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PRISONER KILLED.
A MAN Arrested fer Oufraging n We
man, Attempts Escape, and is
Rfddled with bullets.

ST. LOUIS, July 22.-Hull Grubb COM
mitted a gross outrage on woman at
Wathena, Kansas, on Tuesday, and was
sent to jail at Troy yesterday in charge
of a constable and two guards. The
wagon containing the prisoner was fol-
lowed by an excited crowd Of men and
women on foot, on horseback and in
wagons, the former armed with guns
and revOlyers, and the latter carrying
ropes and demanding revenge. When
about one mile from Wathena, Grubb
sprang from the wagon and attempted
to escape, but was Immediately riddled
with bullets and instantly killed. One
of the crowd following the wagon,
named Mcpherson, received one of the
shots by the mob, and was mortally
wounded. A woman riding toward
Wathena, and not connected with the
mob, was thrown from her horse and
perhaps fatally hurt.
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ANOTHER OCEAN DISASTER.
a Bsach-CaEnber Discovers Evidences
o. the sinking OF the Steamer
CIV Of Boston.

NEW YORK. July . The son Of ;.
M. Parsons, Of 81 Wall street, residing
AT Miami, Dade county, Florida, on the
eastern c0ast, writes 10 his father, under
date OF July 5.h, that a besch-com0er,
George Davis by name, found hottie
on the beach about eighteen miles from
Miami. near New river, and gave II 70
him. Ii this bottle was q paper plainly
hearing marks of time. Written upon
Il in ink were these words: steamship
Citv Of Boston. To all whom this mes
SAGE NAV come. The undersigned,
passenger on This ship, writes the fol-
lowing statement: "On Sunday night
heavy storm arose; 1890, increasing;
%. all hone lost; > O'Clock, going d.
John Casweil, London, England." At
the same time that Davis, the beach
clmber, found the bottle, s. board was
found 8 short distance away with some
penciling on il that was rather indis-
Tfnct. and it was with difficulty read.
On it was made out, however, these
words: awe hsve now taken % the
boats IS our last resort There was
something further that was illegiOle.
The boaui was headed "City Of Boston !"
This steamer sailed from this port jan
uarv >, 1870, and has not been definite
1v heard from since.
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SHREVEPORT.
A Hot Day on the Bank KS or Red Rivel
The shadow Of an UgIy Bird and
an UgIieE Future.
A GhastIy Local Government, ana
what the People say AbOutit-Rela-
lions OF Races and Practical
Adoption Of the civil
Rights Bill.
From our Special Correspondent

From our Special Correspondent
SHREVEPORT, LA, July 20, lS74.-
I spent four hours to-day in Shreveport.
There is ever terrible calm preceding
an earthquake. The air is hot and op-
pressive in its stiffness, the sky is as
molten brass, and there is not cloud
about the horizon. Asingle great black
buzzard was circliDg above the city,
bird of evil omen, perhaps. L9Zily and
wearily did it swing from side to side,
as If watching its ugly shadow In the
murky waters Of the sluggish river that
laves the front of sweltering, sleeping
Shreveport. 1t was at MONDAY when l
sauntered very slowly along the "Front
row. of this ancient town. There We're
three ox-wagons to enliven the chosen
seat of local commerce, and
venerable mule stealing provender from
the rear Of one Of these antique vehicles
alone gave signs Of business activity.
The oxen painted, and so slowly and de-
liberately did the mule perpetrate his
thefts that he must have been conscious
that the black policemen lounging be.
meath the awnings were his sworn
friends. 1t was fiercely hot. A negro,
halt naked, came rushing by. He
seemed greatly excited. l asked little
bow the cause. he Sdlu l0aL Oullee,
wearing a ragged military blue coat,
had been asleep upon pile of grind
stones; that the brass buttons, be reck-
oned, had melted beneath the blazing
sunbeams and sOldered Sambo to a
grindstone. Hiac HIog IdchTyBl9 1t
was fesrfully hot. A dozen lazy ne
groes, watering the streets with floods
Of perspiration, were digging in the
black clay, and horrible odOrs arose,
enough to vitslize yellow-jack and cleo
trify with delight the lszily.happing
carrion-bird that was drifting about in
aerial solitude above the roasting city.
| asked grsy-haired old man why such
holes were dug in the streets at such a
time. He answered that none could tell.
"We only know he continued, 'that
! it is necessary to have pretext for the
4 distribution Of small sums among faith
/ ful Radicals; otherwise they might leave
/ the city, and leave its foreign rulers in
a hopeless minority He went on tc
saw that taxation had absorbed, until
J recently, when some modification was
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DEFEATED.
The Black fool OF the Radicals Of
Mfssissippi FOlIed in his Attempt
10 Force BlO0dshed-Fsle
Facts.

VICEsBURe, July 23.-The city is
quiet. The following kilograms explain
themselves:
To Lieutenant-Governo Davis:
I understand you gave as q reason for
requesting United States troops sent
here, that your order for the militia to
return Their guns to the State has not
been Obeyed. If you will withdraw your
request for troops and send me al order
to disarm ali the militia here and re-
turn the guns to the State, L can and
will execute the order within twenty
four hours without assistance from the
Statesior United States, and without
blOOdshed. WIN. FRENCH,
Colonel Fourth Regiment.
JACKSON, MISS, July %, 1874.
To W. A. French:
COLOLEL-I decline 10 treat with you
as to the manner Of executing orders
from the office of cOmmander-in-chief
of the State militia. That an order has
been sent at defiance, you admit,
but it remains for me to execute it. The
appeal for roops to be sent to Vicksburg
has been forced upon me by the utter
disregard and defiance Of the laws Of
the city and State by your citizens.
A. X. DAVIS, Lieutenant-Governor.
The whites claim that the only def
ance of orders has been by the negroes,
who positively refused to surrender the
State arms until after the election. The
whites, when the order was issued, and
at all times since, have stood ready to
return theirs. No effort whatever has
been made by the governor to execute
the law, and no defiance Of anything
has occurred except a defiance by one
company Of negroes OF the order of the
negro governor. The soldiers OF the
United States who served with Grant,
that are now citizens here, express as
sured faith in Grants justice, and scout
the idea that he will act without inves-
tigation. At the citizens ratification
meeting last night a report that Grant
had partially countermanded the order
of Belknap excited the widest enthusl-
asm and cheers for the soldier President.
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CROP NEWS.
Report Of she Augusta, Geort ia, Cotton
Exchange The stand Equal TO
Iuat OF LAT Year.
p.,orts from All Portions OF mime
.ota-a MiuiOu aud a Bslf Busheis
Of wheat Destroyed by Grass
hepPers.

Arcr-sTA. July p The cotton eX-
change Of this place this evening sent
-a,,orf 10 the New Orleans cotton eX-
1.5snge containing fifty-One answers
s-,r, fvyeutv-five counties, from which
= aTnears that the weather has gener-
~, bsen reported more favorable 10 the
ron fbsn during the same period last
,,ssr No lands planted have been
,bandoued. but most Of the early plant
NO bss been replsnted. Therefore near
10 fhe whole is Of late planting. The
-f.nd is equal 20 that Of last year, but
moi ouite 80 well formed snd boiled.
Labor is efficient, condition good, and
the plants are growing rapidly. Ihe
weed is not Is large, and there Is less
fr1it than last year at this time. sixty
10 seventy per cent. less OF fertilizers
have been used than last year.
ST. PAUL, July 23.-The crop reports
from an portions Of the state are Al
hand. The grasshOppers have uDdou0t-
e-div destroyed q million and hall
bushels Of wheat, and are liable 70 des-
,voy another half million bushels. Al
Ig0ing for the grssshOpper destruction,
the " hole crop will not be ss good ss
fhat Of last yer. In the northern part
.-ftie State the weather has been favor
abIe. with Fieuty.of rain in the southern
Dqrf Moisture has been scarce where
vsrv f-rvent heat has been the
11Is. In the northern part OF
fbe State the crop Will be
go0d, probably equal TO the average,
65,nIess the weather within the next ten
5a--s prove unpropitious, while in the
u-ytl,srn portion harvesting has com
.,eDcso or will soon commence, with q
~epeTsily Fight yield Of all the grain
crops. 1t Is TOO soon 70 maze a ciosS
etlI' lin isst wear, and allowing for the de,
''dst.iion W. ion OF the grasshoppers, the yield
va ea5ias'Vlb "a wheat crop may be roughly esii-
NJ mated stfFo twenty-five to 11 t~sD5y5S, sD5 dst,
lill'llGu llL,,;l. veil. although the barley l
PlolilaSTI shrunken. In the lowe
oaHties soIogT4 potatoes are abundant, with n
Complaint 50 far Of the potstoi,Dugi; tn' tbi
seSs6n has been excellent for hay 10 ll.l thl
region, and cattle are moderately 'ne'f
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ADDITIONAL RIVER NEWS.



PIrTsBURG, July 23.-River l foot J inches
and falling. Weather clear and warm.
NASHVILLE, July 23.-River unchanged,
with 2 feet inches on Harpeth shoals.
vIcKsBURG, July 2S.-Weather warm and
clear. River falling slowly. No boats up or
down to-day.
Sr. LOUIS, July 2S.-River about stationary.
Weather very hot. Arrived Belle Memphis,
Memphis; Pauline Carroll, New Orleans.
CIEc1NNArI, July 23-River6 feet 3 inches
and falling Weather clear and hot. NO
arrivals or departures except local packets.
NEW ORLEANS, july 2S.-Weather clear
and warm. Arrived: Belle of Shreveport,
st. Louis. Departed: Atlantic and barges,
st. Louis.
EVANSVILLE, July 23.-A deluglng rain
at 3 am. River has risen inches, with 3
feet 70 Cairo. Business light. No arrivals OF
departures except local packets.
LoursvlLLE, July 2}.-The river is on a
stand, 81, tn feet Inches st the head Of the
canal by the mark. sharp rain this morning.
Weather clear and very sultry tonight.
Arrived. Nashville, Cincinnati. Departed: :
Nashville, Memphis.
CAIRO, July 23-NoOn.-No arrivals or de-
partures Light rain this forenoon. Weather
cloudy and warm. ..--..Night-Arrived: Mary
Louis, p.m.; r. W. Dugan, Memphis, pm. ;
Grand Tower, st. Louis, pm. Departed !:
St. Geneveive, Nicksburg, pm. River, 10
feet inches and stationary. Weather clear.
Mercury e0'.
Weather Report.
WAsHINGTOE, July q. l s.m.-For New
England and the Middle states, clear or fair
weather will prevail during the day, with
south or west winds, no decided rise OF tenn
perature and falling barometer.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf states,
partly cloudy weather, local rains east Of the
MISSISSIPPI river, easterly or southerly winds,
nigh temperature, except in the south At
lantic States and slight changes In the ba-
rometer.
For Tennessee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy and warm weather, with south or west
winds a-d continued low barometer.
For the lake region, increasing cloud1ness
east or south winds, rising temperature and
falling barOmt ter
For the northwest, partly cloudy and de-
cidedly warm weather, with south west OF
northwest winds, and continued low barome-
ter
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

A COMMUNICATION in another COL
umn, signed by Major Rhea and DR..
Rice, is worthy of attention. We need
not, to the people Of Memphis, vouch
for them, well known and highly es-
teemed as they are; but Tor the benefit
of those who at a distance do not know
either, it msy be necessary to say that
they stand too high to be doubted and
that their statement in any case would
not be questioned by those who know
them. In the communication in ques-
ton, they but reiterste the statements
upon which Captain Gift made the CON-
munication referred to by DR.. Watson,
ami, high-toned gentlemen as they are,
come thus promptly to the defense OF
their absent friend.
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nor,crIN RANRRUPFCY.

=. ,,,a oistric. Court of the United States for
- me District Of West Tennessee-in the mat
tar If Southworth Thayer, Ban krupts.-
In handkruptcy.-To the ered'tors OF salo
1--WE SOTlCE, That a general nesting o.
the creditors OF the said bankruPts Wil
= beid al the office OF T. j. Latham, Esq,
tssgjster IN Bankruptcy for said District, o.
Msmphis, No. 10 Madison street, on the 14ln
dav Of July, 1874, at IL O'Clock am, Tor the
,.S,yT-pose OF declaring first dividend,
pr o. WOOLDRIDGE, Assignee,
No. 10 Madison street.
Memphis, July IL, lS74. tyI cod
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To the Citizens Of Memphis.

-VHE officers OF the Bluff City Battalion re-
spectfuIly invite the citizens OF Memphis
70 meet them at the Criminal CouIt room at
O'clock tonight for the purpose OF comforting
with them as to the best means OF equiping
the battalion and putting II upon proper
military footing. Nothing is of more interest
10 our city than a properly organized battal-
ion, aud we think our citizens would do well
in encouraging and assisting the young men
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By way of Cairo from Jefferson to
New York, the railway distance through
Chicago, the Michigan Central and
Canada roads, is one thousand seven
hundred and thirty-tour miles.
These tables should be placarded over
Texas until facts they embody are as
familiar IS the scheme of morals en-
bouied in the ten commandments.
Somebody telegraphed Sam Mansfield,
a few DAYS before left Memphis, stat
ing that there was euriously crooked
gum stump, smitten by lightning near
San Antonio in prehistoric times, on
which the words
"MAGIC ARNICA LINIMENT'
did not appear. S. M. was miserable till
promised to remedy the fatal omission.
HIS peripatetic sign-painter should be
employed to blaZOn over plains of this
boundiess empire the simple facts em-
bodied In these tables. Even as railway
lines exist to-day, the shortest possible
route from Jefferson, Texas, through st.
Louis is one hundred and twelve miles
longer than that through Memphis, and
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Attention to Orders.

HEADQUARTERS BLUFF CITY BATTALIoN,
MEMPHIS, ] ally "A, 1874.
General Order Mo-
All commissioned officers Of the Blum city
Battalion are hereby ordered to meet at the
Criminal Courtroom this Friday evening at
O'clock ]. W. COOPER,
Major Commanding.
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New YORK, July 22.-Theodore Til
ton says Of the publication Of his state
ment: 81 would not have had it pub
lished for one hundred thousand dollars.
Augustus Maverick, a friend Of mine,
helped me to copy the original, and made
a second copy Of It while l was before
the committee. He printed it out of
friendship to me. When l heard OF it l
went to my room in the AstOr house and
threw myself on my bed in despair" !"
Maverick is editor Of the Brooklyn pa
per in which the statement first ap-
peared, and received yesterday the fol-
lowing note.
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MILITIA NOTICE.

A LII privates of Bluff City Battalion are or
"A dered TO meet at l60 Front street, HAL oi
ComDany A at 8 o'clock sharp, this evening.
By order. J. " CoOFSSins
l. d. PROCTOR Adiutan6. " u
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MAsOSsC FUNERAL NOTICE.

THE membeIs OF South Memphis a
4 Lodge, No us, viii meet at thsirNAE
hall this (FR1DAY) morning July oath. ~
at 9h o'clock, % pay the last tri butte OF respect
to our deceased Brother. HENRY NOLAND.
Ali N. N. g are fraternally invited.
By order W. II. BROOKS, W. M,
Rrr Z Pr-r.r-EN- Sacrnfarv-
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'' THEODORE TILToN.
MAVERICKS REPLY.

Maverick publishes this note and adds
in course Of a short explanation, ad-
dressed to Tilton aad the public {" As
one Of his (TiltOn's) staunch friends,
loving and knowing him to be a long
abused man, and that ne still shrank
from hurting Others in order to shield
himself, l resolved that this defense
should be published, and published it.
l did it without his knowledge or con-
sent. and | did right, and l stand by the
act as an act Of justice to a man who
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OLD FOLKS BARBECUE.

THE COMMITTEES, as follows: j. b. Starke,
Il jos. epecht, H. q. Dent, Jacob Steinkuhls
JJhp W, Cochran, Chas. Richmond, Thos.
Leonard, X. J. 6. L Winn, and Thos. 4. Tay-
lOr will meet al Office Of j. g. LOnsdRle, Sr.,
No. Madison street, SATU RDAY, 25in Inst,
at 3 o'clock D. M, on important business.
Bv ortier 81 J. HALSTEAD,
fv9z Chairman COInmittee.
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MOT being able to dispose OF our olsi inSss
L on Poplar street as expected, We nave l cVlo %
elndad II remove our whole stock Iron ~
Main street to our Poplar street s51ag r1srs
ali our customer are inyitsS' '5A SR1 4 - - M
will be promptly filed N. OE-zz-e - - -
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THE HYPOTRENUSE
Facts that should be Known Every
where in Texns-The Bypotneause
shorter than the other I've
Sides of Triangle.
How 20 Serve aud Enrich the s0uth-
Facts for Use by Travellers from
she SOuthWest-Tabies Of the
Distances OF Competing
Routes.

From Our Special Correspondent
MARSHALL, TEXAS, July l9, lS74.-
The proposition to extend the Southern
Pacific road from Shreveport TO Mem
phis, delights the people of Marshall. It
is not that they object 10 the completion
of the road from Shreveport to Vieks-
burg, but Memphis, they say, is point
On the hypothenuse of a right-angled
trisngle, the road to st. Louis, and the
Pennsylvania Central and its connect
ing roads constituting the other two
sides. Even with existing roads, Mem
phis is on the shortest line from Mar
shall and jefferson and Shreveport to
New York, and through Memphis the
travel from Texas must find its way TO
eastern cities. Already people are talk
ing about the
"HYPOTHENUSE ROAD
by no means hypothetical, which Ep-
person, Rather, Jaques, Malone and
Wilson must construct. 1t is to extend
from DevalPs Bluff and Pine Bluff to
Camden and Jefferson, to intersect the
International, and to Shreveport, to meet
the Texas Pacific. The railway distance
from Memphis to these two naseent cit
ies-Shreveport and Jefferson-wiu be
lessened from forty to sixty miles, and
the commercial wealth Of Memphis will
be inoalculaby augmented. Even with
existing roads, the Memphis route from
Texas defies competition, and especially
is this true in reference to the shipment
of cotton. In this, every mile OF distance
and hour of time saved has an apprecia-
BILE money value. Even if rates OF
freight charges from jefferson to St.
Louis were no greater than from Jeffer-
son to Memphis, cattle-deslers must
prefer the shorter line. To show the sd-
vantages proffered Oy the Little Rock
and Memphis and Chattanooga route to
New York, append accurate tables oi
distances:
..-,~,r,,e r,Orrr,r- NO DTuxu vOpE
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sLOVER-JONEs-On the 2Sd inst, by Rev.
J. Carmichael. Mr. J. J. SLOWER and Miss
ROSA JONEs p-daugntsr OF the late Colonel
Walter Coleman. Of this city No cards.
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MASONIC NOTICE.

THE stated communication OF Kill q
winning Lodge, No. 81, viii be held w
this (FRIDAY) evening, July 2ith, AVN
o'clock, FOR dispatch OF business.
All N. M are fraternally invited.
Ry order Of X. CREIGHTON, ". NJ.
T. 8 CARPENTER. Secretary lyZf
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The grand lodge Of Odd Fellow, 10 Of IN, the
assfs III Mississippi, in session at Nleks-
4 Urg. adjourned yesterday, after { ,sctlng
NJ 8. Van Eaton N. w. Grand MSstet,
ana George Burchett Grand Represent
siiye 70 the United States grand lodge
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July p.

ny DEAR MAYERICK-FrOm no other per-
son save either yourself, or my cOpyist, OF
from the committees shorthand wiiter, or
from some member OF the committee, could
m, sworn statement bave gone into print.
these facts spread before the world. Tell
me- how could you have taken such a fear
ful dreadful, horrible responsibility with
out consulting me in advance2 There now
remains no possibility Of peace or silence
nothing but everlasting woe. Explain your
self You must DO II both 20 me ang TO the
: public. Yours IN grief,
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tsst, ~ sllfss Eys1as1tasssaa s-ss-----,-
the martial spirit and heroism OF us
commanders, the enlarged and liberal
!. -. .---.aa .-..--. ~ l-a aLa-aanlen.
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SeYit.neL is amongst tne drowned gas
Sentinel Office was swept away. Tedie
are being brought to the courtho, ee a
II H.. (tI.i -.
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wei together, JuIius's colt le&ding I'ne
race resulted in a dead heat between
Acrobat and Attilia: Steel-Eyes Rext,
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have q majority Monday, - man5 Vi
the conservative deputies are absent.
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mann has sent the first bale to CAVES
ton.n
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i.ssSeeI result possibly defeat IL, leaving llle
,o,,T,tV without security for lis endorsements
n.l--t - - hound BY thai endorse nlenl
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From Sre 81 PrlnclI
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VICEsBURe, July 23.-The city is
quiet. The following kilograms explain
themselves:
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Referring 70 the above card, hereby an
uOunce 70 my friends, and the shippers of
Cotton generally, that l viii continue the
Cotton Factorzge and Commission Business
at the old stand Of Busby, johnson q Co., 276
Front street, under the name and style of
IL. BUSBY co. Respectfully
Memphis, Tenn, July 4, 1874 jy5