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ESTABLISHED IN 186
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS.
BOATS PADDLING THROUGH THE
STREETS OF AUGUSTA. GA.
The Booming Waters of the Savannah Sub
merges Factories and Houses?Bridges in
Danger?The Waters Falling?A Narrow
Escape from a Freshet.
The citizens of Augusta should be
very grateful that the whole city is not
flooded, and we have narrowly escaped
a freshet. Thirty-live feet would bring
water all over the city, and to-day, at
2:30. the river registered 32 feet 6*
inches, which is the highest point it has
reached in years. Two and a half feet
more would* have brought it into the
city. As it is, the whole upper portion
of Reynolds street, from Kollock to
Ilawk's Gully, is under water. The
Chronicle- reporter started out on a tour
of inspection, and. arriving at Kollock
and Jones, he witnessed a picturesque
scene. Twenty boats plying from house
to house, and taking curiosity seekers
around the flooded district. A boat be
ing at hand was tendered to the re
porter by the courteous Superintendent
of the Riverside Mills. The mills are
completely hemmed iu on all sides by
water. The goods have all been moved
to the second floor. The dye room is
10 feet in water. Superinteddent Ander- [
son hns been kept very busy, and has
not been able to take oll* Iiis clothes to
lie down since Monday night. The
bleach room is under water, and the
pulsomeler is kept at work pumping all
the time. The loss to the Riverside
Mills cannot be less tlian one thousand
dollars. In Diainoud Row, opposite
the mill.-the water was up to the floors
of the houses.
Hundreds of people all during the
alternoon viewed the scenes on the flood
ed streets, and many enjoyed the boat
riding, etc. The owners of small boats
did not fail to make use ol the oppor
tunity, and had their boats conveying
passengers from houses to the streets.
Anxious to see the condition of things
in the flooded district, and to ascertain
it there was any suffering or need, the
Chronicle representative took a ride of a
mile over "the flooded territory, finding
houses from two to six feet In water,
but all bright and cheerful, as well as
thankful, that it is no worse. A boat
ride from Kollock street to Hawk's
Golly, around the bridge over to the
Augusta and Knoxville trestle, the
Chronicle reporter found no incident,
but viewed a most magnificent picture,
which can only be described with an
artist's pen. The river nnd the streets,
combined with tire broad expanse of the
river, made a most picturesque sceue.
All the mills have been compelled to
shut ?lown..^J?he ^B?Yfcrside Mill will
'be" the heaviesti loser. Their damage'
alone will reach easily one thousand
dollars. The bauds will not be able
to go to work before Monday. The Al
gernon Mill is also in water and the
lower floor is entirely covered. Every
mill in the city has been compelled to
cease operations, and it is not probable
that they will be able to resume before
next week.
The water was In Broad street, near
Conway's stables, yesterday. All 'hat
portion of the city west of Kollock and
north of Jones streets was uooded
yesterday and boats were used to reach
the houses. Broad street above Hawk's
Gully was impassaplc yesterday?the
water being about 3A feet deep. Greene
street, near the Enterprise Factory,
was covered, with the exception of a
narrow space in the centre of the road
way. The floor of Mr. ]. J. Lee's store,
on upper Greene, was covered with
water two feet deep. Many people in
the upper portion of the city have mov
ed out of their houses, the water m
many instances covering the first floor.
Nearly all of Hamburg is submerged.
Serious apprehensions are entertain
ed in regard to the city and South Caro
lina raihoad bridges. The gates of the
city bridge were closed?the city authori
ties having been notified by the S. (.'.
R. R. that a lender projecting from one
of the piers was loose, and if it struck
the bridge might do great damage. No
cars crossed the Carolina bridge for the
same reason, the trains of the S. C.
R. R. going out over the C. C & A.
bridge.
The houses along the line of the flood
are in from 2 to 6 feet of water and a I
numlx;r of out houses have floated oll', j
At three o'clock yesterday afternoon
the river commenced to lull, at und-1
jiight registered thirty-one feet 9 inches I
and, unless there is another ram, we are 1
out of danger. The river was on Mon
day morning ten feet high, ami in twelve
hours it was tw-nty-nine feet six inches.
The danger is now over and Augusta
saved from a terrible disaster.?Augusta I
Chronicle 2d instant.
The WliKMMkl Kiver.
Montfelier, Vt.. April 1.?Last I
night's heavy rain and the melting of I
mountain snow have raised the Whiooski
river, breaking the ice and flooding the
banks. The main street of Berlin, for j
nearly a mile, is filled with ice. Wil
liam Luidsey's house was swept from its
foundations. The members of the fami-;
lv were asleep at the time, but escaped.
Tire tracks of the Montpelier and Wells
River and Central Vermont railroads!
are damaged. The railway bridge on !
the Northwestern mud. at East Rich-'
ford, was carried away last night.
Six Men Killed.
At -1 o'elock this morning intelligence
was received here of the explosion of
the boiler of the steamer K. 11. liar
more, plying between Morgan City and
Abbeville. The Marmore hail entered
the Teche. and was returning laden
with lumber. When about two miles
below the wreck ft' the Mary Lewis,
which was sunk yesterday, her boilers
exploded, killing five or six negroes and
wounding a half dozen others. Engineer
Johnson was severely scalded. Some
of the crew were drowned.
THE FLOOD IN ALABAMA.
Loss of Life?Providing for the Sufferers?
Railroads Damaged.
Birmingham, April 1.?Specials to
the Age from the river towns of North
Alabama show that the effects of the
freshet are worse cveu than telegraphed
yesterday. Gadsden reports the Coosa
river at its highest mark and rising with
alarmin;; reports from above. All rail
road bridges on the branch road, be
tween Atalla and Gadsden, are swept
away, and a number of washouts on the
Alabama Great Southern are reported
on both sides of the Atalla. The mill
and lumber interests at Gadsden have'
suffered immense damage. .
The Tennessee is reported out of its
banks at several points. From Tusea
loosa, on the Warrior river, advices are
serious, though it is believed the worst
has passed. Many houses on either
side of the river have been abandoned
and the water is running through the
doors and windows. Some families oc
cupy the upper stories of dwellings and
skills and fiat boats are used for trans
portation.
The vdlagc of Xorthport, across, the
river from Tuscaloosa, is almost sub
merged now, and the iron bridge con
necting the two places is under water at
both ends, and tears are entertained for
its safety. The water is a foot deep in
the Tuscaloosa Cotton Factory, and
work-had to be abandoned. Just before
dark the wreck of a small house passed
down the river, and several persons
were observed clingiug to the timbers.
Rescuing parties, in skids, started out
in pursuit from tiie Tuscaloosa shore aud
were rapidly borne out of* sight by the
rapid current. Many persons living on
low lands below Tuscaloosa had to be
rescued from their homes in a skill'. No
calculation can yet be made of the
amount of damage to the farming inter
ests and to railroads and other high
ways.
Montgomery, Ala., April 2.?A
special to the Advertiser states that as
Warrior, Coosa and Tnllapoosa rivers
fall, thousands of horses, mules, cattle
and hogs havo been swept away. AH
the corn, cotton seed and provisions in
reach of the flood were destroyed, and
planters in the overflowed region will
have great difliciilty in starting anew for
this year's crop. Relief boats have
brought in a large number of the people
who had been in peril and without food
for three days. The President of the
Board of Inspectors made his way with
boats to the imperilled places and got
them off in safety. So far the reports
of drowning in the various portions of
the State loot up nine persons, all color
ed but oue. Fourofthese were a wo
man and three children who floated oil'
In a c?bm dowVthe Cnhn^n TtvtarP**BU"*ii
The river has fallen about ten inches.
Uoats have been distributing food all
day through the inundated parts of the
city. Several hundred persons have
been shut up for two days without food.
The couvicts on the State farm, alter a
perilous time, were carried from the
flooded quarters in a flat boat fur a mile
and a half and placed in the peniten
tiary at Wetumpka. Reports from
dillcrent'points near here show that live
more negroes have been drowned. A
steam ferry boat left here to-day. going
up the river to pick up all persons in
danger and to supply food to the water
bound people. It will go to Wetumpka
on the Coosa river.
A special from Opclika says : John
son Bridges, engineer of the construc
tion tram, which went down on the
T.illapoosa river, died after his leg was
amputated. Six hands on same train had
already died or been drowned.
Shot lCohhlng his own House,
A sensational tragedy is reported in
Granger county, Tennessee. .The trus
tee of the county was William Jutls, a
man universally esteemed aud respected.
He enjoved the absolute confidence of
the comunity. and held the posilioufora
number of years. On Friday he returned
from Iiis ollicc aud deposited a money
bag in his room, saying it contained
?2,500. which lie had collected iu county
taxes. He bid his wife good bye, saying
he had buisuess in an adjoinius county
and would return next day. During the
day a cousin or the lady came to her
house and was given a room for the
night. About midnight he was aroused
by a burglar and lired on him. The
thief uttered a howl of agony and fell
back dead. lie proved to be the trustee,
who was endeavoring to stael the pub
lic money, and then claim that ho had
been robbed._
A Family Assassinated.
j A dispatch from Panama says: uAni
j entire family have been murdered at
i Arbolcdas. in the State of* Santandcr.
The names of the victims are Carbclleon
Marciales; Fncunda Ortega, his wife;
Camilla, a girl of 12 years; Valeria, age
10; Ricardo, age8; Cayetauo, age.");
Virginia, age 2, and an infant to which
the mother had given birth in the excite
ment which preceded the slaughter, j
The assassins are Antonio Ksteban
and Francis Marciales. Miguel Flores,
Pantaleon Roscco and a deaf-and-dumb
man. The president of the republic has J
directed that the assassins be tried by a
military court-martial."
A Horse and Uhler Swept Away,
Covington, Oa., April 1.?Phillip
Parker, a horse drover, from ITaber
shain county, to-day. while attempting
lo crossthe Alcova river near McGuirt's
which is now entirely submerged by
high waters, was swept from bis horse
and both horse and rider were lost m
the stream. Newton has lost thirteen
river bridges by late rain storms. .1. W.
Bosworth's store near Islaud Sholas
was carried oil" yesterday by the South
river?with entire contents. His floor
and grist mills are said to have six feet
of water on lirst floors. There has been
great loss to farm lands.
Seed Potatoes, Cabbage, Onions, Ap
ples and Oranges at Jus. Van Tassels.
RANGEBTJKGr, S. C, TH
MORE POLITICAL PEPPER.
"With Col. Hntler's Compliment* to Co).
Alken.
Columbia. S. C, "March 29, 188C.
Editor Presse and Banner:
I have just read Colonel Aiken's com
munication in your last issue. Permit
me to say that like him I am strongly
In favor of a. farmers' convention?not
one but many conventions. Public
meetings of the farmers will do more
real good for their cause than all the
buncombe speeches made in Congress .
in a century.'I heartily approve Colonel
Aiken's suggestions concerning the
State's department of agrtcu!ture. t],
nm prepared to say that any suggestions
from an organisation of farmers or from
individuals for the improvement of th?'
department will be most gratefully re
ceived, bat I trust that an investigation
of the work of the-department will show
that it is already' an honor to the State."
Col. Aikcn suggests that if the depart
ment is "not worth the money paid for
it" such alterations in its administra
tions should be made as will bring it up
to this standard. I also cordially en
dorse this patriotic sentiment. Col.
Aiken asks "why should a farmer feed .
his cattle on cotton seed meal exempt!
from taxation, whereas if he feeds his
crop on the same article he is taxed for
the privilege." I will tell him. TLa
Legislature passed an act authorizing
the department of agriculture to analyze
all fertilizers sold in the State. When
cotton seed meal is "fed to the crops"
it becomes a fertilizer, and as such is
subject to inspection, as it is liable to
adulteration, and is consequently tax
able. As stock food it is not subject to
inspection by this department, I fear
Col. Aiken's suggestion in regard to
this tax was inspired by the fact that
he recently purchased a lot of meal that
was not tagsed in accordance with law,
through his own or the manufacturer's
negligence, and he was somewhat in
convenienced thereby. It may be wise
to repeal all the laws of South Carolina
passed for the protection of the farmers
of the State, where they conflict with
Colonel Aiken's interest, but I must
be pardoned for saying that I do not
think so. The department of agricul
ture is not only willing but anxious to
be investigated by the farmers of the
State. It was created specially to ad
vance their interest and if it is not ful
filling its purposes the farmers should
know it. As it seems to be in order for
everyboy to make suggestions to the
convention which is to assemble in
Columbia on the 29th of April, I will
exercise the same privilege that others
are taking and suggest to the farmers
that they should remember that our
Congressmen are uot out of reach of <
-wv*gtifflM*m:'j^j?*>^^t^^e??' vnrf: liw?'r*;r'ie'-'
representatives lie examiucd aud let the
farmers "learn whether or not they are
worth the money paid for them and if
they are not. make such alterations in
our Congressional delegation as will
make it an honor to the State.""
A. P. Butler.
Appropriation*.
The river and harbor appropriation I
bill, as completed by the house commit
tec makes a total appropriation of $15,
104.200, which will become available;
immediately upon the passage of the bill, i
As there was no appropriation made for J
river and harbor improvements at the
last session, the present appropriation
virtually covers a period of nearly two
years. Among the items for the south
ern States arc tiic following : South
Carolina: Harbors?Charleston, incliul-1
ing Sullivan's Ilandd. $250,000: George
town, $5,000. Rivers?The Ashley. |
$1.000; the Edisto. $3.000; the Great
Pec Dee, $20,000; the Salknhntchic,
$2.000; the Sautcc, $25,000; the Wacca- j
maw. $15,000; the Wappoo Cut, $5,000;
the Wateree.$7,500,
Married His Slater's Daughter.
Wentworth, N. C, March 30.?
Andrew Roberts, a well known young
man of Rocky Springs, made a visit to his
sister here, where he fell deeply in love
with his pretty niece. Not regarding
the law against the marriage of persons
within the third degree of kindred, the
couple appeared before Squire Hender
son and were made one. The couple
were arrested a couple of days later for
incest; the husband was placed in jail,
while the wife was subsequently releas
ed. She begged, however, to be allow
ed to remain with him, but licr entrea
ties were not listened to.
An Afflicted Family.
A lamentable report comes from Pied
mont to the effect that on Friday last a
grown member of the family of a Mr.
Grognn died and was buried on Saturday
and on Sunday two more grown mem
bers of the family died, and were lying
as "corpses side by side on Monday,
making five that have died in the same
family within three weeks, and now two
children and the father of the family arc
confined to their bed.?Ilonea Path
Plaindcaler. _
Fatal Accident.
Rev. James A. Woodarddied, Sunday
[at his son-in-law, Mr. E. W. Byrne,
j Barn well, aged 73 years. The previous
i Thursday evening Mr. Woodward fell
I from the piazza aud sustained a com
! pound fracture of the thigh. All that
j medical skill and tender nursing could
: lo was done but fever supervened and
I the end came speedily. His remains
: were buried Monday in the family bury
! ing ground near While Pond.?Bsim
i well People.
A C;iia>t!y IMml.
ManmnctoX. \\ kst Va.. March
oil.?While carpenters were tearing
'down a portion of an old house in West
Miinuiiigton yesterday they came upon
sixteen human si alps, five off hem evi
dently being those of women, and all
belonging to persons of the Indian race.
. They are supposed to have been taken
! by some of the early settlers of the
I countrv a centurv ago."
TJBSDAY, APRIL 8, 1S8
BIOODY WORK IN TEXAS.
BATTLE BETWEEN THE STRIKERS
"s AND THE SHERIFF'S POSSE.
Seven Mien Slain near Fort Worth?The
; Merchants anil Citizens Aiming Against
the Mob?A Sherili" who would Start a
.Train or Die in the Attempt.
? Fort Wohth, Texas, April 3.?
What bad been predicted has come to
pass. The striking Knights ot Labor
and officers of the law have met in dead
ly conflict. Two officers fatally wound
ed and a third shot through both hips
the casualties ou the side of the law.
Or. the strikers, as far as can be ascer
fained, only one has been wounded. It
Was announced yesterday by the officers
ofv'-the Missouri Pacific Railroad Com
pany that trains would move to-day or
that there would be bloodshed. The
strikers on the other hand had put it
down as settled that no trains would be
allowed to pass over the Missouri Pacific
lir. ;. until the demand of the strikers for
arbitration was conceded. It will be
remembered that there are only six men
among the strikers here who were for
merly employed by the Missouri Pacific,
the Missouri Pacific and the Texas Paci
fic" having pooled their Fort Worth
business, so that freight was handled
and trains moved almost exclusively by
the Texas Pacific employees. The
places- of these men have long been
tilled but they dared not make a fight on
the Texas Pacific because that road is
ih-the hands of a receiver. Last night
the sheriff and fiis deputies were busily
engaged in serving writs of injunction
against the strikers and their confeder
ates, and by the time this morning
dawned most of them had received au
official notice to keep away from the
yards of the Missouri Pacific Railway,
and were warned against interfering
with the servants of the company in
their efforts to take out trains. The
effect of the writs was to keep the yards
clear, and at 9 o'clock this morning not a
man save the employees could be seen in
them. In the streets, however, near
the yards, could be seen knots of men
who had collected to see what would be
done to-day.
? At 10 o'clock the officers began to
collect at the Union depot and numbers
of them were stationed in the yards. At
10.15 o'clock a dozen or more of them
Went to the round-house,'and in a few
minutes Engine 54, loaded down with
armed officers, pulled out and steamed
up to the Missouri Pacific yards. As it
rattled past the crowd, collected on
either side of the road, derisive cheers
went up from a hundred throats, but
not a man attempted to interfere with
Jjh??wejnent8 of thceuginexMr to pre
WuTilironfcoupling on to the caboose,
which was standing on a side track.
Having done this, the engine was run
ou to the main track and then backed up
the road to Hodge, from which point it
was to pull a freight train into the city.
For nearly two hours the crowd await
ed the rcturfi of the engine with the
tram from Hodge, aud as the minutes
rolled by they amused themselves in
yarious ways. The raw weather could
noL scatter them and the men. wrapped
in heavy overcoats, were continuously
stamping their feet to keep warm. At
11.30 o'clock the engine left Hodge and
at 11,35 o'clock .steamed into the yards.
The train consisted of a caboose and ten j
cars loaded with coal. As it approach
cd Sixteenth street the crowd reeled out \
but halted on the line of the right of j
way and remained there, and not a man I
made a move toward the train, but at |
the lower end of the yard three woman,
wives of the strikers, appeared on the
track, one of them armed with a red
Hag, which she waved as a signal for
the engineer to stop. Xo attention was
paid to Ibis, and the train passed on aud
by the Union depot and continued on its
journey south.
The suggestive silence that marked
the passage of the freight train through
the city was not without its sequel.
When a train left the depot it was under
the protection of a posse of twelve
officers, commanded by Jim Court
; wright, a special deputy United Stales
marshal. Some of the officers were de
puty* marshals and others members of
the regular police force. The train pro
ceeded slowly to the crossing of the
Fort Worth and Xew Orleans Railway,
about a mile and a half south of the
town, where it-stopped as is customary
before crossing. The switch was found
open, and two men stood near the cross
ing. The officers approached the switch,
and as they did so they discovered live
men with Winchester rilles partly con
cealed in the woods a few yards distant.
The entire posse advanced toward the
men in ambush. They had reached the
ditch alongside the track, when they
ordered a throwing up of hands. The
command was obeyed, but as the hands
came up they brought Winchester rilles. j
The officers were armed with only re
volvers. They demanded Ihe surrender I
of the strikers. Both sides then opened j
! lire almost simultaneously, there being
j not more than a lapse of two seconds
I between the time the first and second
J shots were fired. As to which side lircd
first eye-witnesses differ. Alter the
; lirst fire the posse advanced and con
tinued firing. The strikers retreated !
behind some piles of ties. The posse, i
; seeing that it was useless to fight Win
i ehestere %with revolvers, placed the
I wounded officers aboard the train and
[returned to the Union depot. The
, strikers remained :it the scene !'<<r some
time after the train returned to the city,
when tliev secured the Winchester of
their wounded comrade and started off
j for the sycamore bottoms, all earn ing
I their rilles.
' As soon as the train reached the city
In posse was formed, armed with Win
chesters and started in pursuit of the
Imurderers. It is estimated that there
were twenty men among the strikers.
J but of these only live or six carried Win
6.
Pit IC.
ehestere. Tom Xace. the wounded
striker, was brought to this city in n
wagon this afternoon and as soon as the
officers learned of his whereabouts he
was carried to jail, where he will he
strongly guarded. No other arrests
have as yet been made. The Knights
of Labor claim that the first shot was
fired by the officers, but the weight of
testimony is against the proposition.
Sheriff Maddox this afternoon organized
two companies ot citizens, which were
armed with Winchester carbines, and j
mar med to the depot?the avowed de-1
termination being to suppress all oppo-1
sition to law. The people are in a tcr
rible state of excitement and appear com
pletely dumbfounded. The breach be
tween the law and strikers has been
widened and the bitterest expressions
can be heard on every side. There are
hundreds of Knights of Labor in the
city who do not appear to regret the
occurrance of to-day.
MUROER AND SUICIDE.
::>? Splits the skull of His Sweetheart with
mi Axe and Poisons UimnMr.
Nan??at?CK, Conn.. Marli 30.?
Jay Andrews, aged fifty years, and El
sie Williams, aged forty, were neighbors
in Oxford, four miles, west of this place.
Andrews, who was a farmer and a bach
elor, resided with his sister. Miss Wil
liams was a dress maker and Andrews
paid attentions to her for some time,
and his sentiments were reciprocated.
Lately Charles Procter, of Woodbury
visited her and she dropped Andrews.
The latter pressed his suit vigorously
and made threats against Procter. At
10.30 o'clock this morning Miss Wil
liams was sewing for her sister, Mrs.
Orlanda Osborn, when Andrews came
in with an axe. He asked for Miss
Williams, who was in the front room
with Mr. Osborn. Andrews went in
and sat for a moment bv the fire. Then
spinging to his feet without a word of
warning he swung his axe aloft and
brought it down with terrific force on top
of Miss William's head. She threw up
her arms in time to partially ward off
a second blow, which gashed the side
of her head. Mr. Osborn grappled with
Andrews; who acted like a madman and
tried to strike Osborn's little son. An
drews was a powerful man, six feet high
and weighing 185 pounds, and the strug
gle was a terrific one. When disarmed
Andrews ran to his own house, eighty
rods away, were he drank one-eigth of
an ounce of sulphate of strychnine, pull
ed on" his boots and started for the
woods. The neighbors went in pursuit
and found him half a mile away, with
his face buried in the grass by a stream.
He was dead. Meantime l)ra. Barnes
of Oxford, and Pal ford of Seymour, were
called to attend Miss Williams, but could
do nothing, her bead being literally split
open. She lived for five hours but was
unconscious. Miss Williams was highly
respected and worked in the first fami
lies of Ansuuia and Seinour. She leaves
n mother. Mrs. Nelson Williams, and a
brother ami sister. Andrews had al
ways resided in Oxford, was well known
and considered a good-tempered, kind
hearted man. Jealousy at Procter's
visits to Miss Williams is supposed to
have crazed him.
a .Southern Mormon.
A veritable Mormon has been brought
to light in Crawford county, Georgia,
by the Hogging of two while women,
Mrs. Julia liutto and Mrs. Vina lltitto.
They are the wives of William Hutlo,
the story of whose lores is a scandal
to the comunity. Years ago lie started
his matrimonial ventures by selling his
first wife for a fiddle, to which lie had
taken a fancy. He got in addition a pen
of shucks. He received a barrel of syr
up in pay for making himself the hus
band of No. '1 That lady died before she
could be traded oil'. The third wife he
sold lor a bushel of cow peas. His fourth
wife was so hard to dispose of that he
abandoned her in desperation and es
tablished himself with bis present two
wives. When the maskers appeared at
his house, several nights ago, liutto
broke through the back door, ran, und
escaped in the swamp. The women
were taken out of bed. and under the re
peated laying on of* whips they were
warned to leave the country. The men
then disappeared, promising to call
again. The women are now preparing
to leave.
No End to Silver.
There is something painfully ludicrous
in the letter from assistant Secretary
Fairchild, presented to the house on
Friday. It recites with solemn plain
tiveness that the law requires 27.000,000
silver dollars to be coined each year,
and goes on to gravely state that the re
maining space In the sub-treasury vaults
will not suffice to hold the coinage of
the ensuing twelve mouths. Therefore,
an appropriations for the erection of
more vaults in the sub-treasuries is
prayed for. Again and again, in the
past lew years, have these petitions
been presented and granted. The
vaults have been enlarged, and duplica
ted, in double and quadruple and still is
there not room enough tor the 70 cent
tokens which must be ground out at the
rate of 27,000,000 pcrannm.
Good IfTrtie,
If the story of the Grant family now
being told in the newspapers is found to
be true, it will add much to the honor
of the Grind name. The story is that
the profits from (Jen. Grant's book are
being used, in accordance with his request
to repay the losses of those creditors of
(irant & Ward who were induced to in
vest with the linn by t'cu. ('rant's
assurances or influence. Mrs. Virginia
L'orbin. a sister of Gen. Grant, who
was induced by him to invest $25.000,
all she had. with the linn, lo^t her in
vestment an%! has received a certified
cheek for the sum from Mrs. Grunt
and it is said others who invested
under similar circumstance? have been
GOOD NEWS.
[ D. T. CORBIN AND WILLIAM STONE
ARE FOILED AT LAST.
The United States Supreme Court Decrees
that the Carpet-Hag Firm Must Surren
der the Phosphate Money which they
Collected and have Kept for more than
Ten Yearn.
Washington, April 5.?In the
Supreme Court to-day Chief Justice
Waite rendered the decision of the Court
in the case of William Stone against the
State of South Carolina in favor of the
State. This suit was brought by the
State of South Carolina In the Court of
Common Pleas of Richland County in
August, 1877, against D.T. Corbin and
William Stoue, law partners, to recover
a balance claimed to be due for moneys
collected by Stone for tiie State and not
paid over to the State treasury. In
April, 1878, Stone presented in the
Court a petition for a removal *tjf the
suit to the United Stales Circuit Court
from South Carolina, stating that he
was a citizen of New York and a resident
there, and thai his co-defendant was a
citizen of South Carolina, and so also
was plaintiff a citizen of the same State,
and under the Statutes of the State and
the United States Statutes the suit was
one in which there could be no final
determination reached so far as he was
concerned with the presence of the co
defaudflnt to the cause. The State
Court proceeded with the suit, notwith
standing Stone's petition for removal,
aud after trial gave judgement against
both defendants for $2:',72*, with interest
from July, 1S7G. During the whole
proceedings, says Chief Justice Waitc,
Stone denied the jurisdiction of the State
Court nlcr the filing of bis petition.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina
affirmed the decision of the Court of
Common Pleas, aud to reverse that
judgement of nlfirmance the present
writ of* error was brought. This Court
holds, says the Chief Justice, that a
State Court is not bound to surrender
its jurisdiction of a suit on petition for re
moval until a case has been made which
on its lace shows that the petitioner has
a right to transfer. This Court further
holds that the money sued tor was re
ceived by defendants as partners, and
they arc liable jointly for its payment if
they arc liable at all. Such a case is
not removable, aud, therefore, the
judgment of the lower Court is affirmed.
?News and Courier.
LOSS OF LIFE AT MACON.
Two Persona Drowned?'Houses Under
mined and Swept Away.
Macon, Ga.. April 1.?Hundreds of
people were to be seen on the banks of
the booming Ocmulgeo to-day, watching
the mighty current as it swept past
carrying death and destruction in its
course. The incidents last night were
fearful, and with the coining of daylight
it was found that an unforunatc man
named Cornell Checly, a drayman, who
bad climbed to the top ol a tree for safe
ty, and whoso cries for help were heard
at intervals during the night, was no
where to be seen. He was one of the
men who refused to leave his house yes
terday morning, even after the water had
reached it. At last he was forced to
seek refuge in a China Ircc near by. It
was then too late to rescue him, although
many attempts to do so were made.
I IDs erics for help yesterday afternoon
were piteous, and although there were
hundreds of people who heard him, they
were powerless to lend assistance. He
continued to call until 4 o'clock this
morning when his voice was no longer
heard, and when dawn came he was not
in the tree. It is supposed that being
exhausted and benumed by cold, his
strength failed and be dropped into the
water and perished. Another man
i named Jack Uccvcs, who was a fireman
' at the compress, is also missing, and it
is supposed he was drowned. A num
ber of attempts were made yesterday
and last night to rescue these men, but
each time the boat capsized, and the
rescuers were compelled to return to
laud. Mr. II. K. Gilmorc aud Mr.
Sell attempted to reach them, but lost
their boat, and sought salty upon one of
the undermined houses. They were
rescued by a brave colored man named
Harrison Owen. Two others, whose
names could not be learned, were res
cued by Mr. VV. G. Fairclolli. Of the
forty or more houses near the river,
in East Macon. about twenty-live were
uudcrmiued and have toppled over and
' are in all sorts of positions. Many of
the occupants lost all their household
effects and are suffering for the necessi
ties of life. The river has fallen about
three feet to-day and it is hoped that the
worst has passed.
A Snd Accident.
A sad casualty occurred near Yawhany
Ferry, in Georgetown county, ou Satur
day. March 27th. by which two lads, the.
children of Mrs. T. h. llarrelson. met
their death. These two boys, nged six
teen and thirteen years, went to the
woods hi company with their cousin,
another lad. for the purpose of felling a
tree. While the later was engaged fn
cutting the tree the two brothers engag
ed in a wrestling match, during which
the tree, unobserved by them, came
down with a crash, cnishimr both of
them to tlie earth. These two lads
were the only children of a willow lady,
who. at the time of the accident was at
the bedside of her sick father, and had
no intimation of the terrible tragedy un
til the dead and mangled bodies oi lier
sons were brought to her.
loo.ooo Men In Guard One Czar.
St. Pktkukhukg. April 1.?The
Czar and the members of his court start
ed for the Crimea to-day. The utmost
precautions, have been taken for the
protection of his person. The railway
route over which the party will pass
will be gaurded by 10Q,'.H)0 men.
