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SAVANNAH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
We find the following complimentary t
of a talented Milledgeville miss in the Jai
For !
LOST.
V wild rose bv the wayside hung.
Ix*w glittering on the morning air,
\ pure scarce-conscious perfume flung;
II.. and found tin* tiowret fair—
S< • fair I sought with sudden zest—
To wear iu oeauty on my breast.
Th*- trembling petals at xny touch
\ sweeter, subtler fragran<*e shed;
* fis strange 1 loved that flower so much,
And—it was dead.
In that high mood when thought hath wings.
\nd finds alone its sjieech in .song.
1 struck an old burp's slumbering strings
\nd drew an idle hand along;
NVr deemed the careless cords had caught
Tb.- life-note that my spirit sought,
Till sudden on my startled ear,
Its dream created accents woke,
Vlack : I Ixmght the rapture dear—
The string had broke.
1 heard a wild bird on the shore
Singing a wild song to the sea;
And bold the burden that it bore,
And sweeter than all else to me—
S-i sweet. I caged the bird to hear
UN magic miustrelsey more near.
-.1. tin* captive's swelling throat
In < I
Tc
• sad song his whole soul cast,
well I know his loveliest note
Had lx*en his last.
And vet. while memory hath nower
T. - count the hours loo vainly spent.
The fragranceof that faded flower.
That harp's last dying music, blent
With the wild bird's weird death-song will
Haunt every waking inoirent still.
Teaching my heart the bitter cost
Of all the eye of hope hath seen.
(if all that life hath won and lost—
That might have been.
—Tinsley's Magazine.
Georgia Affairs.
The Constitution says that there are quanti
ties «.f counterfeit Mexican dollars circulating
in Atlanta and nobody knows whence they
came They have lieen scattered over the city
suddenly.
On Tuesday evening while the Hon. C. K.
Maddox was literally discoursing Hell to the
Lil*eral and Scientific Association of Atlanta a
gentleman present threw back his head and ex
claimed he was dying. He then dropped into
a (It of epilepsy and continued in its throes for
half an hour. This episode put a sudden end
to the lecture.
There was quite a sharp contest over the Ma
yoralty of Marietta on Tuesday and great ex
citement prevailed. H. Reed was elected over
his opponent, E. Denmark, by eignt majority.
Governor Colquitt in the exercise of theex
ccutive prerogative, has pardoned Moses Dykes,
colored, convicted at the November term, 1873,
of the Superior Court of Floyd county, of for
gery. and sentenced to ten years in the peniten
tiary.
The receipts and expenditures of the great
State of Georgia for the year 1877, according to
a statement furnished the press by the Comp
troller General. were as follows : Receipts from
all sources (including a balance in the treasury
January 1. 1877, of $561,283 33) $2,562,630 17, and
the disbursements, which include a part of the
expenses of 1870, were $1,728,910 80. The cost
of the Constitutional Convention was $46,740 75.
and there is a balance in the treasury of $833,-
719 17.
A go »d business man is Colonel Adair, of At
lanta. With the commissions he received from
the sale of his property turned over to his
creditors, of which he was the auctioneer, he
has purchased his home from his creditors and
will make it his permanent residence. Such
will and energy is seldom met with, especially
after heavy business reverses.
There will be a large Atlanta delegation on j
the Florida excursion which leaves that citj* on !
the -’1st instant. No more delightful season .
than the present—should the weather continue j
favorable—could lie selected for a trip to the I
land of orange flowers.
There ar.* -aid to be twenty-eight farmers in I
Fulton county who are independently rich. We
wonder who would take the trouble to count
the number of farmers in Fulton county who
were indei>endeutly poor?
Incendiaries burned an unoccupied building
on Mr. d. J. Moring's plantation in Emanuel
county one night last-week.
Mr. Robert Moon, vho runs a five mule farm
in Ocouee county, made last year nine bales of
cotton and six hundred bushels of corn to the
mule. Evidently those mules hadn't much time
t-> undulge in any unnecessary kicking until the
crop was laid by. The moral of the above is,
young man. turn your back on Texas, stay in
Georgia and go to work.
flie following gentlemen have been elected
Engineers of the Fire Department of Athens
for the present year: Henry Beusse, Chief;
W. H Jones, First Assistant; W. A. Bain, Sec
ond Assistant.
Captain Henry Moore, of the steamer G. Gun-
by Jordan, has purchased the steamer Big Foot
for s.*v.*n thousand dollars, and will hereafter
be run in conjunction to fight the “Tiger,” as
the Columbus Times denominates the Central
Railroad
A j*oinf has been made by Judge Pou in the
rase of Carrie Watt, recently convicted in the
Superior Court of Muscogee county of arson
n burning Loc-ust Grove Church, who moved
an arrest of judgment on the ground that a
church is not embraced in the buildings dt-
M*ribed in the statutes upon arson. All peual
laws are to lx* strictly construed, and if his
point is a good one the prisoner will get off on
account of a defect ;n the wording of the stat
utes The court held up his decision on the
motion until Saturday.
The receipts of cotton in Atlanta this year
will exceed that of last by about fifteen thous
and. which will make the receipts over one
hundred thousand 1 wiles.
Marcus A Ellison, who was sent to the
penitentiary from Walker county for fifteen
y ears for manslaughter, cut his throat at Grant's
camp, in Old Town, Jefferson county, on the
4th. killing himself.
Th< negro scoundrel who shot and seriously
wounded Mr. Cumming at Griffin some days
sine.-, the account of which was published in
this .•..Ilian, was captured at Cochran, Ga.. by
< 'instable If. A. Jones, of Griffin, who deserves
’he thanks of the community for successfully
fell >wing up the desperado.
Am- ricus has received since September 1st
l v . Wi bales of cotton.
It is thought that the Elberton Air Line Rail
road will be completed at an early day.
Governor Colquitt has pardoned Elmira Kelly
and Lizzit* Dukes from the chain gang. These
w-ucen were convicted at Floyd Superior Court
>ng a lewd house, and the clemency of
•rnor was based upon the recororoenda-
ti.-n of the Presiding Judge and the prose
cuting attorney.
-R. Cohen, of Augusta, has at his store a
i which he says is twelve hundred years
It is a remarkable fact that it has been
runn.ng <>u tick so long and hasn't yet wouud
up its career.
Ou W ednesday the employes of the Georgia
Rail;- id and Banking Company, in their
w "rk shops in Augusta, were put on half time
Until further notice.
Tin* stockholders of the Augusta and Suxn-
nierviUe Railroad Company elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year on Wednes-
da. President. James J. Davies; Directors,
* ! "hn P. Kennedy, Josiah Sibley, John P.
Ring. Henry Moore, James W. Davies. E. R.
Schneider.
f rhomasviUe Times records its opinion as
dr• “ s: "The Morning News is out in anew
tH i a - xv readers ever noticed any defects in
old . rn-upof the News but Mr. Estill. with
Va , . n . Ilca l eye of an expert, saw’where his
aiuablt- paper could be improved, and forth-
Gvasdone. It is not saving too much to
v-er; that the Savannah Morning News is to-
..f o" u, I of tl ! e In °st perfectly made up papers
: da - v R is a journal of which all Georgia
^ proud. Long live the News.”
i I w ere is a ? raiJ ^ e appearance about the fol-
aiv, 11 '*' ^arriage notice, which we find in the
fork
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notice
Hilledgeville miss in the January
number of the Southern Musical Journal, pub
lished in this city: “Miss Laura Paine, from
Milledgeville. Ga., a young miss of only ten
years, visited our rooms last week, accompa
nied by her parents, and astounded everyone
bv her wonderful ability in playing the piano.
She has been studying, with her mother as
teacher, during the last two years, and has
already acquired a degree of excellence and
skill in execution that is rarely attained by
young ladies in their *teens.' She is evidently
a child of remarkable genius, and. If her stud
ies are continued, gives promise of becoming a
distinguished artist.”
The Swainsboro Herald relates the following,
which should be a warning to unsophisticated
seekers after homesteads: “One day hist week
a gi-utleraan arrived here with what he thought
was a good and valid title to 1,500 acres of
land in this county. He had paid about $3,000
for the land, and came to settle upon it. He is
a plain, honest Irishman, a carpenter by trade,
and hail doubtless earned the mouey, with
which he bought the supposed land, by honest
toil. Imagine the poor fellow's feelings when
he got here and found that his title was bogus
from beginning to end. He is only one of many
who have thus been imposed upon by Yankee
swindlers.”
The following is a statement of the com
merce of the port of Brunswick, which we find
in the Brunswick Advert iter: “During the year
1877 241 vessels entered this port. Or these 53
entered from foreign and 1*8 from coastwise
ports: 197 carried our own national emblem. 27
that of Great Britain. 8 of Spain. 4 of Germany,
3 of Norway. 1 of Denmark and 1 of Portugal.
Of the 211 vessels, 2 were ships, 36 barks, 31
brigs 172 schooners. The total tonnage of these
vessels was 71,674. and the aggregate number of
men employed by them was 1,906. There were
233 clearances, 86 for foreign and 149 for domes
tic ports. The number of vessels in port on
the first day of January, 1878, was 19, of which
11 were loading for foreign and 4 for coastwise
ports: the other 4 were seeking. Of those bound
foreign 2 were destined forthe United Kingdom,
1 for Euroj>e, 6 for South America and 2 for the
West lndi«*s. The total value of exports for
the year was $1,586,0144.”
The Brunswick Advertiser thus announces a
“marriage in high life" in that city and the re
sults thereof: **Bv Rev. Mark Sweetwine (col
ored*. Mrs. Lydia Hopkins (black as soot), to L.
N. Petersen, a Danish seaman, on the 13th inst.
The honeymoon of the happy pair was sudden
ly interrupted by a constable from Judge Lam-
bright \s court arresting minister and couple,
said marriage being contrary to Georgia laws.
Th»* pastor gave bail but the sweet pair took up
lodging in different apartments at the city s
hotel.”
The Jesup Sentinel says: “A bold robbery
was committed in this place on last Tuesday
night by a man named James O. Riley, night
watchman at the Altamaha House. He hail
been in the habit of borrowing a watch from
Mr. A. Wall, the proprietor, so that he could
tell the time to awaken any guests who were
going on the morning train. On Tuesday the
house changed hands, and when Mr.
Jones, the new proprietor, was about retiring
for the night, Riley came to him ami stated
that lie could not tell at what time to awaken
the guests for the morning train, as he had no
clock in the office. Mr. Jones, not knowing that
Riley already had Mr. Walls' watch, handed him
his, a valuable gold watch and chain. In the
morning Riley was missing, and with him both
watches ami chains and an overcoat belonging
to one of the boarders. Messrs. R. anil I. John
son started out to capture Riley, and after
riding alxiut fifty miles succeeded in over
taking him about fourteen miles from Jesup.
When taken Riley had both the watches and
overcoat in his possession, ami when brought
up for trial before Justice George, pleaded
guilty and was committed to the county jail to
await the action of the Superior Court, ’
A meeting of the Augusta Exchange was
held at noon Wednesday to take action upon
the invitation sent to the Exchange from Mr.
Wm. LeDue, United States Commissioner of
Agriculture, to assist other American organi
zations in making a good display for this coun
try at the l’aris Exposition, and the following
resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That the President appoint a com
mittee of five to make thorough inquiry as to
what exhibit can be made by this Exchange, or
by Augusta producers and manufacturers, and
report at the earliest opportunity.
“Tlu* President appointed the following com-
mittee: W. Daniel, Chairman; L. L Zulavsky,
J. J. Pearce, W. C. Sanders, W. H. Warren,
Geo. W. Crane.”
The Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist
says: “Last Sunday night a gentleman reached
the city, on the Macon and Augusta passenger
train, and registered at the Central Hotel as Dr.
I). R. Fluker, of Irwinton. Tuesday morning
two others, Mr. Henry Clay, of Toomsboro, and
Dr. J. B. Roberts, of Sandersville, registered at
the same hotel. Yesterday momining these
gentlemen returned home, and it then leaked
out that they had come to Augusta for the pur
pose of fighting a duel. Dr. Fluker was to be
one of the principals, Mr. Clay his second, and
Dr. Roberts the surgeon. The other principal,
we understood, was a Mr. Lee, a lawyer of
Irwinton. The duel was to have taken ulace at
Sand Bar Ferry Tuesday morning, but Mr. Lee
was not on hand. Dr. Fluker then telegraphed
to Irwinton to ascertain why Jxx* did not come,
and received a reply stating that he had been !
arrested at Irwinton. Dr. Fluker and his
friends therefore returned home. We un
derstand that the doctor says this will not
Ik* the end of the affair. As far as we can
learn the difficulty grew out of a controversy
about a horse. Dr. Fluker had attended a
lady in Irwinton, who gave him a horse in pay
ment of his bill. Mr. Lee had obtained a judg
ment against a son of the lady, and claimed
that the horse was the property of the son and
not of the mother. Dr. Fluker and Mr. Lee
had some words about the matter, and finally,
we are told, Mr. Lee attacked Dr. Fluker with a
knife. Dr. Fluker retorted by knocking Mr.
Lee down three times with" a pistol. Mr. Lee
soon afterwards wrote a note to Dr. Fluker.
calling him a coward, and Dr. Fluker imme
diately challenged him. Mr. Lee accented the
challenge, and a meeting was arranged to take
place at Sand Bar Ferry, as above indicated.”
We find the following in the Chronicle and
Constitutionalist, which illustrates the strange
hallucination that has seized ui>on the negroes
in some portions of the country : “Yesterday
afternoon, when the Georgia Railroad passen
ger train rolled into the Union depot, a report
er of the Chronicle and Constitutionalist no
ticed that one of the cars was crowded with
negroes—tnen. women and children, evidently
strangers in this part of the country. They sat
perfectly quiet and apparently contented in the
car after the train stopped, until one of the de
pot porters informed them they had better get
out as the train would remain in the depot but
a short time. They then hastily filed out. a mot-
lev mass of b*. ings. loaded with bundles and ba
bies. Our report*, r stepped up to one of the party,
a grey headed old negro, and asked him where
thev were going. ‘We'se gwine to Charleston
and den to Libery,' was the response. ‘Where
are you from?’ ‘We come from Selma. Ala-
bamv.' Who sent you word to come?' ‘No
body, boss. We jistcome ourselves.’ ‘Don't you
know that there are several hundred colored
people now in Charleston almost starving,
who went there to go to Liberia? There isn't
any ship there to take- you.’ “Dat's all right,
boss. We'll git dar snuafc.' ‘Yes,’ remarked an
other member of the party, Ave know de ship
ain't dar now, but it will be soon.’ ‘How many
are in this party ?’ ‘Bout a hundmL I reckon.
Dere's five hundred to go from our place
dis time and dar will lx* a thousand before
<le first of >lar.' We gathered from this old
n;an and others in the party that there are now
four wurfwl negroes at Selma waiting trans
portation. anii that altogether there will be one
thousand wfa will ie»vc that section for
IJberia. It Is extremely-doubtful if any of the
deluded creatures ever get upon the briny
deep, on their way to the Afn an Republic.
Thev will probably remain in Charleston, ad
ding to the already large colored population of
that city. The party left last evening via the
Sou!* 1 Carolina Railroad for Charleston. A
lar v proportion an- women and children.
Thev *&«.. U have their worldly goods in
the bundles wigul; {hey carried ;n their arms.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH BEFORE
PARLIAMENT.
Workingmen Speak on
Question.
the Silver
PROGRESS OF PEACE NEGOTIA
TIONS.
Offer to Surrender Erzeronm.
IlPCI.I.in FBO.vr THE \E»
YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
Note* from llie Capital.
Alh.ns Hiitchinan. which tells of combining
S T«* lth pleasure in a very happy man
, :Messrs. Editors • Henrv Carroll and
■Su-.™ Banks county, are married,
p ,. ’ ^handler will be as soon as the Notarv
r Jhuc gets the cotton out of his eyes."
J i :::.I aUK ’ Uon HoQieter says: "Prospects for
'-Lferfi.n' ear ■S e „ nl Negroes are hiring
Nr” fef r “ for 8vod hands, ami
■ • are changing homes, and we hear of
leaving for the West."
.. I, ne ..'"rrr-.San says: "It is estimated
bS. ,; ,n * •*» nver have bees raisedlo.COO
com. of o U i tton .’ <* " h ich 1U.OJ0 to IS.c'OO will
sohimhiis jhe receipts now by boats
last season 15,0*4.’’ 1
Johnabus.
total of 1
1-
Extravagance of Rich Nov Yorkers.
A recent New York letter says: “Per
haps the ladies may be credited with
some retrenchments in the matter of
dress. Expensive fois are not sold so
readily nciy as in former season* of cold,
and at Stewart's, Mary's and other large
stores of the kind the salesmen that
the daily throng of customers is no
gauge of t|)e value of goods purchased.
If you visit the U*kU/ftab}e florists, how
ever. they will tell you that while flowers
for festal decorations are unusually ex
pensive this winter, the demand fpr them
exceeds all precedent. At a ball given
on Fifth avenue, a few nights ago, it
took twenty men two hours to cam'
the required trees, flowers and in
numerable floral ' made-pieces’’ from
the florist’s to the house, and the
cost must have been up in the thous
ands. Even an occasional wed
ding bonnet is made wholly of natural
flowers. Young gentlemen have their
lavish weaknesses, too, as, for instance,
the several who have transported their
whole stables to Boston this week, mere
ly for the sake of a day’s sleighing,
which they have begun to despair of
enjoying here. Mr. Stevens, Jr., son of
the fate Crcesus, of Hoboken, New Jer
sey. having really more money than he
knows what to do with, has just ira
ported a small sleigh from Paris, at a
cost of $600. It is very gaudy, with a
gilded eagle for a dashboard, and tink
ling with silver 1m*11s hanging in a mas
sive silvering, but in lightness, grace and
practical beauty of construction, it can
not be compared with a “cutter” of the
best American manufacture. Truly these
are days in which it is difficult to deter
mine how rich are the rich, or how poor
are the poor.”
Miss Longfellow's wedding is said to
have been very gay and pretty, in spite of
the storm of wind and rain in which it oc
curred. The bride is described as a white
wonder of loveliness as she entered the
church leaning on the arm of her distin
guished father. The poet gave a dinner
party after the reception to the young
friends of his son-in-law.
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT—THE QUEEN 8
SPEECH.
London, January 17.—Parliament met
to-day. As the Queen did not open
the session in person, there was no state
ceremonial, and the proceedings were con
fined to what usually takes pl#ce when
the opening is made by royal commission.
The weather was very fine, being clear
and exceptionally mild.
The Queen’s speech states that she sum
moned Parliament before the usual time
of meeting in order that it might
become acquainted with the efforts she
has made to terminate the war, and that
she might have its advice and assistance.
She alludes to her having declared her
intention at the outbreak of the war to
observe neutrality in a contest which she
lamented, but failed to prevent, so lon^
as the interests of her empire, as definec
by her government, were not threatened.
The Russian successes convinced the
Porte that it should endeavor to
bring hostilities to a close. The
Sultan’s government accordingly ad
dressed to the neutral powers—parties
to the treaties relating to Turkey—an
appeal for their good offices. It did not,
however, appear to a majority of them
Umt they could usefully comply with the
request, and the Porte was so informed.
The Porte then determined to make
a separate appeal to Her Majesty’s Gov
ernment, and she at once agreed to
inquire of the Czar whether he
would entertain peace overtures. The
Czar in reply expressed his earnest de
sire for peace and stated his opinion as
to the course which should be pursued
to attain it. Upon this subject com
raunications have taken place between
the Governments of Russia and Turkey
through her good offices, and earnestly
trusts they may lead to a terminatiou of
the war. * She will spare no efforts to
promote that result.
Hitherto in the war neither of the bel
ligerents has infringed the conditions on
which her neutrality is fouuded, and she
willingly believes that both are desirous
to respect them as far as lies in their
power. So long as her conditions are
not infringed her attitude will continue
the same. But she cannot conceal
from •herself that, should hos
tilities be unfortunately prolong
ed, some unexpected occurrence may
render it incumbent on her to adopt
measures of precaution. Such measures
could not be effectually taken without
adequate preparation, and she trusts to
her Parliament’s liberality to supply tin*
means which may be required for that
purpose. The papers on these affairs
will be forthwith laid before Parliament.
Her relations with all foreign powers
continue friendly.
Her Majesty expresses her thanks that
the Indian famine is nearly ended.
She refers to the condition of native
affairs in South Africa, which has caused
her some anxiety. The troops there have
been reinforced, hut she trusts for a
peaceable and satisfactory settlement
shortly of all differences.
The estimates of the war will soon lie
presented to the House of Commons.
Her Majesty, in conclusion, details a
number of measures of a local character
that will be laid before Parliament.
In behalf of tramps, it is mentioned
that Mr. Smith, of Stamford, Conn.,
with his wife, got out of bed to answer
the cajl of a tramp, and that while they
were gone there fed upon the b?d a mass
of plastering, which would have prob
ably killed them both had they remained-
PROGRESS OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
London, January 17.—The Post, in an
official form, confirms the report that
England has sent a communication to the
Russian Cabinet similar to that made by
Austria to the Porte. A special to the
Standard, from Constantinople, says:
' ‘Many rumors ure current in regard to the
attitude of the great powers. It is
said the Grand Vizier has as
sured the German Ambassador that
the Porte is determined to make
peace with Russia, leaving any power
which objected to the conditions to set
tle the matter with Russia. The instruc
tions of the Turkish Plenipotentiaries
art* such as to make the conclusion of an
armistice absolutely certain. General
Ignatieff is expected to take part in the
negotiations, and it is thought probable
that negotiations may be held ip Tirnova
or Semenli, instead of Kezanlik, which
would accelerate matters.”
The Standard's Vienna correspondent
hears from Berlin that Prince Bismarck
has waived his objections to another Eu
ropean conference on Eastern affairs.
A telegram received in Paris states that
the Turkish peace delegates have arrived
in Adrianople, and that the Turkish press
has been enjoined to show the greatest
moderation. One paper has been sup
pressed for attacking the Czar.
FROM THE THEATRE OF WAR.
Londqn, January 17.—There is no
news from the seat of war, which has a
bad look for the Turks.
The Colo‘gn6 Qatctie has a special that
the Russians are before Philippopolis;
that a battle is imminent, and foreign
consular representatives had demand
ed a suspension of arms for twen
ty-four hours to send away the
non combatants. Not much reli-
aucr can be placed on this morning’s
Standard saving that Suleiman Pasha,
after fighting his way from Tartar
Bazardjik tb Philippopolis, found
the Russians there in great force,
and fought a desperate battle on
Tuesday, tinaily r;~T^ in 5 » clearing
the road to Adrianople and continuing
the retreat thither. Any news favorable
to the Turks would be officially reported
from Constantinople, while tfie Russian
bulletins will probably require several
days to get through.
THE WORKINGMEN SPEAK ON THE SILVER
QUESTION.
New York. January 16.—A meeting
was held to-night, under the auspices of
the Industrial Union Club, to take action
on the silver question. The following
Trades Unions were represented : Brick
layers. plasters, machinists, blacksmiths,
painters, tailors, Crispins and cigar
nmkcrs. Lengthy resolutions were
adopted, setting forth that the
present hard times are the result of
the contraction of the currency, and that
the land is filled with fraud.embezzelment,
bankruptcy, crime, suffering and starva
tion; that Congress should at once al>ol-
ish national banks aijd pass the Bland
silver bill without amendment, and also
the Ewing resumption repeal bill. Dire
disaster is predicted in the resolutions if
these things are pot accomplished.
OFFER TO SURRENDER ERZEROUM.
Vienna, January 17.—A special to
the Wiener Presse from Tiflis reports that
Ismail Hakki Pasha has offered to sur
render Erzeroum if allowed to retire with
his troops. The telegram does not say
whether the offer was accepted.
HEAVY SNOW STORM IN UTAH.
Salt Lake, January 17.—The heaviest
snow for years is prevailing. Snow
sheds fell with the telegraph wires. Four
feet of snow fell at Summit and i* still
falling.
EXPELLED FROM THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
New York. January 17.—The govern
ing committee of the Stock Exchange
have voted in favor of the expulsion of
Gabriel Netter. John Bonner and Arthur
L. Sewell.
failure.
Cincinnati, O., January' 17.—A. 31.
Johnson, formerlyproprietor of a planing
mill at Newport, Kentucky, filed a peti
tion in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $54,000;
assets, $26,000.
congressional proceedings
Washington, January 17.—In the Sen
ate, Mr. Howe, of Wisconsin, introduced
a bill to punish the forcible obstruction
of inter-State commerce by railways,
which was referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Mr. Ferry, of 3Iichigan, introduced a
bill providing for a classification of mail
matter and rates of postage thereon,
which was referred to the Committee on
Post Roads and Post Offices.
The Elections Committee meets in full
session to-morrow for final action on the
California case.
The sub-committee heard the case of
Richardson vs. Rainey, from South Caro
lina, and adjourned to Monday.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs
heard Steele. Adjutant General of Texas,
regarding bonier affairs. No new facts
were presented.
Linderman. the Director of Mints, was
liefore 3Ir. Stephens’ committee regard
ing silver coinage.
The Naval Committee has reopened
the investigation of that department,
It is regarded nearly certain that Mc
Millan will be Collector of Customs at
New Orleans.
. The Committee on Pensions this morn
ing resolved to report a bill pensioning
the 3Iexican veterans.
SPECIE DECREASE IN PARIS.
Paris, January 17.—The specie de
crease is $18,800,000 francs.
General Grant's Military Genius.
Baltimore Evening Bulletin.
While “the greatest captain of the age”
is reveling, abroad, in the glories of a
civil aud military renown which must
greatly astonish him, hob-nobbing with
field marshals and raising questions of din
ner table precedence with pi inces.a fright
ful Nemesis is pursuing his reputation
at home, in the person of 3Ir. Gideon
Welles, Mr. Lincoln’s Secretary of the
Navy. This venerable gentleman, handed
down to posterity, by the charming hu
mor of his illustrous chief, as “Daddy
Welles,” is furnishing a series of papers
to the Galaxy, upon “The Administration
of Abraham Lincoln.” In the December
number of that periodical, he deals
with the occurrences of the year 1864.
and exposes with considerable force and
acrimony the intrigues of Mr. Chase for
the Presidency, and the attempt of the
Winter. Davis and Wade faotion in Con
gress to usurp the executive functions of
the government. The arrogant and ab
surd manifesto of Davis and Wade, in
the* summer of 1864, although an utter
failure as a political movement, had,
nevertheless, Mr. Wells informs us, “a
depressing effect upon the President, ’’
which was increased by other causes.
We cannot do better than allow the ex-
Secretary to state these in his own lan
guage: ‘
“Military successes,” he says, “were at
a stand, and did not come up to public
expectation. General Grant had prom
ised the President personally, in presence
of the Cabinet, that he would capture
Richmond if furnished with a sufficient
number of troops, which he was assured
he should have, and the power of the na
tion had been taxed to fulfill that assu
rance. The vast army of the Potomac
for a time made advances toward Rich
mond, but the waste and slaughter, the
immense sacrifices of blood ana treasure
to sustain the General and reinforce the
army so that its numbers should not di
minish drew heavily on the government
and country. It was said by General
Grant at the commencement of his
march toward Richmond that he should
continue on that line if it took him all
summer. The administration and country
applauded his pluck and persistency, and
responded with unstinted offerings of
men and iqeans to his calls for support
after successive terrible losses at the
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor,
and almost every step, indeed, of that
bloody march. Whatever losses were
sustained were immediately replaced by
reinforcements, so that the progress of
the troops was still onward; but these
vast efforts were exhausting to the coun
try, and severely trying to the adminis
tration. which was held responsible for
all the disasters that occurred,but received
little credit for any military successes.
The great army of Grant, after immense
slaughter, though he did not retreat, be
cause constantly strengthened, had, with
out other results than the loss of more
men than the entire army of Lee and at
a cost of hundreds of millions -of
treasure, reached the position near Rich
mond, from which 3icCleUan had
been withdrawn in 1862. There it
remained for months inactive, aud its
immobility caused great discontent
through the North and West. The
President had supplied the army with
additional troops, so that Grant had a
greater command on the James than
when he left the Potomac; but the Presi
dent, while he sent him men, could not
furnish his General witlij the tact and
strategy to capture the capital of the Con
federacy. He had an army twice the
number of that of I ce. but seemed in
capable of accomplishing anything—lay
inert and almost passive at an expense of
more than a million per day, on the banks
of the James, not only during the sum
mer of 1864, but until after the fall of
Fort Fisher and the advance of Sherman
in the spring of I860.
The failure of Grant to take Rich
mond, after the bloody overland march
and the great sacrifices which had been
made to reach it, was discouraging.”
None of these facts are new, of course,
except perhaps the promise which Grant
is said to have made to Mr. Lincoln, in
the presence of his Cabinet. But they are
confessed, for the first time, so far as we
know or believe, by a “truly loyal” his
torian. the whole'ettort ot U4J North
ern historiographers of tho “rebellion”
has been to magnify the army of Lee.
and Southern writers have been refused
access to the archives of the government,
when they have sought to establish, by
official records, the enormous superiority
of numbers and resources by which the
shattered army of the Confederacy, and
Its glorious leader, were ultimately
overwhelmed. Henceforward, how
ever, it may be regarded as con
fessed that Grant started for Richmond
with ah army wl^ich he regarded us suf
ficient to capture that city; mat he lost,
between the I^gpidan and the James,
more iqeu than the eht ire atni'y qf Lee;
that all his terrible losses were imiqedi-
ately repaired by reinforcements; that,
but "for these reinforcements, he would
have retreated before an army of half his
numbers; that, when he reached the
James, he had more men than he started
with and twice as many as Lee, and that,
although thus reinforced and with re
sources to the amount of a million per
day at his command, he was still incapa
ble of using his unparalleled advantages,
and lay idle and inert, till the campaign
of Sherman made it impossible for
him to help succeeding. That
these admissions tell hardlj* half
the truth, as to the comparative
numbers of the opposing armies, is well
known to all who have honestly investi
gated the subject. But, even restricted
as they are, they put an end forever to
Grant’s pretensions as a great soldier.
Posterity cannot but laugh at the applause
bestowed on ‘the pluck and persistency”
of a General, who hiul twice the army
and ten times the resources of his oppo
nent and was supplied on the spot with a
fresh man for every one whom he lost.
Indeed, it is somewhat difficult to con
sider. with seriousness, the state of mind
in which Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet
must have been, when they could be
elated by the promise of their General to
capture Richmond, "if furnished trith a
sufficient number cf troops.” Osman
Pasha—or any other Pasha—would
doubtless contract to take St. Petersburg,
on the same terms—and do it, besides.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
A BULL'S FIGHT WITH A LION.
Democratic Absentee!*!!! in the
HouM*>The Troce Between Haye*
and the l/'ltra-Kadieal*—The 44 True
Inwardne** 4 ’ of the Inve«ti$ralion
Back-Down—The Blair ^lemorfal
—The Silver Qneotion in the Sen
ate —The Po»t Office Department
and the Southern Railroad*— .Hr.
Stephen* and the Strong-blinded—
Corbin in a Quandary—Patteraon
Still Alive-Jim Blaine Becoming
Enlightened.
Special Correspondence of the Morning Xeics.
Washington, January 15.—Unless the
Democratic majority in the House give
more attention to their duties as legisla
tors, and maintain better discipline in re
gard to attendance at sessions, the party
will wake some morning and find itself
saddled with the responsibility of for
warding legislation in the interests of its
political opponents. The proceedings of
last week show conclusively that Repub
lican Representatives are quick to avail
themselves of this disposition to "hike it
easy" on the part of Democrats, and but
for the parliamentary dodge of a motion
to adjourn, the important resolution of
Wood, of New York, would have been
so swathed with amendments as to have
rendered it a nullity. The small majori
ty in the House will not admit of Demo
cratic Representatives lagging back to
look after interests that, in the present at
titude of affairs, should be deemed of
.secondary importance.
Well defined rumors of a reconcilia
tion la*tween the adverse elements in the
Republican party have circulated here
very freely during the past week. While
they may be the shadows of the coming
event, it is certain that the administra
tion have not favorably considered some
of the more important compromises
which it is called upon to make, and it
would not be safe to predict that the pre
sent armistice will not end in the re
sumption of active hostilities between
the President and the ultra Radical
element in the Senate.
The effort to hold Congressional in
vestigation of the “Billchandler” allega
tion, in ti rrorem, as it were, over the
heads of Mr. Hayes and his Cabinet,
does not seem to produce the desired
effect, and the declaration made by the
administration that every facility would
be extended to aid the proposed inquiry,
has called out disclaimers from all
those who were put down as promi
nently interested in forwarding the
scheme. The true inwardness of the
back down is, that there was but
little, if any, probability of raking up
anc thing that would injure very seriously
any member of the government, and at
the same time it was extremely probable
that a meml>er of the Cabinet, whose
reputation as a shrewd, keen lawyer is
national, would cause the proposed in
quiry to take such shape as would make
it “red hot” for those seeking his over
throw. The renewed prominence given
to the whole matter by Montgomery
Blair’s resolution in the Maryland Legis
lature, revives many interesting reminis
cences of the frequent political failures
that have been engineered by the Blair
family and its connections. Prominent
among them are recollections of the Sey
mour and Greeley campaigns, when
scions of this illustrious house bent their
massive intellects to the task of “making
ihc- tail wag the dog.” It is safe to con
clude that 3Ir. Blair’s effort is not de
signed so much as a semi-revolutionary
measure, but is intended to facilitate the
ambition of his family for a United States
Senatorship. “Only that and nothing
more.”
It Is probable that the silver question
will l>e taken up in earnest by the Senate
within the next week. There will he
swanus of amendments forthcoming, and
almost even,* Senator has been working
up a speech for this occasion, so that by
the time a vote is reached we shall have a
fiood of light on this mooted question.
Senator Bailey spoke to-day, and Senators
Merrimon, Allison and Cllaffee are clown
in the bills for the expression of some
views on the* subject.
A decision of the Attorney General
that the power rests with the Post Office
Department to decide when mails are
carried with “due frequency,” by rail
roads who enjoy a ‘ nionopLly iii that
business between any two points, will
probably be used with good effect in
overhauling railroad mail routes running
south from this point. Of late there has
been much complaint of the delays attend-
ingjmail matter on these Southern routes,
arising, it is stated, in a great many in
stances, from faulty schedules that make
unbroken through connections the ex
ception rather than the rule. It is inti
mated at the Post Office Department that
the matter will meet with prompt atten
tion und** this decisifjtf.
Senator Gordon arrived yesterday,
looking rather travel-worn. He stated
that the journey had been unusually te
dious with numerous detentions at points
where bridges had been destroyed by
the recent heavy freshets.
Hon. A. II. Stephens gave a reception
on Saturday evening i u a number of the
more prominent leaders in the female
suffrage movement. There was a re
markablv pleasant interchange of views
on the subject represented by the ladies,
and a strong pressure was brought to
bear on the venerable statesman to have
him come out squarely on the side of the
suffragists.
Mr. Stephens, however, wan too astute
a diplomat to lie cornered thus, and his
answer, while “couched in gallant strain,”
will have to lie classed under i;he head of
“extremely non-committal.”
Corbin has been tendered the nomina
tion for United States District Attorney
for South Carolina, but has not yet de
cided to accept it. He declared yester
day that ho hud no intention of abandon
ing the contest for the Senatorship, and
evidently bases strong hopes on the pro
posed investigation, but will realize in
the near future that a District Attorney-
ship in the hand is better than nothing,
ana concluded that as Senatorial honors
are denied fijm to - accept' 1 the proffered
appofut uiepp
Senator PatteFson is still on the sick
list, but says that those Republican
Senators w ho were so anxious to attend
his wake will yet find him the liveliest
corpse on record.
Senator Blaine appeared in his seat to
day. He said in conversation with a
friend that he never felt better in his
life. In alluding to -the political situa
tion, he remarked that he had been seek
ing information as to the status of affairs;
that he had to-day asked a prominent
politician here what his opinion was of
the administration and its policy, and
received this remarkable reply. " “The
administration will be a complete fail
ure, but its policy will be a complete
success. No man who has any hopes
of political promotion in the future can
afford to oppose the President’s policy.”
3Iay it not be possible that “truthful
James ' has taken this method o letting
himself down easy from hjs late position
as the henchman of Mr. Conkling ?
Dl\s.
Exciting Sunday Entertainment in
the Capital of Peru.
It is a sense of guilt that makes cow
ards of men who have committed high
crimes and misdemeanors against the
country. That’s what ails platoons and
brigades of gold-plated villains who
counted Hayes into the Presidency.—
(Jmaha Iferald.
Graeco-Roman wrestling with bears has
been introduced into Cincinnati. Luciefi
3Iarc was the wrestler, and now he has
only three fingers on his left hand.
3Iost potent, grave and reverend Sena
tors, is not $1,564 rather steep for “cold
tea,” “lemonade” and “granulatedsugar”
for one summer? And that doesn’t
cover all the expense in that connection,
either. The ice alone used to cool the
Senatorial coppers during the summer of
1876 cost $500 per month! Some sus
picious people will undoubtedly be re
minded of Sergeant Buzfuz’s construction
of Pickwick's message about “chops and
tomato sauce,” on reading this evidence
of Senatorial extravagance.—Baltimore
Gazette.
A \ irginia negro boy. who professed
to be dreadfully afraid" of cholera, took
to the woods to avoid it, and thel*e was
found asleep. Being asked wkv he went
to the woods, he said: “To pray.”
“But,” said the overseer, “how is it that
you went to sleep? ’ “Don’t know,
massa % ’zaptly,” responded tl*e negro,
“but ’spect j must have overprayed
myself/’
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Lima, Peru, October 25.—On a beau
tiful Sunday morning recently I saw the
announcement conspicuously posted in
the public square of Lima that a grand
bull fight would take place that day at
the Plaza de Acho. Securing a carriage
I was speedily driven to the plaza, which
I found densely crowded with a motley
assemblage of humanity, embracing al
most all nationalities. On the way I
passed numerous splendid private car
riages, occupied by richly dressed ladies
and gentlemen,chatting merrily and eager
ly anticipating the enjoyment which the
bull fight promised. Obtaining a ticket,
I entered the enclosure aud viewed the
building and its surroundings. It is evi
dently very old. having been built dur
ing the Spanish occupancy of Peru, and
presents much the appearance of a Span
ish fortress. A strong guard of soldiers
lined the passage ways to preserve order.
The walks around the building were
lined with negro liooths for the sale of
refreshments, tended by stalwart sons
and daughters of Africa, who did a
thriving trade with the younger portion
of the visitors. The negroes of this city
are excellent cooks, and furnish the
wealthiest families with the greater part
of their pastry, Puruvian housewives not
caring to prepare such dishes in their
own houses.
As my ticket entitled me to a seat in
one of the balconies. I made my way to
that portion of the house, and had hard-
}y been seated when I heard my name an
nounced in a soft, feminine voice in one
of the adjacent boxes. Turning my head
in that direction I was greeted by the
smiling face of a young Peruvian "ladv
to whom I had recently been introduced,
and who was the daughter of one of the
leading families of the city. Quickly
making my way to her side, I was cour
teously invited by the fair senorita, her
mother, and sister to share their box du
ring the entertainment. Nothing could
have pleased me lietter. The building
was thronged, as the President of the Re
public and his family were expected to
grace the occasion, and the enthusiastic
assemblage was pat ientlv awaiting their
coming for the entertainment to com
mence. Suddenly the band struck up
the Peruvian national hymn, and the
President, accompanied by his wife and
son. made his appearance. The signal
for the commencement of the perform
ance was now given, and several mounted
picadores, their horses splendidly capari
soned, entered the arena. These horses
are fine specimens, and are carefully
trained for their dangerous profession,
many of them having served some fifteen
or sixteen years. The duties of the pica
dores are to worry and annoy the bull,
thereby making him more ferocious. At
one side of the arena is a gate through
which the bull enters.
At a given signal the gate opened, and
with a terrific roar the animal sprang into
the circle. Now all was excitement. The
people held their breath and gazed spell
bound at the combatants. The bull was
gayly decorated with scarfs of various
hues, and on his head was fastened a
beautiful bouquet of flowers. When the
animal entered the arena he suddenly
stopped. His pause, however, was of
short duration, for. perceiving the
mounted horsemen, he furiously dashed
at them. But the horses are so well
trained that his efforts were entirely
futile, as when the enraged animal al
most reached them, and the spectators
held their breath expecting to see the
noble animals gored by the hull, they
suddenly and quickly wheeled to one
side, thereby escaping die attack. It
frequently happens that the bull, meeting
no resistance in his headlong speed,
stumbles and falls forward, breaking his
legs, when he is immediately dispatched.
Another signal was now given, and the
picadores were ordered to annoy the ani
mal. This was done by shaking a red
cloth before him. The red cloth made
him more furious, and he dashed first at
one and then at the other of the horse
men, until at last, exhausted with his
vain efforts, he paused, glaring wildly
around. The horsemen retired, and
several picadores on foot entered the
arena, dressed in different colored cos
tumes, and all wearing a red cap. The
bull, having recovered bis strength, and
seeing these new enemies, renewed the
attack with increased vigor, darting furi
ously fiorn one to the other, and per
fectly wild with rage. But the wily pica
dores easily evaded his charges. The
men were armed with spears, the points
of which were filled with an explosive
substance, which, striking the bull, left
gaping wounds.
The matador, whose duty it is to slay
the bull, stepped into the middle of the
arena, armed with a sword, and having
bowe 1 to the President and then fo the
audience, prepared to engage the apimal.
The scene was now {hriltiag and exciting.
Tfie audience watched the combat witli
breathless attention. The picadores tried
to attract the attention of the bull to give
the matador an opportunity to UfC his
sword. tile hull, having caught eignt
of the latter, suddenly ^asheef toward
him. He spjgng ftside With lightning
rapidity, and then the sword was driven
between the shoulders of the animal,
killing him instantly.
The building shook with the thunders
of applause that greeted the victorous
hero. Handfuls of silver were showered
upon him, and one enthusiastic spectator
presented him with a ’£200 note
An intermission 'occurred!. I ask my
lady friends how they ecukl enjoy such
barbarous spectacles. They laughed and
replied: “We women in this country are
not so sensitive as your countrywomen;
we live upon excitement, and cannot ex
ist without it.” A lunch was ordered,
which was speedily brought 1>Y a hideous-
looking negress. " It cdiSlisted of lobster
salad, eggs, onions, olives, confectionery,
etc., with various kinds of wines. I took
one of the eggs and proceeded to cut it,
but one’-mouthful nearly strangled me
The Peruvians have a custom cj mixing
achi (Spanish pepper) with their food, and
not being aware of the’ fact, I was not
prepared for its existence in the egg. 3Ij
friends, seeing mv distressed iouk-8, were
alarmed, fearing 1 was i}! ■ “but when in-
furua-d of the cause of my anguish,
laughed heartily at my misfortune.
Tho next scene on the programme was
an encounter between a bull and a bear.
Looking down into the arena, I saw
attendant leading by a strong *<ope a small
l>ear, which he securely fastened in the
middle of thy aiena.' r fhe ‘ bull was let
in, and tremendous applause greeted his
appearance. The animal at first did not
take any notice of his tied antagonist,
merely snuffing the air and then dashing
away." The picadores appeared, and at
tempted to attract the bull toward the
bear. This they succeeded in doing, and
as the aq;nnil, now; furious, spied its ene
my, he dashed toward it with head low
ered, and catching it on its Uqrus, fnrew
it violently into the aiy The bear made
no resistance except to growl fiercely,
and tried to escape from its assailant
Again and again was it tossed into the
air, until the attendant, seeing that the
fight was entirely one-sided, led both
animals away amid shouts of laughter
from the spectators.
An encouattr ne>*. took place between
.”*1 and a full-grown lion. An iron
cage containing the lion was (Lawn into
the middle of the ar^aa. The bull was
quickly put in, fhe grated door closed,
and the two animals stood glaring at
each other. The bull was the first to
advance to the attack, and charging furi
ously at his opponent succeeded in driv
ing his horns through the jaw's of the
Uod, from which the blood flowed freely.
The lion, however, nothing daunted,
fought desperately with his claws, Listen
ing them in the sides of the bull and
lacerating the flesh terribly. The bull
had the advantage, aid although he tried
in vain to shake off his antagonist he
succeeded finally in worrying him out,
the lion dropping from sheer exhaustion
on the floor of the cage. The fight lasted ^hons.
about five minutes, and at its conclusion
the victcg wo? greeted with thunders of
applause bv the excited spectators. 3Iy
lady friends were especially enthusiastic,
asking me if ever I had witnessed such
an enjoyable entertainment before. An
other intermission of fifteen minutes
occurred, which we improved in visiting
the boxes of various friends present ana
partaking of wines and other refresh
ments.
The closing scene was to be a fight l»e-
tween a lioness and four small, but fero
cious bulldogs. The cage was turned,
and we saw a large, full grown lioness of
ferocious aspect, while at the same mo
ment an attendant appeared leading by a
chain four small dogs of the bull species.
They were immediately let into the cage,
and, witli fierce growls, instantly sprang
on their foe. It would seem almost m-
possible for four such insignificant ani
mals to be victorious in an encounter
with an enormous lion, but the result
showed how mere brute force falls a prey
to cunning stratagem. The audience
were now worked up to a fever pitch of
excitement, and hundreds sprang into
the arena to obtain a closer view of the
combat. The soldiers were ordered to
clear the arena, and charged with fixed
bayonets on the crowd, wounding several
in their efforts to force them back. This
so infuriated the mob that knives and
pistols were drawn, and a fierce encoun
ter took place fa tween the military and
the rabble, resulting in the killing of sev
eral of the former. The soldiers were
first ordered to fire into the air, but, this
proving futile, a volley was poured into
the mob, killing several and wounding
others. The crowd, threatening dire
vengeance, retreated, leaving the space
clear.
During the excitement caused by the
collision between the soldiers and the
mob, the fight between the lion and the
dogs had ended in the latter being victo
rious, and as we looked toward the cage
we saw the dogs standing over their
prostrate foe. lapping its blood, and
apparently little the worse for the en
counter. though subsequently three of
them died from their wounds. This
closed the entertainment, aud the enor
mous throng of spectators left the Plaza
de Acho well pleased with what they had
witnessed. Receiving an invitation to
spend the evening with the family of my
lady friends, I gladly accepted, and was
soon ensconced in their hospitable man
sion. The eonversation naturally re
verted to the scenes we had that day
witnessed at the Plaza de Acho. The
ladie-s stoutly defended their national
arausemeuts, although I pointed out the
fact that such barbarous spectacles did uot
tend to elevate the inorals of a people,
and instanced the bloody affray fatween
the military and the mob. Still they
were unconvinced, declaring that no
country in the world afforded such ex
quisite entertainments as their own beau
tiful Peru.
TURKS SACKING A TOWN.
Bahhl-Bazouk* Pillaging and .Hur-
dering in the Long Halu Street of
Elena.
A Talk With a Texas Ranger.
•San Antonio Express.
Our reporter yesterday took advantage
of an opportunity for a brief interview
witli one of Captain Hall’s rangers, Mr.
A. S. McKay. “Mack" is an intelligent
man. and has done much hard service jn
his line of duty throughout Qur Western
country, lie frequently writes up his
adventures and furnishes his letters to
the press, and there is no journal that
would not l>e glad to print his interesting
writings. lie arrived in this city on
Thursday evening, accompanying his
Captain and others of the company , who
brought with them the. Iita-dl murderers.
Their prisoners were live ! n number, to-
wit: Dave Augustine. Bill Meadows. Bill
Cox, Jake Rvan and Jim Hester. They
arc charged with murdering one Dr.
Brazil and his son George in Dewitt
county last September u year ago.
After a long and tedious effort to
reach a result, Augustine and Hosier
were acquitted during the early
part of this week of being implicated
in the murder of young Brazil, and
on account of the impossibility of
obtaining jurors who could qualify, the
cases have been removed here for trial
under change of venue. Mr. McKay
states that the utmost interest is taken in
the result of the charges against these
men, who have an extensive relationship
and many influential friends. Hundreds
of persons attended the trie,! a. tktero,
and on the day the was argued the
court room was thronged witli Ladies.
The result of the trial of Augustine and
Hester was a surprise to many, hut they
seem to have ffroved tys qIM, and worked
up other poiqts through their counsel,
which induced the jury tu render a ver
dict of “uot guilty. Previous to their
recent removal to Cuero, the five prison
ers were confined in the Austin jail,
where they had lain for thirteen months.
Mr. McKay says the Mexicans in ’*;e
Corpus Christ! country ar„ becoming
very offensive ?<■; Awcrtenns. They seem
to havv caught up the prevailing national
spirit of hatred for the Grinyov, aud in
sult and bully over Americans whenever
and wherever they opportunity.
Throughout all |Lo lower Nueces cou’n-
Uy the feeling IS decidedly Mexican, and
in consequence of this business has be
come greatly depressed. The peonV are
beginning to feel unsettled, and' mer.
chants in small v >n a g es an , afraid to re-
pleuisb their stock" Ibom of the people
i seen; £ - w make investments. The
Americans dread their Mexican enemies,
and are forced to keep on a keen watch
to protect themselves from failing prey to
their treachery.
Upon inquiring of Mr. McKay to
how the rangers were getting along on
the short appropriation allotted to their
support, pur reporter learned that the
company's resources had all been ex
hausted; and that an appeal to the San
Antonio Railroad Company had been
made. The stock-men's donation—what
of it had been paid up to keep the hoys
in the field—hinl all been used, and unless
Colonel Andrews, on behtqf of our rail
road company, steed up to a previous
promise tq k-t the rangers have what
aiqhey they needed in an emergency, why
there was no hope. But there is faith in
the railroad. The rangers receive small
pay, do hard service, kill their horses,
and suffer many privntituis whteh never
come to public knowledge. It is not
sfrnvge that they complain when their
service-money is not forthcoming
From the London Times’ Elena Lettei
We are in Elena after a sharp day’s
fighting, characterized. 1 am glad to say,
by few of those acts of ferocity which
have disgraced so many Turkish suc
cesses. There is uot a sterner opponent
to the Bashi-Bazouks system than Sulei
man Pasha, hut these'Turkish and Cir
cassian free lances have been raised by
the central government into a situation
quite Iwyond control, and any attempt at
suppression would transform them into
even less controllable brigands. We are
in Elena, and the sack of the place is
now in full swing. From the window
of the house in which I have sought a
few minutes of quiet to jot down these
notes, and which overlooks the long
main street of this little town, I see the
ruin progressing fast. To give an idea
of the scene in this street it nerds to bo
photographed in panorama and thus pre
sented in its eneemble. Word painting
gives but a feeble notion of it. because
the simultaneity of the incidents is lost.
Thus, if I say that the Baslii-Bazouka
and Circassians are battering doors and
shutters with the butt ends of their mus
kets, slashing window frames to pieces
with their yataghans, blowing off locks
with their revolvers, throwing the con
tents of houses aud shops into the streets,
still it is only two or three houses that
the reader pictures to himself, while what
I want to describe is going on on both
sides of the way all 'down the main
street of Elena, which is a good deal
more than a mile long. In the byways,
too, so far as they lend themselves "to
such work, the depredators ure at work
howling and hooting, drank witli the
joys of spoliation, and red hot with the
excitement of destruction.'
It had been intended to take precautions
to prevent the sack of the town by the
irregulars. Throe companies were to
have been told off to protect the spoil
from the hands of those who had done
nothing to entitle them to participate in
the loot: hut in the excitement of the
victor}’it was not carried out. and thus
the irregulars are securing for themselves,
or recklessly wasting, the great hulk of
the booty. I was in so soon after the
troops that when I went up the street, it
was comparatively empty. On a little
bridge over a rivulet which crosses one
end of the town lay three Russians dead,
and the way wgj almost barred by a dead
horse lying’ still harnessed to a" broken
fourgon; hut as 1 went oq the Bashis
came rushing past, aqi) soon the street
was filled. S(;ap after shop was burst
open. Now a grocer’s, from which skins
aid bladders filled with cheese and Rus
sian butter were thrown into tho street-
here sugar was the attraction, and the Ba
sins thrust tin; white sugar lumps by
handfuls into their breasts and into the
folds of their turbans, and when they
were stuffed, scattered the rest about the
street.
It must have been a Bulgarian feast
day yesterday, for in ail the grocers’ and
xUvers’ shops there was holiday cake,
upon which the Basliis pounced with
childish delight. Now a draper’s shop
was tapped, and the yarns and rougher
goods were thrown out to he trampled
under foot, while the long yards of cal
ico and cloth wop; dragged forth, the
pillagers (hupping off with their vata-
gliaus such lengths as they could secure.
From tile vintners the casks of wine were
rolled into the street and the heads stove
in; bottles were buried into the air and
came smashing down among the crowd
by the score. From time to time u troop
of seared pigs would cotno rushing inlo
the street, hound(4 out of their styes by
the side currants of the looters. Then
them was a shout and a chase, and the
poor beasts were bayoneted or shot by
rifles and revolvers recklessly bred amid
the crowd. Before » silk store lay an old
Buigar, shot through the chest, lying as
he fell, and a little further, laid out stiff
and straight under the protecting front of
a cooks shop, wqs the body of a Russian,
clad in shirt and drawers, clean and fine
of texture, apparently the remains of
some civil functionary."
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The Richest Man in the World.
If money lie power, says the Whitehall
Heeieir, wlmt a force is J. W. Mackey,
who,. thirty years sirieip was a penniless
hoy in Ireland Twenty years ago he
traveled through the United States as a
speculative salesman, and sixteen years
ago he was a bankrupt. Today, at the
age of forty-five, Mackey owns
three-eighth-, of the great Bonanza, the
richest silver mine that has ever been dis
covered, and draws out of Nevada a
yearly income of i’’J,?5O,C0d, which is
the injerest at five per cent, on a capital
of £.*5,000.000. Though comparisons are
odioe s j( i s curious to note the difference
in the incomes of the four richest men
men on earth;
firaj & O’Brien
WILL OFFER THIS DAY:
ONE THOUSAND YARDS
Black Cafhmm at 85?.
Fifty p*p cent. 1*« than last week's prices.
ONE THOUSAND YARDS
Black Cacliiuere at $1 00.
Fifty per cent. less than last week s price*.
one thousand yards
Black Cachmere at $1 25.
Actual measurement 4S inches Would be nnod
value for $1 90.
FIVE THOUSAND YARDS
ALL WOOL DRESS GOODS
At 30, 35, 40, SOc.
Just one-half what they cost to import.
TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED YARDS
B011ETTE SUm
At 8,10, 12. 20c.
ONE HUNDRED PIECES
BLACK ALPACA
33^$ per cent, off former prices.
TWENTY CASES
BLEACHED SHIRTING
At 25 per cent, off last week's priees.
ONE
THOUSAND DOZEN
LADIES’
GENTS’ AND
LADUGS
II
li 11(1
From $1 50 per dozen to £5 00.
ONE HUNDRED
NEW CLOAKS
JUST RECEIVED.
THREE PIECES
FRENCH DRAP D’ETE
FOR CLOAKING.
janT-tf
oheat
O’
to
Out Sale
OF PLAIN AND FANCY
AT ABOUT
COMMENCING
MONDAY, JAN. 7TH.
I at 25c. per yard, former
O A PIECES 40-inch ALL WOOL CASHMERE
—" " at 60c. per yard, reduced from 85c.
15 pieces 40-inch ALL WOtJL CASHMERE at
73c. per yard, reduced from $1 0<t.
25 pieces 36-inch ALL WOOL CASHMERE at
SOc. per yard, reduced from 65c.
20 pieces 40-inch ENGLISH CASHMERE at 30c.
per yard, reduced from SOc.
50 pieces double width COLORED ALPACA at
SMo. per yard, reduced from 30c.
25 pieces DRAB Fit AISEE, colored, at 37)fc.
per yard, reduced from 60c.
20 pieces ALL WOOL SERGES, reduced from
50c. per yard to 35c.
30 pieces MATALLASSE POPLINS at SOc. per
yard, former price 75c.
35 pieces PONGEE SILK e
price 45c.
38 pieces Silk finished COLORED BRILLIANT-
IN ES. reduced from 50c. to37W*. ver yard-
60 pieces PLAIN and CORDED p( >PLINS at 20c.
per yard, former price 25 and SOc. per yard.
100 pieces NONPAREIL STRIPED and PLAID
POPLINS at 10c., reduced from 15and 20c.
per yard.
1 case KNICKERBOCKER and MELANGLE
CLOTHS at 20 and 25c., sold ntthecoin-
mobcement of the season at 30 and 60c.
per yard.
TREMENDOUS BARGAINS IN
Black anil CoM Silks
100 DOZEN 2-BUTTON
k:ii> gloves,
AT 50c.. REDUCED FROM $1 00.
Capital
Per year
Per month ...
Per day
Per hour
Per minute ..
Capital
Per year
Per month....
Per day
Per hour
Per minute ....
__ Duke of Sennt'r Jones,
Westminster, of Nevada
.... £16.000.0000 £20.000,000
300.000 1,000,000
60,flflQ 80,000
8,000
90 120
1 10 2
Rothschild. Mackey.
.. . £40,000,000 £55.000,000
... 2.000.000 2,750,000
170,(XU) 200,000
5.000 7,000
200 800
4 5
Sceny. aT a .8l ieidk’s Burial.—The
funeral of Wm. S. Pontin, the young
man who shot himself on a Hoboken
ferry boat, on Wednesday, was held yes
terday afternoon from the house of bis
uncle, Mr. Crofts, at ^ \W. Kavmond
street, Brooklyn Miss R. If. Plant, to
wfas; youn^*-Pontin, was to have fatm
married on the evening of the day of his
sdicide, was present at the burial ser
vices, having remained all night at the
house of Mr. Crofts. She sat by the
©pen coffin, and appeared to be almost
crazed with grief. When any pe r scp ap
proached the corpse she Y7oukl’raise her
hands to nrev.au UiyUl from touching it.
The** one Vould caress the dead face and
repeat over and over again in q IftVr K*ue,
“My darling, oh, irre vhu’iing’” When
the time evaue io close the coffin, she
gav<5 way to violent sobs, covered the
face of her dead lover wUh passionate
kisses, and refops^ into a tit of hysteri- seven feet
cal weeping which continued until she
entered a carriage to drive to Greenwood.
Young Pont in’s father was also present
and appeared to fa much affected by the
scene.—Seu> York Tril f une r 12th.
Mr. Mackey’s fortune increases $5 every
minute. The question is, what will he
do with it? Ur, perhaps it would fa
more cautious to ask, what will it do
with him? Fortunes in the far west
often vanish as rapidly as they are-
acquired. 31 r. Mackey has a magnifi
cent hotel in Paris, where his family
reside, while he passos most of his time
in the neighborhood of his vast interests.
Mr. and Mss. 3Iackey passed the summer
at Trouville, in the charming villa Cor-
dier, which stands on the hill above the
town and overlooks the sea,
Among military men a fire* in the rear
is usually considered as an embarrassing
circumstance, and one not at all to fa-
desired. Civil life, however, has recently
furnished an instance wherein an op
posite v\i W’ \vaft taken of the question,
£V’.wa in Ohio a man and wife undertook
a sleigh ride in the evening, and after
driving around and smoking the mutual
pipe for a few hours they stopped at the
house of a friend, leaving the team
hitched to the bucolic post. When they
came out of the house soon afterwards
they were surprised to the smolder
ing fragments cf a dashboard—al! that
w«s \eft of their sleigh—and the team of
horses placidly standing where they had
been left. Sparks from their pipes had
ignited straw.
Tills advertisement is no extravagant exagger
ation, expended on a mere handful of good«,pur-
i hased perhaps at high figures and under the
r ressureof a doubtful credit. Hence it w that
respectfully submit it to the earnest consider
ation of the people.
DANIEL HOGAN.
The Detroit Post has this curious item
from Grand Rapids: “Henry Woolford,
in passim^ oat at an open door as he sun
ofp—»- .... . .
A Woman Srsua Hass at the White
Hoes.—Miss rlanri'nt, of Boston, whose
remarkable contralto voice has created
quite a sensation here, called on Mrs.
Hayes this morning, in company v ith
Mrs. Stanley Matthews and spwra] other
ladies. Mrs. Hayes ^n.t the other ladies
of the White House received the visitors
in the red parlor. Sliss Sargent sang
several pieces very effectively. Those
who heard the music, but could qot see
the singer, were positive that a man sang
part of the time.— Waihjmgton Star.
An eagle of great size and beauty has
been hovering round Windsor Castle of
late, often settling Qver the Queen’s apart
ments, and the event has created no little
talk among superstitious folk in the en-
P«»ed, of Spring & Co.’s dry goods store,
walked straight through a glass plate,
seven feet by twelve in size, and three-
eighths of an inch thick, smashing it
into hundreds of pieces and cutting him
self severely. He eame out upon the
sidetyalk eovered with. blood. The
damage to the glass is fullv $150, for
which he willingly gave his cWk."
II. F. MIMA k CO.,
157 ISrougliton Street.
Great Mactioi ii Prices.
ClosingOutonrWinterStock.
A LL our BOURETTJE, KOMO and other Fancy
Dress Goods at reductions of from 25 to 50
per cent.
All our handsome BASKET PLAID, all wool
dress suitings, at very decided reductions.
AH the remaining pieces of our stock of fine
all wool FRENCH CASHMERES, reduced as
follows: From 81 50 to $1 25, from 81 40 to
81 12*& from $1 20 tt>$l, from $1 10 to 90c„ from
81 00 to 85c., and lower grades reduced in pro
portion.
All our WOOL CAS8IMERE8 for Hen’s and
Boys’ wear, reduced fully 33 per cent.
BLANKETS, SHAWLS, FLANNELS and aft
heavy winter goods at great reductions.
B. F. Mo KENYA & CO.
Corsets, Hosier} - , Gloves, ete.
CORSETS—“La Traviata,” *
“queen Bess,” “Grand Opera,” t
“\nnnaroil ” n
Magic meerschaum pipes are a new
article of manufacture" in Germany.
These pipes, being chemically prepared,
will shhw when smoked a Small indelible
picture or writing. .
- ite, ot
bus, Ohio, has issued a call for a national
convention of “all Israelites who are
willing to accept Jesus Christ as the
promised Messiah of the world. ”
Twelve thousand dog licenses have
been issued in New York, including sixty-
four breeds. The greatest favorites are
the black-and-tan, which number 2,146,
and next the Spitz, which number 1,603.
Two or three officers from the Japa
nese War Department will shortly be sent
*0 the seat of war in Europe; a "man-of-
war will likewise he sent from the Navy
Department to the Black Sea.
At a recent auction sale of patent
rights in New York a “rolling rail to pre
vent cats from walking on fences’’ brought
$650, while an “improved sugar evapo
rator and refiner” sold for only $400.
The Colorado mines produced $7,870,-
432 worth of gold and silver ore in 1877.
1 L’Efeffant,”
vuocu dcm, utoiu . % Cinderella.
Nonpareil,” and other popular brands. Also,
-■Abdoroimd" or "Health” Corsets in all sizes.
Prices from 25 cents up.
HOSIERY—Full lines of Ladies' COTTON
HOSIERY. Fancy Striped, Solid Colored, Em
broidered; BALBRIOGAN, White and Brown.
Full lini*s of Children's Fancy Stripe. Solid Color
and White long half and three-quarter HDaK.
Full line of Gentleman's Stout and Superstout
ENGLISH HALF HOSE.
GLOVES-A full assortment of sizes, ini three
button, REAL ALEXANDRE KID GLOVES,
winter colors. A full assortment of sizes m
other Kid Gloves from 50c. per pair upwards.
A choice lot of Ladies' Elegant T ^ an <l-work
EMBROIDERED LINEN CAMBRIC HAND
KERCHIEFS.
Ladies’ Randso ne LACE BORDERED LINEN
HANDKEBCHIE '8.
Ladies Fine CLEAR LAWN UNIN HAND
KERCHIEFS.
JUST RECEIVED.
50 more gross of those fine LEAD PENCILS,
at lc. each or 10c. per dozen.
300 dozen of that popular BASTING COTTON,
at lc. per spool or 10c. per dozen.
100 dozen a11 LINEN HANDKEBC
5c. each. JH> - a
100 gro« Fine «*“*>"• this U * h ‘
5c. each ‘ ‘
Philadelphia
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