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VOLUME V.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1889.
NUMBER 98.
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A FATAL EXPLOSION
IN
WHICH AN F.XPRKM! MHS.
HENUIiR WAS K1I.I.KD,
And His Car Shattered Into Millili
ters Tlie Terrible Catastrophe
Hint Occurred on tlie CHiuifllmi
Grand Trunk Road Yesterday.
Montkkal, August 3. When the trnin
for (Jucliee 011 the Grand Trunk had
passed Si. Lantbcrl'safler going through
the Victoria bridge last night, an ex
plosion oecured in the express ear, by
which a messenger najncil Rogers was
killed. The car was eomplclch wrecked
and the express matter destroyed.
Rumors are afloat that it was an at
tempt to blow up the Vietoria bridge,
and was delayed too long. An inquest
will be held this afternoon.
The train was on its way to (Juebee,
Portland, and Halifax, and consisted of
seven passenger coaches, a Pullman
sleeping car. and smoking and baggage
and express cars, the last named being
next to the lender. The train was com
pletely filled with passengers, among
whom were Gen. Middlcton and general
stqierinlcndniit Stephenson of the Grand
Trunk. When the report of the explosion
was heard a panic was averted by the
brakemaii, who rushed lluougli the train
to the burning car, and dexterously un
coupled it, and the tender and engine,
and let them dash up the road where the
engine driver, who bravely stood at his
post amidst the most intense heat, ran
them upon a siding. No cause can be
assigned for the accident, thoiigu every
thing in the car wu- of very inflammable
nature, among the goods Mug a quan
tity of lire works. The fact, however,
that the lire works did not explode until
long lifter the lire was under way, shows
that the explosion did not originate in
them. The express and railway people
attach no importance to the assertion
that an attempt was made to blow up
the Vietoria bridge.
WASHINGTON NOTICS.
Appointments Yesterday llealli
or Commodore l-'ltzhusch.
Washington, August 3. The I 'resit lent
has appointed the following postmasters:
Mrs. Mary N. Parish, at Greenwood,
Miss., office become Presidential ; Miss
Clara C. Matthews, at lla.lcliiust, Miss.,
vice 1'. M. Sexton removed; olm K.
Joyce, at Keidsville, N. C-, vice J. A. Ben
nett removed; Wm. II. Wheeler, at Win
ston, N. C, vice S. 11. Smith removed;
Henry S. Shore, at Salem, N. C , vice T.
li. Donlhil removed; Jonathan I).
White, at Greensboro, N. C, vice G. 11.
Gregory removed ; Jessie M. Robert son,
at Laiircnsc, S. C, ollice become Presi
dential ; Kansom S. Dudley, at Pulaski
Citv, Vn ollice liecome Presidential; A.
S. Ashburi, at Roanoke, Va., vice (). 1).
llerr resigned.
The Attorney General to-day appointed
Lemuel C. ltristow, Assistant V. S. At
torney for the eastern district of Virginia.
The President to-day appointed John
K. G. Pitkin, of Louisiana to be linvoy
lixtraorilinary and Minister Plenipoten
tiary of the United Stales to the Argen
tine Republic, and Joiin r. ratty naval
officer at New Orleans.
The President has tendered the collcc-
torshiu ol'thc port ot New Orleans to
lix-Govcruor H. C. Warmouth.
Secretary Tracy has rctcrrcd the report
ol tne board that supervised the recent
trials of the Petrel to a board composed
ol the duels ol the live bureaus ol the
Navv Department. Contractors ask for
another trial ; but the boaid does not
recommend thai il be had.
Itond oll'criugs to-dav aggregated $S7,
000 all four and hall's at loti's. All
were accented.
Commodore William li. Fitzbtirgh
died this morning, at the hospital in the
Naval Home ut Philadelphia, ol a com
nlicalion of diseases.
The President was in conference with
secretaries Windom and Trace for about
two hours this morning in regard to cer
tain New York appointments whieli lie
desires to make, so it is said, bofore his
departure for Bar Harbor next week.
It is explained at the Stale depart incut
that a letter to Lord MayorScxton.ol Dub
lin, which the latter asserts was broken
oikmi in transit, was purely a routine
communication acknowledging receipt ol
a copy of resolutions of sympathy which
the Johnstown flood sufferers adopted
by the Dublin council. The letter was
signed by acting secretary of the State
Wharton and not by President Harrison.
HOKE NtVAl, MiWS.
The Alert ;o-'H (o iirliiK tlie Nlp
Hie to Honolulu, J le.
San Fhancisco, August Advices
from Honolulu, received by the steamer
Mariposa to-day, state that the I'niled
Stales steamer Alert, left Honolulu,
July S. for Panning, Island, to bring the
Nipsic to Honolulu for repairs. The I'niled
States steamer Admits was still al Hono
lulu, when the Mariposa lelt there, July
2N. The Adams intended to sail lor
Samoa a week bclorc that time, but she
was detained, owing to the illness of her
surgeon, who is sullcring with pneumonia
and is quartered at the Omen's hospital.
The British war vessel, lisiciglc, sailed
from Honolulu, July 27, under orders.
It is supposed in Honolulu that there is
some trouble in connection with tlie re
cent annexations of the British empire in
the South seas, and that the Ksieigle
will go in that direction.
A Hirlke Ended.
Pottsvii.i.k, August 3. The strike of
the Fisbback rolling null ol the i'ottsvule
Iron and Steel Works is ended. After a
protracted conference between the com
mittee of strikers ill conjunction with V.
V. O'Douuell of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Iron and Steel Worksand Prcs
dent Atkins of the Iron and Steel Com
pany, the demands of the men was con
ceded, and the result is an advance of
wages of a fraction over 12 cr cent
which restores the rules paid oriorto the
reduction of February last, and makes
puddlers wages $3.70 licr ton. The mill
will resume on Monday. Between 500
and 700 employes arc affected.
Haschall Yesterday.
At Baltimore Baltimore li, Cincinnati
2 in 0th.
At I'hiladelphia-LouisvilleO, Alhletii-3.
At Washington Washington H, Bos
ton 3.
At Pittsburg Pittsburg C, Indiana
polis H.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 13, St. Louis
6.
At New York New York 1H, Philadel
phia 9.
At Chicago Chicago 1, Cleveland 2.
At Columbus, O. Columbus 4, Kan
sas City 5.
' The weather.'
Washington, U. C, Aug. 3. Indica
tions for North Carolina Slightly wann
er; southwesterly winds.
THK IIAVHKICK TUIAI..
The Testimony Closed and Argu
ment for the Itefence llexun,
Livkki-ool, August 3. At the trial ol
Mrs. Maybrick for the murder of her
husband to-day, Dr. Stevenson, one of
the physicians who attended Mr. May
brick, asserted that all of the patient's
symptoms indicated that he was suffer
ing Iroin arsenical poisoning. I he nurse
testified that when Mrs. Maybrick tried
to iersuade her husband to lake medicine
he objected saying that it was the wrong
medicine. On cross examination, the
witness said that no improper food or
mcdeeine was given to the patient while
she was in the house. Mrs. Maybrick
had apX'ared lender and considerate in
her treatment of her husband. The wai
ter at the Flalinuus hotel iiidculilicd the
prisoner as the woman who had occupied
a lied room in the hotel with the man
Bricrhy.
A witness named Ilaleson, who lived
with Mr. Maybrick in America from 1 SK7
to 1SSS, MariticrThoiupsou, auda negro
named Stanton, who was Maybriek's
former servant, all testified that the de
ceased took arsenic habitually.
A chemist testified that Maybrick had
purchased "pick-uic-ups" l'roni him which
contained arsenic.
I'riil. Tidy testified that the symptoms
manifested by Maybrick were not typical
of arsenical poisoning. The appearance
of the intend organs at the post mortem
examination distinctly negatived the
theory that death had been caused by
arsenic. The appearance of the organ
was consistent with the theory that
death resulted by gaslro-cnterctis.
Alter the introduction of this testi
mony the prosecution, announced that
its case was closed. Sir Chas Russell
opened the ease for thcdclcncc. Hcmade
a forcible speech, in which he urged that
the jury could not render judgment
against the accused bused on probability,
even if supported by an apparent motive
for the commission of the crime. If there
was a show of doubt, he would prove
that Maybrick had hci.i a confirmed
taker of arsenic lor years.
HHOT THKOI'lill THIS Hlvllt.
A Hcusuliouul Homicide at Co
limibia, s. C. Yesterday.
Coi.I'miiia, S. C, August .'I. This
evening in I rout of 'he citv hall, on Main
stm t, W. It. Mcilze attacked Jas. J.
Clark, who was in company with a lady,
and shut him twice in the head killing
him instantly. Meitze lired four shots
and Clark one. The motive fur I he a Hair
is as follows: Douglas Mcitzc, an uncle
of W. 1!, Meitze. was asked by a man to
deliver the following note to a young
lady living in W. B. Meitze's family. It
read:
Miss Sophy: Dear Miss: I want to
meet you ami nave a private conversa
tion. You remember me well. I won't
sign my name. Yours admiringly, "O,"
The uncle attempted todcliver the note
to Mrs. Meitz, who declined to receive
it, and upon W. B. Meitz learning of the
mutter he sought his uncle, got the note
from liim, but failed to ascertain the
writer's name.
This morning W. II. Meitz was going
about town with a double-barrelled gnu,
threatening to shoot histincle, and in the
afternoon suspecting Clarke of writing
the note he made the threat to kill him
also. Both parlies are white. It is not
known whether Clarke did write the
note or not. He was married and leaves
a widow and children, one grown.
Meitz surrendered himself and is in jail.
A Fatal
ICpldeiulc.
CiiiCAC.u. August ,'i. A dispatch from
Carthage, 111., says: A terrible epi
demic of bloody flux prevails at Warsaw,
this county. Jt came on last Monday in
a light form, anil resembled dysentery.
But Wednesday, it assumed a more se
rious phasi, and now fifteen jieople have
died. Pour deaths oecured Thursday
and lour yesterday, the victims being
mostly children. One hundred and eighty
cases are now reported ; many of theni it
is feared will result fatally. The people
arc terror stricken, ami do not know
what to make of it. The disease has
also appeared at Hamilton, and it is
said it exists in an epidemic form at Can
ton and Kahokomo.
Coke (Striker weakening.
Pinsm'Ki;, Pa., August 3. The coke
strikers are weakening already, and the
strike promises to be a failure. The men
at the Youngstown, Moorwood and
Standard works, numbering about 1 000,
went back to-day, and operators say
that before the middle of next week, the
works will all be in operation again.
The break has discouraged strikers some
what, but they still claim that they will
make the strike a success and have all
the men out in a lew days.
The Kaiser's Review Spoiled.
London, August 3. Iimpcror William
ol'Gci inanv was to have reviewed the
British licet in Spithcad to-dav, but the
review has been postponed until Monday
on account of a henvv slorin. A steady
ruin It'll all day and the haze wasso thick
that I lie licet could not be seen from the
shore, the wind blowing half a gale. A
great number ol small cralt were hover
ing about the licet all nioriiiue., and the
occupants of man y of them were drenched.
Weekly
Hank statement.
NiiW York, August 3. The
weekly
bank statement is as lollows:
Reserve, increase $1,127,000
Loans.dccrcase 3,730,700
Steeic, increase 921 ,()
U'gal tenders, decrease 007, 100
Deposits, decrease 2,S10,HI0
Circulation, decrease 2S,(i()0
The banks now hold $H.21b175 in ex
cess of the 25 iereeut. rule.
The World's Cotton ttupply.
NiiW York, lulv 20. The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is 1,100,
!'l)2 bales, of which (i7.4-.t2 are Amer
ican, against l,104.H5 and 773,'.M5
bales, rcsectivclv, last year. Receipts at
all interior towns are 1,21)6 bales;
receipts plantation 12, crop in sight (!,
u,H6J,02O bales.
Helicrade and Mervia mill Friends.
Bm.r.HAiii:, August 3. The report that
the Government had ordered all three of
the military classes of Servia to mitstir
on Monday next was ineoirect. It is the
intention of the Government to propose
the adoption of the new military system
in Octolier.
Dutch and Achecnese KiKhtlnir.
Amstkriiam, August 3. Intelligence has
ltccn received of" a light in Acheeii, Su
matra, between natives and a force of
Dutch troops. Nineteen Dutchmen were
killed mid twenty-two wounded.
Holiday In London.
London, August 3. It is holiday on the
Stoekc Exchange to-dav, Moniluv will
also be a holiday.
STILL ANOTHKR TKU(T.
This Time It i the I'.ntlrc Cotton
Manufacturing Industry.
Fall Rivkk, August 3 The Fall River
News will publish this afternoon a ci cu
lar letter which is to be mailed in New
York to-day addressed to the president
and board of directors of every cotton
mill in Fall River. The letter says:
Gentlemen: It is our desire to secure
control of the entire cotton manufactur
ing proierly of Fall River and elsewhere;
and we address tun for the purpose f
obtaining your views as to the probabil
ity of your shareholders, or a majority,
living willing to sell or pool their stock
on the basis of mutual advantage. It is
of course useless lor us at this time to set
forth our plansin detail. We are pleased
to inform you that the Central Trust
Company, of New York, has coii-cntcd
to act as trustee ill behalf ofboth parties.
Should the matter meet with your favor
able consideration we would thank you
to advise us al an eaily.'ate, and we will
then confer with you personally in re
gard to details.
Very Kcsiectfully,
Oko. F. Mkllun, 1
E. C. McMillan, J Coin.
Jl. B. Wilson, )
Mclleu says the syndicate which has
Sweii formed represents principally foreign
capital, and that already the amounts
subscribed is more than sufficient to buy
the cotton industry of America.. This is
really what is aimed al; and iqicrutions
will iiot be confined lo Fall River but ex
tend to Lowell, Lawrence, New Bedford,
and the best mills in the country. The
Fall River mills have capital exceeding
$20,000,000 and an investment probably
of $30,000,1100 or more. Just how nego
tiations will be instituted will interest
outsiders, as these mills are owned by
housands of slock holders. Thcdircetors
have power to sell the mill, anil beyond
-i lew hundred shares, probably little
stock could be bought at anything like
prevailing prices. Mclleu is at Alcxcn-
Iria Buy, in consultation with the par
lies interested in the syndicate. In Scp
iciuber he goes abroad to complete ar
rangements. KANIIOH NOT1CH
Moped In toy Kamtolintc Keporlers
KosituiiuK Around the Clt.i.
The Coi'iitv Commissioners will lie in
session at Hie court house to-morrow.
The mail train from Tennessee was two
hours late in reaching this city yesterday
afternoon.
No marriage license was issued or
Heeds probated at the register's office
yesterday.
Cb'.ef of police Itaird's salary has been
increased from $00 to $71) per month, by
the City Council.
(Juite a party of .Northern tourists
passed through the city yesterday after
noon eu route to Hot Springs.
Pisgah Lodge, No. 32 K. of P., will be
in session at the Masonic Temple to
morrow evening, at H.30 o'clock.
Services at the Presbyterian church
this morning -will be conducted by Rev.
W. A. Wood, D. D., of Salisbury.
The subscribing members to the M ission
Hospital held a luisincss meeting at that
institution yesterday afternoon.
The August term of Buncombe Suicrior
court will convene in this city to-morrow
week. The docket is a heavy one,
The trolly wire along the North Main
street extension of the electric railway
line was completed to court square yes
terday.
The Flower Mission will meet al the
residence of Mrs. J. P. Sawyer, on Hay
wood street, to-morrow alternoou at
five o'clock.
Hart & Gwyn have been granted
permission to rebuild at the same place,
the cottage on Water street, recently
destroyed by lire.
Two or three eases were tried in the
police court yesterday. I he lines im
posed, were light, and were immediately
paid by the defendants.
Till! IIKUM;: liAVK WAY,
Hut Not t'ntll the KiiKiueer Had
Saved His Train.
A pi.ssengcr train on the K. T., A'. N:
G.-i. road came near being wrecked three
miles 'kIow Hot Springs, Friday night,
by the washing away of a wooden bridge
at the point named. As the last ear ol
the train touched the bank on this side
of the bridge the whole structure gave
way, and hail the engineer liccn one minute
later in opening the throttle of his engine
ami rushing the train across, the whole
train would have been precipitated and
a horrible loss of life ensued. Tlie foun
dations of the bridge had been loosened
by a cloud-burst or heavy rain storm
during the same afternoon, and the en
gineer had no warning that the bridge
was unsafe until his engine rolled upon
it and he felt the timlicrs giving way be
- tenth its weight.
Origin of the Name iteaucutcher.
Mr. Bcardcn tells us that the name
"Beaueatcher originated in this way:
Mr. James W. Puttou, father ol dipt.
T. W. Patton, liuilt a summer house on
the summit, ofthe mountain, about where
Mr. Hazzurds home now stands. Air.
William J. Brown, father of Mr. J. liv
ans Brown, in teasing a well known
lady of this city called thissumiiicr house
her "licaucatclier," and hence the name.
And the name iieeame so well associated
subsequently with picnics, rambles and
other pleasant episodes of youthful gal
lantry, that it In-camc fixed in the agree
able associations of the place and town,
and is now not to Unexchanged for names
certainly more dignified, but less sug
gestive of days gone by.
Religious Notice.
Central Methodist Church Sunday
School at 9.30 a. m. Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper at 1 1 a. in., and (iosiel
song service at KV4 I- m. All of the
services will lw conducted by the pastor,
Rev. G. C. R.-utkin.
Mr. F. P. Minmuugh hat retunied from
Coluuibiu, S. C.
EUROPEAN LETTERS.
THK TRIP FROM OLAHtiOW TO
K1IIMIORO' TOWN,
Anld Scotia's Historic Bhores, Ro
mantic Lakes and Lofty Heights
Inspire the Tourist's (tout to Sluit
the I'raises ot Their charms.
Windsor Hothl, City of Iviiiniu'ki'.ii,)
Sunday, July 21, IHH'X j
(alitor Citizen : If we had a thousand
pens under our control and writing with
lightning speed, thev could not give voti
an idea of the thoughts which delightfully
press upon our brain this morning and
give a burning longing to communicate
to you, even if it lie hut a small part of
the enjoyment which is heaped upon us.
Yes, indeed, and if we had a thousand
tongues, each unexcelled ill fluency, they
would be kept busy, both in describing
the charms of yesterday, and in the
equally vain attempt to rc)ent to you the
truly awful manner in which these bonny
Scotch can roll their r's.
A friend from the States who joined us
yesterday, remarking on this, said that
he had visited a large hool in one de
partment of which the children werecare
fully trained in this remarkable accom
plishment. A kind Highland gentleman
on yesterday was answering most pa
tiently our endless queries, when we
asked the species of a small tree, which
looked like one of our scrub pines, but
with bated breath we learned that it
was a Scotch
r r r
r r r r
F-i-r-r- r -R- r R-R-r-r-R
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ill
At least, this is the best imitation we can
give ofthe magnificent intonation which
lie brought forth without apparentellort.
We might have done belter had we dared
ask him to rcicnl, but we feared that the
reverberating patron letter of Scotland
would occupy the balance of our visit to
her shores.
To return to ouritinerary of yesterday.
We left Glasgow at seven, after a charm
ing slop at St. Knock's hotel, and our
swift little railway carriage soon carried
us past the fool of Dumbarton rock, and
we catch only a glimpse of its renowned
castle, rich in historic lore and in which
the grand Wallace was so long held a
prisoner, waiting to be the martyr whose
blood should lei lilize thesced which after
ward placed Scotland's king upon Hugh-mil's
throne. This eraig is located at
the inaction ofthe Severn and the Clyde,
and preserves as a relic the very sword
which in Wallace s grasp earned wen de
served destruction to the Tories and the
traitors of his day. We lire told that the
eraig itself was a pebble which Satan at
tempted to throw at at. I'alricK, nut tlie
devil never being very powerful in Scot-
laud, instead ol reaching Ireland the mis
sile dropped in its present position.
We soon take a dear little steamer at
the foot of Loch Lomond ami smoothly
sail over its unripplcd waters, all of us
on deck and gazing ill delight upon the
grand inounlaiiis, or "Bens" as they are
still called here.
The serried, jagged pinnacle and sides
ol Ben Lomond soon stand bclorc us,
only one of a thousand others equal in
beautv, u not m renown, and numerous
elegant residences, which do not mar the
scene by their newness, because always
built out of the solid gray stone, a part
of the eternal mountnins themselves.
On our right we admire the hunting
scat and lodge ofthe Duke ol Montrose,
nestling at the very foot of Ben Lomond,
while opposite, on a pretty island, is the
residence ol Mr. lames Calhoun a name
dear to our friends who represent our
Southern sister.
Mr. Calhoun's estate seems very large,
covering miles of the lake's shore and
embracing numerous tenantries, wharves,
towns, hotels, etc., each and all of the
same solid rock as compose his own
house. We fancy him to be a good and
faithful landlord" from these indications.
At the head of Loch Lomond, which is
reached all too quickly for us, we receive
our fust impressions of a coach ride.
X. milters of these huge vehicles stand pre
pared to receive us our party, we menu;
not us. metaphorically speaking, because
we form only a small fraction ofthe load
of one.
You can judge of the strength of these
horses when we tell vou that lour of
them carry with ease this huge coach,
on top of which arc mounted twenty -live
men and women, besides a driver whose
abundance of red coal, tall hat and brass,
both in buttons and in demanding a six
pence lee, would alone suffice to weary
one of our pigmy teams. But these huge
brutes without .urging haul us all up a
steep hill and past the mouth of theCave
o! Rob Roy and over a range which re
minds ns forcibly of Roan mountain. Not
tiial this is nearly so olevatcd as that.
bill probably the higher latitude makes
amends for our greater height, and the
flora here seem almost identical with the
execution of our glorious rhododendron
From spot to snot we can fancy that
we look upon the very heather which the
hold robber crushed with indignant foot,
as he disclaimed his title, borrowed in
tin-lowlands, and cried "My font is on
my native heath. My name's MacGre
gii!" Yea, even several stunner dwellings,
which to all apR-ai ;ince might have com
posed the palaces ol those primitive days
strike us most oddly, their substan
tial walls of rough stone, surmounted by
a lliinsv roof ol thatch or straw, which
seems ready to drop off with decay, but
still are said to afford excellent protec
tion against the weather and frequent
rains. Here, loo, we first see the pent,
which is iK-ing cut from the morass, on
top of the pass, and packed up to dry for
fuel.
We now soon descend to Loch Katrine,
iiroocrlv Katriiia, or the Lake ofthe
Robbers, where we rest at a charming
little hostelry ol name unpronouneablc,
and wait the vaeht Rob Boy, which soon
receives us, and gives us the most thor-
ouul.lv charming sail we ever have expe
rienced, passing an island, "Rob Roy's
Prison, on wuicn ne Kepi saic ins pris
oners until redeemed on his own terms.
We arc csieciallv happy in meeting
here two dehglittul bnglisli gentlemen
who are summering near by, and most
patiently abide our Yankcccuriosity.nnd
give us points ot miormniiou which we
would otherwise have lost.
This lake is the grand water supply of
Glasgow, and nothing coulil Ite iK-tter
adapted to this end. Itsell filled by rivu-
letsiun itinera hie, and percolating through
the rich grass and heatner ol tne inounl
aiiis surrounding, leaving its impurities
lor the fertilization, and Idling with pure
etlmeal fluid tit lor the gods tins reser
voir of nature, at u height of 3S0 feet
above the city which it blesses. ' Oh, how
we longed lor some such good fortune lor
our owu dear home!
One strange effect of this soil is to
lessen our appreciation of Scotland's
great author. We cannot imagine how
any man or woman can move among
these sceues without being thoroughly
enthused, and had not "The Lady of the
Lake" lieen written several years ago we
have no doubt your columns would
have had the honor of producing it, com
posed by your own correspondent on the
spot.
Near the foot of Loch Katrine the
islands close in so as almost to close the
tortuous little channel, and here is the
exquitite "Fllcti's Isle," rendered famous
in "The Lady ofthe Lake," as the home
of the sweetheart of Roderick Dim; and
passing it all too swiftly we reach an
other portage, with numerous coaches,
on which we are quickly mounted and
sjKcdiag away through the Trossaehs
proper a wild anil pieturcsqueniountain
gorge, the soil apparently fertile and
clothed in the very richest' of ferns and
grasses, and the growth of oak, holly,
birch, etc., stinted in size again reminds
us ofthe top of grand old Craggy. Only
here the gorge widens out repeatedly into
very gems of lakes of crystal water, on
the banks of one of which stands the
Trossaehs hotel. Perfectly exquisite is
all-we can say of it. FxCcrior of solid
stone, corners groined with rough un
hewn boulders, while the interior is char
acterized in all res)eets with tlie same
solid air of comfort which does not fail
to reach even the lunch which is so boun
tifully provided, and we are enable)) to
understand for the fust time the feelings
ofthe immortal Sum Weller when besuid,
"Weal pie is a wery good thing."
While enjoying our coach ride we are
struck with many characteristic points
which we would like to icier to, but can
not find enough of either paper, ink or
time. One, however, we must remark
upon Hie air of dignified politeness
which pervades all around us. For in
stance, we pass a magnificent stretch of
mountain meadow, extending as tar as
we can M-e, and literally covered with the
very finest sheep and cows, and oar eye
is caught by this notice: "Persons desir
ing to pass through these lauds in their
aseetil of Ben Lide are politely requested
to restrain their dogs from annoying the
sheep and cows. Beyond this no restric
tion whatever is placed to their en
trance." Rather dilltrent lo our griill
fluicricnn Keep till: 1 respasscrs prose
cuted to the fullest extent of the law!"
We commend the Scotch plan to our co
ple, with the luqie that following I he ex
ample of his courtesy, they may Ik- able
to approximate his thrift.
Our delightful coach ride of nine miles
lands us at Calidon, a railway station,
whence we are quickly whirled past the
old church of Dunblane, and many other
points we bated to lose, to the renowned
city of Stirling, at approaching which we
by the kind advice of a sweet
Scotch lassie, take a horse ear
and from the deck scat receive a view
of an exquisite part of t lie city which we
would otherwise have lost, passing near
the foot of "Wallace monument" with
which the Fnglish nation at this late
day acknowledges the virtues of Hit
hero whom it "hanged, drew and quar
tered" in its beastly vulgarity ol loiiner
years. Worthily and honestly has the
error been acknowledged, and tliistnrrel
topped monument, on top of Abbey
Craig, a hill of live hundred feet almost
ierendieular height, is a creditable dis
play of their national frankness.
Our special ride also gives ns an excel
lent view of the old bridge of Sterling,
which spans the river Forth with spans
of arches, most graceful in design, and
evidentlp destined to give proof to future
generations of the fait hfuluess with which
the public works of their ancestors were
performed.
At a rather late hour in the afternoon
we reach Stirling and walk up a steep
hill towards the renowned castle, taking
en route the old Grey rriars church,
which our guide informs us was the
place of coronation, both of Mary,
Out-en of Scots, and Kingjamcs YL; but
is the guide did not get us much as he
expected from us, we are inclined to
think lie measured lus truth according lo
his estimate of his fee, and told us false
in both instances. However this may
be, wc enjoyed both the quaint old
church, surrounded by historical dwell
ings ot liarnlcy, and several other hus
bands of her bloodv majesty who de
lighted in blowing up her mates as much
as our wife docs, only in a more ptirsua-
sive and matter ot tact manner. And
also we enjoyed the old Grey Friars
graveyard, in which is My Lady's Scat,
a eraig which is said to have been used
as a "place for artillery in one of the at
tacks on the neighboring castle.
In this churchyard wc, as usual, see a
very funny epitaph which we cannot fail
to give you.
Our life is but a winter day.
Some iml.v breakfast and away,
others to dinner slay,
Anil are full fed ;
The oiliest man but sups and Kes lo bed.
LiuKi' is his delit
That Miierrs out 1 hi- day,
tie Hint Kes soonest
Has the least to pay."
liven while pondering over this, and
wondering how much we may have lo
pay, we arrive at the lisplauailc, and en
joy a view ol Abbey Craig, which is sur
mounted by Wallace's monument of
which we spoke, and even lean against a
gigantic statue of the great King Rob
ert the Bruce, ill which Ins immense
strength is well delineated.
Another portion ol the panorama
spread before us presents a ruinous
tower, which inai Ksinc place ol piinai
of Kingjamcs 111, who was assassinated
meanly near by alter receiving a wound
by his falling horse.
Over tlie old draw iiruige we wait and
pass through where the old portcullis
used to drop, guarded now by a high
land regiment, gorgeously apparelled in
common plaid, Willi sporran aprons
and hats, such as woulddchght our boy s
heart, made of lK-ar skin, of huge dimen
sions and tails luiiuiueraiue uoaiiiig
about the wearer's eyes in a most exas
perating manner.
Around the outer wall is a small hole,
which wc are told marks the ladies view,
where the dames used to peep through at
the tournaments ol their Icige lords on
the plain far Mow. Also from here we
sec plainly the distant field ol Bannock-
burn, and the hills over which the gillies
rushed so opportunely lor Scotland, and
made the great lidward Micvc they
were a relniorcenient of Brace's small
army.
How wc longed for as many days as
we had hours to S)iend here, but sternly
tore ourselves away to visit the Doug
lass Chandler, in which one of that fa
mous class was slabltetl to death by his
monarch James II, in the year 1452.
The original room having lieen almost
destroyed, we arc pained with the ineon-
grous newness of our surroundings, but
enjoy many interesting relics such as
the pulpit and communion table of John
Knox: and also a Lochaher axe loutidon
the field of Bauiiockbtirn, which looks
like it might have lieen the same which
was spoiled by Bruce over the cleft head
ofthe venturesome Knight who, on his
huge charger, undertook to tide down
the King who, on his little poncy, was
setting his men in battle array.
After a visit all too brief for our wish,
we descend once more to the railway
station and are whirled away through
Falkirk where the unfortunate Wallace
was defeated, and Linlithgow where
Mary was bom. And so at 10.30
o'clock, only a little after twilight, are
landed ill the lovely, Ix-autiful famous
capital of Scotland, but lidinburgh de
serves more than one letter for itself. So
this long epistle we close with the re
mark that these Scots have more day
and less night than any ones we ever
saw daylight at three and twilight till
ten. And this reminds us that it is the
part of wisdom to make a proK-r use ol
the lew hours of darkness which arc now
before us. So, good night ! T. W. P.
-l hi-: i.aikiissf; ;amic
IMay.'d l the Cherokee Indians
Yesterday Afternoon.
Abo-it two hundred KMplc gathered at
the F. ir grounds yesterday alternoou to
witne s a couple ol games of lacrosse, the
great Indian ball gallic, as played by the
Cherokees who live in Swain county,
this S: ate. After a shooting tournament
for nil kels placed ilia splitstick,bv"Run
away Smoke," a juvenile redskin, who
was t - -markablv shifty with a bow and
arrow, John Graybeard, the captain
and it-aster of cereinoniesof the occasion,
annoi need that a collection would be
taken up in order that the players in the
great game might feel inspired lo hump
llieniM'lvcs when the ball game opened.
Accordingly "Runaway Smoke" and
"Mr. Crow" circulated among the crowd
and extracted about four dollars, mostly
in nickels, from the variegated mass cor
ralled together under the shed.
Alter the donations had been duly
counted and a mental balance-sheet
drawn, Mr. Graybeard went down by
t he riverside, and cut lour withes to bi
ased as markers during the games. The
redsk.ns then divided, four on each side,
-mil iook to the woods where they
shucked" themselves and about twenty!
minutes later appeared upon the field ol:
carnage in costume, bncl but gaudy ami
close-litting wherever it touched. Ap-
larelicd in these condensed toilettes the
noble red men oi tne lorcsiaurucicii con
siderable attention, ami one or two
blushes mantled the checks of one or two
onlookers, who had expected to see the
beadid robes, leather trousers, waving
plumes and war paint ol the aboriginces,
.-is I hey "used to be."
At Ibis juncture General Graybeard
said something to the players, the sound
of whieli resembled the gurgle of a choked
kid endeavoring to bleat, threw the ball
high in the air, and the riot liegan.
liach Indian endeavored to catch the
ball and with it in his handsruu "home."
Bui he was knocked down, tripied up,
rolled over, tossed about, mauled and
tunic I around until the ball was given
tip. This sort of thing was kept up until
one Indian, fleeter than all the rcst.gath-l
ered onto the ball and "skinned" out
home, the rest ofthe pack following him,
tryiii;; to catch him and take away the
ball before lie reached his wicket. This
program was kept up until one side had
taken the ball home live times, and that
ended the game. It was lots of fua to
the crowd, and if the collection had
held out the games would have been con
tinued, notwithstanding the briars that
filled the field upon which the game was
placed, and which caused the blood of
the redskins to (low every time their legs
came in contact therewith.
Tin-: ni.i.i. him;krs,
And tlie lCutertaliimenl they tiave
Last Nitcht
Unite a large and delighted audience
I witnessed the performance given by tlie
Swiss Hell Ringers, in the ball-room oi'
the Battery Park hotel in this city, last
evening. The program was a brilliant
and well selected one, anil the manner ill
which il was rendered drew from those
present much applause and expression
of approval. The features of the enter
tainment w-cre the cornel solo, by M'lle
l.izctla, the female cornctisl ; the "Charge
ofthe Light Brigade," by Mr. Charles
Guinness; the "Highland Fling," Scotch
ilaiice, by Miss Album Trove, and the
cornel duet, by Professor Armstrong and
M ile l.izclta. The iR-rfoiniaiii-ewaseon-cludcd
by the jolly Irish comedy, entitled
' .. :..
"Irish Courtship," in which Mr. Guinness
apK-aicd as "Barney O'llea." Miss
Trove as "Mollic Cascv," and Prolesor
Armstrong, as "McNab," the ganger.
The whole show was creditable indeed
anil deserved all the praise that was so
vocili roiislv and lavishly accorded the
actors.
Committed lor Contempt.
Wc learn from a reliable and respected
attorney who has ln-cn in attendance
UKin the present term of Madison Su-
m-rior court, that during the trial of an
action against the railroad company in
stiluted for the recovery of damages for
injury to cattle on the tract, one of the
attorneys apicariug for the plaintiff,
remarked, that the engineer, who had
Ixvn examined ns a witness, ought to
have seen Ihe cattle, and that lie would
necessarily have seen theni, if he had
lieen at his post of duty ; and further re
marked, that the engineer must have
lieen in the baggage car taking a drink;
whereupon, the engineer, who was pres
ent in court, cried out ill a loud and
angry voice to stop, and remarket I in the
presence of the court, that the attorney
knew d d well that he was not drunk.
The proceedings oftheeourt were greatly
interrupted by this loud cursing and
swearing in the presence oftheeourt;
and JndgcClark very projicrly committed
the engineer to jail for a term of thirty
days.
(rand Promenade Contort.
The management ol'thc Hattcry Park
hotel announces a grand promenade
concert for the benefit of the orchestra,
Friday evening, August Oth. Fuller par
ticulars of the event will lie anno unced in
these columns J.ucsduy morning.
IIENDERSONVILLE JAIL
THK APPKAI. OF HI'FFKRING
HUMANITY HEARD.
An Ashevllle Architect Applies
a Remedy and the Henderson
County Commissioners I.llicr
ally Adopt It.
The labors of John Howard, who after
his own experience in one ol the loath
some jails then used in lingland, devoted
the rest of his life to the reformation of
the jail system, have brought about its
reforms gradually, though too slowly.
For many of us can recall the horrible,
mawkish, sickening odor Hint exhales
from the prisoner brought into the court
room from the jail in which he had Ik-cii
immured, close, foul, recking with death
ly odors such as beget that terrible curse,
the jail or typhus fever, to recoil some
times upon careless or heartless author
ities, as it did at the time of the Bloody
Assizes, when judge, jury, bar, scctators
and prisoners alike fell before the scourge
generated by the authorities ill the pris
ons, and liberated, that it might avenge
in a common death, the guilt of the one
and the sufferings of the other. Some of
the jails of a past era in this State may
not yet have felt the ljcncliccnt influences
of Howard's legacy of divine charity.
Some of them wc know accept within
their walls the prisoner as an already
convicted felon, undeserving of mercy,
hardly entitled to human treatment ; if
allowed air, allotted through the open
grates and unglazed windows, too much
of 'I, in winter to lie pinched with the
cold, in summer lo suffocate with heat;
often to pine in his close cell breathing,
as his breath of life, the foul exhalations
that may bring disease lo him and death
to those without. Such suffering may
truly make a felon of a man when he is
not one, The law presumes innocence
until guilt is established; the law has no
right to inflict punishment of any kind in
anticipation of conviction; and such suf
fering is with the consent ofthe law.
A general humanitarian spirit, in many
resin-els a happy one, possesses the land,
and it has illustration in the care and
Ihoughtfuluess exhibited by the public
authorities in the construction of their
jails. When a new one js built nowadays
it is no longer a mere thing ol stone or
bricks and mortar, of bolts and bars. The
human character of the subjects they afje
to hold and restrain is considered, and
prisoners are treated withlhe possible idea
that they arc innocent, with certain con
viction that they also are mortal, to feel
and to suffer, to lie happy and lie cheerful
and from some of these prisons an occu
pant may come forth, neither a stench in
his own nostrils nor a walking ieslilencc
to contaminate others.
A plan of one of these new idea jails wc
saw yesterday prepared for the county of
Henderson by Mr. A. L. Melton, a well
known and very skillful architect of Asbe
ville. His design combines size, strength,
stability, comfort, convenience and hu
manity; and also all compatibleclegancc
of exterior design. The building is 40.0ji
30. two stories high independent of
deep and capacious basement to lie used
for the storage of fuel, provisions, etc.,
and for furnaces which are to heat uni
formly the whole building. The second
floor is lo be occupied by the jailor and
family, and will be neat, comfortable and
convenient. The third floor is the strong
hold. On the left side of a hall or passage
way are two rooms, each about hltecn
fret square, designed for the female pris
oners, secure yet comfortable. On the
othtir side are the cells for the male pris
oner. These arc comprised in a long iron
structaw .'.or carge extending the length
and widtfc .of this compartment except
where the space is occupied by the corri
dor which surrounds it, this corridor it
self enclosed bystrong ironwork. Within
this corridor the prisoner may enter from
his cell for air or necesury purpose, but
without adding a shadow to his hoie of
liberty. The keeiier from without eon-
trolslcvcry movement and can frustrate
every attempt nt escac, violenue or in
subordination. But within his IiouikU
the prisoner enjoys his fresh air in sum
mer, ins genial tenqieralure in winter,
with full supply of fresh water for bath
ing or drinking, and those decent facili
ties which have lieen denied the despised
or neglected captive.
We confess to great pleasure at seeing
drawings which indicate that o much
has been done to soften the unserves of hu
manity, and will not stint our admira
tion ol'thc skill of Mr. Melton, the archi
tect full of genius ns well ns practical
thought. The commissioners of Hender
son county merit high commendation lor
their broad minded lilx-rnlity, and a hu
manity which will no more consent lo
add to unfortunate misery, the fruits of
cither crime or misfortune.
Fine Potatoes.
The season has been a favorablconefor
the Irish potato, neither too wet nor too
dry, and wc anticipate a very large and
good crop. Those fully matured are lic
giuning to lie brought in, though every
body has lieen eating "new potatoes" of
home growth for six weeks. We hnve
seen some fine ones, and yesterday at
Glenn Bros, saw one weighing one pound,
five ounces. Sweet xtntocs have not
yet made their appearance. Their yield
will lie very great.
Rev. Dr. Lathrop.
This distinguished divine will occupy
the pulpit at the French Broad Baptist
church at 11 o'clock this morning, ow
ing to the indisposition of the regular
pastor Rer, Dr, J. L. Carroll. '
V. M. C. A.
Services Tltursday night at 8 o'clock
at the Central Methodist Church, South.
Subject for diseusssion: "Hypocrisy."
All invited.