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/ * ' '/ ' ‘^l ■ fc'%g& ■■ •/> p ?r' ;:: .-- l?o ; ^rtiEi r'EOP'i^K. A FRIGHTFUL CYCLONE FHKoran the (H’nny SOUTHLAND. t-mii XMTtM a Wak* af Darm^alUa «■< Death .Pearfhl Werk Wreeakt hr the Wla4a la (I»v*r'aa4 MIMIe fteath Cavellaa—Roel> 4ea«ee, Sterra. Cherrhee aa4 Meheel Heaeea DeatellehM, Pereete Deetrereti mmd Hear Peraeas Killed aa4 IaJare4--A Tea ae La dr Barard te Death la the Ralaa ef a lleaae~N(lraraleas Barae* af a Met her aad Her Babe. ' .■ . Newberrr. [Ajptrki/ Dl»fxUch to The ttyitter.] Nbwbbrky, 8. C., February 20.—A furious storm visited sections of this County last night, doing much damage at Newberry Court House. There was a violent wind and rain and some hail, but no damage beyond the blowing down of a few shanties. At Colonel I). A. Dickert’s, not fur froQA-Broad Hiver, the damage was great. iloncl Dlckert lost a large barn, gin house and six negro houses—indeed, nearly every house on his place except the residence, and that was badly dam aged. 100 acres of original forest near the house was blown away, not a half dozen trees being left standing. Colonel Hickert’s loss is very heavy; he estimates it at not less than f2,000 on buildings alone. A colored man on the place had his hip badly hurt by falling timlicrs. One negro house was blown 200 yards. 8t. Mathews Lutheran Church, near by, was blowj^ down, a complete wreck, and nearly every tree in the grove was torn up by the roots. Mr. Wm. II. Eller’s residence, in the same section, was blown away and ha w r as painfully though not seriously cut about the head. One of his children was also injured by falling timbers. Mr. Charles P. Dickert, in the same • section, lost every house on his place ex cept his residence. His stables were blown away and one mule is missing, supposed to have been killed. Young Xob’s dwelling was blown down. Mr. L. M. Holland's store, just this sice of the river, was blown three or four feet by the cyclone. The parties who brought the news from the Broad River section say that beyond Col. Dickert’s the destruction must have l»ecn great. They saw several large fires in the direction of Daniel Wert’s, and farther on, in Fairfield County. The greatest damage we have heard of was nt Chappell's, on the opposite side of the County. The whole of Chappell's was swept away, not a house being left standing in the place. There w ere three storehouses there—two belonging to W. R. Hinith. One of Mr. Smith’s stores was occupied by George Hill; the other was unoccupied. Mrs. Irwin’s store was occupied by George T. Reid, who does a Very large business. . These were all com pletely demolished and the goods were scattered to the four winds. Mr. Reid’s residence was blown down and his wife ami child were hurt by falling timbers. His tenant houses were demolished. Mr. Reid estimates his loss at not less than $900. The residence and outhouses of Mrs. Rosalie Simpkins wore blown down. Mrs. Simpkins had her arm broken and a colored man on her place, Anthony Bax ter, had Tils skull crushed and will pro bably die. Mr. John Scurry’s residence was de molished, and he and his wife and child all hurt, though not seriously. Mrs. Davidson Dickert’s house was blown down, and Mrs. Dickert’s skull was fractured by a piece of falling timber, and she now lies in a precarious condi tion. Mr. C^H. Shuford, Mr. Wash. M. Bozeman, the postmaster, Mr,_ O. W. Reed and one or two others were in the second jstory of Reed’s store when the cyclone struck it. Mr. Shuford was killed, Mr. Bozeman had an arm and leg broken and Mr. W. Reed an arm and rib broken and received a severe gash in the head, and the others sustained bruises. There were eight loaded cars on the track when the storm came. 8ix of these were carried thirty or forty yards and torn to fragments, the contents 1 icing scattered in every direction. Passengers who came down on yester day’s train say that .the cyclone passed near Andejraon city, and that a man, woman and child were killed near An derson by a falling house. The cyclone, so fur as heard from, seems to have struck the ground near Anderson, then at Chappell’s and then near Asheford’s Ferry. oiisxuvrk. Abkrville. X. (Sjx'-ud bixjtnich to The Hn/ietee.] Ninkty-Hix, 8. (!., February l)0.-4s About half-past 5 o'clock last evening, a cyclone, passing through this section, made a dip in our town, blowing down two houses. One was a cabin,, in which were two colored women, who escaped unhurt. The other was a two-story frame building, in which a number of buggies, wagons and plows were stored. Both buildings are wrecked. The storm passed about four miles East before striking again. Then it struck W. H. Backhalter’s house, in which were Mr. Buckhalter, his wife and mother-in-law. His mother-in-law was killed instantly, his wife slightly wounded and he severely injured. Not a house was left on his. plantation. The cyclone then atruck Mr. N. M. Buckhalter’s plantation, strip ping it of cabins and taking the top off of his dwelling. No one was wounded there. Passing on to Chappell’s, about 6 o’clock, it atruck G. B. Hill’s store, com pletely destroying it, also Reid’s store sad the depot, which wee in course of end nearly completed, building wee completely demo- Reid’s lorn is estimated at Hal’s $600. Mr. Smith owned his loss is $8,000. Mr. ob hie dwelling is $8,000. lom is broken, end every one on the piece sue- teined injuries. 'j. . , lie track of the cyclone was sbout 800 yards wide, and it travelled in a North- westcra direction. Seven freight cars were destroyed. Two loaded ears were picked up and thrown about thirty feet from the track. Mr. Dickert’s wife and babe were taken up in the air, carried some distance and deposited gently on the ground, without being seriously hurt. A report from Bradley says the new church, Baker's shop and Dr. Ligon's dwelling were blown down, Mrs. Ligon is said to be killed. A report comes from Phamix that Mr. W. H. Stalworth’s house was blown down and burned and his daughter killed and burned in the wreck. There are reports of destruction in many locnl- itiesx. ' J. {Speriol DinjeUch to The Ilq/ider. ] OmcKHwoon, 8. C., February 20.—The wind and hail storm touched very lightly at Greenwood, comparatively. A lerrifle cyclone dashed over Bradley, Phcenix, Ninety-Six, Chappell's and adjacent vicinities. Not in the memorv of the oldest citizen ever occurred the like be fore in this section. Houses and trees were picked up in the arms of the ele ments and broken into a thousand frag ments. Bradley, on the A. and K. road, twelve miles from Greenwood, suffered terribly. The Baptist Church, a handsome struc ture, recently completed, was torn to pieces and scattered in every direction. A new school building was blown down. Watson 4t Baker’s carriage and wagon fac tory ami blacksmith shop were totally destroyed. Dr. Ligon’s dwelling was blown oveFand eruslted to the grounetby two falling trees. Mrs. Ligon, his wife, was seriously injured by the falling tim bers, ami at last accounts was not ex- liectcd to recover. Mr. V. Griffin’s little girl was also badly hurt, but it is thought not seriously. All the outhouses on Gen. Bradley's place were torn to pieces, and the chimneys of his dwelling were hurled to the ground. The scene at and around Bradley is fearful to contemplate, and the damage can hardly be less than $12,- 000 or $16,000. At Phumix, the terrors of the storm were supplemented by the awful demon —fire. Mr. W. H. Ktalworth’a elegant frame residence was blown down and then caught fire, and was burned up, Miss Htulworth, his eldest daughter, being burned up with the house. Mrs. Stid* worth and a younger daughter escaped from the debris with some injuries, per haps not seribus. Mr. Stalworth was absent in Charleston at the time of the destruction of his house, which makes the circumstances particularly sad. All the houses on the plantation of Messrs. Burnet and Duffle, in the neighborhood of Phumix, were blown down. j. h. ii. Cheater. [ SfMHiil Itu/Miteh to The Retfuder. 1 Cukstkr, 8. C., February 10.—Chester was visited yesterdky evening by a terri- Hr storm of wind and rain, accompanied with some hail, and there has been con siderable loss of proi>erty, but fortunately no lives were lost and no one seriously injured that I am aware of. The Baptist Churches, white and colored, were Isith blown down and are a mass of debris. The Presbyterian Church bell tower was blown, with the bell, clear over the church, a distance of 100 feet, and the church itself is badly injured. The third story of the cotton seed oil mill was blown down and the engine room de stroyed, Many private houses—among them those oI Mujor. T. Mills, C. E. Cobb, Captain W. T. 1). Cousar and Rich ard Cousar—were badly injured. The stores on the East side of Main and Depot streets were generally unroofed and trees and fences thrown down in every direc tion. The town really presented a scene of desolation this morning. Ttyo losses arc variously estimated at from $26,000 to $50,000.- Fortunately none of the stock of the merchants suffered to any extent, otherwise the loss would Have been murh more heavy. The storm struck the town aliout 7 P. M. and the destruction was the work of a half an hour, although it continued to rain and blow heavily during the night, j. k. n. SpartBabarv. [Sjm'cmI Die/xUrh to the Meyinter.] Hpartanbi ro, February 20.—A violent hurricane swept through this County last night in a belt nlmut three hundred yards wide, doing considerable damage. It struck Dr. Dean's brick house and unroofed and demolished part of the walls. The outhouses and stables were also partly demolished and horses wound ed and killed. > Harrison's mills were blown down and burned. The two- story house of John Lee was demolish ed. John Fowler was crushed and John Lee Imdly wounded. His children all escaped. Other injuries are reported, but reliable details have not yet been re ceived. The rains ifixtown were very heavy. , w. m. j. (iareadaa. {Special Dupatch to The Reyinter. ] — - Wherever cyclone touched ear^h R swept everything before it, mow ingdown the forests or bines which it enoonntered and leaving tnem in a win- row of 150 or 200 yards wide, as though they had. been cut down by some im mense mower. T - The most distrcssingaccounU come to us from Darlington. The cyclone entered the town from the South in the vicinity of the depot,*and having partly demol ished that structure it passed through the town carrying death and destruction on its course. The fine dwelling of R. W. Hoyd was swept away in a moment. Mr. Boyd' was painfully if not seriously injured, and two negroes killed on the premises. Mr. Boyd and his daughter had gone to Florence, and on their way back had taken refuge at the bouse of T. H. Mc- Caw, Esq., about two mites from the lat ter place. •. During the night the house tpok fire and the inmates had barely time to escape with their lives. The dwelling house of Mr. White was blown down and himself and wife in stantly killed. The house of Mr. C. Edwards, of the firm of Edwards & Norm cut, was also destroyed and Mr. Edwards was seriously injured. _ Besides these casualties a number of persons were known to have lieen more or less seriously injured in the town, and our informant states that at the time he left yesterday morning six persons were ascertained to have been killed and four teen or fifteen w’ounded. The damage to houses, fences and othgr structures was general throughout the town. In the vicinity of Williamsburg, on the Northeastern Railroad, serious loss of life is reported, and the same accounts come from Rockingham, North Carolina. Death aad Devaatatlan In (•rargla. An.an/a, Ga., February 20.—Reports reach here of a destructive cyclone passing from Southwest to Northeast along the Western edge of the State, by Roms, Cave Springs, Cnrtcrsvillc and Jasper At Cantuu-Several school chil dren were killed by the falling house. There have been several deaths at Cave Springs. Many jiersons were injured and much property Was destroyed wherever the cyclone touched. Macon, Ga., February, 20.—Heavy wind, rain and hail was rejiorted from 3 to 6 o’clock last evening in various sec tions of the State. The wires are down in many places, making it difficult to ol>- tain details. No loss of life is yet re- ported in this vicinity, but considerable damage was done to fences, forests and buildings. CoicuBi’s, Ga., February |20.—A severe wind storm struck the Eastern jiortion of this city aliout noon yester- day, doing damage to the extent of at least $20,000. The cyclone came from the Southwest, passed above the city until near the Eastern limits, when it desrended and unroofed the First Afri- Baptist Church and damaged the THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. 1 1 1 ■■■ ♦ Mil , Washtwjton, February 20.—The Sen ate to-day took up and passed without debate the bill increasing the annual vii THE DANVILLE FARCE. JIA’H CAREER. A BattlaMi-e ScaaAal. A ( •UrrS Preacher’s Veralea eflhc ABhlr. ^ Washington, February 19.—W. P. Graves, white, a commission merchant of. ■ la a MamaMery. , ° ,i ; unt r"?,’" *» bcroiMt look. noo Iftoo ooo th t y f * W0 ’" log gentleman, 08 Team of age, was the Everybody in Paris has heard of Gar cia, the Prince of Adventurers. At Ba- Baltimore, February 18.—George Hawkins Williams, a leading millionaire lawyer and ex-President of uie Maryland it defendant in .an extraordiD Senate, ran walls and also unroofed the County jail and the Columbus oil mills. The round house at the Central ’dejiot was utterly demolished and six engines badly dam aged, two lieing wrecked. The damage | Mahdi has—delayed the circumcision of 2A00 000 An adverse report was made from the Committee on Claims on a bill to provide for hearing and detennining claims of the State of Georgia, but at the request of Senator Brown it was placed on the cal endar. A bill was introduced by Brown and referred to authorize the erection of pub lic buildings at Augusta and Athens, Georgia. The Senate resumed the consideration of the currency bill. The debate lyas rticipated in by Pugh, Plumb and Mc- herson. Several amendments were offered to Plumb’s amendment and accepted by that gentleman. One offered by Morgan and advocated at some length was re jected. Plumb’s amendment was then rejected —yeas 15 nays 35. It provided for the issue of legal tender equivalent to the amount of the national currency with drawn. Morrell’s amendment was also rejected —yeas 20, nays 36. It gave to four |>er cent. Ixmds deposits a higher rate of cir culation -than those bearing less interest. House. Morey, of Mississippi, from the Com- mittec on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a privileged report ujK>n the resolution calling on the Postmaster Gen eral to transmit to the House the reports made by special agents of the Postoffice Department having reference to star route investigations not heretofore made public. ‘ ; — __ Peel, of Indiana, said the Postmaster General had sent letters to’ the House, stating that in his opinion it would be detrimental to the public interest in the prosecutions of the star route cases if the. informaliou asked for was made public: If the House insisted on this information the House 1 alone should take the Fespon- sibility. _' • Money said the Postoffiec Committee was considering a bill to regulate the mail service on star routes, umj needed the information called for. He intimated that, judging from the results heretofore derived from the PostotHec Department in prosecuting the star route frauds, it was of small consequence now if all the information in the hands of Government officials la- made pubTie.. After good, live op|)ositinn the resolu tion was adopted—148 to 100. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the Military Academy appro priation bill and s|ient the remainder of the session discussing that, and ad journed early, to enable the Democrats to hold a joint caucus in the hall of the House. A Sortir frain Suaklm (••rilsn'x Inflarnre Helled I imiii •• Save Khariauin. A'*'' J Cairo, February 19:—Letters from Et Obcid bring the intelligence that the sustained by the railroad companies is estimated at $150,000. Many of the machinists narrowly escaped with their lives, but none arc reported seriously in jured. Other slight daniages-in various sections are rc|x>rtcd. A heavy hail storm passed over the city about 2 P, M. Avoi-sta, Ga., February 20.—A heavy rain and hail storm* visited this section last night, and as the telegraph wires in many places |_are down, particulars arc liis son until it can be performed iiMhc palace at Khartoum. From fea,r of as sassins, the Mahdi has surrounded him self with n life guard. Visitors are ]»er- mitted to approucji him only on all fours, first witness called in the Danville inves tigation to-day. He said he took little interest in, politics except to vote. He did, however, attend the Opera House meeting of November 3d, and he had signed the Danville circular and ap proved its contents. ■ Saw no women or chiklren—only men—in the crowd of negroes during the riot. He was not at the scene of the riot when the firing be gan, but was going toward his place of business, which was in that direction. He was armed and fired four shots into the crowd of colored people. He fired because he * ‘was never yet able to stand and allow a man to shoot at him” or “strike at him’’ without retaliation. He described each of his shots in detail. The colored men were firing in his direction. The firing for a short time was as hot as he ever saw. Witness was a soldier during the Mexican war and a Confederate officer during the rebellion. He bought his revolver a month before the riot. Witness did not know of any secret iwlitical organization in Danville, except a Democratic club. Witness denied that lie shot Charles Adams. Describing the scene, he arose and said that he saw Charles Adams ap proaching him, trying to esc ape from the crowd. Adams threw up his ara asked witness not to fire. Witness told Adams to go into a store. Shortly after wards Adams came out of the store and ran away. Witness “hollered” at him, telling him to go back into the store^ Adams turned and threw up his arms, begging witness and others not to shoot. •At this time Adams was shot in the arm. Witness did not fire this shot. He had tired four shots before that. Witness did not know whether he had hit any one. He would not say that he tired without intending to hit any one, but be saw no one fall as the result of his shoot ing. He had purchased his revolver be cause he anticipated difficulty with the negroes. Witness described sew nil jkt- sonnl difficulties he had with negroes. On one occasion, a few weeks liefore the riot, he had Iteen insulted and threatened by a negro, and replied only by strikin'' him w ith his cane. Witness was arrested and fined for this offense. The Justice had asked if w itness w as in lodily fear., and witness had replied in the negative; hence the fine. Witness said the rumor had become current the day before the election that the negroes were to have a torchlight procession before daylight on election day and were to march in three columns to the polls licit day and take possession of them. — Senator Lapham—“Was there any pre determination ou the part of the Demo crats to break up the procession if it did take placet” Witness—“No, sir. I will tell you frankly, sir, there was no understanding terthat effect; but jf it had liven attempt ed it would have brought about a colli sion.^ In reply to Senator Vance, w itness said he drew his revolver and tired for self- protection,, Bullets were whistling aliout his ears, and from their direction they den-Baden and Thondburg, during the .legal , • * mm plaint Unary time of their splendor, he was for yeara the hero of roulefte and trente-et-quar- anU. His stakes were fabulous; he won millions. His life of a nabob at Paris, his extravagances and follies, for a long time were the gossip of society. One day, however, his lucky star paled, then abandoned him, and in a few dayshelost a princely fortune gained at play. He disappeared and soon this new sort of Cagliostro sank int« oblivion. 4 A few years ago a member of the Mirlitons E un here to-day. aault II. Williams] At the death of is his son, a young society man. John a. Gitting the plaitatiff fell heir to $800,000. He had, as charged; by dissi pated habits and otherwise incurred the C .rental displeasure and had engaged nuelf to marry a young lady said to be beneath the Williams socially. Every effort was made to prevent the match, bat without avail, and young Williams alleges that he was, while under the in fluence of liquor, induced to transfer his Club met iu Madrid a man with a pale interest of $800,000 to his father in * exchange for a life annuity of $2,500, and also that he was taken under duress to Europe. Upon returning he married the girl, since which time father and son have not spoken, though frequently pass ing each other on the street. Williams perc alleges that his son’s dissipated course prompted him to have the trans fer made. Able counsel are employed on both sides. could and even then must remain at a consider- 1 men. able distance from his sacred person. The Christian missionaries, comprising six- nuns, two priests and one lay brother, are in a most deplorable position. An other priest and lay brother have become not have come from the white fertility of the Far West. He did not, however, see any pis-1 scarcely a family which has face, rendered haggard by hunger and want of sleep. It was Garcia. After having sailed on the Pactolus, he was obliged to struggle with misery, and, like a slitp-wrcckcd mariner, clutched at any safety plank. By turns he had be come a croupier in a gambling den, then a waiter in a cafe, and finally a coach man. > No one would have recognized him but for the look in his eyes" which betrayed his miserable existence and the torture of his sojpl. The idea of suicide haunted him-without respite or repose, when he confided his mental agonies to a venerable priest. The old cleryman’s exhortations calmed his troubled spirit, and he de cided to liecome a monk. lie joined the ier of the Trappists, and condemned himself, to the end of his days, to strict abstinence and eternal silence. Who would have recognized under the monk’s coarse garb the man of former years, the lender of fashion and the in- dulger in Sa'rdana|mlian revelries? Gar cia. who for so long a time lived in the w’hirl[K>ol of pleasure, on whomso many pretty women lavished their sweetest smiles, now wanders along the corridors under the arches of a cloister, or says his prayers kneeling on the stone flooring of his cell. Sometimes a voice breaks this silence of the tomb. It is that of a Trappist monk, w ho in passing mnriners these words: “Brother, man is mortal.”—I\tri* h'i'jo it>. Southi-rn Mormon Krrrailo. • , , ' ' I . A party of five men and as many wo men. the latter laing rather good-looking, passed through here last night on an Atlanta-bound train and attracted some attention. They were from Cleveland Uouuty, in this State, and were converts to >Morntonisni. They were alidvc the average intelligence- _Elder Davidson, a Mormon apostle, was piloting them to I'tah, which place hc^hatl pictured to them as In-ing an Eden. He was a flashy individual, with a black moustache ornamenting his upper lip, and was anxious to talk to all who would listen to him. In conversation on the train with his dupes your representative en deavored to reach the secret by which the Mormons reach the confidence of these people. In many counties of North and South Carolina and Georgia there has lieen ever since the war a strong desire to emigrate. In fact, before the w:ar the jieople were constantly pushing Westward into Alabama, Arkansas and Texas. They were ever dreaming of the There is not Its rep resentative branches in some of these States. Mormon preachers take advan tage of this feeling ami go among the ]>cople more as emigration agents tiian as tols in the hands of colored men. WiU ness said that social and other influences had combined for years to •prevent the negroes from voting the Democratic _ _ _ ticket. There was no conspiracy among emissaries of a new religion. The fertility meagre. In Columbia County many . MuksuIuuuis. They receive a monthly the whites to'hriffg‘"<5n a riot, but, on the i of I'tah, the .beauties of tiu- co-operative Manning, 8. C., February 8Q.—A severe storm occurred lost night in the lower part of the County. The roads were blockaded, fences blown away houses overturned, and there was much loss of property, as well as the followim persons killed :* James Cabbage, kil by the crushing in of his house; a child of Ben Baggett, by the overturning of the house. h. h. n. ' DarHactoa aaS WIIHitMakar*. The cyclone seems to have entered the State from the Northeast and to have branched off in two different directions at or about Chester, one branch going acroes toward Darlington, Williamsburg aad that section of the State, demolishing building*, prostrating fences and tweep- * down acres of forest growth. its entire course the cy clone has marked its track with terrible evidences of its destructive power. nan in Manning dur- of the Mem describe stableswere blown down. Mr. 'Avery s ; stipend and dwell apart from the Chris- contraiy, the influence of the whites was ! house was also blown down and his child thins. The latter live in straw huts out-1 exerted to the utmost to prevent a colli-1 sion. As soon as the firing was over wit- kijled. Fatalities are feared in many side the town and are destitute of food, sections. The storm struck this city at | clothing and money. Their negro novices 9 o’clock, and was the most serious for have either been enrolled in the army or many years. * | sold into slavery. Prlsatjkl haw af Life in Nnrih Carolina. The people of Khartoum have hailed Rai.kioii, N. C., February 20.—Last | Gen. Gordon as their deliverer. , night a cyclone struck the Carolina Ccikt London, February 19.—A vote was tral Railroad between Hamlet and Folk-' taken in the House of Commons to-night ton, at Rockingham. There was great j on Sir Stafford Northcote’s motion to destruction of property and fifteen lives 1 censure thfi-Governmcnt for its Egyptian--New Design to see how the election was —//„_ * t a., ■Hi;— -_-n . ...ri s ws*. i —m. . ! were lost." One entire family Were killed. The telegraph wires are down. No reports have been received from other towns. la tke Oh la V nllr y. Washington, February 10.—Heavy wind storms raged over almost the entire flowled district in the Ohio Valley last night and lashed the waters into waves, which destroyed an incredible number of half submerged houses. The storm had only |>artially subsided to-day, and de tails arc meagre, hut such as are at hand indicate that many lives were lost. A~ dispatch from EvnnsviRc;- Inti, says the riveT is’strewn with wrecks of houses de stroyed in last night’s gale. The Num-m Extraila Into Miaaiaalppl. New Orleans, February 20.—A sju-- cial from Columbus. Mfoa.. says: A severe tornado passed through the lower portion of this County yesterday, doing great damage to houses and dwellings. On some plantations not a single house is left standing. It is reported that one life was lost and many jiersons were wounded. Another Cammerdnl CraMh In Anganln. ArnrsTA, Ga., February 20. Delano & Hiekok, dry goods merchants, made an assignment yesterday. Liabilities $45,000; assets $37,000. The hanks in Augusta and Baltimore, to whom the firm arc indebted, are secure. About $10,000 is due to New York houses, which debt is unsecured. . „ tllow a Widow Wax Cnplurt-tl. ‘ Pearson, Ga., February 18.—For some months past a rivalry has existed between Dud Mobley and Bird Moblev, brothers, for the affections of Mrs. Judy McCook, a sprightly widow. To each she pledget! her troth, the arrangements in each rase lieing that the nuptials should be quietly celebrated, so ns to lie tnc community when it policy by a v and the Government was sustained >y a vote of 262Ao 311. London, February 19.—Mr. Bradlaugh has lieen returned to Parliament for Northampton, his old 8tatc. This is the fourth time that Bradlaugh has been elected. lie received^ larger vote than at any previous time. The last election before this his majority was only 108. Paris, February 19.—Many Christians have been massacred in Anam since the beginning of January. The Auamite Minister of War is implicated. A Chi- hese Viceroy, prior to the Sontay, ordered the Black dcr every Christian found in the city Suaki|i, February 19.—The latest ad vices TroHi TbSar'sIatcTfiaC garrison made a sortie, and attacked the , enemy and killed and wounded several. They also captured a number of cuttle and camels. Cairo, February, 19.—The influence of < k-nerat Gordon is so great that no arc felt any longcFfor the safety of the garrison and people of Khartoum. ness mounted hi* hnrse-and went home. A letter had lieen intercepted which conveyed information that if fighting took place down town the women and children in the Imrders of Uptown were to lie murdered in their houses. In reply to Senator Lapham, witness said he went with others from Danville to going. Witness was armed with a pis-1 system, and the mutual aids which the church promises its members are held out, while never a word is said of poly- gamv except U>-denounce GentUe mis representations; ^Fhus the people are induced to emigrate rather than tochange their faith, and it is only when under the thumb of the Council of Seventy that they realize themselves to Ik- but serfs of the Mormon theocracy.—C/wrfottt i.Y. C.) Special Dttqintch. — Heller Timex in Hlghl,. — prices of iron are very low, but the demand has revived and "fins gives cn- eourairement. Mills that have been idle are resuming operations. Some of the Rranhllraa H peak era far the Haulb. Nothing but good results will follow when there is « thorough knowledge of the South by the Northern Congressmen. These Congressmen stand in their places and talk learnedly .of the South and the manner of things here, when they know nothing whatever of the subject discussed. It will lie a good thing if Senator Hawley, . the Chairman of the Republican Con gressional Committee, who announces that a thorough canvass of the Southern States is to be undertaken by the Repub licans, with special reference to the close Congressional Districts, carries out the programme. It would be refreshing to nave a Republican iu this country whose chief purpose is not to put the diicats in his pocket at the expense of principle and everything else that pertains to^ honor. If they will come with argument s and facts, and come prepared to make discussions iu an honest and fair manner, they wiirreceivc an attentive hearing in any section- of the South.—Cofumlm* ((Ja.) KnqHtrer. • Charity Versus Malignity.*—The ap- )>cal& for aid from the sufferers by the Ohio floods have received no readier nor heartier responses in any part of the country than from the people of Virginia. Generous snhscriptions have lieen made in cveryjsection of the State, and Virginia has joined hands with New England and the North in the w/ork of extending aid to the suffering West. While Virginia is thus proclaiming by actions, which speak louder than words, that she is free from sectional animosity, mid that she feels for the sufferers of Ohio as if they were her own children, Senator Sherman, of Ohio, is devoting all his energies to waving the “bloody shirt” and endeavor ing to errata prejudice and bitterness at the North against a State which is hold ing out the baud of sym|tathy and assistance to hin own people. Even sDanville, which be is trying to show was the sent of a bloody conspiracy against the colored-voters, is sending handsome contributions to the constituents of the Senator who is busily engaged in malign ing and ns[N‘rsing her. The generous sympathy shown by Virginia is not likely to make any impression U|m>ii Senator Sherman, but the |ieople of Ohio, it is to lie hoped, will remember it when Senator Sherman comes before them in the next" campaign with the “bloody shirt” which he has endeavored to manufacture and dye at Danville.—Baltimore Sun. ned. In this manner each imag- a surprise to happen ined himself to be the sole possessor of the widow’s heart. It was arraged with Bird Mobley that Widow McCook should meet him at a certain point bn Oemulgee On the night in question Dud ley learned of the intended move ent to the widow’s house, and bc- sought her to come out and marry him. This she refused to do, and locked the front door. N Thc disapjKJinted lover sat a resolve mcei n * Stiver. , Motley k and we When appear. admittance, hut . missing. She on the door the fort until she a ht came he _ that the lad had escape and, seeking the place Bird Mobley, the two were mar returning home later in the day the blessing of the watcher on the step. window, with reh*» ElticrnMo. Paris, February 19.—The Morning Nett* publishes intelligence from Berlin which asserts that naturalized Gcrraan- Aastricma citizens who return to Ger- _ vigorously subject It says, too, that the The Properly of Kale Tawaneod, New Orleans, February 18.—Judge Houston to-day issued an order removing Troisville Sykes from Ihe executorship of the estate of Kate Townipend, for the murder of whom Sykes has just l>een ac quitted, he having made way with the bulk of the estate, valued at some $90,- 000, without accounting therefor to the court. The courksliad previously, while- Sj’kes was in prison awaiting trial, placed him in jHissessiou of the projierty under the will, and he had turned all the real estate into cash to be used in securing his acquittal of the charge of murder. Since his discharge by the jury, Sykes has disappeared, and is not now in the jurisdiction of the court. The Attorney General appeared in court to-day and asked for the setting aside of the will, on the ground that under the statutes of Louisiana Kate Townsend could not be queath to her partner in shame more than 10 per cent, of the movables of the estate. CartallhiK a Hrirfal Traanncaa. tol; his weapon was concealed. Washington, February 20.—The Dan- j ville investigation was resumed this^ morning. Captain tlraves corrected an impression left by his testimony jester- j rail mills linvc large orders. There is in day. He said he had never lieen a negro the present situation a promise of better trader for profit:—He had inherited j times. 4 The iron industry is of immense slaves, and a few of these he had sold ; importance. Upon it The whole indus- and had purchased others in their places. . trial fabric rests. The, fact that iron W. IL‘Barksdale, a colored clergyman, ! masters arc now hopeful of an im, was called. He told a monotonous story rnent in the Iron trade should go far of the riot, which he had seen from a I tbwjlrd restoring confidence all around. and c capture of short distance, without adding anything \ Let jourage drive out despondency Flags to mur-.r»f importance to-the story as gathered T theexiatlng depressing in various brai n the city. from his •predecessors. He distinctly of trade will not last long. Confh •s “shont i i Hop Lee is a iaundryman iu Junction City, M. T. A tribe of Indians was encamped across the river, and, as usual, visited the town. Hop became enamored of a female of the party and oncred to share his rice and laundry back room with her, a proposal she at once accepted. Hop sent $5 to a St. Paul firm to get a wedding present for the bride, and received in return an elegant silk dress, with a train aliout five feet long. Array ed in her new garments, Mrs. Hop crossed the river to exhibit herself to her pie. After the first murmur of asto- ment at her appearance the warriors brief consultation and agreed to alter the dress so as to conform strictly with their idea of the proper thing for a squaw to wear. They set to work with their knivM and carefully cut away that portion of the drew below bar knees, dutributiug the waste among themselves. ‘ ' ' to her husband predecessors heard the order from the whites “shoot ‘‘shoot!” There was hd resistance on the part of the blacks, nor”did they have arms of any kind. The whites followed the retreating blocks. Witness thought there was no danger to the whites from the colored people. He had never heard fcanr any threats by eolorea men, although his opjiortuuities for hearing and knowing their sentiments were excellent. Senator Sherman—“Barksdale, did you vote on election day ?” “No. sir; I did not.” . “Well, tell us why you did not vote.” “Well, sir, I felt that the city of col ored people ought to be in sackcloth and ashes, in. prayer, instead of going to the polls, and when I went on the street and saw the blood of these men, my heart was full of pity. I knew them all from lioys. Then I saw men that were armed and did not know how to use arms. Uonsequcntly I did not go to the polls nt all.” Witness further deScrilied the sentiment of the tokyed jieople, as he had gathered it in inrereourse with them after the riot. They generally said, in effect: “If I can’t go to the jhiIIs and vote except under lead and powder I won't go at all.” Under eross-Aamination by Vance, he insisted that the crowd of colored jieo- ple consisted in jmrt of women and chil dren. His attention had since lieen called by white men to bullet marks iu the rear of the position where (lie whites stood during the riot. The failure of the colored jieople to vote was not the resislt of any orders received from any source— not to his knowledge. long. Confidence | is a mighty factor in business affairs. With prices low and money abundant, otify one thing is needed to cause a gen eral revival—confidence. Greeley said “the way to resume is to resume.” Events proved fliat he was right. So as to the business outlook now, the way to disjicl gloom is to dispel it. The talk of a panic, is unreasonable and hurtfkl. Physicians say that disease is invited by fear and repelled by cheerful indifference. The surest way to bring a panic is to talk aliout it ns probably impending. Such a discouraging influence affects the timid, and through them the entire business eomuixfiity is affected. Look on the bright side, show enterprise and activity, and have faith in the future. That is the sensible plan for everybody. If everybody will adopt it, the new year will bring thrift and prosperity.— (Jikriuinlti V'kooa-S/iir A Eloridn (Irarr Darlla*. „ W # Caalalu Mary M. Miller l.ireaxeil. New Orleans, Saturday evening, having arrived in Fcbtuar the steam port, Mrs. 18.—On ,t Saline Marv Mil ler, her Captain, repaired to the office of etl the United States Inspectors of Steam Vessels and received her license. The lady had been previously examined as to com petency to take command of a steamer, nod had satisfied the inspectors on that source. They therefore proceeded to is- her a regular captain's license, assume the cotn- ine, with permission to navigate the watep of the Mississippi, Red, Ouachita and other Western riven. The license is duly sealed and signed by J. T. Butler, United States Inspector of Hulls, and William' Applegate, Inspector of Boilers. Captain Miller took the usual oath demandea of-steamboat captains to. .pursue their calling, to the articles in a pwisiv^. S AAV. J vasivl A.SV7I V sue to her a regular c fully authorizing her to fhahd bf Ifie HafTne, wii As the United States mail boat was en route from Port Orange to Titusville on the 24th nltimo she-encountered a severe gale When near Captain J. F. McCarthy’s, on Mosquito lagoon, the wind blowing in gusts from the South in such rapidity that it was evident that the little craft could not long weather tfte now heavy seas, as for a moment she would be seen liounding over them and then almost lost to view in their depths. Although manned by a good sailor, she careened ment of newspaper enterprise. nnd was at once lost to view. The youngest daughter of Captain McCarthy, Mrs. M. A. Smith, witnessing the immi nent peril in which .the owner of the boat was placed, at once jumped into a small skiff which was- anchored at her father's dock, set out at once to the res-, cue of the mail and boatman, who was in danger every moment of losing his life, and the many valuable packages probably contained in the mail. She rowed one and a half miles^daring the high-rolling waves, and broug&t safely to the shore the ever-grateful mail carrier and two others who were aboard the craft.— Floritia Union. ■“ One of Jthe stories told to^show the Value of presence of mind, in times of excitement and danger, is concerning some recent riots in New Orleans. The mob was threatening and increasing, aad the local militia was called out. At a crisis in the affair one of the citixen-sol- diem leveled his musket at a promiMct opponent, when the man next In Urn up the gun, exclaiming, “Don’t his life’s A Philadelphia eat, while exploring a church spire, fell seventy feet without injury. —, Good mnreontinue to get into trouble. A Connecticut man recently had $1,900 worth of animals driven off by an officer on a suit for an $800 subscription to raise a church debt. The New York Sun gives fair warning that any man who comes into that office with an article oj the tariff will lie shot On sight. If that is the way they treat political cronomists, we would not like to venture into the Son office with a piece of poetry. Mias Annie Jackson, of Hempstead, L. L, proposed to Richard Valentine. Richard said he would brve her and they were married the very next day. Annie, who is none of yrour shilly-shally sefitP iris, says that is the kind of valentine getting she believes in. Tlic census of spo'ting men and ^th- - Ictcs has lieen taken in Canada, and the yield is. 15,600 larrosse players, 5,000 curlers, 4,000 snowshoers, 3,0tK) or 4,000 tKI foot.balt players, 1,000 rowing men, 1,000 base ballists, 1,000 bicyclists and 10,000 given to other, sports. Parson Tnlmage does not believe in the doctrine that floods, devastating fires, &c., arc visitations upon certain districts in punishment for^sins. He says that if New York and Brooklyn were punished for their wickedness the Hudson nnd East Rivers would rise higher than the bridge towers. For the last month the Czar has been in such a deplorable state of nervous de pression that to all intents and piujioses he may be regarded ns insane? He is said to be thoroughly terror-stricken, and lives in a state of panic which would lie ludicrous if it did not produce such mel ancholy consequences. Governor Bate, of Tennessee, has re solved, should the Supreme Court of that State declare the railroad commis sion act unconstitutional, to call an extra session of the Legislature for the purjiose of passing a bill devoid Af the objection able features. He says he is determined to have a railroad law. During the six months in which the battle of Tel-el-Kebir was fought the re ceipts of the telegraph company which forwarded press dispatches to London was $290,000 more than iu the half year that followed. This fact is cited as an illustration of the extraordinary develop- | A physician in Vienna ojierated for amaurosis several months ago pn a man in his one hundred «nd second year, and restored his sight, the operation being the first of the kind on record. More recently the same physician repeated this operation on a man ninety-six years of - age. and with the same success. During the last scene of “Richard HI,” at a Portland (Me.) theatre, recently, in the combat with Richmond, Richard’s sword broke, snapping off some six inches from the hilt. The piece flew di rectly into the audience, striking a gen tleman on the bridge of the nose, cutting a gash which extended nearly to the eye. There is, apparently, a probability of tunny Italy losing its pre-eminence os the only place in this world in which there is “music in the air.” A Dr. Moffat is now delivering lectures in London on the practicability of producing anywhere airs similar to that of ItaJf . Hi* theory is that sot voice that caa breathe such aRafaRoaphera will, soon become strong,/- pliant nnd musical, Rod he has invented