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New Developments n sbe Gibbons Mar.
deFs.

CINCINNATI, June I3.-Publicaliou is made
here 10 day of the arrest Moeday afternoon
at Columbus, O., of William Direly, negro
charged WITH the murder of the Gibbons
children at Ashland, KY, December "a, 1881.
Fannie and Robbie Gibbons and Eana
Carico were found dead in a burning house.
The girls had been outraged. Three men
were arrested, George Ellis, William Neal
aud Ellis Craft. Ellis made confession,
upon which he was convicted and sentenced
to be hung, but was hung by mob. Neal
and Craft we're also sentenced to hang, and
now await the decision of the Governor as
to the day of execution. The arrest of
Direly ia upon long tracing Of circumstan-
tial evidence in clnnection with the slate
ments made by Direly himself. Two other
men, Dabney jones and Reuben Kendall, are
implicated by Direly, and warrants are out
for their arrest. A shrewd colorsd detective
has been employed long time in the csse,
and he claims that he hos had statements
from Dir=ly in The nature OF confession,
which are corroborated III several points by
circumstantia al evidence. One OF these is the
finding of bracelet belonging to one of the
murdered girls in the hands of a colored
woman who says she received it from
| Direy, and who says he told her of the
murder and that he found the bracelet, some
| money aud the ring on the floor. He gave
| the ring to another coIorsd woman, who has
| also made sworn statement that Dlrely
told her il belonged to the murdered girl.
| Direly at the time Of the murder was en-
ployed in a brick yard near Gibbons's house
Dabney Jones was then employed in NortoH';
iron works near b., and both Drely and
Jones boarded in a shaaty near the river
! bank with TIVE coiored women, one OF whom
received the Ping from Direly almost imme
! diately after the murder, Drely left Ash.
land and was hidden for long time. h
was then heard Of at Portsmouth,, o., and
finally traced to Columbus, o. where the
| srrest WAS made
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Will France go 10 war with Chins? is
question asked with great interest at the
present time in Europe, and it has alec its
interest for us, for we have an important
trade with China, with prospect OF Its be-
coming larger. The Chinese no longer stand
in the attitude they occupied when the EG-
ropeaDs battered down their obsolete defenses
and called up their rivers China has now
formidable means of defense, and its inter-
es,s are no longer isolated but are connected
with those Of other nations. Some portions
OF the French press are correctly estimating
these fao;s, aud are calling a halt in public
opinion before definitely adopting the cry Of
Au PekiR" 1t is becoming apparent TO France
that war with China would certainly be
very costly, and might be disastrous. China
has hundreds of thousands OF soldiers
within reach of the point of con-
test; France must send men, supplies,
and material Of war, lrom the other side
the globe. This at once neHtralzes much of
the superiority France may have III weapons
and discipline. Russia sometime ago be-
came involved with China Is France sppears
likely to do now. She held he Chinese
Territory of Kuidis when the Chinese gen.
eraI, Tso, with 1000 men at his command
required that it should be given up. The
territory was very valuable one, and was
much desired by Russia, hut Russia ia much
better VeFsed IN Chinese afairs THAI Franco
knew how Gen. Tso he'd aonihilated Mo,
Ill, s Chi IL
atroyed s. kingdom that had been set up IN
Yarkaud, and that other feats of arms had
been performed that proved how formidable
China, with its Europsan armaments, and
troops drilled by EuTopeau officers, had be-
come. So strong was the influence of these
facts upon Russia that it gave up
Kuldia. What Russia did with Kuldja
the Chinese now demand the French shall
do with Tonquin. Nor is it Chinese opposi
ton France has alone TO think Of. Europe
does not desire that the Chinese ports ehould
be blockaded and trade with the country sus.
pended. Russia and England will especially
be opposed to war made by an European
power upon China. Francs enjoys conquest
but in this instance the price to be paid il
likely to be too heavy. There is snothe
consideration: The French are not patien
taxpayers. Let the republican government
drift into war, let expenses be heavy, vic
tories few, and ultimate success doubtful
then the French people would be discou
tented, the monarchists would recommenc
their schemes and promote disturbance
difcontent would become reaction, and som
fine morning it would be with the republi
as ii was with Louis Napoleon after Ssdel
China might become a second Mexico.
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THE SPIRIT OF rBE &GE.

Bismarck, The German premier, acts upon
the ancient but dangerous maxim, diride ct
imperd. He plays of one party against an
other for the purpose Of accomplishing his
ends. Clericals, Liberals, Conservatives, all
have his aid at times, and when lie has
gained from them the service be requires
they are cast aside one after another like the
rind Of a sucked orange. Il is strange that
the thinking, serutiuizing German mind,
which has penetrated 20 many secrets and
laid bare 70 many Shame, should itself be-
come subeervient to the scheming Of Biz
marck, and permit themselves to be made
the pawns of a chessteard, hustled from
square 10 square as suits the minister's de-
signp, who scorns them while he
touches them. Bismsrck's present am
bition is to break the power OF the German
Parliament, to decrease the authority
of the people, 10 render the Crown more pow
erful, to bring it nearer and nearer TO des-
potIsm. That man Of Bismarck's sstute
ness, foresight and penelrative intellect
should blunder so far as to adopt that pol
JCTj 10 ohpehSA NA"AES ASSts Nv Ah9iAthaAOAA
can stand agains! the spirit and tendencies
of the times The Church, srmed with the
terrors of the unknown future, and the ruling
classes that have owned vast armies and di-
rected mighty fleets, have failed in such
efforts. Monkish power, feudal power, des-
potic power have all had TO bend and obey
when the progress of thought among peo-
pie required them 10 be weakened or sup
pressed. Even our own institution OF slavery
defended go psssionstely, chung to SO earnest
ly, could not stand when the ciVsliz=d world
at large had come to the conviction that the
institution was obsolete, that the ser
vice compulsory labor had rendered
society was ended. That indeGuable yet
all-subduing power We call "the spirit OF the
age" pronounced the sentence, and among
every intelligent people the peculiar ins,itu.
ton disappeared. The great error which
Bismarck, with all his sagacity, commits, il
to seek 10 make way forward by tresdiDg s
path the spirit of the age declares to be back
ward. See, in Imagination, the vast mas
of human intelligence Fastening 90, WITH
nIW stSp anu loINSEo-uiIeSteu eyes III su'
direction events, reflection and choice hsvt
impslled it-"a great multitude, which NJ
man can number, Of all nations and kin
, dreds and peoples and tongues" On goe
the great flood toward the goal which tn,
very nature they are endued with command
them to seek. Opposing this grand marcl
: forward is a little group here and there, O
: an individual like Bismarck, toiling ant
Tuning and pushing and resisting an'
worrying and censuripg as they striv
!. To make their way among the multi
+ tude, but in the opposite direction. Every
{ where the solemn current of human destiu,
A.! goes en-; its tep suruounls all obstacles; it
: steady, maj site, unWavering march turn
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New YORK, June 13.-At a meeting of
the Directors OF the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, held to-day, john Jacob
Astor was elected director in place OF
mssA Stone, deceased, aud John I. Terry
elected a member OF the Executive Commit
ice III place OF EiSiu D. Morgan, deceased.
Gen. Eckert, acting president, made a fnau-
ciai report, showicg net revenues for the
quarter euding June 30tp, partly estimated,
az 81, 900, which with the surplus on
April Let Of IS, 545, 242 foo.s up 81, 270, 242.
Alter sppropriating the interest and amount
Of 8, 399, $50 for quarterly dividend sur
plus Is LEI. Of S3,743,792 The Directors de-
clared dividend OF one and three-quarters
per cent, payable on and after July 18th,
and on the removal of the legal restraint
prohibiting such payment, to stockholders of
record at the close Of the transfer books on
the Both Of June. The books Of transfer OF
the capital stock Of the company in New
York and London will be closed al 8 O'Clock
on the Both OF June and Be reopened on Inc
morning OF the 18th OF July.
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T0rDsaa.at CnilsIcosne, NO.

CHILLIcoTHE' June ia tornado visited
this city, dong considerable damage. The
High School bell tower was injured; Mil
banks epgine-room snd J. L. Myers'5 barr
we're unroofed; CurTy's barn was removed
from its foundation and Dennis WoiiskilPt
residence, five miles.soulhesst of here, wai
! demolished. The family were carried
through the sir about 500 feet, and Mrs
| WOlf=klll was badly cut. At Utics, neal
here, the brick Baptist church was demo-
isaed, ard at Summer City, eighteen mIlsi
| southwest Of here, eleven buildings wer,
destroyed. A thousand trees were uprooted
and thIee-fourihs CT the apple crop srounC
| hare was DESTROYED
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LlEMPHIN APPEAL
q'nURsDAY, JUNE II, 1873.
TIE MARBOE AND TIE JEtiILs:

THE nERB8R and THE IL tiIEs.
the writer in the Cincinnati CCmDgciai
Gazeue who thinks that the istiy sysism hos
stopped the month Of the Mi%-siPpi, with The
exception Of a small hole through the orihce
ci which the water passes, has coutended that
New Ofleans ought to have az good chip
way to the sea as New York nae. Only the
very peculiar eel OF facts the Cincinnati
writer claims to be acqusiuted With could
induce it to think it has not. Ships that can
make their way up to New York Can do the
PANE at New Orleans, and do 60 more GER
t,inIy than al New York, for there, If the
vessel be large, it can pass the bar only when
the state of the tide will permit The New
York Times, of Monday, has an article upon
the subject, which betrays a degree OF sDxI-
ely never shown by any NV Orleans ness-
paper with respect 10 the condition
OF things there since the ietties su-
perseded the miserable dredging sys-
TEN. The Times says: at New York l.
10 compete with Philadelphia, Newport
News, and other maritime ports, some hing
must be done to relieve the harbor entrance
of some Of the present difficulties" This il
rays in reference 10 the grounding Of the
steamship City Of Rome at high water on
Saturday last, WhsrC il remained hard and
fast for tSenty-four hours, which the Time,
correctly observes 'is serious business >
aud adds that "ths channel at best is narrow
aud tortuous. Fogs on this coast are
by no means uncomuUn. A very slight d.
Vergence from the narrow line laid down al
the ships true course may bring 10 grief a
great steamer thai has safely passed the
periIs Of the ses." A4 experienced watcher
OF the state OF things at the New York bar
died recently, and the Times, in 3
tone of real anxiety, asks, in con-
GLIDING its article: "Who will take
his place and sound the frequent
warning that shall safe. The harbor from being
closed againstocean commerce" Had sentences
similar TO these appeared in leading New
Orleans newspaper with reference TO the
izttIes, what torrent OF 81 told you so's''
would have gushed from the CoWdOn wor-
Shipping Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, and
from the smaller craft that sail in its Take
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A USEFUL IAvESrIoE FOR FIEEnEN

A USEFUL ERVBSTIOE FOR FIRE 81 En-
A fine Invention patented by A. 3. Burns
and c. E. Creecy, OF Washing ton, for the
purpose Of saving life and ezlinguishing fire
has been erected recently on number Of the
government buildings in that city, among
them the Treasury Department and the
building occupied by the Pension Office
on Pennsylvania avenue. The invention
consists Of a combined sland.pipe and lad.
der, with iee-proof sungs and balconies. A
test was made on Friday last Of those erected
Oh the Pension bu'ldiHgs by The Fire Depart
meat. Al signal given by the chief en-
giaeer, twenty frgUrou stzrtv5t II Tx l':riaes
ninety,four feet nigh and made the ascent in
forty seconds. AT another signal the attach.
msut from three engines was made at the
bottom Of the stand Pipe, and Ester
thrown from the connection on the
roof of the building, distance OF 275 feet
in twenty five seconds One thousand gal
Ions Of water per minute was thrown from
the stsn1-pipe under pressure of 400 pounds
to The square inch. Three thousand people
witnessed the test, among them the promi
nent city and government officials. Gen
Dudley, Commissioner Of Pensions indorse
it ss the best invention of the kind yet of
fered to the public, and the fire insnranc,
companies, it ia said, reduce their rates OF
all buildings they are erected on.
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charges BOTH the great parties With bribery
and corruption IN securing nomins ous and
carrying elections, with fostering monopoliss,
With sxravagance IN me tsxing power, de
mands the abolition Of the uatioaa! bank
system AMI the substitution Of legai-tender
paper money for Inc present currency; de-
N ands THAI railroads Oe required TO reduce
the present extoctiOnats rsIes, aBd favors q
postal telegraph and The restoration 10 the
people OF the public lsnds recslts.jy sppro-
prlated 10 corporations; declares that all
men have = right 10 part of The land, aud
that genera prices depend on the amount
OF currency II cirCul alton; dsma temper
sHce reformation and the abolition OF the con
Wet contract system a iuil State ticket,
headed by Charles jenkins, of MahoniDg, for
Governor, was Gominatrd.
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frat carefully cleaned and examined. The
assistant held the two states closed
firmly together in the palm Of his
right hand under the table, but with
his whole haod aud the exterior OF
the slsfe= fully 10 sight Of Hermann and Of
Mr.. McVicker. Mr.. Simpson was then per
mitisd, keeping her hand fully IN sight, to
place her hand undernea and resting
against the back of the assistants hand.
As SOD az the hsnds touched Inc writing
was heard a. If executed IN flash by an
expert writer. Mrs Simpsons hand was first
removed, Hermann watching and holding it.
Then the assistant opened the slates ami
read the writing. Il was simply, "Only q
week in Pittsburg." The question was then
taken by Hermann from his pocket, uDlolded
AMI read Il was: 'How long will you re-
main in Pittsburgh" Mr.. Hermann declar
that it was not done by his act or by any
zlsigbt Of hand or deception, as it was impos,
sibe for any living person 10 have either
read he question or written the answer. The
experiment was Immediately repeated with
slates which Hermann had bought, where
upon h expressed mself satisfied.
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q WIFE our OF TOWN.

OF all the insidiOus
Temptations invidioHs,
Contriyed by the devil for pulling men down,
There's none more deluslVe,
Seductive, abusive,
Than the snare 10 a man with wife out OF town
He feels such a delightfulDess,
5tay-out-Al n ignt-lullness,
I-get-tight-fulneSs,
/ own IL with paini
A bachelor aEishness,
What-will- yOu-takihhneSs,
Next day headache-ishness,
None can explaini
HIS wife may be beautiful
Tender ana dutiful,
'IIs not that her absence would cause him delight
But the cursed opportunity,
Baleful immunity,
Scatters his scrdples as da! scatters night.
He feels whisky -ard-yrstsr-ful, -
Repine and slaughter-ful,
Nothing he-ought-toful
To his toes ends;
so Observation-Disclosures
Quite corps-du- ballet-Some,
Stories-tally -sOme,
With wicked friends.
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WOODSTOCK,
Tie Craps About as Usual at This Sea
sOa-PaiuTHI AceIdent-Dr. Rogers.


OCCASIONAL correspondence OF the Appeal
WOODSTOCK, Tenn, Jupe lS.-Around this
section things are as they usually ara at this
season of the yesr, that ls, dull times in
money matters aud everybody saying that
the crops are worse than they were before at
the middle OF June. Well, the seasons APP
parently are getting later, but the outcome
| is generally the same one year with another.
So what's the difference? "AlPs well that
ends we'll"
Dor live aud wids-iaake neighbor, the
Hon. E. J. Wendell, met with quite painful
accident few days since By getting fall
which dslocated MS right SHOULDER. He is
all o. K. again, aud carrying out his motto,
"Push along and keep moving"
We were pleased TO meet Dr.. w. Z. ROg.
ere who, in company with his son Shep T..
! is on Welt 10 Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Wendell.
All Of Dr. Rogers old friends have been
10 see him, and will do all they can 10 make
his stay as pleasant IS possible. May he
live long while yet. Truly, he is one
whose "iigh, is set upon a hilltop"
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PITTsBUEG, Juue l3.--The Chronicles Con-
neIsville, Ps., special says: sine Monon-
gaheIa Association of the Baptist Church me:
last evening, and after hearing the CAsr.e'
against the Rev. Z. c. Morgan, alleging ma
licious and general lying, rending the churcn
into two parties by an unjust and unscrip
turai ruling, indecorous and grossly immoral
conduct unanimously sustained the charges
aud excluded +. c. Morgan from the Baptist
Church -
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A YOUNG PREACHER
Insults a Lady of His Flack, and On
Being RepeIied Attempts TO Com
nit Suicide.
A Minister Turned Out of the Church
for Malicious LyiRg-Triple Muir
der in Alabama.

DETROIT, June 13.-Nettie Lyon, sight
years old, was enticed away By tramp,
while going on an errsnd at Cneboysan la-l
night. She was found il dying condition
this morning. She had been outraged, stabbed
10 the left lung and otherwise terribly IN
jured. The greatest excitement prevails.
A large body Of citizens are securing the
country in pursuit. of the wretch who com
mitIed the crime
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A Prosperous Place with n Happy Pop
nIAII0n, and Growing Fast
Occasional Corre5pondoaco OF She Appeal


BEIEN, June 1.-THE Z. c. Carroll, jr,
one Of the Pdrisot Line, arrived at this uoIut
last Saturday, loaded with sacks; Mr.. Marks
of this place, having sold ia Vicksburg 1900
bushels of corn, to be delivered on the 18th
instant. How does that show up for Quit
man county? Crops are very good in this
section. The new courthouse for this county
has been complsted and received by the
Board of Supervisors, and Judge Trlmble
can hold his court here without lear OF con-
sequences Fish and dew5erries are plenti-
ful, and the negro is happy. The weather
lie hot. NorsNHoJ.
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MILWAUKEE, June 13-In the Masonic
Grand Lodge yesterday when the report was
made on Woodhulps accounts, it was learned
that he ia short at present about $500, hav-
ing borrowed $500 in 1881 TO make up his
deficit, which 10 all would be over $4,000.
The funds taken are divided among the
Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter aud Grand
Commsndery. 1t is proposed TO break up
this trinity of offices in one by allowing each
grind body to elect it's Grand Secretary. A
resolution having been passed to give moth
ing to the press, even the names of delegates
mr.. nr,nnrn,acd
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MoEE boys than girls we're bora in Irelsn

MoEE boys than girls we're bora in Ireland
in 1881. OF ne former the numbsr vac Ca
1913. of The later 81 ,054-a proportion o.
IO6 boys 10 100 girls. The iliegllimsis
birIhs wers but Two and a half per cent. o.
The uhole-a result which, 90 the Registrar
General remarks, besrs 2 very fsEorabls
comparison with the returns iG most other
countries. The de sth rae Ter Irelsnd wa
US per 1000, and little bslos the Fate o.
the last Ten years. TAe dealh-rate is tbs
highest in Lein-tes, where it il 20.l. Ulstei
follow. with rs; Munster, 17.2, and Con
n4uoht 1873
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PEPPEssED WITH POWDER
Eighteen Men More or Less Injured In
a Decoration Parade.

MYSTIC BRIDGE, Conn, June 13.--At the
ceremonies attending the dedication Of the
soldiers' monument to-day, while a salute
was being fired in honor Of the Governor by
a battery OF artillery from Fort Trumbuil,
Williams and Sedgewick Posts, Grand Army
of the Republic, passing at the time, received
the contents of 40 guns in their ranks. The
first discharge was received by Williams
Post, but the sacond, which was more serious,
was received hy SsdgSick Post Eighteen
men were injured, more or less seriously, az
follow: Commander J. G. Brewer, of Sedg-
wick Post, Norwich, peppe:ed from head to
foot with powder, more than thirty pieces Of
coarse powder entering tha side and limbs (;
Lieut.. WIN. C8rruihsrs, assistant postmaster
at Norwich, hesd bruised from powder,
feared injuries fatal; Chss. Young, Norwich,
artery cut in leg, bleeding protusely and
peppered in lac, head aud body with coarse
powder. The injuries of The others are less
serious. Tee irjared men were consigned ts
private residence AMI medical attendance
promptly summu;ed.
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RICHMOND June 1S-The 6ne rains in
Virginia and North Csrolins the past week
have been Of great benefit to ali the crops.
The putting out OF tobacco plants is very
general. The prospects are that the crop
wall be as large and of as good quality as
las: year. Wheat has improved very much
the past two weeks, and while the crop will
not BE- as large ss that of last year the quail
y will be better. Corn is ASP in flourish
IN condition
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sau,hern E.ro.i,,on Cotton Premiums

LOUISVILLE, June 1S.-The Southern Er-
position offers q premium Of $1,000 for the
best bale of long staple cotton, 1900 for the
second best, and $3.50 for the third beet. The
same premiums are duplicated for the besi
three short bales, and $500 for the best ex-
hihit of sea.islsnd cotton and $3.50 for tbs
second best. The other cotton premiums
make list of $3.50. A local cotton house
will Increase the amount TO $4,000 on cot.
81
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The storm I'm Kansas.

ABILENE, june ia Gdzetts reporter
who bas just returned from the track OF the
storm which occurred along the line of Clay
and Dickinson counties, repor;s ten honss,
blown down snd thirty stables demolished
Oas small child was killed and five people
injured; none fatally. The house of Willard
Ayres was blown 20 atoms. Ayres and wife
were seriously bruised, and a little child wal
blown some dis auoe, but was found two
houIs afterward uniuiursd. The town Of
Industry did not sufsr az severely Sc re-
ported yesterday. There was but one houss
DESTROYED and no one injured.
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triple murder In Alabama

COLUMBUS, GA, June 13.-At Rockford.
Coosa county, AlabAms, Jordan Goblin, a
Negro, entered the house OF peaceful citl-
zen, Benz. Garden, and shot him while lying
on bis bed. His vile jumped up and the
negro shot her down. His son started to give
the alarm and he also was shot. All were
instantly killed. A daughter, aged fourteen
years, escaped and gave the alarm. There
was no provocation for the murders. The
country round about s being secured for the
hand
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The architects ar iusl Gov figuring az 70
whether tue Washington monument Gould
withstand oae-of ste tsrrihc cyclones which
have been devastating certain portions Of The
country this spring. Judging By tie recalls
of the cyclone that struck Wes-os, ID ISL
and vicinity last spring, We are OF the opinion
that even tbs great obslIak would net stand
the racket.