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WHITMAN.
The Dead Beat Turns Up i'm Boston.
and Plays the Roll Of Martyr 10
SOufhRru Outrage,

The Dead Beat Turns Up i'm Boston.
and Plays the Roll Of Martyr 10
southern Outrage.
Oar readers are familiar with tho cir
cumstances of the grand escapade of the
celebrated manager Of the white
Fawn and great English opera troupe"
some weeks since, Benny Whitman,
oh" Everybody was left in the lurch
and all Benny's paraphernalia was sold
at Sheritf's sale for mere song The
Indebtedness Of the aforesaid, with sala>
ries due the members of the company,
rent of the theater, printing bills and
hotel bills, amounting to about S., 600
benjamin. escaped, aHd has been "lost
TO sight, but still to memory dear,
until few days ago, when he turned
up again. like my cousin Toms wifes
first" in the farce of Posr Pillicoddy
Private dispatches from the seat of war
announce that he has made his
appearance in the high old town
Of Bosting, and has engaged a
company of credulous comedians
male and female, to enlist under his
banners to make a summer trip to Hall
fax at is funny how they do it but they
do" The gentle Phoebe, his cara spoSG,
glittering with diamonds; Benjamin,
with a pocket book well filed with 7>30s
and l0-2Os, represented that they were
the types ofiniured innocence; that they
had been unjustly prosecuted and foully
maligned and maliciously ami remorse.
lessly pursued in the city of Memphis;
that their remorseless creditors would
not give them time to liquidate and they
were, consequently, obliged to incOnti-
nently absquatulate. The press had
pursued them, the telegraph had been
employed to destroy their character and
social position; but virtue had at length
triumphed. They had sold stock; they
had forwarded funds to Memphis to sat
isfy all judgments, liens, claims and
costs against them; they had never hunted
up the members of the company 30 whom
they were indebted, far and near, with
whose misfortunes they had deeply SYM
pathized, and paid them up in full
These assertions, backed by a prodigal
display Of wealth, has enabled Benz amin
to pull wool over the eyes Of another
credulous set of individuals, and we pres
sumo will enable him to "honeyfugle"
our brethren of the press. All We have
to say lie, that nobody here is aware of
Benjamiu +. Whitman having settled one
dollar of his Indebtedness, and We can
only advise all who have formed, or in
tend to form, any business relations with
him, to beware the dog His career
is only illustrative of what the mock duke,
Jacques, in the Honeymoon, says, "a man
need never want gold in his pocket who
has plenty of brass in his face. Mems
phiS APqedl, dug. ,.
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DIVORCES IN CINCINSATI LAST
LII IL YEAR. - ------- l.

At the commencement of the last statis-
teal year there were 70 cases of divorce
pending in Cincinnati. During the yesr
there were added Isl more cases, making
a grand total of 221 .ca'es. or these, 102
cases we're decided, while ll9 yet remain
to be determined. OF this large number
only "a we're brought by husbands, while
1877 were brought by wives. OF these %
DEGREES Were granted to the husbands and
20 to wives, and 8 refused TO the husbands
and to the wives. OF the charges on
which these were brought, As were for
adultery, So for absence and gross neglect
of duty, AZ for cruelty, 20 for drunkenness
6 for fraud, and 6 were brought upon
miscellaneous charges. On the ground of
adultery, % were brought by husbands and
% by wives; on the ground of Absence
and neglect, l9 were brought by husbands
and &C by wives; on the ground of cruelty,
? were brought by husbands and As by
wives; on the ground of drunkenness, 7 by
husbands and % by wives; on the ground
of fraud, by husbands and 2 by wives,
and on miscellaneous grounds, by hus.
bands aud by wives.-Cinciaaai Chroni
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MOBILE.
Outrageous Conduct Of - Negro Mob
citizens KILLED and Wounded


Citizens KILLED and Wounded.
NOZZLE, Aug. 6.-Last night serious
riot occurred here, beginning in an out
door Republican meeting to celebrate the
triumph of the Republican candidate for
this congressional district. The meeting
WAS large and composed exclusively of me-
groes, except few white leaders.
During the whole Of yesterday rHmors
circulated that the negroes were very much
excited, defiant and threatening to burn
the Democratic candidate for Congress in
efiCy, Several citizens called on the
Mayor, and some of the leaders adj
yised them it would be better to postpone
the meeting, for if the efigy threat was
carried out the white people couldn't
be restrained from an attempt to resent
the indiguity by force. 1t was thought
those representations had the desired
effect and that there would be no
meeting. At s o'clock, however, the
tar barrels were lighted of and the negroes
began to flock in until they swelled into
crowd OF a thousand or fifteen hundred.
Many came with guns-most all with con-
cealed srms, pistols and knives. Nothing
occurred except the inhammatory talk of
the speakers until about ten o'clock, when
iCcose dippute between two citizens
On subject entirely foreign
TO politics OF the meeting attracted
some attention, and in pressing up TO see
what twas about white man accidentally
trod on negro's foot. Just as the alter
cation about this was settled, a pistol shot
WAS heard This was a signal for
general firing. The whole crowd
dispersed Immediately. The fire was con-
tinued a few moments, the crowd scattered,
and in ten minutes dead quiet reigned,
broken only by the tread of a white patrol.
A detachment of United States troops were
stationed at the guardhou9e, by request of
the Mayor, in anticipation Of trouble.
They took no part in the fray except TO
march up town TO put a stop 10 the firing.
Ii Is not known who fired the first sho'.
The casualties considering the number Of
shots fired are small. Three negroes were
killed and three wounded. -Four polio
officers and three other white men we're
wounded.
The Register this morning comments on
{ as follows: Last night the work done
after our editorial of this morning was in
print, ia a sharp and quick comment
gry on the dangers that are fore.
cast from the present aspect of at.
fairs. II is Il burning shame that
this community should be exposed
to outrage like this, and the community
owes it as a duty TO itself to prevent q
repetition. As TO where the blame liet
there is no question. Those deeds are the
direct outbreaks of the malignant passionl
ofnegroes infamed and dashed into fury by
public harrangues and private instigations
Of the foreign Radicals in our midst. II
is question for the public to decide
how long these incendiaries shall be al
lowed to expose the peace Of society sn'
safety OF women and children. We hope a
public meeting will be held 10 answe
his question; the first congressional dis
trict ~ uncertain and it will take ofhcia
count Ia decide The vote
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ESTARTJsHED MARCH 80. 1885.
VIRGINIA.
Negroes Resisting law.


RICHMOND, August 6.--Sheriff Mathew
and his deputy, Stevens, Of Norfolk, paid
recent visit to Taylors's farm in that
county, for the purpose Of serving wrlts OF
eiectment on the negro squatters there.
They went down in buggy, and
coming to the village left the horse and
buggy in the road, and passed through
the different streets leaving notices on
every hand, and when they returned to
the buggy we're astonished to hnd the
buggy, horse and harness decorated all
over with The notice. they had just served.
On inquiry as to the cause Of this, the ne
groes informed them that no attention would
be paid 10 these notices; that the military
would have to remove them. They o1er-
ed no violence to the officers, but assured
them that no civil law was recognized in
that village; thus the matter stands.
Mr.. Taylor is deprived of his property
by the military, and to recover il, 1t Is
referred TO the civil law which is power
less in the premises.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
MORE ELECTION RETURNS.
Fatal Duel at Augusta, Ga.
Terrible Riot in Mobile.
- - ~ I'll
The Alabama Election.
~ Ira
Cincinnati Textile Fair.
Awards to Tennessee Fac
tories.
TENNESSEE.

Further Details Of the Election.
Latest Specials to the Union and American.
=, Simmer County.
Gk1.LATIN, Tenn, Aug. 6.-Full vote of
the county, Senter 1855. Stokes 527.
Senter's msjority 2,12S.
stewart County.
DOVER, Auga6-The entire vote polled
for Senter. Stokes will hardly be known
in the county. Hart is ahead Of Stark for
Senate. Dr.. West elected Representative.
Robertson County.
SPRINGFIELD. Aug. 6.-VOte Of Robert
son county only 24OO. Senter's majority
1000. Cheatham's majority 2,225 over
Jordan and Williams.
shelby County.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 6.-The official vote OF
the city gives Senter 2,l7l majority, One
precinct in the county gives him a majority
of 1873.
Bedford County.
SHELBYvILLE, Aug. 6.-Senter's major
ity in Bedford eouaty 9S5. Neel, Repre-
sentative proper 1925, and Russell for
Floster 1910. Cooper, Senator, no oppo-
sition.
Monroe County.
SwEETwATER, August 7-Senter's ma
iority in Monroe county 900. Owen, Sen.
ter Republican, elected Represent tive.
Coffee County.
MANCHESTER, Aug. 6.-Representative
Casey, Democrat, S45 vote; Thomas, Re-
publican, AZ so far ss heard from.
Carroll Comfy.
HUNTINGDON, Aug. 6.--The vote below
is official for Carroll county, except one
district, that will not vary the result more
than so votes For Senter, 1886; Stokes,
1865; Upton, l,465; Mcdowell, l,0Sl.
For Senator, Hall, l,52l; Norman, 1857
For Floaler, Roach, l,4S3; Brooks, / ,O42.
For Representative, Eulaw, universal suf-
frage,) 1851; Murray. RAdical,) 1857.
Henderson county gives universal suf-
frage 800 majority. (--
Hamilton County.
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 6 -Eleyen dis
tricts in this county give Senter 6l5,
msjority. A. A. Pearson, Senator, has
743 msjprity over Cate. E. A. james,
Representative, has $50 majority over J.
s. Weltse, the Stokes candidate. AS.
Shears, Floater on the Senter ticket, leads
his competitor by over 900 majority in this
county. The sixth district yet TO hear
from will increase Santer's majority to 700
in the county.
By the Southern Pacific and Atlantic Line.
Montgomery COunty-OmeiaI.
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 6.-Stokes ], 465
Senter 2,5lG, Mcdowell lab, Upton
2,5Os, Starke ,O95, Hart $500, White. ne
gro, ,482, Horberger, 2472, Smith ., Jor-
dan l,44S, Cheatham ., 426.
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MEMPHIS.

The VIetOry-TOne Of the Democratic
Press.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 6.-The official vote Of
Shelby county, with one precirct TO hear
from, gives Senter 1862 majority.
With the exception of the disturbance
at Moscow, no act of violence at the polls
has occurred in West Tennessee.
The Democratic press here, in announc-
ing the victory achieved here yester-
day, calls upon the supporters of
Senter to remember charity in the hour of
triumph, and to forget the wrongs that
have been inflicted upon them. The Av-
slanche says it understands some Of the
carpet-baggers are preparing to leave, and
calls upon them to remain, and assures
them of nerfent safety
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CINCINNATI.

Textile Superintendent 10 Ten
nessee Factories.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 6-Atthe textile fabric
exposition there seven Tennessee awards
of premiums this morning. The committee
on awarding premiums reported cotton
fabrics, thirty-six inches, brown cottons
best bales, Pulaski Manufacturing Com
pany, Pulaski, Giles county, Tennessee,
fifty dollars. Seven.eighth inch brown
cotton, best bale $50, Pulaski Manufacture
ing Company. Best display of fancy osna.
burgs, Sylvan mills, Shelbyville, Bedford
county, Tenn, two dollars.
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THE Sun DOES NOT SET IN ALASKA
At Sitka Mr.. Seward will see the sun
stand still,' as it did in the days of
Joshua. South Alaska is in the latitude
of sixty-yery nearly the same as that of
S5uthernmost Greenland. In that latl-
tude the sun does not set at all In sum-
mer. 1t remains about twenty-five deN
grees above the horizon at the houi we
call midnight. The only mode OF know
ing there that it is midnight, is to watch
the sun when it begins 10 ascend. Fowls
90 TO roost at Z P. NJ, and repose until the
sun is well up. In winter it IS, OF
course, the reverse, as in the higher latl-
tudes the sun is not seen for six weeks.
1t used to be the boast of England that
on its empire the sun never sets. Well,
we have an empire on which the sun only
sets occssionally-NetO York Times.
Az attempt was made to rob n store in
. Plttsburg, Iowa, few nights ago. The
clerk fired at the intruder who jumped
! down through It window and escaped A
few days after young man was found TO
be liza physician called, who found a
bullet wound; he charged the Young man
with being the robber, and he at last ac-
knowledged that he was His death was
expected
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A SPINNING WHEEL FOR THE QUEEN
An Irish spinning wheel has been made
to order for Queen Victoria by Mr..
James McCreery, a wood turner in Conn's
Water Mill. The wheel is composed of
mahogany and Irish elder, and has been
hand. polished in a superb manner. On
the "stock"-the lower edge of which is
trimmed with silyer-is tiara of sham
rocks in bog oak, while the "rocks'' hold
''streak" CT fine Irish tax from the
works of the Northern Spinning Cons
pany, selected out of quantity of fax
which cost 21s per stone. The royal
wheel reached Buckingham Palace on
July l.
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MURDER ,I,. NEAR Walden, MISS.
one Cousin Kills Another In Presence
-. III of a Lady. M ~. e.

Oh . A<<'sAJs
In one of our issues Of last week we
published the fact that one j. M. Niche
had. near Walden, Miss, killed his cousin
J.J Niche. The particulars were not
then to hand. They have since reached
us. and are more shocking than the first
and simple statement led US to believe.
1t appears that on the 18th ult. a school
examination was held at the school near
West Station, which the cousins at
tended, promising to return home to-
gether. About half an hour after the
arrival of j. j. his cousin reached the
schoolhouse and in great passion, ex.
cited from some cause that has not yet
Observation-Disclosures him as id
rascal whom he intended to whip. j.
j. remarked that that was no place for
difficulty and they could settle it some
other time but J. NJ. continued to curse
him and urged the fight then; where
upon j j. responded if nothing else but
fight would do him they would go off
from the house and fight it out fair
fight, which they did. The latter habit
in his pc Yer to hurt his cousin badly,
but he would not, stating that he had
nothing against him. They were sepa-
rated. I'M. Niche not being satisfied
renewed the fight and j. j., again get
ting the advantage, was advised to whip
him, but he remarked that they were
brothers sons and he did not want to
hurt him. They were again separated,
and j. NJ. Niche started of, swearing
revenge as he rode away. He then
went home, four miles distant from the
school, dressed and armed him
self, telling the members Of his
family that he intended killing his
cousin before he returned home. The
examination being over, j. j. Niche
started home in company with young
lady and three or four young boys, all
unarmed, and when about mile from
the school house met his determined an
tagonist, who asked to speak with him.
This he refused, whereupon the irate and
murderously intending cousin attempted
to fire, but only burst cap. Approach
ing nearer he fired second time, and
fatally, the ball entering the wind pipe
and producing instant death. Neither
the entreaties of the boys nor the sup~
plicating petitions of the young lady had
any effect upon the angered man, who
fled and has not since been heard Of
Memphis Appeal, dug. 3. p r'ra
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We had the pleasure of call from Col
Peter DOMAIN the startling, dashing,
scathing, notwithstanding editor of the
Lexington (Mo.) Caucasian. Those who
have formed an idea of the CoIonels per.
sonal ferociiy, from his ar E BeP' letters,
and from his whitening editorials in the
Metropolitan Record and the Lexington
Caucasian, would be surprised to know
that he is "a mild looking as a theological
student, and is the soul of generosity and
good humor. T 4....'...-......
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Heavily Fined.

w c Daugherty, who was arrested
Thursday night on The charge Of shooting
at an officer with intent TO kill, was fined
$50 and Costs in the Commissioners Court
yesterds y He was found SIG and costs for
being drunk and disorderly and carrying
concealed weapons, and $50 aud costs for
shooting with intent 10 kill. ID.
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BRAZILIAN PLEAsANTRIEs

They talk about the tyranny Of Lopez,
but that Of the Emperor of Brazil vastly
exceeds it. In order to obtain q major
ity for the Emperor in new Parliament,
men Of doubtful, and, in some cases men
of Infamous character, were installed in
office. Among those who were made
magistrates was one man who had
murdered his sisters husband in her
arms; another who had been tried for
two murders; third, an agent of
police, who had caused the massacre Of
CarmO, and fourth, whom the chief Of
police had in public report, in Septem-
Der, SO, designated as murderer. Num-
erous assassinations were perpetrated by
military detachments or by the police
sent officially for the purpose, on fraudGs
lent or Vindictive complaints being
lodged by the voters enemies. Two
most atrOcious cases are recorded by one
of the Senator'S Qife members of the up
per house) In the first, the soldiers en-
tered house where the wife was very
i'll, searched her bed in pretence of see
ing whether any recruitable man was
concealed there, and terrified her so that
she became delirious and died, leaving a
young family; her husband, in order to
save her from these horrors, offered
himself as a prisoner, but the ruffians
only laughed at him. In the second,
the police surrounded the coffee estate of
a planter who was absent, arrested his
laborers, whipped his female slaves,
searched the house, and threatened his
wife with Gaming. ..i.. .iif
Well may Senator de Souza say that
one may now recognize the fact that the
lot of the subjects of Asiatic Turkey is a
thousand times better than that of a
Brazilian liberal at the present moment.
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THE WESTERN LoCUsrs.-A recent
number ola Nevada newspaper gives an
account, furnished by correspond eht,
Of the armies of locusts, grasshoppers
or crickets that devastate those regions.
The locusts, it is stated, come in three
or four divisions, each mile long by
half mile wide, stopping at nothing
and passing through fire and water. Ga
reaching the 0uyhee river, the locusts
ran out on the branches Of the willow
trees, then jumped into the stream and
swan across to the opposite shore, a
distance Of thirty feet. The whole of
this part of the country is covered with
grass, but the lOcusts, rejecting this their
usual food, attacked saddles, brides and
other leather articles, and IN short
time devoured everything. The fish in
the river which they crossed would not
bite for four days afterward, having been
completely satiated with the locusts.
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commissioners Court.

James Cox, drunkenness, SIS and COST;
Minerva Sands, using vulgar and abusive
language, continued; T S Geaves, carrying
a pistol, S. and costs; Ann Conors, drusk-
ennoss, IS and costs; II V Bas9ett, keeping
saloon open on election day, SIS and costs;
Mary Hampton, Annie Little, Robt Mays
nard and Pat McGayock, assault and bat
tery, SIS and costs, each; Alex Wood, using
vulgar and abusive language, SIS and costs;
James johnson, drunk and disorderly and
fast driving, S. and costs.
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IRIsH CRoPs-The reports from all
parts of ireland as to the state Of the
crops are highly encouraging. The gems
eral appearance Of things has been greatly
improved in the North by recent rain.
In the South rain is wanted, but wheat
generally looks well. Potatoes are good.
Turnips promise fair return. The
Irish harvest is not likely to be very
EARL one, but great hopes are entertained
that it will prove full average.
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A CURIOUS Marriages.


"a Bridegroom Up the Linden Tree
is the heading of a curious marriage story
which really occurred in a little village
pleasantly situated on the banks of the
Rhine. A certain land owner Of the vii
lage had daughter who was courted by
a neighboring swain, ard after the latter
had got the promise of the old gentleman,
his future father>in-laW, to make over the
homestead to himself, the marriage day
was fixed. The day was Sunday, and
the guests had assembled from far and
wide. They had already begun to
make the marriage procession, when
suddenly the Bridegroom was found
to have disappeared, and in spite
Of all the searching, in the
yard, in the barn, stable and in the
neighboring houses, not trace Of him
could be found. The bride wept bitterly
at her lovers deception, and everybody
heaped abuse on the missing one. Final
ly one of the searchers succeeded in dis
covering the bridegroom in the thickly-
leafed summit of q large linden tree,
which stood at the back of the house.
All the guests then ran to look at him;
some began to abuse him for making
such a spectacle at that critical moment,
when the parish priest addressed some
pretty sharp words about his conduct.
The young man, however, did no
seem inclined to come down and
fulfill his engagement, but began TO
explain, from where he was perched,
what was the matter. He said
that his intended father>in-law had
promised faithfully before the betrOthal
to transfer his land to him (the BRIDE
groom, but the promise had been STAYED
off from day to day, and at the time Of
speaking it was not fulfilled. He would,
therefore, not enter the portal Of the
church until the old gentleman had done
his duty. And, in spite of all the pro-
estations by the guests and the old man,
the village schoOl-msster had at last to
be sent for to make out the contract; and
only after this was signed, sealed and
delivered, did the delinquent descend
from the linden tree, and take his sobbing
bride to church. aI..
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A tumor weighing over twenty pounds,
and forty inches in circumference, was
removed at the indianapolis Surgical
Institute, last Friday, from the back of a
woman fifty years old, living in Hamilton
county, and named Mrs. Deem. 1t has
been growing for fifteen years.
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Chief Justice Chase was charged by
Forney with having pledged himself In
advance of hearing to release Col: err
GER on writ Of habeas corpus. Having
done 10 such thing, it only remains to
classify Forney as foul falsifer, which
his having written the Jameson letter
is also proof Of ..
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TIE DELAwARE Corn CRoP-The
Wilmington Republican says: The
drought which so long prevailed in pOr-
tions of Penceder, st. Georges and Red
Lion Hundreds has greatly damaged the
corn. Farmers State that they will not
realize half yield this season. In
other sections of the county it looks
beautiful and promises an abundant
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