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Straps and .facts.
? General U. S. Grant, in a letter to Mr.
T. D. Jeffries, of Clarksville, Va., reiterates
what has heretofore been stated in othei
forms that there was no demand for the
surrender of General Lee's sword at A ppomattox,
and that no tender of it was offered,
? One of the curiosities of the Laredo,
Texas, money markets, is the introduction
of Mexican bank notes. The notes are of all
denominations and pass at the same rate
as Mexican silver coin. The first paper
money ever issued by Mexico was in the
present year.
? Last Thursday a lady made declaration
at the Clerk's office of Waterloo, Iowa, t<
become a citizen of the United States. She
claimed that she was a widow, and that she
could not transact the business devolved upon
her by the death of her husband unless
she was naturalized. The required paper?
were made out.
? Gen. Crook advises that it "costs less tc
leed Indians tnan to ngnt tnem, - ami nt
adds that "we must fight all the Indians we
swindle. If they cannot get corn, they will
get cartridges." "Which would seem to imply
that millions of money and thousands
of lives must be sacrificed for contractors
and Indian Rings.
? The business failures of the week ending
last Friday, throughout the country, as reported
to R. G. Dunn & Co., number 181?a
decrease of 5 as compared with last week.
The New England States had 13, the Middle
States 23, the Western States 48, the Southern
States 48, the Pacific States and Territories
21, Canada 26 and New York city 7.
? The unveiling of the Jefferson monument,
for which elaborate preparations have
been made at Monticello, Va., has been
postponed from July 4 until next Autumn,
The monument is to be erected over the
grave of the great statesman in the cemetery,
which is a portion of the old Jefferson
estate and a part of the lands which surround
the mansion where the founder of the Democracv
spent a great portion of his life.
? The St. Paul Pioneer-Press says it is not
a question of candidates in Ohio. Republican
success depends upon the extent to
which the people are stirred up on the liquor
question, and the degree of disgust
with which President Arthur has inspired
the rural Ohio mind. That it depends upon
how many Republicans stay at home 01
bolt?not at all upon whom the Democrats
nominate.
? The Old Testament Company of Revisers
have now finished the last revision ol
the Old Testament and are making up the
appendix, which contains the unadjusted
differences between the American and English
revisers. The committee will meet
again in July for several days, and resume
work in September next. It is expected
that the revision will be completed before
the end of this year, and published by the
University presses of Oxford and Cambridge
next spring.
? Will the Queen go crazy ? is the all-absorbing
question. now in England, and &
Ijonelon paper prints the following statement
in regard to the condition of her majesty
: "The Queen has for two months been
in a state of mild melancRolia, which in
course of time, if not reliewed, would proba
bly become very uimcuit 10 treai. ner condition
has naturally caused great anxiety,
bettau.se of the tendencies of her family,
Her Majesty and the Princess Beatrice will
this autumn go to the vicinity of Florence,
Italy, where they will remain two months.''
? Off with the old love and on with the
new is the song of the lawyers engaged in
the farce of trying to convict the star route
thieves. They had one man, lterdell, te
plead guilty?and yet the jury found againsl
this plea?and Rerdell is discharged. And
yet they go oh making the pretence of hunting
down the rascals just to delude the people
and to draw their pay. It is suggested
that as the government officers were in complicity
with the thieves in the stealing, thej
are in complicity with them now in the
sham fight in the courts.
? Win. H. Barnum, of Connecticut, Chairman
of the National Democratic Executive
Committee, in a recent interview with
a newspaper reporter on General Butler'?
candidacy for the Presidency, said: "Personally,
Jl am not a very strong Butler man,
still the fact cannot be disguised that he is
a very strong candidate. Down in the New
England States it is a foregone conclusion
that Ben. Butler will be the next President
of the United States. His State administration
is popular among the people. He
would carry all the New England States,
except Vermont and Rhode Island."
? The United State's and England are the
only countries in which the unanimity of a
jury is requisite to a- verdict. In France
">"l Oiimimrn- ilw? inj-riiiinifmf Of ilirnrs
is sufficient, "ami if the decision is seven to
tive the side prevails which receives the endorsement
of the judge or judges on the
}>eneh. A similar rule is in use in Italy
and in Scotland, where murderers are tried
l>y an assize, or jury of fifteen, a'majority
verdict convicts or acquits. The abandonment
of the requirement of unanimity
would free the jury system of the United
States of many evils. The agreement of
eleven jurors ought to be sufficient for a
verdict, and in the opinion of many ten ju
rors ougnt 10 oe aDie 10 convict or ucquu.
? The judicial conference of the (Northern)
Methodist Episcopal Church met in
Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 20tli instant,
Bishop Wilev presiding, to consider the cases
of the Rev. J. (1. Johnson of the Mississippi
Conference, the Rev. William Rawlings ol
North Carolina, charged with embezzlement,
and the Rev. Richard Bingham of
Savannah, charged with adultery, the three
having been expelled. The former two did
not respond and the expulsion remains.
The case of the latter was considered and
finally remanded to his conference. After
the meeting an educational conference was
held and a committee appointed to appoint
a General Educational Conference for the
entire South, to meet in the Fall.
? Secretary Chandler announces the appointment
from the recent Annapolis graduates,
of three assistant naval constructors,
seven engineers of junior grade, three assistant
engineers and ten second lieutenants.
Total 22 out of a merit roll of 92. The rest
will be honorably discharged July 1, 1883,
with one year's pay, as provided by the Act
of August, 18S2. For the three positions
of assisstant naval constructors, Secretary
Chandler has selected Jno. E. Shock, Josenn
H. Linnard and Joseph I. Woodward, the
first three of the class in the order of merit.
Among the fortunate twenty-three are only
two from the South, Robert B. Dashiell and
Geo. P. Blow, of Virginia. There are some
questions of physical disability, defective
eyesight, &c., which may render ineligible
five of the twenty. In case these questions
create five vacancies, Franklin J. Moses, of
South Carolina, and C. M. Perkins, of Geor
gia, will receive commissions.
? It seems that the Rev. Mr. Jenkins
acted rashly and prematurely in shooting
the Rev. Mr. Borden at Mansfield, La., the
other day, an account of which we published
last week. Miss Butler, "the woman in
the case," denies that any engagement existed
between herself and young Jenkins,
and that she did not imagine that her replies
to Jenkins'questions on the railway
train couiu oe consirueu- iiuu au missions 01
criminality on her part, or that she had
suffered anything worse than an affront.
She was accompanied home from Mansfield
by her two brothers, who were her
natural protectors and quite able to defend
her and take car of her. It is conceded that
unless the plea of insanity is sustained,
that it will go hard with Jenkins. The
preliminary examination was concluded on
Monday. Judge Logan briefly reviewed
the case and held 13. O. and C. E. Jenkins
to answer the charge of murder. They will
not be allowed to give bail. They were
sent to the Caddo Parish jail at Shreveport.
?A St. Louis dispatch of Thursday says:
"The River has risen about three inches
since last night. Advices from the North
and West note heavy rains along both the
upper Missouri and Mississippi Rivers,
and it is now feared that another rise of a
foot or two will come. Should this be the
case there will be a great destruction ol
crops and farm property along all the
streams in this State. Already a great
amount of bottom land 011 the Missouri River
is overflowed and crops are ruined. The
farmers have been forced to abandon their
homes for higher ground. Farms opposite
Hermann are reported to have suffered
damage to the extent of over SOOJMMi, and
/
other bottom lands in the same county have
sustained losses. In Callaway county, opposite
Jefferson City, the bottoms are submerged.
A great 'quantity of low land
! along the Osage River is overflowed and
5 great loss of wheat and corn is reported.
Madison dyke, above this city, still holds;
' I two hundred men are working on it."
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5 YORKYILLE. S. C. :
; THURSDAY MORNINO, JUNE 28, 1883.
THE CAMDEN MONUMENT.
Themonument tothe Confederate soldiers,
; erected at Camden, through the exertions
; nf tho liirlip? of Kershaw countv. was un
veiled on Wednesday of last week. The
> crowd attending the ceremony was estimated
at 8,000. Senators Hampton and Butler,
Governor Thompson, and other distinguish>
ed men were present. The ceremonies of
unveiling consisted of an artillery salute,
dedicatory prayer, ode by the ladies and addresses.
The veil was stripped from the
[ monument by a group of young ladies,
' daughters of ex-Confederate soldiers. Senator
Hampton delivered the memorial orai
tion.
lie paid a glowing tribute to t^ie faith,
i devotion and patience of Southern women,
i and said when the true story of the war
shall be written, they would not only occupy
the first place in our hearts, but the first
; in honor. They would always repel with
scorn and indignation the imputation that
, monuments to the Confederate dead marked
the place where traitors slept. We of the
; South were neither traitors nor rebels, nor
i was our war in any proper sense a rebellion.
It was strictly a civil war, growing out of
conflicting interests and different construci
tions of the constitution by opposing sections
of the country. He congratulated the
country that the future was auspicious, that
! the scars of war were obliterated by time,
; and demanded that "our former enemies do
justice to the motives that inspired our conduct."
The great questions which were at issue
' between the North and the South and which
were left to the arbitrament of war, were de;
cided against us ; but the sword never has
; decided, and never will decide questions in;
volving great principles. The final judgment
as to the motives and actions of man
rests with a higher tribunal than any on
this earth, and to that last great court of ap1
peal must every question of right and wrong
...kmiunrl v!nf tiavo +V?p Hivirip
UC OUUlllillCU* JL>Ut HV ftl?V V V v??v
' command to yield obedience to constituted
1 authority, and it is the duty of every good
1 citizen who receives the protection of the
' government to obey its laws. There is no
" inconsistency in our giving to the constitu>
tion and laws under which we live an ear:
nest, conscientious support, while we hold
1 in tender reverence the memory of the men
j who died for the cause we held to be just
and right.
> The oration was received with much eni
thusiasm.
> THE PRESIDENT AND THE IRISH.
A deputation of representative Irishmen
waited upon the President last Saturday afternoon
and presented him a resolution concerning
assisted emigration, adoped at the
recent meeting of the Irish National League
in Philadelphia. The delegation was composed
of Alexander Sullivan, president of
the Irish National League, and a large
number of representative and prominent
Irishmen from different parts of the country.
Sullivan made an address to the
President and was followed by Henry L.
Hognet and James Lynch of New York,
Reynolds of New Haven, and others. The
President replied to the addresses as follows:
"The subject you present will receive my
careful consideration. It has already been
under consideration by the secretary of
, State. Correspondence in regard to it has
been had with our diplomatic and consular
, representatives, ana an investigation into
facts is now being made by them. It is, of
. course, proper that this Government should
; ascertain whether any nation with which
, it holds amicable relations is violating any
, obligation of international friendship before
, calling attention to any such matter. In
the meantime, the law provides that the
officers of the treasury shall examine into
the condition of passengers arriving as emigrants
at any port of the United States,
and if there should be found any convict,
lunatic, idiot or any person unable to take
> care of himself without becoming a public .
charge, they shall report the same in wri'
ting to the collector of such uort, and such
person shall not be pormitteu to land. Attention
will be given to the strict enforcement
of this law."
THE OHIO DEMOCRACY.
The State Democratic Convention of Ohio
was in session at Columbus last Thursday
. and Friday. A full State ticket was nominated,
headed by Judge Hoadly for Governor.
The platform adopted embodies in
brief the following principles: l. Acmerence
to tlie principles of Jeffersonian De'
mocracy, as set forth in the State and nation1
al platforms of the party. 2. Tariff for re ve'
nue, limited to the necessities of the government
faithfully and economically administered.
8. Disapproval of the recent action
of Congress in reducing the tariff on
wool. 4. Opposition to all sumptuary legislation
and approval of a properly graded
license system for the regulation of the
liquor traffic. 5. Government protection
; for all citizens, native and foreign born, at
i home and abroad. 6. Reaffirmation of the
principles enunciated in 1S72, 1870, 1880,
1881 and 1882.
Judge Hoadly became a Democrat in
1872, but voted for Grant rather than for
GreoJey. He is not a popular man, so to
speak, but commands a following by intellectual
supremacy. He favored the war,
but did no fighting. Mr. Tilden is said to
1 be his political backer.
A Colored Lawyer Pleading for a
Confederate Soldier.?The Beaufort
; correspondent of the News and Courier relates
the following unusual occurrence of a
colored advocate appearing for a white
man, as one of the incidents of the late term
U1 J>t*<lUlUU V^HVUll VUUil .
The ease of W. J. Napier, a poor one armed
white man, found guilty of grand larceny
and sentenced to the Penitentiary for I
. two years, peculiarly addressed itself to !
our sympathy. The unfortunate creature
was evidently friendless and must have
aroused the same sentiment of pity in the
breast of W. J. Whipper, who volunteered
for his defence without consideration and
made an affecting appeal in his behalf. He
had been a Confederate soldier and nad lost
his arm in the service of the "Lost Cause,"
but this did not deter even this colored advocate
from claiming for him some mercy
and pity on that account. The facts are
1 that he may have been guilty of stealing
twenty-six dollars as far back as 187G from a
man who had given him hospitable lodging.
He had gone to Augusta immediately
after the crime had been perpetrated and
returned to this vicinity only last March,
i when his relentless pursuer had him arrested.
His trial at this term of the Court has
resulted in his conviction and in his sentence
to the Penitentiary for the term of two
years. The jury did not even recommend
him to mercy, but we are sure it must have
* been an oversight. If our humble voice is
: now effective we would supplement that of
; his colored advocate and plead for clem
ency in his behalf, if sympathy is foreign
t to strict, impartial justice. Poor, friend
less and without one ray of hope, perhaps,
( what a boon it would now be if that long
[ term of imprisonment could be shortened
I through means unexpected.
AN ATLANTA SENSATION.
The story of a most revolting crime in
Atlanta, Ga.f came to light last Friday. Dr.
D. N. Cook and his family have resided for
the past two months at No. 81 Lloyd street,
in tne same house with a man named A.
Brightwell and his family. Cook rented
the house and relet a part of it to Brightwell.
It was Cook's custom when going out
to church with his wife at night to leave his
family, consisting of two little girls, a small
boy and an infant, in charge of the Brightwells,
with whom the Cooks are on the
most intimate terms. On Thursday night
while Cook and his wife were at church
Brightwell sent his wife up town to do some
shopping, and in her absence caught hold of
little Mary Cook, the 12-year-old and eldest
child, who was walking in the hall with the
baby in her arms, and endeavored to drag
her into his bed room. The child jerked
away, and a young girl named Mollie Green,
who' happened to come in about that time,
upbraided Brightwell and told him she intended
to inform Cook of his conduct.
Friday morning when the girl informed
Cook he called Mary to him, and she confessed
that Brightwell had abused her person
at various times during the past three
weeks in the absence of her parents, and
that she had not divulged it before because
fearful of her father's anger. Cook's other
daughter, just 8 years old, also confessed
that Brightwell, one weeK ago, locKeu nor
in a closet and tried to ruin her by force,
when she screamed and he let her out without
accomplishing his purpose. A medical
examination showed the twelve-year-old
daughter to be in a terrible condition.
Cook at once took out a warrant against
Brightwell and went with Captain Couch
to serve it. Prominent citizens gathered
around and advised Cook to kill the prisoner
on the spot, but he refused to do it and
said, "Let the law take its course." Brightwell
was taken to the station house, but the
police fearing that he would be lynched, removed
him to the jail, where he is strongly
guarded. Brightwell protests his innocence,
but everybody is convinced of lm guilt. A
band of prominent citizens went to Cook's
house on Friday night and begged him to
say the word and they would at once proceed
to the jail and lynch the villain, assuring
him that the police would aid them
in the work, but Cook declined to do it.
Cook said that Brightwell would not be
lynched. Cook is a veterenary surgeon, who
came to Atlanta from Canada about a year
ago. He is looked upon as an upright man,
and is a strict member of the Methodist
Church. Brightwell is a first class mechanic,
35 years of age, and has a wife and two
small boys. A little girl of the neighborhood,
about 10 years old, says that Brightwell
also attempted to abuse her on Thursday,
and that lie offered her money and
that she spat in his face. The case has
created intense excitement and a violent
feeling against Brightwell, and the chances
are that he will not be allowed a trial.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Grand Division of Sons of Temperance
will meet at Marion on July 3rd.
? One firm in Anderson has sold over
thirty reapers this season.
? The oat crop of Chester county this year
will be about half of that of last year.
? The county commissioners of Edgefield
have been indicted for failing to keep a public
highway in good repair.
? Win. Schmitt, a German of Charleston,
committed suicide by shooting himself with
a pistol last Monday morning.
? The experiment of raising upland rice
has been satisfactorily settled by Mr. Cely
in Greenville county. It can be made a
paying crop.
? Mr. J. 1). Huggins, of Mullin's, Marion
county, gathered hist week ninety barrels
of potatoes from an acre and an eighth. He
shipped them to New York.
? Dave Jackson, colored, who was arrested
by the sheriff of Lancaster county on suspicion
of having committed a murder in
Jackson county, Ga., in 1881, lias been released.
He was not the man.
? The trial of Emil Hyman, charged with
the murder of Fanny Cochran, in Charleston,
on the 20th of last November, was commenced
in the Charleston Sessions Court last
Monday.
? Last Saturday morning John II. Campsen,
Master of the City Almshouse, of
Charleston, committed suicide by shooting
himself with a pistol. No cause is assigned
for the act.
? Governor Thompson has appointed Col.
Dancy P. Duncan, of Union county, to fill
the vacancy on the board of Railroad Commissioners
caused by the death of ex-Governor
Jeter.
? A gentleman of Anderson says that he
has been living there for forty-five years,
and he lias never known the farmers so
Srosperous as now. Corn is selling there at
fty cents per bushel.
? Wheat in Oconee county is better than
it has* been in years and fall oats have not
been injured much, while the summer crops
of corn and cotton, though small, have been
thoroughly cleaned and are in fine growing
condition.
? The residence of Stephen R. Ferguson,
near Mount Prospect Church, Chester county,
was destroyed by fire a week ago last
Saturday night. A portion of the household
furniture and wearing apparel were
saved. No insurance.
? Clias. Goings, colored, of Fairfield Counts
?nof wifh a. linrrihip death last week.
While riding a mule he was thrown to the
ground and his foot becoming entangled in
the gearing, he was dragged for a considerable
distance, and so badly injured that he
only lived fifteen minutes.
?The order of the Knights and Ladies of
Honor has grown to such proportions in
this State, that it has become necessary to
establish a Grand Lodge. Past Protectors
of the various lodges will assemble at Florence
on the 12th of July for this purpose,
and to elect the grand officers.
? A week ago, last Saturday, Daniel llarlee,
colored, about II) years old, living on
the plantation of Captain A. T. Ilarlee,
Marion county, went to a well to draw some
water, and as he turned to leave the well
was seized with a fit of epilepsy, fell backward
in the water and was drowned.
? After a visit of a week of unbroken pleasures
in New England, the Washington
Light Infantry, of Charleston, started on
their return home last Sunday. At New
York they were met by a committee of the
Old Guard and escorted to their armory,
where the whole party breakfasted.
? The Rev. J. W. Tarboux and his wife
have left Spartanburg for New York, where
they will embark for Brazil. For a year
past Mr. Tarboux has felt it his duty to enter
the foreign missionary field, and in looking
around Brazil seemed to attract him.
The missionary board of the M. 10. Church
accepted his offer and at last have started
him forth.
? A very severe storm struck Florence
about half past three o'clock 011 Wednesday
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Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Company, back of their shops, under
which ears were being built, was blown
down and the workmen narrowly escaped
with their lives. Nobody was seriously
hurt.
? In Greenville, on Wednesday of last
week, Mrs. Jane White, wife of Charles
White, was seriously burned by the explo- !
sion of a can of kerosine oil from which she \
was pouring oil to kindle a fire. One of
her children, a small boy, was also severely j
burned. Her clothes ignited upon the ex-;
plosion of the can and were burned almost i
off her before assistance reached her.
? The Winnsboro News of Saturday says:;
The numerous friends of Judge Win. R.
Robertson will deeply regret to learn that
he was stricken with paralysis on Thursday I
morning, his left side being affected. On
Wednesday he was in his usual health, i
There were no premonitory symptoms of,
the disease whatever, and the stroke which ,
came at an early hour on Thursday morning \
was quite sudden. There was no change in
his condition on Friday.
? Columbia Register, Sunday: The county :
commissioners of York, Lancaster, Sumter :
and Lexington have sent to Commissioner '
Butler reports of the number of miles ofi
public roads worked, number of bridges,
days of work, cost, &c., in their respective
counties. These are all that have been re- j
received, except the counties of Marion,
Richland and Laurens, previously mentioned.
There must certainly be some way. to,
reach the delinquents, as the commissioner
should not be balked in his laudable under-:
taking by the dereliction of those whose !
| duty it is to assume the whole burden of
keepingthepublic roads in proper condition.
; ? Marlboro is a dry county, but its festive
citizens have refreshed themselves with r
copious draughts of Jamaica ginger, the : f
sales of which have been enormous. This I \
evasion of the law having grown to such a -1
nuisance a test case was made against a
prominent merchant, who was tried before J
Judge A. P. Aldrieh at the recent term of ^
court. After a long and interesting trial j j
the jury returned a verdict of guilty and j
the judge imposed a Hue of i?2()i?. No ap- J
peal has been made. '}
? A terrible boiler explosion took place
last Thursday, 011 tin? farm of .Robert (.'. Wil- j,
liams, about eight miles from Greenville.
Ten men were near, variously engaged in
the work of threshing wheat, and seven of
them were injured?the engineer, Ned Mc- 1
Bryer, colored, fatally. Two others are in g
h precarious condition. In the inquest over r
the body of McBryer, the evidence developed
the fact that the steam gauge showed
fortv pounds, while the safety valve had
indicated 9(1 pounds, in spite of which the ,
engineer put still greater pressure on and
tied down the valve, getting a pressure of ^
probably the full amount stated?110 pounds, v
The jury rendered a formal verdict which I
was to the effect that McBryer came to his
dpntli hv the exnlosion. which was the re
suit of "accident or misfortune."
? The people of Anderson, Pickens and a
Greenville have their blood stirred up in c
regard to the line of the proposed Carolina, 1
Cumberland gap and Chicago Railroad, j,phe
citizens of Williamston, Kasely and
Pickens claim that they inaugurated the
matter, got up subscriptions, had their line
run and showed the cheapest mountain road
.in the world. When Governor Hagoodwas
made president of this road the people of
Anderson and Greenville began to work in c
order to divert the line from Williamston a
and Easley and bring it by Anderson and j
Greenville. General Hagood recently made j
a proposition in regard to the matter, which ^
has created a sensation. An indignation
meeting was held at Williamston last week,
and the people of Easley and Pickens feel
"hat they have been unkindly dealt with. ^
? At the recent term of Union Circuit ?
Court, a case of some interest was tried, it ?
being one in which a colored man was J
charged with the abduction and seduction t
of a colored girl under sixteen years of age. a
Solicitor Duncan, in a speech of singular t
force and eloquence, arraigned the crime
and its perpetrator. The defence was conducted
with great ability, but was necessarily
confined to the construction of the law t
relating to the crime charged, as there (
could be no question as to the facts. The ^
Judge, in deciding upon the legal questions
raised by the defence, held that the law of ^
the case was the Statute Law of South Car-1 *
olina, and was applicable alike to the low- ?
est and highest classes of society. The jury,
with little delay, brought in a verdict of
guilty, on the first count, and the Judge
gave the offender two years at hard labor t
in the Penitentiary or a fine of ?.'500. i
A Native African.?Jack Smith, a na- 1
five born African, of this city, has paid (
?150 for the passage of himself and family to
the "Dark continent" by steamer from New r
York, and will begin his long journey about (
the first of next month. Jack Smith has
had an eventful life. Pie was one of the
tribe of C'ongos in his native country, and
in a war with a hostile tribe was taken pris- t
oner with others and sold to a slave trader. ]
lie came to America on the Wanderer, owned
by Capt. Chas. Lamar, of Savannah, with '
many others who were sold as slaves. He '
was then about thirteen years old. The c
voyage occupied about two months, which I
was caused by the time lost by the Wander- }
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111 UVUlUlIlg cvci^y VCOTCJ. .ll^HLVUj uuu> J
after many hairbreadth escapes, succeeded
in landing at the coast below Savannah
in 1855). Capt. Lamar, says Jack was on
the steamer during the voyage, and is well j
remembered by him. The cargo of slaves
was sold to speculators, and it was Jack's :
destiny to be brought to Montgomery, where 1
he became the property of Mr. Jack Smith, I
whose patronymic and Christian name he c
adopted, and was afterwards purchased by c
Mr. Josiah Morris, who owned him until .
emancipation. Since the 10th of May, 1868,
he has been an employee of the press depart- [
ment of the Advertiser to the present time, '
and has proved reliable and faithful to'his
duties. Little did the untutored African
think the tangled web of fate would transport
him from his native wilds to assistant c
pressman of a daily newspaper. His re- c
turn is in pursuance of a long settled deter- r
mination, and from the time he landed at t
Savannah he has never ceased to pine for j
his native land. With this purpose in view ,
he has economized and saved every dollar c
not required for the expense of living. He t
married several years ago, and will be ac- r
companied by his wife and several children, e
He goes to Liberia, and will engage in j
farming, and cultivate rice, corn, coffee, etc.,
and expects to spend the remainder of his
days in his native country.
Jack repudiates the practice of caninbal- s
ism and other barbarous habits attributed
to his countrymen, and says they are untrue ,
so far as his own tribe are concerned. He 1
learned to sneak the English language in a 1
few months"after his arrival here, and his a
intelligence is equal to that of the average r
negro. His memory is remarkable, espe- j
dally of dates and names, and he readily recalls
the exact date of every change or ex- ^
traordinary occurrence in his career since he landed
in America, lie is tractable and s
good natured, and when thoroughly aroused h
never fails, as lie says, to swear in his native
tongue.?Montgomery Advertiser, 21^.
A Philadelphia Horror.?In Phila- j
delphia, last week, the police found in the v
cellar of the dwelling No. 2,243 North Fifth ,
street, formerly occupied by Dr. Isaac Hath- _
away, an alleged abortionist, the bodies of 0
several children and a large number of human
bones. Dr. Hathaway was arrested in \
March, 1881, with the Rev. Thomas B. Mil- v
ler, for committing criminal malpractice up- ^
on Mary Butler, a servant girl, whose child "
died after the operation. Both were admitted
to bail and Hathaway fled. He,
however, returned to the city some time I
ago, but has been rearrested on the charge.
Three months ago his wife charged him q
with brutally assaulting herand threatening
her life. She asked to have a warrant issued ?
J'or his arrest, but subsequently withdrew t
the charge. She told the officials at that e
time that her husband had performed several
criminal operations upon her and that she j
knew he had performed hundreds of others, j
()n the day of the discovery, twenty-one 5,
skulls or portions of skulls of infants were
found in the cellar of his dwelling. Dr.
Hathaway had been previously committed
to jail for assaulting a relative. After the .,
startling discoveries were made on his 1
premises the coroner lodged a detainer at h
the prison against him, and began an inves- H
ligation of the affair last Saturday. Hatha- o
way was brought from prison and was pres- n
ent during the examination. His form is
bent and he appears very infirm. Anna
Marie Emery, the alleged wife of Hatha- a
way, but who declares that she was not tl
married to him, testified at length in regard h
to the operations of the accused burning of
i ~i ; 1 ii-..:- 1 :~i f|U?.
IJilUieh HI1U liltJir uunui ill uiu tcnai. mu ^
sons of both the Doctor and the woman also
gave similar testimony. Detectives Wolf a
and Miller were examined in regard to their s{
discoveries in the house occupied by the ac- ii
cused, and the jury then rendered a verdict
that Dr. Hathaway was guilty of abortion n
in numerous cases. Hathaway was com- r
mitted for trial, and his alleged wife held as
a \v itness. ej
Death of Mrs. Few ell.?Just before
going to press on Wednesday morning in- eformation
reached us of the death of Mrs. n
It. E. Fewell, wife of Trial Justice S. M.
Fewell. She died at her home in Ebenezer st
township at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, c<
the immediate cause of death being a con- p
gestive chill. She had been sick for some tl
time, however. This death is a very sad ,v
one indeed, Mrs. Fewell having been a 1,
very excellent woman in every way and
having been universally held in the highest 11
esteem.?Rock Hill Herald, 21.s-/. li
T
The Gallows.?At Clarksville, John- a]
son county, Arkansas, last Friday, Gove .
Johnson, James Johnson, Monroe McDonald 11
and James Herndon, who last March mur- C(
tiered a conductor while robbing a Little fr
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad train near 1^
Mulberry Station, were hanged in the presence
of a crowd ofseveral thousand persons, p
Lewis Carter, colored, was hanged at
Petersburg, Va., last Friday for wife mur- w
der. The execution was witnessed by 2,000 w
persons, mostly colored. I pi
XiOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
jawn Party.
I. Lathan, .School Commissioner?Notice.
V. R. Waring, M. I).?Medical Card,
ohn May, Jr.?No More Grumbling and Quarreling.
ohn May, Sr., and John May, Jr.?Druggists
and Apothecaries.
Cithers Adickes?Seed Irish Potatoes,
funter <fc Gates?Ho ! This Way frir Bargains!
. E. Lowrv?Macarthy's Celebrated Horse Power.
'. M. Dohson?A Machine to Give Away.
'avlor Manufacturing Co., Charlotte, N. ('.?Our
Patent Saw-Mill.
\ Happerfield, Intendaut?Sanitary Notice.
COTTON SEEI) SHIPMENTS.
Since the 1st of last November, Mr. W. C.
jatimer, of this place, has bought and
hipped to the Chester cotton seed oil mill,
1 car loads, or 18,(500 bushels of cotton seed.
COTTON SALE.
There are still a few lots of cotton in the
lands of some of our farmers. Mr. Wm. H.
Juinn Is now delivering a lot 01 iy ouie?,
yhich he sold last week to Mr. .T. P.
lope, at 92 cents.
ROSE'S HOTEL.
Mr. H. W. Smith, connected with the
,bove house for the past few years, until its
lose about the first of the present year, has
eased the property and will re-open the
louse, as a hotel, about the first of next
non tli.
THE COLUMBIA REGISTER.
Col. W. S. Dogan, the active and popular
gent of the Columbia Register, paid us a
all last Thursday. The Colonel is a wideawake
representative of a progressive newslaper,
and we were pleased to learn from
dm that both he and the Register are pros>ering.
. LAWN PARTY. '
By advertisement in another column, it
vill be seen that the ladies of Yorkville will
jive a lawn party in the Court House yard
o-morrow night, the proceeds to be applied
othe furnishing of the South Carolina room
it Mt. Vernon. A general invitation is exended
to all.
PICNIC AT CASTLES'.
A picnic will be given at Castles' school
louse, three miles west of town, on Saturlay
the 7th of July, to which a cordial inviation
is extended by the managers to the
iti/.ens of Yorkville and vicinity. Besides
he customary picnic festivities there will
.lr.yx l\/? miiatn /I o r* n i r* rp
IIIMJ UC Juuniu aim uanving*
CONDITION OF M. HOPE.
We nre gratified to announce that the conlition
of Mr. J. W. P. Hope, whose serious
llness we noted last week, is greatly im>roved,
and he may now be regarded as out
>f danger.
Peyton B. Bar win, Esq., one of our most
espected citizens, and the oldest citizen of
>ur town, is confined to his bed. *
THE RAILROAD.
We learn that on Saturday evening last,
rack laying on the Chester and Lenoir
tail road had progressed to within two and
l half miles of Newton. By the terms of
he lease, the lessees have until the 1st day
>f next month in jvhich to lay the iron to
Newton. The indications are that they will
rnve the iron laid to that point by the speciied
time.
MEDICAL CARD.
Attention is directed to the medical card,
n our advertising columns, of W. It. Waing,
M. I)., formerly of Savannah, Ga., and
ate of Charleston, who proposes to locate
>ermanently in Yorkville, for the practice
if medicine. Dr. Waring has been a suce&sful
practitioner since 1852, with a pre-ious
clinical practice in American and Euopean
hospitals, and he comes to this place
lighly recommended.
THE ORATOR'S MEDAL.
In reference to the commencement exerises
at King's Mountain High School, our
orrespondent writes us that to D. F. Baringer
was awarded the orator's medal, and
o C'apt. Hand the scholarship medal. Mr.
land also won the mathematical medal,
?ut thinking one was enough, he gave way
oMax. Wagner, of New York, who ranked
lext highest. The Alumni Association
lected E. W. Hall, orator, and Dr. H. It.
Back, secretary, for the succeeding year.
COTTON BLOOMS.
Mr. F. I). Davidson, of Bethesda townno
o r?/\+fr\n K1n/\in lacf ?4?"f.nr
Hip) OCIlt UO Cb V/UVIVU muv
lay, tiiken from his field on that morning.
<Ir. It. M. McGill, three miles south of
llairsville, hassentus a cotton bloom which
ppeared on the 21st instant. We have also
eceived two cotton blooms from Mr. James
j. Moss, 21 miles south-east of town, which
^ere taken from the field last Saturday, the
3rd. Mr. Joseph A. Smith, of York townhip,
has also sent us a bloom taken from
tis field last Monday.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
t. Lathan, Pastor. The pulpit of this church
rill be occupied next Sunday by Rev. Dr.
toss, who will preach at 10.30 A. M., and at
P. M. Services by Dr. Lathan at Tirzah.
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. Serices
next Sunday in the Church of Our Saiour,
at Rock Hill, at 11 A. M., and 8.30 P.
I. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pasor.
Services at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M.
'rayer-meeting Thursday at 8. P. M.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor,
'he pastor will fill his regular appointment
t Union next Sunday. Prayer-meeting at
he church in Yorkville every Thursday
vening at 8 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
'astor. Services at Philadelphia Church at
1 A. M., and at Yorkville at 8 P. M., next
unday. _
HEAVY RAIN.
The heaviest rainfall known in this locally
for ten years, and probably as heavy as
as ever been here, occurred between 8 and
[) o'clock last Tuesday evening. About 7
'clock a black and threatening cloud was
oticed extending north of town, and estilated
by some who witnessed it, to be
bout eight miles distant. It swept from
le west with moderate rapidity, and an
our later, it was supposed that it had pass[1
this section entirely; but the fragment
f this cloud was drifted in this direction
adjoined by one which had been observed
)uth of this place, and the two uniting, fell
i torrents of rain.
There was very little thunder and lighting,
though one bolt struck a tree in
out of Mrs. McAdams' house on the north
rn end of Congress street; and fortunately
lere was little or no wind.
The fury of the rain was spent in an arc
^tending northerly from west to east, j
n the western side of town the overflow of
;reams running through farms was unprc?dented.
Dr. Walker, who visited his
lace early Wednesday morning, reports
iat his fields are almost literally washed
way. His fish ponds, of which he had j
iree, and which were constructed with J
iucIi care in a valley, are completely ob-!
terated, and all his carp but three are lost. [
aking the effects of the rain on his farm as I
ti average of the destruction by the rain ,
1 its course, at leastone-half of the growing !
>rn on low lands has been carried away |
om the fields. Cotton, too, is also serious
r damaged.
The bridge over Fishing creek, on the
harlotte road, two miles north-east of town, |
as washed from the abutments, but they
ere not injured. The bridge will be rovired
to-day. We hear, but with how I
t
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much truth in the statement we do not
know, that further down, this creek extendI
ed sixty feet wider over its banks than any
| living person has ever seen it.
Two miles east of town the rain was <
equally severe. On Mr. D. L. Black's
place, one and a-half miles east, the lowlands
were overflowed. Ditches in his
fields, 20 feet wide and (> feet deep, were
filled to the surface. At least one-half of
his corn was washed up and carried away.
From our information, the rain was also
heavy south of town, and it may be safely
stated that the rain was moreor less severe in
every direction for five or six miles around
town, and the destruction to growing crops
and the damage to the fields and other property
will be serious. The rain fall here was
four inches, and the streets were in a sheet
of water for one or two hours.
From the effects of the cloud first noticed,
supposed to be about eight miles north of
town, we have heard no reports ; but the
fall of rain from it must have been immense.
CIRCUIT COURT.
June term of the Circuit Court for York
county, his Honor Judge Hudson presiding,
convened at 10 o'clock, A. M., last Monclay,
A*?/l nil AfB f\J*
iui. nunciwi vjriiniuu uuu an uic uun.i vu?
cers of the Court present. There were j
fewer persons in town from the country
thau is usual on the opening of the Sessions
Court, and especially was it noticeable that J
the colored element was not so largely rep- j
resented in the Court House as is custom- :
ary with those people during the progress ;
of Sessions business. 1
The panel of grand jurors was called and
all answered as follows: J. 1). Hamilton,
Foreman; Alvin Smith, colored, W. S.
Crawford, J. C. Gwin, Wm. Dickson, J. P. <
Epps, D. T. Partlow, James Betts, Alphon- 1
so Gettys, A. Y. Gladden, R. M. Carroll,
Andy Hall, colored, Peter Nance, colored,
George Gunning, colored, Joseph A. Smith, (
\V. J. Garrison, S. A. Fewell, James E. i
Plexico. i
The solicitor placed in the hands of the
Court a number of indictments, when his
Honor briefly charged the grand jury. He
said that the jury having been charged heretofore
in regard to their duties, he did not
deem it necessary to charge them at any
great length. He would remind them, <
however, that it is expected of them that
+V?a "ann fniflifnlltr rlicnViorflTD
UUIllig LlitJ J'CCll JUitiliUiij uioviiui^u
all the duties that are enjoined upon them
as grand jurors. It is a mistake to suppose
that the duties of grand jurors end simply
by their attendance upon a session of the
Court, and making a complimentary report
upon the condition of the books and offices
of the county officials. It is their duty to
examine thoroughly the books of the county
officers, and this cannot be done at one
term of the Court. Without the experience
of an expert in such matters, the books and
records of the public officers cannot be examined
in the short space of time usually
devoted by grand jurors to such duty. You
can, however, at this term, prosecute the
investigation begun at the last. The grand
jury also has the supervision of all public '
property of the county, which itis theirduty
to look after. The conduct of trial justices
also comes under their supervision.
While it is not regarded as the duty of
%rand jurors to bring before the Court all
manner of trivial cases, there are certain
pn?os nf which thev should take cognizance?
cases, such as adultery, retailing liquor
without license, etc.?which private individuals
dislike to report. Violations of
this character coining to the knowledge of
the grand jury, they should have an eye
single to the public good by permitting no
such cases to go unnoticed.
The condition of the public highways is
another important matter for the consideration
of the grand jury. The present system
of working the public roads is not efficient;
but simply because it is conceded by all to
be defective, is 110 reason why the work
of keeping the public roads in repair
should be entirely abandoned. Iioadworking
has almost degenerated into scratching
over the roads a few days before the convenintrnf
summer and fall terms of court, that
?? ? ,
the grand jurors may see that something 1
has been done upon them; but for the pub- ,
lie welfare it is the duty of the grand jury
to see that the roads are properly worked
and kept in good condition; and if you
know of any duties having been neglected 1
in this respect, ybu should bring the same (
to the notice of the Court. He then charg- ,
ed the grand jury as to the nature of the
indictments to be placed in their hands, 1
after which they took the papers and re- 1
tired. J
The contingent docket, on which there (
are three cases, was called, and all the cases j
were continued. i
The list of petit jurors was called, and ]
the following answered to their names; j
Mitchel Meek, colored, J. P. Duncan, J. C. (
Comer, John M. Jackson, D. C. McKinney, ]
James Nelson, Charles B. Byers, Andrew i
Neely, colored, Wm. Bridges, J. It. Carothers,
Jos. M. Whitesides, J. D. McConnell,
Peter Hardin, colored, Erwin Blair, D. T. j
McC'arter, Lawrence Adams, colored, S. (
N. Merritt, Wm. M. McGill, Isaac It. Oates, j
Philander E. Moore, Coleman Bobbins, i
' iTrt A T_1 T">.. 1
colored, A. Sidney \v nue, jonusuu j^yeia,
colored, Simeon Earle,. colored, II. A.
Smith, W. B. Love, S. P. Blankenship, L.
L. Smith, I). P. Lessley, S. It. Patrick, S.
E. White.
Of the original panel drawn, J. G. R.
Neely and A. D. Holler failed to answer,
and the following three were not found in
the county: James Meacham, colored,
G. R. Bolin, J. J. Stewart. Mr. Bridges
was excused by reason of being over age.
To complete the panel, the Court then ordered
that six names be drawn from the
five mile department of the jury box. This
was done by the jury commissioner, the
sheriff and the clerk, and the following
names were drawn: R. J. Withers, Walter
Brian, colored, John W. Evans, Alonzo
Rose, G. It. Shillinglaw and A. Frank
Woods.
The following cases were disposed of on
Monday:
State vs. David McFadden, colored; re- fc
ceiving stolen goods. Prosecutor?Robert t
Black. Verdict, guilty. ^
State vs. Rufus Allison, colored; assault ]
and battery with intent to kill. Prosecu- I
tor?Edward Tate, colored. Verdict, guilty i
of simple assault and battery. *
State vs. Adam Fewell, colored; retail- ^
ing liquor without license. Pleaded guilty. t
State vs. Win. Sims, colored; retailing! a
liquor without license. Pleaded guilty. i r
In the indictment against Elizabeth Dye, j t
charged with infanticide, the grand jury |t
failed to find a true bill, and she was dis- ?
charged from custody. . | j
The following cases were disposed of on g
Tuesday: j o
| State vs. Sylvanus Thornburg; retailing r
liquor without license. Continued. (I
State vs. Henry Blalock, colored; assault jr!
and battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, j1
John L. Watson. Verdict, guilty of aggra-! si
vated assault and carrying concealed weapon. | v
State vs. Walter Smith, colored; house-1 h
breaking. Prosecutor, Mary Bratton. Ver- li
diet, guilty. r
State vs. W. D. Parks, white; fornication, n
Verdict, not guilty. j r
State vs. Wright Osborne, white ; assault j r
and battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, 3
W. D. Parks. Verdict, not guilty. ; o
State vs. Ann McKinney, colored; retail- v
ing liquor without license. Nol. pros. o
State vs. Sam. McKinney, colored. Same b
offence. Verdict, not guilty. ?
State vs. Thomas Matthews, colored; i v
house-breaking. Prosecutor, John Nash, j
Pleaded guilty. I si
NORTH CAROLINA*NEW.S.
? In the Eastern part of the State they com)lain
of too much rain.
?Hon. D. W. Voorhees has consented to
iddress the agricultural fair to he held at
iVeldon, October sth.
? Col. J. A. Mebane, a prominent citzen
ot Reidville, committed suicide last
Thursday by drowning. Financial embar assment
is supposed to have been the cause.
? At a meeting of the trustees of Davidson
Jollege, last week, a resolution of thanks to
[iobert C. Kerr, Esq., of New Orleans, was
idopted as a token of gratitude for the gift
)f a number of valuable books.
? The Raleigh Observer says it is rumored
hat the Hon. Daniel G. Fowle will be the
,'oalition or Independent candidate for Governor
of North Carolina next year. The
Observer, however, doubts the correctness
)f the rumor.
? Newton Enterprise: Mr. John Pressley,
ion of Rev. W. B. Pressley, of Iredell coun:y
and a young man who was very popular
it our last formal institute, has fallen a
victim to mental derangement, and was ta<en
up to the Morganton Asylum Tuesday.
? Wavnesville neoDleare preparing a roy
il entertainment for the press excursionists.
Waynesville is a picturesque mountain
:o\vn, and Haywood is the brag county in
the trans-mountain country. Her pellucid
Pigeon, alive with the frisky and festive
trout, will be a revelation tq the eastern
brethren.
? The Tarboro Southerner says that the
Mormon missionaries whOj for the past six
months, have been operating in the lower
part of Edgecombe county, are quietly but
surely spreading their infamous doctrine
imong some of our white population who
ire not so well informed as other more favor2d
people.
? The Charlotte Journal- Observer says that
fully 1,200 people gathered in Pineville last
Friday nignt to witness the closing exercises
of Prof. Iteid's school. People from South
Carolina, and Sharon, Steel Creek and Providence
townships of Mecklenburg county,
moved there in a body. The exercises last- *
ed until 1 o'clock at night, and consisted
of essays, speeches, dialogues, music, etc.
C'apt. R. P. Waring, of Charlotte, delivered
closing address, which was spoken of very
highly.
? The Charlotte Journal-Observer gives the
following amusing reason for the failure of
the last term of the U. S. District Court,
which should have been held in that city
week before last: Judge Bond arrived in
this city from Raleigh Thursday in a special
car over the Carolina Central Railroad,
and finding that he was too late to holcl
Federal Court, that body having adiourned
on Monday of last week, he boarded his car
in the afternoon and went to the mountain
country. The Judge says that he sent a telegram
to the United States marshal at this
place, last week in regard to holding the
court over, but the messenger boy after
hunting around town brougnt tne message
back to the office with the indorsement
that Mr. U. S. Marshal could not be found
and that furthermore there was no man by
that name living in the city. But for this
circumstance we might have had a session
of the Federal Court this week.
? A special meeting of the stockholders of
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company
was held in Wilmington last Thursday.
to consider the question of a new Railroad
from a point near Wilson, on the Wilmington
and Weldon Road, to Florence,
on the Wiln#ngton, Columbia and Augusta
Road. After discussion the matter was
unanimously referred to the Board of Directors.
with authority to act. The proposed
road is what is known as the short cut, as ,
its construction would shorten the time between
the points named about two hours.
The whole of the line has already been surveyed
and the right of way purchased, and
the opinion is general here that the road
will he built. The directors of the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad Company
have declared a semi-aunual dividend of .'J
per cent., payable July 16th. The Directors
of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad have also declared a semiannual
dividend of three per cent., payable
July 10th.
MERE-MENTION.
Fifty members of the Texas Legislature,
who were indicted some time ago
for poker playing, have about all settled
their cases without trial by the payment
of their fines and costs. Caterpillars
have appeared in such masses in some
parts of 5sova Scotia as to impede railroad
trains. A monument over the grave of
the late Governor Williams, of Indiana, is
to be unveiled at Yincennes on the 4th of
July. Arkansas has a strict lawagaiast
the carrying of pistols, except on a journey
and prohibiting the manufacture or sale of
pistols or pistol cartridges, and, what is more,
the law is enforced. Ohio will have
four tickets in the field next fall?Democratic,
Republican, Temperance and Greenback.
Out of these an Ohioan can take according
to his choice. Mrs. Scoville, the
sister of Charles Guiteau and the divorced
wife ofScoville who defended Guiteau, has
been authorized by the Court to change her
name to Howe. The Pennsylvania Demjcratic
State Convention has been called to
meet at Harrisburgon August 1st. The
,'ourt has fixed the bail in the two additionil
Star-route indictments against Brady at
BIO,000 in each case. Yellow fever is
reported to be making fearful ravages
imong Europeans and Americans in Vera
Cruz. One thousand deaths have occurred
luring the last two months. A live
horned Texas frog, arrested in his travels
through the mails, was received at the Dead
Letter Office last Saturday. John Decoy,
editor of the Irish Nation, who was
onvicted in New York on Monday of libeling
August Belmont, was sentenced Tueslay
to sixty days imprisonment in the pen;tentiary.?v,?lt
is thought that the claims
for damages by the Brooklyn bridge panic
will aggregate at least $500,000. A
Richmond dispatch of Monday says: Gen.
Conner, of South Carolina, is seriously ill
it the house of Mr. Enders. He has been
iick for some time, but his symptoms have
jeen more alarming to-day. John H.
Alexander, the colored applicant for admission
to West Point Military Academy, is
said to have passed an excellent examina:ion,
and has been admitted. General
?- 1 3^ A- A/x
_,rooJt nas ueeu uruereu m wusiuugum n>
:onsult as to the final disposition to be
nade of the captured Apaches.
A Western Freshet.?The Mississippi
iver has burst its banks and flooded the
:ountry, spreading terrible destruction for
niles around to tne growing crops. A St.
Louis dispatch of Sunday says:
Fish Lake levee, which protects about
ifteen square miles of rich farming land in
he American bottom on the Illinois side of
he river, below East Carondelet, broke at
.1 o'clock Friday night and 10,000 acres
if fine farms are now under water. The
lamage to the crops and other property is
atimated at $200,000. What is known as
he Isabella Bridge, on the Missouri Pacific
tailway, spafining the creek about ten miles
his side of Jefferson City, was carried away
Friday. The Madison dyke, between St.
^ouis and Alton, on the Illinois side of the
iver, broke at 8 o'clock Friday morning in
wo places. One break is near Mitchell,
ibout twelve miles from East St. Louis, and
he other further north, near the head of the
lyke, not far from Alton. The crevasses
tre not very large yet, but are growing
apidly, and the water is rushsng through
hem at a fearful rate. It is expected that
he entire bottom north of East St. Louis,
unbracing fifty or sixty square miles, will
>e flooded. Farmers are leaving their
lomes as rapidly as possible, many of them
;oing to Alton and others to different points
if the bluffs, five or six miles back from the
iver. The destruction of crops and the
lamage to farm property will be very great,
'he panic among the people of Alton, when
he levee broke, was very great and uuiveral.
They fled towards the bluffs, carrying
/ith them whatever of live stock and houseOld
goods they could save. Many head of
ive stock were drowned. There is a fast
ise coming down the river, and this will
o doubt augment the flood until the water
caches the bluffs, seven miles from the
iver. As it is, all the country between
litchell and Venice is, or soon will be,
verflowed, and the destruction to the crops
fill cause the;loss of hundreds of thousands
f dollars. Not only are the crops ruined,
ut the force of the overflow has torn the
ail to nieces, and in many places sand piles
/ill take the place of fertile ground.
A dispatch of Monday, from Alton, 111.,
tys : The magnitude of the disaster from