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Sixty-three dollars were realized in the boxes at the Atlanta cemetery j gates on memorial day. The Mav celebration of the Ma con Sabbath Schools was a grand suc cess. Several little boys spoke Web-j star's poetry. —lt is a noteworthy fact that the farmers of Monroe county have one hundred ami ten thousand dollars on deposit in the Forsyth banks. Air. M. C. Colotnan was killed in Washington county recently, while yelping for turkeys. He was mistak en by his comrade for a turkey, and i shot, -Tile Atlanta Constitution says the “Mayor of West Point and a promi nent cltizent or Hogunsville were brought there Wednesday, by Deputy Marshal P, Sheridan, for some nllegod violation of the Enforcement act. They will probably go before the Commissioner to-day. " A discussion In the Blakely tlrange, on (Saturday last, developed the fact that nearly half of those pre sent had planted more cotton than corn ; precisely an fwtual number had planted more corn than cotton. The remainder of those present had plant ed about efpial quantities of each. Taking oats, pens, potatoes, etc., into consideration, however, the feel crop was considerably in the ascendancy. Blakely Aeics. Tfu- SaßiJjetf-ville Herald says that there lives in Washington county, not twenty miles front Handcrsvifie, a one-armed Confederate soldier, who was left penniless after tile war, not | having, in his own right., a single foot i of land, but who now, by industry and perat)Veraue*j,owus a line planta tion, lias H.ryjO at irtorest, has his last year's cotton crop packed under his gin-house, and meat and corn in abundance. -The Grand Jury of Richmond county have tackled the social nuis ance, They say the subject deserves more ears and artoalion Ilian lias heretofore been bestowed on it, and for the good and virtuous of every kind, it is time for consideration, and worthy of every experiment that can | be tried to lesson, if not wholly sup-j press, this nbominat ion. They are of j the opinion that the most effectual plan would lie to license these places, and by that means bring thorn more directly under the laws of the lnd. j VI, AII AM.4 m:\vs. Uuiaula tuu> hati her spelling Iji u. Tuekegee lifts lia.l Iffc-r sjM'llfnjj match—all spelling Ba-lly. Col. EH S. Shorter is spoken of as a candidate from Barbour to the State Convention. All the fruit in the section of Selma was seriously damaged by the frosts of last week. Ben S. Evans shot Tom MeEad den in the breast witli a pistol, at Greensboro, on Tuesday last. The wound is not considered fatal. Father Ryan has been invited to deliver the address before the lit erary societies of the University of Alabama at the next commencement. —Gen. C. A. Battle has been ap pointed liegistrar.l'or Tuakegee Beat. The appointments for other Beats will soon be made and duly an nounced. The publisher of the Birmingham fgilt'Biiiifleiit lias got. tired of grinding ]*ivateaxes, and issues this procla mation: “We wish it distinctly un derstood, by all and every one, that we cannot, nor will not, insert per sonal communications unless paid for in advance. We are willing to do our part towards advancing the in terests of the Democratic party, hut we will not _giv* our time, labor and money to advance individual inter ests. We have to pay cash for every thing, and those Rising our columns must do likewise.” ♦ —■ —• I'MlltinA NEWS. Melloiiville has commenced the shipment of tomatoes. Gen. Sanford, of Sanford, has re ceived sixteen CaseS of trees from Europe for his grove. —A post office has been established at Wakulla, on the St. Marks Bail road, to be called Wakulla Spring I’. (). —Marshal Dunwoodie was shot at .Millview. Escambia county, while attempting to preserve order at a fair, by a colored rioter. —A, number of colored persons last Saturday, in Suwannee county, at tempted to ku-klux Sol Jackson, col ored, and Moll Vickery, a white girl, for beastly conduct. —The Jacksonville Union, of the 4th, says: Several failures are report THE DAILY TIMES. jed on the street, the principal of which are Mather & Little, J. J. Hol land, and Hull A. Pro. —The mills of Messrs. Kill tiger, Russel A Cos., near Jacksonville, with above two millions feet of lumber, several small and two-srory framed buildings, were burned on Sunday. Loss about $75,000. -At Cedar Keys a real pirate has appeared, an aged Spaniard,who calls himself llios do Kialto. Ho once us ! sisted iu the burial of a largo amount i of treasure at Cedar Keys, which he i has returned to unearth’ and lias ac tually succeeded in discovering an iron box containing many precious stones und old Spanish coins of an estimated value of SIO,OOO. lip. Milt 11, <t THKK> M s. Muhone’s Old Confederate brigade are to have a reunion soon. - The building of the Sullivan's Is land Railway was commenced Tues day. Virginia was visited by a gale on the same day of the one in Harris and 1 Talbot counties. A negro woman hv the name of >1 illy Ogleby was killed, not long since by falling from a trestle iifty feet high on ttie Air-Line Railroad, in Oconee county, S, C. “At the earnest solicitation of my wife and children, 1 have consented to become a candidate for County Treasurer,” is the way a Mississippi candidate puts it. Mr. Thomas Scnntlun, a wealthy farmer of Wurrenton, Ya.. shot him self through thi" heart with a gun. A letter left by him, said ho was afraid he would come to want. -The old Episcopal Church at Ro llick, Vn., where Washington used to worship, which was torn to pieces during the war and used as a stable, has been repaired and fitted up by means of contributions from parties in New York, and services were held there Sunday for the first time since lHdl. • -•— POItPIDV ITKMN. Advices from Calcutta say cholera lias abated in the province of Unde. -The steamer Afrieanus, from t lie Cape of Good Hope, carried fifty thousand dollars in gold from the diggings to London -t he largest ship ment ever ijent from South Africa. One nugget weighed nine pounds. Tile real promoter of Garibaldi's scheme for canalizing the Tiber and making anew port for Rome are a firm of English contractors, who are willing to accept a concession for the work without subsidy or considera tion of any kind. -The devastation which the pa triots have spread and are spreading ill Cuba reveals a terrible and desper ate determination behind. The al ternative to which the Cubans have committed themselves is extermina tion or freedom from Spanish domin ion. M. Eugene Tererie, the Paris bunker, whose great grandfather in vented t lie system by which deaf mutes are laugllt to speak and to un derstand from the movements of the lips, has just announced that, a school of instruction, to bo supported by Id's family, will be opened in Paris in Au gust. In the House of (Jnmmons Mr. Ocjerey withdrew liis motion for the recognition by Great Britain of bel ligerent, rights of tiie Carllsts in Spain. Mr, Kourke, under Secretary for the Foreign DuparUjnuit, slated that there was no reason to depart from the policy of non-interference observed during previous civil wars in Spain. Mr. Scruggs, United States Minis ter to Bogota, lias been chosen arbi trator by Great Britain, under a con vention between that Government and Columbia, of 1872, for the settle ment of an old claim preferred against the latter by the former in 1870. The ease involves nearly half a million dollars, and has provoked much acri monious discussion. Uctieral Halgar, an ex-l’resident of the fwpubjic, is the arbitrator oh the part of Colum bia. The French Minister at, Bogota, is the umpire. —• ♦ • Hretliiiv In IVlilteKville r Aid the win terers. At a meeting called in Whitosvilic, da., May sth, 187",, for relief of the sufferers from the storm that passed through Harris county, May Ist, Capt. W. A. Andrews was called to tin; chair. The object of flic meeting having been explained, it. was moved and carried that a committee be nppoint ted to solicit aid from abroad and re ceive all contributions that may be donated for the benefit of sufferers iu the county. Rev. J. T. Love, Dr. L. C. Norwood, T. J. Smith and .1. G. Andrews, Jr., were appointed as the committee. Moved and carried that J. 1,. John son, B. A. Ki.riblirig, it. S. Pattillo, J. A. McCurry and J. E. Hogan be ap pointed general distributing com mittee. Moved and caUrriod thut u commit tee of thro,- be appointed from each district to solicit contributions of all kiu< Is. Smith's District .). L. Johnson, J. G. Smith and J. L. Davis. Whitesville District- T. W. McCoy, T. J. Hunt anil J. A. Maddox. Davidson’s—N. Hutchinson, (I. A. My hand and Parkes Jones. Whitaker’s W. A. Andrews, J. D. Johnson and Hon. Flynn Hargett. Blue Spring Tlios. Spivey, W. C. Cotton and J. A. Moore. Upper 19th—Green Dukes, L. C. Hargett, Sr., and J. C. Burford. Troup county—W. B. and B. A. Stribling, and James O’Neal. Moved and carried that copies of these proceedings be sent to the Co lumbus Daily Times, State Line Press and Hamilton Visitor for publication. J. G. Andrews, Jr., S*e'y. — ■ ——— Krvolutlon in Hnjtl Mupprrsaril. Port-au-Prince, May 7. —The revo lution is Mispressed by' the troops. i General Pierre is killed. Upon the lireaking out of trouble foreign Con suls were immediately crowded with refugees. Martial law was proclaimed, | and a proclamation containing prom ise of amnesty to those who would | surrender restored tranquility. COLUMBUS, GA„ SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1875. The Late Storm in Stewart County, Full I’nrtn ulnrs An liiici-rstlnir Letter. Antioch, KtkwahtCo., Oa.. I May 5, 1875. | Mr. Editor: On the ;ld instant, at night, between 10 and II o’clock, we were visited by a most violent und destructive storm, combining in its fury the tornado, the whirlwind, the cyclone, the hurricane, and every other synonym imaginable for ex pressing the violence of winds. I was occupying at the time the northwest room of the dwelling of Judge 11. M. Jenkins, but did not hold my position long. To give you an idea of the sad and gloomy pic ture, I would refer you to the ship wreck of Alimas, caused by the in tercessions and entreaties of Juno to vEolus. Contemplate the sublimity of Unit the destruction—tlie suffer ing - the shrieks and cries of the crow, und even thru, you will have but a faint and imperfect lineament of the picture. I was in bed, and heard a low, deep, mournful roaring in the northwest, coining from the Chattahoochee riv er in that direction. It, was an un usual sound a terrific and most de moralizing noise beyond my compre hension, because 1 had never before heard such a sound so sad sosol oum - awakening reminiscences of those good people who suffered but a short time ago by similar Providen tial causes. Add to tliiH the total darkness of the night the angry clouds glittering with frequent and almost incessant lightning loud and heavy peals of thunder the torrents of rain and hail, and you will at once comprehend the situation. Every thing was enveloped in darkness, and the scene distressing, it was awful horrible beyond description. Tlie door shut ter to my room was too wide for the aperture, and never has been closed since my occupancy of the room; but t hat night it tens closed with considerable skill it tats closed indeed, a close fit. By this time I had put on my clothes, and called out for the family in the adjoining rooms. No response did I get! Im agine my feelings! “They are killed by the falling timbers they arc dead!” I sprung to open my door. I did it with a great deal of difficulty, and went to Judge Jenkins’ room door and called aloud for him. He answered ho opened—l entered. What shrieks! Too heart-rendering to relate! Miss Jonsie, his oldest daughter, who had boon sick for four months, but slowly convalescing -her liltlo sister Polly -their brother Wal ter the father and the mother all, all were in despair. We looked and gazed upon each other, revealed by the broad flashes of lightning that would occasionally light up the room. Wo did not know what to door where to go, and in a few minutes more Neptune rode upon t.lie troubled sca re) Hiked the winds, and drove JRolus to his cave! Great was the rejoicing! The sea was calm and we were pre served ! To give all the particulars of the destruction of property belonging to Judge Jenkins would exceed the space allowed for communications of this kind. His loss was heavy and severe. The columns supporting the piazza in front were driven through and across the entry, and had I gone two minutes earlier from my room, I would have been crashed by the fall ing mass. It lay in heaps before the Judge’s room door. The roof was left. The dining room,with the stove and all the culinary furniture, was swept away ; the stove was broken lo pieces, and a large old-fashioned slab was found in the yard, minim one half the other half in tlyi garden. The room was taken off to the floor; the parlor was considerably damaged; also, the room in which we were at the close of the storm. All the glass from the sash was shivered and scat tered over the room, and lacerated the feet of the distressed mother and children; they suffered much from tiiis, because they did not have the time to mature plans of safety and protection. The room from whieli I tied was not injured, notwithstand ing it faced the storm. A great many shingles were blown from the roof, and we were left at the mercy of the rain. There was a remarkable freak of this tornado: A piece of plank,! nappy, three-quarters of an inch thick and about four feet long, was blown | at right angles with the track of the storm, through one of the parlor win- j dows, struck the ceiling about three feet over n bod in which Judge .Ten-: kins had but a few minutes before been sleeping, entered and went! through end-wise, leaving about half . a yard of length behind I This was a narrow escape miraculous, indeed. The carriage house wins totally de molished ; the roekaway was torn to pieces, springs broken, hubs split open—ft was a complete wreck. The roof was blown from the well, and the storm gently laid it over to pre vent the timbers falling in it. I omit the poor old lieu that was incubating under the carriage house; she is no more; her eggs were riot, to be found ; she was thoroughly pifki’A It would have been considered well done by our most fastidious ladies she needs no singing -it was well executed. The corn crib was unroofed, and de molished nearly to the ground; the smoke house suffered a similar fate, leaving the roof near the ground over the provisions- nothing lost in this line; no com 111 own aWny. We passed through what had been the garden, to the horse lot, where was a very large barn, well and strongly constructed of hewed logs; it was torn to pieces. Two mules that were in it, strange to say, were found next morning in two excellent stalls, doing well eating fodder as if nothing had happened; in the crash the joists sep arated them and made for t hem good but close quttrttTs tlu\\ were not oven injured. What a display of Divine protection in tho midst of death! The gin house was sbedded on both sides tlie middle roof was lifted out and set down in the rear tho screw did not suffer. Old Aunt Mary a good, Christian-hearted colored woman was living in a log house close by; she crept under her bod and was pre served, though her house was demol ished, Two houses out of the range were slightly injured. Considering everything, Judge Jenkins was fortu nate, though his loss was heavy in j houses. Wo were preserved no one | hurt—and are living monuments of Divine clemency and mercy. Judge Jenkins' loss is very heavy, and he needs not only the help of his more favored neighbors in putting up his fences, but n small portion of their money to replace his buildings. He lias a dwelling left, and that is all. His neighbors are now hard at, work for him. Dr. J. AY. Griffin's residence was about one hundred yards from us. His dwelling, und every house ami panel of fence was laid to the ground. Hie dwelling was wrecked upon him self, wife and four or five children. Mrs. Griffin, perhaps, gut out before tlie building fell, but tlie doctor re mained to rescue the children, who wore on a bed near a stack chimney in the room. AYhlle attempting to extricate his little boy, Lamar, front the brick which had covered him, lie was struck on the head by the falling brick and flying timbers. The wound is n severe one, and lie is now in a critical condition. His wife was bad ly bruised, and tint children suffered little or no injury. Their escape is wonderful. The house was a com plete wreck, and I cannot see how it, was possible for such a building to fall and crumble to pieces over a man, his wife and children, and they, too, now are living! He lost everything; Ills condition is more lamentable than uny one’s l have heard of. They have no change, of clothing lor them selves and children. Lost everything in this line, and t hey have but a scanty allowance left to live upon. As soon as the storm was over, they came to Judge Jenkins’. Dr. Griffin was in a wretched condition, and ids wife is now suffering much excruciating pain from liur bruises. They have nothing left, and arc truly the objects of charity of the philanthropist aild of the good Samaritan. They need help, and they need it, now. The tornado, as well us we can as certain, crossed (he river laying waste to Dr. Battle’s plantation, Mr. Thad Lawson's, Mr. Tom Williams’ Mr. Dent’s and Win. Chambliss’. The latter gentleman suffered much. He was absent at the time, and the M Isses Wrights Amelia and Jakie i were staying with his wile until his return. His house was blown away, and these ladies badly injured. Ho is also in Dr. Griffin’s condition, apd needs help. Tho storm passed on from us to Mr. Ward’s, demolishing his houses, and those of Mr. Feed’s and Mr. Henry Gordy’s; tearing Into splinters Beu lah Church, and the last we heard of it, was at Robert Boon’s. It carried desolation and destruction in its path. I have not told you half. It would take “reams of paper and floods of ink” to portray the suffering, the mis ery, the destruction of property which tlie people have just experienced. The people in the more favored parts of tho country aro acting with com mendable zeal and industry in help ing their unfortunate neighbors. We are in distress, nnd need help from overy source. Wo hope to have the sympathy of Stewart and Chattahoo chee counties in repairing our losses. Let, every man and woman help. The time may come when ho who has tlie moans, and withholds his aid, will suffer the tortures, the losses, the groans, the sighs, and the wants of our poor, unfortunate and weather beaten neighbors. They are without houses, and you may, ere long, be in the same condition. Come to the rescue, Chattahoochee and Stewart! Do well your duty, and help tho needy 1 Wo are done, Mr. Editor, We are breathing, and no lives have been lost within our knowledge. The tale is sad, and imperfectly written. firms''Emm:. • ♦ itimvcH. -Cook—“Now, I’m a leavin’of yer, iribim, I may as well tell yer as the key o’ the kitchen door tit* your store room. Tho-New York UununnrnUU Adcir- Wx'.r thinks beef hash will baef-hash ionable this spring. That, is n joke perpetrated in the delirium of hash ish. A French butcher who was on his death bed said to his wife: “If I die, Erancoi.se you must marry our shop boy. He is a good young man, and the business cannot, be carried on without a man to look after jl.” “I have been thinking about that al ready,” said Ids wife. A lovely coroner’s jury in Auglaizo county, Ohio, returns the following verdict. The point of tlie story is that it is strictly true: “We, the jury, in this ease give our verdict of not guilty, but would advise tho parents of tlie culprit to keep him at. home hereafter, In order that ho may.not be guilty of the same offence again.” A shock of earthquake was felt in Wolfboro, N. H., last, night, It was generally noticed. teleokaimiic iticjis. Special to tho Time* by 8. A: A. Lino.] —Six thousand German families are preparing to emigrate from Prus sia on account of oppressive con script ion. The Lynchburg Hrimldican re appears in Washington City. Noland Common on dock, and Hardwick at tho helm. James B. MeCroery lias boon nominated for Governor of Kentucky by tho Democratic Convention at Frankfort. Mr. Justice Bradley, of tho Su premo Court arrived in Savannah yesterday. He will preside this morn ing in tho United States Circuit Court. A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo., says the grasshoppers are dying by the thousand iii the country around that city, and that tho far mers are very hopeful and tlie crops are looking nicely. —Gon. Neill, oommander of tlie troops ut Cheyenne Agency, reports that fifty-seven of tho Indians who were tried at Fort Sill wore convicted and sentenced to the Dry Tortugas. —Persons arriving in Savannah from Darien, Ua., report that tho ar rest of persons implicated iu thoFv cent, riotous proceedings at that place J are being made daily, but without further disorderly demonstrations. -Tho boiler of steamer Senator exploded Thursday just after leaving the dock at Portland, Oregon. Tlie forward portion of tho boat was blown to pieces. Capt. McGill, pur ser Lucy and a number of the crew were killed, und many were injured. Chinn has engaged Confederate General Ripley to construct works on an extensive, scale for defence along the coast and on tho principal! rivers of that country. Gon. Ripley j sails for tlie East in a few days. At n mooting of tlie Savannah Fire Department last night the following resolution was passed : “Resolved, That this Department notify the Council of Savannah, that at, the ex piration of thirty days this Depart ment will disband. No tidings have yet been re ceived of tho missing steamer Me tropolis from Bermuda. It is deem ed almost curtain lhal the ill-fuled craft has foundered, and seventeen passengers and a crcivof twenty-four have found watery graves. Tiie opening cruise of the Savan nah yachts, which will take place next Friday, promises to bn a grand affair, and, the weather permitting, a a large number of the yachts, both here and at the Isle of Hope and Montgomery, are expected lo partic ipate. The American Medical Associa tion, sitting in Louisville, ivy., on yesterday appointed delegates to rep resent tlie Association at a congress to be held in Brussels in September next. A committee was appointed to confer with the Canadian Medical Association on the subject of holding an international convention. The OliristlansX'onvention closed last night in London. Mr. fiankey, Muj. Coke of Chicago, and many English and Scotch ministers made speeches. An interesting discussion was held on the value of Sunday Schools. Tlie speakers strongly ad vocated lay agency as a measure of conversion. • ♦ Ilcvcnuc llitNliiii In irriviu'it In Miiiii|,- iii.. I iivii r Knxe*. Washington, May 7. Commission er J. W. Douglass, of the Treasury Department, to-day addressed a let ter to a New York house in regard to stamping cigar boxes, in which lie says: In reply, i have to say thalyou are not unaware (hat the law (rcoSection :i,:i97 liovised Statutes) forbids that any person shall affix to any box con taining cigars a stamp in tho simili tude or likeness of any stamp re quired to be used by the laws of the United States, whether the same he Custom or Internal Revenue stamps, declaring tlie act a felony, and im posing a fine of not loss than SIOO nor more than SI,OOO, and imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than three years, in a ease involv ing tho right of cigar manufacturers to use upon cigar boxes strips iu the similitude of the stamps put upon im ported cigars at tho Custom-house, lately tried before His Honor.'fudge Benedict, of tho, United States Cir cuit Court of New York City, tlie Judge is reported to have instructed the jury that such strips, to bo in the similitude or likeness, did not require that the respective stamps should bo alike, but; that there should bo some resemblance between them. Tho manufacturers' private labels cannot legally bo so made in form, design, style, or of such subject matter as to give them the similitude or like ness of a Government cigar stamp, either Customs or Internal Revenue. A Destructive Flee at llai -li.-ill. Texas. New Orleans, May 7. -A special,from Marshall, Texas, says a llrn broke‘out In that city #: 15 this a. m., in t.ho block of stores northwest of the court-house, destroying every building in the block. The loss is es timated at $U 10,000; insurance, $50,000 to $55,000. A \e*rru Hung In Ixiiilsiana. New Orleans, May 7.—Richard Mass, colored, who assassinated Hen ry Williams, was hanged to-day at, Foint-a-la-Hatchic. He admitted his crime, and to a thousand people, mostly colored, made a religious speech, expressing his expectation of becoming an angel right away. j MACON ,\ DRtmWICK ItAJI.ROAII. PRESIDENT HAZLKHURBT CARES FOR A MEETING OF STOCKHOtItEItH—THE SALE OF THE ROAI), Special to tho Times, by 8. k A. Liuo.) Savannah, May 7.—Mr. Goorge H. Haziehurst, President of tlie Macon & Brunswick Railroad, liftj oalleil n meeting of tho stockholders of the company, to bo hold in Macon on tho noth inst., for tho purpose of aseor tabling whether joint action can be secured for the purposo of purchas ing the road, which is to bo sold on tho first Tuesday in June. It appears , that when tho flrst notice of tho sale j of the road was published last Do-, ceinbor, the Northern stockholders; had determined to purchase tho line, | even to tho extent of the limit fixed | by Hg; State a purchase in which all tfio Southern stockholders were to participate, it they were inclined to do so; but this purposo was defeated by tlie withdrawal of the no tieo of sale by the Government, in or der to await tho action of the Legisla ture. The refusal of that body to re eognize *600,000 of endorsed bonds by the State hits so discouraged North ern stockholders, that Mr. Haziehurst says they evince little or no dhqiosi tion to invest more money in tlie read. He still, however, has hoists of their co-operation. If compelled to look to Southern stockholders alono for aid, and if forced to pay cash bonds for tlie road, Mr. Huzle liurst confesses lie can see but little hope of getting possession of it again. The net earnings of the road for the year ending July Ist, 1874, amounted to *49,008. Till. Ii A 1.1,044 -* IV M ANN AC.IU NKTTSL WM. E. STURTEVANT Ul'NlT. Special to the Times by 8. Ac A. Lino.] Plymouth, Mass., May 7. Sturte vnnt passed a comfortable night and slept well. He ate a hearty break fast, and was as cool and unconcern ed ns ever this morning. He still in sisted upon his innocence. He has made no confession. Last night he gave the following letter to his keeper: Plymouth, Mass., May 7,1875. Mil Faith/ut Friends—Mil Brotherly Friends — I am greatly obliged for t he godlike kindness and trouble to which you havo been for mo in getting tip this petition, which has been of more or less trouble and expense to you. You have proved yourselves a worthy friend to me, and many of you are strangers to me. You havo done more for me than my father ever did. You have been more like a father than he. You are en titled to my thanks for what you have done for me. I shall never al low myself to be hung for my chil dren’s sake, let alone tho disgrace of this country, which has been so clear for years. May name shall not bo the first. All I can do is to give my thanks to yon for your kindness which I havo received from those men. The letter is signed William E. Sturtovant. Sturtevant was very sullen and ugly all duy yesterday. A surviving uncle called on him in tlie afternoon, and during his conversation aslroil him: “Have you any word to leave for your friends, or any message?” “Not a and and thing,” said he. “Have you no word for your father?” asked his un cle. “Not, a d-d word,” was his re ply. A few days ago he was advised to confess His crime. He said, “No, I havo been condemned on circum stantial evidence; am not guilty, and shall not confess. I shall leave a bad enough legacy for my children without that of a confessed mur derer.” Sopn after 9 o'clock a few persons were admitted to jail. Religious ser vices were conducted by Mr. Hatha way, tlie chaplain of the jail. The prisoner was brought in and seated in a chair. Tho only indication of emotionwas at, times hoavyhreathing of tlie prisoner. A few minutes after ten o’clock Sturtevant, accompanied by Sheriff Bates and Deputies Torrcy and Wheeler, was marched from prison to tho gallows. When asked if lie had anything to say ho replied “No.” The black cap was then pulled down and the execution carried into effect at ten minutes pust ten o’clock. A llailroitil Kiin-oir In Ml*Nlxlii|il. Grenada, Miss., May 7.—Train No. 4 south from Cairo ran off the track one mile south of this place at 10 o’clock this morning. The engine, tender and baggage ear wore precip itated down an embankment twenty foot high, and were completely wrecked. Engineer Murphy nnd fireman Win,. Weeks were danger ously injured, and express messen ger Thompson and the baggage mas ter were seriously injured. One pas senger car was thrown from tho track, Imt no one was hurt.. Tho ac cident was caused by a cow which attempted to cross the track in front of tho engine. The railroad officers did all in their power to assist and malaq comfortable tfie wounded men. • • : —- Wratlier statement. Washington, May 7.-—For Satur day throughout the Atlantic States, easterly winds, followed by falling barometer, stationary or higher tem peqiturc, cloudy weather, and possi bly local rains in the South and Middle A Mantle Slates. For the Gulf States, Tennessee and the Ohio Val ley, falling barometer southerly winds, cloudy weather and local storms. VOL. I. —NO. 107 The BaptlMt Convention at Charleston. Special to the Times by H. k A. Line.) Charleston, 8. C., May 7. In tho Baptist Convention the Mission Boards report, about $60,000 for last year. There was preached a splendid ser mon last night by Dr. Pritchard. Dr. Curry made a grand speech, fa voring tho Baptist Centennial in 1876. Speeches were also made by Drs. Broadus, Winkler, and Cutting, of Now Y’ork, and Wayland, of Pennsyl vania, The business is progressing finely. I There arc about 1,400,000 Baptists in the South, and 4,000,000 in the United ! states. Wholesale Price*. i Apples—per barrel, $5; peck, 75c. Bacon -Clear Bides V lb —©.; Clear Rib Sides 14c; Shoulders lie; loe-cured Shoulders 12 Me; Sugar-cured Hams 15o; Plain Hama 140. Bagging—ls@lo. Bulk Mkatm—Clear Rib Sides 11 Me. Butte it—Goshen lb 40c; Country 30c. Broom* dozen, 92 50<rf$3 50. Candy—Stick H lb ltic. Canned Goods—Sardines ft case of 100 boxes sl7; Oysters. 11b cans dozen. $1 ‘JO to $1 35. Cheese—English lb 00c; Choice lbM; West ern 17c; N. Y. State ldc. Candles—Adamantine V lb 19cj Paraphine 36c. Coffee—lU<> good Hlb 93c; Prime 23c, 1 ,; Choice 24 '-,'c; Java 33c to 37c. Coen—Yellow Mixed V bushel $1 12.1,; White, $1 15 car load rates in depot. Gin am—Domestic, 1,000 s2ow\sCs; Havana, $70(45150. FLoun—Extra Family, city ground, V lb $8; A $7 50; B fti 50; Fancy $lO. Haadwaue.—Swede Iron 9c.; Refined Iron 4c.; Rati Iron 7c.; Plow Steel lO^iftillc.; Horse and Mule Shoes 7; per lb.; Nails per keg $4.25; Axes sl2® sl4 per doz. Hat—V cwt. $1 40; Country 40550 c. IhonTieh—V lb 7 l t c. Labd—Prime Leaf, tierce, V lb 16c; halves and kegs, 15c. Leather—White Oak Stile V lb 25c; Hemlock Sole Me; French Calf Skins s2@s4; American do. $2(453 50; Upper Leather s2<u.s3 50; Harness do. 60c; Dry Hides lie* Green do. tic. Mackerel—No. 1 bbl $12(415; No. 2 sl2 50; No. 8 sll 60; No. 1 kit $1 4053. Pickles—Case V dozen pints $1 80; quart $3 25. Potash—ls case s7(<i 8. Potatoes—lrish bbl $4 50(4 $5 00 Powder—V keg $0 25; }. keg fa 50; Us 2 00, iu Magazine. Hope—Manilla ft lb 20c; Cotton 30c; Machine made 6>*c. bushel $1 20, Molasses—N. O. V gallon 75c; Florida QOgtißc; re-boiled 76c; common 45((ii50c. Syrup—Florida tio(ja&Gsc Oats—s bushel 85c. Gil—Kerosene V gallon 25c; Linseed, raw, $1 20; boiled $1 25; Lurd $1 25; Train sl. Rice—V lb sack $1 85; Virginia $2 25. Tobacco Common lb 65c ; Medium Bright 70c; Fine 76c; Extra $1; Navy 60$6Sc; Mnccaboy Snuff 75@85c. Shot sack $2 40. Sugar—Crushed and Powdered lb 13<§tl8)e; A. 12*.c.: B. 12c,; Extra C. 12c.; N. O. Yellow Clarified lOtfc; do. White 19c. Soda—Keg 7c V lb; box 10c. Starch—T& lb S^c. Trunks—Columbus made, 20 inch, 78c; 30 inch $2 HO. Tea—Green 76c; Oolong Gsc. Whiskey—Recti tied gallon Bourbon s2(<? $4. White lb 11@12M<\ Vinegar—gallon 35c. COUNTRY PRODUCE. }V}toltalc Retail. Goshen Butter $ 40 $ JA Country “ 30 wb Eggs lB - Frying chickens 20&26 95&30 Grown “ 30(430 30(433 Irish potatoes 60p’k 4 50 Sweet potatoes 73 35p’k Onions 00 bbl 95 p’k Cow peas HO bu 100 bu llry WHOLESALE PRICER. Prints 7)i(a9‘ l c.9yir 7 „ bleached cotton 6?i<3)9c. “ 4-4 - ” 10#16c. Sea Island “ H%fyl2kc. *• Coats’ and Clark’s spool cotton. .70c. Tickings 10® 25c. y-4, 10-4, 11-4 and 12-4 brown and bleached sheetings 30®60c. Wool flannels—red and bleached 30<475c. •* Canton flannels—brown and bl’d 12>i6$25c Linseys 15(ol30c. “ Kentucky .Jeans 13®660 ** COLUMBUS MANUFACTURED GOODS. Eagle and Phentx Mills.—Sheeting 4-410)£c., H shirting >4c.; osnaburgs, 7 oz., 14c.; % driU ing 12c; bleached sheeting and dilling 12® 13c.; Canton flannels 90c. Colored Good*. —Stripes 10e 11> 3 c.; black gingham checks 12>®13c.; Dixie plodes for field work 17c; cotton blankets s2(<6 $4 60 per pair; bleached huckaback towels $l4O per dozen; yarns ss. to Is. per bunch of pounds $1 35; rope 25c. to 27c.; sewing thread. 16 balls to the pound, 60c.; knitting thread, 12 balls to tho pound, bleached, 65c.; unbleached 60c.; wrap ping twine, in balls, 40c. Woolen Goode. —Casi meres, 9 oz. per yard, 550. to 70c.; Jeans 20c. to 37j;c.; doeskin jeans 55c. Muscogee Mills.—shirting -4 sheet ing 10>ic.; Flint River b oz. osnaburgs 15c.; do. yarns $1 35. Columbus Factoby.— \ shirting -4 sheeting sewing thread, unbleached, Goe.; knitting, do., 50c.; wrapping twine 40c. Clegg’s Factory.—Plaids or checks 13a; stripes fancy fashions, DANIEL R. BIZE, DF.ALEU IN BENKKAI, AND FANCY GROOBRIHB, FOREI6N AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS. WITH unenualed advantages lor obtaining Country Produce I keep constantly in store Butter, Egg*. Chickens, Potatoes, Dried Fruit, Ac. Also daily additions of FANCY GROCKKIKH, both fresh and attractive, and at lowest possible CAHIi PRICES. All are invited to examine on Brynn Mt., between Oglethorpe AJa.krau. Janl deodawtf *" , Grain. Cradles. Y LARGE SUPPLY OF DIFFERENT PAT TERNS at low prices. Aim), SOOVILL A COL LINS’ HOES, all sizes, fOr sale by ESTES & SON. ap2B oodlw*w‘Jt . ■ | . : , 0. A. KtEIINE, MERCHANT TAILOR 134 Broad street, HAS on hand a handsome assortment of Gen tlemen's Dress Goods, English and French Cassimeres, Vestings, Ac. Cutting done at reasonable rates. Have your Clothes made by mo, and I guarantee perfect satisfaction in style and price, jauiil ly . L. P. AENCHHACHER. FitHliionalile Tailor. ROOMS over Moffett’s Drug Store. lam reg ularly supplied with tho latest FASHION PLATES, and am prepared to guarantoe perfect satisfaction, at reasonable rates. inb2l codGm • WILLIAM MlimiY, Livery and Sale Stable Keeper, Offletliorpe Street. THE BEST TEAMS IN THE CITY FOR HIRE at all hours day and night. Funerals served at short notice. Drovers accommodated on liberal terms. jan3l tf