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JSGS The FARMER has a large and grow
ing circulation among the best class of farm
ers and planters of the j South, especially in
the two Carolinas, i N j . - "
es The Postaare en the Farmer Is
I only five cents per ; quarter, payable at the
omce wnere tne paper is received. -
JS&- Post Office Money Orders may be
obtained in all the cities, aud in many Of the
large t Awns, j: We eShsider them perfectly safe,
and the best means of remitting fifty dollars
or less. !h I if -J. H. .j
49" BesristeretlXetters, under tne new
sastem, which went into effect June 1st. are a
very safe means of sending small sums of mo
ney where P. O. Money Orders cannot be easily
obtained. Observe .the Repistry fee, as well as
postage j must be paid in stamps &t the office
wnere tne lettems mailed, or it win be liable
to be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Buy and
rfflxthe stamps both for "postage and registry, put
n fhe money and seal the letter in the presence of
fhe post-master and take his receipt fpr it. .Letters
pent to ns in. this way are at our risk. 1
isallamiJits;
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Vallandigham's last taw Case.
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The McGehen murder trial, the case in
kvhich the Hod. C. L. Vallandigham was
engaged as council, at the time f his
ueain, nas created great interest in ooutn-
;rn Uhio, on account or certain political
elations. and because ! its occurrence in-
rblved the exposure of many prominent
faro den. On the night of December.
4, Thomas Meyers, a Republican, was
ot,! as allesed. in a erambliher saloon bv
pe of five! men, who, according to the in
ictment, entered the nlace with intent to
bmmit the murder, and according to a
peconcenea conspiracy. ! The live men
rere Thomas McGehan. now on trial :
hck Garver, Daniel McGlynn, James Mc-
enan, ana j od &neeiey, i all Democrats,
he charge against them each is identical,
id the latter four will be ' tried in turn
ter James McGehan. Job E.. Owens,
ie of the chief witnesses !for the prosecu
on, is Chief of the ( Fire Department of
amilton, i and was in the faro saloon
hen the . crime was commttted. His
ory of the affray; as given by a corres
mdent of the Cincinnati' Gazette, is as
Hows:. I 1 1 ' . f ' .-
WhezfMr.' Owens entered the faro room
sat at the table and looked at the game
th his back directly turned to the room
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Ji.SShL'ElSj'S,, ' WBITE FOB "5TOTTK FAPEB.
: WLMINGTON, K. G FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1871. NO. 34.
behind. In five minutes or less he heard
a moving ot chairs and rustling at the
faro table. He then arose, faced, about,
and saw a cj-owd of half a dozen persons
surging between the faro table and the
west wall. Then there appeared to be a
pistol shot OredJ whereupon the crowd
dispersed, ajpart
fal
ing
back to the east
part of the room.
While Mr Owen 3 VvXs trying to escape,
Meyers called out murder. Mr. Ovvens
then concluded tc try to stop the riot, and
touched Meyers an j the arm, and said :
"My God, Meyers, this won't do." Meyers
turned his face. . Mri Owt-ns discovered a
spot of blood on his forehead about the
size of a dime. Mr.j Owens supposed this
was a pistol shot through thebrain. From
his paralyzed appearance, the look of his
face and eyes, Mr
Owens supposed he was
a dead man. He then fled. Btfore lie
reached the street
door he heard five sue
cessive shots.
Mr. Follett m
the prosecution o
length upon! thnt
tended to sustain
tie a 1 ng argument for
Fjiiilay. He dwelt at
p-irt ot t be evidence in-
the plea of the dettnee
that Meyers
ing that the
himself was
to which
may have shot - himself, say-
theorv of Meyers shootins
oniv an eviaenceoi
be straits
defence were
pushed;
Brewer's (one of the witnesses) ve was on
Meyer's pistol wl.jen I the fatal shot was
fired, and he testmed that it was not en
tirely drawi froni hi3..pocket at that time.
In the next! place.
a theory that Joe
Meyers punched the
lole in the vest and
combatted: by Mr.
defence smiled, and
pants of Meyers as
Toilet. Counsel for
suggested that it
through after the
The speaker t
marksman jwho
pants and vest
might have been Shot
murder. '
lien; answered that the
shot those holes in the
after the murder, must
have been a; marvel of accuracy. They
were just where they would cover the
wounds in the body of Meyers, and the"
mar of the: ball hat passed through the
pants, was on the paj-t of the suspenders
attached to the button-hole torn oil' by the
ball. He then dwelt upon the difference
in the weight of ihe pistol balls. The one
taken from jthe floor, and evidently fired
from Meyers' pistol was the heaviest.
Meyers' pistol was
larger and fired a
heavier ball than the pistol seen in the
hands of Tom McGehan ten days before
the murder The trial would have been
completed on Monday if it had not been
so sadly interrupted. The following
words, written by the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette oh Friday, read very
strange now : "Mr. ; Milliken will com
mence his argument on Saturday morning.
Whether Mr. Vallandigham will follow in
the afternoon depends upon circumstances.''1
Ea Klax Cow. !
The king of the Ku Klux Klanf last no
ted as appearing on the South; Carolina
road in the guise bf an apparition eighteen
feet high", decked as to its neck with a
jangling j ornament ot . a 90 pound anvil
with sledge hammer pendants, and scratch
ing its head! with the ends of rails lilted
simultaneously from opposite sides of the
highway has-been seen again, this time in
Chester j C. H. squar.e. One negro who
followed it saw it rise up into the air and
thus vanish out of sight, succeeding which
it became visible as peepiog . over a tall
sign under which the colored- gentleman
"was relating the knanner in which he had
frightened it away : Tse friend to de Ku
Klux. Dey's good people. Dey don't
harm nobody but bad! folks," the black man
is reported to have said, and on this the
shade departs to a corner of the square
and goes down a well. All breathe freely
at this, but in an instant everything is
confusion again, a second gemman rush
ing in to say he had met it away off in an
opposite direction, and that it i had pu t
out its hand and touched him, and; "de
feel was as cole as ice." Two nights suc
ceeding this infernal levee his Majesty re
appears, in the guise :of an ox or cow
thirty or thirty five feet high and i much
troubled with insect?, the switchipg of his
tail sounding in the stillness of the 1 night
as the-rush of many waters, while horns of
from ten to fifteen feet in length garnished
his pale brow. Without stopping to inquire-if
the reign of the mastodon had re
commenced, the statesman by whose cabin
this happened fled wildly into town, his
knotted and combined locks standing,
each j black, particular bristle on end.
The United States military having! been
Ordered under arms with ball cartridge
and an eye glass j each, the mystic tail
switching KuKlux cow no longer sets the
government at defiance. I "
Tne Terrors of a Northern Storm.
On the 26th of last month the scnooner
Little Belle left the harbor of St. Johns,
Newfoundland, bound for the north side
of Conception Bay, laden with provisions
and a general outfit for the cod fishery.
About midway between St. Johns harbor
and the 'bay the yind sprung up lively,
and all the canvass was set upon the
schooner in order to run clear oft the land
before night'all. The wind gradually in
crdased until j it was fouud necessary to
shorten saih j Several squalls struck the
scljooner, and everyoul on board, though
mured to the most severe weather, grew
much alarmed.. As the storm became more
fujous all canvas was taken off the vessel
ana sne ran tor aoout an uour oeiore tne
wind
under bare
poles. Even then the
storm overcame her and the order
to lay
alarm
wind
to 1 was given. Another fearful
was raised at this point, for ' the
was sWeeping directly against the!
crass
onj tee t e snore, wnituer tne scnooner
wais drifting at the rate cf two miles an
holir. After, drifting several hours there
was.no alternative ! for the crew but to
head the vessel. right on to the safest land
ing place on the shore to save their lives.
About midnight she struck heavily on one
of jthe! points of Belle Island, near Portu
gal Cove, and stove in her bows. Filling
rapidly, the crew strove to get the j vessel
again into deep water and head her
fori a beach ; situated near the point on
which they struck. On reaching ; a few
hubdred yards seaward the Little Belle
went down and her hardy crew all;fisher
me;n j on their regular summer voyage
were called J upon to save their! lives.
There were but three small boats on board,
bult these went down with the schooner,
as jthere was ho time or opportunity! amid
the confusion to unfasten the gear with
which they were secured to the deck. '
Forty five stalwart men leaped for their
lives ! into the mountainous waves and
only five reached th 3 shore; The' latter"
wete rather cast insensibly upon the rocks
by the fierce waves than saved by any su
perior exertions of their own.
Oh the following morning (the 28th
uli) the scene of the catrastrophe swarmed
wijth fishing smacks and smaller boats in
.search for the bodies of the unfortunate
crew of the . Little Belle. Eleven bodies
were found floating near the shore1, three
of i whom were identified bv ! witnesses of
the discovery. Grappling Was commenced
on; all sides, and. 1 late on the evening of
the 29th, two more corpses were brought
to light as evidences of the heartrenaer
insr calamitv. ' I i
flatter account of this terrible disaster
announces tnat two women, namea mary
McGrath and Mrs. Litburn, left St. Johns
as j passengers on . board the lil-Iated
schooner. ; ::';' ;!:;'r
All but one of those who are missing or
drowned leave wifes and families behind
who were dependent on them forthe
means to live through the long and profit
less winter of Newfoundland. New York
Herald.
White Men Butchered by Negroes.
Albaky, N. Y., June 19.
terrible affair occurred at a place
called Niererer Hollow, a mile back of
Gr'eenbush, opposite this city at 2 o'clock
ths( morning, between threes white men
an Id six negroes. The party was gambling
and drinking, and finally got into awran
gl. The riegroesiwere armed with knives
and razors, and stabbed' James Donnelly,
white'' ten times in the abdomen and
shoulders. ' He cannot 'recover. Another
white man has a cut sixteen ' inches' long
across the abdomen, while a third has in
numerable flesh wounds. .The police an
. thorities are after the blacks. , j ;
Interrupted Bliss From jthe Altar to
the Cell A. Bridegroom Arrested at
the Church Boor, Charged by His
Father with Forgery.
Mr. Charles Moran is a real estate aent
and collector of rents, on the corner of
Ninth and Green streets. His son, Mr.
M. V. Moran, twenty-five or twenty-six
years of age, has long been engaged to
Miss Annie Ivers; a beautiful and accom
plished young lady. The father and
mother of Mr. Moran, bitterly opposed
the marriage upon the ground, it is said,
that Moran and Ivers both suffered from
lung I complaint. The lady and her
friends earnestly protested that her luns
were in excellent condition, Land Mr. Mo
ran, was of the opinion that his lungs
were equal to any he bad ever had, an 61
plently good enough to enter matrimony
with. I Being of lawful age, sound mind,
and considerable spirit, he determined to
marry the object of his choice in spite of
parental opposition, and sagely remarked
that it was
bis
wedding
and not his
father's.
Night before last the young couple
started for church, with the intention of
making such religious preparations as ,is
usual in the Catholic Church prior to a
wedding. : While on the steps of the
sacred edifice the young man was : taken
into the custody 'on a charge of forgery
preferred by his father. The' young lady
did not shriek or faint, as was reported;
but, being endowed with I strong nerves
and a stronger love for the man she was
about to marry, accepted the situation
philosophically, satisfied that her lo'ver's
character would not suffer by the accusa
tion. She returned home with her friends,
while Mr. Moran was conducted to the
Third District station houses and locked
up for the night. Yesterday morning Mr.
Moran, Sr., visited him, and after a short
conversation,' withdrew the charge.
The wedding was not deferred, but was
solemnized at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and the pair are now as happy as it
is possible for them to be tinder the ad
verse circumstances encountered in their
endeavor to become one. I
i The bridegroom, it appears, had been
employed in his father's f office as cashier
and business r manager, ' and it had been
customary with Mr. Moran, Sr., to sign
blank checks, which his son filled up for
any amount needed in business transactions.)-,-:
, :; '" ): " '
Moran, Sr., bad refused to advance the
money needed by his son for the expenses
of the wedding, and the latter having, as
is claimed, $350 due him as salary, filled
up a check for the amount and drew it at
the bank. I ' ;
The transaction appears to have been
legitimate, and his father's action seems to
have been the result of undue excitement.
St. Louis Dem., 29th ult.
j Clement Ii. Vallandigham.
This brilliant statesman whose name
has of late been on every lip, is now num
bered with the dead. The manner of his
death is described in our telegrams. The
announcement will carry a pang to thous
ands of his admirers in every State in the
Union, and will wring the tribute of a tear
even from his political - opponents ; for
Clement L. Vallangham was a man whose
noble Christian", character and pure life
even on the arena of politics challenged
the respect and the admiration ol both
friend and foe., fie was born in 1822 in
Ohio, and was therefore in the very prime
or me wnen ims lnscruiauie jrroviuence
snatched him away from his family and
the nation. In early life he taught school
at an academy in Mary landf but returned
to Ohio in 1840, where he was admitted
to the bar m 182. In 1845 hefwas
elected to the Legislature, , and.- in
1847-'49 he edited the ) Daytun En
quirer. He was , elected j to Congress
a Democrat in .1856 against L. C. .Camp
bell, and held his seat - until 1863. ; In
1836 he was also a r delegate to the Demo
cratic National Convention; which met in
Cincinnati. He was always a most ardent
and devoted friend of the South, and in
1863 he expressed ' himself in a political
speech, and , privately, in such emphatic
terms that he was arrested upon the charge
of uttering "disloyal sentiments," and. sen-.
fenced by a military court. to close con-,
finement until the end ot the war. This T
sentence was commuted by the President,
and Mr. vallandigham was sent into , the
Confederate lines. From the South he
embarked for Bermuda, and went thence,
to Canada. The Democratic Convention
of Ohio which met in .June, 1863, de-
nounced bis banishment, and nominated
him for Governor. He was defeated by
Governor Brough by the immense majority ; (
of .101,000 vote3. In 1864 he was a dele
gate to the Democratic Convention which'
met at Chicago. . . . - u
Mrj Vallandighatn's more recent history -is
familiar to all of our readers. He was '
in st now one of the most prominent polit
ical figures in the country. By his bold- .
ness he secured in Ohio the adoption of it
the present Democratic Platform in that
State which is destined to be the platform
of the National Democracy in 1872. L X.
- The death ot such a man at such a time
is a great national calamity. We have
few public men of either party left that
could! compare with him in ability and
character. - ., " ' ;
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Road Steamers In India.
Thompson's road steamers are about 'to
be brought into use in Indiathe plan be
ing to run them between two stations in
the Iunjab, namely, Bawul Pinde and
Jhelum, the distance between these two
places . being sixty-eight 4 jand one-half
miles.j This train will, on rdinary occa
sions.jConsist of one, and on extraofldina-(
ry bedasions, of twolomnibuseisfill
run the distance in seven hours, intrusive
of all;stbppages. One omnibus will carry
20 first, 20 second and 20 third-class pas
sengers, with 50 cwt. of mails and lug
gage, which will be sufficient for every
daytraffic. . . J;
The question of steam traction on com
mon roads is now believed to be solved,
and the application I of the India rubber
tire is regarded as a perfect success. The ;
wheel and its tire may be described as
consisting of a broad iron tire ! with nar-, "
row flanges, upon which is placed a ring
of soft vulcanized India rubber ; this ring
is about twelve inches wide and five inches
wide and five inches thick, which - thus
surrounds the iron tire, and is kept in its
place by the flanges ; then over the India
rubber! there is placed an endless Chain of
steel plates, which is the portion of the'
wheel that comes into actual contact with
the rough road, the reticulated chain be
ing connected by a sort of vertebra at each
side of the wheel. The India rubber tire ' "
and this ring of steel plates have no rigid
connection, but have perfect freedom in
moving round without involving each :
other, and independent oi the inner ring :
of the wheel which they both enclose. The
efficiency of this wheel is due to the.,f act
that the soft India rubber allows it toflat
ten ujpon the road, Whether' rough or
smooth. ;
In the construction of the road steamer
the greater portion of the weight, includ-.
ing the boiler, rests upon the driving :
wheels; the third wheel in front is for
guiding the direction of ; movement, arid
is perfectly under : control. A notable
peculiarity of the boiler is the copper pot
for holding boiling .water within the fur- '
nace,' and it is so ' contrived that if the
boiler contains any f water the pot will
have a ; full supply. ;.. This arrangement
keeps the centre of gravity low, and :, al- "
lo ws the engine to run u p hil Is of 1 in 10, ;
or go along an angle of 35 degrees.- If.
Y. Journal of Commerce.
Success of the Women Doctors.
The Pennsylvania State, Medical ' Socie
ty, in its session in Williamsport, rescinded
on the 15th ult their rule prohibiting con
sultation with women physicians, or with '
those -medical men who either taught' or
consulted with them. , t In; 'Philadelphia,'
also, the American Hpmeopatbic Institute
last week passed the resolution admitting.
to lull . ana nonoraoie memDersnip ' an
properly qualified physicians of either sex.
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