Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-08-07

was received in Montgomery on the
4tb inst.
The first bale Of Florida cotton
was received in Savannah, Ga, on
Wednesday.
Or. Winslow Lewis, noted
surgeon, died a, Boston on Wednes-
day, aged 10 years
The divers at work on the wreck
of the Schiller, have recovered $780,
600 of her treasure.
Texas is moving also in the con-
stitutiOnal convention matter. The
Lone Star will be all right on that
question.
North Carolina held an election
on constitutional convention on
Thursday. We have not learned
the result.
Col. Lamar, of Mississippi. is OPP
posed to the color line, and it is said
his powerful speeches have killed the
movement.
Why don't Frank Morey rise and
explain that Bayou Bartholomew job :?
1t will be a heavy load to carry in
the next election.
The signal service reported that
the country between Cairo and Mem
phis would be submerged OH Thurs
day or Thursday night.
A Treasury agent has captured
four hundred barrels of crooked
whisky at Chicago, which was con-
cealed since the raid.
Some one in the New Orleans
Republican office has at last descended
so low as to mention Jasper Black
guard-ah-burn as candidate for
Governor. The good Lord deliver US
frem such calamity as his election.
Mississippi is worse cursed, il
possible, in the matter Of a Governor
than Louisiana. Kellogg stays in
the State pretty well, and thus pre-
vents Antoine from pardoning all the
thieves and murderers that are con-
victed.
Assistant Attorney General Hiram
r. Steele, has been appointed by Gov.
Kellogg, Judge of the Superior
Criminal Court, in place of Judge
Braughn, and ex-Judgc II. c. Dibble
was appointed Assistant Attorney
General.
Ames, the Governor of Mississippi,
spends most of his time in Massachu,
sets, and Davis, his coIored Lieu.
tenant, spends his leisure moments,
during Ames' absence, in pardonin9
convicted murderers and penitenliary
convicts.
What pity the radicals did mol
see the Importance of honesty and
economy when they first got posses
sion of the Offices of the country,
What q vast amount of money they
would have saved to the States and
the General Government.
And now Florida has sent her frst
bale of the new cotton crop to the Sa-
vannah market 1t was shipped from
GAINESVILLE. Louisiana first, Texas
second, Florida third, and Mississippi
fourth-perhaps.- Vicksburg Herald.
Where do you class Alal ANA
She got her first bale into market the
same day that Florida did.
The following is the New Orleans
cotton market report for August 4th
Cotton: strong, sales of 600 bales.
Good ordinary to strict good ordinary,
III TO l2ac; low midding to strict
low middling, l3s to 1899; middling
to strict middipg, l4s to l43c; good
middling to middling fair, l4fto l5c.
Receipts, lib bales. Exports: None
Stock on hand, 22,O23 bales; unsold
last evening, l6,4OO; on shipboard,
$500.
Last Friday a negro, named Green
Henry, was hung at Columbus, Miss.
The execution was bungling; he fell
to the ground, after hanging while
was picked up, in conscious state,
and hung again and, after hanging
some time, was pronounced dead by
surgeon, aud was taken down and
buried. But. strange to say, the In
dex announced four days afterwards
"it is positively asserted that Green
Henry is alive and doing well. ,
Twice hung and still alive-horrible
The Democrats carried the election in
Kentucky last Monday by a large
majority. The next elections will
occur as follows: In California, Sep
TENDER L; Arkansas, September 6
Maine, September ID: Iowa and Ohio
October IL; Texas, December I and
in Virginia, Kansas, Massachusetts
Mississippi, Missouri, Minnesota, New
York, New Jersey, Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania, November 9.