North Carolina Newspapers

The R, A T , GH JHi VV o. state Library m13 80 - U)L. XV.-12S. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31. 1879 $5.00 P31 IMJAI . -w I Mm mi ANOTHER PLAGUE. 4 IIOI.I.RA OR MinE IIMi:4E AKIX n IHlXlJtT TO IT. llrrnka out In Dnbiiqilf Tr riily llralbs People lltlnf In 1 Il r--lioa !i :n Iowa, July A disease ism t indent rn vagingCenter Point, I. ;iui county, tins r.ate. Fully twenty j-crn hav o died from it etrects dur it.ir lh pat thirteen days, and an r-li.il numler have leen prostrated by it. ItinaNo raging in Walker-Little-t.. n, xeven mile from Center Point, eral deth haviug oocurred there. An order for forty cotlins wu received fr.m (.'enter Point, yesterday, by ,Ue Dubuque undertakers. The physicians ! ( outer Point are worn out, and the r'ilrnU are fleeing froiu the pl.i.-e. The Yellow I ftrr. Mi mi his, July .. Four new canes f yellow fever were reported to tho l-vtni of health this morning. Tley were Hima Hendricks, John Creed en, C. II. Smith and Maggie Tow nes. No .liMtli have teau repotted up to noon. W. V. Corcoran, banker at Washing ton, I. C, h i sent a check for 3w,UU0 to lo ud for the removal or the jMr and destitute from the city. Of the sick it in reported tint Bnxka Wilson, S. A. llatihcr. Miles Owen and Michael A they are in a critical condition. The weather is now more settled. Jewa In England. atupl-y tkU. Like Jew in general, lUron Roth schild wa.H ready to part with money freely in order "to help the suffering, and eiecially the suffering memlwrs ofhia own creed. At the lime of the dreadful Irish famine he gave not only money, but much time and thought, to the remedy of ditrekH, and, took au ac tive part in the distribution of the large funds utwribed by thw sympathizing hum ot horror-stricken lliinlishnnii. He remained ready, and not merely nomtnally, a Jew, and was one of the lea I iiu; merchants of the chief Inndou uagogue. The Rothschilds are too rich, too powerful, and loo socially im rtant ti le tempted to seek to rise by a calculated conversion, and educated Jew appear to manage with eae tlie l.v-k if discarding what is now iiiijhis- ille r impracticable in their creed, and aH through life happily enough, tilled with the pride of an a neutral re ligion, and soI.cd by the granlcur of monotheism. The prejudices against Jew as a lly which once were widely enu-rtained in Kngland are gradually failing away, and wiH, perhaps, some day wholly'disappear, although it must U'on mti "that they still exist, and are not altogether without such justification as is afforded by the appeamnce and character of Jews of the lower class. It ran not be doubrc I that this mitiga tion of prejudice is in some degree due to the eminence, public services and social munificence of audi families a the Hothschilds. The lat, ami ixr- haps ai he himself thought, the crown ing inrush of Baron Lionel's life w as to win the Ierby, the temporary pon-M-inii of the winner havinc b-en l.r;un,itely secured either by his son or himself. To win the Derby is a gr. a: giory to any one, and the Roth- h' ! la ould scarcely hao ilne any thing tetter adapted to insure tf . ir pularity than to show tl.ry vuld succeed in racing as wt-il ;ws in everything else. Hut the worship of wealth, of grandeur, and of u t-ess has not leeii the main agent in leading Knglishmen to look with more impartial cv ej on the Jews. Tlie ability aaii acumen of the master of the rolls :trat at leo.-t as much favorable atten tion as the riches of the Rothschilds, an t Knglishmen have really got to like Jews lxtter because they know them U tter. There is such a thing as a Jewish character to be found more or le-s in all Jews who hae not had to struggle agaaust too 'great disadvan-u.-v. rule rat ion of theinost ample ami iinw .i ering kind, free-handed charity, an I strong comuiou sense are the most marked trait of this chara-ter; aud n.--t Jewish families exhibit the jHt-u-hanty of setting as much store on the a::ainiiient of high education and the t- elopment of business fa-ullies in the w umen as in the men. The fam i v. of the Rothschilds is in lbsse re-sj't-ts atypical Jewish family, and the r-sjs-ci jaid to it on this score must in fairness le addetl to the rese-t which, t. ionbt. is tid to vast wealth, when .i ,nt is taken of the high xxtition it n. s. Premature Joj. w .t-Mitf!n lot. Some of the Western papers are rais ing a noteof jubilation over the aHeged return of (ireen backer to the Republi can fold. The rejoicing is premature. There has Ixxui no such movement, nor is there likHy to be. Wn tl.se men left their old'party, they were branded w ith an almost endie variety oTlii oilting epithets. Hatred and scorn have followed them from tho hour of their departure. With much more bit terness than they have ever shown to ward the Iemocrey, the Kadicals have assailed their old associates who went into the National or (.ireenttack organization. That is not the style of treatment that brings men back to their old party. All the honeyed phrases that the "Ka.licaLs axe applying to the ireenbarkera no', ranoot tiutkethem forget or forgive the worn, the insult and contempt of last year, and previous Tears. law Country's Production. ltri'ubli-jue Kruncale. One of Uk most painful consequences of the late war with Germany was that it impuecd n i cm Franco an increased taxation of JE2,Vi),WV I $UO,X",OtJU,. It hu.s liwu the duty and glory of the Ite public to try and wipe out this debt, and the writer states that within the List four years it has been found possi ble to rt jc.U some of the moat obnoxi ous taxes, and this to the extent of more than t4,,("i ? J.t,inx). ) The l.n'i of certain taxes producing a larger rev enue tlian estimakxl permitted this operation. A report of to minister of tiiiaiu e recently published shows that mine the Revolution the re venue of the sod ha increased from i.iO,iiiftJ,UOO if.J.',UUO,(JJ) to JIlfiO.UJU.lMJ, ifstWouu,- ( . "At the commencement of 172 new taxes were gradually inipowed; la trhad revived with a real urvi Van cuc, and, taking everything Into ac eount, the burden was not too great. It wait the name during the year 173. If we compare thee two years one sees th it the old taxes produced in the latter ye.ir about AH, ,!) (I7,oU0,fxiU) more tliau in the former year. Iu 173, too, the nw taxes exceeded the esti mates by abont the same sum jt.i,.Vii)(aii(l no doubt but for polit ical mlruuw. the overthrow of M. Thiers and the projects 6 fa monarch ial restoration, the resulta won Id have n even more favorable." In Ki. luring the reac tion, matters changed: the receipt fell off, and instead of a surplus of in,U),UUUf. (135,400,000) as ill 1.H73, thcrb was a deficit of 33.0O0,O0Of. jl,"'(',iO.)Hut w ith l7dcaino brighter days, the ixinstitutioii wan voted, the republic proelainiexl, the country re covered its liliertv of acton, and the taxes produced HOMJO.OWf. (f2S,000,000, more than they had done dur ing the preceding year. In ls7o the ascending movement con tinued, but ow ing to external causes, the Increase in tlie vield of the revenue was only 36,Km,n(iof.. (fT,'JU0,(Hn. ) In l!77 the baneful iutluences of former years appeared. There was general uneasiness. France was pushed by the Iuc de llroglie and his colleague to tho brink ol civil war, and the conse quence was a deficit of 9,0J0,0UOf., ($1, 75n,("). AVith IST.h came the definite triumph of tho Hepub'ic, and once more the national prosjeritv exhibited itself by an excess of 77,(KW,otiof. (?15, 4oU,nmj) over the estimates. This won derful development of wealth is due to the fact that, while dynasties consoli date themselves by military glory by war, which trample harvests under foot and which sweeps away the youth of the country Republics repose upon 1st or. They prefer the nois of the machine at work to that of a squadron on the march, and they know that each man laid low by a shell is so much capital lost. This is why at no other eioch has Franc produced so much. Never has her financial situation been so prosperous. As for the taxes, which have their origin in the last crimes and follies of the Kinpir, she will pay them otl to the last million. It must uot be supposed from this that the public services-have been starved and that the brilliant financial results obtained by the llepublic have been procured by cheesejiaring. Far from that. The Conservative complain that the .ex iHidiiure is reckless and that the num ber of fersous employod by the gov ernment has iiKTw&ed, and, in fact, the accusation is true. The war esti mates have exiveded the sum of H, (iMi.iRii (?lii),ii,un,) without counting 4.''m.Mi,iM i aio,niii,Mn expended since 171 in fortifications, replenishing arsen Is and reuniting troops. Offi cers' pensions, the pay of sergeants and the rations of privates have been increased. lKuble the amount is spent under the Kmpire. It is tbesame with public works, and even the cause of the clergy has not leen pi ended in vain. A Istruelle Aiorm. The New Ymk lleraliC s special dis itatch from Pittsburg givws an account of the damago done by the storm of Saturday last in that part of the coun try. The rain fell in such quantities that the Moiiongahela river rose at the rate of six inches an hou, and the creeks Ijccsiuie so swoltt-n as to flood the low lands. The destruction of prop erty has been much greater thau was at first supposed. Althoughthespeci.il report mentions but two deaths the one of a mother who had succeeded in saving her ehildreu, but was subse quently drowned herself, and the other of a boy w ho was carried away by the flood there ar rumors of pttrsons missing who are supjHsd to have los their lives through the sudden rising of the waters. Tho principal sufferers seem to be the residents i .i unev through w hich runs IWar (.'reek, a trib utary of the Allegheny Kiver. Two towns in this valley, about forty miles from Pittsburg, were swept away by the tleluge, and houses, stores, farm buildings and grain were carried off and destroyed. The railroads and pipe lines were much damaged, and tho ef fects of the heavy rain extended for many miles. The saving thai it is an ill wind that blows nobodv good was, how ever, illustrated by this storm. The rise in the river has released sixteen million bushels of coal anil coke which had been long awaiting shipment, and the down river tow ns have been" saved from a coal famine. Five hundred barges, with six million bushels of coal and eoke left n the rise, and the river business is likely to brisk for several davs to come. TIMELY TEMPERAMCE TA I.E. How m Beautiful ! Happy Wire Fell m Victim to the Bottle. W.i!iliutoii Pot. The death of Mrs. Preston, tlie wife of Assistant Paymaster William M. Preston, I'niled States Navy, has caued a painful senation in the large circlo in which she, until recently, moved. She was twenty-sevwn years of a .re, and had leen married to Mr. Preston for alsxit six years, being then a Miss Haines, lorn in the Bermudas. The unfortunate habit of intemperance acquired by the deceased, was the cause of her husband leaving her five days ago at a iMtardiug-house on i street, letween Tenth ami Kleventh. She left thero an Wednesday, and came to the Bayard house, on Tenth and Kleventh streets, under the escort of A. J. Whalni, know u as "Bob" Wlial en, formerly in the water office. She state I, and it is thought believed that her husband would follow her in a few days. Yesterday morning she asked tho call-loy to fetch her some whisky, and on learning it was against the rules of the house, tried to bribe him to do so. Falling in this, she dressed, and herself bought a quart of liquor. She was never seen alive again, and it is 9iipMsv 1 died Leforo lu o'clock, as the servant then tried to get into tho room 'to clean it. At noon the door was opened with the "pass" key, and the ImxIv or the unfortunate woman oold in death, the purple fa--e and half-emptied bottle iiioicaiiug the manner of her deceased. I)r. J. K. Morgan was sum moned, but, of course, pronounced life extinct. The coroner and Dr. Hart rti mil iran afterward examined the body a c rtifietl to tire cause of death, deeming au inquest unnecessary. Word was sent to her husband, who lives at 118 (ireen street, (ieorgetown, tnit he could not bo found. The body was taken charge of at alstut 8 o'clock last niirht by the sister and brother-in- law and soon afterward Mr. Preston ar rived, having hetui in Baltimore The husband mi l wife were a strikingly handxHiic pair, and the arlv eriod of their married life is said tohave been v ery happy. PolsoneU Iteilcarle. Sanitary boar. Is from timo to time supplv to the public lists of articles sold as food or to be need in culinary processes whicn are merely auuueraieu or actually injurious or poisonous. Flavoring extracts commonly count as important items in these domestic bills of indictment, and 1 the families In Pennsylvania reported as poisoned by homemade ico cream are, perhaps vic tims to the "essence" with which thev gave their dainty a piquant tafde. One account, it is true, represents them as poison through the fact that the custard" for their cream was "boiled" iu a brass kettle. Ico cream made from custard or the elements of castard is not anknown to art poor art, however but if that custard Is boiled, that is enough. It does not need any theory (o account lor troublo in the human stomach tilled with custard that baa been first boiled arid then frozen. No trass kettle is necessary. We Incline to the opinion, however, that these suirerera were victims to "extracta " which are bright colored poisons sold in fancy glass bottles, and w4iich pre tend to supply for from ten to twenty Cents q riant it lea of commodities which, tf genuine, would be worth a dollar at i-iist- A ZULU WEDDING. A FIXtiR CHIEF MARKYISti HIS FOURTEENTH WIFE. The Wedding; Hint;. A "JitHs" Cor respondent .Witnesses tlie Novel Ceremony nntl Describes It. Correspondence of the News. Passing through au undulating track of country, well wooded, we reached the kraal a largo circular enclosure formed of brush-wood and encircled by a score or two of thatched hats, Within this enclosure sat two rows of matrons with arms-full of children, and within them again stood a dense body of swarthy warriors armed with shield and spear and ranged round tho kraal so as to leave a tolerable-sized space unoccupied in the ceuter ; where the bridegroom (who by the by, was a irrar-headed toothless old man of seventy), occupied a raised seat directly facing the entrance; while the cattle, expelled from their kraal, grazed cau tiously around and about the huts, ever aud anou raising their head, and uttering a paiutiye low. Scarcely had we taken our station near tho unibodie (husband), when a low, shrill chant came, floating on the breeze, from the bottom of a lovely vale hard by, where I discovered a lone train of tawny damsels, slowly wending their way' among bright ureen uatcJies of Indian corn and masses of flowering shrubs, studded. with giant cactus and the huge flower ing aloe. As the procession ueured the huts they quickened their pac.nd' raised thoir voices to the highest pitch. till they arrived at the kraal, whore they stood motionless and silent. A messeuger from the unibodie then bade them enter the krall, an order they instantly obeyed, by twos, ths. youngest leading the way, closely fol lowed by tho rest, and terminated by a knot of marriageable young ladies (en tombies), clustering around the bride elect a fat, good-natured girl who was willing to become the fourteenth spouse of this swart and dilapidated lirighaui. The bride waa wrapped round and round with black glazed calico and decked from head to foot with flowers, beads and gaudy feath ers. Once within the kraal the dusky la dies formed two lines, w ith the bride in the center, and struck up a lively air; whereupon the whole body of armed Zulus rushed from all parts oP the kraal, beating their shields and ut tering demon yells as they charged headlong at the smiliiii; girls, who joineV. with them in cutting capers and singing lustily, till the w hole kraal was one -oiirtised mass of u.-mces, roaring out hoarse wai -songs and shrill love ditties. Afier an hour dancing ceased, and jo iln (Zulu beer) was served round; while the lurely and accontilihcd bride stood in the midst of the ring alone, stared at by all, and staring in turn at all, until she brought her eyes to bear u her admiring lord; then" advancing leisurely, she danoed before him, amid the shouts f the by-standers,singing at the top of her voice, and brandishing a hugo carving-kni e with which she scrape ! big drops of perspiration from her heated brow, produced by the vio lent exercise she was performing, and kneeling down in frontof her future lord she presented him with the knife. Tho ceremony was concluded by the slaugh ter of A milk-white ox, who stood an unconscious spectator of these prelimi naries. The ox whs devoured for sup per, after which the parties were man and wile. Our corresponilent, at the time tho above was written, was a naval cadeti He is now a worthy disciple of Black stone. Judge Nkw. pursmn, Stroiur's his law si ml ics school. at Ml). Circular From (lie fttnte Chemist. Statk Board ok IIkai.tk. Ciiai'KL Hill, N C, June2', Ibl'J. AX.VI.YSKS FOR STATE BOA It D OF II K ALT ft By an act of the Legislature of 1S7!, entitled "An act supplemental to an act creating a State Board of ilgalth," the Chemist of tho State Experiment Station waa made Chemist to the Board, of Health. In compliance with tho re quirements of the law, the Station is prepared "o make such analyses as may be atMuov rd bv the Secretary of the Board. The following Instructions for sending samples mi.st bo carefully complied with by those wishing to avsil themselves of the facilities afforded by the laloratory of the Sta tion, and provided by the" law : 1. In cases or sus e -tott poiso.img the coroners and county superinten dents of health must "comply with special instructions which have already been sent them, or which may be had on app.ication. 1!. Analyses of articlos cf food, drugs, ete., examinations incases of suspect ed adulteration of foods and medicines and investigations desired in eon mic tion with the hygienic duties of the superintendents of health, will be un dertaken when authorized by the secre tary ot the board. 3". Parties desiring a clu ini.ral exami nation of the waters of public or pri vate wells must first write to Dr. Thos. F. Wood. Secretary State Board of Health, Wilmington, for permission. They will then proceed to obtain a pample according to the following di rections. Those directions will also be complied with by agents of the board, taking samples o"f water by their order : Secure one or more class bottles, or a demijohn, which will hold at least two gallons. These bottles must be per fectly clean (better new). When possi ble, secure a sample by letting tho bot tle down into the well, being careful not to stir up the bottom or touch the sides. Cork tightly with new corks and seal with wax. Mark each bottle with de'signating numbers. Pack in saw dust, straw or tan-bark, and pre- nay The express charges to Chapel iiiiJ. ie analyses win ue maue ireo oi charge to the sender, but the Board of Health has no funds with wtncii to pay express charges. Having sent the samples, directed to The Experiment Station, till out and send by mail the accompanying blank. Samples sent during the winter run jrreat risk of freezing and bursting the bottles. By order of Board of Health. A. K. Lkdoux, Ch hemist. Sherman's Flssle In Maine. if. Y, World. The trip or lecturing tour of Secretary Sherman has not been a brilliant suc cess. It has not been attended with the kind of enthusiasm which entitles it to bo called a "boom." If intended as a "boom" it has failed. If, on the other band, it was intended as an itinerant lecturing tour it has been a success in drawing fair audiences aud quiet listen ers, who heard what he had to say and went home in silence perhaps to think about it. Tho gatherings have all been undemonstrative. The halls have all been well fklod, and there has been no lack of attention, but to say that Mr. Sherman has met the .expectation of his audiences would be asserting what any one could see was not the case. The lack of attention shdwn him was in many instances painful. An ordinary lecturer would have been more formally received than he has been. At Lewiston there waa a debate where to go uot even that name of the best hotel having been furnished him or his party. Finally, Congressman Frye put in an appearance and took the Secretary to his private residence. The next day Mr. Sherman had to stay three hours in Brunswictto make con nection with the train. There live ex Governor Chamberlain ; and several other stalwart politicians, but not one of them put in an appearance, and after a visit to the picture gallery or Bowdoin College, which is said to contain the work of some of the old masters, Mr. Sherman sat quietly in his car awaiting the arrival of the train foi Augusta. At Augusta several of Mr. Btiine'a friends had assembled at the depit out of curi osity but no demon st ration was made. But tiffs was not remarkable, as the re ception in most places wastictuallyBbab by;indeed, neglect has been the marked characteristic of the whole tour. Re spect for the dignity of the Secretary's official position it was thought would have commanded for him more atten tion, but it did, though it ft noteworthy that wherever Mr. Blaine was there was some kind of reception- All About the Iojt-Iays. Providence Journal. This uninteresting spoil of weather commenced the 25th, and continues until the 5th of September. The dog days are really upon us, and we must bear the hot, sticky, murky, and disa greeable weather as best we can. Dur ing their reign there is little life in the air, littlo exhileration in the sunlight, and little electricity in the animal economy. "This is a regular dog-day!" will be ru oft-repeated remark during the' forty days to come. Every one will reco-rnize the kind of weather described in the exclamation, though every one will not remember the ori gin of the word which from long usage is synonymous with it. Dog-days is a term for which we are indebted to the ancient Thebans, who first cultivated astronomy in Egypt, and determined the length of the vear by the number of risings of the dog-star, or Sirius. At the season of the year when this bril- iiant star rose with the sun their com bined influence was sunnosed to be productive of pestilential heat and all manner of baneful influences. There fore the Egyptians watched the con junction of Sirius and the sun with mingled feelings of hope aud fear, for it foretold to them the. rising of the Nile, and was ominous of fruitful crops or devastating droughts. Iheir dog days extended from the 4th of August to "the 14th of Septmber. The rising of Sinus, however, m has been so acceler ated by the precession of the equinoxes during the passage of more than two thousand years that the corresponding conditions for the ancient dotr-davs would include them within the 3d of July and tho 11th of Aupust. It will readily be seen that our. modern dog- lavs have no connect ion with the rising of Sirius or any other star, because no permanent data can be based upon stars whose positions are always changod by the falling of the equinoc tial points. The dog-days refer to a particular kind of weather, which marks about forty days occurring: a month afler the summer solstice, and based entirely on that epoch. They simply retain an ancient name, as hi many other instances, without retain- ng its significance. It may seem strange that Sinus which is soon over load in midwinter, should be associ ated with tho heat of summer; but it must be remembered that this star is overhead in midsummer in the day time, though, like the other stars, m vissiblo on account of the sun. Fortunately for humanity, tlib dog days are not made up entirely of days wearing to the flesh and depressing to the spirit. Some of the most delight ful days of the summer are interspered with those that try men's souls, while iu return mauy a regular dog-day en croachs upon a later and more enjoy ble portion of the year. This proves that physical experience is the counterpart of human experience. Sunshine and serenity are followed by clouds and storm, justas enjoyment of life is fol lowed by its crosses and perplexities. Perfect weather is as impossible under ths physical laws that rule our planet as perfect happiness is under the laws that regulate our mental andnor al well-being. The most commendable philosphy is, therefore, that which makes the best of external conditions and linds sources for contentment and improvement under the darker as well of the brighter influences that sur round us. Old Sons:. "Take back the heart," as the man said who drew one when he wanted a diamond. "(ium, gum away to the pearly foun tain," was sung by man who dropped teeth into the creek. "A loan in the world," was given a ith great effect by the man who had to raise $300 by Saturday noon. "All's swell," was composed and sung bf the man who sat down on an oak-stump, using a navy-blue wasp for a cushion. "Beware," was the national song of the honey-merchants. "Down by the sea-boat shore," was the sad refrain of a man whose summer-hotel was eaten out by tramps. "Dream, baby, dream," was sung and said, very" energetically, by the man who patrolled the floor while the colic patrolled his baby. "Good-bye, sweet tart," was chanted by the dyspeptic man who couldn't eat pie. "Somebody is waiting for me," was wailed out by the man who had been to the lodge, lost his night-Key, and could see the shadow of his wife's mother's night-capped head on the cur tain of the sitting-room. "Larboard watch," is the fayorite lay of the recent idiot who wears two watches. "Liife without thee would be dreary," was sung by the man, name and place of residence unknown, just prior to turning his pocket-flask upside down. "Sing, sweet bird," was the deceiv ing plaint of a man who waa wander ing around iu the high grass, hunting for a lost turkey. "The story that never grows old " was chanted by the man who only knew one, and told it every time he could get a crowd together. "Wait till the moon goes down," was the favorite song of a burglar. Oold Mining In Mecklenburg-. Charlotte Observer. Mr. Smart, the manager of the Rudi sill Hill mine, exhibited to the Observer last evening a beautiful lump of pure gold, which,, being melted and refined tipped the scales at lt) pwts. It is the product of 469 pwta, of amalgam, which was the result of a three days' run an average of more than $50 per day. Mr. Smart has in sight sufficient ore to keep the mill cunning for twelve months; he is hoisting more ore than he can work and will have to add twenty stamps to the machinery of the mine before he can reduce all the ore obtained. MOODY AND SAKKEY. THE RETURN OF THE ORE AT RE VIVAL. SINGER FROM EUROPE. Ills Reeeptlon In Aew "Torls SfAnkey King- a Sonar and Moody Irive -the Nail Home. Nfew York, July 28. Ira D. Sankey,' the revival singer, arrived n New York from Europe on Saturday on the City of Berlin, of the Inman Line. Mr. Sankey was accompanied by his wife and child, and all are in excellent health. Altheugh "Mr. Sankey went abroad to seek rest and recreation, he responded freely to the demands made upon him in England and on the Con tinent of Europe. Ir. Mooly came from his home in Northfield, Mass., to New York to meet Mr. Sankey, and the entire party met at the Metropolitan Hotel. C.W.Sawyer, who is conducting a series of Gospel Temperance meetings at Cooper Union, yesterday availed himself of the presence of Messrs. Moody and Sankey in the city to give additional interest to the meetings, anA at the same time to give tho friends of Mr. Sankey an opportunity to welcome him home. Although 3 o'clock was the hour which the meeting was opened, the crowd began to assembly in the street before 2 and within ten min utes after the doors were opened every seat in the great hall was occu pied, and the several entrances were blockaded with men and women. The stage, which has been enlarged for the necessities of these meetings, was occu pied by about three hundred ladies and gentlemen, who compose the choir. A piano and parlor organ stood near to gether in the center. Mr. Sankey, on entering, took his seat at the organ by the side of L. P. Thatcher, who led the singing. Shortly before 3 o'clock, Mr. Moody made his appearance at the rear of the platform, and the audience broke into applause. Hastily advancing he raised his head, saying "hush, hush" as he did so, and seating himself at a table bowed his head for a few moments in silent prayer. He then announced a hymn, and the service of song was con tinued for half an hour, when Mr. Sankey sung alone. "He Will Hide Me," after which Mr. Moody offered a short prayer. Mr. Sankey addressed a few remarks to the audience, express ing his pleasure at returning home, and commending the work in which Mr. Sawyer is engaged. Mr. Moody then read a chapter in the Bible, after which he called for the sing ing of the hymn, entitled "Come." Be fore the singing Mr. Moody related an auecdote of a man who had beeu led to conversion by it. The speaker said that the man in giving his experience told him that the sermon did not touch him, but he was impressed by the con stant utterance of that simple word, "come." it irritated him to hear the choir repeating it, and finally he went home mad with the meeting, mad with the preacher and mad with himself. "Now," said Mr. Moody, "if you get a man disgusted witn nimseii tnere is some hope of saving him. This man went to bed that night but could not get that word out of his mind. The pillow seemed to say "come," the bed seemed to say "come" and everything in the room seemed to say "come." He got out of bed, found the hymn book, and by and by got so mad that he put the book in the tire. The next day he was wretched and thought he would go back to the meeting. When he entered I was giving out the same hymn, and he beirnn to curse me. Finally the man got another hymn-book and read the hymn over and over. Then he made up his mind to come, and he came, just as he was with all hi sin, all his profanity, all his drunkenness with him." Mr. Moody then directed that the singing should proceed. When it was ended he said : "And now my text is just in that one word that has been sung, and if I can make of my sermon a sort of a hammer, to drive that nail home with, I shall nave accomplished my object.. I am sure the text is short enough, and if you cannot' remember the sermon you can at least remember the text. The LVth chapter of Isaiah and the 3d verse says : "Incline your ear and come unto me, and your soul shall live." It is important that a man should listen to the voice of God. There is no chance of getting a man to think until you cau get his ear. We are apt to lend our ears to others. People will come , and listen to a ser mon and say, "that's a good hit at a neighbor of mine. I wish he was here this afternoon." Or perhaps you will think that tho man is just behind you, or in front of you, to whom the sermon seems addressed. We are very gener ous with sermons. A colored preacher once said his people gave his sermons all away and didn't take any of them home. I believe that many a man goes to church and never hears the sermon. I once said to a man, "How is it you attended church for twenty years and never became converted until now?" He replied, "I used to plan all my business in church. I would review the past week and ee where I had made a mistake, and then I would plan for the next week and .go out and execute it." God says "hear and you shall live." When God speaks we can afford to listen. The next ''come" to which I want to call your attention is "come and see." You may talk about the beauty of Jesus Christ, but you cannot, make a man see until he sees with his own eyes. You cannot describe that beauty. Our souls are born spiritually blind, and they can see nothing until they open iu Christ. Some men say that the whole plan of redemption is a mystery, and that they do not understand it; but God sa3-s, "Come now and let us reason together." And He says, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden aud I will give you rest." He did not say, "I will send it to j-ou." He says. "Come unto me and I will give you rest." The trouble is that many bring their burdens to Him and carry them away again. They go to their closets and throw it open at His feet but when they get up again they swing their burdens over their shoul ders once more and go on. And all that are athirst are asked to come and drink of the water of life freely without money and without price. "Christ Is the living fountain which never runs dry. It has been flowing on for nine teen hundred years, and the drunkard and the harlot, the thief and the vaga bond can, if they will press m this fountain of life. Too many ministers only give chaff. There are some who give full wheat, but there are a good many men in the pulpit who do not know the Gospel themselves. I have been with Christ a number of years. Every year I seem to reach a moun tain top and to get a fresh glimpse of Him and He s6ems still better and more beautiful further on. After the siuging of another hymn, the services were concluded by Mr. Moody, who pronounced the benedic tion. At the meeting in the evening Mr. Sankey sang a number of the hymns with which his name is so familiarly associated, and Mr.. Moody made the address. At the conclusion of the meeting crowds gathered around the platform and shook hands with the two gentlemen. THE DEFOOB BUTCHERY. Capture or a Jfejf ro Accessory In the Crime-Describing the SmlOe . capitation of the Victims. Atlanta, July 28. The detectives looking up the Defoor murder-heard 'to-day of a strange negro, with plenty of money, near Atlanta, and went after T im, taking bloodhounds. They tracked him and run him down, catching him in a haymow where he was hidden. The dogs tore into the mow and seized his leg. A short, stumpy negro then crawled from the hay and said, "You a: e after the wrong man ; I never done i'.." lie was arrested after a struggle and after a while confessed in a most cir cumstantial way that he held the light while the murder was being committed. He says he was loafing about the Defoor house when a white man and a negro asked him to go with them. He went, they saying that there was money in it. The white man went into the house be fore dark and stayed there until after oaric, wnen ne came to the door ana Whistled. They went to him. The - prisoner waa then sent to the next house for an axe, and got It.. He then went into the honse, and they were all there together. He says they struck a match and lit the lamp and commenced to search the drawers. A FRIGHTFUL DEED. The white man became impatient, and, cursing him to hold the light over the bed where the old folks were lying. He did ao and fouqd them in a sound ana peacerui sleep. The wnite man raised the axe, swung it clear round, and then struck it into the old man's peck. The latter never murmured, but the tramp seemed to think one more blow necessary, and struck another, almost severing the head from the body. He then handed the axe to the other negro, who struk into the neck of the old lady. She moarned slightly, but never awoke. Only one blow was given her. The tyvo then returned to their search and succeeded in getting about $500 in money, when they left. The captured negro was given a small share of the money, when the others left him and he has not seen them since. He described them fully and gave the route which they took on the departure. The detectives are pursuing them, and it is thought they will be taken to-night. There is no doubt that the captive negro was present at the murder and had something to do with it, although there is some doubt as to the truth of the story he tells of his accomplices. A scrap of the Cincinnati Gazette was foand in tlie room which the tramp oc cupied in the afternoon, and it is thought that he was working his way from the West to the coast. VACATION IN THE COUKTS. Words of Holiday Comfort for tlie Judge and Lawyer. Albany Law Journal, July 28th. Vacation is the current topic. Vaea- tion is a very different thing in reality from the dry definition given by Bou vier in his law dictionary, "the period between the end of one term and the beginning of the next." Lawyers take little note of that kind of vacation, for it is then that they are most vexed. Some ignorant people think that law yers do not need vacations, that all they have to do is to make an easy and bril liant display for a few hours in term time, and "rake in a pile", of money. The race without the training, the bat tle without the strategy, are what the public look at. They see the lawyer pitting in his chambers, a cigar in his mouth and his heels on a table, and they think he is id4e. These are really his busy, anxious months of brooding, when he is pregnant with the ideas which he brings forth in a few hours of sharp parturition in court. The lawyer is never idle, even wrhen apparently most idle. He always has a persistent file of clients who want to be told the same thing a hundred times'over, and who never will believe that they are possibly in the wrong. He always has a troublesome antagonist lying in wait for him. His clients are always un candid or imprudent. His witnesses are always evasive or disappointing. The judge always knows too much or too little for him. He is always the prey of disappointment, meeting defeat where he expected success, or what is only a little less mortifying, achieving unexpected victory. He is the victim of close chambers and poisonous court rooms ; of harrowing suspense, of in tense mental excitement, of great physical strain. His labors invade his sleep and give him bad dreams. Fi nally, with the approach of the dog-star. sleep utterly deserts him. Truly, he needs a vacation. Beware of the law yer, who, being able to take a vacation, does not., Mr. Vohles in "Bleak House" is the type of these, whose desk is truly their client's "rock." The danger of the lawyer in vacation is that he will only "make believe" recreate himself. Vacation is no time for writ ine law books or making business journe37s. The mind needs wholly to unbend with the body. There was a recent carjpon designed to be satirical, representing, in one panel, the seat of justice empty and surrounded by law yers shouting for injunctions, man damuses, certioraris, arrests, attach ments and the like; and in the other, the judge in his shirt-sleeves, wjnging in a hammock, in a rural place, with fan and cigar, and flanked by bottles, full and empty, and paper-covered novels, the device being "$12,000 a year." Now, leaving the bottles out of the question, that is the way to spend vaca tion. Let the lawyer," like the mer chant, loll in the shade or swing in the hammock, swim in the surf or rock on the billows, angle for trout or troll for blue-fish, play billiards or croquet, drive, ride, row, shoot, climb, sport with children, flirt with ladies or in dulge in anything else uuintellectual. Let him live out doors and "near to nature's heart." But let him eschew study and late hoilrs, conventions, balls, except base-ball ; parties, espe cially political parties ; and long jour neys in the heated term. If anybody, proposes a "little law question," "shoot him on Iho spot." Let the Government go to destruction for a few weeks, if it wants to. If he must read, let him read trashy novels which he will be sure to forget, aud which there is no virtue in remembering. Let him nottry to "im preve himself,"' but let him indus triously strive for a month or six weeks to forget all he ever knew. The brain must lie fallow or wear out. The Lon don Law Journaionve wisely said : "If we had two existences in this life, and alter thirty years of unbroken industry we were allowed thirty years of healthy leisure in which to enjoy the wealth we had earned, the reasonable course would be to give up youth and manhood to severe and protracted labor. But it is not so, and he is most wise who so tempers toil witn relaxation as to pre serve his mental and bodily vigor to old age." The reason Blackwell's Fragrant Durham Bull Smoking Tobacco is used by all judges of tobacco, is because it Is the best. THE BOW OF PROMISE. TIIETETER IX MEMPHIS ABATING -NOT EPIDEMIC. Early Resumption f Basin Predicted What the Editor ef the "Appeal" Thinks. Washington, July 30. Colonel Keatiug.editor of th Memphis Appeal, direct from Memphis, which place he left on Saturday evening last, says that he thinks the fever there has spent its force. The people left in the city are so few in number that it will be impossi ble for it-to spread. He reports the au thorities of Memphis as having the af fairs of the city well in hand, and that they will be able to care fbr all without having to appeal for aid from outside. The cases so far developed, he says, in no way present the malignant form the fever did during the epidemic of last year. He anticipates that within six weeks business in Memphis will be go ing on as usual. Thus far the deaths . by fever have not exceeded the number of those from other causes, and until this should be the case it would be con trary to custom to pronounce it epi demic. It was not until the 24th of August last year that the fever was so. declared, and up to that time there had been three hundred and six cases and ninety-six deaths, extending over a period of four or five weeks. The Terrible Ieath of Little Melllo Cox from Hydrophobia. Chester, Pa., July 29. Little Nellie Cox, the six-year-old daughter of Cros by M. Cox, of this city, died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after suffering for more than five days the greatest torture from hydrophobia. The little thing bore up Bravely under her affliction. For about twenty-four hours before she died she became very restless, toss ing from one side of the bed to the other and writhing in the most violent con vulsions. At times she would become quiet and have all the appearance of going to sleep, when suddenly she would start up in great excitement and remain so far a long time. Thesight of . any object, the appearance of any one in her room, passing a hand over her, or even a gentle breeze would throw her into a spasm. She had intense fe ver, and when she would ask for water to wet her lips or biow it was with the greatest difficulty she received it. .She retained her reason throughout and knew she ought to take nourishment, but when she reached for a glass or cup she would catch hold of it quickly in a spasmodic manner, attempt to swallqw its contents hastily and sink back on the pillow exhausted. Her most restless time was during Friday night. Saturday morning she sank rapidly. The frequent and continued convulsions were too mach for her nervous system, and she began to lose strength. Her eyes grew dim several hours before she died. By noon on Saturday she was thoroughly prostra ted, and three hours later she passed away qu'eJy. Her parents are almost wild with grief from the loss of their only daughter. The citizens sympa thizevery much , for little Nellie was known and loved by nearly every body. Mr. J. Rowland Cochran, the owner of the dog, was bitten by it about three years ago, and he is much alarmed since the fatal result of its bite to the little girl. MRI. DOItSEY'S WILL. How She Bequeathed all her Proper ty to JerT Davis. Beatjvoir, Harricon county, Miss., Jan. 4, 1878. I, Sarah Anne Dorsey, of Tensas Parish, La., being aware of the uncertainty of life, and being now in sound health in mind and body, do make my last will and testament, which I write, sign and seal with my own hand, in the presence of three compe tent witnesses, as I possess property in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. I owe no obligation of any sort what ever to any relative of my own. I have done all I couldi for them during my life. I therefore give and bequeath all my property, real, personal and mixed, i wherever located and situated, wholly and entirely without hindrance or qualification, to imy most honored and esteemed friend Jelferson. Davis, ex President of the Confederate States, for his own sole; use and benefit, in fee simple, forever ; and I hereby consti tute him my sole heir, executor and administrator. If Jefferson Davis should not survive me, I give all I have be queathed him to his youngest daugh ter, Vavins. I do not intend to share in the ingratitude of my country to ward a man who is, in my eyes, the highest and noblest in existence. . In testimony whereof I sign this . will, written by my own hand, in the presence of W. T. Walthall, T. P. Hewes and John C. Craig, subscribing witnesses, resident in Harrison county, Mississippi. Sarah Ann Dorset. The Fever and the Exodus. Durham Recorder. . M. A W. Graham returned last week from a trip to Memphis and Arkansas. He had left the former several days be fore the fever, but says, even then, the business outlook wore a gloomy aspect. The city, oppressed with debt, was try ing to throw its charter overboard; but to which all the Courts were opposed. Of Arkansas, and all the region he vis ited, his accounts are scarcely more pleasant. Unmitigated drought for months had nearly destroyed all crops. Except on the Mississippi bottoms, so unhealthy that the white man can scarcely live, cotton looked badly, corn was nearly destroyed, cattle Were per ishing from want of water, families were becoming sickly from the use of the foul water drawn from half dried wells, or from pestilential streams; and his whole narrative presents a dis tressing picture of human suffering. Since leaving Memphis, all this suffer ing is intensified by the appearance ot the pestilence. Mr. Graham traveled and conversed with numbers of the victims ot the ex odus to Kansas, and without exception, found the negroes glad to get back home, and loud in their denunciation of the deception practiced upon them. The Fair Slayer. Charlotte observer. A gentleman j-ust from Lumber ton says of Miss Amelia Linkhaw, whose trial for the killing of her alleged sedu cer, Edward Hartman, at a hotel iu Lumber ton last fall, will come on at the fall term of Robeson Superior Court, to meet in November; that she is now in excellent health and spirits. She is still in jail, but has the privi leges of the prison and receives visitors almost dairy. The child of misfortune to which she gavo birth just after she shot Hartman, i with its mother, and is a bright and handsome little girl. Miss Linkhaw is represented as havin 5 never been handsomer than now. an as confident o'f an acquittal, whenever or wherever her case is brought to trial. She is defended by Colonel "W. Foster French, of the Lumberton bar.