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A QUAKER’S STRATAGEM.
Karly in the summer of 1751 the good
ship Grampus left the harbor of Nantucket,
bound for London, with a cargo of oil. She
was anew ship, built after the most improved
models, staunch and trim, for those days, of
ji-reat speed. Her owner, Jethro Coffin, a
near relative of the English admiral of that
name, was on board; and she was command
ed by Seth Macy, a friend and companion
of Jethro’s from boyhood. These two men,
as well as most of the crew, were Quakers.
Rut. the greater part of Seth's life had been
spent on the high seas and his experience in
ill-governed Spanish ports and among savage
islanders had taught him that non-resistance
did very well in Nantucket, it was neither a
safe nor easy road to travel anywhere else;
and while the Grampus was loading for her
voyage he had urged Jethro to arm her with
four six-pounders; tor England was at this
time at war with France, and ot course the
colonies were dragged into it. also. Rut Je
thro, true to bis principles, rejected the pro
posal with righteous indignation, and they set
sail, much to Seth's disgust, armed only with
lances and harpoons for warfare vvi th whales
in search of which they were to proceed after \
disposing of their cargo in London, l hey
had accomplished about two thirds ot the |
voyage, and, the ihip being under easy sail, |
some 6f the men were lounging about the
deck, and some were gathered on the forecas
tle listening to a yarn from a man-of-war’s
man who had been in the English navy.
‘‘Forward there!” shouted the first mate,
who had been sweeping the horizon with his
glass.
“Ay, ay!” answered the men readily, and
the marvelous story was cut.short.
•Jump aloft, one of you who has good
eyes," continued he, “and tell me what yon
make out of that craft with such raking
masts on onr weather bow.'
“Ay, ay!” and several men sprang aloft.
“Main-top gallaut there!” bailed the
mate.
' Ay, ay!” replied the mau with the glass.
(These Quakers did nor use thealtix sir
in addressing their officers; every man. high
or low, was called by his given name, and
titles of all kinds were eschewed from relig
ious principles )
••What sort of' a craft is to the windward
and how is she lying! ’ cried the mate.
‘•lt is a small black schooner, all legs and
arms,” replied the sailor; “ami she is hearing
down for us under a press of sail. Now she
runs up a flag, and by the flash and smoke
she spits she has just fired a gun”.
A durl, heavy report came booming on the
breeze, and a thundering sound echoed a
gainst the ship's side. The mate’s glass
was Lieut upon the Schooner, whose hull was
not yet visible, but the flag was found to be
French.
“Steward, call the captain!” cried the
mate, in alarm. “Forward there! call all
hands on deck, stand by to put the ship a
bout!” #
‘ Av, ayJ” responded the well-trained sail
or-;, and every man stood at his post, ready
for prompt action. Both Macy and Coffin
appeared upon the deck, wondering at being
sent lor, and surprised to find every man
ready for the word of command to change the
.course of the ship.
•What does this nrtean?” asked the captain:
•why d t,st thou change the ship's course?”
• I don’t intend to without orders,’’ said the
mate, “but 1 thought best to have everything
bandy for prompt maneuvering. We have a
suspicious looking sail on our weather
bow7, and she shows French colors. By the
rake of her masts and her general rig I think
she’s a clipper, with a long-tom amidships:
she has given us a gun already.”
-Rather a dangerous neighbor for us,”
said the captain, “and 1 think she will prove
one of those piratical rascals that cut up the
commerce of these seas; but keep the ship
away,” continued he, raising his glass again,
and see if she follows us.”
Away went the Grampus, with a free
wind and the rush of a race-horse, turning
the spray from her bows handsomely on her
altered course. The Frenchman turned also
and gained steadily npon her. The ship
was deeply laden with oil, and such a prize |
would be of great value, and, as Seth thought,
was eminently worth preserving, though the
Frenchman was determined she should
change owners. Ihey managed their little
craft with great skill, aiterifig their course j
with Macy’s and gaining all the time. The
breeze was only brisk, but it just suited the
schooner, while the laden ship, though the
fleetest of her class, couldn't show her heels
to advantage without a stronger wind. Ma
cy tried her on every tack, but escape he
could not—the wedge-like schooner gained
upon him at every turn.
"Now 7 1 would give half our cargo for a
lew guns to speak to that saucy rascal in
bis own language.*’ said .Macy turning bit
terly to Jethro. Now 7 is the time lor those
-six-pounders I urged thee about before we
left port. I fear thou will pay dearly for not
taking my advice. Ah! there comes salute
number two."
A gun was fired by the Frenchman across
t.!ie bow of the Grampus, warning her to
heave to. Macy paced the deck in agony of
spirit, muttering words as he went that
sounded much like profanity. He ordered
the Grampus to be kept olf two or three
points and a foretop-mast studding-sail set,
but in the hurry, by some mishap, the tack
got unrove. A couple of hands were ordered
aloft to rig in the boom and reeve in the
tack anew. Isaac Coffin, son of Jethro,
who had smuggled himself on board against
his father’s express orders, and who had
hardly made his peace with him yet, heard
the order, and seizing the end of the rope
with his teeth ran up the fore-shrouds, crept
out on the fore-yards like a monkey, and
then out on the bare boom. But before he
had half done his task the Frenchmen brought
their long-tom, charged with small shot, to
i>ear upon the yard, and let pp at Isaac;
thinking, probably, the additional sail might
enable the Grampus to escape. Young Collin
was unharmed, though the balls whistled
about him like hail, and he went fearlessly
on witfi his work.
“They are charging the gun again' 5 shouted
Jethro. “Come down, my boy;
creep in! Catch the halliards and come down
with a run!”
“Ay, ay” cried Isaac, as he finished reev
ing the tack, and gathering a few fathoms in
his “hand threw the coil down on the forecas
tle, and the men then hoisted sail instantly.
The Frenchman aimed his gun again, but
Isaac was descending like a flash, and as he
reached the deck the sailofs fairly hugged
him iri their joy and admiration of his bra- ;
very.
Tr.e hasty strides of Seth were again arres
ted by another shot which passed through
the sail over his head. He clenched his
hands and looked up at the torn sail.
“By heavens!” said he, “I will not part
with so fine a ship and cargo without a
deadly struggle.”
“Swear not! said Jethro; ‘ It will not help
us in our strait. “We had better yield qui-
VOL. 2.
etly to the necessity. Put down the helm,
Seth, and bring the ship to.”
“Yield quietly, didst thou say? Did l un
derstand thee aright when thou bidst me
bring the ship to?” The eyes o! Seth glared
upon Jethro, and his nostrils distended like a
bull at bay.
“Put the helm, indeed! Jethro Coffin,
who is commander of the Grampus, thou or
1?” demanded Macy, in a heat of passion.
Jethro answered calmly,“Thou surely art
her captain. Save the ship, if thou canst,
but thou canst not. We have no means ol
defense, and if we had it would not be justi
fiable to oppose with arms,”
“Jethro, 1 will save this ship or sink in
her. What! yield to that little gadfly—a gal
linipperthat is scarcely larger than our long
boat!”
Another shot, better directed, splintered
the mainmast and wounded two men.
“There Jethro; that is some of the tender
mercy of the French pirate—a forecaste ol
what we may expeqt if taken.”
“Yield, Seth! The longer thou delay,the
more hazard to the lives of our people; he is
a man-of-war!”
“Go thou below, Jethro! 1 command here!
Yield, indeed!” he muttered, as Jethro be
gan to descend; “1 will sink lirst! > '
“Stand by there, menP 1 -shouted Seth, in a
voice which made every sailor start. It
was evident that he had pu£ off the Quaker,
and the men responded heartily to it. “Get
out the long boat ready to be launched at a
moment's warning; clear away the quarter
boats, and see all clear to lower them in an
instant. Mate, take in all the small sail at
once.”
Macy’s voice and manner were resolute
! and peremptory, and the men executed the
i orders promptly and were ready for the next,
| though wondering what the captain meant
to do. The Frenchman was also at fault,
j taking the maneuvering of Seth for an inten
| t ion to give up his ship,and hove the schooner
to, and waited the towering of a boat from
the Grampus. In rounding to, as Seth had
calculated, the Frenchman had given advan
tage of the wind to the ship, and while his
| men stood agape at the management of the
larger vessel which they* looked upon as a
prize, Seth seized the helm in his brawny
hand. The men scarcely needed the word,
but anticipated his intention as he put the
helm hard up, and in a compressed but con
centrated voice which was heard distinctly
from stern to stern, he said: “Let go all the
braces, and bowlines, slack off* sheets and
tacks, aud square the yards—quick!”
It was done in a twinkling, and .Macy
shaped his course as though he would bring
his ship under the lee quarter of the privateer.
This feint completely deceived the enemy,
w'hen Seth suddenly changed her course and
brought her head to bear directly upon the
Frenchman Her crew discovered now, but
too late, the design of the Grampus, and
I dire confusion ensued upon the crowded
I decks.
| “If thou dost intend to run her down,”
j said Jethio to Seth, hurriedly, protecting his
head for a moment from the cabin gang
• way—“if—nay hear me, Seth, for the sake of
I humanity—if thou art determined to run her
down, ease thy helm, and give them a
chance for their lives.”
“Stay’ by to lower the boats!” thundered
i Seth, stamping furiously upon the deck, A
| groan of horror escaped his own crew , lor
| not till this moment had they really seen the
design of their captain, and the swarthiest
cheek grew a shade paler; but it was for
I their lives and they khew it. The schooner
i lay in the trough of the sea, her decks cover
ed with confusion and the huge bulk of the
Grampus poising on the last high wave above
| her.
“MisericordcV A wild yell of despair,
heard far above the dashing of the ship and
rushing of the waters, burst from the doom
ed Frenchman—an instant—and down came
the Grampus loaming and blundering upon
the privateer. Her plunging bow striking
her just amidship, cut the small vessel di
rectly in two, and her heavy armament,
together with the tremendous force of the
severing blow, sent her beneath the waves to
rise no more; and ail her ill-fated crew of one
hundred and fifty souls went under with her;
a few struggled a moment in the mighty
vortex, but were carried down, and the next
wave effaced every bubble of the mass of hu
man life so terribly and instantly quenched.
“Down with the boats from the quarter—
laueh the long-boat!” The command, though
it could not have been uttered or executed
sooner with safety, came too late. The aim
of Seth had been too fatally sure. His own
boat narrowly escaped being sucked into the
whirlpool made by the sinking schooner, and
not one of the Frenchman’s crew' rose or
again saw the face of day.
Seth entered the cabin and, walking up to
Jethro, said: “The Grampus is saved, but it
had been less costly if thou had been wiser
at Nantucket. Hereafter, in times like these,
arm thy ships; the best way to be at peace
is to show' thyself ready for war.”
And bowing his head upon his hand, Je
thro answered nothing.
An 111-Natured Dyspeptic Tells How the
Girls Go Fishing.
There’s generally about six of them in a
bunch (says an exchange), with light dress
es on, and they have three poles with as ma
ny hooks and lines among them.
As soon as they get to the river-bank they
look for a good place to get down on the
raft,and the most venturesome sticks her boot
heels in the bank and makes two careful
step-downs; then she suddenly finds herself
at the bottom with both hands in the water
and a feeling that everybody in this wide
world is looking at her. and she never tells
anybody why she gets there. The other
girls, profiting by her example, turn around
and go down the bank on their hands and
toes, backward.
Then they scamper over the rafts until
they find a shallow' place where they can
see the fish, and shout .
Oh! I see one.”
“Where?”
“There.”
“Oh. my! so he is.”
“Let s catch him.”
“Who's got them baits?”
“You lazy thing, you’re sitting on rny
pole.”
“Show me the wretch that stole my
worm!”
All these exclamations are gotten off in a
tone tftot awakens every echo w ithin a mile
round, and sends every fish w ithin three acres
square into galloping hysterics. Then the
girls, by superhuman exertions, manage to
get a worm on the hook and “throw in” with
a splash like thedauricriing of a washtub, and
await the result. When a silverfin comes
along and nibbles the bait, they pull up
with a jerk that, had an unfortunate fish
weighing less than fifteen pounds been on
the hook, would have landed it within the
neighborhood of three or four miles in the
country. After a while a feeble-minded sun
fish contrives to get fastened on the hook of
a timid woman, and she gives vent to her
tongue:
“Oh. something's got my hook!”
“Pull up, you little idiot!” shout five exci
ted voices, and poles and hooks are dropped,
and they rush to the rescue. The girl with
the bite gives a spasmodic jerk, which sends
the unfortunate sunny into the air the full
length of forty feet of line, and he comes
down on the nearest curly head with a damp
flop that sets the girl to claw'ing as though
THE TIMES.
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 187(1.
I there were bumblebees in her hair.
“Och! murder! take it away. Ugh! the
| nasty thing!”
Then they hold up their skirts and gather
about the fish as it skips over the logs, one
all the time holding the line in both hands,
with her foot on the pole, as though she had
an evil-disposed goat at the other end. They
talk over it.
“How ever will he get off?”
“Ain't it pretty?”
“Wonder it it ain’t dry?”
“Poor little thing, let’s put it back.”
“How will we get the hook from it?”
“Pick it up,” says a girl, who backs rapid
by out of the circle.
“Good gracious, I'm afraid of it. There,
it's opening it's mouth at me.”
Just then the sunny wriggles off the .hook
and disappears between two logs into the
water, and the girls try for another bite.
Rut the sun comes down and fries the
backs of their necks, and they all get cross
and scold at the fish like so many magpies.
If any unwary chub dares show himself
in the water they poke at him with poles,
much to his disgust. Finally they get mad
all over and throw their poles away, hunt
up the lunch basket, climb up into the
woods, where they sit around on the grass
and catterpillars, and eat enough of dried beef
and rusk and hard-boiled eggs to give a
wood-horse the nightmare; after which they
compare notes on their beaux until sundown,
when they go home and plant envy in their
muslin delaine friends by telling what “just
a splendid time” they had.
The Royal Bengal Tiger.
Avery interesting work from the pen ol
Dr. J; Fayrer, has recently appeared before
the public, giving an account of the royal
beast whose depredations often depopulate
whole regions of country. “The Tigris rc
galis is the only species of the kind, ft ac
quires the appellation of Bengal becaus aits
beauty and ferocity are there better develop
ed. The average size of a full grown male
Tiger is nine or nine and one-half feet, meas
ured Irom the nose to the tip of the tail.
The tigress has from two to five cubs at a
time, which follow her until they are nearly
full grown. At this time the tigress is unusu
ally savage. Wliny tells that the cubs are
taken by a man on a very swift horse, who
puts spurs to his steed and dees until he des
cries the pursuing tigress, when hi drops one.
She hails, fondles it, carries it to her den,
then goes in pursuit again. Another cub is
dropped, and the process of home-taking re
newed by the tigress. The man does his ut
most to escape with his prey in those inter
vals, but sometimes has to give ub all the
cubs. The food of the tiger consists ot cat
tle, deer, wild hogs and smaller game when
these cannot be had. It steals at night near
a village, strikes down some unfortunate
bullock,drags it to some secluded spot, feasts
upon it and then sleeps off the effects of its
gluttony. It seldom leeds on food after de
composition takes place.
Avery curious peculiarity of the tiger is
that he does not naturally call for human
desh, hut onee the taste Is acquired he is the
worst kind of cannibal. Confirmed man-eat
ers have been known to haunt oneroad of
district and scare away the inhabitants.
In lower Bengal the government reports
show that in e ix years, ending with 1866,
4,218 persons were killed by tigers.
These animals are hunted from the backs
of elephants, from platforms built between
trees, and o f ten on foot, which last method
is extremely dangerous, as the hunter’s life
depends on his accuracy of shot. The na
tives value the claws and whiskers of the
tiger, as a powerful love-charm. Notwith
standing efforts to the contrary, tigers have
been on the increase of late years, and their
presence has thrown hundreds of square miles
out of cultivation.
VACANCY AT WEST POINT.
House of Repbesentatives, (.
Washington, D. 0., June 27,1870. j
Editor Colunwm Times: I have been
invited by the Hon. Secretary of War
to nominate a legally qualified can
didate for appointment as Cadet to
the United States Military Academy,
from the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia, who must be at West
Point not later than the 13th day of
June, 1877, but whose appointment is
required by law to be made as nearly
one year in advance of that time as
is practicable. Now, in order that
each and every one who may desire
this appointment shall have a fair
and equal opportunity of securing it,
I hereby give notice that a competi
tive examination will be held, in
strict accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Academy, in
November next. The particular
day, place, and Board of Examiners
will be published as soon as the wish
es and convenience of those inter
ested can be ascertained. In the
meantime it will afford mo great
pleasure to furnish all applicants
with circulars containing the require
ments and terms of admission, as
wtdl as the method of conducting the
examination. I will add that candi
dates must bo between seventeen and
twenty-two years of age, at least five
feet in height, and free from any in
fectious or immoral disorder and
generally from any deformity, dis
ease or infirmity which may render
them unfit for military service. They
must be well versed in reading, in
| writing, including orthography, and
! in arilhmetic, and have a knowledge
of the elements of English grammar,
of descriptive geography, particular
ly of our own country, and of the
History of the United States.
You will greatly oblige mo by in
serting this notice in your paper, and
requesting the papers throughout
the District to copy.
lam, sir,
Most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
H. R. Harms.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
WKIINMBHAY, JULY BYII.
SENATE.
Washington, July s.—Mr. Sherman
introduced'a joint Resolution declar
ing that the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives in Congress assembled,in
the name of tho people, thank al
mighty God for His safe guidance
through the century just passed, and
acknowledge their dependence upon
His divine will; and whereas as to
George Washington, first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hoarts
, of his countrymen, and to his compa
i triots of the revolution, much is due,
therefore the two bodies, in the name
of the people, will complete tho
monument to his memory in the City
of Washington and the committees
on Public Buildings of the two Houses
• are dirocted to report tho proper leg
: islalion necessary to carry this into
effect’. Adopted unanimously.
Mr. Hamlin called up the House
bill amending the Postoffiee code in
relation to straw bids, and it was
passed.
Mr. West called up the conference
report on the Postoffiee Appropriation
bill, and explained to the Senate the
character of new legislation em
braced in the bill as reported from
the conference oommittee. The
conference report was agreed to with
out discussion.
The Pinchback resolution came up
as the unfinished business, aud Mr.
Suulsbury resumed hiaremarks.
HOUSE.
Mr. Clark, of Mo., called up the
Souate ameud merits to tho bill im
posing a penalty for the transmission
of obscene matter through tho mails,
and the amendments were concurred
in, and tho bill passed.
The House then resumed oonsider
of the Genova award bill, aud Mr.
Caulfield addressed the House.
The first amendment, requiring
claims to be filed with the Court of
Alabama Claims within six months
after the passage of the act, and ex
tending the jurisdiction of said court
until July, 1877, was agreed to.
The next amendment, striking out
claims of the third class for sums
actually paid on insured property de
stroyed on the high seas by Confed
erate cruisers, was also agreed to.
Pending further consideration Mr.
Holmes as privlege question, called
up tlie report of the Conforanco Com
mittee on tho Postoffiee Appropria
tion bill. The report \vas read.3 Mr.
Holman then explained it.
Tho conference report was then
agreed to.j
House resumed consideration of
the Geneva Award bill.
The vote was next taken on substi
tute offered by Mr. Lawrence, to sell
any boards in which the award had
been invested and to turn the pro
ceeds into the Treasury as a trust,
which with the .amendment was re
jected-yeas 5!l, nays 10U.
Without further action, tho House
at 5:10 1>. 5i., adjourned.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, July s.— Senator Mor
rill will assume the duties of Secre
tary of the Treasury to-morrow
morning at 10 o’clock, and will then
approve the bonds of Mr. Wyman as
United States Treasurer, and Mr.
Gilfilin as Assistant Treasurer; and
Mr. New’s resignation will go into
effect.
The Committee on Banks and Cur
rency will meet to-morrow and take
definite action in referenco to the bill
looking to the repeal of the Specie Re
sumption Act. The members of the
committee are under the impression
that a majority will favor repeal.
Ex-Secretary Bristow was at the
Capitol this morning. He is here in
response to a subpeona to appear be
fore the Special Whiskey Committee
of tho House, and was being examin
ed at 3 o’clock this evening.
Mr. Franklin, acting chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
says that he will oppose any reduc
tion in the salaries of diplomatic
representatives when tho bill comes
into the House; that his expenses in
that capacity has convinced hirn that
no one can live at these posts on less
than the salaries now paid.
Speaker Kerr, who is at the Rock
bridge Alum Springs, Virginia, lias
written a letter to Senator McDonald,
dated June 30th, in which he says:
“I sincerely rejoice in the bold and
faithful declarations of principles
and duty made by the National Dem
ocratic Party at St. Louis, and I re
gard it now as the highest public
duty of every Democrat and of
every true friend of reform and an
honest administration throughout
the country, to give the every way
excellent and desirable ticket nomi
nated there a hearty and vigorous
support. Victory will surely reward
proper and honerable efforts in their
behalf, and bring safety, reform and
prosperity to the country.”
Colorado Kotiflrs Her Constitution.
Denver, July 3.— Returns thus far
received, indicate that the proposed
state constitution has been ratified
by an overwhelming majority. The
day was treated by all classics as a
holiday, stores and other places of
business being closed, and exclusive
attention being given to the election.
Colorado will vote for president, this
year.
liugntie* and Wagons.
I am offering tho remainder of my stock
of open Buggies and Studebaker wagons,
cheaper than ever. Mr. Thos. Devore,
who has an office in the Repository, will
serve customers my absence,
febll tf Thos. K. Wynne.
THE CENTENNIAL DAY.
THE CEREMONIES ON THE FOURTH
Large Attendance and Grrnt Kntliutl
amn
Philadelphia, July s.— Tho cele
bration of the Centennial Anniversa
ry hero yesterday was of the most
interesting character, both in its
military and its literary features, to
say nothing of the legions of tho
lookerson, the holiday garniture of
tho streets and buildings.
The day opened with the ringing of
bells and chimes throughout the city,
and the firing of tho national salutes
in Fairmont Park.
At 8 a. m. tho military parade and
review took place, followed at 10
o’clock by ceremonies in Indepen
dence Square. The troops were re
viewed by General Sherman. Tho
parade was the Centennial
legion, which organized expressly
for the occasion, and is composed
of a company from each of the thir
teen original State, as follows : Fay
etteville Independent Light infantry,
N. C.; Boston Light Infantry, Mass.;
Washington Light Idfantry, S. C.;
State Fencibles, Penn.; New Haven
Greys, Conn.; First Light Infantry
Regiment, R. I.; Old Guard Veteran
Battallion, N. Y.; Norfolk Light Ar
tillery Blues, of Va.; Clinch-Rilles
of Ga.; Amoskeag Veterans, of N. C.;
Detail of 100 from tho Fifth Infantry,
of Maryland; Philkeary Guards of
N. J.; American Rifles, of Delaware.
The commemorative exercises of
the day were held in Independence
Square at 10 o’clock. Every available
spot in the square and on the streets
in the vicinity was crowded with peo
ple. A-stand with seats for 4,000 in
vited guests had been erected, and at
10:15, when the ceremonies began, it
was entirely filled.
At fifteen minutes past 10, General
Hawley called the immense assem
blage to order, and au orchestra of
250 musicians, under the leadership
of Prof. Gilmore, opened with the
grand overture, “The Great Repub
lic,” arranged for the occasion by
the composer, George F. Bristow, of
New York.
While the music was in progress a
shout of enthusiasm signalled the
arrival of the Brazilian Emperor,
Doiri Pedro. He came directly to the
front of tho platform, and aoknovv
lodged tlie cheers of the people by
raising his hat. and then returned to
his seat.
At the conclusion of the music,
General Hawley advanced to the
stand and delivered a short address
of welcome. He introduced, as the
presiding officer, Hon. J. W. Ferry,
President pro tern, of the Senate, who
was greeted with applause. He fol
lowed in a speech.
Prayer by Rev. Wm. Bacon
Stevens.
Tlie singing of the hymn “Wel
come all nations” followed, after
which the Declaration of Independ
ence was read by Richard Henry Lee
of Virginia. The original manuscript
of the document was brought for
ward by mayor Stakely, to whose
care it lias been entrusted by the
President of the United States. It
was placed upon the speaker’s staud
facing tho vast multitude in the
square.
Following the reading the Decla
ration came the greeting from Brazil
—a hymn for the first Centennial of
American Independence, composed
by A Carlas Gomez of Brazil, at the
request of his Majesty Dom Pedro
second Emperor of Brazil. The
announcement of this portion of pro
gramme was received by the assem
blage with every manifestation of
favor. The Emperor rose to his feet
with the rest of the distinguised per
sonages present, and listened with
great attention.
Bayard Taylor then recited the
National Ode composed by himself.
The poem was followed by the grand
triumphant march, with the chorus
“Our National Banner,” by Dexter
Smith of Massachusetts.
After which, the orator of the day,
Wm. M. Evarts, was introduced and
delivered an oration. He was the
recipient of loud and continued
cheers.
After cheers for Generals Sherman,
Sheridan and Hooker, and the Gov
ernors of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky
and for Dom Pedro and Mr. Evarts,
the audience gradually dispersed.
THE MIMMIMSU'PI COMMITTEE.
what the members say about radical
RULE SOUTn.
Special dispatch to the World.]
Washington, June 30. —Morton’s
Mississippi Outrage Committee ar
rived here this morning, and the
members appear heartily glad to bo
back. The committee has taken a
mass of testimony which is not yet
written out, and hence their report
is liable to be delayed for some days.
The members of the committee ap
pear to he in a perfect accord on one
point, viz: that the people of Missis
sippi are in a pitiable condition.
Senator Bayard Is free to say that in
his opinion, if the people of the
North could bo made to know what
the people of the Mississippi have
suffered under Radical rule in that
State for tho past four years, the
Democrats would carry the country
on that issue alone. As ho graphic
ally expressed it. “The men who
have ruled that State are actually
heartless.” “They have fairly
ground the manhood out of tho suf
fering people by their tyrannies,
and are now willing to coin electoral
votes out of tlie very hearts of the
people.” He is firmly of the opinion
that if Radical rule in Massachusetts
had done one-half what has been
done in Mississippi they would have
been driven out of the State by the
indignant people.
NO. 120
THE COMING EUHOPEAN W ill.
PREPARATIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF
TROOPS.
Beicheuan, Austria, July s.— The
Austrian and Hungarian ministers
will hold a conference here in the
latter part of the week, on tho mili
tary preparation necessary for tlie
protection of the frontier.
Colorgue— A'spooial dispatch to the
Gazette says an insurrection has
broken out betwoen the Euschas and
Softas in the rear of tho Turkish
army.
Paris, July 6.—Correspondence of
tlie Universetle states that the
Khedive has furnished the Porto 12,-
000 men.
London, July 5.—A special dispatch
from Vienna to tho News says 10,000
of tho Imperial Guard are leaving
Constantinople for Servia.
London, July s.— Tho Berlin cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph,
in a special telegram to that paper,
says: “I am ablo to stato that the
northern powers have forwarded to
England most satisfactory assurances
in regard to the war. They express
a determination to remain complete
ly neutral, and evince a strong desire
to localize the struggle.
MRS. HAVE'S
Columbus, Ohio, Correspondence N. Y. Herald.]
Mrs. Hayes is an uncommonly
handsome woman, but is not of that
type of delicate beauty that is most
characteristic of our country women,
She is at once a paragon in those
domestic duties that are so essential
a part of every American woman’s
life, and a leader in the more bril
liant social festivities of this charm
ing capital. In the number of her
ancestors the Governor’s wife counts
settlers from Chilicothe who came
from Connecticut, other settlers
from Pennsylvania, and her father
was a physician from Kentucky. Her
maiden name was Webb; she is a
strictly religious woman, in which
the eye of fancy may find her Con
necticut ancestry. A woman devoted
to domestic duties, a trait charac
teristic of Pennsylvanians, and in
her beauty, her conversational apt
ness, her social tact and grace, one
sees a result of the dashing Kentucky
blood. Mrs. Hayes, liko her hus
band, is perfectly artless and sincere.
Tho first thing that impresses itself
upon those who meet her for the first
time, is the entire absence of any
thing artificial iu her manners and
conversation. You know that she is
genuine by instinct. She unites the
ease and grace of the most refined
society with the warm cordiality of
Western life. Every person who ap
proaches her is charmed with her'
conversation. She talks well upon
every subject without the,slightest
reserve, aud she possesses a magnet
ism which, despite Mr. Henry Ward
Beecher’s opinion to tho contrary, is
one of the most powerful attractions
of human nature. In person Mrs.
Hayes, as has been said, is unusually
attractive. She is of medium height,
with a graceful and well de
veloped figure, dark hair, which she
wears in simple but very becoming
braids, falling low over the temples,
in contrast with the more modern
style of frizzing and curling: brown
and oxpressivo eyes, regular features,
a good color and a peculiarly sweet
mouth and chin. Her face has much
character, and expresses at once
firmness and amiability. The sim
plicity and excellent taste of her
toilet have been matters of remark
among the ladies during tho official
life or her husband, while she has
been the leader of society at the Ohio
capital. She is faithful in her relig
ious observances, and is distinguish
ed for numerous and judicious acts
of charity, while at tho same time,
she is the life and soul of social en
tertainments in which she takes a
part.
FINANCIAL COMMERCIAL
BY TELEGRAPH.
COTTON MARK JETS.
JULY 5,187 G.
Liverpool: Flat and irregular.
Receipts 3,800, American 3,700
Mid. Uplands 6 Mid Orleans (>$
August and Sept, delivery from Sa
vannah or Charleston, Low Mid. 5 29-32.
New York.
Receipts at all points to day 1,887.
Exports to Great Britain 6,920 to Coast**
wise 1,200,
Consolidated receipts 6,285.
Exports to Great Britain 15,289, to
France 2,590. to Coastw’ise 1,300.
Stock 275,729.
Ordinary 8 9-16 Good Ordinary 9 15-16
Middling Orleans 12 3-16 Middling
Alabama 12$ Low Middling 11 1-16
Middling Uplands 12
Futures: Sales 19,000
July, J 1 21-32.0 I 1-16
August, 11 23*32(32
September 12 21-3201.1-10
October, 11J 0
November,! 1H 0
December, 13| 0
January, 1877, 11 17-3209-16
February, “ 11 11-16023-32
March, ‘ 11 27-320$
April, 12 I*l6o
May, 12 5-3207-32
Savannah. Receipts 1 Ex
ports—to Great Britain to Conti
nent Coastwise 439 Middling
11 Low Mid. 10$ G. (). 8$
Stock 70,83-1
Sales 100.
New Oileans: Receipts 793. Exports
—to Great Britain 14 to Continent 246 to
Coastwise 108.
Middling 11 $. Low mid 10$ GO 9$
NEW YORK. MONEY MARKET.
Wall St., 6 i\ m Money closed 20
Gold 1.125. Stocks closed generally
firm. Changes late in the day were only
sas per cent.
COAL! COAL!!
JJ E. WILLIAMS, AGENT, IS NOW RECEIV
ING HIS STOCK OF
C O -A.
and gives notice to his friends and patrons that
he is now ready to take orders for CAR LOADS
and Smaller Lots for Summer and Fall delivery.
ANTHRACITE and other Coals always on hand
at close figures. D. E. WILLIAMS,
jun 22 3m Agent.
WESTERN RAILROAD OF ALABAMA
fIEHEHMBEfIKSSKS
Oolumbub, Ga., July, Ist, 1876.
TRAINS LEAVE COLUMBUS DAILY, A8 FOL
LOWS:
(SOUTHERN MAIL.)
4:10 im. Arriving at Montgomery 'J;3O i* m
Mobile 4:00 am
New Orleans 10:30 a m
Galveston 8:00 am
(ATLANTA AND NORTHERN MAIL.)
7:10 a m. Arriving at Atlanta 2:50 v M
Lyuehburg 0:00pm
rniladolphia 2:36 a m
Now York. fc ... . 0:15 am
JtGF This train also connects with trains for
Selma except Sunday.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS
From Montgomery and Southwest 12:16 i* m
From Atlanta and North 10:00 pm
This train arriving at Columbus at 10:00
p. m., leavos Atlanta Daily at 12 o’clock noon.
E. I\ ALEXANDER, President.
Cl! \S. I’lllLirs, Agent.
MOBILE & GIR ARD R.R.
Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1876.
MAIL & PASSENGERITRAIN,
DAILY (Sundays excepted) making close con
nection at Union Springs with Montgom
ery k Eufaula Railroad trains to and from Mont
gomery aud Eufaula, and points beyond.
Through coach with sleeping accommodations
between Columbus aud Montgomery:
Loave Columbus 2:00 p. m.
Arrive at Montgomery 7:50 p. m.
*• “ Mobile 4:60 a.m.
“ “ New Orleans 10:30 a. m.
“ “ Nashville 8:10 a. m.
“ “ Louisville 3:40 p. m.
“ “ St. Louis 8:10 a. m.
“ “ Cincinnati 8:15 p. m.
“ “ Chicago 8:00 A. M.
“ “ Philadelphia 7:56 p. m.-
“ “New York 10:20 p.m.
“ “ Eufaula 0:08 p. M.
" “Troy :15p.m.
Leave Trov 11:40 p. m.
Arrive at Columbus 6:56 a. m.
“ “ Opelika 0:48 a.m.
“ “ Atlanta 4:15 p. m.
“ '• Macon 4:10 P. M.
“ “ Augusta 6:00 a. m.
“ “Savannah 7:15a.m.
THROUGH SLEEPERS TO MONTGOMERY.
Entire train through from Montgomery to Louis
ville without change;
Trains arrive iu Montgomery two hours earlier
than any other line.
This is tho only line making night cftunecions
Northwest.
No extra charges for seats in through cars to
Louisville. Save twelve hours by this line.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN TRIWEEKLY.
Leaves Columbus at 8 s'cloek r. m., Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays; arrives at Union
Springs 1:10 a. M. Returning, leaves Union
Springs at 6:30 a. m., Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays; arrive at Columbus 11:56 a. m. Cunnett
ing at Union Springs with Montgomery k Eufau
la Railroad trains, aud at Columbus with South-
Western Railroad for Macdn.
Tickets to all points Wei t. Northwest and
North for sole at the Ticket Office.
W. L. CLARK, np’t.
D. E. WILLIAMS,
General Ticket Agent. apr22 tf
>OTIOE.
Office Mobile k Girard Railroad, \
Columbus, Ga., Juno 1, 1876. |
TIHE Annual Convention of tho Stockholders of
the Mobile k Girari Railroad will bo held at
the depot, iu Girard, Alabama, on Wednesday,
July sth, at ten o’clock a. m., when an election
for a President and six Directors will take place.
Stockholders, with their families, will be passed
free to Columbus from the 3d to the sth, inclu
sive, and returned any day until the Bth, inclu
sive. Certificates of Btock must be exhibited to
the conductor by the stockholders as evidence of
their being entitled to pass free with their fami
lies; and a proxy must exhibit certificate of
stock and power of attorney, otherwise fare will
lie required in both cases. By order.
P 9 id -1. M. FRAZER. Hm-’v.
WARM SPRINGS,
GEORGIA.
This delightful resort is open to the
public, with ample accommodations. The pro
prietor aud servants will spare no pains to make
all comfortable who may visit the WARM
SPRINGS.
The RATES of BOARD will be:
Per month (with use of baths) S3O 00
Per week “ “ “ “ 12 00
Children under twelve years, at second table,
half price.
Horse feed (per month) S2O 00
“ “ “ week) 7 00
Transient, usual rates.
The Warm Springs
are situated on tho Pine Mountain, in Meriweth
er county, 1,800 feet above the level of the sea,
with a climate and scenery unsurpassed in the
United States.
THE IS ATII S
arc superior to any known in the United States.
The mineral properties of these waters are so
generally known throughout the South that the
proprietor deems it unnecessary to say more for
them.
On the grounds are all the various amusements.
Also, new Ten-Pin Alleys, and good Music for tlie
Ball Room. All free of charge to boarders.
Ample accommodations for pleasure rides and
drives.
A comfortable closo COACH, subject to order,
will meet or return visitors at reasonable rates.
Visitors will find a conveyance at Geneva-dis
tance to the Springs, 27 miles; fare, $4. Convey
ances can also be bud on reasonable terms at La-
Grauge, 26miles; Thomaston, 27 miles.
J. L. M ESTIVA,
Proprietor Warm Springii,(<ii.
hemoval.
Tlie Public are Informed that
have moved my
Tailoring Establishment
TO THE STORE NEXT TO
Hogan's 100 House, 1 Iron cl
Btreet.
IMSR THE PURPOSE of carrying on my Busi
ness, 1 have this (lay associated with rue
nr. if. mLfi.iiv,
A fine and prompt Workman.
We will be pleased to serve the public, arid will
guarantee as FINE WORK as can be done iu tho
United States.
Bring in your orders for Buits and they will bo
furnished with promptness.
* Respectfully,
KtEIINE & SELEMAN.
oct3 tt
Columbus Sash and Blind Factory
KEEPS constantly on hand and makes to or
der all kinds of SASH, BLINDS, PANEL
DOORS. MOULDINGS and BRACKETS.
WOOD TURNING for less than ever offered in
this market. Call at mv shop or on J. J. kW. R.
Wood, 77 Broad street, or on O. 8. Harrison.
DANIEL COLLIN’S,
teb6m Opposite Empire Mill
DEPOSITORS WITH THE
GEORGIA HOME SAVINGS BANK
■will please Hand in their Pass Books that the
July interest may be entered.
GEO. W. DILLINGHAM,
Julyl 3t Treasurer,
