The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-16

NEW YORK, July Is @HSst9fdRy, eight
lettesss ware found finS KAea, efitnll ard e
possesstoh. written IS Goodrich, and
ave from him to her. all showing that
she considered herself as his lawful wife.
She addresses him as "My Dear Char.
ley" and My Dearest Husband" The
letters OF! both likewise show that they
were married. or went through cere-
mony which she supposed lawful mar
risge, May 20, 1872, in New York, and
were registered as man and wife at the
ashton House. Three OF his letters are
dated after the. alleged marriage. The
second tells her: ut is better for both
that we should separate" The third
tells her not to cali herself his wife. as
they must separate. He offers to furnish
her apartments in New York, and do
everything for her, bus she must not tell
his family OF their relations.
A Vorla special says Col. Green, of
the Boston Post, will be nominated Go
vernon Of Massachusetts, upon the
straight Democratic platform.
y. NJ. Mayorga, q leading and we'll
known Cuban, who, with others, fitted
out the Fannie expedition, in 1871, and
acted for some time as Vice President of
the Cuban republic. and was condemned
last year by order from Falmaseda to be
Immediately gsrroted when caught, died,
after brief illness at midnight, in Lex
ingtQn avenne, aged fifty-fve.
Il. 8. Mills, President Of the Brooklyn
Trust Company, and well-known
throughout the country. was drowned,
while bathing at Coney Island. this
morning.
BALr1MonE. July Is -Wm. L. Udder-
zook has been arrested, charged with the
murder Of q strange man in Chester
County. Pa. Undertook was the princi.
pal witness in the famous Goss insurance
case, tried in this city recently, in which
Mrs. Goss. widow, brought suit to re-.
cover We. .00O life policies on her hus-
band, divided among several New York
companies and the Travellers, of Hart
ford. In this case, Goss was alleged to
have been burned in the shop where he
was experimenting with chemicals, and
the remains of the dead body taken from
the ruins. Udderzook was a brother-in.
law of Goss.
NEW YORK. July 15.-The Directors
OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
have authorized the President to settle
with the Union Pacific Railroad Com.
pnny; to sell the steamship Montana for
$60, 900, another steamer for $50, 900.
and to borrow $500. 900 on the com.
pany's real estate to meet the debt i'm
mediately due, amounting to $780, 900.
The company also requires $500, 600 to
put Its steamers in worthy condition.
James Jackson, negro, who killed
his white paramour; plead guilty of man
slaughter in the fourth degree. He was
sentenced to two years imprisonment.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-rhe reports Of
the condition of the cotton crop to the
Department Of Agriculture, for july /
indicate as follows: Owing to the causes
reported in June, the crop is generally
from two to four weeks late. Through
out the cotton States the weather was
unprecedentedly wet for period vary.
ing from twenty-five 10 thirty i've days.
ending abont the 25th of June. The
ai ca OF cotton planted was sufficient To
tax the available labor to the utmost.
under tho most favorable circumstances:
consequently the excessively wet wea.
ther. preventing work and stimulating
grass and weeds, has not only caused
poor stands and grassy and otherwise
unfayorabie condition quite generally.
but has necessitated the abandonment of
large portions OF the area planted: pro.
badly nearly enough to bring the acreage
down to what it was last year. The re-
porte. with rare exceptions. are despond-
ent in tone, and picture a somewhat
gloomy prospect; doubtless the majority
falling in with the common tendency to
exaggerate the bad effects upon crops.
an average weather prevailing in the
present, aud to underrate the future
chances OF recuperation from these
effects. The reports show generally that
the favorable weather in the las. days Of
June was having the effect TO change the
condition somewhat rapidly for the bet
ter. Cotton worms. cnterpillars and lice
had made their appearance in small nun.
bers at several points, but as yet had not
occasioned much apprehension of seri.
ons damage.
The average condition for the cotton
States, not counting Virginia, mule up
from all the Counties reported, was 895.
In detail, the condition reported by
figures gives the following results: Virgi
mia, 10 Counties reporting average con-
dition at lOS, 2 being plnced at 100, 6
above, 2 below; North Carolina, 43
Counties average 81, II at 100, 7 above.
% below; South carolina, 16 Counties
average 80; Laurefis 100; all others be-
low; Florida, 10 Counties average % 2