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Weeto Cljivnim X- (fonsli In lion alisl. CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17,1877. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES. PROOF CONVINCING THAT THEY HOLD THE FORT. A Talk Whieh Shows That the South ern Cotton Mill* Can Outstrip the northern and Eastern Factories—Mr. W. F. Herring Given An Interesting Interview On the Situation. (Atlanta Constitution.) In Saturdav’s Constitution a special from New York was printed, showing bow the Southern mills were competing with the Northern manufacturers of cotton and really driving them to the wall. The ar tide created considerable comment. The facts detailed were familiar to those who had studied the subject but to the general reader they were surprising. New Eng land has been generally considered as con trolling the cotton goods market in this country by the aid of the protective tariff and the success of the Southern mills has not been appreciated nor is their capacity known even to people living almost under their sha dow. Consequently when the Constitution’s article declared that “the dry goods men of the North are calling out for protection against the encouragement of Sou'.hern manufacturers” and were invoking tbe aid of the reloads to shut Southern goods out * of the market, not a few of onr own people were surprised. One of tbe bast informed men on manufactures north and south is Mr. W. F. Herring, of Augusta. As he was in Atlanta for a few days prior to a visit to New York and Philadelphia, where he has large interests, a Constitution man called on him and asked what he thought of the statements in tbe article referred to. Paid he : “I was not surprised to see that the New England manufacturer is begin nidg to realize that he cannot compete with the southern mills. This fact has been growing more and more evident everj’ day, and in the light of recent events is in disputable." "Do the Southern manufacturers control any part of tbe cotton goods tride now ?” "Certainly; a very large part of it. When cotton mills were first erected in tbe South it was a question whether they could hold their own in tbe home market. This prob lem was soon decided in their saver. Without difficulty they, controlled the home market on everything they manu factured. Then they met the Northern products in the West which was neutral ground and found an easy conquest there on everything they made. This was a con siderable triumph, but tbe Southern mills did not stop there. They are to-day con trolling the New England market on brown goods. Wbat w« call sheeting and shirtings, are regulated everywhere by the gouthern mills.” "How does the present tariff affect the Southern mills?" "It is greatly to their disadvantage, but they are not the greatest suffers from the tariff?” "Who are?" "The Souihern cotton planter bears a heavier burden than any other American citizen under tbe present iniquitous tariff." "Do you mean to say that a protective tariff as a rule is net a good policy.” "I do. The revenue is derived only from importations, but the tax in increased price is paid on tbe whole amount con sumed. Foreign importations never take place except when it is economically a na tional good to import, because such arti cles are obtained for less labor and capital than that necessary for their production at home. Whenever this state of facts ceases to exist such importations will stop. To prevent or restrict importations by pro hibitory or high duties compels a waste of labor and capital which benefits no human being. There never was since the world began a tariff that eSorded protection in this or any other country that did not in volve a waste of labor and capital for which the consumer, which means the whole people were obliged to pay. Industries that require protection to exist must be, and always are supported by unprotected and self-supporting industries-just as much as any other paupers - but at a far greater expense. They only live by the support of public, involuntary contribu tions. Only industries that voluntarily spring up are worth anything to a country. Those that have to be artificially stimulat ed beyond a fair test are a drain upon the national wealth." "In your opinion do these conditions fall more heavily on the Southern planter than upon any other city ?” "I have no doubt of it. I believe that under the existing tariff the average South ern planter pays a tax of 50 per cent, on his income. You know cotton is the chief product of tbe South and about the only source of income to the Southern planter. Take a model Southern farmer, who raises 25 bales of cotton a year and see how the tariff affects him. I will sup pose every advantage in his favor. At best 3 of bis 25 bales must go to pay for his fertilizers. His remaining 22 bales will brirg him usually SI,OOO. Out of this he has to pay two hands SIOO each after boarding them for the year He will have to buy above what he raises 800 pounds of meat, and if he buys for cash and to the best advantage, this will cost him fEO. Reducing this S2BO, he has $720 left Then comes the demands for the many forms of iron he needs about his place. His wagons, his gin, his cotton ties, his horse shoes, his plows, hoes, trace chains, all the many minntia of his blacksmith and iron bill will cost S2CO, and leave him with $520. When he pro vides out of this all tbe supplies needed for his farm and family, such as sugar, salt, soda, glass, tinware, stoves, sho=>s and hats, be has very little left. If he has the feeling of the average farm ing class, he must have a Sun day outfit for himself, his wife and his children. With all these things provided, he is usually lucky if he has $lO3 left, and if he has saved $209, he may be con sidered a modtl of industry and prudence. On all the many things he has purchased, he has paid en average duty of fifty per cent. The tariff has cost him no less’than S2CO on his $620. The hardest part of it is that of the S2CO fully $l6O has gone to sustain unprofitable industries and does nobody any good. This is the worst feature in the present tariff. The enor mous tax levied on the consumers, the whole people, does not go to enrich the manufacturer. While the farmer pays 50 per cent, for the tariff it is seldom that the manufacturer of the best protected mo nopolies makes ten per cent The forty per cent, does not go the labor. It is simply buried in the effort to do an im possible thing; to foster artificially in dustries which -could not stand alone. I believe it can be proven beyond a doubt that were it not for the present protective tariff the farmer who is now able to save SIOO could save s2oo.The value of any prop erty is the per cent, it pays on the invest ment, and therefore the doubling of the net income of the farmer would double the value of every acre of his land. I have taken a fair illustration. Everything has been sup posed in favor of thefarmer. He and his family must be economical to meet the con ditions I have given. I have supposed him be an industrious, sober man, and have net allowed for any such contingency as doctors’ bills, etc. In other words, I have taken the most favorable instance of the operations of the present tariff, and you see that is bad enough. If it is hard on the farmer who starts on SBOO, after pay- ing $203 for labor, and by the best man agement saves $lO3 or io, it is much harder on tbe two negroes who have SIOO each to start on. Onr people do not understand now heavy are the burdens they are bear ing” "Do you think there is any remedy for these evils?" “I em very hopeful. I am sure there can not be anything worse than we have gone through. Ibis this thing will react cn it self. Tbe very tariff which bolsters the cotton and iron manufactures of New Eng land to a paying basis will carry tbe South ern manufactories to easy success.” "Do you believe there is a growth of sen timent against a protective tariff' in this country ?” "There is no doubt whatever of it, and tbe success of the South in manufactures will make New England sick of the pro tective tariff, and I expect to see that coun try, now the champion of protection, clam oring for free trade before many years I think the South is making as fast a growth in manufactures as is natural. It is not a grow tb dependent upon any artificial stim ulants. lhe outlook for the success of manufacture in the Eouth and for for the relief of the people from unjust burdens of the tariff is most hopeful.” Mr. Herring has studied the tariff prac tically and bis thorough convictions on it are »-xpreßßed with a rare clearness and felicity.. - HINTS FOR HOME DRESSMAKING. Suggestions In the Way of Elegance As Weil As of Economy. Do not trim wool with silk: braided de signs have superseded the use of piece silk for trimmings, and these are not only much more effective, but they wear belter as long as the material itself. All dresses that are used for outdoor are cut walking length, and girls do not wear trains undor any circumstances before they have become a part and parcel of society life, and are "of age”—that is, over 18. Even then do net wear long dresses for dancing or for anv occasion excepting formal dinners or grand receptions where there is no dancing. Plain-plaited (brx-plaitcd) skirts will be much worn this season, and may be either trimmed on to a lining or made entire cf fine wool, with narrow side plaits under the box plaits. The edge is hem med up and faced cn tbe under side, braid for binding being but little used. If th a skirt is draped the drapery should be narrow at the back, and well held in abeve the flounced or front is still fash ionable; so are straight folds and shirring. In many instances the fullness does not dt scend upon the lower port of the skirt, and it cut up into as few parts and made simple as possible. P&niered bisques are as fashionably worn as ever, but they are not very deep, and are ronnded over the hips where they often connect with the drapery at the back, the skirt being trimmed with ruffles of lace or embroidery and plaitings of the material. Sagging puffs are also employed cf graduated width, and with ruffles of embroidery between or heading the puff: or with insertion or lines of shirring between, upon which the edges of the puffs fall but only lightly, the fullness being some what straight and scant. Basques and Bodices. Basques and bodices are cut in a great variety of wayss the deep Jersey basque, close fitting and well shaped, is still worn, the coat basque is as fashionable as ever, neither having been quite superseded by the pointed basque, hollowed upon the hjps and deepening to a point back and front There is also the plaited blouse basque, which holds its own. and the shirred and belted waist, the double breasted jacket basque, and the "French” waist, so called, which is belted in broadly, but is plain upon the sholders, and open-V-shaped at the neck, where it is finished with a ruffle of lace, which ex tends to the belt. These belted, and shirred, and plaited styles are not new, but they will be worn tbe coming summer; and so also will the Princess polonaise, very slightly and simply draped; for though fullness is more or less massed at the back and employed to enlarge the contour of the hips, the strictest outlines of form are still pre served, and the absenceof drapery is much less remarkable than the presence of full ness in shapeless plaits and gathers. Slashing the edge of the basque is a revival of what was once known as the "Polka” bodice, and it aflords an opportunity for pretty effects in plaited lace, silk or satin, placed under the cut-up portions of the basque. It is a convenient way to finish the edge of a bodice which is worn over a puffed skirt, the soft fold serving as a sup port to the interior plaiting, whether of lace or some other contrasting fabric; and the style may. therefore, be recommended for pongees, India silk, crepe de Chine, fine soft wools, foulards, and the like. Pongee is a most useful material in a warm climate, and we advise one dress of this description in every wardrobe, now that they can be obtained so easily. Another style makes up vary handsome ly in eoft silk and velveteen : Make a walking skirt of claret-colored velveteen, perfectly plain, except a thick ruche of silk around the bottom. Drape over this a "Newport” scarf of soft silk, which is bowed at the back. Make a basque of velveteen to match the skirt, with the full ness behind, or a silk drapery may be ar ranged instead of the scarf. The Jnnia Waist. Yeung ladies who want directions in re gard to a summer waist are referred t 3 the "Jnnia.” Nothing could be prettier, more effective, more useful, or more becoming than this simple bodice to a slender young girl. It may be mado in linen, in foulard, in plain wool, in soft silk, or in cambric, and either as an independent waist or as part of a dress. It is particularly good in hair-striped linens or cottons, and in dot ted foulard, and is a good style also for fl.muel, but not for a stout person. The "Marana” costume may be used with con fidence for flannel or linen, and the "Am etta” for a combination of wool with a richer fabric. The "Ronnie” and the "Fantine” are good, a? ever for the thin dresses of young giris from twelve to six teen. and the "Reata” is one of the most fashionable designs for a lady’s polonaise. Sleeves of walking-dresses are finished narrow at the wrist and without cuffs or other trimmings, so that the gloves :iny be drawn over the edge without difficulty. They are faced inside with silk, as is also the standing collar, which is almost straight, and has an upright ruffle of lace, which terminates in a jabot in front. It is well to remember that cottons and other simple materials, such as flannels, should be made up in simple designs, and usually such as mixture of curves, squares, and diagonal lines, without de fying every principle of art and architec ture, and common sense should teach to select the simple forms, and the straight lines for simple, and especially for wash ing materials. The Gratia blouse is a charming design for thin white morning dresses, or indoor dre?ses of thin muslin or linen lawn, with single skirt, which should be trimmed with three or five ruffle s, Pug dogs axe not so much the vogue as fashionable pets, and society women have returned to the old style of leading their husbands about by a string. A Cincinnati woman knocked her hus band senseless with a copy of the Pible. The old version is good and strong yet. APACHE FIENDS. INDIAN RAIDERS BUTCHERING CITI ZENS IN THE WEST. The Sitnation Becoming Serious—Reser vation Suvageo Restive and Anxious to Dig t'p the Hatchet. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Tucson, Arizona, March 28. —The In dian situation is growing serious. Ad vi(fts from Silver City say that a party which arrived there from San Carlos re port that the young backs on the San Car les reservation were very restless last week, and there was every evidence of an early outbreak. They talked of the vic tory o f the big chief in Mexico and said he would soon be at San Carlos, and couriers have been constantly pissing be tween the reservation ana Jah’s band in Sonora, carrying information. The band raiding southeastern Arizona has been drawing from the reservations, and is in creasing in numbers daily. As far as heard from, twenty-one people have been mur dered and buried in seven days. Adviced from Sonora place the depredating band down there at not less than one hundred and fifty who are being driven to the Ari zona border by the Mexican troops. If the troops pursue them across the border they will probably be forced into Richmond, where the renegades are now receiving re inforcements. Intelligence has been re ceived that two more men were killed at Richmond, making a total of nine white men killed in that vicinity during the last twenty-four hours. Capt. J. F. Black and his company of Shakespeare Guards left last night for Richmond and Gila with about thiriy men. It is reported that tbe Indians number one hundred men. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the settlers in the Gila valley and there is a possibility of an attack being made on the laborers along tbe line of the Lordsburg and Clifton Railroad. San Francisco, March 28. —A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, says the Umatilla Indian scare proves to be without founda tion. It is believed that rumors of the movements of tbe Indians were circulated for the purpose of bringing on a commis sion, which would result in their removal arid the throwing open of their reservation to land sharks. GEN. GORDON. Reply to the Statement of a, Jackson ville Correspondent. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Atlanta, Ga , March 28.—Ex Senator Gordon has addressed to the editors of various journals the following letter con cerning a widely published paragraph em anating from Jacksonville: "Dear Str—The letter of your correspon dent dated Jacksonville, Fla., March 22d, is filled with misrepresentations but would be unworthy of notice did it nut involve tbe interests of others. The base and false insinuations contained in a portion of his letter have been so thoroughly disproved and so signally rebuked by the people of Georgia, that I need not refer to them. His statement that I am no longer a citizen of Georgia is false. I have never contem plated for one moment a change of resi dence. His statement that I had registered at betels as of Florida is false and without the semblance of an excuse. His state ment that I am a candidate for Senator Call’s seat or the seat of any one else, is false. On the contrary, lam devoting my whole time as a private citizen to my per sonal interests and to the development by legitimate means of the resources of this section. Respectfully yours, "(Signed) J. B. Gordon.” GOLD AND SILVER. Statement of the Product of Each For 1882—The South's Showing In the Re port. Washington, March 26 —An investiga tion has been made by agents of the Treas ury Department, and the information is being collected at the Mint Bureau, which will show the gold and silver product of the country for the calendar year 1882. The details are not yet ready for publica tion, but in general terms it may be stated there was an increase in tbe silver produc tion amounting to about $3,003,030, and a slight falling off in gold. The principal increase in the silver product was in Col orado and Idaho, while Nevada and Ari zona held their own. There was some in crease in New Mexico also. For the first time a silver product is reported from North Carolina, and, though hot over $25,- 030 for the year, will attract attention as a novelty. A decrease in th® gold production arises chiefly from the falling off in Dakota and, to some degree, in California. The de cline is small, however. The gold mines of Colorado have made a notable increase in output, while Idaho has increased some what in its produce, and Montana has held its own. There has been the greatest proportion in increase of Georgia of any State or Territory in the Union. The out put will foot up for the year about sl,- 250,000. The report indicates further that for the erlsuing year the product will probably be quadrupled. The most note woithy characteristic of the is the unprecedented activity in mining along the Apalacheai |raage in Georgia and the Carolinas. The Grading.. (Lincolnton News.) There has been considerable impatience on the part of the country people to ses the grading on our railroad begin. Look ing at the deep interest we take in the matter this is altogether natural. The work cannot be carried on to completion too hurriedly for us. President Verdery, whose heart and soul are in the enterprise, is just as anxious as are the people. He had determined, as soon as the survey was made to Lincolnton, to commence bieak irg dir , but this would necessitate a dis continuance of the survey, for chief en gineer Dwight’s presence would be de manded to direct the work. So, at tbe earnest request of Capt. Dwight he has de termined to push the survey through to Elberton at the earliest practicable period, by the first of April anyway. The en gineers are now moving over much better ground and it may be safely said that in perhaps a few days a most complete and satisfactory line will located. President Verdery is now making contracts for the grading. THE TOBACCO WAR. Excited Strikers In Lynchburg. Vir ginia. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Lynchburg, Va,, March 29,—At a meet ing of the tobacco manufacturers last even ing, every manufacturer was pledged not to resume work with any cf the strikers, before May Ist, unless the majority of the manufacturers consent. One factory work ing white hands was besieged by negroes, this evening, and threats of violence were made, but the manufacturers gathered in numbers, prepared to defend their white operatives. The police were also stationed near the factory, prepared to quell any dis turbance. Whiskey is flowing freely among the negroes, and there may be trouble yet. AUGUSTA, GA., t WEDNESDAY APRIL 4, 1883. MONTGOMERY. Property and Advane®nfcrt»t—Alabama's Coal Supply—The Pabljr School Fund —New Cotton Compterf (Ccr. Chronicle and CofctKiiv i email st.) Montgomery, Aik , ifech 26. -It seems to be quite peneraMEconceded that this section of the Union Kabout entering upon a period of and advance ment which it haa«Bct Igtherto known. Evidences of this are seek them where we may. Wfejie, in a general way, this is true of the wtire South, the people of Alabama wish iypfderstood that, so long as the prefee moves in the right direclion, she firopqfe to retain her position close up by the music. It must not be supposed that Alabama hopes to take a prominent part jn every enterprise which tends to makefe p&ple proipirons and influential, because mture has fitted her for a peculiar part in ciis piece of ma chinery. It must be concwed that Geor gia is to be the cotton manufacturing State, since she possesses fitness for that work, but Alabama her coal and iron. One who has lot looked upon the mopntfijpf; of-Middle »-.d North Alabama lions of -ons of coal 'Sfiouftm can form no conception of the magnitude of our resources just here. A gentleman of experience recently said that "Alabama’s coal and iron supply is practi cally inexhaustible.” That these resources are being turned to good account may be seen by looking at such representative towns as Birmingham and Anniston. These places scarcely had an existence in 1870, and now they are better known than places which were twiee their size twenty years ago. The latter town has recently absorb ed the Noble Bros, car wheel works o Rome, Ga. I wish I could go into details just here, but must forbear. Suffice it to say that Alabama appreciates the fact that nature has made her the custodian of this important interest and time will develop the additional fact that the trust was worth ily bestowed. Perhaps nothing so accurately indicates the public press as the doings of the State Legislature, which is the mouth pieee of tbe people. Among much important work accomplished during the session just closed was the passage of a bill increasing the general public school fund SIOO,OOO. This will run the gross amount to about $500,C00, which sum in the bands of Hon. H. Clay Armstrong, State Superin tendent, will place the system on a firmer basis, and insure results which will equal, if nnt excel, those produced by any State in the South It is not generally "known that there are in Alabama a number of normal schools. Those located at Flor ence, Marion, Huntsville and Tuskegee re ceive aid from the public school fund. The school at Tuskegee deserves special mention. Professor B. T. Washington (colored), the principal, took hold of the institution under adverse circumstances about two years ago. By his own efforts he has raised about $5,0C0, which he applied to purchase of land and erection of a sub stantial building,,for which purposes the State appropriation was not ample. Prof. Washington’s purpose is to establish here a first class industrial school, modeled after the noted one at Hampton, Va., of which he is a graduate. The General As sembly, recognizing the value of the work being done at this school.- increased the appropriation $2,000.. Another valuable Addition to Alabama law was maZfe by the General Assembly, when they passed (during the session just cßsea) the law creating an Agricultural Departmrat. The law is broad in its scope and will be of incalculable benefit to every c iss of citi zens, whose interests and the f rraers’ are identical. The clause requiring manufac turers and dealers in commercial fertili zers to guarantee each package slid is re garded as very valuable. It ceems that large quantities of this .article, which fail ed to pass muster in Georgia, have been sent to Alabama and disposed of to the detriment of purchasers. Alabama now gives notice to Georgia that this article must in future be "all woe! and a yard wide” or it must be kept at home. It must not be supposed tba! Montgomery is not fully abreast the times in the march of im provement which we are considering. Space will only admit of a word or two on this point. In 1878 Messrs. J. 0. Hurter & Co. erected here a cotton compress of abiut 1,203 bales per day capacity. They are now erecting another at a cost of $63,- 000, the two to have an average daily capacity of 2,b00 bales, and storage ca pacity of 15,000 To show how this in terest has benefited Montgomery, I need only state that since its inception the receipts|of cotton at this place have more than doubled on account of the superior shipping facilities which the compress affords, and having made Montgomery a first-class cotton market. We have just completed a block of busi ness houses (wholesale), erected at a cost of SBO,COO. The wires informed you recently of the suicide of a bookkeeper in the Merchants and Planters National Bank of this place. An investigation, suppos'd to be thorough, developed a shortage of SIO.COO. To-day it is announced that the sum reaches $57,- BCO, and the work ie not complete yet. Qoming on tbe heel of the Vincent dis closures, it makes ns think that "the times are out of joint” in reality. It is thought that the money went at gambling, as did Vincent’s steal, and through another chan nel of a kindred nature. These two derel opmeots have caused the people to rise up in arms and proclaim that "the gamblers must go,” and a partial result is shown in the fact that several prominent gambling houses have been closed by the police. A State Taw was recently enacted which is intended to put a stop to selling "futures.” This seems to afford some relief, but will not tbe same germ, which still lives, pro duce more fruit of the same sort? L. V. L. LANGLEY. Annual Meeting and Election of Officers Yesterday. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Langley Manufacturing Company was held yesterday morning, at the company’s offices, in Langley, South Carolina. After the reading of the president’s report, which was very full and satisfactory, the fallow ing directors were elected: Mr. Josiah Sibley, Mr. Wm. C. Sibley, Mr. B R. Dun bar, and Mr. R. A, Fleming, citv; Mr. W. C. Langley, of New F. G. Pelzer, of Charleston, Sou«Ran3jnat Mr. M. F. Foster, of Langley, South Caro lina. After the adjournment of the stock holders a meeting was held of the Bo\toof Directors and Mr. Wm. 11. .e elected President of the Col. Luther A. R.tfs>soix&»-' (Edgefield .'i. The admirable and nobiy-expresgedjflfey ter, signed "Richland,” which in another column, is f om Luther A. Ransom, of respondent from that city of the Aflfflstal Chronicle and Constitutionalism OoL Ransom’s letters are and all bis utterances in regard to (top per litical persecutions now going on in our- State, are so manly, >rave and patriotic as to excite our highest admiration. Col Ransom is • native Edgefield man, a grandson r fol dUr. Benjamin Gallman o I ancient days. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON CITY. The Payment of Bonds—The Indian War—Old and New Tariff— Placed on the Black List—tn Unfounded Story— The Mexican Visitors Alabama Claims. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle .) Washington, March 28.—A. E. Boone, G. L. Carpenter and Jas. N. Callan ap peared as witnesses before the grand jury tc-day. It is understood that charges have been preferred against J. B. Cole grove and John L. French, Brady’s chief clerk, while the latter was Second Assist ant Postmaster General. It is alleged that Colegrove underbid the other contractors for service on certain star routes and then for a consideration threw up the service so that temporary contracts might be awarded by French, at exorbitant figures, to other persons. W. J. Pearson, postmaster at Batesville, Arkansas, has been arrested for retaining registered packages. John Williamson was arrested at St. Louis for passing counTerfeil ifioney. He had in his possession, when captured, a large number of tne new five cent nickel pieces plated with gold so as to represent five dollar gold pieces. Ex-Senator Kellogg said to a reporter of the Associated Press to-night that in a few days he expected to be able to make a statement which would be a complete de nial of the allegations concerning him, set forth in the Price affidavit. He would chow from the records in the Post Office Department that he had never endorsed an applicetion for expedition of the service on any mail route except for one steam boat route on the Red river in 1876 or 1877. He would also show what was the arrangement made by the prosecution with Pries, who, he said, had been promised immunity for his services in the matter. Kellogg said, furthermore, that the proceeding against him was not begun with the con sent of the Attorney-General. Merrick and Ker had, he said, taken advantage of the absence of Mr. Brewster from the city, to go before the grand jury, and counsel for the prosecution had admitted that the step was rendered necessary by the testi mony of Brady. He added that if an in dictment were found against him he should ask to have the case tried immediately after the conclusion of the pending cases. Washington, March 29.—-It is learned at the Treasury Department that although the circular in regard to the prepayment of bonds embraced in the 120th call, pro vides only for the payment of bonds to the amount of five million dollars, on Wed nesday next bonds which may be offered in excess of that amount will be accepted, provided the Department has, ae it now expects to have, surplus funds which may be used for that purpose. As the interest on these bondsis allowed only to the date of redemption the government would save interest charges in proportion to the amount cf bonds redeemed. Indian Price to-day re ceived from, agent Wilcox, at the San Car les agency, Arizona, the following: "Con tinued quiet among the reservation In dians. Am keeping a vigilant watch of them. No sign of quitting work for any purpose. Yesterday’s report of nine citi zens killed by Indians from Old Mexico, near the upper Gila, on the line between New Mexico and Arizona, was confirmed to-day.” The acting Secretary of the Treasury has decided that the rate of duty as between the old and new tariff is to be fixed by the date of the arrival of the importing, vessel at the exterior port of entry and that goods imported before the new act takes effect and shipped to Western ports under the immediate transportation act. will be du tiable under the present tariff, unless they remain in a public store or bonded ware house when the act goes into operation. The Post Office Department to-day put upon the black list of fraudulent concerns the following: Wm. Clinto & Co. and the Comet Publishing Co., of Bloomington, Illinois; Western Card Co , Normal, Illi nois; Union Novelty Co., Mt. Pulaski, Illinois; Star Publishing Co., Atlanta, Illi nois; Agent's Guide and Guide Publishing Co., Lincoln, Illinois. All of these alleged firms and companies are fictitious and are successors of a fraudulent combination which transacted business under the name of C. C. Williams & Co., at Springfield, Illinois, until it was black listed by the Post Office Department. The fiaud which they were practising consisted in the ad vertisement and sale of what purported to be the "American watch,” but which was in reality only a worthless tin sun dial. Postmasters have been directed to discon tinue delivery to the absve addresses of money orders or registered packages. A story has been set afloat that a corre spondence has passed between this gov ernment and the government of Great Britain with regard to a system of interna tional police or reciprocal watch to be kept in each country upon criminals or enemies of the other. There is the best authority for saying that no such correspondence has passed. The United States steamer Dispatch feft the Washington cavy yard about 12 o’clock to-day for Mount Vernon, having on board ex-President Diaz and party, Se nor Romero, the Mexican Minister, Secre taries Frelinghuysen and Chandler, As sistant Secretaries Davis and Adee, and Chief Clerk Brown, of the State Depart ment; Gen. Sherman, Mr. Foster, ex-Min ister to Mexico:, and two daughters; Sena tor Morgan and two daughters, and others. This evening Gen. Diaz and party were entertained at dinner at the Mexican Lega tion; . They will leave Washington for New York about 10, a. m., to-morrow. From New York the party goes to Boston for two days, and after visiting Albany, will return to Galveston, Texas, where a steamer will be taken for Vera Cruz. Hanlan and Kennedy signed a formal contract last night for their race which is to take place on the 30th of May. Ross has not yet replied to Hanlan’s preposition to row on neutral water. i Several claims against the Geneva award have recently been filed in the Court of Claims, the parties interested ehcosing to ignore the regular Alabama Claims Court. There is some question as to the jurisdic tion of the Court of Claims over such eases, which can only be settled by a decision cf the court itself. —-» MEXICO. The. Approach!ng Meeting of Congress (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) L Cm of Mexico, March 29.—Many Depu ties and Senators are arriving in this city ito attend Congress, which opens on Mon ntey next. President Gonzales, in his mes [Age, will urge the greatest ecomony in the granting of further subventions to railroads ’will be discouraged. The delivery of the Snessage is awaited with unusual interest by railroad men. John Scullin, of St. Louis, Mo., general manager, and B. C. Peebles, late of the Pennsylvania Railroad, superintendent of the Mexican National Bailroad, have resigned their positions, MRS. VANDERBILT'S BALL. New York's Most Brilliant Display—A Wonderful Display of Unique and Costly Costumes and Priceless Jewels —Fair Women and Notable Men in the Younger Vanderbilt's House. New York, March 26.—The long-looked for and much advertised fancy dress ball of Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt is now in full blast, if one may speak so of such an important affair. There’s no doubt about its being an important affair. It is rather the biggest thing of the kind that New York ever saw, and it is doubtfal if any member of the Vanderbilt clan ever succeeded in making such a stir as Mrs. W. K. has succeeded in making. Tbe house where the fiddling and dancing are at this moment going on is at the corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street, way up in the neighborhood of Central Park. It is a splendid mansion, bniltas well as the best skill of the best architects could build it, and furnished as well as the best taste of the best authorities on interior decorations could furnish it. The Work of the Florist. Since early this morning florists have been hard at work arranging rare flowers and plants in a manner to make the most of their beauty and fragrance. The balus trade of the grand stairway was hidden with roses and vines of smilax. Masses of rare roses were placed in the dining room and ball room, wherever opportunity of fered. A bower of roses was built in the ball room for the musicians. Y’et the floral decorations were not as lavish as some might expect in these days of extravagance in flowers, for the mansion contains so much that is beauti ful and rare and is in itself such a work of art that it was thought best not to hide anything or detract from the effect by too many flowers. This was thought to be a good thing by the guests. Any one can see pretty flowers any day. It is not every day one can get admittance to the house of William K. VanderbPt and see the five million dollars worth of art treasure he is said to have collected there. Then this was a sort of house-warming, too, and it was desired that the house should be seen. A curious throng lingered around the house all day and the two extra policemen on duty there were kept busy keeping the crowd moving. In the evening, when the great temporary canopy before tbeentrance was lighted with many Chinese lanterns, a squad of twenty-five policemen came and they did duty there until late at night. It was noticed that several quiet men, in very plain clothes, strolled about the walks near the windows and were not molested by the policemen. These were private detectives, who were on the lookout for the dynamite throwers who had threatened to make it unpleasant for the party goers as well as the party givers. Tlie Arrival of the Guests. As early as ten o’clock carriages began to draw up in front of the brilliantly lighted house and the guests, in ulsters and long cloaks that covered the finery beneath, got out and hastened to the great entrance, to gain which there had been a tremendous amount of manoeuvring for weeks back. There a flanky in livery ex amined the credentials of the guests and then, the door being passed, other flankies directed the gentlemen to their dressing rooms, the ladies to theirs. In the latter, I am credibly informed, there were twelve skillful handmaidens, who assisted in pre paring the ladies for the ordeal of presen tation to the mistress of the mansion. The men found two or thiee waiting men, who did their duty by them. In due time a line of gaily-dressed fig ures began to troop down the broad stairs and present themselves before Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and her sister, Mrs. Ferdinand Yznaga, who was assisting her in receiving knights, ladies, monks, nuns, a ballet girl, clowns, harlequins, brigands, queens, peasants, well—the whole well known list that appear at common fancy dress balls. The two ladies who stood prepared to re ceive the guests, were beautiful to look upon and gorgeously appareled. How tlie Hostess Was Dressed. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt was dressed as a Venitian princess, her costume being cop ied from a picture by Cabanel. It is hard to describe. The underskirt was of white and yellow brocade; there was a blue satin train, embroidered in gold and lined with Roman red; there was a venitian cap and diamonds, and lace that is almost priceless, end jewels. She made, indeed, a charm ing picture, beating Mr. Cabanel’s original undoubtedly. FUTURE DEALS. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Chicago, March 29. The Supreme Court, sitting at Springfield, has filed an opinion in the case of Lester and others against the Chicago Board of Trade in fa vor of the latter. The suits, twenty in number, grew out of what was known as the "July wheat corner.” The market price for July wheat at the close of that month having reached $1 36, a large num ber of operators refused to settle at that figure, and the amount held back is esti mated at between two and three million dollars. The matter was taken before the arbitration committee of the Board, and the hearing extended over nearly a month, the losing operators urging that the market had been cor nered by a clique, and citing as an instance the price of cash wheat. The case gained additional inter est from the fact that it was deemed a test one. The arbitration committee fixed the selling price at $1 35, at which figure the operators were ordered to ma'. e good their differences. In anticipation of the report of the committee the matter was carried into court, and the Board of Trade was en joined from attempting to displace the members for a failure to pay the difference and to restrain any action tending to deprive them of Board membership. The sama allegations were urged in the coart, to the effect that the market had been cor nered and that the transactions were of a gambling nature. To this the Board of Trade urged no defense, citing the Board rules as sufficient under which to discipline Board members. The lower court decided that members were amena ble to the rules of the Board and that the court could afford them no relief from voluntarially taken in joining the Board. The Supreme Court sustains this view. Armour, who was al leged to have engineered the supposed corner, said that no defense had been urged to the allegation that the market had been manipulated, so-as to definitely settle the question whether contracts could be invalidated in the Board, even though the fact of a corner was transparent and notorious. Armour seemed elated over the result and declared that it made contracts in the Board hereafter, no mat ter of what nature, binding and would cause an end to litigation, over disputed deals. The result created considerable ex citement on ’Change this morning. Tlie Southern Exposition. Mr. George M. Hanvey, of Louisville, Ky., is accredited as the commissioner of the Southern Exposition, at Louisville, which opens in that city on the Ist of Au gust. The object of his visit to Augusta ie to induce a representation of our manufac tures. We are glad to hear that Augusta’s products will be fairly represented at the Southern Exposition. Mr. Hanvey has been favorably received by our citizens. The Exposition promises to be one of the most successful held in th? TERMS—S2.OO AYEAR. AN UNCERTAIN WITNESS. BAD EYESIGHT ANU VERY DEFECT IVE MEMORY. Dorsey Baffles the Government Counsel and Pursues a Know-Yotliing Policy —Believes a Good Many Things. But Yot Absolutely Certain About Any thing. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Washington, March 29.—Dorsey’s exam ination in the Star Route trial was contin ued to-day. The witness denied generally that he had ever filled up, or authorized any one to fill up, an affidavit in regard to the number of men or animals required on a route after it had been sworn to or filed. Mr. Ingersoll asked permission from the court to inquire of the witness if he had ever given a check to James B. Belford. The court asked if there was any objection. Mr. Merrick answered that he had no ob jection, providing counsel would recipro cate by allowing him to examine the wit. ness upon the subject. The question was put, and the witness said that ho never told Rerdell that ho had given a check for $2,000 to Belford, nor told him to charge the check for that or any other amount to J. B. B. upon the books. Ingersoll—“ Did you ever give a check for any amount to Belford ?” A—“ Not a dollar. I never had a trans action. to the extent of one cent with the exception of what you stated to the court the other day, the presentation of a rifle. I would like to see that check to J. B. 8., anyhow.” The witness also denied that he ever told Rerdell that Boone was to be frozen out because of Brady’s hostility to him. Had never seen the letter produced by Rerdell purporting to be from Vaile to the witness, requesting'him to dissuade Rerdell from continuing his suit against Minor and Vaile. The witness was present at a conversa tion between Rerdell and Boster about June 19th, 20th or 21st, at his house on “I” street. The pencil memorandum was the subject of the conversation. Rerdell was telling Boster that he had shown to MacVeagh a memorandum in imitation of the witness’ handwriting. Rerdell went to the waste basket, picked out the pieces and laid them on the table. The writing resembled the witness’ handwriting so closely that he was unable to distinguish between them, but the witness never wrote that memorandum. The direct examination closed and Mr. Merrick began the cross-examination. The witness was required to describe his move ments for several years with great particu larity. Speaking of a certain case Mr. Merrick asked: “You were then occupied in Indiana?” «. “I was then preparing to occupy In diana,’’ answered the witness. Mr. Merrick produced a copy of the New York Herald of December 2, 1882, con taining Dorsey’s statement, given out by the Associated Press. The witness said that he could not see to read; he had not read a line for six months and for three of those months he had been shut up in a dark room. Q —“Can you see to play a game of bil liards?” A.—“Oh, yes.” Mr. Merrick proceeded to read the arti cle sentence by sentence. The witness corrected several errors of date and identi fied it as matter which he had dictated. Tbo witness said he believed he had not signed the paper for Peck. The same was true of the contract. He might have signed them, however, and forgotten the circumstance. Boone’s statement that pa pers bad been signed with Peck’s name, bv Dorsey, was referred to and the witness slud that Boone was mistaken. He did not believe that he had signed the papers. Q —“ Don’t you know it?” A. —“I don’t know anything. I believe f a good many things, but am net absolute ly certain about anything.” Q—“ You are not certain that yon did not conspire to defraud the government, are you?” The witness smiled derisively and an swerel, “My recollection has been pretty thoroughly refreshed on that subject, and I am as certain about that as I am about anything.” Several papers were offered in evidence which Mr. Merrick sought' to show were signed by 8. W. Dorsey, with Peck and J. W. Dorsey’s names, but as the witness said he could not see to read anything, there was no- way of identifying them, and they were not admitted. Dorsey’s defec tive eyesight and bad memory seriously detracted from bis value to the prosecu tion as a witness. Whenever a question was asked which he did not want to an swer, the witness did not know or did not think anything about the matter. “How came Miner here in January, 1878?” inquired Mr. Merrick. “On the cars, I presume,” coolly replied the witness. He also refused to say positively whether or not be had written to Miner to come to him. Dorsey lost his temper and answer ed angrily while Mr. Merrick was direct ing his questions to finding out wbat Dor sey bad to do with the mail proposals pre pared in his house. The court adjourned while this point was being pushed. m e » THE NORTHE ASTERN. Its Extension to Knoxville Said to Be Now a Certainty. (Athens Banner.) We have it from good authority that the Richmond and Danville syndicate will shortly begin extending the Northeastern Road through to Knoxville, Tenn., end are now making arrangements to resume the grading from Tallulah. Last week the Legislature of North Carolina gave the company the use of five hundred convicts for this purpose, which insures its success. They will grade the road through that State, which can be reached by a shoit link from the falls to Rabun Gap. This is certainly glorious new?, not only for Athens/but all of Northeast Georgia. It will give us another through line to the West, and make our city the great distrib uting point for the Eistern part of Geor gia. This extension will be worth as much to Athens as all the small roads put to gether. It will necessitate the building of the road to Madison and on to the sea board. The mountain counties will blos som as the rose, and soon become the gar den spot of the South. Case Decided. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Richmond, Va., March 29.—Among the cases decided by the Supreme Court of Appeals to-day, was one declaring the tag tax of five cents on each package of fertil izer illegal; and another that the school board of Portsmouth, appointed by Gov. Cameron, is entitled to hold as against the Democratic board elected by the City Council. Lawyers are divided in opinion as to whether this case settles the law in other pending school cases. Gortschakoff promised to marry, but kept putting it off and putting it off. Gortschakoff was a great diplomat. Everything is sweet to the sweet-singing po3t. A Western Warbler has been at tracted by freckles en the face of a pretty girl. He calls them brown-eyed daisies "luoabsiicg in g fie’i gs ~