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ON ?OBBIS ?H?AWTI ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1882. VOLUME XVIII.-NO. 1. ?ACON, COI our! WE I I?R Ef m fr ARI , Pulverizer utes Mani Marl, EVERY T. QBi BITBB?] \INBR1STLI iiABBI bos. Brniifor [June 15,1882 PAY the fol States Silv {Dollars made I .S15.C ...45001 .816.C ...".$1C .::::::::::I!I:f ictical Wate [Hno Watckei1, Sole agents; PECTACLES auci ICo.'s Standard Ol Hinno made in .*lv> ?0. ?1. ?2. ?3-. JU. 8. GolJ O?in B1&-825.00; Tir? wa-,?50.co. It will pay you', ice and examino ? June 8.1882 taist's, li Hirai ?ohnso?, liol FRES? OEiAP , ^WewMnbthe Feb IO, 1882 THE SN J.A8 tasen a fr^h ot..?, 1 wsamec'i In a few dajj h"? of many of our dt ?ybeaccemplhih?d K\ ( pterop. In the meaol IS BOO itSi^'J^^eood work .wpatttioufor EiOwSV ^?"?g. In ita incipv or eUl Connel JJ l-hor and HONK3T rar, ? Kigtat Attack on Joly 1?, 1903-What ?ned to the Conr*Oen.te?-Two ntn Taken-Total LOM Fourteen. [James ff. Rion, in CfiarUtton Weekly Neut. i is not intended as a dignified his* Sal sketch, but rather as a cozy "old ier'i talk" with my former compau Mn-ttrma, to whom minute details, sven egotistic garrulity, will have a liar interest. ^e Union forces had effected a land ] Oyster Point, south end of Morris ?, nt daylight of tho 10th of July, On the morning of the 11th they tbeir first disastrous assault on ' Wagner. They then continued og troon? and building earthworks. Uttry Wagner were some of the ?Regular Artillery, Capt. Bong's ny, Capt. Chicbcster's company, s's Battery, the Fifty-first North ns, the Twelfth and Eighteenth \ Battalions, the Twentieth South sand the Seventh South Caroli .ttalion. Gen. Taliaferro was In ind, and Col. Yates chiof of artil le morning of the 14th we found ob-proof nearly gkinnt J by FIBES OF THE IBONCLAB8 nboats. I had been placed in )f working details to' strengthen mb-proof, and I supposed my Tere ended for that day at least. \ heard In the afternoon ' that a lent of volunteers was to make on the enemy's first line that [did not regard myself as in any 'Ividually interested; r A when ) I was to lead the party very lilly pronounced tho report to be Ve. Late in tho evening volun era called fer from tho d?n?rent s, each one being limited, and to amount to ono hundred and ie party assembled, consisting rank and file from the 51st ?lina, under Capt. E. South id two lieutenants, ono each ipsnies E and I, whoso names recall; tinily from .the 7th ider Capt. Tjorr Seegurs and bj L. Clayburn; twenty-five 12th Georgia Battalion under itt;, twenty from tho 20th South ""ider Capt. Cowan; eighteen '" Georgia Battalion under In all one hundred and fifty id file, and eight commis After being inspected by (now Judge Twiggs, of jrgia.) of Gen. Taliaferro's ;.. re dismissed to their quar it orders. ! waa sent for by Gen. Telia then informed mo that Gqn. I had ordered a rcconnoisanco >y a party of volunteers to be " by me, fer the purpose of : the position and strength of ; first line, and to endeavor to i or more prisoners from whom might be obtained as to what that time been landed on He stated that after my ? the day ho would take the of substituting another it he could find none suf lainted with the island. I ?J would secure the substi irmlng him that my know 1 island at night waa con lalf mile I had fought over jg of the assault of the 11th. msultalion in an under officers present, he in lt Capt. Chichester stated man who was perfectly the island at night, and ferro) would have to aBk Z was at liberty to de yas in for t NIGHT ATTACK. : tho attacking parly was J after putting my sash ball in my pocket, and Steh, sword-belt and scab P. Nelson, I joined the inied by Major TwigRs | jester's mau Coffee. Wo I ?vd by a strong night Taliaferro told mo that j yould further Inform me desired for us to do. ono quarter of a milo [ we were baited and the rk throwing up breast as directed to advance I I and keep on the alort j vas being done. Some i had taken our posi 6j esme to us and fur So order of Gen. Beau ? me he would return if the works were thou that we would then start. |7hlm to give personally should secure us from , the picket, no matter 'fell back, i or by the ght happen, both the I ,Fvea fell back on ..th* mprcia the importance Act him of the experi lion on the morning of I our principal loss nad Of tho battery; at scouts to the front, ia' for some diatanco | ay a vldottes, ? com } acquaintance of my lng them in the tac use that night, I p.ployed across tho [ gins, under Lieut. 1 was theu divided | first being fifteen Tait's line, tho j j by Capt. Seegurs Liant. Tuft's right msvor bo stopped ; amando^ by Capt. ] aces in rear of the ita right directed "Tieft of thc left of to halt whenever tho ad. A sergeant was .position half way be la of tho two wings se-that the rear wing Uh him might, ?d', position on account ^ skirmish lino was 85?;"enemy and im* Hm: the command. ,?itboui:.mj or HKSfing to Vo "e* ^Bfto loading doue HHL?l tho command BU IL 5tU^lVat*oaro not < ELS' whIek'we take thV ia?:?r 1Ur custon, b2fc5ft?.ni?aer anticipate Kt ana:?? ??of ?t???**-5 * ins wo advise th? ??oot*?, ?oed "?rgftlna io call and the marah on our right, and going dor, a a alight slant, when I observed a halt of the skirmishers. This was fol lowed by four or five scattering shots and thea immediately by a line or fire about 200 yards in width, some forty yards to our front. 1 gave the order, "Eight wing fire !" This was immediately fol lowed by a splendid volley from both wings. Coffee fell! Feeling for him with my foot, I found his body gone. I rapidly placed myself on tbo left of the right win?, out of range of the fire of the loft wing. Our men kept up a weU directed fire at the line of flashes, while THU BULLETS OF THE ENEMY whistled mostly over our beads. I thou, turning towards tho rear, iu a loud, clear voice, (I will hero astonish most persons who know my physique by stating that Gen. Brutton has repeatedly understood commands given by me at a .mile dis tant,) commanded as follows : "Ceaso firing 1" "Gen. Taliaferro advance your Divinion I" (In a less loud voice:) "General, now charge with your Brig ade I" "Battalion, fix bayonets-charge I" And on went our imaginary Brigade supported by the imaginary division. My commands thus given were accompa nied by a slacking off of tho encmv's firo, and it had ceased by the time we reached tho earthworks. We went over these, the occupauts giving away ia con fusioa before us. We "caught five; among them John L. WiigUB and James A. Nesbit, (both privates of the 48th New York,) the latter of whom had en deavored to treat me to a bayonet through my bodyr' which, thanks to an uncon scious parry of my sword, only Btuck tho back of ray hand. As we had got over the worka we wero almost blinded by the nearly simulta neous fire of four 12-pounder howitzers, only thirty paces in front of a rising ground. This brought us to a halt. I then reformed thc command in lino, im mediately iu front of the breastworks, carrying back our two prisoner. Tho sholls of the howitzers passed beautifully over our heads, and all became silent in our front. Coffee informed me that our thea locality waa near what he called the "Boat House." Boforo I had concluded arranging my party and determined what move to make noxt, to my astonishment a terrific fire of musketry and 12-pounder guns opened about two hundred or threo hundred yards in our front. Wo all quietly sat down and enjoyod the fireworks,.all tho bal 1B and ehell pass ing over our heads. This firing soon ceased. Cautioning my command tc keop in their places and not to fire on mo, I went forward with Coffee. We found about thirty bodies of dead or badly wounded behind the works ; and Lieut.-of tho artillery near tho howitzers, all four of which had beeu thrown out of their carriages. While studying the question how I could jrivo our command thc glory of carrying these guns back with na through the heavy Band, a third pyrotechnic display was gotten up for our benefit. A tremendoua uro of big cune and littlo guns aud rifles poured forth from the main works of the enemy on a hill one aud a half or two mileB distant from Batu..y Wagner. Shells exploded generally a good distance in our front, while some solid eliot whizzed through the air over our beads. I went back to the command and waited for this new entertainment to cease. The heavy firing kept up for about fifteen minutes, when it was followed by a slack ening and desultory fire, (except from the heavy guns,) and ceased in a hall hour altogether. We then started back with our pris oners and looking (or rather feeling] carefully on the ground as went along picked up our own wounded. On ap proaching our picket line we halted and the officers and men were requested t< ascertain if any were missing. The North Carolinians report-.? nine, th( Georgians five, aud South Carolinian! one. I then took Lieut. Tutt and tin 7th Battalion detachment and went bael and carefully explored the ground. W< only found private Anderson Stuckey of Company G, of the Battalion. 1 have omitted to elate that Lieut. (who was shot through tho ankle,) to gether with two of our men who wen supporting him, fell into a shallow dr weil or pit. Our men got out and . yielded to the supplication of the lieu tenant and left him ia the well. He wa living in 1872. After the recovery o 3tuckey, by my directions we all com mencod talking and singing and safe! intered our picket line, and subsequent ly tho Battery, without being fired on. Result: Two prisoners net taken (three others had got away fron, UB.) 20t! South Carolina-One wounded, wh died before we rcaohed tho battery.. 7t South Carolina-One wounded, wh afterwatds died. 51st North Carolina Three wounded, one, F. M. Game Company O, losing a leg. 18th Georgi -One wouaded. 12tb Georgia-Ftv wounded and five missing. These latU had formed the right half of the skit mish line, and in uncovering oar froi had passed iato the marsh. From thei two made their way to tho Battery, a riviog BOOB after wo did, all covered wit pboBphoresceBcc. The threo fiuall missing no doubt got lost in the mara Total loss-Two killed, nine wound? and threo missing. WHAT APPEARED TO . THOSE AT BA' TERY "WAGNER TO II APPEN. This waa related to me by Judi Twiggs, at Aiken, last February : Aft Mai. Twiggs had started, us off, he r turned to tho Battery. Gon. Taliafen Col. Yates, Col. Nelson, Maj. Twig and other officers took position on tl ramparts, to hear and see the firing. . due time they observed tho firing at t! breastworks attacked by us Ueu. Ti loferro remarked, "They aro having hot time, I hope they will get throo) all ri?ht J,' Next tho heavier Aro frc the second line broke out. Then Ge TaUaferro became excited and esclaime "What does the little fool mean? 1 had no business geing that far I" C Nelson iatimated that ho was mistaken that Major Rioa was no fool. The G< eral responded: "Well, he certainly ?ot tho prudent man he was ropresoat to be." He then turned to ??aj. Twi| ond asked him if he had not given i wrong directioos. The Major replied had ?iven me the instructions wroai as be had been directed. The Gene -vmarked, '"There bas certainly bier |Bfrini8take somewhere." Subscque ft when the main works of the enc: Vet loose, tho General lost all patiei omi comrccnced abusing Maj. Twi| BRmyself alternately -, the cue for i ?hr himself understood, and LHT&* foolhardy rashness. Tho Ms Holy vindicated himself as best ?Rd;, but my case was beyond justit] ?ST After all the firing bad ceased i B&i reigned over the island, and Hacking party been loog given up ITO were heard approaching, and ?name made our entry into the I HHp-rith our killed aud wouaded i BSnlAT HAPPENED TO THE KNEMI ^Ks WAS related to roe by Capt. Go< ey, of the United States ? ^Kwbilo in charge of the Amena' Charleston, 1872 : Capt. Ramsey iras on the island at the time of our attack. Upon tho attack on the first line, after a gallant defence, the 48th New York Regiment and tho battery of artillery fell back upon tho eccoad line. This line, held by two laments and two bat* teriea, was in turn assaulted (?) when, after delivering some volleys, it gave way and fell back in comparativo good order towards tho main works. In the mean* while some men from tho first line, not stopping at the second line, had fled to tho malu works and reported that all the troops in front had been gobbled up, and that au immense force of Confeder ates were advancing to retake the island. Upon this information the pickets were called ia and everything made ready for th ? assault. When tho ferros which had occupied the two front lines were ap proaching the works they were greeted with tbe fire of the whole front, and quickly taking advantage of depressions in tho sand aud sand rid6es to screen themselves, there remained until day light. Near two hundred were killed and wounded by this fire before they could put themselves under cover. It must be remembered the Union troops had been ca tbe island only five days, during which time they hau met obstinate resistance at every point and had been very roughly handlea at Bat tery Wagner. Hence their supposition that wo had been heavily reinforced and' were attempting, with night ss a cover from tho iron clads and other war ves sels, to recover the island was very natu ral and supported by appearances in their front. Note.-I would be much obliged to any one who would write me at WinuBboro' and enablo me to fill blanks left ia the foregoing Bketoh, or correct any matter of detaifor nnmo. Indians In South Carolina. Just below Nation Ford and tho fine bridgo of tho C., C. & A. Raliway, the Catawba River makes a broad sweep to the Southward, thus partly enclosing a body of land familiarly known as the Bend. Io it are fine plantations of the olden time ; open fields surrounded by dcuEO woodlands that are the. growth of centuries, with here aad there a large country house. About ten miles from Rock Hill, in the most remote section of the Bend, and upon tho banka of tho giraud old river that takes its name from thom, is tho last remnant of the tribe of Catawba Indiano in South Carolina. The tribe now numbers about eighty five persons, and shows a slight increase within the psst decade, Their reserva tion is something less than a thousand acres. Tho queBtion'comes up, how have they maintained themselves against tho onward march of the white race ? The answer is not hard to find-they have been friendly with the white Bettlers from time immemorial. Some years ago the tribo moved Weat, and sola to tho State their reservation, then much larger than nt present ; but becoming dissatisfied there, they were permitted to return ; a reservation ms given them which they aro not allowed to sell, and a yearly pension granted them, amounting probably to $800. These Bons of the forest Bpeak imper fect English, but among themselves con verse in tho Indian tongue. They arc peaceable and quiet, and live by hunting and fishing, whllo they also work small crops or labor for wages io tho fields ol their white neighbors. They are proud and reticent, seldom speaking unies: spoken to, out always appreciating t kindness. They still keep up the art ol making Indian pottery, and bring tc towo clay pipes, flower pots, and perhaps other little articles, for sale. At diff?rent times, members of tin tribe ho/, ? united with Baptist and Meth odist churches, but it seems difficult ti keep upa permanent religious interest A Union Sunday School was recontl; organized for their benefit, which wa subsequently removed to Richardson* Chapel, a Methodist church near by, am ibout thirty of tho Indians now regular ty attend it. Thc Indians live in log huts very mud after the manner of /ronlier settlers, ani thciie are for tho most part scattered alon through tho forest; they drees in th jame manner as their waite neighbor; They still retain some Indian peculiari ties, such os walking ono behind th other whilst they are on a journey. A fondness for the fiery fluid is aa Ir dian weakr.jds, and has been probabl the chief obstacle to their compiel evangelization. Now that tho towns < Rock Hill and Fort Mill aro "dry," fi less temptation exists for them to indulr this ruinous appetite. It makes one Bad to view tho gradui decadence of the Red Men ; hero oe there we find a remnant left unmolested because they have always boen friend] to tho whites ; at most it is only a rea nant. The rest are far out in the Wes era wilds, pressed steadily towards thu vast ocean that rolls so peacefully y mightily upon our Western shores. Should we not feel a deep sympatt for the ladiaa aad help him to the high and bettor life? His soul ls as precloi Ia Heaven's sight as our own. There aro in the Catawba .vcr n merous islands, sod on some ot them a to be found Indian relics going back the time when tho Catawbas, as a migh tribe, roamed these hills, fished ia tl clear streams, aad fortified themselves < the islands. Not far from Laud's For Where thc dashing river spreads out ? nearly a mile over the smooth, shos rocks, is Indian Mound Island. An t writer sat fishing one day, and looked the bigb, conical mound with groat tr? of a ccatury's growth upon it, he bea the story of ita probable constructic Not far away on tbe island is a lake, e dently artificial, and aow overgrowa wi trees, whence the earth must have be carried ard heaped up little by little make the monument. When done served perhaps a two-fold purpose burial place and an outlook against I approach of enemies. It is now seven fivo feet high, aad must have been mu higher, and ia perhaps fifty feet broad the top. whllo its base is ?aid on bri foundations. Near its Son them base I canvas teat of a solitary trapper glister io the evening light, making the pict complete ic its uniqueness, and sugg? ing those early times that FennTm Cooper loved to depict. That mound is the silent monumea a power and prestige long since gono So tho Indian, race, its prestige and glory? everywhere passing away, us seize tho opportunity and send to tb a Christian civilization, which shall g them peace, prosperity and salvation, fore they are gone from us forever. HARTWELL EDWARDS, in Baptist < tier. - The heirs of Micsjah Martin, dec ed. living in Troup county, Qa., bring suit against tbe city of Atlaati recover 202} acres of land ia the \ heart of tho city. The Kimball Hi Staads on part of the property. Me bought the land wheo it war covered i brushwood, and never sold or deeded anyoae. Tho deeds are now in po sion of the heirs. TUE WHITE FLAG AT ALEXANDRIA. Ho\r the KcjpU&nu Met the Vire of the British Gora. LONDON, July 12. Tho Standard'* corresponded on board the Invincible telegraph? : Tho forta and batteries on the sea lace are a heap of ruins. The Egyptians stuck to their oana until the forts were crumbling. The aim of the Egyptian gunners was chiefly directed against the Penelope and the Inflexible, and they fired principally round shot. Their elevation wrs bau. The Io vincible waa seldom hit. The armor of the Superb was penetrated. The Egyptian oiucers set a good example to their men, often jumping upon the parapets to see the effects of their firo. A party of marines, which landed from tho Invincible to blow up Fort Mex, saw BCvorsi dead lying insldo the forts. The Egyptians had no shells, whieh fact ac counts for the small number of casualties OB the British vessels. A dispatch from Su ex says no merchant vessels have en tered tho canal during tho last forty-eight honr*. All thc ships, including tho In dian mall steamers, remain in the road stead. . The whole European population io afloat The British consul, in pursu ance of AO??ral Seymour's instructions, has hauled down his flag and gone aboard a gunboat. A correspondent of the Times, on the Helicon, telegraphing at 10 o'clock this morning, says : The Mex forts appear to bo entirely deserted. The weather ls cloudy and the wind has risen, causing the shins to roll. The bodies of those killed in the action of yesterday were bur"??J at sea to-day. There aro now about fifty vessels, including the men-of war, anchored off the breakwater. If tho wind rises much smaller ones must weigh p ichor, it bas been impossible so far to communicate with the shore. It is likely that tho European quarters have been seriously damaged. Several shells from the Inflexible were seen to bur?t imme diately r tho center of tho tojR?>ft AMONO TUE SHIPS, fo?,*?^ Tho \ Penelope was struck ?fa>o?/J /' ind kal oue gan disabled. TheVo,J ?? ble was hit many times but only g^rJfy?,? penetrated her armor. The Mo* - not hit, owing to her inoy* ' . " ?. After the action was over, thy* ? fffe irew off from r ue shore and fis l-l IK approached each other. A l VII tue Times, dated ofT Aloxandri' Egyptians could have done nr,' ?, tion had their aiming been le. is difficult to describe the oxc* f-r>a*lj the sailors. Each shot waswat<?****M ;reat anxiety, and every good:.; iheered. Some shots from too 81$?j>r> A lew high, and may have dams*. - awn. A dispatch to the /tatty... from La Galetta reports that tho. ?.rush ;au consul has received orders to r< establish the consulate at Tunis. Tb Times, in a leading article this morni?gj says : MuBurus Pasha, Turkish ambas*?' lor, bad an interview yesterday willi Sari Gran;.lio, and demanded ?bat thc >rder for the bombardment of Alexan Iria bo countermanded. Eirl Granville 'cplied that circumstances compelled thc british government to take decisive iction, and that its decision could not bc evoked. We do not hesitate to say tba he effect of England's determinatiot ios beou to produce the most favorable mpression both on the public opiniot md judgmer.t- of European statesmen The represenUUves of three powers havi d ready expressed satis "uction at the gov ?rnmeat's action. There is, therelore io ground whatever for the assertion tba bo action of England is judged by Eu ope as high handed or unnecessary. I ho porto refuses to intervene in Egypt ve Bliall gladly wcicomo the assistance o Trance, and eigos are not wanting tba il. De'reycinct has shown a timidit; ittle to the taste of his countrymen. M 3?raboU/*\; speech yesterday, in one ti he bur. vu? of the chamber, in the cours . f which be said that tho most uerlou ears was that England and '/rance, aftc laving acted together at Alexandria i presenting the nltimatui.J, had parte .ompany, and that if the separatio nroved definitive, never would Franc isvo been in a more serions position, I i aigu of public opinion not to bo neg acted. Tho 'livia' Paris corresponder reports that M. Goblet, minister of tb interior and of work*, **plyiugr U> Ont letta, iu regard to Egyptian almire, sal france had not cooperated in the bon lardment beean.'*. England's conduct di not seem to her justified, and becaui France did not desire to emerge froj European concert. The correspondo! xdds that it is at least threo weeks sin: England proposed to France to join 1 .ho occupation of the Sues canal, but i Prance raised objections England gai ip the idea of French co-operation I hst direction, and turned her attentif o Alexandria. Since then she bas coi tantly urged Fran?ia to keep hereon )any, and until the last moment she hf mt given np hopes. TUB WHITE FLAG. A dispatch, off Alexandria, July 1 it 1.80 p. m., says : "A flag of truce bown from tho town and a vessel steal ng towards the fleet is also displaying lag of Unce." A dispatch to Beutei ?legrara company, fiom Alexandria, se it 9.25 this evening, says the vessels ho fleet tock np tho followiug positio )fT tho new port before sunset : The Si an off Fort Pharos and the Superb, ll L'eraeraine, the Inflexible, the Alexa Iria and the Achilles to the eastwai The Invincible, the Monarch, the Pen ope and ail the gunboats are in the on! ?arbor. It is supposed that thia arrana uent of vessels has been made in ore hat they may be In readiness to sh he forts commanding the town I uorrow in the event of the failure legotiatioos. is supposed that t Egyptian troops bavo evacuated t own, as the fires to-night are ?ssami arge proportions. The town ls report to be almost empty, and it is bel lev las been lift to the low Arabs, possit to the Bedouins, to plunder at will, mnaet the white flag was still flyli Private advices Indicate that the Si janal will be reopened to traffic on I 14th Instant. A dispatch dated 0.25 in. states that a Turkirb gunboat ls i mored off Ramleh pal see. to which 1 Khedive moved hts family previous the bombardment. Signal? are n being made to the fleet from the Chilu to obtain a reply from Admiral Seym* to a message from Queen Victoria* quiring after the wounded. The d* ness of tho night makes the conflagra! lu Alexandria appear verv vivid. It rapposed that the IOW? ir being rodu lo abbes wilfully. WHAT TUB WHITE FLAG If EA NT. Said Pasha, the new President of Go cal of Minister of Turkey, has rene the request of the porte that the b bardment ot Alexandria cease, bnt i understood that England is unable give effect to this request because t Pasha ?an offer.no guarantee that Ai Pasha would acquiesce in Admiral t moor's demande.. The majority of ministers are ta favor of an arrangea by tho powers. Earl Granville, liri Foreign Secretary, baa replied to the monstrance of Masmas Pasha, Turi ambowadov al.? tba*. Eaglam bombarding Alexandria acted in tho name of Europe. It ia reported that tho movements of D?rfisch Pasha, Turkish commissioner in Egypt, are being watch ed by order of Arab! Pasha. neuter's telegram company has re ceived tho following dispatch : Off Alex andria, July 12, midnight.-The bar racks, houses and wind mills around Fort Mex have been shattered to pieces. A portion of the Raa-el-Tin palace, re cently inhabited by Dornoch Pasha, which formed a separate building from the Khedive's residence, hes been ourvt id to the ground. The lighthouse is still standing, but a number of holes are visible lu ?he masonry and tho light appears to >e injured. The Bittern, after taking Flag Lie*'tenant Lambton on bc*rd, proceeded io the harbor to ic?ru the object of the flag of truce. Infor mation was conveyed to tho commander of the Bittern that Toulba Pashi, mili tary commander io Alexandria, wished to communicate with Admiral Seymour. Lieutenant Lambton reported that aa a preliminary condition to further negotia tions tho forts dominating the entrance to the harbor must be surrendered. Toulba Pasha reffed to accept those terms aud the Butera returned to ac quaint tho Admiral with bis refusal. It was understood among the officers that the firing would be resumed at 4 o'clock in tho afternoon, b-t no order to that effect wat given. The Egyptians subse quently hoisted a secoua flag of truce, and tho Helicon was thereupon sent in t?t obtain information. Tho Bittern as certained that tho Khedive was safe, having gone with Dervlsch Pasha to Ramley palace. The stoxo ehip Humber leaves to-night with the wounded. A large fire is now visible in the direction of tho British consulate. Tho Globe says : During tho bombard ment yesterday a telephono was attached at Malta to tho Alexandria cable, and though it was impoesiblo to communicate verbally, the bombardment was plainly ,nudib!o at the Malta end of the cable. ?"be Humber store ship and tho Salamis Wr?atch vessel have arrived off Alexan Sft&t !^*?natch from tho iSSfandard's bW/'f- *H board tho Inv?nolblo? yy/L r ; fa afternoon, says that .fi- cruising closo to tho Tho British Utto ?Hi&*&!n?C?ted under a -^uletly^rn^<b7-/mraonr' l?U ^*\nnd wr^\?fkef auder Secretary U JTC?I ? ?MkJSPiy10?t0 Sir Henry Lg pUDllapgJ^^^waa awer? STOCK OF Mip^^V?t?L?own H that^he was unaware JAB If* f" nifid been laid ia tho canal.' 1UU5t W*^K;to,M> ?ourIey,. - jpral member from Sunder ?i OFFEtf/h?Tfifcd made communications tu other governments ia regard to tho free navigation of the Suez canal, which bo had thought it his duty to make. Mr. Gourley moved en adjournment in order to obtain a satisfactory statement. Sir Wilfred Lawson, radical, seconded tho motion, declaring that tho action of Eng land was atrocious, cruel and cowardly. Mr. Gladstone said that tho action of the fpvermont hod been quite apart from, tho uterests of the bondholders, adding that it would be unjust on hia part to diBcuss tho reasons for tho courso taken by France. The war office hos ordered a company of engineers to be organized as a raliway construction company. Matorials for light lines will be prepared. The news of the bombardment of Alexandria caused a profound sensation in Madrid. Tho action !? unfavorably commented upon in some quarters. Six CALIFORNIA GIRLS ON A TRAMP. -There passed through Redwood Gity ou Monday of last week a party of Oak land ladles on a tramp. They numbered six and were all robust, good looking, full of life and energy, and oent on a frolic. Dressed ia uniformed style of walking habit, slightly shorts? even than tho pro vailing fashion, made of excellent and { durable li neu. plain but pretty hats, easy shoes with high ankles for dust, they were the personification of comfort. Each boro a knapsack upon net back, soldier style, and waa armed with a revol ver and large bowie knife. Their trip is tc take in the Southern coast Counties. Some nights they camp out and others they pass at hotels, aa humor or conven ience may happen. With no baggage OT equipments, except what each carries upon her person, thin might be called another cbargo of the Light Brigade. They left Oakland yesterday morning, and, atter crossing the bayon the ferry, trotted to Menlo Park as their first feat. The next day brought them toScarsville, j where tho night was passed io a frier* By barn. For some unknown reason ttwy returned to Mayfield next day and spent tbe night, and on Saturday the party made the long trip from tbe latter town to Ste Gregorio, crossing tho mountains in tho sun and dust in as lfvely a mood aa any section of their route.-Redwood City {Chla.) Journal, June 29. THE LARGEST DIAMOND.-The big-; Sest diamond in the world, if, indeed, lt e a diamond, ls the Bregan zn, which forms part of the Portuguese crown jow ols. It weighs 1,880 carats. However, not a little doubt exists of its being a diamond, as the government bas never allowed it to be tested. It was found in Brazil io 1741. The largest tested but uncut diamond is tho Mettam, belonging to tho Rajah of Mettam in Borneo. It Is of pore water, weighs 867 carats, ead is of a pear shape, indented at tho thick ead. It was found about 1760 at Landak, in Borneo. It has been the cause of a ! sanguinary war. Before it was cut the Kohinoor, which is one of the English crown jewols, was the largest tested / dia mond. It then weighed 788 carats. ! When in the possession of tho Emperor j Aurengebe it was reduced by unskilful I cutting to 186 carats. During the Sikh mutiny it Was captured by British troops 1 and presented to Queen Victoria, It was re?ut, nod now weighs 106 1-16 carats. CLIMATE OF CALIFORNIA.-Roses bloom lu Sacramento at Christmas. In March, ninety-six miles above it, mea-1 sen gera on snow shoes carry tbe mail across Summit Valley over the tops cf) the telegraph poles, and in two-story houses ino windows are shut tight by snow, and they burn lights up stairs and down night and day for two weeks. When thia great body of snow melts and the abort rivers, varying from 70 to 200 milos,. aro overfilled, there aro great freshets. Yet perhaps 100 miles the othsr way a drought will be prevailing. In Sacramento the thermometer stands itt Joly at 95 deg. Io Sau Francisco. 70 miles away, ladies will be ont in their sealskins, and the fuchsias and passion flowers end camollns wUl swing and thrash 1er a wind that seems to come from Alaska. -. A doctor ls s dangerous man. '.o offend. He can always blow Us ?aersy i op with powders of hie own lnariuracture. CURRENT TOPICS, .-o Poisoned Flowers. WASHINGTON, July 12.-An analyali has boen mads of a portion of the bon quel which Mrs. Scoville endeavored ti convey to Guitcau the day before he wa haugen. A large quantity of nrsonn WAS found in the flowers. Thirty Lives Lost by Lightning. LITTLE ROCK. ARK., July 18.-? Texarkana special says : Lightning struck Grier's uaw two-story brick sion last night. The walls foll ou the Para gon saloon, crushing it lo atoms. Aboul thirty ?ives were lost. A Are brok-: oui under tho ruius." A Kentucky Lamb Slaughtered. PARKBVILLE. KY., July ll.-John Rowslo yesterday shot and killed hi: nephew, John Lamb. They quarreled and the former ordered tho latter to leave his premises, when Lamb cooked a rifle which ho bad in his band. Rowsie, per ceiving this, immediately shot Lamb. A Negro Lynched by Negroes. LOUISVILLE, July 12.-Wm. Ritter, a negro in Jail at Henderson, Ky., on a chargo of the rape and murder cf Helen Brewster, a mulatto girl 12 years old, was taken from jail at that place lost night by a mob and banged to a tree. It ia supposed that tho executioners were composed of blacks. A Sad End or a College Life. WILKESBARRB, PA., July 12.-4. W. Squiro, of Carbondale, aged 10 years, a student at Wyoming Seminary, fainted whilo sitting lu the window at his room in the third story at an early hour this i arning. He fell out of tho window to tho ground, a distance of fifty feet, and dieu one hour afterward. He graduated yesterday, received his diploma and was preparing to return homo to-day. A Daring Bank Burglary in Now York. NEW YORK, July 12.-The Itslo Amorican Bank, in Center street, was entered last night by burglars. They drilled a hole Tn the lower part of tho safe and -forced tho lock. They took from tho shelves of tho safo $507,850 in grcenbafoks and'?orne foreign bills, rank ing the aggregate $680,210. They also jjSk Jtam the Vuelves $8,000 in United Sratcabonds, but,from-nome cause, por . h apa fear of detection, they loft theso behind.tia t^ floor. ' ?? \ Bfexi??i? Outrage ou Americans. E.'.os-.u -Pies, TEJ&AS, -Jul/ 12.-Six Americans who crossed thc liuo to get a permit to hunt stolen cattle were arrested 'by Mexicans, and, according to- their 'story, thrown into -filthy cells without charges being preferred against them; l'.hoy were twice whipped for the amuse ment of tho jailor. Their goods wero stolen and they wero left destitute. Tbey made au affidavit yesterday boforo tho United States Commissioner and intend to present tho case to tho government. Banging for Twelvo Months. DALLAS, TEXAS, July 9.-A gentle man from the Indian Territory reports a ghastly spectacle existing midway be tween Striugtown and Tisnimingo, in tho Chickasaw Nation. A full-blood Chick asaw was lynched fully oneyoarago, and orders accompanied by threats given that no one should cut the naked body down. Birds of prey have eaten nearly all tho flesh from tho bones and tho skeleton still hangs from the original branch from which tho body was suspended by tho roadside, and is a disgusting spectacle to strangers and persons traveling overland. A Hurricane In tho South Pacific. SAN FRANCISCO, July IL-A terrible horricano visited the Friendly Islauds on April 25th. At Van Van tho bark Don Guillermo, Capt. John Stone, went down. The captain, officers and six mon were ios:. Five boys were saved. Tho horricano was accompanied by a tidal wove fifteen foct high, which swept over tho island and did terrible damage. Tho natives' houses were carried away, and cocoanut trees were snapped off like pipe stems. The islands present a scone of desolation. AtTongatoa all thc church es were destroyed and 2.000 bou?es lev elled, and nt C'oopra the houses with their contenta and everything to wear were swept away. A schooner was csr ricd inland and the German bork Cassilis foundered. Stabbing His Wife to Death. SYRACUBB, N. Y., July 9.-Great ex citement was caused here this afternoon by a crowd of men, women and children following James Harks, a dissolute labor ing man, shouting: ''Murderer! Mur derer I Lynch bim 1" The police paid llttlo attention at first, thinking be was crazy. In about half an hour the facta of a brutal murder reached tba central Kortion of the city. Hawks and bis wife, otb about 45 years of age, had been drinking, and Mrs. Hawks went ont for a pall of lager beer. She stopped and bad some conversation with two colored mon, which co enraged ber husband that be rushed out and stabbed her. She died instantly. The crowd who witness ed the crime followed Hawks for a num ber of blocks, crying at his heels. The Philco station was surrounded by an ex cited crowd, anxious to lynch the mur derer. Hawks bas been married four times, and has been a terror to the neigh borhood where he resided, commonly known as "Africa." Enoch Arden in Minnesota. ST. PAUL, MIN?., Joly 0.-A sin gular.case came np In tho Municipal Court hero yesterday. Some twenty-five years'ago. Angie Miller and Harrison Kent were married at Albany, N. Y., and in the course of time eight children were sent to bless their/marital happi ness. About eight years ago Kent, im pelled partly by necessity aud partly by a desire to see tho Western country, left his family and came to Minnesota. Communication was kept up at irregular Intervals with bia family and finally ceased altogether. Supposing ber hus band to bo decal, Mrs. Kent came to St. l Pani a couple of years ago, establishing a boarding house. Among tho boarders in Mrs. Kent's household was ono J. A. Miller, who becotmug infatuated with the' charms , of his landlady, mads an ofter of marriage, which was accepted alter much hesitation, the lady fcariug thacher first husband might not be dead. However, Mrs. Kent became Mrs. Mil ler in March last. Now comes the sin gular part of the story. . On Friday, the J.Gth, Kent, a specta tor at Sells Brothers' show, wa? accosted by one Of bis own .children. Explana tions resulted io the meeting of husband and wife add a meeting of tba two Ben edicts. By mutual agreement thc lady was allowed to choose between the two bettor halves, and she chose Kent, hoi first husband. In a fit of anger, as the reunited pair claim, Miller boa preferred a charge against them, which now stands in tho police court. . . Newland Gossip. - Frogs have teeth ia the upper jaw. - The freight b'.ockado in New York continues. 3 . There ore 10,700 men on the police s force of London. 3 - Iowa sustained $3,000,000 damage by the recent cyclone. - $120,000 has boon subscribed for ' tho Garfield monument. * . . I - Tho'people of i<?ew York- aro flee? ) ihg from'tho intense bea.. I - A museum of Confederate relics is [ to bo established in Haleigh, N. O. - New Orleaus was damaged by fire to;the extout of $600,000 on July 0th. - The Greenbackers and Republicans i of Alabama hava united on a State tick i et. 1 ' ? ' ! - Tho Mormons say they expect 15, 000 recruits from tho old world this sum mer. - The outlook for tho crop io Great Britain continues to be very discourag ing, al \ -The Ohio iron strikes havo been settled aud tho workmen aro again at work. - Tho cotton crop in South Carolina is said lo bo botter than in any othor State. - Tho recent elections iu Moxico havo resulted in tho. support of the adminia tration. - Tho mountains lu Swain county, N. C., aro said to bo of solid marble-red,. pink, plaided and biack. - Tho quarantine officers have dis covered small pox on a vessel bringing Chincso to San Francisco. - Clyde, a mulatto conuectcd with tho Charlotte Post?nico, has been arrested for stealing from the rabila. - The Mississippi River has again overflowed its bauKS, and ia doing con siderable damage In the West. - A new Moslem Messiah has ap peared in tho Last> Some fear a holy war will bo the result of bia appearance. - The Governor of North Carolina ha? decided not to call au extra session of the legislature to re-district IbatStato. .. - Tho Teuuesseo bolters from the reg ular Democratic ticket aro taking steps towards putting another ticket in tho Held. - Many prominent men of Russia have recently been arrested as Nihiliste. They were discovered in a secret lodge room. - Tho o?icial majority in favor of Prohibition in Iowa is 29,488. Total vote, 280,201 For, 154,851: ngainat, 125,413. ? :> - Mr. Moody h now in Paris; after spending a few weeks Ibero ho will re turn to England, whore he will remain for a year. - Tho decrcaso in the public dobt for Juno was $12,600,090, which makes a total reduction for tho year end lug June, 1882, $161,684,351. - Richard Paulk, white, of Union county, S. C., bas been sentenced to. one year ic the penitentiary or to pay u fino of $500 for marrying a negro woman. - John Turner, of Savannah, Ga:, af ter serving out eight years of a lifo-sor vico for murder JU the penile Hary, has ? proven his iunocence and been released. - At Goldsboto, N.'O, a man built a fence, using livo cypress for post. Tho posts took root and aro growing rapidly, Doaring tho fenco slowly but surely sky ward. - The U. S. District Court at San Francisco fined a British Captain $11,150 for bringing over Chinese im migrats in numbers exceeding that al lowed by tbe recently enacted laws. - "Well, Andrew," a gentleman re marked to n Scotchman, who, with his. brother, waa tho only remnant of a nar row sect, "? suppose you and Sandy aro tho only bodies wno will got to heaven, - now? "'Deed, Sir," replied Andrew, . shaking his bead, "an* rta no' so sure about Sandy." - On tho West Shore Railroad near Milton, N. Y., on the afternoon of lim 18th inst., u premature explosion of a blast occurred while a party of twenty eight workmen were in Close proximity to the hole. Two kegs of powder wero in the rock. Eighteen of tho working party are dead ; two are missing, sup posed to bc> buried in the debris, and three are badly injured. Several of tho ? dead aud injured are Italians known only by numbers and unable to speak English. - It was a spring night. The fire had gone out in the furnace, the thermometer stood at 30? above zero and the lovers were the sole occupants nf tbe parlor. Presently her mother carno to tbe head of the stairs and, in a voice like the scream of A steam whistle, cried : - ''Amandy, como up into the sitting room immejitly ; I'm afraid you'll catch your death a cold down there." Bat Amandy answered in soft, fiute-liko tones : "Don't make a fool of yourself, ma. Chat tey ? keeping rao as warm as toast." - Tho Live Stock Journal, in regard . lo feeding cows well, says: '{There is lesa excuse for feeding a good milch cow stingily than any other farm animal. She does not ask any credit, she makes prompt daily payment, and her produce is a cash article. If hr> has not tho food nt hand prudence nnC ^ood judgment as well a? humauity, reqalro him to furnish her full rations at all times, without re gard to a favorablo or unfavorable sea fon. Wo always counsel dairymen to make an earnest effort to produce all the food for their herds upon their own farms, hut the first principle of prOfitablo dairying requires that they give abun dant food to keep up an even flow of milk, whether they prodnco or pnrchaso the food." - The National Educational Associa tion met io Saratoga, N. Y.. oo the 12th inst, alternating with the American In stitute of Instruction, which met the day before. Hon. Guavas J. Orr, of Allan . ta, President, gavo his inaugural address. Ho said that ho was a Southerner by birth and education and sentiment, and ne felt that ho truly represented tho bulk of the peoplo as well as the educated classes, when he sold, "Let bygones bo bygones; let tho dead bury the ?lead, and let what has been stand. Wo will busy ourselvea with tho present wMch ia Ilviug. These are the sentiments of the best men of tho South, and certainly the peoplo of all sections of tho country will heartily re spond." Tb* whola Address was In this spirit, and was very cordially received. During to-days session an appeal TIM made to got infiuenco to bear on Congress - to restore an appropriation for tho Na? tlonal Department of Educatlw*. which has been cut do*.! by tho present Con ; gress. An auditor wggcatcd that if It i could be gotten ioto the river ruvJ harbor . bill it would bo h?iefal eac-ugh. :