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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
YELLOW FEvER's HORRORS.
The Vega Found Aground with all of
Her Crew Sick Except Three

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The quarantine
officers at PascagOula, Miss, to-day re.
ported to the Surgeon General of the Ma.
rine Hospital service as follows: EEWe
found the Norwegian bark Vega. from
Vera Cruz bound to Ship Island ouaran.
tine station, with yellow fever on board
on shore. We pulled her off and tOwed
her TO snip Island with tug. The vessel
was leaking, and but three men We're able
for duty. She needs assistance"
NEW ORLEANS, La, July "a RiIovi
special says that more vigorous measures
OF isolation have been adopted at Shin
Island Quarantine Station since the ar.
rival OF the infected vessels, No nersonal
communication whatever exists no.
tween the station and the mainland.
The sloop Annie, which formerly
piled between Biloxi and the quarantine
station, now remains there on duty with
her Captain and crew, none of them an.
proachlng the mainland. Mails and sup
plies will be sent by a schooner cOmmuni.
eating only with a lighter anchored at =
safe distance from the quarantine
grounds.
The Swedish bark Berna, Capt. Nyberg.
from Vera Cruz for TObasco. put into
Southwest Pass and was Uowed to the
quarantine station. The Captain is safe,
First officer, steward and two seamen are
sick with yellow fever.
GALVESTON, July THE Chief of Po-
lice has three men patrolling the beach
along the island to carefully watch the
landing of any boat and to question
closely the occupants in case of such an
attempt. The object is to guard
against the possibility of any
of the crew of the bark Salome,
lying at sea twelve miles from the city
with yellow fever aboard, leaving ship
and attempting to come ashore. These
arrangements will continue until the Sa-
in a day or two.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
Grant SaYagelY Criticised by RepubH-
can Pen.


In the tenacity with which Grant fol-
lowed out determination once fixed in
his mind, perhaps no man has ever sur
passed him, but it was an expensive vir-
tue for his soldiers, as the hundred thou
sand men he lost in Virginia are wit
ness. Whether he should have been re-
moved after Cold Harbor, a disastrous
blunder only equalled by Burnside at
Fredericksburg, is a difficult matter to
determine. If he had been, the final re-
suit would not have differed much in all
probability.
Yet this man, who happened to receive
the surrendered sword of Lee, became on
that account the supposed hero of the
war; received the credit of having sup
pressed the Confederacy; without educa-
tion for or experience in civil affairs was
made President for eight years, and finally
was carried around the earth and exhib-
tied to the nations as the greatest prodigy
of the age. The people, in their exuberant
Joy at the return of peace, wished for a
hero to whom they could pay homage,
and, Lincoln being dead, seized upon
Grant as the nearest object. Happier for
him and for them had he been allowed to
continue, like Sherman and Sheridan,
quietly at his post Of dutyl America does
not require celebrities of a false lustre to
satisfy her pride. "There are others who
are deserving" as Mr.. Emerson said.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
PAUPERS SBY ANEW ROUTE
BUFFALO DELUGED WITH AN
INFLUX FROM CANADA.

No Law to Check the Horde from Land
ing Along the st. Lawrenee-Twenty-
Eight Penniless Strangers Sent to the
Erie County Poor House-Many More
to Come.
WASHINGTON, July Special Agent
Howell, now at Plattsburg, n. Y, has
called the attention of the Treasury De-
partment to the large number of immi-
grants arriving at Quebec and Montreal.
and says that many of them are almost
destitute, having neither money nor
frionds, and are too feeble by reason of
age or infrmlty to support themselves.
He says that most Of this class are Dau-
pers who have been assisted in procuring
passage and are ticketed to points in the
western part of the United States. The
special agent is informed that twenty
eight persons, who had left Ireland oniv
twenty days before, were found help
less and starving in the streets of
Buffalo, n. Y, and were committed to
the Erie county almshOuse on the 26th of
June. All of these people came into the
United States VIA Canada, The Canadian
steamers engaged in Importing cattle to
Great Britain make very low rates for
this class Of immigrants from Ireland to
Canada. He says that he is also inform
ed that large number of estate aided''
immigrants are to leave Fayrus. county
Limerick, Ireland, ON the next Allan
steamer and are to be sent at once from
Canada into the United States. IT is
stated at the Treasury Department that
there is no law to prevent pauper immi-
grafton through Canadian territory.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
COLONEL BRANSON,
The Last Battle of the War Between
the States.

A very interesting bit Of personal and
general history, especially to the resi-
dents of New Mexico and the Rio Grande
Valley, is the fact that Colonel David
BransOn, now resident of this place. is
the man who fought the last battle and
gave the last order to cease firing at
the close of the war of the re-
bellion, and did it at the mouth of
New MeXico's great river. the Rio
Grande. The battle was fought May II
and 13, 1865. Colonel BransOn was sent
out from the general camp on Brazos
Island with a mixed command of about
three hundred men from the Second Texas
Cavalry, dismounted; First Missouri,
cOlOred, and the Thirty-fourth Indiana,
to capture herd of cattle for the use of
the troops. While out he was attacked
by force of about six hundred Texas
cavalry, with artillery, under General
Slaughter and General Ford.
During the tight war ship arrived off
the harbOr with the news of the surren-
der of Kirby Smith, the last of the Con-
federate forces in the field, and conse-
quently, the end of the war. General
Barrett, the commander of the garrison,
ordered Colonel Branson to cease fighting
and return, which being impossible on
account of a superior force, and the well
known enmity on their part toward the
colored troops and Southern white
Union troops, the engagement was
continued, though the Unionists re-
tired, fighting, toward the island. Gen.
Barrett came to the rescue on the 18th.
with small reinforcement, and the fight
back to the island occupied all that day
Fear sunset,as Gen. Barrett was crossing
the ferry with the main body, the attack
was renewed upon the rear guard, in
command of Capt. Coffin. Col Branson
had just gone back to the guard, and the
enemy were repulsed; the last battle of
the war was over.
Then it was that Colonel BransOn. who
had been informed of the good tidings
brought by the war-ship in the offing, and
fully comprehended its Importance and
the historical significance of that DAVIS
work with himself as a modest though
conspicuous figure in the closing scene of
the great tragedy, gave the order to "cease
firlng," with probably deeper feeling than
he ever before gave a military order, and
gratefully sheathed the sword that had
for five years been the symbol of
command through the bloodiest war
of the ages, and never again,
he hopes, to draw it in deadly
conflict with his fellow-man. Turning to
Captain Coffin he sententiously, and with
an animation he can never feel again, re-
marked, THAT winds up the war; when
the Captain remarked with equal empha-
sis, Eyes, and thank God we are alive"
The impressive scene closed as the sun was
sinking behind the sand hills on the west
ern bank of the Rio Grande and the Gulf of
Mexico, and was witnessed by interested
crowds of men perched in the rigging of
eighty men-of-war and other shipping
anchored in the ofing and flying the flags
of nearly every nation on earth
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
FATHER RITCHIEs MAXIMUM
A Requiem Mass Too Much Even for his
Ritaalistic Flock

CHICAGO, July 9.-The Episcopal
Church controversy, which has grown out
OF the High Church tendencies of Rev.
Arthur Ritchie, pastor of the Church of
the Ascension, and which has already
served to draw out a letter of protest from
the Bishop of this diocese, had another
sensational feature added to 1t vester-
day. Rector Ritchie at the morning
service announced that at the conclusion
OF the services a requiem mass would be
said for the soul of Daniel Fountain, who
was drowned in Lake Michigan in the
latter part of May. The announcement
OF the requiem mass was apparently such
pronounced step towards Roman
ism as to cause to rebel even
those parishioners of the Church
of the Ascension who had hitherto stood
by the pastor, and one half of the congre-
cation left the church. In the meantime.
at the request of the widow of Daniel
Fountain, the celebration of the mass has
been postponed for a few days. 1t is be-
heyed now that the Bishop will be COM
PEELED to order trial of the pastor for an
infringement of the church rules
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10

tfcttfcfttttS AtNtco~Ctttf
A number of capitalists met Yesterday
afternoon at the Gibson House to form a
company to manufacture and handle Mr..
Green's device for preserving human life
in case of accidents to carriages and
buggies.
The invention is a simple yet practical
attachment which enables any one in the
vehicle to detach the horses and stop the
carriage at the same time by simply pull
ing a strap. The device consists of pecu-
harly formed cams on the ends of the thill
coupling tripping rod which bind against
the inner ends of the hubs ON the forward
axle, and these cams are so built and
arranged that whenever the rod is rotated
so as to detach the shafts or pole from the
axle the cams at once bind against the
wheels and gradually check the vehicle.
The beauty of this arrangement consists
in the fact that the driver is able to check
the speed of the vehicle while in the act OF
disengaging the vicious animal.
All who have examined the article are
enthusiastic in its praise, and claim that
as soon as its merits are known, no vehi-
Gle will be built without it. A number of
those present had taken ride the pre-
vious day in vehicles to which the inven.
tion was attached and practically demon
strated its advantages on all kinds OF
roads and under all possible circum-
stances. A company will be formed with
a large capital, of which Mr.. Green, the
inventor, will hold majority of the stock.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10

LONDON, July 9.-Even if the question
of wind gauge is not settled in favor of
the American rifle team they will obtain
the same amount of practice as the Eng
lish team will, as they have been presented
with complimentary tickets for all COM
petitions with military rifles that are to
take place prior to the match at WimbIe-
don.
The Wimbledon committee has decided
not to allow the American team to use
wind gauges, as it considers that the is
sue to them of complimentary tickets to
the military rifle competitions will insure
the Americans the full amount of prac-
tice. The Americans have entered them
selves for all the matches for which they
are qualified. The American team prac-
ticed at 1000 yards range to-day. The
wind was rather strong, unsteady and
tricky. Out of possible 50, c. w. Hen
man and W. j. Rabbeth each scored 30,
j. NJ. Pollard "a, w. L. Cash and Mr..
Rull 10
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
EGYPT UNDER THE sHRoUD.
Over 200 Deaths in Five Towns In Two
DaVS,

LONDON, July 9.-There were 96 deaths
from cholera at DamIetta, 48 at Mansurah.
l at Alexandria, 6 at Samonoud and 6
at Sherbin Saturday. On Sunday there
were IS at Damietta, 64 at Mansurah, 8
at SamOnoud, at Sherbin and 1 at Alex
andria.
The Times correspondent at Alexandria
says that European died there of cholera
yesterday. The abattOirs of the city are
in filthy condition, and are extremely
dangerous to health.
ALEXANDRIA, July 9.-Provisions have
given out at DamIetta and the people are
starving. A number of European resi-
dents made an attempt to break the cor
don around the town, and several of them
were wounded.
CAIRO, July st is reported here that
a yacht is being prepared and will be held
In readiness to take the Khedive to Ma
pies, i'll the event of the spread of cholera
making his departure necessary.
HONG KONG, July 9.-ChOlera has
broken out at Swatow, and is raging vio-
lpntlV
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
DAUPHINs INTERCEPTED MAIL
His Counsel Asked Whether 1t is Under
the Ban in Washington.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Postmaster
General Gresham to-day forwarded to the
Postmasters at New Orleans and New
York copies of his decision in the lottery
case, together with letters directing
those postmasters to discontinue the de-
livery of money orders or registered
packages to the agents of the Louisiana
Lottery Company. The counsel for the
Lottery Company to-day submitted to the
Postmaster General, a question as to
whether, under his recent decision, regis
tered letters addressed to an agent of the
Louisiana Company in Washington could
be withheld. This question the Postmas-
ter General has not yet decided.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
ALIvEwITH HAHOLEIN HIS HEAD
4 Negro Murderer Roaming About with
His Brains OOzing Out.


ST. LOUIS, July Sam COON, a, negro,
who in fit of jealous rage shot Emma
Shores, a cOlored girl, at Potosi, Mo-, last
Thursday evening and then shot himself
and subsequently eluded pursuit, was
captured yesterday and taken back TO
POtosi. In his attempt to kill himself
after shooting the girl he fired two bullets
into his head, one of which pene-
trated both hemispheres of the brain.
The other passed through one hemisphere,
and both bullets are now in his skull.
Notwithstanding these wounds, from
both of which his brain OOzed in a con
siderable quantity, the negro roamed the
woods from Thursday evening until Sun
day morning, when he ate a very hearty
meal, talked nationally and walked three
miles from the place where he was cap
tured to POtOsi. Physicians say that he
cannot live. The girl still lives, but is in
paralysis from the effects of the bullet,
which entered the back of her head and
passed under and into her spinal column.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
AN END TO SALVAGE CLAIMS
New Orleans Firemen Agree to Put
Out Fires on Shipboard Free of Cost.

New Orleans Firemen Agree to Put
Out Fires on ShipbOard Free of Cost.
NFw ORLEANS, July 9.-At meeting
tonight of the Firemen's Charitable AS
sOciation the following preamble and res
Olution were adopted:
WHEREAS, In past years certain per-
sons have been making large sums of
money by fires occurring on shipboard in
this port, and in order to perpetuate the
good name of the Firemen's Charitable
Association, be it
Res0lUed, That delegates representing
the different companies of the Fire De-
partment at regular meeting do volun-
teer to eXtinguish fires occurring on ship
board, steamships or other water crafts
without pay, salvage or costs of any kind
1t is believed that this action will put
an end to salvage claims at this port.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
HAYTPS REVOLUTION.
The Government Forces Claiming to
Have the War Under Control.

ne II OGCes GlalmlnR TO
Have the War Under Control
PORT AU PRINCE, June 26.-The
United States steamship Vandalia, Com
modore Wallace, arrived here June 49,,
and was placed under the orders of the
United States Minister. The Vandalia
subsequently sailed southwark on a
cruise. HOstilities between the govern
ment forces and the revolutionists con-
tinue, with considerable losses on both
sides. Jeremiahas has been completely
subdued The government troops have
reached the limits OF Grand Anse and
TiburOn. Perfect order has been re-estab-
lished at Aquin. President Salonfon has
granted pardon to all rebels at Aquin, ex-
cepting twenty of the ringleaders. All
reports from Miragoane assert success
on the part of the government forces, but
according to the latest advices from
Jacmel the revolutionists are within
seven leagues of Port-au-Prince. Refu-
gees from MiragOane report that a famine
reigns in that town.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
BRADLAUGH BARRED OUT.
NorthcOte Again Wins the Day, Much t.
GIadstOne,s Chagrin.

GIadstOne's Chagrin.
LONDON, July 9.-In the House of
Commons this afternoon Premier Glad
stone, in reply to Sir Stafford Northcote.
stated that he had received letters from
Mr.. Bradlaugh announcing his intention
to take his seat in spite of any orders of
the House. Mr.. Gladstone said that the
government had proposed a method of
meeting this difficulty, which had been
rejected 1t now remains with the House
to act.
Sir Stafford Northcote said that he re-
gretted the necessity of protecting an or
der, which was the duty of the Prime
Minister, and moved that Mr.. Bradlaugh
be excluded from the presence of the
House until he concluded not to disturb
the proceedings. The motion was adopted
by a vote of 232 to 60. Previous to the
taking of the vote Mr.. Gladstone and sew
eral other members of the government
withdrew from the House. The other
members of the Ministry present voted
with the minority.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
HAUGHN's ASSASSINATION.
The Defendants to Massacre the Whole
Court if Convicted

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The Depart
ment of Justice has received additional
information in regard to the assassina-
ton of Judge Haughn, the principal wit
ness for the government in the pending
election cases in Texas. The department
is informed that threats have been made
by the defendants in those cases that
they will not be prosecuted
by the government. that
when they 90 into court they will 90
armed, and that if the trial should result
in conviction they will kill the court and
everybody connected with it. The assas-
sinatiOn of Judge Haughn has given rise
to considerable uneasiness in Texas, and
it is not known how soon others may 90.
In the same way the writer asks that his
name be not used in this matter. for
should he be known he would not live TO
see sunshine again.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
The German Gazette Under Fire

BERLIN, July 9.-The Liberal press cor
daily approve the North German Gazette
article referring to Cardinal Jacobini's
latest note to the Prussian Government.
The NelC PruSSian Cross Gazette, Conser-
servative, warns it's readers not to place
too much reliance upon the continuance
of the COnservative-Ultram coali-
tiOn.
The Germdnid, the clerical organ, de-
clares the language of the North Ger
man Gdzette's article, which the Germd-
mia believes was inspired, to be unseemly
and impertinent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
De Lesseps' New suez Canal.

LONDON, July 9.-The Post says that
NJ. De Lesseps has made a satisfactory
arrangement with the British government
in the matter of the Suez canal.
LONDON, July 9.-In the House of Com
mons to-day Premier Gladstone declined
to make any statement concerning the
Suez canal business, saying that it had
not reached proper stage for discussion.
He assured the House, however, that moth
ing would be done without the approval
of Parliament
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
MILES OF FORESTS AFLAME.

Six Miles of Track and Two Engines
Burned, and No Signs of Abatement.
PORTLAND, O., July 9.-Tremendous
forest fires are. raging south of Kalama.
Six miles of railroad and two locomotives
have been destroyed at Oak Point lodging
camp. The losses reported up to this
morning are estimated at 100000. The
flames extend for miles, and are so fierce
that it is unsafe to attempt to investigate
the losses. 1t is believed that the fires
will continue until rain. falls.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10

At Greenvine the residence of Mrs. 5. E.
1urnlPseed was destroyed by an accidental
fire on the Ith inst. A part Of the roof of the
burning building fell IN upon several Young
men who were endeavOring to rescue the csn-
tents OF room. James DOrrOh is doubtless
IataIly burned. His condition is considered
hopeless. Ben johnson, colOred. is also dam
gerously burned, and 1t is thought cannot re-
cover Charles d. M0sely is severely and
seriously burned, but his wounds are not ne
cessarlly dangerous. These three were taken
from the building in a blaze Of fire. their
clothing being almost burned OF them. r. s.
Jones, Of OcOnee. is seriously burned about
the face and hands; Frank Shumate is simi-
larly burned, and several other persons re
csived severe but not dangerous injuries.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
TELEGRAPHIsTs RESTLESS.
The Western Union Operators Weary
of Long Hours on Sunday.

NEW YORK, July 9.-It was reported
Union Telegraph Company, in accordance
with a resolution adopted at a recent
meeting, had resolved to strike for shorter
hours and extra pay for Sunday work.
Inquiry among the operators themselves
failed to obtain any confirmation
OF the report. The officers of the company
stated that they did not expect a strike !;
that no change in the hours of work had
been demanded, and that no such change
had recently been made. 1t is probable,
however, that such demand will be made
before long, but it is not thought that a
strike is imminent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
The English Grain Trade,

LONDON, July 9.-The Mark Lane Er-
press, IN Its review of the British grain
trade during the past week, says that the
favorable weather has been of the great
est benefit to crops. Trade is quiet and
slightly in favor of buyers. Foreign
wheats are depressed, there being an
over-supply. The best brands of flour
are unchanged. Others are somewhat
cheaper. Trade in cargoes off the coast is
stagnant. There were eleven arrivals
during the week and one sale. One cargo
was withdrawn and eleven remain, OF
which four are California cargoes. The
sales of English wheat during the week
were 3S, 533 quarters at 42s. Sd. per quar-
ter, against H,941 qarters, at AIS. ID,
during the corresponding week last wear.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
De Chambord Not So Wen.

VIENNA, July 9.-The Count De Cham.
bord passed a sleepless night and was
slightly feverish. He was extremely weak
this morning.
ROME. July 9.-It has been arranged
that if the Comte De Paris becomes the
recognized claimant of monarchy in
France he will come to Rome TO nav his
respects to the Pope.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
HOW CROOK WON THE DAY.
The Significance of the Apache Settle
ment Explained in Full.


ment Explained in Full.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The origin of
the plan agreed upon last Saturday for
the safe keeping of the Apache captives,
appears to have been generally misunder-
stood. The proposition oplace the police
control of the San Carlos reservation in
the hands of the War Department, was
made by Secretary Teller and accepted
by Secretary of War Lincoln. instead of
vice versa. Secretary Teller
says that there is no foun-
dation for the report that if the
arrangement agreed upon proves success
full the control of all the Indian agencies
will eventually be transferred to the War
Department. He denies that anv such
course is contemplated, and says that the
principal reason for placing General
Crooks captives under the supervision of
the War Department is because that de-
partment has money to keep them while
the Department of the Interior has none.
The San Carlos Agency will be maintained
as heretofore, except that the military
viii have entire charge of the police con-
troll, and especial charge of the Apache
captiVeS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
Rowland Indicted for EmbezzIement.

PTTTsBURG, July 9.-The grand jury
this afternoon returned true bills againt
Archibald II. Rowland, Clerk of the
County Court, on two indictments charg-
ing him with misdemeanOr in office.
The indictments contain SO counts, alleg-
ing that fines were collected where none
had been imposed and that Mr.. Rowland
failed to account for large sums collected.