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Met her aad Her Babe.
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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
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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