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From The Nel0 Fork Express of Wednesdav Fueningl
~ THE MURDER AT LONG BRANCH
"reat Excitement IN the Neighborhood-7he AHeged
nTSerer tH p "a Ne9ro) Arrested-Efort TO Suppress
| The horrible and oy;do,., - -, -,
ing boeurr occurred at Long Branch on Tuesday morn
npigbborbooeda the greatest excitement in the
sce5a of tbe hundreds of persons visited the
| day. morning. but up to o o,cIoor AZ ~ ha5
not been found. An effort had been nod by sa n1r
era persons living in the locality to suppress the
particulars of the murder, but the peonla of Ion
branch generally are loud in their demand for an
investigation. 1t is rumored in the neighborbood
that wealthy Southern gentleman visited Long
3 13lanch' some weeks since, to recruit his health.
lie put up at Peterson's hotel, and during the
period OF his residence there lived rather reckless.
iy-lnduIglng freely in the use of liquor. He was
very communicative, and during his short stay
" maui several acqualntances, none of whom, how
ever, nave yet revealed his name. Three or four
ays since, his cash was exhausted, and he determ-
t lneu 10 write home for three thousand dollars. On
SSeiHs naue acquainted with his intention Mr.
ScrlVens, one OF his new friends strongly advised
MIN not to do so, as he might be murdered iii was
known he had such an amount on hand. Other
gentlemen in the hotel, it is sad concurred in the
propriety of this advice; but in defiance of their
counsel, the Southern gentleman sent home for
the money, and received it three days SINCE The
circumstance was well and widely known.
=, oh tuesday morning servant in the house of
Mr.. ABE Reed, near the beach, heard the CRY of
murder" which was accompanied by successive
groans-but, being afraid to interfere in the
matter, ne went immediately to bed The groans
were were continued for some minutes, when they sud
uenly ceased. On examining the beach in the
morning, clOtted hair, blood and brains were found
and at short distance from these a long, heavy
cuo was discovered, which, it is supposed, was the
instrument by which the murder was accomplish
ed; When the news had spread through the To-
cality, it was found that the Southern gentleman
was missing, and that he had been last seen one
hour before the murder. 1t was then strongly sus-
VIII atf pdad
ana who knew the amount of money he had re-
Gently received, murdered him to obtain it. The
negro was accordingly arrested and the Coroner
mas oeen notified to investigate the matter.
MORE METEoRs.-Three distinct meteors have
peen seen above our horizon almost within as many
weeks-the great meteor of the age, whose course
was tracked over distance of more than a thou
sand miles; the second, which seen subsequently
in many of the Southern States; and the small
terobte, which was observed at two or three points
IN this vicinity, making a small arc, on Monday
night. These phenomena very unusual and
very extraordinary, and taken with the fact that
the aurora boreas has flashed its brilliant light
over the heavens repeatedly, and with remarkable
power, at TINS season of the year, when it is rarely
IL ever visible, we conclude that there is some curl
GUS process going on in the atmosphere, which it
would De very interesting to explain if apy of our
scientific gentlemen can compass it. This wear has
been peculiarly fruitful in phenomena: there is the
comet now visible in California; and then there was
the eclipse of the sun, which occurred with such
unerring accuracy in accordance with the predic-
tions of the astronomers; the meteors and the
northern lights, which put the telegraph wires east
OF Boston hors de combat on Tuesday night, and
interrupted the Europas news We seem TO he
living In an atmosphere of magnetism and electric-
ty! to which are probably due the freedom from
epidemic disease, and the remarkable abundance of
the crops.-N. Y Herald.
LETTER FROM THE WEATHER KING-Earthouoke
Volcanic Erupt'ons, Thunder and Lightning and
Arora.-AccOunts from Iceland state that on
LhuTsday, May 9TH, of the present year, several
shocks OF earthquakes were felt at Myrdal, Iceland,
and were Immediately succeeded by an eruption of
the volcano of the Myrdas, Jockel Mountain.
The eruption continued at intervals to the 26th,
On the llth and l2th smoke, cinders, and balls Of
nre were thrown up. From my place of observa-
tion on Brooklyn Heights, Aurora Boreas was
seen on the night of the 7th and 8th of
May. On the Seventh, the bark Warwick
was struck by lightning, seton fire and
the fire continued until her arrivalat Havre,
where she was scuttled. snow storm was ex-
perienced at the Lake of Utah; tornado passed
over part of Bucks county, Pa; man was killed
by lightning at Fort Edward, New York while
taking shelter under a tree. On the llth and 18th
great snow storm in Utah; more than foot depth
of snow fell, Rome, Tennessee thunder and CHIT
ning: In the Gulf Stream heavy gale of wind
blowing from all points of the compass. Temper
ature on Brook yn Heights fell to forty-seven d..
| grees on the 9th. Three terms in which the tenn.
Perature was in equilibrium, and three in which it
brooklyn Heights, Augusta. i. merriam.
TnE DRoUrH IN SOMERSET CoUNTY.-The Somer-
| set Union, of the 9TH, saws:
',The prevailing drought is the most distressing
we have ever known. In many parts of the county
there has not been rain enough to wet corn to the
roots since about first of June, and everywhere
this crop bears unmistakable evidences of failure
we have not seen corn field that the drough has
not made its mark upon, and many are parched
beyond redemption. The pastures are dried up,
ana many farmers lind it exceedingly difficult to
OBTAIN meagre supply of water for their suffer-
ing stock. Unless We have cOpious rains in few
| thn ~ H.
total failure, and at best it will fall far below an
average one.
The papers from all parts of the State use much
the same language in reference to the condition
and prospects of the crops. 1t is hoped that the
rains of Wednesday covered a large extent of our
territory, for although a great quantity did not
fall, yet it would serve to revive the drooping
vegetation.
THE WESTERN GRAIN CRops- IVeWs Commercial
E1Press, of Chicago, gives the result of the wheat
crop OF 1899, as marketed at that point, follows
In Hour, I'll ,3O2 barrels; in wheat S424 46l BUSH
els; total equal to T. 498 97 bushels exceeding the
receipts from the crop of 1858 by 52O3 $50 bushels
but falling short of those from the crop of 1857 by
3,709, $50 bushels. The Erpress stakes its CONNER
cial reputation on the truth of the prediction that
Chicago will receive nearly if not quite fifty mil
| hon bushels OF grain from the country which seeks
Its market there in the year from August l, 1860,
to August lS6l. d: The corn receipts at Chicago
from the last crop have already reached twelve
million bushels. Receipts of new wheat there are
already beginning to be liberal, and will soon be
large.
New MEXICO MOVING FOR A STATE CONSTITUTION.
Santa Fe correspondence of the st. Louis RepuJ-
lcm, dated July l5 conveys the following intelli.
gence:
"a meeting, to take into consideration the pro-
priety of calling without delay a convention for
the purpose of forming State constitution, and
to apply for admission into the Union at the next
session of Congress, has been called, and will take
place in the legislative hall in this city on Monday
| the 10th instant. very large attendance, CON
sisting of the principal men of both political
! parties here, is expected, and it seems that the
! people all over the Territory are in favor of the
movement"
OFFICE MOVING IN WAsHIvGroN.-The office of the
Attorney General in Washington, is being removed
to that splendid new structure, the Treasury extern
sion. The Second and Fourth Auditors offices
will, doubtless, soon be removed to the same place
All the bureaus of the Interior Department as
well the Secretary's office, are now centered at
the Patent Office. These bureaus are as follows:
Patent Office, Pension Office, Land Office, Census
Office, and the Indian Office. The Post Office De-
partment is on the next square, and in the building
is the office of Auditor OF the Post Office Depart.
ment Thus the bulk of Government employees
at the lower part of the city instead of the
upper part, as formerly.
The BRITrsH NAvY-Donald Mckay writes to the
Boston Commercial Bulletin some of the results of
his observations in the British navy yards. The
Government is now building ffty-three steam war
vessels of various kinds. CARRYING l,7S3 guns or
nearly many the whole United States navy.
By the middle of next year, when the ships now on
the stocks completed, the British feet will
count 1855 vessels, with 1909 guns, and l32,7S6
! horsepower about eight times many guns
| our navy. Over two hundred thousand men will
be required to man the vessels. The French navy
is in guns only little over half strong the
English.
AN UNFORTUNATE INvEsTMENr.-The Christian
hteUigencer gives currency to rumor that legacy
of Sl0O,0 900, which was made many years ago to the
General Episcopal Theological Seminary of New
York, has been almost totally lost through an in
discreet change in the mode of investment. The
iHteHigencer contrasts this unfortunate piece of
management with the discretion displayed by the
Board of Corporation of the Dutch Church, which
has had the control of hundred of thousands of
dollars for nearly half century, and vet has never
lost a dollar in any investment made at its own
suggestion.
DANGEROUS CoUNTERFETT.-A very ingenious ten
dollar piece is in circulation, and it seems almost
impossible to detect it, for an expert. The
genuine coin is opened full one-half the gold taken
out, and then filled in with patina, some other
equally heavy substance, and closed up; the coin
itself, to all appearances, remaining the same in
every respect, even to the specific weight. Spec-
mems of this coin with only $3.50 of gold in them
ordinary skill, the closest observation and
handling.
The official hoard of the NJ T. Church Soutb o.