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. fsi .WEEKLY m UHIOH TIMES. : toj^Kujnlturq, gorfiqulturq, gomqslii; <&qonom|JjM^^Kur?, folitiqs, and thq Current lines of Iht g)ag. ? ? _? .,?.....?. . ^ j, .t ^ j'Lu.^5^- _ l .,^'w ' NUMBER i>, flRrfET. niv* IB #orV awn I T"* wiT7 T V "I THE RECENT EVICTIONS IN COUNTY MAYO. The story of the eviction of th<j Deuipscys froui their little home in County Mayo, Ireland, has been briefly told by totcgraph, as has also the fact that they were restored by private subscriptions. The Counaught Tctcyraph gives the details of the eviction, as follows : The Dcmpscy family has been for eighty years past tcuants on the lllosse estate, and about thirty years ago it was removed from one portiou of it to Jjoouamore, where it has been toiling for that period, paying Ulossc annually a sum of ??2G as rent. The Government valuatiou is ??21 10 shillings.? 1 Dcmpscy. 1 OWEI) ONE YEAR'S RENT in May last, and at the following County Court sitting the landlord took a decree for ' possession on accouut of the non-payment. The coats amounted to iibouVlE7, rnSKiug a ^ total of j?33. This Dcuipsey was unable to pay, nnd the sheriff attended at his houie ^ on the 15th of November last for the purpose of evicting hiui. Deuipsey was in a . most helpless condition, llis mother, aged { 80 years, depended upon him for support, together with a young wife and five helpless children, the oldest of whom is only seven > years of age, and threo of them suffering from scarlatina of a malignant typo. Owing to the slate of the children the sheriff could not carry out the eviction, and withdrew, stating that on that day week he \ Would return, and charging Dempsey FOR IMS VISIT. ^ Yesterday's proceedings surprised every- t| body, foralthough more ample arrangements j, were made, and a large number of police j( were drafted in from Cast lobar, Clareuiorris u JJclcarra, lfcilla, and Hallyglass, no one even p suspected that the eviction was to take (| place. The sheriff left Westport by the u 3 30 A. M. train, and on arriving at Castle- .] bar a party ol armed police, numbering ten, ^ entered the train and went to Mauulla.? tj Thj; sheriff then sent for the coustablo, who p learned for the first time his destination. C( The police marched off toward Loonauiorc, y and the sheriff waited for sometime at the a Station. 8o Strict was the nrivnou innin ? - I V M,u,u tl tamed that the sheriff on being asked at t( Manuilu whither he was going declined to w tell. A car subsequently arrived oil which ^ Mr. Tandy, J. IV, the airont of ?Sir Hubert , Blosso, was seated. The sheriff took his j scat on the vehicle and drove off. On over- ,, taking the politic the horse walked slowly for a long distance immediately before them. The appearance presented was something w like that of .n A MI LIT Alt V FUN Kit AT.. ,1, On arriving the sheriff informed the now st distract1, d D.uupsey that he bad come to d< execute the decree. Denipsey pleaded for fo time to eudcavor to procure the money by fo sonic means at Bulla, and this the sheriff h> agreed to, but before Denipsey returned the hi work of eviction had commenced. There C were at least fifty or sixty police present, th beaded by Sub Inspector Pepper. The hi morning was extremely cold, and there was hi a severe frost. The children, mother and th aged grandmother, were turned out by the bailiffs, and cried loudly and bitterly during fi\ t he sad ceremony. The children, who were ad barefooted and poor by clad, rushed into the ki house several times from the cold, but were w again and again led out by the bailiffs. The ri beds and furniture were next hurriedly thrown out, the house was locked up, and wi the sheriff, the agent, and the police turned d? from the scene, leaving the unfortunate vie- T tiuis behind, still sobbing bitterly and in SIIIV Kill NO WITH OOl.l). m Mr. Thomas Kcilly and the broked-hearted vi Denipsey arrived, having failed to procure ?b the money. A fire was lighted in a field, or around which the family seated themselves, at The sheriff before leaving handed Denipsey the C2 which ho received on bis former hi visit. A neighbor of Denipsey's, struck 1'' with pity, came up and offered the family of the shelter of his house if Mr. lteilly would hi obtain for him the consent of the agent (!) ci as lie would be afraid to allow tliein in.? til This Mr. Kcilly refused to do, and lie re- to turned to Bulla, stating that he would take '? the family to his own residence. At 8 fo o'clock in the evening ho and a party from si Bulla arrived with cars, and the unhappy of family bade adieu to its homestead, ptoba- ri bly forever. The whole proceedings wore ro of a most revolting nature. "i TilK CUL'KI.TY O IT. ,1| The following particulars arc taken from J" tin! Mavo / Jxmii iuer : All the siuns of four and appreheusion operating upon their in- ' noeent little minds were painfully evident ,>l ?hi the children's faces. One poor iittle fellow was in bed and awoke after lie entered the lion.se. The playful dreams of 1)( childhood were soon forgotten?his full, bright eye beheld the grim reality, and, af? frighted and turvous, he made for the side of his old granny. * * * The silence, the agony of mind, depicted in the 'j* poor little household at this trying time, far 1 exceed-, this necessarily hasty description. Without were heaped many mute hut significant memorials of what was passing? 0i the big red household chest, lied, chairs pots, delI, bedding and the poor old grand- 11 mother's cot. The line old woman bore it Sl well for a long time. In the course of the s ' heartrending scene the poor creature cheer- j 1' full announced the good news that the cowy t ^ calved ? that site hail a line heifer calf.? i ,v I n All! !>:il later 011 the pour olu woman failed ; it nd almost fainted?her husband, his ' father and grandfather, had boon tenants on the estate. She wept bitterly, ami Til K CHI I.hit KN CltlKI). v A correspondent of tho London Freeman, f telegraphing from Castlehar, says: "On ( arriving at th 5 scene of the eviction of s hompsey, his wife, grandmother (aged seventy-eight,) and live helpless children, the picture presented was toiichingly painful |? and heartrending, livery parlieleol fnrni * aaving t>?cn streffhTwondcaafcn tbe'jfljiW of Loonamoro; the cattlo, fovfls, xr.yfmtttended, antl the family having sought the shelter of the hillside, which was fully exposed to the piercing and chilly blasts of tnese coM December days They subsequently hud to take refugo in a fort iu close proximity to the house Jrom which they had been evicted. To ^mness the grandmother and children huddled together id this exposed situation, with the dying embers of a lire, was a scene more easily imagined than described. Having interviewed, the old woman regarding the eviction, she informed me that it was "troublesome times" with her, her daughter having been evicted, and another daughter of hers having died recently, leaving six orphans in iicr charge. Dcmpsejr iuforuied mo that he was not tware of the eviction occurring until the mnstabulary and sheriff came on his preuii?es. The amount due was one year's rent, whititr mm vas peremptorily refused. The only force it the sceue to-day were three of the ontabulary, who watched the photographing >f the house, the grandmother, children and urnituro, which were mingled together ou he promises. EVICTION IN FAMINE TIME. The, Women of Knoekrichard Defying Bayonets and Sabres to reach a Process Sterner. An exciting encounter occurred between lie people and the con-tabulary, at a place ailed Kuoekrickard, near Clarcmorris, lounty Mayo. On Frid iy a process-server, amed Langley, was severely bandied by lie people, and his processes taken from itn and destroyed, lie was stripped and It nude in a field, from wliich*lie had to lake his way t) the nearest sonstabulary arrack for clothes. lu consideration of tis outrage the authorities determined to take an effort to serve the remainder of ic processes 011 Saturday. All the availale police wore concentrated at Ballyglass. ic nearest police barracks. Langley had ecu provided with copies of thcstMcn pro\sscs and accompanied the police. At the illage of Curry the police were put through series or uiauueuvrcs, even to examining icir rifles and pouches by the, sub inspects in charge, (Mr. T. S. McSheehy, II. M., as in command of the whole party,) and :t forward for Kuoekrickard. They had it gone more than a hundred yards before nngley discovered that all the processes ceept one had been taken from his pocket. . constable was sent back to inquire about ic missing documents, but his inquiries ere met with mingled cheering, laughter id groans. Langley's story about the left is regarded with suspicion, and it is atcd that the only process lie retained after stroying, as is thought, the others, was r a niau who had been bis bitter enemy r years. At Curry the crowd which fob tu,ul f ll A W/illOO *!??%?? U VU UlVi punuo IllldlUUl V/U ilWVUl lllllCU t ml red men, women :ind boys, but before repawn was reached it had increased until lore could not have becu less than three indeed women and about the same nutn r of men and boys. It was at this place at the constabulary met with the first rious opposition. A small body of thirtyre or forty men had been sent forward in Ivauec of the main body, but they were ipt at bay by about four hundred women, ho stood on the road leading to Knockchard and refused to let theui pass. The arrival of the main body of police as received with groans and shouts of fiance, and cries of "Where is Kangley ?" he process server having been discovered the midst of the police all the women ado an indiscriminate charge with the ew of securing him and his precious burjii. A scene of the wildest confusion isued. Thcsub-inspcctors drew their swords id rushed into the midst of the women, ost of whom were barefooted and barc3aded. A young woman named Mary ahy received a terrible gash on the back the hand. Another woman was wounded f a bayonet thrust in the arm, while seval were knocked down, trampled upon, icir faces blackened and their garments rn. Most of the constabulary behaved aufully under the circumstances, but a w exhibited a cruel savagery which was locking to behold, thrusting at the breasts ' the women with the butt lids of their fles. The charge to capture Langley was pulsed, and the resident magistrate reonstrated with the women. "We have a iity to perform," he said, "and thought it 3 disagreeable, yet wc still must do "it." he men in the meantime stood motionless, oking on and inciting the women to rest anco. A voice from the crowd cried, Wo diin'l. want, to iId nnvtbino to tin* no. ee at all." Anuthor person eaid, ''Every itiiccmaii had a mother like us, and they Light not to bo doing the dirty work they re at to-day " A third man exclaimed, Lot them stand or lire'and we will do the line." Mr. McShoohy. the resident mag4rate, then said, "Retire, now, and let us o our duty. 1 should bo sorry to see a air ol'your heads hurt." A voice shouted, We are starving ; we want something to at, and here is what we are getting." After some further altercation tho magi.srale ordered the women to bo removed. A none then followed which almost bafiles dosription Many o! the constabulary dragged lie women by tho hair, threw them on tho round, and one young stripling actually truck with tho butt end of ills rille a pjor Id woman. Several more received cuts on ! heir hands and heads, and one girl named Bridget Modern received a deep wound ii the check. A man named Carroll was] rourded in the hand. At last tho women re re removed, tho double line of nolieo was ormed, and Lanj^ley posted t lie notice on lie door. The police then left lor their cveral stations. Girls wear hoys' vests up this w.iy, hut lown in Texas you can see hoys with a ialvcslon. The following letter oCtb!r3BwnP^P| Elphiu to Bishop Lyuoh gives a rftid ?nd j , distro->sitig uccouqt*of the sufferings of\hgi poor iu Counaught, and explains why it is that geueral aid is necessary : Slioo, January 14, 1880. v*" My Dear Lord: It becomes my urgettt . duty to make kuown to your Lordship, nod, through your luvor, to the Clergy aud the faithtuI of your Diocese, the destitution* which uow unhappily prevails in every pa?- J l ish of this Diocese of Elphin, and which jj j... - ' v>vij u.?ji ugauuica more uiarmmg propor- ' liou3. During the last lour years of ogri- ! cultural depression our people gradually lost, 1 their means uud fell into debt; and within'. A the year which has just closed the failure, 3 of crops, the exceptional depreciation <Jf -i live stock of every kind, and the great uiQr-' l tality in cattle and sheep, reduced the grant 31 majority of the tenant class to cxtrtiine vovKt :1 ty. At rite {)il^r>t mania fit ihe^JTcncUw * money nor credit, nor the coarsest 1'ood to support life. Tho few wet, uuwholesomc 1 potatoes, saved trout the blighted crop of < last year, aro now cousuuied. For weeks i past vory many of the poor have sold or pawued their last articles of clothing, even their very beds, iu order to buy a little lu- < diau meal, which they could not get on j credit, lu fact, famine is rapidly over- I spreading this province, and the debility \ brought ou by unwholesome, insufficient r food, during the past months, will render \ its work of death rapid and irresistible. r For many years past we have had in this ill-fated country a system of'l'oor Law Relief; but, as your Lotdship may be aware, t the man, uud the family of the mau, who occupies so much as ouc-quarter acre of laud, be it in the bog or Ou the mountain side, is excluded from all relief under n this law, either within or without the work- a house. The law will allow him and his launiy 10 starve it lie does not qualify him- a S' 11* lor relief by giving up bis house and land, and becoming an iuuiatc of the workhouse. Now, as over ninety per cent, of those now suffering.or lapsing into destitution are small landholders, l'oor Law Uolicf v for tlicin would simply mean that tlicy n should give up forever their poor but clicr- '1 ished homes, and that they should break the h sacred ties of family life, separating, as they should at the workhouse door, the husband 1' from the wife, the parent from the children. It would mean, moreover, that they should v either remain for life, pining in idleness tt within their dreary, unhealthy prison, or, tl after leaving it, lead ever alter the lives of V' helpless vagrantts. Hut no; our pure, warmhearted peasantry will not abandon the homes they were born in ; they will not sop- b arate from all they bold dear on earth ; they el will cling to their homes and to each other w till death, and starve rutljcr than aubuiit to sr iutiumnn fcflt or destitution. That test T was, really, though not of course avowedly, devised by the Landlord Legislature in London for llie cheap and easy wholesale cvic- V1 lion of the small tenant class, which it thoroughly effected in IS 17. It is still maintained in the Law. to the eternal dis- o< grace of the English Government, for the vi same unhallowed purpose. Her Majesty's Government has becu, ft within the last four months, repeatedly called on to provide employment, and h through employment the means of support, p1 for the people of the destitute counties, by I1 promoting and undertaking drainage and S other reproductive works, but, so far, it lias c: neither given nor promised such employ- t*> uient; it seeuis determined to leave the P lives of the people dependent on the aforesaid Poor Law Act and its Kclicf System. t! In this sad condition we have but one It means of saving our people from wholesale ll eviction aud starvation?an appeal to Chi is- ti tian sympathy for prompt and generous aid. p Great efforts will no doubt be made here in tl Ireland by those .vho are themselves above c distress. Several thousand pounds will also N come to us froui England; but all that will si be inadequate to mitigate the distress in one i' ease out of ten. It is the ever-generous f' offerings of the millions of our fcllow-eoun- tl tryuicn in America that we must cliii fly re- a ly lbr saving the lives of our people. And p even with your most abundant gifts, the a help of tiie State will still be necessary, if ? the people are to be kept in their homes, c and if their lands are to he tilled and seed- ^ cd this spring in a way to save them from d another famine in the*coming year. ti 1 therefore'appeal with the fullest coufi- c to Vuiir I .iii-iI<liin .-iin! to vrmi- I linr.rwi* in tlio name of my destitute flock, and of all who need reliei* in our aflliclcd country; r and I implore you to come speedily to our ? aid. In this Diocese, and I believe 1 throughout the Province of Conuaught, s there is in each Parish a Relief'Committee, ^ who undertake to inquire into all cases of e destitution before administering relief. It c is through those committees 1 will distri- s bute the offering you will have the charity v to entrust to inc. . 'J'ho fervent prayers of our suffering poor, 1 and of their clergy, will brirg down from 1 Heaven blessings a hundred-fold on all our 11 benefactors. 1 have the ho lor to remain, my dear Lord, with most affectionate respect, your Lordship's devoted brother in Christ, f Jj. (jim.ooi.y, C. M., JSishop of JOlphiu, 1 Most Rev. "Dr. Lynch. Mayor (,'ourteiiay desires to make a re- 1 mittance to Ireland, on account of the ' t 'harleston Relief Fund,on Saturday, and re- quests the Ward Committees to turn over their collections to the City Treasurer by 1 noon on that day. It is hoped that the 1 contributions will continue to como in during the ensuing week, in order that a sec- 1 Mill I U III I L Id III (J 111*1 > UU KIIUVli: (III (IK; UIJMI' ii?g Saturday.?irs awl Courier. Notwithstanding all the modern improvements of husbandry, the matrimonial har vest it still leathered with the endle and thrashed (?y hand. I THE NORTH CAROLINA NEQ EMIGRANTS. negroes continue to arrive. r27th over 2,300 have come, lay is making money enough accessaries of life for hiutIu one night 150 of t :c ;a arrived, aud 100 more are u ten days. Oue of these osouied himself to a Srntistcrday. 'the conversation pou from ?" it' I came Wed hum I would receive from ',r nn^ ?* ',^>or' ' Well, dcy said that there were 500 i houses built and furnished for us ; that we ' would be given bedclothing aud suits and ' i milk cow." "Were yoirto get work V j "Oh, yes, sir; wh was given the privilege )f farming for ourselves or working at 83 ler day. They said we could buy good J and at ?1.50 to 82 per acre, and that nm. . , ? t ? ?? r*v l visions would be furnished us for seven t nonths, and thoso wlio did not buy land i vould be hired by uieu as soon as they ar- 1 ived in the city, right from the trains." J "You have found this true?" "N), sir: no indeed. As I stand before he Lord, not one word is as they said." t "You obtained work ?" 1 "I ain't heard of it." ? "Tell uie, now," said the reporter, "how 0 nuch money have you made since you t rrived, nine days ago ?" v "Ten conts, that is every cent, as true 1 s 1 am here." '' "Have you a family '{" "A wife and six head of children." "Have you money ?" ' " (Yell, I is got forty cents what I brung 11 ith uie, aud nothing to cat, no wood and ^ o clothing. We sleep on the bare floor, f, 'hey told inc wc did not have to burn wood J ere." h "What was it Perry told you about being " Republicans ?" "Samuel Perry told mo that wc must bo c uliant-hcartcd Republicans; that they wan- i? :d no Democrat niggers in the party, and lat we irtust all show our principles and ote the Republican ticket." ^ "Of course you agreed ?" J,, "Wc all told him we would do as we had $ ccn doing, aud that was to vote that tick- ti t. 1 want to say to you here they told us 111 c would be free up here, and I want to ly we was as free in North Carolina.?< ? here wo,had work auo an we could cat, ami r. j we 11 "Did they not bull doze and intimidate v uu . n "Not as I have heard on. I worked with f, ly master seven years, and he was a Deui- r, -rat, and he never once asked me how I <> r' Of the 150 families now iu this city, illy one third arc sick with contagious dis- n( jscs. The city dispensary has iuruished s ?r the past month an average of twenty rescript ions per day for these. Along ^ respect, West Michigan, St. Clair and ^ oulli Mississippi streets may be found in tell house three to tive families, and always S ,voJ and sbmctiincs as many as five, sick crsons. ^ A prominent colored man told a reporter g nit not a single negro had c mm to this >wn but understood that he was to vote S lie Republican ticket. Since the publieaion of the article showing the sickness, ^ overly and death among the immigrants, g lie committee from the Christian Aid Soiety had advertised Perry and others iu S Washington to send the negroes in mall numbers, and they bad been com- ? ig in lots of six and ten families and thereire had nut attracted public attention. Iu lie northern part of the city the negroes re a burden to the people. Not a day as'cs but that they are around asking for id in all forms?food, clothing and fuel.? ' ionic have even solicited small pieces of n arpct iu which to wrap their babes at night, d ?oue have received more than 81) cents a I ay and others of tho few who have oh- " allied little jobs arc piid but 40 and 50 cuts.?India nitpolis Sintincl. K I Remedy Ft hi Fat Peofle.?The real 1 cuicdy for corpulence is not in medication f r in drugs, or in nostrums of any sort,but ) u diet. A gentleman recently placed him- ' elf on a diet of rare beef and toasted , tread, discarding all articles containing su- t jar, and all in which milk was au ingrcdi- 1 nt, also all vegetables composed chiefly of 1 tarch, as the potato. In a few days his ' weight sensibly decreased and contiuucd to , lecroase, while he sufTered not the slightest r nconvenienco from the change, but on the 5 lontrary found his power for work largely lugmeutcd. ( . .. | A notable event in Chattanooga, Tcnn., ( ociety was the entertainment successfully | loudueted there by a number of young la- 1 lies on the 8th ult. Accompanying the 1 nvitalion was a notice asking "the pleasure ( >f the company" of the young man with he request to "please let us know, if agreeihlc when to call for you." None of the ? young men had any previous engagements, 1 ...,i ...JiU ..i.i..: ; ? ?r ' urn iiuuujr liuiiuiiuu UUIIDUIII' ui IIIUII parouts to attend. The ladies called in carriages. Alter the dancing the young uien were off>rcd feminine arms and escorted down town to a restaifrant, where they were regaled handsomely. -? - - Young man, if you are ever asked what happiness is, and you don't know, just say it is the possession of good health and a dollar that was left after paying all your debts DEFERRED NEWS ITEMS. Victims or Dims Novkls.?Savannah, January 28.?A private telegram was received hore to-day to apprehend Dennis and Patterson, two boys of fourteen years of age, who ran away from Wadcsboro', N. O. They are victims ot Dime-novel reading. Norfolk's Opportunity.?The Norfolk I7ryittian urges the completion of a connecting link between Careysville, Tenn., and Danville Junction, (on the Cincinnati Southern lluilroad,) which wouiu give nil nil rail line between Ciucinuntti and Norfolk, Vn.t the distance being only 725 miles, against 080 miles via Chattanooga, Kuoxvillc nud Bristol. Tiik Land Laws ov Knuland.?Loudon, January 20.?The Manchester Guardian's London, correspondent says that among the principal subjnets to be presented by the Government for legislation nt ttie coming session of Parliament are the abolition of the law of primogeniture and the simplification cf the transfer of land. ThkNkw Orleans Duel.?New Orleans, Janu* " *> "??? >??? ? ?'i a.y kl.k m.* complaint against the principals and seconds in the Burke-11 earsey duel. The principals were bailed in $500 each and the seconds in $250 each. The penalty under the law for lighting x duel is $200 fine and imprisonment for two fears, and for being a sccoud. $100 fine and iinpi isonmcnt for one year. A Ifoi'B ron Oi.ti Mail CoNTnactors.?Senaor Bailey, from the postoffice committee, reported with amendments the Senate joint resoution authorizing the secretary of the treasury o pay Southern mail contractors for carrying nails prior to May 31, 1801, upon presentation >f proof that they have not been paid cither by he Confederate or United States Governments. Mnccd on the calendar. Tin: Gai.lqws Gkts its Ditk.?Savannah, Janlary 28.?Jolin Johnson, a negro, convicted of lie murder of Daniel McDcrinott on the lTili f March, 1878, nfler two trials, two reviews of ho case by I lie Supreme Court and two sentences f dcntli, was brought into the Superior Court his morning and sentenced a third time, and rill be hanged on Friday, 27th February next, 'lie crime was of unparalleled utrocity, and egal technicalities could not client the gallows f its dues. A Sifi.OTivo trnnv i*r Trvn ?Galveston, atiuary 20.?A special to the New* from ShcrDau says that a parly o( drunken roughs while renting a disturbance in a bagnio were ordered o leave by City Marshal Hall. Alf Johnson roused to go and Hall ejected hitn. When outside ohnson drew a pistol and shot Hall in the renst, Hall seized Johnson's pistol and drawng his own weapon shot Johnson dead. Joluion's brother and others then shot at Hall, one hot cutting his face and the powder burning his enlirntve .i.wi I.II..?.S_. ??-" - - ....... .....uiug mill. iJilll IH'3 111 u cru:ul condition. ? Liability ok Mcugaxtilr Aok.ncies.?New rlcftiis, January 29.?Tlio jury in tIto case of chmidt & Sciglor vs. II. G. Dunn & Co.'s meruit ile agency to-iiay returned a verdict for 1,000 in favor of the plaintiff's. The case nt acted the general atleulioti of the merchants, nd it is believed that if the verdict is sustained y the highest courts it will establish the roponsibilitics of mercantile agencies for lossc3 uports and (Tie*nmtm: tw?ce?cioa ofjerroucous is case Dunn & Co. rated an irresponsible firm cry high, and failed to inform the plaintiffs, ho asked for a special report, that their inforntlion was obtained from members of the rm inquired about, Relying on Dunn & Co.'s uport, the plaintiffs sold a bill of goods on short me to the firm in question, who failed to pay >r them hence the suit. .?. Tt un Anotrr if Fair Play.?Democratic Seniors who Take Care of their <Jwn: cnator Eaton' son, clerk to committee on foreign relations ? 2,200 enator Morgan's son, clerk to committe on rules 2,190 enator Voorhees' son, clerk to committee of House of Representatives 2,000 enator Voorhecs's son, No. 2, clerk to library committee 2,190 cnator Vance's sou, clerk to committee on enrolled bills 2,190 cnator Johnson's son, clerk to committee on agiiciilturc 2,190 enator Johnson's nephew, Senate clerkship 2,190 cnator Withcrs's son, clerk to committee on pensions 2,190 enator Wallace's son, clerk to committee on revision of laws 2,190 enator McDoi.ald's son, clerk to committee on public lands 2,190 ienator Saulsbury's nephew, clerk to committee on elections 2,190 T..lol 6*19 ft'lft ? . . - ? Tin: IUthnino or tub Ciiarmkr..?New York, nnuary 28.?A New Orleans special gives the allowing particulars of the burning of the learner Ciiarmrr, belonging to the New Orleans n?l lied Hiver Transportation Company, on Sunlay last five miles above the mouth of the llchafnlnyn. The steamer hail on board 2,105 talcs of cotton, sixty barrels of molasses and , lot of sundries, all of which were destroyed, 'he fire was first seen bursting out beneath the ccond tier of cotton and in a moment the whole toat was one sheet of fiame. The pilot stood at lis post and headed the boat for the shore ; but or Ids coolness the loss of life would have been cry great, 104 passengers being on board.? Mien the boat reached shore planks were ininediately shoved out, yet such was the heat of he fire, and the haste of those aboard to save liemselves, that many jumped overboard. All he passengers were saved. The lost were Wiliant Miller, cabin boy, David Morgan, pantrynan, (diaries Johns in and John Johnson, cooks, tlary Flowers nml Mary Hamilton, chambernaids, Win. Cotoroings, fireman, and one Houst ibout name unknown. The cargo wits valued at P12U.OOO. Tiirkk Siiciuks i.\24 Horns.?Colunihia, Janinry 28. ? Kdwin I). Connor, of Cokesbury, Ab jeville County, com mi (ted suicide at that plncc o-day by shooting himself in the neck with a pistol. The act was committed in the rear of lis brothel's store, death ensuing in about two niuutcs. The deceased was about 24 years of ?ge and was the son of lion. F. A. Connor, representative from Abbeville in the Legislature ol 1870-77. No cause can be assigned for the rash act except that the deceased was suffering from depression consequent on dissipation.?tor. Xctvs mil Courier. Atlanta, January 28.?John Koerber, of Virginia, lately removed to this city, committed suicide last night by sending a bullet from a pistol through his head. He attempted suicide a few days since by taking poison, but was rescued from death by his attending physician.? Loss of properly and strong drink wero the causes of the rash act. Norfolk# January 28.?Chief of police Benson committed suicide in his private room at t.n early hour yesterday uioraiug by blowing out his brains witii a pistol. Cause, aberration of mind resulting from domestic trouble. A Conflict of Racks.?Richmond, Jaunory , '28.?Telegrams received hero to-dny report intense excitement in Shenandoah County over a collision between white nnd colored laborers nt Columbia Furnace, near Edinburgh. Sheriff Siickley of that county has telegraphed the Governor for troops to quell the riot, and the Governor has ordered Capt. Mngrudcr of the Woodstock military company to put his command nt the disposal of that otticsr and Commonwealth's attorney Allen, for the preservation of the peace. The trouble grow out of the substitution of colored for white laborers in Columbia Furnace. 15einfonckmknts OtiuFREn.?Richmond, January 28.?Later telegrams from Shenandoah V.VII.MJ icj'un in?i nn mincK wits maue on the negroes at Liberty Furnace Inst night and two men wounded. The rioters then dispersed. AH is quiet now, but trouble is nppreheuded nnd more troops nre nsked for* The Governor has ordered the Winchester Light Infantry to the scene of disturlnncc with directions to report to the sheriff. A Colored Duel.?Savannah enjoyed the probably fatally wounded. It seems, says the Morning Ntws, tlint Tom Clnrk and Charles Houston, two colored men, between whom illfeeling had long existed, met nt the store, where a number of other negroes had gathered, and got to drinking. The old quarrel was renewed between Clark nnd Houston, and the former, who hnd his gnn with him proposed that Houston go and get his gun and they settle their difficulty by an exchange of shots Houston, who lived in the neighborhood, hastened home and, procuring his gun, returned to the scene.? Ground was marked oft' aud the combatants faced, when, without any further preliminaries, both fired simultaneously nnd both fell at the same time. The guns were heavily charged with buckshot. Clark was shot in the left side nnd breast, some of the shot, it is presumed, entering the lung. He was brought to the oity and carried to t ie office of Dr. Chisholm, who examined his wound, and found it to be very serious, and he was sent to the colored infirmary.? Houston, who received three or four shots in the body, two in the abdomen, was carried off by his friends, and was believed to bs in a dying condition. Among the half-doxeu passengers who occa-' pied the stage conch that left the Mexican towu of Guanajuato, bound south, at 8 o'clock on llio morning of the 10th inst., were two yonng Americans, traUK i'l nf, i Ml) j i ' rn l',f M i ir.CM TW air was a nipping and an eager air, but the men from the States snt on ton of the couch, having beside them two Winchester rifles nnd any quantity of ammunition. This precautionary measuro proved a wise otto, for just at daybreak a harumscarum trample of horses was heard along th? roadside, two musket balls whizzed oneaftorthc other over their heads, and the demand te surrender came in hoarse, einpliutic tones. Tho driver, as though paralyzed, slopped (he raulea instantly. Some twenty banditti were scon in the dim light?much more clearly than were Sir Jack's men in buckram?and every highwayman had his gun uuslung. But no sooner had Sentcr and Green lifted their rifles than two of tho robbers fell, at which unexpected resistance tho ' whole troop retreated with precipitation. The plucky lads pulled off their coats nnd gefc ready for a second attack, which came in a moment, the Mexienns charging with a yell liko? that of the Commanchcs and just as blood curduiitu?ijLJor ilitjot Mimic, fflo quiet intervals being of a few seconds' duration only. Green was shot in the shoulder, but kept his post, and a flesh wound made Scnter that much the more positive in his resistance, liolh bent over on the top of the coach, their hcadt* close together and their breath coming thick and fast. When the robbers at last withdrew they left five of their number dead and the carcnsscs of four horses blocked the way. After I lie fight Scnter took a survey of the inside of the conch. One of the passengers, a Spaniard, had thrown his revolver out of the window ; another, a Mexican, had wrapped his head in a bakct, and as lady passenger had spout the trying time on iter kuces. A Young Laijy'b Tootii in an Old Man's Head.?A Chicago dentist has re? ci'iitlv tmnsfiwrnd n frinilor from the mnntli of a pretty young lady to the corresponding orifice of a uiau of middle age. This man was unwilling to wear n plate to support a single tooth, and (lie dentist suggested the transplanting of a molar from a living subject. Five weeks afterward there presented herself a young lady whose teeth were too many for her jaw. She could eat better than sho could talk. One of her teeth was removed, placed in glycerine nud kept at blood heat until the other patient could besummoned ; and then it was transferred to his jaw nnd tied to tho adjacent teeth. lly the third day the doctor was satisfied, from tho lack of inflammation and the freedom from pain, that the operation would bo successful. On the ninth day the ligatures wcro icmovi d. and on the fourteenth tho tooth was quite firm ; from that time on it con? tinued to grow firmer in its attachment to the jaw, until at the end of six weeks it was as useful as its neighbors. In color aud size the matching was uearly perfect. The only difference between the transplanted tooth nnd the original one was in the shape of the roots; that of the latter was single, while the former had a double root, but the l.i i n__ i i l. .11..u r.n^.i sockci couia iiuruiy nave uucii ueucr mica. - Some Thinos to Disbelieve.?When a man advertises for a partner, and wants a young man to put in a small investment of one hundred or fivo hundred dollars and promises to him a realization of fifty or one hundred per cent profit, don't bclicvo it. When a man offers to give gold watches or jewelry.worth fifty to one hundred dollais for one dollar, don't bclicvo it. When a man offers to give away knowledge of the utmost value for the cure of consumption, and any and all diseases, by merely sending a threecent to prepay postage, don't believo it. When a man proposes to do his utmost to make every one else rich, and looks to other people's interest moro than his own, don't believe it. When a man offers to givo you something of great value for something of less value?in other words, to givo you something for nothing, don't believe it.? Many prcsons advertise on purpose to filch young men of money gained by hard labor, and before entering into any speculation which may be offered you, take advantage of the many means at your command and ascertain the facts with reference to tho proposed business before you invest, nod thus save your money and assist in effectually breaking up swindling establishments.