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ROBEsON
And the Puritan-The Worst IIlustra-
ton yet of Gross acknowledgment
How the Rebuilding of an
IrOn-CIad was Contracted
for without Plans or
Specifications.
Special to the New York World. ]


WASHINGTON, June I6.-The second vol
ume of the testimony taken by the house ma
val committee, which has just been COM
pleted, shows more extra extraordinary ras-
cality on the,part of Robson management
of the navy department than any heretofore
made public. One of the largest swindles
yet discovered is the destruction of the orlgi-
nal iron-clad Puritan and the construction OF
the new irun-clad Puritan, the net Results of
which operations are that the government
has lost over a million dollars and the naval
ring has profted to the exlopt of many thou
sands of dollars. Two boards of officers re-
port that the new Puritan cannot be COM
pleted so as to be strong enough to fight
naval battle without putting her decks four
inches under water. If Ex-Chief Constructor
Hanscom's plans were carried out she would
90 to the bottom. She has been condemned
by two naval boards during the past year.
The way in which Robson rebuilt the Pur1-
tan in the interest of the contractors, is thus
referred to by one of these boards In its re-
port to the house naval committee: First,
neither plans nor specifications were drawn
for the construction of the new Puritan, nor
were any measures adopted to ascertain
whether, when built, she would sink or swim.
The failure or success of frst-class national
iron-clad was thus put to the hazard of mere
chance. Second, this vessel as far as con-
| structed and If finished as contemplated, is
d
practicable make her efficient, meaning by
that term equal to foreign iron-clads of the
same size and type. Third, no measures were
taken to protect the governments interest II
the negotiations for securing efficiency for hel
when built. UNLIMITED proposals were made
by the contractor In the absence of plans o.
specifications of the kind, quantity or quality
of work to be done, to build an undescribei
vessel for a stipulated round sum of money
and such proposals were at once accepted
without inquiry, competition or any provis
ions guarding the interest of the government
The general statement that the new Puritan
was to be like small class of vessels was ia
from being sufficient to either indicate tn
| details of construction or to measure tn,
quantity of work. Such a statement, in fact
only showed that the two classes of vessel
were to be of the same type, and no compe
tent person would have allowed the com
mencement of national iron clad of such di
mansions and cost without the study and pre-
paration of every part, nor would any office
of the government careful of its interest hav
contracted for such vessel except after pub
lie competition. The manner in which tn
new Puritan was built is hagrant exhibition
of gross ignorance and culpable carelessness
mass OF details show how the money wa
| wasted and where IL went
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The Efficacy OF Prayer,

Idaho World: 'There is heap said these
times about the e6ckisy of prar, said Baker,
as he awoke from a prolonged fit of abstrac-
ton, but l knowed a instance that bangs
UNI all" And ne relapsed into silence, in
accordance with an established custom of
his.
well" questioned a bystander, "what
was the nature of the case you know Off
Tell us about it, please
wall, sense you want to heer it, don't
mind if do tell it jest onced, but am
afeared it's ruther incredlbul-that' all.
You see Jim Peters he'd been sick long
time, an alter while he was guv up to die
by the doctors, jim wuz: an he wuz ruther
a hard case, Jim wuz He'd cuss and swar
like anything when he wuz well; but when
he found out he wuz gwine to die he got
skeered like, Jim did, jest like most on us
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MEMPHIS COTrON-MILL.

An exchange paper contains letter from
correspondent in Little Rock, which states
that the people in that city are preparing to
put up a cotton-mill there. Surely such an
example should stimulate the people Of this
city to do the same. That success would at
tend it, If properly conducted, is evidenced
by the prosperity of the wooden and cotton.
null at Fort Pickering. Already that manu-
factory finds itself Strengthened, and it has
increased It's capital, and is preparing to
double the amount of space under roof. With
a subscription of twenty-five thousand dol
lars, offered by one citizen, to begin with,
surely our people must be deaf to ordinary
motives or they would spring forward to take
a share in so promising an enterprise. Labor
Is in abundance, and no place can be better
situated than Memphis for cotton-mill; and
why, in the name of common sense, do we
not have one?
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GOLD IN GEORGIA.
Rich Deposits on the Chestatee. Chatta-
hOOchee, and EtOwah Rivers.

Gainesville Eagle: The gradual develop
ment of the mineral helt extending through
northern Georgia proves that, when suffi-
Gent amount of capital shall have been in
vested, the mines will yield an amount of the
precious metals commensurate with the out
lay. Within the past forty years these mines
have been worked by the natives, from time
to time, in the most superficial manner, with
the rudest appliances. The history of early
mining in Georgia is replete with Incidents.
Large amounts were taken from the surface,
and from shallow pits near Dahlonega. From
the Passmore vein over ten thousand dollars
In gold was taken out in twenty days from
the soft slate. On the John G. Calhoun prop
erty, situated on the banks of the Chestatee
river, upon coming to the gravel of tie former
river-bed a rich deposit OF wash gold was
found, and in twenty-three days, from one
pit twenty thousand dollars was derived.
A remarkable gold vein, known as the
Bolly Fields mine, was opened IN the bed
of the Chestatee river. The vein was dis
covered by following up the gold deposits on
the river. The vein was narrow, but very
rich, and bearing in places as much as half
its bulk in gold, in ragged, irregular masses
When this vein was found the gold was visl-
bic for foot or two only; but as the excava-
ton progressed it was found to extend for
several feet, and could be seen distinctly by
persons standing On the bank. The most
magnificent uncrystalized specimens ever
seen were taken out of this deposit before the
depth of fifteen feet was reached. Their
beauty was greatly enhanced by the perfect
preservation of the rock, not particle OF rust
or decomposition being apparent. In blast
ing the compact rock of which the vein is
composed three thousand dollars worth of
gold was thrown out at single blast. Many
Of the rocks which could easily be lifted In
one hand were valued at hundreds OF dollars.
At the time these discoveries were made the
mines were being worked1n the most prim
tive manner, with no means OF control
ing the vast amount of water which accu-
muated In the shafts which were sunk on
the lots, on the banks of the Chestatee
river Hence, after the shafts were ex-
tended below the water level and became
flooded, they were deserted, and remain as
an evidence of the inutility OF working mines
without capital, without knowledge of min
ing and without the proper appliances. All
along the banks of the Chestatee, Chatta
hoochIe and Etowah rivers, in Georgia, where
the slate bedrock pitches into the rivers, evl-
denceS Of rich gold mines are apparent to the
informed miner. Even the clayey slime
which accumulates or the banks of these NV
ers contains what is known as -four gold, and
it is the general impression that when the
river-beds are properly worked they will Be
found to contain an abundance of gold. Re
cent developments prove that the gold mines
of Georgia will compare favorably with those
of California and the Territories.
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cannot long lie fallow. When the tide turns
there will be no excuse for idlencss, and the
colored man who is frugal and energetic, is
certain of coming in for his full share OF the
prosperity that the new era must bring with
it. Let him, therefore, turn deaf ear to
the solicitations Of those spectators who
seek to lure him away from the prospect OF
plenty that awaits him to suffer the miserles
OF an ocean voyage, and to confront death by
starvation on the African coast. The suffer-
ings recounted by Mr.. Williams in his first
dispatch to the Courier and Neics is the pre-
cursor of further misery and wretchedness.
Instead of finding paradise where there Is
no work to perform, the blacks will have to en-
counter hunger, nakedness and an inhosplta-
bic climate 1t has been truly said that the
colored man of to-day, just freed, poor and
illiterate, is not the man to subdue that coun-
try. though the time will come when he Will
be. The present condition of Liberia does
not invite emigration. One of the best IN
formed officials, in an address delivered IN
Monrovia, calls it nation of mendicants de-
| pending on charity, extravagant, 1ndoient'
and copying the bad traits of the old world.
| Odious caste distinctions prevail, amounting
almost to a condition of slavery. The Amer
lean minister reports to Washington that the
| climate on the sea-coast Is very dam
| gerous to all but the natives; horses
and cattle cannot live on the coast.
| The change from dry seasons to long heavy
rains causes much miasmatic disease during
six mouths of the year, and during the other
| IL. fa,,, ot,1rIn Io o.
five degrees, which, with the dampness OF
the climate, make it impossible for any but
natives TO work. There is still very little ag-
ricultural enterprise, and very little clvlllza-
ton. Liberia has never produced enough for
her own consumption. Flour is fourteen dol
lars a barrel, butter one dollar pound,
| hares from five to eight dollars each, and
other provisions in proportion. There is not
a decent plow or public school in the coun'
try. 1t will be seen that sufferings untold
if not actual starvation, await the emlgran
who will 90 to the barren, uncared for shores
and poison-brewing air of Africa. Tit
sufferings upon the Azor will hav'
one good effect; it will brighten the blacks
, induce them to abandon their Ethiopian ex
} pectations of finding country where the.
, can live in greatness and splendor withou
work. 1t will make the colored people NOR
contented, without which they can never be
come good citizens; it will tell them what tn
whites already know-that the blacks ar
2 firmly rooted upon the soil of the souther
a States; that their destiny is inseparably boun
= ND with that of the whites, and that it Is t
: the interests of both races to live in peace an
e harmony, and with mutual and reciprocal de
g pendence upon each other.
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AFTERNOON TELEGRAMS.

Berlin, June 20: The emperor now walks
about his room.
London, June 20: The gold cup, at Ascot,
was won by Verneuil.
New York, June 20: The court of oyer
and terminer has quashed the indictments of
the board of aldermen.
Berlin, June 20: The congress has decided
to admit Greece with a consultation voice on
questions affecting Greek interests.
Paris, June 20: Specie in the Bank of
France increased seventeen million nine hun
bred thousand francs the past week.
Auburn, N. Y, June 20: The referee
states that Dempsey refuses to row the race
over with Courtney. A compromise will be
arranged.
London, June 20: The bullion in the Bank
of England increased one hundred and
eighty-one thousand pounds sterling during
the past week; proportion of reserve to la
bility, 40 9-l6 per cent. Amount OF bullion
withdrawn on balance to-day, twenty-five
thousand pounds sterling.
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does. So Jim said to his mother-she was a
prayin' woman, herself, mis- mother wUz, an
believed in the power Nv prar but she says
to this day she never seed its good affex so
fully complicated ez they wuz in Jim's case,
she does. Mother said he. 'sposen YOU
send fur preacher Hoodwinkum,' he wuz d
strong Methods, jim wuz. an tell him to
pray fur me- An jim said this so solumn-
ike that his mother she gun to cry an pray
Jest as hard as she could, she did, an she
sent fur the preacher an he cume an praid
an praid all night Jest as hard as he could an
you better believe he wuz sum on prar, an
everybody SAID the feet wuz marvelus, an
raley think il wuz" And Baker was silent
again until the suspense became straining
upon the nerves of his audience, when some
one inquired:
"WeIl, Baker, did Jim get well?"
mo, he died.
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they have received" When priests condemn
free education, and sectarians desire to usurp
the exclusive teaching of the young, we cali
their proceedings bigotry, and despise nations
so opposed to the worlds progress. What,
then, shall we say Of these protectionist rob
bers of the people, who find their only hope
of success Is to mentally blindfold the child
so that in IN nhood he shall not perceive the
cheat that Is put upon him, nor resist the hand
that is rifiing his property, destroying his in
terests, and bringing the whole land to pow
erty, such as never was known in the days of
free trade and pros perity?
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iiEMPHIS APPEAL
FRIDAY, JUNE 81, 1873.
DEMOCKATIC JUDICIAL TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL TICKET.
For he State at Ldrge.
JAS. w. DE ADERICk,O or Hamilton.
PETER TURNKEY, OF Franklin.
For The Easterg Division.
ROBERT MIA or Hamblen-
For the Midi Division.
WILLIAM r. COOPER, OF Davidson
For the Westsyn Digiston.
THOMAS J. FREEMAN, OF Gibson.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
Sheriff,
Il. ANDERSON.
Pro5Ite court Judge,
J. K. II. RAY.
County Trustee,
J.J. RAWLINGS.
Chancery Court Judge,
GEORGE w. WINCHESTER-
Circuit Court Judge,
ROBERT HUTCHINSON.
Criminal Court Judge,
L.. Ii. HORRIGAN.
Attorney General Criminal Court,
d. w. GORDON.
Attornev-Generdl Bartlett Circuit Court,
GEORGE g. DENT.
Clerk SheI6y County Circuit Court,
ED WORsHAM.
CLERK Bartlett Circuit court,
FELIX VI. JONES.
County Register,
j. A. STREHL.
CrimiylgI Court Clerk,
n. &. PERKINS.
County Court Clerk,
ROBERT }. BLACK.
ConstdbLes-FjJth District.
m. &. GARUaH.
.,.ssld5te-EOurteeHth District.
II. -. MALLORY.
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Another stir, Ident,ned.

CINCINNATI, June 20-It is claimed by the
relatives of Mrs. Patrick Kinney that among
Ann Arbor, Michigan, by the Cincinnati de-
tective, was the body of that lady, who was
buried last January in the cemetery at Read
ing, suburb of this city. The grave was
subsequently robbed and the body shipped to
Michigan. DIR. Herdman, of the Ann Arbor
college, publishes a card denying that the
body recovered by the detective was that of
Devin, as is alleged
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CoId-BIooded Murder.

ST. LOUIS, June 2O.-Henry J. Redemeyer,
a young man, aged about twenty-seven years,
meditated and cold blooded manner an old
German named Frank H. Voss, at the corner
Of Bremen and Kossuth avenues, yesterday
afternoon. Redemeyer fred two shots, one ball
taking effect at the base of the brain and the
other in the heart. The murderer was ar
rested. The cause of the act Is SAID to be
some trivial grudge against VOss of two years
sfopdinn
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ssRuIHr and .sCaIIa1

New YORK, June 2O.-Braylon Ives, pres
ident of the stock exchange, this morning
addressed the members, stating that he would
endeavor to prevent fictitious sales of stock,
the sale of puts" and ''calls," and the sale
of prospective dividends on stocks, and he
would try to enforce the rules of the exchange
more strictly.
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FOR SALE.
Sale of Stock.

ON THE 9TH DAY OF JUNE, 1S7SiAT II
~ O'Clock m. at the southwest c,rner OF Nam
and Madison streets, in the city of Memphis, Tenn,
l will SELL for cash 10 the highest bidder, Eighty
Shares OF the capital stock OF the Brownsville Man
ufacturing Company, pledged TO me as trustee, TO
secure debt of 1920 due Mrs. w. l. Scott said
debt being past due, and the money demanded by
me and not paid s. b DUNSCOMB, Trustee.
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MEDICAL.
BY Universal Accord,

AYERS CATHARTIc PILLS are the best Of all purga
lives for family use. They are the product of long,
atorious, and successful chemical Investigation,
and their extensive use, by Physicians In their prac
tice, and by all civilized nations proves them the
best and most eectual purgative Pill that medical
cience can devise. Being purely vegetable no harm
arise from their In intrinsic value and Gu
rative powers no other Pills can be compared with
them and every person, knowing their virtues, will
employ them, when needed. They keep the system
perfect order and maintain in healthy action the
whole machinery of life. Mild, searching and
eectual they are specially adapted to the needs Of
the digestive apparatus, arrangements Of which
they prevent and cure, If timely taken They are
the best and safest physic to employ for children,
and weakened constitutions, where a mild, but
effectual, cathartic is required.
FOR SALE ALI. DEALERS.
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PUlVERMAeHER GALVANIc CO.,
Cor. Eighth and Vine Sts., CINCINNATI, o.

% AUOid bogus appliances claiming elcc~
trio qualities. Our Pamphlet explains h0w to
DISTINGUISH the genuine from the spurious.
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PULVERMACHER'S
ELECTRIC BELTS AND BANDS
HEALTH. STRENGTH, AND ENEReY,

all other means fail, and we offer the moc
convincing testimony direct from the a
fiicted themselXes. who have been restored
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after drugging in vain for months and years
Send now for u Descriptive PAMPHLET and
THE ELECTRIC QUARTERLY, n large Illus
trated Journal. containing full particulars
and IMPORTATION WORTH THOUSANDS Cop
les mailed free. Address,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

The suit for damages of Gibson, Son
& Co. W.. Allegheny county, growing
out of the destruction BY the mob, dur
ing the riots at Pittsburg last summer,
oil merchandise and other property, was
concluded in the Beaver county court
on Wednesday by verdict for plaintiffs.
A number of offers were submitted by
counsel for defence, to allow the admis-
sion of evidence proving the Pennsyl-
vania Rail- Dad Company guilty Of inn
proper conduct in the course taken to
subdue the riot. and that their action in
regard to the reduction of wages. &C.,
was the proximate cause Of the destruc-
ton of property, and the company was
therefore liable for losses. Objections
for this were taken by counsel for plain
tiff. which were sustained by the court
after long discussion on each point.
The evidence in the case Of Gibson q
Co. was then admitted to the balance Of
the cases, and the jury charged TO rend-
er verdict for plaintiffs in amounts
claimed, which they did. The cases
will be taken in the supreme court
Philadelphia Commonwealth. .Fvs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

Being invited to tho cabinet a. south.
ern man to see that justice
WAS done to the south.
required me neither 10 apologize for
my record nor to disown my political
principles. 1t is my duty now to warn
the people Of the south that no man
need hope the schemes of the men
who have engineered the movement to
unseat President Hayes can be carried
out without bloody civil war. To
avert this danger l confidently rely on
the patriotism and honor Of the people
of my native section.
ID. M. KEY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

NEVADA FASHION ITEM.-The Repub-
hoan reporter for the past few days has
been devoting his fashionable attention
to spring styles for gentlemen. So far
as he has observed, a plug hat draws to
the wearer the attention Of the entire
population. Where a cane is carried,
low mutterings are heard along Main
street. Upon the addition of eye
glasses TO this outfit, a mob begins Or
EanIzing, and upon the appearance of
KID gloves the execution takes place
Eureka Republican.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

y ds4as Il. The senate amend
rnents. which postpone the date until
the 1st Of September. whom tho repeal
shall take effect, is understood to have
been suggested by them, and it, adoption
secured through their efforts. Even
though the repeal takes effect at that
date, 1t will be several years in most of
the states before the proceedings already
commenced can be terminated.
INDIAN AGENCIES.
A bill will be introduced in the house
in few days to reduce the number of
Indian reservations from thirty-six TO
nine and the number of agents from
twenty to eight. The number of
acres of land now occupied amounts
to nearly $1,000, 900, and will be
reduced to about 4,25O, 900, making =
reduction in area of nearly $4,000, 900
acres. Of this land there will be 49,
100000 acres restored to market, leav-
ing to be sold in trust for the Indians
nearly 5000, 200 acres. In Washington
territory, 3,457 Indians will be
consolidated at Colville, 200 at Neah
Bay; 1000 will take homesteads; 5000
will 90 to Puyalup. In Oregon, 5000
will take homesteads, 1850 will be con-
solidated at Grande Ronds, and 5000 at
Yocohoma. The 400 Utes in Colorado
will be sent to Indian Territory. In
Minnesota 5000 will be settled at
White Earth. In Wisconsin 5000 will
be placed at La Point. Two agencies
in Iowa and Nebraska will be broken
up and the Indians removed to an es-
tablished agency in Indian Territory.
There will be great resistance to the
carrying out of these changes, and it is
not at all probable that they will be ac-
complished.
AND YET THERE Is HOPE.
Washington advices under date of
May 9th state that the house COM
mittee on appropriations will report
early this week the two remaining
general appropriation bills namely,
sundry civil expenses and deficiency.
The army bill may consume one OF
two days more before its passage. Its
not believed any of the railroad bills or
traffic bills can pass both houses during
the present session. Not q few men,
bers are hopeful of an adjournment by
the END of June ard are working to
that end. The Potter investigation
would not interfere with such
result as it has power to sit during re-
cess.
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TRAIN RoBRERs XT WORK

The courtesy extended by the Amer.
lean Institute Of Mining Engineers to
foreign engineers at the Centennial in
Philadelphia in 1875 is bearing its fruit.
The Prussian minister Of commerce
has ordered that during the Paris Elk
hibition arrangements shall be made at
the Berlin School Of Mines to supply all
possible information in reference to
mining industries in Germany, and to
provide for free access to all that the
Americans may wish to visit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

MURAr HALsrEAD Of the Cincinnati
Commercial, went to Europe without
intending it. He accompanied his
wife and daughter to the bay, but Mrs.
II. falling sick. her husband determined
not to leave. He crossed the ocean.
saw Mrs. H. and daughter snugly fixed
in Paris, andhe has already returned,
having made the round trip in thirty
days.