggle, fighting, cursing, biting and goug ing each other until Morrison, with a great effort, raised his foe and threw him with his might, falling backwards himself from his exertion. But Brady caught the brake I wheel and saved himself from tailing be- I tween the cars. Regaining his feet he l rushed toward the engine over the tops of the cars, jumped down on a flat car and i clambered up on top of the next box car, ! still followed by Morrison. By this time the engineer and conductor not ced the men running toward the tender, and the i former shut off some of his steam, thinking I something might be wrong. Brady leaped up in the tender, dashed into the cab, through the window and out upon the foot-board alongside the boiler, Morrison followed, hurling a lump of j coal as he sprang through the window. The I men again grappled on the narrow foot- I board and hammered one another, each on< I striving to hurl the other to the ground. Thus they fought their way out upon th< cow-catcher. The engineer reversed his lever and brought the train to a standstill. I but not before the mad men had rolled ofi the cow-catcher into a ditch beside the ■ track, where they both lay senseless. They I were picked up and put to bed on board the caboose, and their wounds attended to. Ihi I authorities were not informed of the figbi. and as both will recover, it is probable tua ; neither will be arrested. They were taker. I to private rooms at Salt Lake, and when th< ! Pullman conductor left that city both mer were in a fairway to recover, although 1 M' rrisoa will carry a scar < n his forehead as souvenir of his desperate battle. THE NEGRO PROBLEM. Is the Race Increasing or N t? Editok Savannah Daily Times : The article, “An Unsupported Claim,” in the | Morning News of last Saturday, promp's I me to address you upon the same subject, for the purpose of publicly recording my personal testimony to the incorrectness o ! the census of 1870. The census takers, strangers in the fields of their labors, were more or less possessed of the foolish fear of \ being ku-kluxed, and the negroes having their names enrolled. My place, on this Island, seems to have been too remote for the census takers, for to the best of my knowledge and belief none came within speaking distance of it, although situate! only about nine miles on a straight line from Savannah. All the negroes in my employ, as living here, appeiring in the census of 1880, and not one in that of 1870. They may all be considered to have been created by spontaneous generation, and the increase in this case of about twenty from nothing might be held by Mr. Cobb to be most wonderful prolificacy. If such an in stance of inaccuracy has occurred in Chat ham County, is it not probable many others have transpired -in remoter parts of the South? If the razor and the pisto', if irreg ular diet and notoriously bad habits, if absence “of attention in sickness, if syphilis and neglect of young chidren are factors of increase, and the mortuary reports of Southern cities are all lies, then the growth of the colored population of the South may exceed that of the white. The settlement of the question will in deed, have to be deferred to the census of 1890, when the negro, being an indispensa ble instrument of the agricultural resources of the South, the future Southern statesman may be confronted by; n uunspected plan of the negro problem. Instead of several of the cotton States being overrun by overwhelm ing numbers of negroes, it is possible that the principle first proclaimed to the world by Antoninus, that the State has duties to perform of a paternal nature towards the people, may have to be applied for the ulti mate preservation of the race. Wilmington Island, Feb. 1881. What the Dickens are You Carrying it For Bloomington Eye. “Say, mister, do you want your valise carried?” asked a street urchin running after a man with a valise in his hand. “No, I don’t,” answered the man, with a snarl. “I’ll carry it to the depot for a dime,” . persist el the boy. B “I don’t want it carried, I tell ydu,” said the man, hurrying along. “Well, mister,what the dickens are you carryin’ it for? Why don’t you set it down?' Hum bolt, in his Cosmos, thought lie showet e up the world. Suppose he had lived to know Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. But he didn't, alas S6OO A EAR THE GALLANT HUSSARS. lh-ir Regular Prize Drill Last Night—Essj citing Contests for Various Prizes—A Delightful Reunion of the Old Troop. The regular annual prize drill of the. i Georgia Hussars took place last night in. the hall of Masonic Temple. The terrible ■ rain and hail storm which visited the city about 8 o clock had the effect of preventing- i the drill from commencing until 9 o’clock or , ; thereabout. Notwithstanding the bad weather, however, there was a house full of , I spectators composed of a proportionate num— -1 ber of young and married ladies, besides, many visitor* from the North stopping for i the present at the hotels. Shortly before I the clock struck 9 the drill commencrd by a j contest between two platoons selected by Third Sergeant Habersham and Fourth Ser geant Gordon. They were called the first and second platoons respectively. The Masters of Drill were Captain W. W. Gor don, First Lieutenant J. H. Johnston,Second Lieutenant G. B. Pritchard and Second Junior L'eutenant F. M. Hull. The judges, of the drill were Honorary Member General R. H. Anderson, Honorary Member Colonel ■ R. J. Davant and Veteran Member T. P. I Bond. The exercise of the entire. ! evening was confined to the sabre manual, and the entire troop showed evidence from the first, that they were any thing but novices in the exercise of that weapon of offense or defense. At last the first drill was over, the winning platoon, being that selected by Fourth Sergeant ; Gordon. The announcement of this victory was received with loud cheers by the enthu siastic audience, who, while the drill was ; going on, were as quiet as mice, but could ' not remain quiet during an intermission and; cheered lustily the winning platoon. The prize was SSO in cash for the benefit of the ’ ■ victorious platoon. ■ After a short intermission, the second I drill came off, being a contest for the first,, second, and third prizes offered to those who had never won a prize before. This was a spirited contest, hard fought,and well earned by the winning men. Private Grafz Myers. ; was the happy winner of the first prize, $25. ; in cash: Private J. F. C. Myers, the second, 1 sls in cash; and Private Geo. Nicolls the. third, $lO in cash. The gentlemen winning i these prizes did so in a meritorious contest, and are deserving of much credit for their facility with the sabre. They were loudly cheered and warmly congratulated by their* friends at the end of the drill. After this came the attraction cf the evening, the comest for the possession of the company medal, an elegant article of gild, which the best drilled man in the company may wear so long as he is the best. The tntire membership present, some thirty, entered this c.mtes*, which lasted fully two hours. The camman.’s were given clear, distinct and at *urate, an.i every one being on his mettle, hoping to win this, leaut'fi! pr'ze and the honor attached thereto, end avored to stand up as long as, posdb!“. However, one by one the valiant ; men dropped out until only Corporal Abram Minis and Sergeant Thomas Hunter remained on the floor. Deafening cheers, greeted them when thi point was reached, “When Greek meets Greek then comes the* tug of war,” and never was the term more applicable than here, ex cept that the contest was cf course, a friendly one, in which each was striving I for what, only one could obtain. Silence I reigned among the audience, and only the voice of the drill master and the occasional click, click of the sabre striking the floor or against the trappings of the contestant were heard. Every order was executed with the utmost precision and promptitude by either gentleman, and it soon became evident that either was the equal of the other, both, being so perfect. Frequent rests were or dered, and the cheers of the audience were deafening, so intense was the At last, just before 12 o’clock, Corporal Minis made a slight error in the execution of an order, and Sergeant Hunter was de clared the winner. He was picked up by his friends and carried aloft amid their shouts to the stage and called on for a speech. He thanked them in a few words | for their hearty congratulations. The com i pany was then ordered to fall in, and j Captain W- W. Gordon, in a few i neat and appropriate remarks, . presented the prizes to the winners. The company medal is a beautiful gold one ' ccnsisting of a plain gold bar, 1 which are engraved the words “prize drill.” ' Pendant to this bar is a wreath of gold of elegant workmanship,, to which is attached the monogram of the company, G. H. beau ’ tifully wrought, and to the monogram is at ‘ tached an elegant little sabre. It will ba worn by Sergant Hunter, until won from him at some annual prize drill in the future. After the awarding of prizes, music and ' dancing were the order of the evening, and ' were kept up until a late hour. Superior Court No business was transacted in the above court to-day. In the cate of the State vs. Lydia Boyce, charged with misdemeanor, begun yesterday, the jury about 10 o’clock last night brought in a verdict of not guilty. Court will meet to-morrow at 10 a. m. All I cases assigned for trial to-day were re— i assigned tor different dates next week. t Opening His New Stock. 1 Mr. Isadora Freid will open his stock 3 of new and elegant goods, at his store on B Broughton street, to-morrow (Saturday), and will be pleased to see his iriends and the public generally. r —The walking match between the two well-known pedestrians, Wreford and Davis, for SSOO a side, begun last night at 9 o’clock e in the presan ce of a large crowd. Both men r are doing their best work and Wreford, as he goes round the track, is frequently a heard to say, “Oh, Davis is my meat.” At 1:30 to-day, the scoja stood: Wreford, No. 1, 66 miles; Davis,No -2,66 miles and 3 laps, making an average fi of 4 miles an hour. There is considerable money bet by outside parties. u *-»« “BOUGH ON COUGHS.” A-k for “Rough on Coughs.” for Cough Colds, tore Throat, Hop rent ss. Troche ,s. 15c. Liquid, 2'c