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WASHINGTON. D. C, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1876.
NO. 241.
VOL. XVI.
-V 1
THE SOUTH.
THE JMKBJff THE HDM
A MOB SPIRIT PREVAILS
UNION MEN OSTRACIZED
KHLUX AM) WHITE LEAGUERS
THE MISSISSIPPI PLAN ADOPTED
Z. B. VANCE'S WHITE RIDERS
Bepublicaii Meetings Interrupted
eutpiaks paid ros beutal wobk
JUDGE HANCGCFS STAND1HS IN TEIAS
DISADVAXT1CES OF A TJXIO.V RECORD
THE ISSUE SQUARELY MADE
NECESSITY FOE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Mississippi Flan Tried on Insults to
Judge Settle Vance Abetting the Ku-Klux
The Stars and Stripes Detested-Desperate
Means Determined on.
bXK-clkl to the National Republican.
Rai.figii, Sept. 3. Thos. B. Kcogh, chair
man of the Republican State committee, to
day recched a detailed report of the assault
made upon Judzc Stt'lc while attempting to
sreak on Friday night last at Charlotte, N. C,
the home Z. B. Vance. Vance's friends hear
ing that the" Republicans would serenade
Judce Settle at his hotel, assembled in front
of the house and took possession of the street
and side-walk. When the head of the proces
sion of Republicans, headed by a band, ap
proached they were halted and kept at a dis
tance by the rioters and intolerant Democrats.
Judge Settle appeared upon the hotel steps
escorted by Col. Wm. R. Myers, one of the
leading men of Charlotte, who w ished to in
troduce Settle to the crowd. Their appear
ance was greeted with jeers, hisses, hooting
ard all sorts infernal yelling, which was kept
up incessantly until they withdrew.
The mayor of the city and the police force
were on the ground, but took no steps to arrest
or d.spersc the Ku-Klux crowd, who, by their
yelling and hooting, denied free speech to one
of 'he met hor.ored cit'zens of the State sim
ply becaufe he is a Republican. Charlotte Is
celebrated for its recklessness and utter want
of toleration of anything; that is Republican.
The town authorities even deny the privilege
to the Republicans of raising a pole, from
which the Stars and Stripes may Coat on the
breeze with the names of Hayes and Wheeler.
f- It is the home of Vance, and he was in the city
while his friends were booting and hissing his
competitor. Many ask why it Is that Vance
can enthuse his friends so easily and caunot
prevail on them to desist from these outrages
on his honored opponent. This Is the fourth
time the Vance and Tilden men have attacked
and Insulted Judge Settle during the joint can
Tass, -nd the conclusion is that he counte
nances them. The Ku-Klux begin to show
their tceih. They are becoming desperate, and
It !s evident that Vance himself Is growing
desperate. Quiet as North Carolina has been
for some years, such conduct as Vance's friends
were gull y of at Charlotte, Statesville, Salem
and Jonesboro' will necessitate the stationing
of troops in this State beyond doubt. If Vance
winks at outrages and assaults, it will be for
the purpose of giving his friends the word to
oppress, Intimidate aud keep from the polls by
foul means all Republican voters.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Democratic Tactics Proscription of Northern
Ken The Mississippi Flan Inaugurated -S.
J. T.'s Money Circulating.
Chablestox, S. C, Sept. l, 1S78.
Torretpcnanc. of the National Kefiufeltcaa.
These are exciting times. What between
the arnd and bitter spirit of the political con
test and the threatened revolt against Whlp
pcr and Moses, the two new judges, who ex
pected to take their seats on the 20 h ultimo,
this city has been to a state of ferment such
as has not been seen here since Secession hall
rocked with the j;Ud tidings that South Caro
lina had struck the first blow foi Southern
freedom. The torch-light procession at the
ratification meeting held here the night of the
35th ultimo, to ratify the nomination of Hamp
ton and his Confederate staff, was
A TFr.BIFIC AFFAIR
for Charleston, if one can only believe all he
reads lq the papers. One paper puts the num
ber at the modest figure of 10,000, while the
other places it at between 15,000 and 20,000.
The truth is, there were about 2,000 all told,
men and boys, the latter comprising about two
thirds of the entire procession. Their torch
lights, banners, transparencies and fire works
gave unmistakable evidence of Yankee in
genuity, and their abundance spoke well for
the Democratic corruption fund, which, rumor
says, has been largely scattered through this
State.
When one takes into consideration the
wails of poverty that have gone forth from
tlte (lI.Ib Atirlnir t)A r.f t h ma rw fnnr .-n e
f . hU ...All UUl.u .Ml. AOk b.411.1. Ul IUU1 IVlfl)
liie uunio ub nauiLdi c.kit adduce auu
moans over Democratic penury and want, he
is at a loss to reconcile the real with the
fancied. If the Democrats are in such a 6tate
of bankruptcy as their public speakers de
clare they are from Radical persecution In the
shape of levying taxuu, how did they manage
to scrape together so much money as they ex
pended the other night in paying homage to
"south Carolina's favorite son?"
Let Sammy Tildea and his confreres answer.
This fund must be a very considerable one,
judging from the lavish manner in which
their leaders expend it. I am told by a re
liable gentleman, just from Columbia, that
the Democratic leadera there have more
money now than he ever knew them to have
at sny time even prior to the rebellion. He
saya they charter trains ot cars to carry the
rocghs into the country
TO DISTURB ItEPCBLICAX MEETING,
L cr, as the Democrats term it, "divide the
LIU!?: I11IC Ul! I UC UKIICKO IUM U1WCO 1UI U1UU
around for the same purpose, and even em
ploy men to ride on the trains or on the ani
mals at so much per day, and in nearly every
Instance those who do this dirty work are
bovs or young men under age.
This is what the chivalrlc Democracy of the
prond old Palmetto State call free speech, free
action and free thought. One thing I have ob
served above all others, and that Is that the
poor white element, with but few exceptions,
' is in almost as abject subjection Co the will of
the aristocrats at It was be Tore the rebellion,
when Democratic leaders would forcibly seize
these men by the score, confine them In a
"bull-pen" two or three days prior to the elec
tion. nd then take them out and vote them as
you drive cattle to market. It was this ele
ment, also, which did the assassin's work dur
ing the terrible times of the Ku-Klux a few
years ago. The leaders stood behind the scenes
ana pulled the cords and their emissaries did
the bloody work, and this they are doing now,
but in a different way. At a Republican meet
ing held yesterday at a small country-place
somewhere in the vicinity of Columbia, the
(" WHITE-RIDERS ATTENDED IS TORCE,
"Sutler the leadership of one Haskell, a second-
7t Tombs lawjer, but chairman of the Dcm-
LOcratlc executive committee, iney abused
Republican speakers, ana the great and
tlrlc xiasxeii conaescenaca to ten one oi
pubjjeau speakers he lied, an.3 wb,en the
speaker retorted (and he was a black mm)
pitols were drawn and murder seemed imral.
nent. This is Democratic "free speech" In
this boasted land of freedom. I am told by
those who ought to know that this chivalrlc,
high-toned Haskell, leader of the white
rousbs of Columbia and vicinity, and, by the
grace of God, whose ways are past finding
out, chairman of the Democratic party, has
cevrr failed to tako his share of "Radical
plunder" whenever opportunity presented it
self He Is now one of the commissioners of
seme sort of a claims commission, from which
he
draws nis TAY
with surprising regularity. I have jnst been
shown a bill which this would-be reformer and
his partner put iu against the city of Columbia
in some petty case In which said firm acted as
assistants to the city attorney. The bill only
amounts to about $1,700, and there were two
or three other bills of the 6ame character In
the same suit, but none so outrageous as this.
Is it anything to be wondered at that a State
should be bankrupt when such Democratic
cormorants are bleeding it all the time under
the guise of "fees lor professional services !"
This man is now a blatant relormer, engineer
ing the Hampton White-Line machine.
the Mississirn scheme
is being played here to the fullest extent. Col
ored men are being discharged from woik be
cause they refuse to vote the Democratic
ticket, and appeals are made every day by the
Democratic newspapers to refuse employment
or patronsge to ary but Democrats. This Is a
State, too, where freedom of opinion has been
"claimed" to exist as fully as In any State In
the North. The following extracts from the
leading Hampton Wblte-Lice sheets tell their
own story without comment from us:
'In hiring colored people for work of any kind
we should always jsivo preference to those who
staiidby us In the election, and we must know
how they vote."
"Factories and mills along the Uoncaroe and
constant employment of jourself and children
alter wc pet rid of the carpet-baggers. Help us
oust ?cni."
"The 'Slouv,' hostlles' and 'assassins' are np
and doiDK in this portion nt South Carolina. Let
the tribes to t he east or us do as well, and there'll
be little to fear."
"There are colored and white Republicans
carrying en business in thi city who are entirely
dependent on white Democrats for a livim?.
Shall Democrats continue to warm the vipers?"
Columbia (5. C.) Regitter.
"It Is the duty of Democrats to give employ
ment to those who are working with thein In their
eflortsto redeem the State." Charltiton Jour,
not of Commerce.
The foregoing are but a sample of the kind
of advice given out dally In this extremely
"tolerant" State. Northern men of Republi
can proclivities who have a desire to Invest
their capital in the South can learn from these
extracts the character of the reception they
would meet with should they come here. It is
the constant talk in the hotels, on the streets,
or in the cars, and I have yet to go to the first
place where I do not hear abuse of Northern
men. You can hearthe words "carpet-bagger"
at almost every street coiner, but an expres
sion is fast coming into use in this city, in
tended to be still more obnoxlons, and that is
to brand all men from the North as
"TAN-KEE9."
The Northern men that I have seen are very
few who do not take pride In the fact that they
were born North, and belong to the "everlast
ing Yankee nation."
I shall go from here to attend the grand
opening of the Democratic campaisu In the
northern part of the State, when the "favorite
son of South Carolina," Wale Hampton, Is
expected to lead off. Perhaps he will read his
speech made In Tammany hall when Seymour
was nominated in 1SGS, in v. hich he declared
the reconstruction acts "revolutionary and
void." He claims now to be running a differ
ent schedule. J. R.
TIIE WIIITE LINERS AT WORK.
Ibpvci&l Correspondence of National Kepublican.
Columbia, S. C, August 24, 1873.
Last Sunday night Henry Dennis, col
ored, was riddled with bullets by White
Liners iu the northwestern part of Laurens
couuty. No notice made by the local paper
save "Found dead; an inquest would be held."
Did not mention the fact that he was killed
by whites, and because he was a working Re
publican. The Democrats ride at night, beat,
whip and kill Republicans to intimidate them
before election . They openly assert they are
going to carry this State if they have to go to
the last ditch and lose the last drop of blood.
This picture is not overdone. P.
TEXAS.
Texas Democracy None but Ex-Confederates
Need Apply Judge Hancock's Union Record
a Bar to Political Preferment,
bpeclal correspondence of the National Republi
can. J
Galveston, Texas, Au?. 23, 1878.
In this morning's Galveston Xntt, the most
Influential Democratic journal iu the South
west, "A subscriber" propounds the following
question: "Can I, as a well-wisher of Texas,
vote for the Democratic nominee fur Congress
man when I am fully persuaded that it is capa
ble of proof that the convention nominating
him defeated John Hancock on the ground of
his having been a Union man during the
ar i" &c. The -Vetr, in reply, does not dfcny
that Hancock's record was the prime cause of
his defeat, but weakly urges that it "was not
the sole secret of the movement against him."
It Is well known to the -Vers men and to every
other intelligent citizen, Democrat and Repub
lican, in this Congressional district, that John
Hancock's Union record was the all controlling
motive for his defeat, and that had he been a
rebel durine the late war he would have been
renominated without opposition. This was so
palpable that Mr. Hancock's bosom friend and
political manager, filled with chagrin, rose in
the late contention and hotly proposed, in ef
fect, that a plank be placed In the Democratic
platform to the effect that "henceforth the
claims of no Union man shall be considered In
making nominations for office in this district."
Thi proposition being deemed "unwise," has
been suppressed In the report of proceedings
by the Democratic newspapers.
It is also well known iu Texas that had
Judge Hancock been blessed with a clean
Coniederate record he would have been elected
to the United States Senate instead of Gov.
Richard Coke, who Is to-day despised by one
half of the Democrats of the State. During
the time his name was being canvassed for the
Senatoreblp a large number of the Democratic
papers oi this State boldly declared that Han
cock was not a representative of Texas senti
ment; that the people of Texas were seces
sionists from principle, and although they had
been overcome by superior force they have not
bet n com lnced of folly or wrong-doing. Those
journals scorned the proposition, to place as a
representative in the Senate a man not in har
mony with the sentiments of the people, be
cause It was claimed by Northern Democratic
papers and others erpeditnt to do so.
Texas Democrats have never called In ques
tion the high character, great ability, or the
eminent services rendered their State by Judge
Hancock while in Congress. With these they
are perfectly satisfied.
Mr. Giddings, who has been nominated as
bis successor, has been In Congress before from
this district, and Is known in Washington. So
far as the writer is Informed, he made a repu
tation at the Capital as being a very fine,
magnificent an'mal, whose physical functions
were perfect, and appetite In active, well
balanced play. Further than this it Is not be
lieved that he was distinguished from the mass
of mankind. He probably never commanded
the attention of above fifteen members In any
speech on the floor of the House. Oa the
other hand, Judge Hancock always received
the full and respectful attention of both sides
of the House whenever he arose to address it.
But Hancock receives here little sympathy in
his present hnmiliation from those who ad
mired his course during the war. With his
acumen and life-long residence In Texas, none
knew better than he the unregenerated and
unrelenting temper of the Texas Confederates.
But he looked to their great numerical ma
jority, and their near rehabilitation as citi
zens after the close' of the war, and his ambi
tion led him to cast his lot with them In the
hope and belief that he could reconcile them
to himself.
His character, talent and Union record en
abled him to become a serious impediment to
reconstruction and the early Republican ad
ministration In this State, and in this he made
the most of his opportunities.
When on the stump In New Hampshire,
New York and elsewhere at the North he pre
sented himself as a living evidence that the
war spirit was dead at the South, and that
there no longer remains any disposition here
to discriminate against a man on account of
his Union sentiments. Mr. Hancock knew he
was not tellintr the truth. It was a part of
the self-prostitution by which he was paid for
the few honors that the Texas Democracy
have awarded him. He has paid dearly for
all that he has received, and now the De
mocracy present him with a clean balance-sheet,
showing nothing left to his credit, and J adze
John Hancock "steps down and out" of
Texas politics. Exit Hancock! The Northern
Democracy have lost an excellent campaign
document thereby, but the document as used
by them was alw aje fraudulent. Veritas.
CURRENT CAPITAL TOPICS.
A Peaceful Campaign and Election.
Attorney General Taft has written a letter
to district attorneys and United States mar
shals, instructing them to carry out the recent
order of Secretary Cameron directing General
Sherman to obey the spirit and letter of the
Scott Lord resolution, passed by the House a
' few weeks ago. This resolution, It will be re
membered, pledged the power of the Govern
ment to the protection of citizens, without re
gard to race, color, or previous condition, &c.
Judge Taft's letter has been approved by the
President, and will soon be made public. Its
effect will be to prevent, by due legal force,
the interruption of political meetings in the
Southern States or elsewhere by armed bands
of any kind, and to secure peace and quiet
wherever turbulence is threatened daring the
pending campaign. A perusal of the telegrams
and letters from the South, which are pub
lished elsewhere, sl'OW that decided action by
the General Government Is Indispensable to
preserve peace and order and prevent proba
ble sacrifice of human life.
The First New Bond.
Senator Robertson, of South Carolina, has
purchased registered bond No. 1 for $5,000,
on account of the subscription to the 1)4 per
cent, funded loan of 1891. The amount paid
by him was $5,037.50 In gold. This, of course,
Is the first purchase made from the new syndi
cate, and evinces the patriotic spirit of the
South Carolina Senator.
Coinage at the Hint.
The following Is the statement of the coin
age executed at the United States mint In
Philadelphia for the month of August :
Denomination.
No. of
Pieces.
Value.
Double eagles ...
Trado dollars....
Hall dollars
Quarter dollars..
Twenty cents
Dime .'.
'18,49
8,a
1,401,2)0
1,192,2)0
203
910,200
$369,600
84,200
702,100
323,0M
40
91,020
Total silver .
Fire cents ,
Cents
1,691,003
310,000
220,000
1,2M,H0
15.600
2,200
Total base...
Total for month....
530,0 0
17,700
4,239,480
1,537,710
The New Loan.
In the circular for Saturday, September 2,
Messrs. Trask & Stone, bankers and brokers,
7 New street, New York, say the syndicate to
whom have been allotted the United States
4 per cent, loan have issued their circulars
In their city and In London, the bonds being
offered here at lOOJf 1 RO'd, and In London at
103. To-day's advices by cable indlcato
that subscriptions are progressing favorably
and that the loan is being placed as rapidly
as was anticir;ated. The operations con
n ctcd with these bonds have caused a marked
dc-lice in tho quotations of other United
S' - bonds and have also caused a decline in
thi j i emlum on gold, which fell to 100a, the
lowest point reached since 1873.
Weekly Financial Exhibit.
The Treasury now:iholdse338,37:?,850 In
United States bonds to secure tbe national
bank circulation, and $18,723,000 to secure
public deposits. The United States bonds de
posited for circulation for the week ending
Saturday wcre7?8.",5O0. The United States
bonds held for circulation withdrawn during the
week ending Saturday were 533,500. The
national bank circulation outstanding Is cur
rency notes, $323,818,402; gold notes, $2,099,
190. The receipts from Internal revenuelSatur
day were $42S,2S0.16, and from customs
$3'.i3,S22.01.
The receipts of national bank notes for
warded for redemption for the week ending
Saturday, as compared with the corresponding
week of last year, were:
1875. 1878.
New York l,32l,0W 1,0,003
Boston l,ll7,00) 1,555,0X1
Philadelphia 107,000 379,030
Chicago 94,003 27,00)
Cincinnati 47,10) 11,030
Miscellaneous 715,000 983,003
Total 3.1I,030 (1,174,000
The Naval Inspection at Fort Royal.
The forthcoming naval review at Port
Royal has been tortured into something of
more than the ordinary Importance that be
longs to It, and It can be authoritatively stated
that It has been greatly exaggerated. The
Department has ordered vessels of the North
Atlantic station to that port for drill and In
spection by the rear admiral commanding the
station previous to their distribution among
the West India Islands. Secretary Robeson
will not be at Port Royal this year. The first
review took place a year ago. It was decidedly
advantageous to the service. Tho Inspection
this year will be by Rear Admiral S. D.
French ard.
Several Iron-clals are now at Port Royal
the Saugus, Manhattan, Mahopac, Ajax,
Cateklll.Leblgh and Dictator, and each of
them, excepting the Dictator, with a crew of
ten seamen and five marines on board. They
are all in good condition. The Plymouth has
been ordered to Philadelphia. She will re
main there as the representative ship of tbe
navy during the Exhibition. The North At
lantic squadron, both wooden and Iron ships,
Is in good condition. "The order directing
vessels to assemble at Port Royal will create
no additional expense, as tbey are all bound
to visit that locality before the winter.
The Standing Bock Indian Agency.
The following dispatch has been received by
General Sherman from General Sheridan,
dated Chicago, the 1st Instant:
"Colonel J Carlin telegraphs this morning
that he was obliged to suspend the agent,
Burke, at Standing Reck, who, it is believed,
had an interview with Kill Eagle, one of the
hostile chiefs, and who subsequently sent two
hundred and fifty head of cattle, most of
which Is believed to have gone to hostile
-camps. We do not want to do anything
which would be unpleasant In any way to the
Secretary of the Interior or the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, but I really think that It
would be best for all concerned that army
officers should perform the duties at the
acency until this trouble Is over. Colonel
Carbln put Captain R.E. Johnson la charge
of the agency at Standing Rock until the new
atreut arrives."
'The following was sent In reply by General
Sherman: The Secretary of War Is back again,
and I have also seen Mr. Chandler, Secretary
of the Interior, who says another agent has
been appointed for the Standing Rock agency,
who will soon be there, but meantime you may
instruct General Carlin that he most control
all issues from the agency and permit no Issues
of any kind that ho does not approve, espe
cially to Indians not actually present and
known to be friendly and faithful.
Edwin Mullet was appelated agent at Stand
ing Rock, but It is understood that there Is
some difficulty regarding his acceptance of
the appointment and another agent will be ap
pointed. Returning the Compliment.
Last October P. C. Glasgow, since deceased,
and P. C. Osborne, of Union Lodge, No. 22,
K. P., of this city, presented Stoddard Lodge,
No. 17, of Baltimore, with a handsomely
carved charter frame. Last Friday evening
C. C. Thomas A. Prltchett, P. C. Robert E11I
and Knight Andrew McClelland, of Stoddard
Lodge, of Baltimore, came to this city, and
visited Union Lodge while in cession. In be
half of the Baltimore Lodge they presented
the Washington Knights with resolutions,
handsomely engrossed and framed. The reso
lutions were received on tho part of Union
Lodge by P. C. Rowzee, and a speech was
made by Past Supreme Chancellor, II. Rath
bum, of Calanthe Lodge, No. 11, the origi
nator of the Order. Bicssrs. Ellis and Mc
Clelland spoke for the Baltimore Lodge, both
referring feelingly to the death of Mr. Glas
gow. After the lodge adjourned the Balti
more Knights were handsomely entertained In
a more substantial way.
When Mrs. Patience Remington, of North
Smithfield, Conn., celebrated her ninety-fifth
birthday recently her three sons, triplets, fifty
nine years old, were present. When they were
born their father was offered $100 to name
them Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but his
patriotism was greater thin his avarice, and
be 'named them Washington, Jefferson and
Mowce.
THE EASTERN WAR.
A DECISIVE BATTLE POUQHT
QHBAT VICTORY TOR THE TURKS
TEBRIBLE ARTILLERY BATTLE
SERVIANS FORCED TO RETREAT
THE TURKS IN FULL PURSTJIT
FEARFUL SCENES OF CARNAGE
Lonbos, Set t. 4. Tl e SlamUri't special
dispatch from Alexlnatz reports that the Turks
attacked tbe Servians on the left bank of the
Morava on Friday, their object bcluir to turn
the Servian right. At 10 in the morning the
Turkish left began to advance. It imet with
strong resistance, and for three hours little
progress was made. Tbe Turks became exas
perated, and advanced step by step, the Ser
vians retiring in good order. At 4
Turkish right attacked the Servians
cess. I
p. m.the
with suc-
A Belgrade dispatch to the Standard says
simultaneously with the fighting on the left
bank of the Morava the Turkish forces at
tacked Alexlnatz from the right bank of the
river. Their bombardment was so effective
that extensive fires broke out In the town.
It Is announced that Alexlnatz bis been
evacuated, but the fortress Is still held by ten
battalions, and Is defended by the powerful
artillery. The Government publishes bo news,
but confirms a statement that the Turks were
marching on Kmsivatz.
Another dispatch to the Standard from Alex
lnatz states that the Circassians entered three
Servian redoubts northwest of Alexlnatz. Mines
filled with dynamite were discovered. The
Turks havo gained a base forope atlonj against
two Ullages which protect AlexlnatzT4n the
west.
A Belgrade telegram says the Russians are
determined to form a special corps. The
valor of the Russian officers in the battle of
Friday Is commented on. It Is reported that
some were wounded by the men under their
command.
Renter's telegram from Semlln reports that
the battle on Friday, on the left bank of the
Morava, resulted disastrously to the Servians.
The Turks, after beating the right wing of
the Servians, made a Hank movement in the
direction of Krustvatz, their object being to
rcsch Deligrad.
The Turks have thus turned the 8ervian
position at Alexlnatz, ard the entire military
position is changed. The Turks have already
reached the heights of Justrevatz, half way
between Teschltza and Krusevatz. They are
advancing alone the road which skirts the left
bank of the Morava, crosses the river at
Prackovatz, and joins the road betweerj Alexl
natz and Belgrade at Jabakovatz, a sbqrt dis
tance from Deligrad. Gen. Tchemayerf Is now
ett Is now
Jim 11 ula
marcbimr with the bulk of his arms.
Krnsevatz. He has tclecrraDhcd to Belgrade
for reinforcements, and the Servian Minister
of War has ordered Gen. Antltch to march to
Krusevatz with twelve thousand men.
The Timet' correspondent at Belgrade tele
graphs as follows: The 1st of September will
be memorable In the annals of Turkey and
Servla, for one has gained a great victory and
the other suffered a serious defeat. Friday's
battle was tbe battle of the war. On Wednes
day I received Information that before consent
ing to an armistico Turkey was determined to
take Alexlnatz and show the world they were
able to crush the insurrection. I left Belgrade
on Thursday, and arrived at Alexlnatz at 8:30
friaay morning, roe urst snot naa occn nrea.
The Turks Immedlately.appeared, beginning
their movement to turn TchernayefTs right
and cut off the communications of Alexlnatz
with Deligrad. Hazardous as the design was,
it succeeded. I went to the headquarters of
Tchernayeffjust as be was about to go to the
field. He told me that day would decide the
fate of Alexlnatz. He said a serious attack
against his communications between Alexl
natz and Deligrad was contemplated. If he
succeeded In repelling the attack he thought
Alexlnatz would be safe, for he believed the
Turks would not attempt it again. For some
hours the battle was almost entirely between
tbe artillery.
The valley throueh which It was necessary
the Turks should pass to gain their object
was guarded by two strong Servian batteries,
against which the Turks directed the fire of
three of their batteries. The fight continued
three hours, with no advantage to either side.
Tbe Turks then reinforced their artillery
with three more batteries and advanced, the
fire becoming tremendous. The Servians made
a fine struggle and brought up another bat
tery, but, in spite of all their efforts, the Turks
steadily advanced.
In the meantime the Turkish Infantry were
busy. From Alexlnatz Servian Infantry and
cavalry hurried out to meet their advance,
and the storm of battle began In earnest. The
v:l'ages of Suotnos and Great Aarowatz were
soon In flames. The Servians, although forced
to fall back, did not lose heart. Finally Fre
eflow ltz was fired. The Servians were then
seized with a panic, and the whole battalion
fled. The carnage was terrible. The streets
of Alexlnatz were filled with the wounded and
dying. The events of the day culminated In
a bombardment by tbe Turkish artlllery,whlch
made the houses rock and the heights shake.
The Turks pursued the flying Servians, pour
ing !h a fearful fire, under which the Servian
fire became weaker and weaker and at last
ceased. Every one In Belgrade knows that
tbe Servians have been signally defeated.
Gen. Tcbernaycff has arrived at Deligrad
with most of his army.
London, Sept. 4. A Standard special from
Podgovltza says : "It Is stated that Moukhtar
Pasha has begun operations at Hjuska. The
Montenegrins are abandoning their position.
Everything is ready for operations in this
quarter."
Centennial Notes.
Puiladelfiiia, Sept. 3. The number of
cash admissions to the Centennial exhibition
yesterday was 58,373.
Among the visitors to the exhibition was
ex-Secretary Brlstow and family.
The formal opening of the International live
stock display will take place to-morrow morn
ing. At 1020 o'clock a parade of all the
horses in the yards will be made, and at 4
o'clock p. m. the parade will be repeated. A
band of music will be In attendance at the lat
ter hour. The judges of the stock exhibition
will assemble at the grounds in the morning
to receive the instructions from the bureau of
awards, and will begin their labors of Tuesday
morning at 9 o'clock.
A concert was given In the main building
yesterday by the Schmnacker Piano Company,
of this city, which w as participated Iu by
Mile. Catcrlna Laml, of the Italian Opera;
Mr. George A. Comly, basso; Mr. Northcott,
cornet soloist, and Mr. A. F. Slose, pianist.
" Washington Territory, Its Growth and Re
sources," was the subject of an address by
Hon. Ellwood Evans, in the Pacific Coast Cen
tennlal Hall, on Saturday afternoon. After
referring to the wealth of timber land, rich
alluvial bottom land and -prairie of good agri
cultural capacity and well adapted to wheat
culture and stock raising, the speaker went on
to review the early discoveries and subsequent
history of the country, including the recent
settlement of the dispute for Its possession
between Great Britain and the United States.
The great timber, coal and mineral resources
of Western Washington, her unsurpassed fish
eries, established school system and her future
prospects in general were severally discussed.
The Question Settled.
New Y0BK:,Sept.3. The following dispatch
was receJjjBterday:
"To tWEESrcf the World:
"Siffl shall not accept the nomination.
My letter of declination Is now In the hands of
Mr. Magone,cha!rman of the Democratic com
mittee. Horatio Setmouh.
"UTiCA,N.Y.,8ept.S."
Ann Eliza's Alimony.
Salt Lake Cur, Sept. 3. The property of
Brlgh am Young has been attached to satisfy
a judgment for $3,000, as alimony duo to Ann
Eliza Young.
AS OTHER C0NFLAOBATI0N.
A Canadian Town Destroyed.
St. Htacintiie, Quebec, Sept. 3. A
destructive fire broke out here this afternoon
In a bakery kept by M. Chaput, near the post
office, and spread rapidly till it reached the
river near the Grand Trunk railway bridje.
In about two hours tbe entire business part of
the town was destroyed. Six hundred houses
were burned.
St. Htacintiie, Qdebec, 8ept. 3. The fire
commenced in the west end of the city at 1:30
p. m., and, favored by high wind, soon totally
swept the lower part of the city out of exist
ence. The flames ran down both sides of Main
street, taking In their course St. Hyaclntbc,
Quebec and National banks, post office, market-house,
court-house, factories and over
eighty wholesale and retail store. ,
Af 3 p. m. the fire had spread by means, of
burning cinders to the three parallel streets
and burned everything up. People had not
time to save a stitch. At 7 p.m. six hundred
houses had been burned. A steam fire engine
arrived from Montreal by special train at 5:30
p. m., too late to be of much serv'ce. Hun
dreds of families are homeless, with nothing
to eat. The loss is roughly estimated at two
million dollars.
Prize-Fighter's Funeral.
FniLADiLFniA, Sept. S. The funeral of
Koster, the dead prize fighter, took place this
afternoon. His lato residence and tbe neigh
borhood was thronged with people of every
grade. The body was viewed by several thou
sand persons before removing the remains
from the house. Religious services were con
ducted by Rev. W. B. Erben, of the Protestant
Episcopal church, who took occasion to say,
In a short address, after the regular service,
that the prize ring does not owe its perma
nency and brutalizing tendencies to such men
as deceased, but rather to those who from se
cure positions use their victims as instruments
wheieby to further their own ends. The en
tire route of funeral processloa,lrom the house
to the cemetery, and the streets In the vicinity
of the latter were crowded with men, women
and children.
Weeden and his trainer (Goodwin) were
brought here from New York to-day.
The Yellow Fever at Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 3. Total number of
Interments to-day, 12; yellow fever, 7.
Pension Office Affairs.
The removal of the Pension Office to the
Shepherd building, corner of Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, has begun, and by
the 15th of tbe present month the bureau will
be settled In Its new quarters, and the old
Seaton building left deserted. The change
will, In many respects, facilitate the working
of the bureau, besides furnishing to Its em
ployees more agreeable and healthful quar
ters. All the rooms In the new building aro
large, light and cheerful. Those on the sec
ond floor, to be occupied by tbe Commissioner,
deputy commissioner, medical referee, chief
clerk and the mall division, arc especially de
sirable, there being plenty of light, the rooms
large, (sixteen feet,) ventilation good and all
easy of access. The third floor is to be occu
pied by tbe division of records and files and
the-special service; the fourth by tbe.invalid's
division; the fifth by the widows' division,
and upon tho sixth floor will be stored the old
files and miscellaneous documents, voluminous
but valuable papers. This arrangement will
prove of great benefit to the practical work
ings of the bureau, since It places all tbe clerks
oi each division under tbe personal supervl-
rsfon of Its chief, Hereby securing from the
employees prompt attendance and strict ap
plication to fcatlneca duriac; office houra.
Great Inconvenience was experienced at the
Seaton building in consequence of the files
having to be placed upon th lower floor,
making necessary a trip up and doit-n several
flights of stairs whenever the papers In a case
were wanted. This evil Is remedied by the
change of quarters, as the current files of each
particular division arc now placed upon the
same floor, and within easy access totheclerks
having occasion to use them. The many ad.
vantages of the removal of the bureau will
prove ptofitablc to the Government, clerks,
pensioners ana an otners concerned, it has
teen charged by certain opposition journals,
whose space is too large for the editorial
brains to fill unless by some such absurdity,
that the pension office is withholding pension
certificates for political purposes. Incomplete
refutation of these charges It Is but necessary
to refer to tbe records of tbe office, which
show at once the falsity of statements made
doubtless for the very purposes against which
the cry Is raised. The aggregate number of
certificates mailed to pensioners during the
month of June, including Invalids, widows,
navy and war of 1812, were 2,185. Number
sent dnrlng the month of July, 1,905, the de
crease during this month being caused by the
Illness of tbe Commissioner, whose signature
is necessary to the completion of each case.
Mr. Babson, the acting commissioner during
the absence of Mr. Bentley, upon taking
charge of the office, In order to bring the ac
cumulated work up to current date before tbe
reductions In the clerical force became neces
sary, Increased the force in the certificate di
vision. This increase, although crowding the
force engaged in mailing certificates, resulted
iu sending out 3,315 certificates, a number
largely In excess of the number mailed in June
or July. No adjudicated cases have been
withheld longer than necessary to pass the
different divisions for record and for the proper
signatures. The only cases held Is where evi
dence Is necessary to their completion. An
examination of the records shows a steady In
crease in the work of the Pension Bureau since
1870. Tbe clerical force of no other bureau
under the Government Is so inadequate to the
amount of work required, and even before the
reduction made necessary by the action of the
ex-Confederate House, almostdouble duty de
volved upon many of its employees. In no
other Department has the clerical force been
more faithful in the discharge of their duties
or the work more creditably performed.
A Hint to State Associations.
Washington, Sept. 2, 1S7C.
To the Editor of the national Republican:
8ir : As a visitor In the city from a distant
State, taking a deep Interest In politics and
anxious to know what Is doing by the Repub
lican State Associations la the city, I have
made many Inquiries when and where they
hold their meetings, but Invariably have failed
to obtain the desired Information. I believe
there are many others transiently in the city
who would especially like to be informed about
their own State associations, and whose at
tendance would add to the entertainment and
Interest of the meetings, and I therefore sug
gest that each association in the city furnish
The Republican with the time and place of
assembling, that a political directory may be
published and kept as standing matter from
day to day until tbe campaign closes. What
say the clubs ? Visitor.
Hone? vs. Vinegar.
A London correspondent recalls the fact that
Mrs. John Wood was not at first successful In
that city. She went before the Londoners as
Miss MIggs, in Dicken's "Barnaby Radge," &
character well defined for excessive scrawnl
ness of person aud vlnegarness of voice. De
fying these well-settled outlines, and relying
on her own plump prettlnoes as far more ac
ceptable, Mrs. Wood dressed herself In her
daintiest costume and went on the stage as
pretty as a pfcture to play Miss MIggs. The
critical audience was shocked by an innovation
so unwarrantable. And in Ilea of acting ont
the bltter-tongued MIggs In the manner indi
cated by the author, she made use of artifices
successfully employed in burlesques the smile
point blank to the audience, the talk right over
tbe footlights In the style of the comic singer
of the present day, and the like. The audience
hissed her from the stage, and would not per
mit her to return, and the play wound up with
out her.
Save the Berries.
A middle-aged lady and her grown-up
daughter, says an exchange, went berrying
down north, a few days since, in & swamp
where a few years since a large ditch had been
excavated some six feet wide and nearly that
In depth. Over this ditch in places there had
grown a thin moss and grass covering, resem
bling the ground adjacent, and upon this the
old lady walked without the least suspicion
of Its treacherous weakness. She at onco
broke through and began sinking rapidly.
Being pious she at once thought of herprayers,
but when she bad sunk waist deep in the cold,
slimy water, she became excited, and shouted
at the top of her voice, "Oh, Lord 1 oh, Lord 1
if you cin't save me, save my berries," and
threw her basket toward the solid ground.
The daughter rescued her, and now laughs at
her on account Of her peculiar entreat;,
OBITTJABY.
An Old Landmark Done.
Richard Thompson, the, subject of this notice
and one of the oldest Inhabitants of this Dis
trict, died last Friday morning at thereslder.ee
of his son-in-law in this city. Mr. Thompson
was a native of Annapolis, Md., where he was
born March 20, 1790. He came to Georgetown
In 1811, then barely of age, when he entered
into partnership with the late Enoch Tucker,
under the name and firm of Tucker & Thomp
son. At that time Georgetown was more
of a business place than Washington.
In 1824 they moved to this city, where
they continued In business together until 1S34,
never dissolving the original partnership. They
came from Annapolis together, and darlag
their long lives sustained the kindest relations
as friends and members of the Methodist
Church.'' Mr. Thompson was a soldier in the
war oriS12, serving In Captain Stull's Rifles
Georgetown volunteers. He was a strict mem
ber of the M. E. Church for sixty-five years,
and was one of the pioneers ot that denomina
tion in this District. He was one of the largest,
perhaps the largest, contributor in establishing
and building the old Wesley chapel. He has
lived to tee that once poor, and as he used to
say, almost despised denomination become re
spected and powerful. He has seen a variety
of fortunes. He has experienced prosperity
and adversity, ne has seen families aud
kindred rise and fall,and peace and warauccced
In their turn. He has beheld tbe city iu which
he lived rising In a. manner new around him.
He was becoming a stranger In the midst of a
new succession of men. A race who scarcely
knew blm had arisen to fill the earth. And after
all he has beheld bis eyes are now closed for
ever. Time has conquered him at last, and
dissolution, stamped on all things, has claimed
him for Itself. In all the mutations of the
world and Its fortunes; amid every vicissitude
of a long and eventful life, he maintained a
-epntatlon for honesty and integrity above sus
picion and beyond reproach. C.
ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN GONE.
The residents of Georgetown and many of
those of this city were yesterday both sur
prised and pained to hear of the sudden death
of Mr. Esau PIckrell, of tbe former place, who
died at his farm In Montgomery county, Md.,
yesterday morning, at 9:15 o'clock, of con
gestion of the lungs. The deceased was fifty
seven years of age, and an extensive lumber
merchant in Georgetown, where he was held In
high esteem by his follow-cltlzens, who by their
suffrage In Tears past elevated him to positions
of importance and prominence. Honest and
straightforward In all his dealings, he com
manded universal respect on every band, and
was deserving of the respect paid. The re
mains were brought to Georgetown last night,
and the funeral will take place from the
family residence.
IE DROIT PABK.
What Three Years Have Dose.
Mr. James H. McGIll, architect, has for
warded to the inspector of buildings, Mr.Tbos.
M. Plowman, a communication, In which he
furnishes Interesting Information in relation to
the Improvements made In LeDroIt Park with
in the last two years. He stales that the dif
ferent tracts of land composing the park were
purchased at different times from June, 1873,
to March, 1873, by Messrs. A.L. Barber Co.,
and united by these gentlemen Into one tract,
which has been carefully surveyed and re
corded. This park Is In the form of an equi
lateral triangle, with one side resting on
Boundary street and reaching from Seventh
street eastward to Second street, and contains
fifty acres. Until its subdivision by the pres
ent proprietor the eastern tract had been used
for private residences and grounds, and the
western portion had laid nnlnclosed for several
?crs, and bod been used kb a. public common,
mprovements were soon commenced on a lib
eral scale; a handsome pattern of combination
wood and iron fence was adopted and built all
along the entire front and a board fence all
along the rear, making one inclosure. All the
Interior fences were removed, and the lots
thrown in together, affording a continuous
sward. Streets were graded, graveled and
guttered, brick sidewalks were put down, and
gas, water and sewer mains laid.
Tbe erection of buildings was commenced In
July, 1873, since which time eight large brick
residences have been erected on the north side
of Maple avenue and two on the south side,
costing from $4,000to812,000each; ten houses
on the north side and ten on the south side of
Spruce street, at an average cost of $3,500;
two houses on the north side of Elm street,
costing $3,000 each; four houses on cast side,
and five on tbe west side of Harewood avenue,
costing from $4,000 to $10,000 each. Avery
superior stable and carriage-house has been
completed for A. Langdon, esq., and another
Is In course of erection for A. R. Appleton,
esq. Up to this date forty-one superior resi
dences and two handsome stables have been
constructed, at a cost of about $200,000.
These houses are either built separately or In
couples; are nearly all of brick; of varied de
signs, no two being alike either iu size, shape
or style of finish, or In the color of exterior.
About $4,000 has been expended in the pur
chase and planting of ornamental shade trees
and hedges, and about $50,000 in street Im
provements. About 4,500 lineal feet of streets
have been graded and graveled, 9,000 feet of
stone and brick gutters laid, 5,000 feet of
brick pavement, 4,000 feet of sewer malus,
3,550 ieet of water mains and 3,800 feet of gas
mains laid. AH of this expense has been by
the proprietors of the property without a dol
lar from the District or authorities, and all
the work has been done in the best and most
liberal manner, under the direction of Mr. Mc
GIll. Tbe plan contemplates the finishing of
all its streets and the erection of two hundred
tastefully-designed, conveniently-arranged and
well-built detached and semi-detached resi
dences, and when completed cannot fall of
being a credit to all concerned. During the
time stated the value of Improvements con
structed in other portions of the county amount
to upwards of $100,000.
Sunday at Onnston HalL
Yesterday tbe steamer Mary Washington ex
tended her usual trip to Mount Vemon springs
and took a select party of about a hundred
persons, of both sexes, to Gunston hall, the
ancient scat of the great Masons of Virginia,
and now owned by that genial gentleman,
staunch Republican, civil engineer, journalist,
soldier and happy orator, Colonel Edward
Daniels, where at the mansion and In tbe wild
woods, here and there adorning the old Mason
estate, they enjoyed themselves greatly, re
maining there from about nooa till 7 p. m.,
when the steamer, on her second trip for the
day, took them off. Prior to their departure
for home the Sunday pleasure-seekers resolved
themselves Into an Informal school of science,
and listened to highly-Interesting remarks noon
scientific fruit-growing, astronomy, &c., "by
Professor Bralnerd and others, which were in
terspersed by comic "opera" by a band com
posed of Professor W. H. Burr, author, blbll
ologist, journalist, astro-theological critic,
quiet humorist, &c, and a pumpkin-vine artis
tically modified by a jack-knife, as well as
other varieties of amusement.
In their enthusiasm over the delights of the
day the party appreciatively considered Cap
tain Troth and his boat,unanImously declaring
themselves In the following resolution:
Setohed, That we cordially thank Captain
Troth for his many courtesies, and commend
him and the steamer Mary Washington, under
his command,to the confidence of all who seek
pleasure upon the Potomac, assuring such as
may be unacquainted with the good Captain
thai his urbanity, attention, to the comfort of
his patrons and watchfulness over his boat
cannot be too highly recommended.
Parading in light Costume.
HIchael Kearns, "a youth of fourteen and to
fame unknown," got nnder the Influence of
bad whisky and old Sol's rays yesterday. The
combined pressure of both heated his blood to
such an extent that he decided to divest him
self of all superfluous clothing and parade the
streets of East Washington in the garb that
nature gave him, but before he had entirely
disrobed Officer Blandford prevailed upon him
to visit the Eighth precinct station, where ha
was detained and given an opportunity to cool
off. '
A Bold House Thief.
The residence of Mrs. Robert Bayne, corner
of Seventh and D streets southwest, was en
tered between 1 and 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon, during the absence of the occupants, and
robbed of $150 or $200. The thief entered by
breaking through a window, and his plun
der consisted of Jewelry and small articles.
Sergeont Leach, of the Fifth precinct; arrested
a young man Lamed George Jones about &
o'clock last evening, and found some of the
stolen articles upon blm. Jones is about
eighteen years of age, and claims to hail from
New York. He was locked up In the Flfth
prtcjaef statjoa for a hearing to-day,
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT
A WEE0K AT SANDY HOOK
EHKESSTBAffl THB0M1NT0 THE CAM
ENGINEER KILLED AT HIS POST
DIED WITH HIS HAND OX THE THBOTriE
UABE0W ESCAPE 01 PA8SMGEE8
Scenes and Incidents of tbe Collision
An accident, which by a marvel resulted
in the death of only one person, happened
early yesterday morning on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, a few miles east of Harper's
Ferry. The Western night express from Cin
cinnati and tbe West, due In this city at 7 a.
m., collided with a portion of a freight train
which had been thrown off the track at a curve
between Sandy Hook and Weaverstown sta
tion. Nearly the whole passenger train was
thrown into the canal adjoining the track at
this point, the engineer being killed and sev
eral others slightly Injured.
THE FREIGHT TRAIN,
which was westward bound, was running on
regular time, and when it reached the abrupt
curve at the place above mentioned several of
tbe cars were thrown from the track, and ran
so far over as to partially cross the adjoining
rails for eastward-bound trains. Tbe morning
express was then due at that point, It being
about 5 o'clock, and hardly had the freight
train come to a sudden stop before the eastward-bound
passenger train was heard
BOAniNO AROUND THE CURVE.
In a moment the engine struck the obstruct
ing freight cars, and the passenger train was
thrown over tbe embankment Into the Chesa
peake and Ohio canal. The passenger train
w as composed of seven cars. Directly behind
the engine were an express, a mall and a bag
gage car, and after these were two passenger
cars and a sleeping coach.
The engine and all the cars, except the
sleeper, were tumbled over Into the canal.
When the express rounded the curve aud
came In sight of the freight train tbe engineer,
Josbua Shipley, and the fireman, Steve Rey
nolds, saw that there was not time enough to
stop the train, and prepared to save their own
lives by
LEAPING FROM THE ENGINE.
Reynolds cleared the locomotive and escaped
unhurt, but Shipley evidently did not jump
until there was not an Instant to spare, and
then jumped toward the canal. When the
collision took place the postal car was par
tially telescoped'over the engine. Shipley fell
under the former car. and was carried" down
'the embankment Into the water, where his
body was found under tbe debris of the postal
coach. No Injury was fouud upon the body,
and it Is supposed that he was drowned.
The only other person who received any
serious Injury was a postal clerk named
Walle, Who was In the mail-car, and who was
cut severely about the head and received seri
ous internal injuries. Several of the numerous
passengers were slightly braised and cut, but
noce received anything but trifling Injuries.
At the point where the accident occurred on
one side of the track the mountain rises quite
abruptly, and on tber other an embankjpent
fifteen feet hlsh separates the road from the
water-way. The engine, when thrown from
the track, was tnmed completely over and
partially buried in the bottom of the canal,
only a small portion being visible above the
surface of the water. The cars
ROLLED DOWN TIIE EMBANKMENT
and turned, wheels upward. The confusion in
the passenger cars was great, and some Inci
dents, more amusing than serious, are related
by the passengers as occurring during the gen
eral tipped-over state of affairs when they
found themselves lying- along the top and side
oi the car in water. Those who were not too
badly stunned immediately went to the aid of
tbe railroad employees In clearing up the
debrit and looking for the Injured ones. It was
then that Walte was found, half crushed, In
side of the postal car, and shortly afterwards
the body of Engineer Shipley was recovered
from under the same car. A wrecking train
arrived at the point early In the morning, and
the work of clearing up the debrit began Imme
diately. The freight cars struck by the engine were
badly demolished, and all of the cars of the
passenger train, excepting the sleeper, were
injured, and the postal car was a complete
wreck. The passengers arrived In this city at
two o'clock in the afternoon, not much in
jured, bnt showing the signs of a terrible
scare. Shipley's body was sent to his home
In Baltimore, attended by the fireman, who
resides In that city.
The greatest matter of wonder about the
accident Is that It did not result iu the death
of more than one man, and that so little
other Injury to the life and limbs of the pas
sengers was done. The accident cannot be
attributed to carelessness of the railroad em
ployees, as the first accident to the freight
train was unforeseen and unaccountable, and
there was not time enough after that to stop
the express train. Tbe express was six min
utes late at Harper's Ferry, and making good
time at the curve when the collision occurred.
It was an unfortunate accident, that might
have occurred on any other well-regulated
road.
AN IOWA MAN'S EXPERIENCE.
There Is an amusing phase to even such se
rious occurrences as a railroad accident, aud
the Sandy Hook accident was no exception to
tbe rule. Any one who had time to stop and
reflect might have laughed heartily at the
ridiculous position Into which some of the pas
sengers were thrown. One of tbe passengers
was an Iowa Granger named R. E. Dye, who
was traveling towards Philadelphia with the
usual accompaniment of a wlfe,a four-months-old
baby and a plethoric carpet-bag.
When the car turned over into the canal the
Iowa party turned with It, and the Granger
found himself at the bottom, with his wife
plumped on top of him, and the baby missing.
After a while the baby began to cry, and was
found under a seat and the water-cooler, with
only its head sticking far enough out of the
water to let it squall, which It began to do, as
soon as It regained its senses, with all the vigor
that a four-months' life on an Iowa prairie
could give. The baby was pried out and found
to be sound and hearty. The Granger himself
received a cut over the eye. When he arrived
In Washington, and was shown to Boyle's
hotel with a rag around his head, and looking
as much like a martyr as an Iowa Granger
could, who was going to the Centennial with
his wife and a plump baby, he was Immedi
ately Interviewed by reporters.
Mr. Dye was a regular Granger, with a plen
tiful growth of stiff whiskers hanging from
his chin and growing np out of his shirt-collar,
with store-clothes and an Inconceivable pride
on account of the baby, which is the only
child that has been born to him for thirteen
years. He handled it with a rough gentleness,
holding It out with both arms, as be explained
how the cooler laid upon It. The baby is
worthy of its father, being nearly as large as
Its mother, and having a mouth planned on a
generous scale. Mr. Dye thought Its nerves
were racked, and said that it had become a
general favorite on the cars, but he was afraid
the accident would make It cross. The babe's
vocal achievements at the hotel showed his
ability to make himself a general favorlteju a
crowded car at night.
Mr. Dye wanted It reported In the papers
that Mr. R. E. Dye and family, of Leon, Iowa,
did not receive any serious Injury. He said
that the rumor had got out that the baby had
been cut in two, and he was afraid that the
report might get back to Iowa, where the babe
was ageneral favorite, and Its big brothers and
sisters would be distracted. He then gave a
graphic description of the "scooting" of the
train into the canal, and his own dilemma
when he found hlmscir pinned down by the
weight of his wife. Mr. Dye wandered about
the depot In the afternoon with a handkerchief
about his head and a pipe in his mouth, and
told over the story of the narrow escape of the
baby as many times as there were employees
and policemen about the building. From all
he received advice, In case of another collision,
to hold on to his seat and do a hundred other
things, which the willing Iowon promised to
remember.
By Telegraph.
Another Account.
Baltimore, Aug. 3. By the breaking of
an axle on an empty train of coal hoppers at
Wcaverton, the Hagerstown Junction on the
BaJtinwre and Ohio rallroadj a short distance
from Harper's Ferry, this morning three trains
were wrecked. When the first train going
West had proceeded a few hundred yards
past Weaverton an axle of a coal hopper
broke, throwing several cars off the track.
Before a flagman could be sent back a second
train of coal hoppers came on and dashed into
the first. The collision destroyed the englna
of the second train, and besides wrecking;
several cars, threw two of them directly across
tbe other tracks. Fortunately no one was
seriously Injured by the collision, although
the engineer and fireman were slightly braised
and narrowly escaped being killed.
A few minutes after the Western mail train,
due in Baltimore at 9 o'clock In the morning,
came around a short curve west of the wreck
and plowed through a portion of the wre:k,
and finally, starting a coal hopper, ran off the) -
track down,,aruembankmei Into tbe canal.
Tbe engine went to tbe bottom of the canal t
with three, ears piled on top, while the bag
gage car rested on the opposite side. For a
time the wildest excitement and confusion pre
vailed among the passengers, but It was soon
ascertained that with the. exception of a few
cuts and severerulses none of the passengers
were seriously Injured. Joshua G. Shipley,
the engineer, remained faithful to his duty,
and an hour later bis body was found wedged
in the cab, with both hands
GRASPING THE THROTTLE
of the locomotive. He was taken out oi five
feet of water, and as tbe body bare but few -,
bruises, It Is supposed that he was drowned. t
Stephen J. Reynolds, the flremanwas badly
bruised and seriously scalded by the escaping,
steam. Reynolds states that on rounding tho
curve before the accident Shipley discovered
the wreck first, and simply said: "Oh, my
God!" The tracks of the road-bed were torn
up for some distance, but were speeduV re
placed, and the passengers arrived in Baltl- '
more at 4 this afternoon. The train hands
state that there was not time after the first
accident to flag the Western train. It Is said
that Clifton Robey, a drover, had his left eye'
put out by a piece of glass". G. D. Evans, or
this city,was slightly bruised; Baggage-maitcr
Martin had his right ankls sprained; W. Del- '
roach, the express-messenger, was badly cut
about the face and shoulders by broken glass;
United States Mail-clerks Rltlenhouse and
Walte were also-silghUy bruised.
NEW YOBS BEPTJBIICANS.
Enthusiastic Meeting on Saturday Night.
The New York Republican Association held
its regular meeting on Saturday evening at
Gonzaga hall, President R. H. Duell in th'o
chair, J. H. Carmlencke, secretary. '
After tbe reading of the minutes of the pre
ceding meeting, receiving reports from officers
and the transaction of other routine business,
Mr. J. G. Hensey, chairman of the campaign '
committee, announced the (act that reduced
transportation had been secured to New York:
city at the rate of 510 for the round trip, com
mencing October 15, tickets good for thirty
days from day of sale, to be obtained up to the
day before election. '
"Upon application, the following were then
elected active members of the association, viz:
Sidney S. Jones, James W. Kemp, Thomas
McMahon, H.J. Glfford, John Drummood,
Lorenzo A. Bailey, James Dodge, R. M.Mc
Koe, Charles F. Brayton, P. C. Hyam, S. I.
Crlssey, C. S. Gregory, John Carroll, A. W.
Adams and G. W. Deasc.
The resignation of J. E. Mallet,who Is about
departing for the far West, was presented and
accepted, and, on motion of Judge J. L. Lake,
he was unanimously eleciedr an honorary
member.
On motion of Capt. S. E. Thomasen, the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
Whereas tbe Democratic majority of the
House of Representatives demonstrated Its
opposition to the legitimate results of the war,
and by Its alliance with the disloyal and dan
gerous elements of the South has subordinated
the Democratic party to the claim of the
Southern Democracy, the men who were
guilty of rebellion, and who have never aban
doned their faith in the "lost cause;" and
whereas the New York Republican Associa
tion of the District of Columbia regards the
action of the Democratic party In Congress as
adverse to tbe best Interests of the country,
while it labored to sustain the hopes of tho
South with all that Involves: therefore
Uexolved, That this association considers the
political condition of the nation as calling for
the nomination of the best men of the Repub
lican party.
Hetolvtd, That the attitude of the Demo
cratic party shows that It has no sympathy
with tbe wants and aspirations of tbe people,
wbo are justified In demanding that the re
sults of the war shall not be evaded, but se
cured. Retolrcd, That the Democratic rjarty, by
clinging to Its old associates and parading Its
old heretical principles, by seeking to reverse
Republican IeglslLtion and practically cripple
tbe Government, under the false pretense of
reform and retrenchment, Is utterly unfit to bo
entrusted with power.
Mczolred, That tbe nominations by the Re
publican convention assembled at Saratoga of
Edwin D. Morgan for Governor and Sherman
S. Rogers for Lieutenant Governor are wise
aud acceptable, both gentlemen being of well
tried loyalty and devoted patriotism, and that
we pledge ourselves, Individually and collec
tively, to labor diligently, that a rousing ma
jority may mark their election.
Jletolted, That the remainder of the ticket,
composed of the following well-known gentle
men, viz : Judge of the Court of Appeals.Geo.
F. Danforth; canal commissioner, Daniel C.
Spencer; State prison Icspector.Chas. T. Trow
bridge; Presidential electors-at-large, Abraham
X. Parker and William H. Seward, should re
ceive our earnest and enthusiastic support.
Xetolred, That the signs of the times indi
cate an Ignoble defeat of the Democratic
party, because It will be deserved.
Messrs. Bell, Hensey and .Mitchell were ap
pointed a committee to Investigate the rights
of suffrage of Government employees In the
State of New York.
A resolution was also adopted, that here
after, until election, the association hold its
meetings weekly.
Speeches then followed by Judge Tarbell
and Col. Musgrove, of Mississippi, the latter
chairman of tbe State central committee; also,
by Messrs. Martin, Thompson,, Bell and Col.
N. H. Browne, of the association. The latter
also entertained the meeting with some cam
paign songs, In which the association almost
unanimously joined In the chorus.
The meeting was large, and all present
seemed full of faith in Hayes and Wheeler, as
well as Morgan and Rogers.
At 9.45 the association adjourned.
LYCETJM BUREAU EXCURSIONS.
Gala Day and Evening.
The compllmental excursion to the managers
of the Lyceum Bureau excursions, tendered
that popular organization by the officers of
the steamer Mary Washington, proved both a
remarkable and deserved success. The Lyceum
Bureau have managed their excursions this
season In a style Infinitely pleasing and accept
able to their patrons, who have embraced tbe
very best classes of our society. So far, thanks
to the judicious management of the steamer,
not a single accident has occurred, and the
children have been as safe on board as the older
people. No profanity, no vulgar talk, no in
toxication, nothing whatever to offend ears
polite has been permitted to mar the uniform
pleasure of these trips. The choirs of the
churches participating In the sail from Wednes
day to Wednesday have furnished delightful
music and Intelligent ladles and gentlemen
have enjoyed a refined social intercourse. It
Is these features which have made the Lyceum
Bureau excursions so popular and so hand
somely patronized.
The courtesy of the officers of the Mary
Washington was ably seconded by the people
on last Friday. The morning excursion ena
bled a large number of families to spend a
cool and happy day at Vernon Springs, while
the evening one was pronounced by the ele
gant party on board one of the most enjoyable
In all their experience. The community has
great reason to cordially thank the Barnards
and their associates for affording it the best
and steadiest series of excursions ever given
from Washington Sown the lovely and historic,
Potomac. The future ones of the season, un
der their management, will be characterized
by all the desirable qualities marking those of
the past. This elaborate reference is made be
cause it has been fairly won.
The members of the 4th Connecticut regi
ment have been requested by Chaplain How
land to provide themselves with Moody and
Sankey song books before they go Into camp
at Philadelphia.
Three girls, none of whom were over fifteen
years of age, were arraigned la a Sacramento
court ae lurglars.
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