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ESTABLISHED IX 1S( A SHOCKING CALAMITY. THREE SISTERS DROWNED WHILE BATHING IN A BAY A Home llobberi of all its .Sunshine?The Parents Well-Nigh Crazed by Grief Over Their Terrible Berevenient. Hand in hand they tripped merrily along together to their death?Nellie, aged twelve; Lizzie, aged ten, and Sadie, aged eight. As their little feet danced over the sand, the wind carried then shouts of laughter back to the home which they had just.qaitted, and brought a smile of affection to the face of their mother. Then the sea swept the three children away. The light of the house hold was out and It would be long be fore that mother smiled again. They were the three children of Henry Wyjaan, a fisherman, living at Far Rockaway, not far from Breezy Point, which is about midway between the village and Rockaway Beach. On one side was the ocean, on the other Jamaica Bay. Their home was a plain but comfortable cottage. They were interesting children, of sweet disposi tion, and were not only favorites with their playmates and with the neighbors generally, but were frequently petted by strangers and visitors who happened to come across them playing on the beach. They were the delight of their parents. Accustomed by his vocation to the water it was natural that he should re gard lightly tiic danger to tiie children of bathing alone, and the little girls themselves had 110 fear. Yesterday morning they went to their mother aud asked permission *\> go bathing. The little ones bad been accustomed all the season to do so at. a poiut in Jamaica Pay, which had been selected for the reason that the water was smoother there. It was supposed to be perfectly safe to leave them in the water alone. Mrs. Wyman consequcntly gave the desired permission without any hesitation, and the three little girls ran joyfully up stairs. A few moments latter their little feet came patting down the staircase, and Mrs. Wyman saw her three daughters, looking in their bath ing suits like three little cherubs ready for bed. To each she gave a farewell kiss. She liitlc knew that it was the last time her lips were to press their soft cheeks in life. "Now, take good care of Sadie," was Mrs. Wyman's parting injunction, as with an affectionate hand she adjusted the bathing suit of her youngest child. k,Yes, mamma, we will!" lisped Xcllic and Lizzie. Sadie broke away from her mother. She had a pet lieu, which she had caught sight of In the yard, aud she wanted to run after it. Her. sisters caught her. "Take Nellb's hand aud give me _yotirs." said the eldest sister, wliojfelt tho conhdonce r^stdr^^Wl9fW mother, and who wanted to take good care of both the sisters. Thus they left % their home forever, Sadie between Nellie and Lizzie. Mrs. Wyman watched them fondly as they waded through the sand nntil they disappear ed behind a dune. Then she went back to her work without a premonition of the calamity about to fall on the home. A man some. distance away saw them pause at the water's edge, let the dying wave wet their feet and then run back on the dry laud with merry shouts. The man turned his looks elsewhere and ceased to think of them. Xo eye witnessed their death. It is believed that they died baud in baud. Probably one of them waded out of her depth or stumbled and the others were overwhelmed by a wave in trying to save her, too loyal and devoted in their little, hearts to loose their hold on the hand they grasped, even if it meant death. Only their cry for help was heard. It reached the ears of their mother in the cottage, and with pale face and anxious heart she ran down to the beach. It reached the ears of the people around, t.r.d they hurried hi the direction whence il game, eager to render assistance. But oue und all they could see only the crested waves breaking on the shore. The ba}' had seized its prey and carried it beyond the sight of men. Mrs. Wyman was well nigh crazed by ssrlef. It was loim before, she could be persuaded to leave the fatal beach. It was feared that she would lose her reason, and it was only by the use of opiates that she could be quieted. The father's grief was as great. .He had left home early iu the morning, and did not learn ot bis great loss until a messenger was sent fo him. lie re fused at first to believe she tidings. "They can't be dead." lie murmured At last he understood what had hap pened. "My God! my childreu!" bemoaned. "Xoll'ie. Lizzie. Sadie ! Dead ! all dead ! my God I my God! all drowned !" When be reached his Ik.me lie was a broken down man. Lasl night, Mrs. Wyman. half con scious, was calling aloud for her chil dren.? Xew York Herald, August II. Knocked HcaU by :i i"i,t Ulou. Chicago, August 17.?Dr. V. L. Trow bridge bad a street altercation yes ((rday with Fran!; Packard, a barber. A !>!'>u- from Packard's list laid the Doctor Hat on !ho sidewalk. He immediately lost consciousness and died two minutes later. Ii is supposed death was due to heart disease superinduced by Packard's blow. L'ackanl affirms that Trowbridgc .was drunk. Severe Storm in Dakota. A!:i:ki>kkx. Dakota. August !7. A heavy wind ntul rain storm again vis ited Ibis vicinity yesterday and -wept over a fitly mile radii;-, doing more damage than any previous storm. At Newark, thirty-live miles Xortheast ol here, on the new extension of the Mil waukee road, the suffering was the heaviest. Four persons were killed and another was fatally injured. "Col M Clover J9. Jan 1, '86 Oil COMPLEXION OF THE NEXT HOUSE. Thf Democrats Have Hope? of Keeping Their Majority. Most of the members of the House go (home now to atteud conventions and to fix up their fences for the fall elections. Before they come back to the capital again they will go through a campaign, and at present the speculation is as to the complexion of the next House. The I Bepublicaus expect to make gains'in the House, but they hardly expect to ' overcome the Democratic majority. I The Democrats are in considerable of a tangle all over the country, but their quarrels are chiefly over internal faction al ascendaucy. and will be mostly settled in convention. Many men now in Congress will not return, but it is claimed by Democrats that the grand summing up will show as many Demo crats in" the next Congress .as tins, if uot more. One of the best informed Democrats about the House told a Star reporter to day that he found, after a careful study of the situation, that there were just live Stales where the Republi cans might make gaius. These were Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio. They would probably gain two in Michigan, two in Indiana, and pos sibly two or three m Ohio. But in the SLatc the Democrats were in better shape than was generally supposed. Halstead, he said, had aroused internal trouble among the Republicans, while the Payne affair had drawn the Demo crats together to resist the Republican attack?Washington Star. SERVED HIM RIGHT. a Ilmtal Scoundrel Illing by it >Iol> tit Macon, Ga. MaC'OK, Ga., August 13.?James Moore, a white man, was taken from the County jail in this city last night by one thousand citizens and lynched. He was hanged to a tree in front of the notorious assignation house of Sarah Robinson, whither he had decoyed Mamie Little, an innocent white girl, and committed a rape upon her. Mamie Little is a poor hard-working girl, of unblcmishd repu tation in Savannah, where she came from. She arrived in Macon a few days ago, to seek employment. At the de pot, being a stranger, she met Moore and asked him if he could direct her to a good boarding house. Moore called a hack, and placing the unsuspecting girl iu it drove her to auotorions assignation house,- where, at the point of a pistol, he compelled her to submit to his brutal passion. Everything that has bceu gleaned tends to establish the fact that the girl's character is all right. She is of good sense, with a pretty fair knowl edge of good breeding, as is evinced by her conversation. The poor girl was most outrageously handled by her ruffian |M^lunt;i^iusM?ro* Ij&a -been-iong Known' auu uuiversilly detested as a ruffian and a conscienceless fellow. He was on the police force, but was dis charged .last year for druukenncss and disorderly conduct, and since then his has been familiar figure in police circles. He was a married man, aud Iiis wife and several children survive him. DID THEY ELOPE? Mysterious Disappearance of a Married Man and a Widow. On Monday, the 2nd of August, says the Abbeville Messenger, J. P. Vaughn, a respectable aud well-to-do citizen of the Sharon neighborhood, left home with his mules cud wagon, to do some hauliug. he said, in the neighborhood of Mt. Carmel. About the same time a Mrs. Sutherland, a widow with five children, of the same neighborhood, dis appeared. Inquiry in the Mt. Carmel neighborhood lias disclosed the fact that Mr. Vaughn has not been there iu the past ten days. These two occurrences put together have caused quite a com motion in the usually quiet neighbor hood, and speculation runs high as to the cause of the disappearance of these parties. These mules driven by Mr. Vauyhn, we understand, arc mortgaged to Messrs. Walliugford and Russell, aud in addition to that, Mrs. Vaughn, the wife of J. P. Vaughn, has given Wal lingford and Russell a mortgage on a piece of laud owned by her. The seein iugly deserted wife was iu town yester day in consultation with attorneys, to sec what redress, if any. she had. Mr. j Vaughn has heretofore borne a good . charactor iu the neighborhood, and his j family are. unable to account for his j strange conduct in this, affair. His ! friends predict that everything will turn ; out all right, while others are dubious j about it. A WHOLESALE MURDERESS. Sh ?? I'oisoi?:. Kleven Relative* In (.?-t Mouey from Itciiciil Associations. Boston, August 12.?It is understood that the Somervillc police have in forma i tiou of suspicious deaths of at least ; eleven persons directly or indirectly rc i lated to Mrs. Sa.*ah Jane Uobinson. who i:- under arrest, and who were insured in : benefit organizations, the money in most , cases falling into this woman's hands. ?V son "I William J. Uobinson da d Ibis ' morning at his mother's house in terrible convulsions, with all symptoms ofpois loiung. Medical Kxaininer 1 birell com menced an autopsy on the body this i afternoon. Mis. Uobinson and Thomas 11. Smith, her supposed accomplfci. were brought into Somervillc Court this fore noon. Mrs. Uobinson came in trembling and appeared very much shaken ami shattered in mind aud body. To I hi complaint, which charged liicm with "mingling poison with medicine, vvilli intent'to kill Win. .1. Uobinson." bold pleaded not guilty. Judge Slorj held Mrs. i; ibinson iu"i??3.('0ffand Mr.Sinitli hi $35,000. It is said that since ilu death of Mrs. Uobisou's husband clever of her relatives have died, all withii four years, and Mrs. Robinson bcncfilct by all of the deaths. ANGEBTJBGr, S. C, THU DEAD IN A MILL POND. WAS IT ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MUR DER, WHICH? A Mysterious Tragedy ill Greenville Coun ! ty?A Young Lady Found Drowned?A .Strange Case. Thomas J. Curclon is ;i respectable and well known farmer who lives iu Grove 'township, nine miles from the city, ou what is known as the "Old Adams' Mill" place. His house Is about 250 yards from Reedy River, where it is yet dammed for a mill which has been abandoned. Mrs. Cure ton is a daughter of John Adams of this city, and, like her hnsbnnd, has a number of relatives living here, all people of the highest re spectability. Ou Friday Mr. and Mrs. Cureton came i to the city, leaving the house and their j younger children in charge of their daughter Mary A. Cureton, known as ' "Mamie," a handsome girl of eighteen years. According to the testimony of ! one of the children, a girl of ten years, a young white man drove to the Cure tons' gate in a buggy about 10 o'clock in the morning and handed Mamie, who went to him. a note. The. child over heard him say something about, mcetiug i somebody ''at the river at one o'clock." j The man, who bad come from the direc ; tlon or the city, then drove away. Miss Cureton returned to the house, dressed herself in her best clothes aud distributed her other clothes and I trinkets among the children, leaving I with them a handsome gold ring that her j father had given her aud putting on her finger a plain black gutta percha ring. Site then kissed them good-by, saying she was going oil' to be married, and left. They made some attempt to follow or detain her but were repulsed. When Mr. and Mrs. Cureton return ed at night they were astonished and distressed by finding their daughter gone, and by the account they received from the children of her departure. She bad no love affair that they knew of. but they were forced to believe that she bad i run oft'to be married, although they werg j at a loss to imagine who she bad gone with. A messenger was sent to the I nearest preacher, but no information was received and nothing more could be done until yesterday morning. Then the direction in wlne'i the missing girl was going when last seen was obtained from the children and search was begun. In a path leading through a cotton field to the river Miss Cureton's tracks were found. They were followed easily in the soft ground to the brink of the river where a high and steep bank leads down to the deepest part of the mill pond, the water being about ten feet deep there. Down this bank there, were d!3tinct marks' ,p?tbe^ioels of her Shoes.-where she had slid from the top to the water, apparent ly standing straight with her feet close together. " The neighbors were called, and with poles and hooks made for the occasion the pond was carefully dragged. Aller a long trying search, impeded much by logs and bushes which accu mulated in the pond, the body was found about 100 feet down the: river from the place on the bank described above. It was brought to the surface by a pole which bad caught in the dress. The young lady had apparent j ly died peacefully and without pain. 1 There was no distortion of the face and the arms were crossed on the breast as if arranged for burial. Evcry , thing about the body was just as Miss ' Cureton had left her home for the last time. Coroner Mc?cc was notified by W. M. Lcndermcn, who had found the body, and immediately went to the scene of the tragedy. A jury of intelligent cit izens was summoned and the inquest was begun. Dr. G. Tupper Swandalc, of this city, made a careful examination of the body. He found that death had been caused by drowning and that there bad been no other injury ol any kind, and Ins autopsy and evidence based on it failed to give the least clue, to the mystery. The facts already giveu were brought out by the testimony. The closest examination of the place where Miss Cureton evidently went into the water failed to discover any track but her's or the least evidence of a struggle. Her father aud mother testified that she had at times during her life been in a condition of mind In which she did not have the full use of her faculties, al though she bad never been violent or really insane. It would have been easy enough to conclude from this that the un fortunate girl had irone to the river while ; sullcriug from a slight attack of insanity 1 and fallen in accidentally or purposely drowned herself. Hut the case wasmystc i rious and the jury was perplexed by the story of the strange man from the city, : the note and the conversation about the meeting at the river, told by the child. Close and sharp examination Sailed tu shake her evidence The statement she bad first made was' stuck to iu every de tail so faithfully as to carry conviction oi iu truth. The grief-stricken parents could give no idea of who the man was or what was in the note, which could not be found anywhere. No mar. hud been pcrlicularly attentive to Miss Cure ton, and ii w ould have been almost im possible for licr. living at home and u> quietly as site did. to have had Iriciub who were unknown tu the children oi could not be recognized from their de scription. I Tor good character was be yond a whisper of question, and all ii.' evidence wenl to prove liinl shewn? without doubl ?: pun :i girl n . . v< i brcalhcd. The jury could onh find ai open verdict and rendered ou< to tin etl'ecl thai the deceased can i: lo bei death from causes unknown. The gene ral belief is that die appenranci of Um mau with the note was merely a coinci dence. Ibul it was somebody on buisues: with Mr. Cure-on. and that the club yot the fragment oi conversation s!u overheard confused with something he: USD AY, AUGUST If), 1} sister said, or with her .subsequent de parture for the river at 1 o'clock. If this be true, publication of the facts ought to bring- an explanation, and it will be evident that the tragedy was the result of accident or design in time of mental distraction. Otherwise the mystery will remain, for it cannot be imagined what person would have a motive for luring MisS.Cureton to the river bank to mur der her or how a murder could have been committed without a trace of the mur derer or struggle being left. Another theory that Miss Cureton may have rea?y gone to meet some friend and fallen into: the river while waiting is met by the fact that nobody was seen in the neighborhoo(I and that no affair of the kind-, could have been carried to that length without the knowledge of the family.?Greenville News. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Abduction und I'roblc Murder Of i? Von nur Lady by a Rejected Suitor. Looaxsi'ort, Indiana, August 14. There is great excitement over the abduction and probable murder of Miss Luella Mabbitt, au estimable girl, living South of here. Last week, Amos Green, a rejected suitor, drove in a carriage to her isome, seized her and carried her oil', i He returned home next morning and dis appeared. Miss Mabbitt has not been seen since then, and as Green threatened her life, it is believed she has been mur dered: An organized search for her has been vainly carried on. A trail has been found leading to Wildcat creek, and some believe the body will be loutid in the stream. Thursday night a mob, believ ing Green's mother knew the wherea bouts of her son. went to her house. A rope was placed around the old wo I man's neck and she was threatened with death if she did not reveal the hiding place of her son, but threats of lynching were of no avail; the mother refused to open her mouth to betray her son. The mystery is deepened by the disappear ance of another of Miss Mabbitt's suit ors, John Ycrkis. On the night of the abduction. William Walker made a call on Miss Mabbitt's sister, and he has since been arrested as Green's accom plice. Mrs. Green lias has also been ar rested; _ A NUN AND A~YOUNG GIRL. ?r. _ They Jump from a Train at Full Speed. Frightened by an AS>sinthe Drinker. A,sensational incident, with rather serious couseiuft.nces. has occurred on a Prench rail- While a train was going at the usual rate of speed, between j?ice " and Marseilles, two women were seen to jump from it. evidently in a state ot wild 'alarm. They were picked up, 'both of,them being very badly injured by their desperate leap. - They proved to ">iO_ _jvnn and a young girl named Bassett, who was traveling with the nun. The cause of their singular conduct was the behavior of a strauger, who had en tered the compartment in which they were, notwithstanding that it was re served for the ladies. The man was a sailor, who bad been drinking absinthe to excess and was in a state of hilarious intoxication. When he got into the carriage he immediately began to sing wildly at the top ot bis voice and to be have liken violent lunatic, smashing the windows and proceeding to wreck every thing within his reach. The nun and her companion thought the man was mad and were in fear of their lives, so they I jumped from the door while the train j was going to escape from him. The j ladies are severely hurt and the man is I under arrest. A BALL OF FIRE Which Darned to Death an Indiana Far mer?Believe It or Not. Daniel Riley, a prominent citizen of Crawford County, Indiana, was instantly killed Monday evening by a bolt ot lightning. Mr. Riley was sitting in the front room of his residence near Boston mending a pair of scissors. A slight shower was falling at the time, but there was no sign of an approaching thunder storm. Suddculy a huge ball of lire en tered the window and passed apparently up the chimney. The family, were sit-< ting on a veranda in front of the house, and noticed the phenomenon, ran in the room where Riley had been sitting, and found his body lying on the lloor burnt j to a cinder and entirely unrecognizable. I A black streak was found on the carpet j passing within a few inches of the chair i where Riley had been sitting and thence j toward the lire-place. A horrible Jodor i as of sulphcr filled the room. The story ' is vouched lor by a number of eye-wit nesses. Trotten Killed by Lightning. An Omaha dispatch of the 'Jth instniil says: At 1.Ml) this morning lightning i struck the main stable, of the Omaha Fair Association, containing sixteen j valuable horses, of which eight were either instantly killed by electricity or burned to death. The animals were in Lraiuing fur the races and were of excel lent promise. .'ohu Simpson, a groom, was lying asleep in a stall within four feet of where the lightning struck, lie was knoc ked four Ii et ami thrown against the wall. Although stunned ho at oner realized the situation and veiled ami aroused life other hostlers, all of wlmm worked desperately to release the ani mals, which wi re rushing about in their box stalls crazy with excitement. All the doors were thrown open and great efforts were made In drive the horses nut. but several ol thorn could not be forced to move ami were left l" their " fate. Itail N'.-u- From Texas. Marshall. Tkxas, August 17 Vi r\ unfavorable reports are coming in from evry par; of Lastern Texas in reference b> cotton, which, owing uilhci to rains or extreme hot weather, is shed ding its forms rapidly. If this contin ues long it will entirely destoy the I'm j crop, wTiich will reduce the vivid a' 1 least one-third. PEIC A MURDER CLEARED UP. Vlnce Uelliiiecr Tells Why He Killed Jeff Ilratoii. Tlic following letter was written by Vincent Bellinger to a friend in Barn well from Norfolk, Ya., under date of July 30th, 18SG: Fkiexd Billy:?Finding that the United .States has ?'jjo-ne- back ou me," 1 leave for Cuba to-day. I leave my untiva land forever. You have shown me kindness when I needed it. I have injured myself by standing by my friends, j and yet, all who were once my friends in Barnwell, have comdemned me with out a hearing. My object in writing this letter to you is to put myself iu the proper light about, shooting the negro near Grahams. The following statement is correct. I do not make this statement expecting it to have any weight at my trial, for I will never have one. I will never be taken alive. I do not fear death, and my only motive in leaving South Caro lina, was to avoid killing those who might attempt to arrest me. But to come to what was beaded in the Charleston newspapers, "A foul murder by Bellinger." While in Orangeburg County, I stop ped near Cannon's Bridge, bitched my horse, and when I woke up he was gone.' I met a negro who told me that Curtis Faust bad taken up ahorse that answer-' i ed to the description of mine. I went; I to a negro aud offered him live dollars j to take me to Fausts. The ney;ro sent I bis son. Jeff Bruton (a big burly uegro ' I about 20 years old) with me. The nc S gro got a quart of whiskey in Grahams; Ion the way be drank freely, (I drank ; nothing.) this is the hardest part of my talc to believe. When within one mile of C. C. Fausts, and at a church the negro got out of the wagon to get some wider at a well. While at the well, be asked me what I would give him for the horse; he was drinking: I told him thirty dollars (?30); couutcd out the money and gave it to him. 1 took out rtiy memorandum-book; wrote a bill of sale and asked him to sign it?iL was a bright moonlight night; so bright that I could write without any difficulty. To my astonishment the negro said, damn von. I have got your money and will give you no bill of sale. lie then walked up to me and put his bund on my shoulder ; his general manner showed light; I told bun to give me back my money; he closed his baud on my shoulder;"I step ped back and shot him at a distance of about 10 steps. While I was cocking my six shooter, he turned and I shot j him again. He ran down the road in the direction of several negroes who had just passed. *Now Bijly, I*waikin thia_posiliou at I nighti.^hot mah^who Tkucw was mortally. wounded^^fVfih^was I to do j without a single witness? Tho negro i had my money, so I took the horse out of the wagon, went 3 or 4 hundred yards on the road; told a negro that a man was badly hurt at, the church and I wanted bis saddle to go after tnc doctor. I went from there to where I sold the horse, and took the train to Augusta. Now Billy, I tell you this in order to retain your respects, although I will never see you again, I will lind some comfort in thinking thai I have left a few who do not look on mc as a "mur derer." 1 have never yet killed a man I only iu self defence, or when I thought j my lite waa in danger. If those who condemn me would look back, they would see that I could have killed, and the law of S. C, would have sustained me. I went to Colorado after seeing you and sold an old gold claim (that 1 thought worthless) for live thousand dollars. If I could only have gotten this money sooner, my life would have ! bad a better coloring in the future. But as it is I have joined a band of despcr ate men, who are lighting for liberty m Cuba, as we fought in the right of seces sion; if we win all will be right, If we fail we will be shot. I doubt if you can road this letter, as I I write it on tiic tug boat taking us out ! to sea, and it is rough. ? Plesc let the Darnwell Sentinel copy I the part of my letter relative Jto the ! killing of the negro. ! I would have kicked back at the news paper reports about me but t bad not ?? got out of the picket line. Billy, if you ever need a friend, day j or night, who is willing to put up his life I for you. call for Vixce Bklli.vokk. A (ilituitly Discovery. Panama, July 31.?The work oi creeling the new theatre is progressing satisfactorily. The building is to be on ! the site of the Los Moojas Convent, the outer walls of which are very massive 1 and will be kept standing. The work now goinu mi is the pulling down of the inner partition walls, which are a bo til twenty inches thick. In the course ol this work ou Friday last there was dis covered witlfln the masonry, in an creel posiloii. a perfect male skeleton, to which was attached a cross made ol wood on which bad bpeu an inscription, but it is not legible now. Almost im mediately after the discovery the skele ton fell to pieces, and the skull and bones can be sc? n lying on the ground. The skeleton was Inund iu the wall which was very near the idler. Ci-.i/t il I.;, Drink. liKAN'ii II.Vl-lll.S. Mh II.. AligUi-d 1 I. A cold-blooded murder was perpetra ted at dockyard. Mich., -" day. and a lynching is. probable. The murderer. John I'oyd. being drunk :.ll night, stole ;. revolver from a shop, wi :>i lo Ihr house ??!' William IL Johusou. a promi nent citizen, called him out and shot , Iiim through the hi art. Iloyd bears :i bad name, bin is ol a good family, After the shooting be coolly walked down the street, threatening to kill all he mcl and bragging of what he had dune. IK I also attempted to shoot two other .-iti zeus. He 1-: under urrc-rt. awaftr-ig ai ; investigation. E $1.50 PEIi ANXUM. RICHLIND MAKES RETORT. WHO SHOULD THE NEWS AND COU RIER "PILLORY." The Support of Col. Miles by the Churles ton Delegat ion in the lute Convention? "Let the Punishment bclnflicteil.'' Columbia, S. C. Aug. 11.?Some time ago the Chronicle mildly advised the News and Courier to let Georgia politics alone as it would soon be "mon keying with its own Gubernatorial buzz saw." The Xews did not take this ad vice, as it felt sure of the succeess of its own candidate in South Carolina, and preferred to extend its operations be yond the borders ot the muddy Savan nah. If it had wisely listened to the advice of its amiable contemporary it might have met with greater success at home. Its caudidate for Governor was defeated and it is in much the same con dition that it charged the Chronicle with being after the Bacon defeat, in -ka very unhappy frame of mind." It is easily worried and the slightest allusion to combination, etc., is exceedingly '"vex atious." Your correspondent ventured to re peat a rumor current during the Con veutiou that "a part of the Charleston delegates only gave Col. Miles a half hearted support." The Xcws and Cou rier to-day vigorously denies the ??cruel story," and then proceeds to prove its correctness. It says: "With but four or five dissenting votes, the Charleston : delegation resolved that it was injurious to have two candidates for State offices and the preference of the delegation, in about the same ratio was for Mr. Miles." &c. There were then "four or rive" of j the delegates who were not "enthusias j tic" supporters for Mr. Miles; and who [?preferred to retire Sir. Miles in favor of j General McCrady's candidacy. Your correspondent simply repeated a rumor which has now been confirmed by the Xews and Courier, and if that journal wants to ??pillory" anybody it is respectfully referred to the writer of the editorial from which I have quoted. Let the punisement be inflicted. If the Xcws and Courier is not satisfied with its own confirmation of the report, lcc it order a poll of the Charleston delegation and sec if it cannot find some "half hearted supporters" of Mr Miles among those delegates. If it fails to discover any such individual, your correspondent will make the proper correction. In the meantime, with the report corrob orated by the Xews and Courier, he docs not Icel at liberty to retract. To do so would be a reflection upon the. Xews and Courier, aud your correspon dent would not be guilty of that for any consideration.?Kichland in Augusta Chronicle, , ? , , ^ , ^,?, i ^ . ? THE FOE IN BERKELEY. i A County Convention Which Brenk? l'p in n Koir. Mr. Pleasant, Aug. 1L?Agree able to the call published in the county papers, a convention of the Republicans of Berkeley county was held at the Court House at Mount Pleasant yestcr hay. Senator Robert Simmons took the chair and called the meeting to order. After ordinary routine proceedings tbc question of the election of a county chairman arose, and J. II. Ostendorff, now of Beaufort and formerly of Char leston, except on election days, when ho hails from Wappclaw, Christ Church Parish, called for a conference of the several precinct chairmen. This was held and Ostendorlf claimed that he had been elected county chairman for four years, and that he still held over for two years longer. In this he was sup ported by W. H. Ahrens, of Summer villc, and W. H. Thompson, colored, an old politician and would-be Con i grcssman. The precinct chairmen dis allowed OstcndorfPs claim, and after so reporting the convention broke up in , general confusion. ' A. little while after this irregular ad journment Senator Simmons called a : meeting of "all good Republicans of ? Berkeley" and took the chair, with W. j II. Singleton as Secretary. Senator J Simmons made a little speech, the gist ! of which was that if any compromise in ! the coming election for county officers was to be made with the Democrats the colored Republicans were to make it and not Ostendorfl or Ahrcns. This was received with great enthusiasm, and on motion of W. II. Singleton the Rev. A. V. Ford, D. T. Middlcton, P. J. U.yas. Robert Simmons. X. J. (.'lark. J. Collins and T. Middlcton were ap pointed a committee to confer with the Democrats, with full powcrto make any compromise they saw fit. A Cry Kor Kreml. ArsTix. Texas. August II. Gov ernor Ireland to-day issued the following proclamation for the relief oft ho drought sufferers: "Whereas it has been made known to mc that on accounl el the unprcccdeute.il drought which has pre vailed in the Counties of Brown, t.'olc maii. ( allaghan. Kastlai I. Stephens and others contiguous, many families arc sulferiiig for wan I ol food. Now there fore, I. .lohn In land. Governor, confi dently call upon the people of other sections to contibute to the relief of their distressed fellow-citizens, by for warding, without dein;., funds loCounh .liid'/e- i'i Lhe sever.'.! ( ounlios a-kim: aid." An Kufin? I':.i,ii!y Munlereil. Maxicai'a. Akizona. August \1 Bernard Martin, with his wife and tw children, of Weaver. Arizona started .Inly 20 for Kric, !'a.. !bi ;. visit. N'oi being heard from a search was institu ted, which resulted in l.mlius Ihc charred remains of the entire family betweeu Vulture .Mine and l'lm nix. Marlin was known to have Lad $-1.000 with him. realized from the sale ol his ram he. He was waylaid by robbers, and the entire family murdered and the remaias. bn?n?d to cover the crime,