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Her Letter.
Ny Bret HEartc.

I'm sitting alone by the fire.
Dressed Just as came from the dance,
In u robe even you would admire
1t cost cool thousand In France;
I'm be-diamoned out of all reason,
My hair is done up in a cue;
In short sir, "the belle of the season."
Is spending an hour on you.
A dozen engagements I've broken;
left in the midst of set
Likewise proposal, half spoken,
That watson the stairs-for me yet
They say he'll be rich-when he grows up
And then he adores me indeed.
And you, sir, are turning your nose up,
Three thousand miles oil, as you read.
'And how do like my position ~
"And what do you think of New York ?"
'And now, IN my higher ambition,
With whom do waltz, hirt or talk ~
"And isn't II nice to have riches,
And diamonds, and silks, and all that ?"
"And aren't II a change to the bitches
Ana tunnels oil foverty Fiat :!
Well, yes--if you saw us out driving
Each day In the park, fourth hand
If you saw poor dear mamma contriving
To look supernaturslly grand
Ifyou saw papa's picture, rs taken
BY Brady, and tinted at that
You'd never suspect he sold bacon
And flour at Poverty Flat
And yet, just this moment, when sitting,
In the glare Of the great chandelier
In the hustle and glitter befitting
The finest soiree Of the year.
In the midst of gaze de Chambery,
And the hum of the smallest of talk
Somehow, Joe, thought Of the Ferry"
And the dance we had on "The Fork"
or fHarrison's barn with its muster
OF flags festooned over the wall;
OF candles that shed their soft lustre
And tallow on head-dress and shawl,
OF the steps that We took to one fiddle:
Ofthe dress OF my strange Wis "a Wis;
And how / once went down the middle
With the man that shot Sandy McGee.
OF the moon that was quietly sleeping
On the hill when the time came togo;
CT the few baby peaks that were peeping
From under the bed-clothcs of snow;
OF that rlde--that to me was the rarest,
Of--the something you said at the gate;
All, Joe, then wasn't an helrcss
TO ''thc best paying lead in the State"
Well, well, that's all past; bet its funny
To think, as stood in the glare
or fashion and beauty and money,
That should be thinking right there,
Ofsome one who br asted high water,
And swan the north fork, and all that,
Just to dance with old Folinsbce 5 daughter
The lily OF Poverty Flat.
But goodness, what nonsense I'm writing
Mamma says my taste is still low,)
Instead Of my triumphs rcciting,
I'm spoonlng on Josepl--heigh oh!
And I'm to be FINISHED" by travel
Whatevcr's the meaning Of that
Oh, why did papa strike pay gravel
While drifting on Poverty Flat
d.night--heres an end Of my paper;
Good-night--if the longitude please
For may be, while wasting my taper,
Your suns climbing over the trees,
But know, II you haven't got riches,
And are poor, dearest Joe, and all that,
That my hearts somewhere there in the
bitches,
Aud you've struck it-on Poverty Flat
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chicago WHISKY Cases.

CHICAGO, September D.-The whisky
cases known as the first and second batch
came up beiore Judge Harlan this morn
Ing. There were ten cases in the frs;
batch, two Of which were decided in favor
OF the GovernIaSRt and six In favor OF the
whisky men: the Judge affirming the dc.
cision OF the Court below that the promises
OF immunitles relieved the defendants
from oil criminal proceedings and civil
proceedings for penalties in the nine
cases. In the second batch, which In
cludes HeSinSs' case, thOy were NIL de-
cided in favor Of the Government, Judge
Harlan ,leciding'that the Presidents par
don did not relieve the defendants from
the payment Of taxes on their property,
5EpS cialmeCt by defendants, but il did
lieye them troGI all other proceedings.
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rnr rcoMIYG REaArrA.
Hanion.CourtneJ Rowing gHntcia-Intease
Excitement Over the Event.

MONTREAL, September 3O.-As the day
approaches fOrthe IfanlOn.C Courtney match
! the interest everywhere is intensified be-
| vcnd all precedent. A constant success
sion Of telcgrams are received from all
parts Of the United States and Canada, rs
well a. from England, for information,
which show how widespread and anxious
are the feelings evoked by the great inter-
national contest; probably the individuals
leas, moved or excited over the event are
the men themselves. They take the mat.
ter like philosophers discussing pro and
con, without apparently being conscious
OF the interest they are inspiring ut pres
ent in the hearts OF their countrymen.
Hanlon and his immediate friends express
the utmost confidence in the result. They
all appreciate, and weigh at their proper
value the chances which contestant In
such an event must take, and in lla-
zarding their opinions they weigh
their words with the most becoming
clrcumSpection. .Eianlon Us well as his
club conierees, hold an exalted opin-
ion OF Courtney as an oarslnan, Han
lon said he felt great responsibility do
yolving upon him in meeting such a man
in nm international contest, II would be
probably the hardest he had ever under.
taken. when the latters wonderful record
was considered. He has also good opIn-
ion OF the Americans style Of rowling,
which has been admired by everyone who
has seeutit at Iachine. Being impressed
with the old puritan views OF a strict OBJ.
servance OF the Sabbath, Courtney did
not venture on the water Yesterday at all.
Beyond going out for walk in the morn
Ing, he took no exercise during the day,
remaining a close prisoner In hts
cottage all the evening, seemingly not
courting the gaze Of the curious crowds
who surrounded his cottage, he was in
fine spirits, and in his own modest way
expressed himself confident Of his doing
his own share in the great event so near
at hand. With the weather on Wednes-
dava Us fine as it is to-day, and the course
us serene, be remarked that the race will
be grand success. Hanlon went out for
spurt this forenoon, remaining out
nearly an hour, during which time he
and Courtney came together on the lee OF
the Isle OF DorraI, when they had quite
brush. To all appearances Courtney got
the better Of the spurt, but it Is well un-
denstood that neither OF the men were
pulling their best. A number OF Court
news friends and hackers arrived from
the city this morning and express great
confidence in their man. au....
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HARTFORD, CoNX.. September @.-Iames
B. Hosmer, the oldest citizen OF Hartford,
who died last week, aged % years, gave to
the Connecticut Theological Institute OF
Hartford during his life sl02,0O0. In the
will to-day admitted to probate he leaves
5000 each to the Connecticut Historical
Society OF Hartford, the Charitable Socie'
ty OF Hartford and the Hartford Hospital;
$500 each to the American Tract Society
Of New York, the American Board OF
Commissioners for foreign missions, Amer
lean Home Missionary Society Of New
York. American Educational Society OF
Boston s., 600 each to the American Bible
Society otwashlngtOn, American Seaman's
Friends Society OF New York, Asylum for
Imbeciles at I.akeville, Conn, Wordsworth
Atheancum OF Hartford, Hartford Orphan
Asvlum, and the Widows Society and the
Woman's Christian Association ot Hart.
ford, and 81 900 TO the Liberia, Africa, "
College, OF whichJ. J. Roberts is President.
To seven relatives the sum OF 500, 900 is
given. The Connecticut Theological In
stitutc is the residuary legatec, and re-
ceives about 100000 in addition to the
SlO2, 900 already given.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
The Governor of Bulgaria Refuses to
Recognize the Berlin Treaty.
Fiat Money---HOw it Works In Rou'
melia.
TURKEY.

CoSsTAxrINopLE, September 30.-It is re,
ported that Prince Dendonkobb kofsakotf,
The Russian Governor of Bulgaria, has re
fused to recognize the nineteenth article
Of the treaty Of Berlin, entrusting the ad.
ministratiOn OF the finances OF Eastern
RoumaIia TO the international Commission
appointed for the organization Ofthat Prov
ince.
The alarrningly rapid depreciation OF
paper money continues, and causes the
most serious apprehension. At the be-
ginning Of last week it had only about one
third OF its nominal value, and since that
time it has fullen nearly seven per cent
In all probability it will fall much lower,
for it is no longer accepted in payment Of
Iithes, and consequently il is flowing into
Constautinople from all sides. The Sultan
has given strict orders that energetic meas.
ures Mt once be taken, and for this purpose
has nominated Commissioner with little
probability OF practical results.
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m. Iieut. Cbas. S. Hall, Of the 18Th in.

him. Lieut.. Chas. s. Hall, Of the 18th in
fantrv. also volunteers for work.
Additional contributions to aid in load
ing the steamer with supplies for ~the
yellow fever sufferers at the settlements
along the Mississippi river have been re-
ceiyed as follows: $1,000 from Pittsburgh,
Pa, s7J0 from the st. Louis Merchants
Exchange, and 500 from Wheeling, W.
Va.
Governor Shepherd, President, and Mr..
Mitchell, member OF the National Relief
Committee OF Washington, arrived here
to-day to superintcnd the shipment OF sup
plies 10 the fever sufferers in towns along
The Mississippi river below Cairo which
have been cut off from the outside world
BY the stoppagc Of the running Of
boats aud trains. The War Eagle had
been chartered for the expedition, but
contributions had come in so gen.
erously that another and larger boat
will have TO be obtained; $4,000 have al
ready been subscribed for this purpose,
which it is expected will purchase up.
wards Of 400 tons Of food and supplies. AL
kinds Of purchases OF provisions will be
made by Gen. BOckwith, L. S. Commits
sary here, and the medical stores By U; ).
Surgeon Wyman. 1t is expected that
everything will he ready to start on next
Wednesday. l3i -'
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New Yoax, September 80, AT o'clock
this morning Daniel o Weary, OF Chicago,
and John Hughes, OF New York, COM
menced their six days tramp at Gilmore's
Garden. The cOnteS: is for the Sir John
D, Ashley belt, $1,000 in stakes and cham
uionship OF the world. In addition GER
tain portion Of the gate money goes to the
winner. Four hundred persons, includ-
inc several ladies, assembled at the Gar
den to see the start. ~
Up to lOA. " Hughes, within eight hours
and twenty-five minutes and forty-eight
seconds from the time OF starting, had &c:
fcompllshed 80 miles, while O'Leary had
Just completed his 45th mile; time nine
hours seven minutes and sixty sec
onds. Hughes started of on run,
as he did In Central Hall last April,
while 0'Leary commenced his tramp with
A steady elastic walk at the start. Harry
Hill made bet of 400 to SIS on o. Leary,
and ". Smith, 0'Leary's backer, offered
500 TO 900 but no one would take him.
4 bot OF 500 tn 800 on O'Leary was
taken and the money put up.
From the start Hughes has done very
little walking, he starting off once in q
while on a sort Of dog trot, while O. '1eary
has made his time b. walking alone. At
1 r. 0'I.eary had walked 7. miles and
Hughes IS. Both men will keep on
waking until o'clock tomorrow
morning. At present Hughes will
probably Aulsh 100 miles by half
past nine o'clock this evening. 0T.eary's s
! friends say that he will not be half an
hour behind time, although it is not proha-
bic that theIatter will make any strenuous
effort to reduce the lead Hughes has
gained BY running The betting Is three
TO one on 0'lsary.
Ciilmore's Garden was well filled TO-
night with spectators desirous OF witness
ing the great walking match between
| OIoary aud Hughes. At 0 o'clock there
were fully 1000 persons present. Oleary
appeared a. fresh and lively as when
he started, and he walked and ran
hy turns, doing very little running
however. Hughes, on the contrary, ran
most OF his miles and appeared lame and
weariel. He completed 100 miles in q
hours, % minutes and 55 seconds. He
left the track at 20 minutes to IL O'Clock ant
came on again at 1 minutes Of II o'clock
He rested hut very little throughout the
day. Hughes completed the list mile a
twelve minutes and seventeen seconds tc
. o'clock this afternoon. He made q
miles In remarkably quick tine, pakngi
in II hours 81 minutes aad - seconds
lie seemed to get lame and weary; an,
after completing T miles he lrts thetracE
a, twenty minutes past seven o'clock, anC
remalnedoif two b ours and ten minutes
Near 10 O'Clock he started on his Ssh
al. L.. .S,,I. r,ak;rc,. m t,.iIaa Ian thi
track lame and sick and wentto bed. IL
is suffering from sore feet and sick stom
ach.
At 70 winutes to II o'clock o'Leasy wa
ayOr Is mites ahead OF Hughes and still
walking. while the latter was in bed
I1e.ting g now . u on Q, Q,IAaEy. y Ell.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO. September Internationally
unchanged. Wheat-ln fair demand but ut
lower ntcs; No. Chicago spring s7as19<c
cash; SIZE september; sTy<aSIsEc October /;
Ss&c November; No. ), 73aTSc; rejected Soc /;
No. and No. red winter 50 l-9c. Corn
In irdcmani hut At lower rates high mixed
and No. ., 3ixc cash or September and oCto-
Der; 3jNc November; rejected SS9Sc. Oats
In fair demand hut at lower rates; l9SSal9 l.2c
caSll and September; l0'Sal0sEc October 2O1Ec
November rejected II I-9c. Rye-Quiet; No.
., &c cash ur October. Blricy-$l 10 October ;
10 November. Pork-Weakeri s. .! l.2a7 81
cash: ~ I-atT IS September and October
Z 15aT VIZ November; sla7 IS year. Lard
Active bat lower ut $6 l5a6 70 cash nr Ssptem-
her; O Gl7I<aB9O October; 0 ~ 900 . SOvem.
be. q IS year. Bulk shOulders-Ihc; short
rib SEc; short clear SIC. Whisky-steAdy
at 81 o.
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Tho Exploded steamer Adeiphi-Crini'
inaI Rechlessness Of Her Owners
Patched and Rotten Boilers.

BRooELYx, September 3O.-The Eagle
publishes the following report OF the
rotten condition OF the boilers of the
steamer Adelphi, recently exploded at
Sorwalk: WIN. Merritt, OF 18th street, a
Young man OF IS, was employed as fire
man on board the steamer Adelphi, but
two days ago left through q quarrel with a
fellow fireman. He Ustated to a representa-
tive OF the Eagle that during the period he
was employed as fireman he was IN con-
slant terror that the boiler would burst.
One month ago he was engaged with the
fireman, John Haley, in putting patch
over another patch when they heard
"A kissing noise and both rushed out
on deck. the latter exclaiming: 81 guess
the old thing has gone up this time. ,
After q few minutes they returned and
found the boiler leaking very badly. There
were number OF passengers on board at
the time but they were at first too terrified
to give an alarm. and when they saw that
no explosion had taken place they con-
cluded Il would be the better policy 70 say
nothing about it. At another time when
shoyelling out the ashes they heard some
kissing noise and saw thin volume OF
steam issuing from an aperture around an
Ole patch. They took no notice OF It this
time and proceeded with their work. Dur.
ing the summer season he and the other
fireman used frequently to be obliged to
work until one O'clock in the morning,
cleaning the valves and making constant
repairs. One day an engineer came down
and examined the boiler aud departed
with the remark: THAT boiler will so
soon" The boiler maker was frequently
there putting on patches. He has fire.
ouen,ly heard him say: "Why don't they
eel o new boiler; this damned old thing
will make hell Of 4 time, some day"
The boys used to joke about the boiler,
and after each trip they used to chatt each
other and say: swell, you've escaped this
time, but you'll go up next "
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ESTABLISHED AUGUSTA, 1852.

lupa club of subscribers for the New Yorl
I I'7rihme) came TO him at Fairmont and tolC
him what had been done at Clarksburg
desiring at the same time to engage him a.
counsel to defend him, for it was BY nc
means certain that Col. Ben would moi
succeed in sending him to the penitentiary
'It'was u heinohs otfense TO get up club
for Greeley paper in those days, hotwith'
standing the fact that Col. Ben afterwards
supported Greeley for the Presidency, as
also did Judge Camden who had issued
tie bench warrant for his arrest as an
incendiary.
Governor Pierpoint at once agreed to
see his client through his difficulties. He
undertook -the-c case con amore; that is,
with his whole heart An anti-slayery
man himself, from his youth up, he was
ready then, as at all times, to do battle
against the tyranny OF slavery on Vir-
ginia soil. No'man ever fought the pro-
Slayery Democracy Of the interior more re-
Ientlessly or tmcompromisingly than Gov
crnor, Pierpoint. He was the John Minor
Bolts OF West Virginia. He reused him
self for this particular encounter, and had
the case OF the indicted man been pressed
to trial, We would have seen the hottest
contest ever waged on our soil for the
liberty OF, the citizen against the pro-
scripti0nof the Oiigarctly; whose willing
tool COlopslrBea wilson was in those
days
Those were good old days when Dcmoc-
racy ruled over US here in Wheeling as
elsewhere in Virginia, and when laws
were passed exempting valuable slave
from taxation, and yet imposing
u tax Of one-half to one per cent on every
daily wages in our midst and
like tax of from one to two per cent on every
clerks earnings. And for these blessed
OF Democracy We owe it resto-
ration to powerin the land. BY all means
let US discharge the debt and send Ben
Wilson to Congress in perpetuity. Since
John Hanson has forgiven him, and kissed
him on both cheeks in the presence OF all
the people, why should not the balance OF
US do likewise 2 For the simple reason that
il Is written in Scripture, for our encour-
lgement in these very days, that there was
4 faithful remnant in Israel who would
not bow the knee to Baal. And il Col.
Ben Wilson is not Baal reproduced in
modern times who is he? p
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DepIorabie Financial Condition Of Tir'
gInIa = SO Money 10 Carry On the


New YoRx, September 3o.-A dispatch
from Richmond, Va, says that Governor
Holiday, the State Treasurer and the Aud
itor of Public Accounts, have had con-
ference with some OF the Presidents OF the
banks, the object being to obtain loan OF
$50, 900 for the purpose Of paying the ex-
penses Of the public schools. The schools
thave Just been reopened but there is not
a dollar in the State Treasury with which
to cary them on or to pay arrearages and
salaries due since last session. The teach
ers are clamoring for their pay, and in
some places they have actually refused to
begin the labors ofthe present session until
they have received the amount due them
FIR the last. It is claimed that the taxes
levied and collected for support OF the
public schools, have been perverted to
other usea, but principally to detraylng the
expenses Of the State Government.
Gov. Holiday set forth the extraordl-
nary exigencies OF the occasion and made
an earnest appeal to the bankers for the
loan, ple,lging himself as the executive, to
see that the amount would be paid when
the Legislature, meets, he was seconded
by the other State officials.
The bankers did not, at the conference,
advance the needed money, and it is said
they -are-not dispOsed-to make the loan
without proper security ,.zt3
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VOLUME XXVII.-NUMBER 80. .


CINCINNATI, September 3O.-Cotton-QHiet
aud steady at l6%c. Flour-Quiet; tsmily
held at s. 15a5 50. Wheat-IngoOdd demand I;
red and amber s5a99c; white 9da95c. Corn
Dull and lower to sell at 4ua4lIfc. oats-ln
good demand at full prices at 23a2Ge. Rye
Steady and in fair demand ut 5Sa6Ic. Barley
Steady and In fair demand M 2Eall 81 l2A
Is. Pork-Dull and nominal ats 50. Lard
-Easicr; current make 50 95i kettle s. 75a
lower We | at $ 9 Iss e5S5 sGas su sss SiStS az BS.
constructive aud lower ut l-sa5L @a8as1<a
AJI4c. Butter-Dull and unchanged. Lin
seed ol-Dull at Iia57c. Whlsky-Quiet at
$lOd
HOOs-Dull; common s. 6Oa3 IS; light
s. 4lA3 50; packing - 45aS 80; butchers Sj 10
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The fever has broken out all along the
line OF the Mobile Railroad. At Baton
Rouge there were 125 new eases and six
deaths, and at Canton, Miss, 80 new cases
and 8 deaths. At Chattanooga physicians
are more hopeful, and believe the fever
will soon die out. ~
AT Cairo the fever excitement has aba
ted and absentees are returning; the
schools have all been opened. Taking the
reports from all points in the infected dis
tricts 1t Is evident that the fever is still
spreading and much help will be needed to
prevent actual suffering aud want.
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pmLlDELPHA, September %. 0.-FLOUE =
Dull; .apcrfne . 0Ga2 30; extra SOFAS 80;
00sls co. wheat-Heavy and lower; western
FVd II Hal Is; amber At Oil OGH white
lO7aI 10. Corn-Q1iet; yellow S9lS3c; mixed
at - l-2IJ0kc. Oats = Dull white western
s7aSIr; mixed western 26a27C Kye--5saGOc.
ETovIsions-Hcayy. Mes POEk---S0 2Sa9 30.
Bcet-tndia mesOlsc hams smoked, l1Sa
tn: picked l0al0Ac; green IA7Hc. Lard
Dull: lose butchers, GISaG7{c: prime steam
20 hid, nutter-Firm aud active; creamery
9ia2jc; New York State and Bradford coun-
t% Pa, extras 9Oa2lc; Western Reserve LA
l6c, EGr-Pirm and unchanged Cheese =
Strong aud in active demand; western choice
! 1Ha9hc. Petroleum but tirp; refined
At 99SC: crude nc, Wnlsky-FiFm and un'
! ehanged,
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RALLaoAD BoSDs-Gen0tally strong

higher.
STATE BoHbs-Dull.
ST0CRs-Thc market waS rather weak at the
opening. when prices declined Is to \ per
cent in the general list. Subsequently, how
ever, n tirrner tone prevailed, and an advance
OF II to 1H per cent ensued., Pittsburgh, I'LL.
n0IS Central, Lake Shore and Pacific Mall
leading the upward movement At the sec
ond call the market was weak again, at re-
action Of l+tOIl.S percent, the latter for Lack
awanna, The low price,l shares are attracting
more attention, and speculation In them Is
steadily increasing. TheGranger shares were ir-
regular on much narrower fluctuations than OF
late The market was heavy and lower towards
the close. the decline frnm the highest point,
ranging from ii Ia | u per cent; Delaware,
LacEaWanna { Western, Northwestern, lake
Shore, aud 81. Paul and Michigan Ceutral
were the most conspicuous In the downward
movement. The chief reasons for the decline
were the SalCs 10 realize and the increased &c
tivity In money. Erie was cxceptinally strong
advancing under brisk purchases from 1914
20 II. closing at 13A.
Transactions aggregated l720OO shares, Of
which 800 were Erie, $500 Lake Shore,
I.OOO Wabash, $1,000 Northwestern common,
2aOOO preferred, l4,0OO St Paul common,
G.OOO preferred. 1000 Pittsburgh, 1000 LAcka-
wanna. 400 Michigan Central, LOO Illinois
Central, 9,0O0 Union Pacific, 5000 Western
Union and COO Pacific Mail,