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A FEARFUL FIRE RECORD.
FIVE BLOCKS of buildings de
stroyed IN I*EJ*ACOLA
STOCKS AND BONDS
The Jiexr York Stoill Market—Heavy
Sales ol Railroad Share*— A Review
of the English Security Market.
A BLOODTHIRSTY DEED.
THE at’KDEK OF MISS. KENNEDY
IN CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C.
over One Hundred Establi.hmeBta
fione-A Clean Sweep ol the Main
Bnelne." Bulldlnsa-Tlie Custom
House, Post Office, Tele-raph and
Newspaper Offices Destroyed-A
List ol tlie Properly Destroyed-
^OS* and Insurance— Deatrnctlve
Fire* Bl*ewhere.
Bu Telegraph to the Homing New.’.
New Orleans, December 11.—A special
from Pensacola to the Times says: “Nine-
tenths ol the business portion ot this city
was destroyed by fire about 12 o’clock last
night: loss about hall a million dollars.
Ail buildings aie burned from Komana
street, South, to Saragossa street, excepting
3vrne’s buildings—in all comprising four
blocks. The loss to our merchants
is very heavy as they have
just received their fall stocks.
The calamity Is without precedent
in the history of Pensacola, and business Is
almost suspended in consequence. By lar
the best portion of the business buildings in
the city are smouldering ruins. There Is
not a newspaper office, drug store or sta
tionery store left In the city. The Mer
chants’ Hotel and telegraph offices were
also destroyed.”
Mobile, December 11—A special to the
i2f,/('shr giving an accouat of the fire at Pen
sacola, says: “The origin of the fire is un
inown, It began in the building occupied
by 8 Daminna as a confecttonerv store, the
inmates of which barely escaped with their
lives, two being severely burnt, and
saving nothing. The flames might
have been checked 6ooner, but the steam
engines being in need of repair were in the
machine shor and undergoing repairs, and
thus left us at the mercy of the fire. Both
the Gazette and the Advance offices are
totally destroyed.”
Whiting, Ala., December 11.—By train
from Pensacola we have received the fol
lowing: _ , . .
The fire last night at Pensacola originated
in the confectionery store of uaminna. Ills
family resided above the store and several
of them were burnt, and Mrs. Daminna will
die.
The tire burned for eight hours. Five
blocks In the heart of the city were burned,
involving a loss of over half a million dol
lars, and possibly three-quarters of a million
dollars. Palafox street, from Wittich’s
corner to the middle of the block opposite
the plaza,is swept clean. The fire stopped on
Government street at the City Hotel east,
and one square back of the custom house.
Over one hundred establishments are
gone, embracing the main business
buildings, and turning out about
fifty families from their houses.
The custom house, post office, Merchants'
House, Brent’s Bank, both telegraph offices,
both newspaper offices, Dunn’s Exchange,
Wright’s dry goods house, and
the County Clerk’s office are
among the well known buildings
burned. County Clerk Lome, for the fifth
time in the term of his office, saved the rec
ords, but while the old hero was doing this
his own residence was burned and his
family rendered homeless. The main steam
tire engine was out of order,
and had to be repaired by a machinist, be
fore it could work. At one time tbe loss of
the railroad depot and adjacent mills seem
ed inevitable, and the locomotives stood all
night fired up ready to draw the company’s
equipments and other property out of
town. Much suffering must ensue.
The following is an additional list of the
••roperty destroyed at Pensacola:
The Ynestrata butldiug, four stores, occu
pied by Frater & Munroe, dry goods and
groceries: N. B. Hoyt, groceries; N. F.
Hutchison, furniture: the County Tax Col
lector’s office and adjoining buildings; L.
Daminna, confections; E. Neil, confections;
N. B. Cook «fc Co., groceries; A. L. & A. M.
Vary, store and workhouse, containing a
large 6tcck of hardware; P. Maloney, dry
goods; Arboni, barroom; L. M. Davis &
Co., grocers; W. P. <fc II. G. Carter,
grocers: Jardy & Co., hardware; F. C. Brent,
banker; W. A. Dolbert, drug store; Dorse &
Co., stationers; R. M. McDavit, green grocer;
M. Levy, dry goods.
Reach’s Block—F. Taches, green grocery;
Koseinstem, dry goods; James & Ward,
boots and shoes; J. B. Walton, barroom;
Dow & White, stationers and printers; Mrs.
L. Kahn, dry goods: F. Fordham & Co.,
drugs; Henry White, bakery and confec
tionery; tbe Pensacola Telephone Exchange:
H. Cushman, druggist; W. F. Fordham’s
Gffice; John Pons, barber.
The Mareuo building—Fauna’s livery sta
ble and dwelling house, owned by Mrs.
Kirk, and one other dwelling, same owner;
E. 8exaner’s dwellings; Dunn’s exchange,
billiard hall and restaurant; P. Soto, barber;
J. J. Stephens, stationery; Thomas Yelas &
Co., cigars; G. O. Brosaahave, wholesale
and retail drugs.
The Riera building was uncompleted.
Insurance Is held by those who were
burned out to the amount of about $250,000,
and it may reach $300,000. The loss, how
ever, is much greater. All the custom
house papers were lost. The post office and
United States Court Clerks save i their mails
and papers.
Cincinnati, December 11.—A fire in Jno.
P. Gay’s bucket factory, corner of New and
Culvert streets, in this city, occurred to
night, in which five persons were burned to
death.
Richmond, December 11.—A fire broke
ODfc at 9:45 o’clock to-night in tbe three
story building occupied by Stephen Putney
Sc Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers, at
the corner of Main and Thirteenth streets.
The rear end and upper part of the build
ing are now burning fiercely. Tbe fire
department is hard at work and may suc
ceed in checking the flames.
Newark, N. J., December 11.—Richard
Richardson's saw factory, the second largest
in tbe United States, was burned early
this morning. The loss is estimated at.
$50,000; fully insured. Nearly two hundred
hands are thrown out of work.
Memphis, December 11.—A fire this
morning destroyed two shanties on Butler
street occupied by colored people. Two
children aged three and four years were
burned. Their parents had locked them in
the houtie before going to work, and they ac
cidentally set fire to the house and perished
before assistance could be given.
New York, December 11.—A special says
the conservatory of Jay Gould at Irvington -
on-the-Hndson, considered the most mag
nificent structure of the kind in the country,
was totally destroyed by fire at an early
hoar this morning. Tbe loss is reported to
be $100,000.
Baltimore, December 12.—The residence
of Charles D. Fisher was damaged by fire
this morning to the extent of $20,000, and
the library- was damaged in an equal amount.
Two servants who sought to escape by
jumping from an upper window were 60
badly injured that one died immediately and
the other cannot recover.
Philadelphia, Pa., December 12.—Iu a
fire at 18 Ferris Court last night Mrs. Wig
gins and John Lyon were burned almost
beyond recognition. The other occupants
of the buildiDg were rescued.
THE aHETHODIST CONFERENCE
IN PENSACOLA.
The Session Cut Short-Sympathy
for the Sufferer* by the Fire.
By Telegraph to the Momvtxj News.
Pensacola, Fla., December 12.—The
Methodist Conference adjourned to-night,
the session being cut short to some extent
by the partial destruction of the city. The
ministers of the Conference filled the city
pulpits to-day and called for donations for
the sufferers who lost their homes.
A reaction is taking place, and, after
the great personal suffering is relieved
by a^generous public, it now seems that
Pensacola will take a “boom” from her
great calamity, as lots held by people not
able to build are readily taken by capitalists,
and the city will soon rise again, more
modem and sightly thar. ever.
Rich in muscle-producing material be-
vond a’l other foods and medicines are Malt
Bitters.
By Telegraph to the Homing New*
New York, December 11.—The stock
market opened strong and in the early deal
ings advanced to 6 per cent., the latter
in Nashville and Chattanooga, which, how
ever, subsequently reached 5 per cent.,
while the general list advanced to 3 per
cent., Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
Texas Pacific and Western Union leading
the downward movement. Toward noon
speculation took an upward turn and prices
rose yi to 3 per cent., Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, Texas Pacific and Grangers
leading.
During the afternoon the market was irreg
ular and unsettled,aDd under the leadership
of the Western Union a decline of to 2%
per cent, was recorded, but in the late deal
ings the market, became strong and a recov
ery of % to 1% per cent, was established.
Houston and Texas fell off 9 per cent, in
the morning and recovered 4 per cent.
At the close sales aggregated 478,000
shares, including Canada Southern 6,000,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 13,000,
Delaware and Hudson 5,200, Denver and
Rio Grande 10,000, Erie 34,400, Hannibal
and St. Joe 6,500, Iron Mountain 25,700,
Kansas and Texas 17,900, Lake Shore 16,800,
Lake Erie and Western 8,G00, Louisville and
Nashville 1,200, Michigan Central 6,000,
Northwestern 11,800, Nashville and Chatta
nooga 12,800, New Jersey Central 17,500,
Ohio and Mississippi 2,500, Ontario and
Western 1,400, Pacific Mall 31,800. Reading
8.400, St. Paul 16,600, St. Paul and Omaha
0,700, Union Pacific 23,000, Wabash Pacific
34.400, Western Union 59,600, Houston and
Texas 2,900.
London, December 11.—The Economic
this week says : “The rate of discount for
bank bills, 6ixty days to three months, is
per cent., and for large bills, sixty
days to three months, Despite the
rise in the Bank of England rate of discount
the relapse in prices on tbe Stock Exchange
has not been at all considerable. Specula
tors appear willing to pay 6till higher
rate* for loans rather than relinquish their
holidays. New securities of all kinds are
largely sought after. Colonial government
debentures have been in good request at a
substantial advance. Canadian four per
cents have arisen 1 to 1)>£. In foreign there
was some tendency to weakness, which was
natural after the late considerable advance.
United States funded loaus, however, have
shown a marked revival, principally
due to the proposed reduction in interest on
the redeemable debt to 3 per cent. In
Canadian railways, Grand Trunk and Great
Western debenture stocks are 4 per cent,
higher and Midland, of Canada, bonds 12
In American railways the advance is al
most universal. Union Pacific shares have
risen 9 and St. Louis bridge preferred 2.
Many mortgages have also improved, Bur
lington and Cedar Rapids as much as 4 per
cent. Delaware and Hudson Central shares
have risen 15 per cent.”
PAYNE’S COLONY.
The Move on Oklahoma—The Set
tlers to Wait One More Way—What
the Leaden* Say.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Hunnewell, Kansas, December 12.—
There has been no new move of the Okla
homa settlers. They spent the Sabbath in
religious worship, two members of the
colony conducting the service. Colonel
CoppeDger and Lieutenant Mason went
over to the camp of the settlers and joined in
the services. These officers are having a
great influence over the settlers and if blood
shed is prevented it will be through their
efforts. They have won the settlers over to
the beiief thot the army had rather escort
them to Oklahoma than prevent them from
going, and they had better await the
action of Congress. While the determina
tion to go is still strong it is now hoped that
conservative counsel will prevail. Rev. Mr.
Cory, in his sermon to-day, said he hoped
that since they had changed their officers
they had a leader who would lead them
across the line at once. This sentiment
was applauded. After services to-night, a
colony meefczg was held to determine the
course f^r to-morrow. Speeches were
made by members of the colony in
favor of going into the Territory at
once, and i ; was-only afrer speeches by
Dr. Wilson, of Texas, and other cool beads,
that the settlers would agree to wait one
more day, hoping for Congressional action.
Rev. Mr. Cory said he had just traveled
through sixteen counties in Western Kan
sas, and there was actual suffering. The
leaders say they have aroused hungry peo
ple and cannot control them.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
A New Orgau-“ Le Napoleon”—The
Programme o - the Bonapartlst De
puties—Revenue Estimate** and the
Properties of Religions Cougrega-
lions— D’Asson’s Expulsion from
the Chamber of Deputies.
Bu Telegraph to the Momina New.
Paris, December 11.—The first number
of Prince Jerome Bonaparte’s new organ,
Le Napoleon, has been issued. It contains a
programme drawn up by eeveral Bona-
partist Deputies. It asserts the right of the
Napoleonic dynasty, represented eince
the death of the Prince Imperial by
Prince Jerome, accuses the republic of
violating the security of liberty by the mo
nastic expulsions and demands a
plebiscite in the form of govern
ment, or, if this is refused, re
form of the constitution. The programme
aims at peace abroad and the defense of
religion and the army. It advocates liberty
of conscience, subject to tbe rights ol State
in the concordat, protection of the army
from political influences, a reduction of ex
penditures, aud a revision of taxation for
the benefit of artisans and peasants. The
Bonapartlst group, in an appeal to the peo
ple, has also issued a manifesto very similar
to the foregoing.
The Chamber of Deputies, discussing MU
of estimates of revenue, to-day adopted all
clauses applying the fiscal laws to the prop
erties of religious congregations.
M. Baudry d’Assoa has iustituted both
civil and criminal proceedings against M.
Gambetta and the Questors of the Chamber
of Deputies for incidents of the 11th of
November attending his expulsion from the
Chamber of Deputies.
THE NORTH POLE.
The Royal Geographical Society
Considering a Flail lor a New Arc
tic Expedition.
By Telegraph to the Morning New
London, December 11.—The Standard
this morning says: “We understand that
the President and Council of the Royal
Geographical Society are considering a plan
for a new Arctic expedition. A committee
of experts will probably be first appointed
to report on the whole subject, and though
It is not expected that anything will be done
in the way of actual exploration in the
course of the next summer, the interval
will be occupied in discussing the matter.
It is understood that the route by way of
Franz Josef Land will be recommended, but
the mere feat of reaching the north pole
will not be the main or even one of the
principal objects of the expedition. It will
be simply to explore the unknown area
north of the seventy ninth and eightieth de
grees of latitude. Tbe'society, while it i*
not inimical to the plan of establishing ob
serving stations around the pole, can only
consider them as subsidiary work of the
geographical exploration.”
The poor and humble, alike with the
rich and powerful, find in Dr. Boll’s Cough
Syrup a true, tried and trusted friend.
Price 25 cents a bottle. dec!3-lt
Fall Particular* of the Crime—A
Horrible Recital—Robbery the Mo
tive-Begging for Mercy—“ I’se
Been Wanting to Kill You a Long
Time”—Prompt Lynching of the
Fiend*.
By Telegraph to the Morning New*.
Charleston, December 11.—The News
and Courier has received the details of the
murder of Mrs. Kennedy in Clarendon
county, and of the subsequent lynching of
the three murderers last Sunday, Mr.
Thos. Kennedy, living near Salem, in
tending to visit Charleston, went over to
his
father’s
house, a
short
dis-
tance
from
his own,
to
ask
his
mother
to stay
with
his
wife
during
his absence.
Kennedy’s
wife was formerly Miss Ada Wright, of Dar
lington, and had only been married about
four year?. She was a young lady of only
nineteen or twenty years of age, intelligent,
refined, and highly respected. When her
husband left she shut the door and sat by
the window to write a letter to her mother.
As she sat there she saw in the
yard Joe Barnes, a colored boy,
about 16 years old, who had been employed
by Kennedy the previous wee*k. This
boy had been induced by two negroes living
near by, Vance Brandt and his sister
Julia, aged respectively 18 and 15,
to hang around the premises, and
when Kennedy left the place give a signal
to Vance and Julia, who kept themselves
concealed in a thicket. This couple bad
heard of Mr. Kennedy’s intention to visit
Charleston, and thinking he would have a
good deal of money In the house, determin
ed to break in and get it. When Joe gave
the signal Vance went immediately to the
window and three times tried to get in,
and each time he was shoved out
by Mrs. Kennedy. Finding that he was de
termined to get in, she opened the front
door, ran through the yard, and was just
going through the gate when Vance snatch
ed up a hoe lying in the yard, overtook her
at the gate, and knocked hoc down. She
implored mercy, and told him &he would
give him all the money she had if he would
only spare her life.' He cursed her and
said : “ 1’se been wanting to kill you a
long time,” and at that struck her two more
blows, in attempting to avert which, it is
supposed, her hand was broken. Just
then Julia came up with another
hoe and severed her head. When Kennedy
returned, about three hours afterwards,
he found his wife lying outside the front
gate, mutilated cold and stiff, her head al
most severed. The entire cranium was cut
off from ear to ear, leaving the brains scat
tered arcund on tbe ground. A jury of
inquest being had, returned a ver
dict of murder in the highest degree
by unknown hands. On Tuesday tbe
colored boy, Joe Barnes, was
arrested. He showed 60 much confusion on
being questioned as to his whereabouts on
Sunday, that only a few questions served to
bring out his full confession, from which
the above account Js taken, and an exami
nation of Vance and Julia elicited evidence
showing that they were the murderers,
marks of blood and brains being found
upon their clothing. The horrible char
acter of the murder awakened intense in
dignation in the neighborhood, and a
crowd of 150 white men and 50 colored men
assembled to punish the murderers. The
negroes begged tbe whites to permit them
to take the prisoners and burn them alive.
This was refused, but a vote was taken
whether they should be jailed and await
trial at court or lynched. Only 23 voted to
to await the law, and it was determined to
hang them to a tree nearest the scene of the
crime. Halters were obtained and fastened
to a limb of a tree, and a cart was placed
under the limb, handkerchiefs being tied
over their faces. The cart was pushed
away, and the trio were soon dangling in
the air. Their victim at time of the murder
was enciente with twins, and was near her
confinement.
THE IRISH REVOLUTION.
The Helplessness of li»e Officer* of
the Law — Statement of Barou
Dawse—More Troop* at the Dispo
sal of the Irish Executive.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, December ll.-r-Thj; statement o8fc
Baron Dawse at the opening fh^ Con-
naught Asdzes at Galway yesterday, show
ed that in four months six hundred and nine
ty-eight indictable offenses had been report
ed in Connaught, and for these only thirty-
nine persons have been rendered amenable.
Five hundred and seventy-seven persons
against whom offenses had been committed
had, through terror or a desire to shield the
offenders, refused to give evidence, prose
cute or assist the police. Lesser offenses
ere also numerous. Thus iu Mayo there
were eight hundred and eighty-eight lesser
and two hundred and thirty-six indictable
offenses. Baron Dawse 6aid if this state of
affairs was allowed to continue, the con-e-
qnence would be immediate daDger to Ire
land and ultimate disgrace to the empire.
The correspondent of the Times at Dublin
says : “Even the reports bj* the police do
nor. include all the outrages committed and
threatening letters received. The case con
cerning which Judge Fitzgerald received a
letrer threatening him that he would be shot
in open court, was that of the wounding of
Han.’an, a care taker, near New Pallas, on
the 18th of November. Hanlan Identified
bis assailant, but tbe defense contested his
abi.hy to identify the man at night, and the
jury acquitted the prisoner.”
The St. James Gazatte this evening says:
“We understand that the government has
so far listeued to Mr. Forster’s representa
tions as to place two more regiments of
troops at the disposal of the Irish executive.”
Weather Indication*.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, December 13. — Indication* for
Monday:
Iu the South Atlantic States, lower ba
rometer, souih to west winds, partly cloudy
or cloudy weather, with occasional rain.
In the Middle Atlantic States, partly
cloudy or cloudy weather, with occasional
rain or snow, warmer southerly veering to
westerly winds, lower barometer.
In the Gulf States, lower barometer,
higher temperature, southerly winds, partly
cloudy weather.
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, sta
tionary or lower barometer, higher temper
ature,westerly backing to southerly winds,
partly cloudy or cloudy weather, with occa
sional rain or snow.
Tbe Charleston Race*.
Charleston, December 12.—The first
race yesterday, a mile dash for two-year-
olds, Nero, a Bassett colt, was won e asily by
two lengths, Athos second, May Wilson a
bad third. Time 1:50.
The second race, a mile and a-half handi
cap, dash for all ages, was won by Mentzer
by two lengths, Hampton second, Mark L
third, Red Fox fourth, Beeswing fifth.
Time missing.
Tbe third race, a mile and a quarter,
Longtaw won, beating Gabriel easily. Time
2:14;
The fourth race, a mile scramble for
beaten horses, Dutchman won, Lillian
second, Warfield third, Redman fourth,
Baswing fifth. Time, 1:49.
Railroad v*. Express Company*
Memphis, December 11.—The 8t. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Com
pany, by their attorneys, Messrs. Thorough-
man & Pike, of St. Louis, instituted a suit
in the United States Circuit Court here to
day for the recovery of $128,000 from
the Southern Express Company, on account
of alleged fraudulent reports made by the
express company In the matter of freights
carried by the railroad company. The
Southern Express Company operated the
main line and branches of the Iron Moun
tain Company from 1874 to Jane, 1SS0,
daring which period the railroad company
alleges it was defrauded in this amount,
and now asks for a recount through the
United States courts.
450,000 cakes sold the first year attest the
popularity of Cuticura Medicinal Soap.
A LIVELY REVENUE RAID.
Deputy Collector Davis and Commis
sioner Campbell Shot and Beaten In
Tenne**ee—The Cause of the Attack
-Campbell’s Statement of the Affair
—A Raid In North Georgia—Deputy
Collector Wllnoii Shot Through the
Body.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Nashville, December 11.—A letter dated
yesterday, at Bloomington, Putnam county,
Tenn., to the jimerican, says that in a fight
twelve miles east of Cooksville between tbe
Welchs and Captain Jas. Davi?, United
States Deputy Collector, and United States
Commissioner G. W. Campbell, Davis was
killed and Campbell beaten nearly to death.
Davis’ last words when he fell were: “Oh,
Lord, George.” addressing Campbell.
A. letter dated Cooksville, December 9tb,
dictated by Campbell to United States Com
missioner Wm. Woodcock, confirms this re
port. Campbell says: “Davis was at Jack-
son Lee’s, in the east end of Putnam
county, to-day, and had seized a lot or
brandy, when be was attacked by a number
of persons. Davis had ordered me to issue
a writ for Thos. Welch, and I sat down on a
wood pile to issue the writ, when
Alexander Welch struck me with my
gun, which he broke over my head, knock
ing me down. When I got up Davis was
down with his feet on a log, as if he were
dead. I helped him into Jackson Lee’s
house. About this time I saw two men
coming with guns, and I took hold
of Davis and said, “Let’s go away.”
We were both without arms when
we started away. Davis addled, and did
not seem to know what had happened. We
had gone one hundred yards from Lee’s
house when a gun was fired about fifty
yards from us. Davis fell, and cried, ‘Oh
Lord, George!’ I moved ou, thinking the
next shot would be mine. I reached Cooks
ville at four o’clock in the even
ing, and am now having my
wounds dressed. I am severely
cut and bruised on the head, but will go
back to night with Sheriff Branner, of Put
nam county, with a warrant for the arrest
of Alexander Welch. I will write you par
ticulars to-morrow. Myself and Squire
Thomas Welch were in' the fight when
Alexander Welch knocked me down with
my own gun.”
Washington, December 11.—Commis
sioner Raumjto-day received a telegram from
Collector Clark at Atlanta stating that
Deputy Collector Wilson was shot through
the body last night while seizing an illicit
distillery. Two men were arrested and the
distillery seized. Wilson is a resident cf
Gainesville. Collector Clark thinks he will
recover.
Nashville, Tenn., December 12.—A
Lebanon dispatch says Captain Davis i3 not
dead, as at first reported.
Dt alii of Madame Tillers.
Paris, December 12.—Madame Thiers
died to day.
Madame Thiers was the widow of tbe
illustrious historian and President of the
French republic. A rheumatic affection
and a wasting malady brought on by indul
gence in grief was the cause of her decease.
Her morbid 6tate was aggravated by a cold
caught on the Sunday on which the Thiers
statue was inaugurated at St. Germain-en-
Laye. A reaction favorable to the Com
mune was then beginning to set in. Poli
ticians ou whom Thiers had heaped favors
when he was at Versailles did not rf-how at
the ceremony. They were afraid of com
promising their chances of success at the
next election. Those who had the courage
to go to St. Germain rushed off to
Paris when the news was cried that
De Freyeinet was: down. A drizzling
rain fell. Mine. Thiers, who was grieved
and mortified to discover that her illustri
ous husband’s servicer to bis country were
deemed things of ancient history, was wet
through. She ; went back to the Place
St. George sobbing and making sad reflec
tions. Her low spirits prevented vital reac
tion. Fever followed tbe cold she caught,
and this was succeeded by dropsical symp
toms. Mme. Thiers was about fifty-five
years of pge. She was the daughter of a
stock broker named Dosne, whose wife was
an early friend of Thiers from about the
time of his first arrival in Paris in 1821. She
and her elder sister. Mile. Dosne, had been
treated by M. Thiers almost with the Inti
macy of members of his family from her
earliest childhood, and she was married to
him not loDg before the revolution of 1348.
Both the sisters Dosne were remarkable wo
men, and played a distinguished part
In the politico-social world of Paris,
both before and after the death of M.
Thiers. Mme. Thiers was ambitious and
fpnd of social distinction. Since the death
of her husband she devoted herself to his
momory, spending much time in the prepa
ration of his unfinished works for the press
and taking a keen interest iu the election of
proper successors to his chairs in the
several academies which compose the
French Institute. The drawingroom in
the Place St. George, which iu the lifetime
of Thiers was so animated, has been of late
dismal and deserted, 6ave by a few faithful
friends well stricken In years. They are
Mignet, Barthelmy St. nilaire, Jules and
Mme. Simon, General Charlemagne and
Admiral Pothnau. Thiers was the anima
ting principle of the house, and was never
old or old-fashioned. The death of M.
Thiers occurred on September 3, 1877.
Tlie New Comptroller o| New •> ork.
New York, December 11.—Allan Camp
bell. the newly appointed Comptroller, filed
his bonds this morning. Ills sureties are
Wm. II. Neilson, ex-President of the Board
of Education, and Jordan L. Mott, who
justified in $40,000 each. Mr. Campbell
subsequently entered the Comptroller’s
office and presented to Mr. Kelli hi3 certifi
cate of appointment, signed by Mayor
Cooper. He was warmly greeted by Mr.
Kelly, who wished him success in the ad
ministration of the office.
Cold Weather In the North.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., December 11.—The
mercury at ail points this morning was
three degrees below zero. The river here is
choktd with new ice. The Poughkeepsie
steamers are still running to Sew York, but
navigation is becoming difficult.
RondoCT, N. Y., December 11.—Tbe
thermometer was four degrees below zero
at 7 a. m. The ice in the Hudson, at this
point, was two inches thick. The ferry
boat between Kingston and Rhinecliff is
still running.
Resignation ol Secretary Thompson.
Washington, December 12 —It is now
officially announced that Secretary Thomp
son, of the Navy Department, has tendered
his resignation, to take effect as soon as his
successor is appointed. This step is taken
by the Secretary to enable him to accept the
Chairmanship of the American branch of the
Panama Interoceanic Canal Company, of
which De Lesseps is President.
Jnstice Strong’s Retirement.
Washington, December 12.—It is stated
on reliable authority that Justice Strong
will occupy bis seat on tbe Supreme Bench
to-morrow* for the last time, it being bis
purpose to retire immediately, accepting
employment as counsel of the Reading Rail
road Company. Judge Devens is promi
nently mentioned for Strong’s successor.
The Fact Mall to Harau*.
Pensacola, December 11.—The steamship
Admiral, the first ship of the fast Havana
mail by the Pensacola steamship line, sailed
to day. The 6hip will call at Cedar Keys
for ex Postmaster General Key and General
Superintendent Thompson and Division
Superintendent Terrill, of the Railway Mall
Service, who go to Cuba on mail matters.
Appropriation Bills to be Reported
to the Honse.
Washington, December 11.—The consu
lar and diplomatic and military academy ap
propriation bills will be reported to the full
Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday,
and it is believed tbe committee will approve
and Instruct their Chairman to report them
to the House the same day.
When a remedy has stood the test of
more than thirty years’ trial, and to-day is
morely largely used than ever, its worth is
evidently unquestioned. Such is the record
of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. declS-lt
FROM WASHINGTON.
DOINGS AND SAYINGS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Panama Canal Company aud the
Secretary of the !**vy-The Nicara
guan Canal Company to Apply for
Incorporation — General Grant as
President—The Electoral Count
Resolutions — Georgia’* Electoral
Vote —The Repudiated Bonds—
judge Lochrane Working on the
Lobbyists — Financial Measures—
The French and American Claim*
Commission.
Special Telegram to the Morning New.
Washington, December 12.—The Panama
Canal Company having captured the Secre
tary of the Navy as the President of its
American branch, announce that they
have all the money they want.
The gentlemen in this country In
terested in the Nicaraguan route
are stirred up considerably. They are well
represented here. They say they propose
to go to Congress immediately for the in
corporation of the Nicaraguan Canal Com
pany, one of the members of which will be
Gen. Grant. They are also trying to get Gen.
Grant to become their President. They will
also seek a revival of the Monroe doctrine
by Congress, as recommended by President
Hayes in his message. They say that De
Lesseps is using Thompson’s name abroad
with great effect. They claim that theirs
is the best route, and that it is dangerous
to the interests of this country that the
canal should be constructed by any com
pany other than an American one.
It is likely that the electoral count resolu
tions will give place this week to Fernando
Wood’s three per cent, refunding bill. The
Democrats have not sufficient members
present to carry the resolutions through,
and the Republicans don’t want much of
an excuse to filibuster in order that they
may have an extra session.
The opinion of the Democrats and Repub
licans is that Georgia’s electoral vote will
not be counted.
The jobbers in this city who want to
make something out of the State of
Georgia by raking up the old matter
of her repudiation of the illegal rail
road bonds have not met with any flat
tering success in their preliminary move
ments upon Congress. ^ Iu fact, they have
found no traces of a hole through which
they can see daylight. They thought it
would be a difficult matter to make mem
bers of Congress understand the true
merits of the case, but in that
calculation they have been left way behind.
Judge O. A. Lochrane. who is couusel for
the holders of the repudiated worthless
bonds, has made no open attempt upon
members, but the lobbyists, whom he and
his confreres have employed, have attempt
ed the outworks, but with nothing to en
courage as to results. Lochrane represents
the late firm of Henry Clews & Co., of New
Yoj;k, Russell Sage, a prominent New York
broker, H. L Kimball, Bullock, and the
people in Germany to whom the latter sold
the bonds. Kimball, it will be
remembered, went to Germany and
disposed of a large amonnt of the worthless
securities to which Bullock had forged the
signature of Treasurer Angler. As stated in
previous dispatches the crowd of lobbyists
and jobbers are trying to work through the
German Minister upon petitions which they
have gotten up in Germany and had sent to
him.. Another of their specious pleas is to
harp on “Southern repudiation.” The pub
lications that have been made in a number
of newspaperf’on the subject have been in
spired by the jobbers. They did not have
the courage to approach any correspondent
on the subject wfio is at all cognizant with
Southern affairs, but have gotten off their
boom among those who, in a dearth of
news, would publish anything.
There is a dearth this session 60 far in
financial measures. This is very marked
from other recent sessions, when financial
bills of all characters piled one upon the
other in rapid succession, each trying to
cutuo the other iu ils stupendous and un
likely proportions. Senator Ingalls’ bill to
reissue the old fractional currency and
Senator McDonald’s bill for local taxation
of legel tender circulation are the
only financial measures so far sprung
upon Congress. It is not likely that
either of them will be passed. A bill will
be recommended from the House Commit
tee ou Ways and Means in regard to re
funding the national debt. Such a bill, with
a rate of 3 or 3>£ per cent., will be passed.
There will also very likely be some'bill in
troduced and considered increasing the
weight of the standard silver dollar t<» a
basis of value equivalent to the gold dollar.
The French and American Claims Com
mission have issued iu pamphlet form the
rules of the commission for governing the
settlement of the claims presented for Its
consideration.
Claiuiams are required to file in the office
of the commission statements of their
claims in the form of a memorial. The legal
representatives of deceased claimants must
appear too, unless it is shown that the
estate is settled and that there are
no creditors. Every memorial must
state the full name, residence and
postoffice address of ciaimant and give
a thorough and comprehensive history'
of all the facts bearing upon the claim and
the manner in which it accrued. Copies of
all vouchers, receipts, etc., must be append
ed to the claim. The memorial must be
venfied by oath or affirmation. No evidence
or information shall be received except such
as shall be furnished by or on behalf of the
respective governments. Three months will
be allowed every claimant after the filing of
his memorial to complete his proofs. All
depositions shall be taken on notice, and
when taken elsewhere than in North Ameri
ca thirty days will be allowed
After the expiration of time for taking
proofs will be printed at the expense of the
commission, and the argument, for the
claimant must be filed fifteen days there
after, and then the case will stand ten >. ays
longer for hearing, though motions for ex
tension of time will be received. All cases
will be submitted in printed arguments,
which shall contain a statement of the facts
proven and reference to the evidence by
which they are substantiated, and the coun
sel for the respective governments will be
heard orally when it is desired. Arguments
of counsel for individual claimants will,
however, only be received in print.
Lots of Life by the Penuygralj; Dis
aster.
London, December 11.—Later estimates
of the loss of life by the explosion in Pen
nygraig colliery yesterday morning, made
the number of persons who perished one
hundred.
Wreck and Loss of Life.
Kingston, Jamaica, December 11.—The
bark Fontabelle has been wrecked at Fal
mouth, and the Captain and five of the
crew drowned.
Mme. Zacchi, a new dramatic soprano,
whose London experience is called a suc
cess, is soon to join Mapleson’s Company in
New York.
I haqe suffered from a kidney difficulty
for the past ten years, accompanied with
nervous spasms. Physicians gave me but
temporary relief, but after using three and
one-half bottles of Warner’s Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, my nervous spasms were entirely
relieved. My age is seventy-seven years. I
reeommend this great remedy to all suffer
ing from nervous troubles.
Mrs. Mart Reese.
Easton, ib. dec*3-W,F,M,w»fcTel2w
SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Sixteenth Annual Session — Hospi
tality of the People of Hawkins*
vllle—The Attendance Large—In
crease in Benevolent Collections—
Missionary Work lu Brazil—Col
lection* for Foreign Missions—Gen
eral Business of the Conference.
effects of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure than I have that the Genesee river
empties into Lake Ontario.—Rev. J. E.
Rankin, D. L)., Washington, D. C.
decS- W, F, M.w&TelSw
BAYARD YS. CONKLING.
CROOKED PRACTICES EXPOSED.
How the New York Adonis was
Mixed up In a Very Questionable
Transaction—Conkling Denies the
Soft Impeachment* Bnt the Dela
ware Patriot Points Him to the
Id London they pronounce Modjeska ln-
finiiely superior to Sarah Bernhardt. Over
hero. It will be remembered, the success of
Moljeska was almost eutirely attributed to
the ingenuity of her manager.
Stuff and Nonesense.
Courier-Journal.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean admits that
there is a “coming issue between a tariff
for protection ana a tariff for revenue
only,” and then proceeds to discharge
the following ill-natured talk at the
South:
“Although slavery is dead, the virus
of Calhoun’s teachings still envenoms
the South. It was the prodigious immi
gration poured into the North which
enabled this section to put into the field
the overflowing force ofjnen which com
pelled finally the collapse at Appomat
tox. The wonderful growth of the
North in population and wealth is to the
South what the ghost of B&nquo was to
Macbeth. Southern politicians are
thoroughly imbued with the belief that
nothing would so quickly and surely
arrest and turn back the progress of the
North, reduce foreign immigration to a
minimum, turn the balance of trade
against this country, drain away our
gold and silver, bring about a severe
contraction of 1 be curiencv aud enable
the South to get control of tbe govern
ment through discontent of the people
made anxious for a change, as *a tariff
for revenue only.' With the deap-eeated
animosity of the South towaid the
North, and with ils long nursed design
to punish the North for crushing out the
rel>ellion, we must expect to see a
mighty effort to make the South solid
against a tariff for protection. This
will be the fifth act in the drama of
‘Southern Revenue, or an Enervated
North.’ ”
As a matter of fact the ‘ prodigious
immigration poured into the North”
poured not in response to the bogus se
ductions of a protective tariff. That im
migration went mainly to the cheap
lands of the West and Northwest, aud
opened up the wild lauds for agricultu
ral purposes, notably the raising of
breadstuff's aud other crude products,
whose shipment to Europe has con
tributed so largely to the prosperity of
the country. These very developers of
the wealth of the country have been sad
dled with enormous taxation for the
benefit of some American manufacturers
who figure to a very small extent in our
foreign trade, exporting about one-tenth
of all goods and products exported.
The Southern people, to a great extent,
favor a tariff forreveuue only in common
with millions of their Northern feilow-
cit'zens because they believe that princi
ple a very vicious one which declares
that the vast majority of people in this
country must continue through all time
to pa} r fiat profits to Smith. Jones,
Thompson and a few other favored men
to-enable them to make money. It is
an unequal and a grossly unjust taxa
tion for the benefit, not of tbe Govern
ment Treasury, but of individual bank
accounts, which is at variance with true
Republican principles. The spirit at
tributed by the Chicago organ ot spolfcv-
tion to the Southern people does not ex
ist The latter desire the prosperity of
the whole Union and a removal of ali
unequal burdens upon tbe people of the
North and South. Under the existing
war tariff (a gross anachronism, by the
way) there is inequality, extortion ob
struction to irade, in justice to consumers
and a glaring system of swindling and
false preteme which is naturally excit
ing the enmity of all reflecting' people
toward high tariffs. The leading Repub
lican papers in the Nor*h, it is hardly
necessary to state, are ip favor of a
proper revision of the present tariff
Two prominent New England advocates
off’tariff revision are Senators Morrill
aud Dawes.
hast and West
Hartford Times.
The present Congressional rati3 is
131,425 of population, and the present
numUer of Representatives iu Congress
is 293. It is not likely that this latter
number will be increased, for there are
already quite enough Congressmen; and
hence, under the new apportionment to
Ik* made on the baois of the census of
1880. the Easteru States inu>l lose, by
the increased ratio lequired in popula
tion. If the number of Congressm n is
kept, as it should be kepi, to 300 as the
maximum, tbe Representative ratio
would be raised to about 170,600 Con
necticut. under that rule, would relain
her present number of meml>er», or come
so near to it as to have a fraction about
as large as the required full number; but
tbe other New England Stated, except
Rhode Island, would lose one each, re
ducing New Encland from 28 to24. New
York would lose 3. giving tii it Stale 30;
New Jersey would lose 1, and Pennsyl
vania 2 The Western States (not count
ing Missouri as one) would gain 7, and
bring their membership up to within one
of 100. The Southern section would
gain 3. thanks to Texas and its great
growth, making the Southern mem tier-
ship (including Missouri, really a West
ern State) 108. But the real division
(not the actual or political) would show
125 for the East and 168 for the West.
This significant shifting of the weight of
population and power from the eastern
side of the Alleghanies to the Mississippi
valley is going to be utilized by the latter
section for its own advantage. In New
England, as a political factor in national
politics, has lost its power and impor
tance. The West feels its strength, and
is going to use it. The thing so often
foretold in these columns, during the in
tense sectional antagonism of New Eng
land against the South, for these many
years, is now beginning to take the shape
of a forthcoming fact—the union of
South and West for their own interests,
leaving this section out in the cold. The
St. Louis Republican, in commenting on
the probable new apportionment, makes
this suggestive remark.
“It is time that the duties and privi
leges which this transfer involves were
recognized. The vast water system of
the Mississippi nver and its tributaries
constitutes a common bond of union and
a common interest between the popula
tions gathered in its basin; and the Rep
resentatives in Congress of these popula
tions ought to unite at once in the
work of nationalizing their great river
and securing its improvement by a well-
considered system of works that will
cheapen the carriage of Minnesota
wheat, Illinois corn and Mississippi
cotton.”
This is undoubtedly about the shape
iu which the “new deal” will leave the
cards, and Southern trade, once very
valuable to Connecticut, as to Phiiadel-
phia aDd New York, will more and
more go to the great cities of the Missis
sippi, the Ohio, and the lake*. It will
not be wholly nor perhaps even largely
taken away from New York, but as for
any part of New England, it is uot likely
ever to be again what it has been—a*
the New England makers of shoes,
shovels, hoes, saddles, carriages, etc..
will duly ascertain, if they have not
already.
The most successful woman preacher
in America is Miss Shaw, who officiates
in a neat little church in a fishing town
of Massachusetts, at d draw? a snug
salary of $1,000 a year. She fidies for
men in a different manner from that
practiced by some of uer ocX.
Prince Nicola* Taberbatov.
Flag Lieutenant Imperial Russian Navy,
in speaking of the efficiency of the Leibig
Co.’s Coca B?ef Tonic, rays : “It ic a most
excellent tonic.” Edwin Booth says: “It
did me much goed ” General Franz 8igel
says: “It benefited me very much.” In
valuable in debility, dyspepsia, biliousness,
sick headache and nervousness.
Hawkinsville, December 11.—Editor
Morning News’. The sixteenth annual session
of the South Georgia Conference of the M.
E. Church South, has been in session in this
city durlug this week.
The people of Hawkinsville opened their
doors, and are extending a most generous
hospitality to the members, regardless of
creed or denominational prejudices. The
people take every occasion to render the
visit of their guests pleasant and enjoyable,
and they have succeeded admirably.
The attendance has been very large, and
the reports from the various sections ex
ceedingly flattering. There has been very
considerable increase In all benevolent col
lections, notablv that of foreign missions,
amounting to $5,051 46. The collection for
the support of the old wornout preachers
and other claimants on the Board of Fi
nance amounts to $4,364 14. The Bishop’s
claim was met in full, and the support of
the ministry well up with other years,
amounting to $61,311 30.
There were five applicants admitted into
the traveling connection—W. L. Carter,
W. C. Davis, of the Savannah district,
John G. Harrison, of Macon district,
W. F. Robertson, of Brunswick district,
and C. C. Wright, of the Thomasville dis
trict.
Three transfers were received—B. W.
Key, from 8t. Louis; N. P. Burks, West
Texas, and J. B. K. 8mith, from the Missis
sippi Conference.
There were two readmitted into the trav
eling connection—M A. Clark and F. W.
Flanders.
The credentials of Rev. W. H. Cleveland,
formerly of the Congregational Church, was
recognized by the Conference, aud he wa6
entered upon the list as an elder iu the M.
E. Church South.
At the calling of the name of Rev. R. J.
Corley, of Savannah, resolutions of sympa
thy were presented by J. W. Simmons aud
unanimously adopted, and special prayer
was made in behalf of himself and family,
led bv L. B. Payue. He was granted a su
perannuated relation.
The name3 of all the elders were called,
and their characters passed, except that of
G. T. Embery, of Stewart Circuit. A com
mittee consisting of Rev. R. B. Lester. T. K.
Leonard and P. S. Twittv reported, recom
mending that his case be referred to the
Presiding Elder of the Americas district for
final action.
Rev. J. J. Ransom, a missionary from
Brazil, addressed the Conference, giving
many interesting facts connected with the
missionary work in that empire. Every
part of the country is dow open, and efforts
are being made to occupy the whole coun
try. He raised $500 to complete a church
on the frontiers of Brazil.
At the calling of the name of Rev. A. P.
Wright it was stated that he was now in the
iusane asylum, and his name was placed on
the superannuated list. A collection was
taken up for the relief of his family.
Rev. John R. Carter.who has been the effi
cient Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian
Association in Savannah, as well as the re
cent pastor of New Houston Street Metho
dist Church ia that city, was elected to
deacon’s and elder’s orders, and will be or
dained on to-morrow, aud will then be
transferred to West Texas Conference, and
will be stationed at El Paso on the Rio
Grande.
Dr. J. O. A. Clark, agent of Wesley Mon
umental Church, of Savannah, made an en
couraging report as to successful comple
tion.
The work is nearly done for the session,
and an adjournment will take place on Mon
day morning. The session has been pleas
ant and harmonious. As soon as I can
secure the appointments I will forward.
The following additional account of the
third day’s proceedings of the Conference'
we take from the Macon Telegraph and
Messenger:
Hay^kinsville, December 10.—Religious
service was conducted by Rev. J. O. Branch.
The minutes were read and approved.
Bishop Pierce was iu the chair.
Rev. A. M. Williams was elected editor of
the Conference minutes.
The examination of elders’ characters
were resumed, and the following names
were passed : T. T. Christian, J. B. Mc
Ghee, W. C. Lovett, J. P. Wardiaw, H. R.
Felder, R. L. Lester, J. 3. Jordon, W. A.
Simmons, W. H. Tlgner, J. E. Boric. W. F.
Floyd, J. Corr, C. C. Hines, L A. Dorsey,
W. W. Stewart, S. W. Stubbs, J. M. Mar
shall, II. P. Myers, G. C. Thompson, T. S.
Armistead, N. D. Morehouse, W. W. Tid
well, 3. G. Childs, David Blalock, D G.
Pope, J. D. Anthony, R. M. Lockwood, J.
L. Williams, T. 1. Nease, R M. Boothe, W.
F. Beardon, J. J. Giles, W. T. McMichael,
W. F. Roberts, C. A. Moore, W. C. Conley,
C. D. Adams.
Who are superannuated ?—J. W. Talley,
W. H. Thomas. James Dunwody, David
Crenshaw, H. P. Pitchford, L. C. Peck,
Young F. Tigner, Walter Knox, James
Harris, Wm. F. Conley, Jacob R. Owen, C.
Raiford, F. R. C EllG, L. G R. Wiggio,
D. O’Dri-coll, T. B. Lanier and W. S. Baker.
The joint board of finance of the Confer
ence made their report. The amount re
ceived for the claimants on this board wa*
$4,2S0 85.
Rev. Mr. Lively, of tbe Keutucky Con
ference, was in'roduced
Professor Hopkins, of Emory College,
read the President’s report, and then ad
dressed the body In the interest of that In
stitution. There have been In attendance thi*
year of one hundred and sixty-one students,
aud au Increase ia anticipated after the holi
days.
The Bishop called tbe attention of the
Conference to the necessity of widening out
in the number of appointments, and taklDg
in under their pastoral care all unoccupied
sections of the country. If this were done,
there would be no necessity for eo much
money being spent on domestic missions.
The question was discussed by Dr. J. 8.
Key, T. T. Christian and others.
It is the determination of the Board of
Missions to cut down appropriations in the
domestic field, aud devote more energy to
the foreign work. The collections for mis
sions in both fields are greatly advauced
over those of last year. For foreign mis
sions, $4,400, au increase of $1,276 35
W. T. McMichael was granted a super
numerary relation.
Rev. James Dunwody, who is now in his
ninety firet year, and who has been in the
ministry sixty-four years, addressed the
Conference at considerable length, com
paring the past with the present as to man
ners and modes of conducting the business
of the church. He gave the members mm h
sound advice and wise suggestions. He took
his farewell of his brethren, not expecting,
from his extreme feebleness, to ever attend
another session of the annual Conference.
The Secretary of Foreign Missions an
nounced that the Conference had con
tributed for the outfit of Rev. K. T.
McBalnc, who has gone as missionarv to
China, $651 40.
Bishop Pierce’s hoarseness increased to
day, and he spoke with great difficulty. He
pressed the claim of Emory College, and
took up a collection to pay off the debt on
the chapel, amounting to over three hun
dred dollars.
C. C. Wright was admitted into the travel
ing connection.
Colonel 1. Hardeman was elected to the
committee on the erection of a monument
to the memory of the late venerable Dr.
Lovlck Pierce.
Dr. J. W. Hinton, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Books and Periodicals, made an
elaborate report, exhibiting a very flattering
condition of the publishing interests of the
church at Nashville, and commending the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate, the memorial
volume of Dr. Clarke and other publica
tions of the church. They also commend
the discourse of Dr. A. A. Lipscomb on
Christian heroism.
Rev. G. G. Smith made an earnest appeal
in behalf of the publishing interest.
I have no more doubt of the beneficial
Proof,
By Telegraph to the Morning New.
Washington, December 11.—A repre
sentative of the New York Associated Press
to-day called Senator Bayard’s attention to
tjie letter written to the editor of the Phila
delphia Press by Messrs. Boutwell, Arthur,
Davis and Conkling, and telegraphed from
Philadelphia to the Associated Press last
night In response to an appropriate in
quiry, Senator Bayard, after reading the
dispatch, sail:
“The statements referred to as having been
published iu the Philadelphia Press of Oc
tober 29th, and in the State Sentbtel, n*
Dover, Del., were never heard of by roe on
til the loth cf November, and J iben seti l
the fact that I made no such statements by
saying the}* were false and malicious, aud 1
resented the imputation that I had at any
time made such charges. It is not nece&-
sary for me, at present, to comment on the
publication which you have just shewn me.”
The statement referred to reported Mr.
Bayard as having said in a political speech
that the gentlemen above named, together
with Special Agent Jayne, had divided
among themselves the $267,000 received
from Phelps, Dodge <fe Co., for alleged un
derpayments of customs duties.
Washington,Dec ember 12 —The publica
tion in the Philadelphia Presx,signed byC.A.
Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, George Boutwell
and Noah Davis, dated New Yoik, Novem
ber 29th, 1880, but not published until De
cember 11th, renders it proper that, the sub
joined letters should also be published. Tbe
dates of these letters arfd their contents
fully explain them, and no other correspon
dence has passed between any cf the signers
of the card in the Press and myself. Mr. F.
A. Burron, one of the editors of the Press,
had received in Philadelphia a letter from me
prior to November 20th, iu which I stated
the falsity aud malice of the report of
my speech at Dover, which had been pub
lished in tbe Press of October 29. After the
foreign correspondence, no further state
ment on iny part was deemed necessary.
An Interval of nearly three weeks elapsed
before the parties published the card allud
ed to, in which they denounce as false the
alleged report of the speech which weeks
before I had s ; ated to be untrue. These
facts arc submitted to the judgment of all
men. [Signed] T. F. Bayakd.
Senator Bayard makes l ublic the follow
ing statement, together with all correspond
ence that passed between himself and
Senator Conkling in relation to the state
ment reported to have been made by Bayard
in his Dover, Delaware, speech in October
last. The first of the accompanying let
ters referred to is dated Utica, No
vember 13th, from Conkling to Bayard,
in which he enclosed a clipping
from the Philadelphia Press of October 29,
anu asks Mr. Bayard whether he made this
statement in form or substance, and re
marking : “It is hardly necessary to add
that this inquiry is not meant to Imply that
I suppose you did or would make such an
utterance. My purpose is only to adopt tbe
most natural and convenient mode to set
right a greater wrong perhaps to you than
to others.”
To this Senator Bayard, replying under
date of Wilmington, Del., November 15,
6ays:
“Reading for the first time the extract
you send, it appears to me so grossly inac
curate as to cause the belief it could net
have been written by an honest person. I
remember well speaking oi the case of
Phelps, Dodge & Co., and the proceedings
under which a great sum of money (,$270.-
000) was wrongfully taken from their
pockets. 1 described aud denounced iu
severe terms the ‘moiety system,’ and the
Bhare which in this case accrued to the Col
lector, Surveyor and Naval Officer,
and to the informer (Jayne or
Hearve), and stated that ‘the senior
Senator from New York, Mr. Conkling, teas
understood to have received compensation, a*
their counsel, from Messrs. Arthur, Cornell
and Lofln t for his services and assistance in the
transaction.’ Also, that my aetticrity for
this statement was derived from the docu
ment published by one of the bouses of
Congress accompanied by testimony and
statements made in open debate on the
floor of the House, aud never to my knowl
edge contradicted. I believe 1 also referred
to the publication by Wm. P. Wood, an ex-
TYeasury official, made in the New
York Sun of October 27th, 1880,
giving his account iu full of the case, i his
I believe, to be the ‘form and substance’ of
that part of the speech in question which
had any reference to you on the moleJy
system. I shall be surprised to iearn there
is any error of fact in my statement, and
shall' regret if the slightest injustice has
been done to you, and If there has been,will
feel myself bound *o apply any proper
remedy when my error has been disclosed
to me.”
To this re a ponse, which was unsatisfac
tory to Conk Hog, he rep.-Itd at length, say
ing iu the course of hia letter: “Your
response to a plain aDd warrantable inquiry
is one which does not meet the inquiry, but
consists chiefly of allegations far different
and, though less injurious, offensive, nn-
true, you basing them upoD publications and
statements of which I have no knowledge.”
Under date of November 23, Senator
Bayard closed the correspondence by re
viewing tbe case, repeating his assurance
that prior to ConkllDg’s calling his attention
to P he had never seen or heard of the ex
tract in question, aud renewing his belief
that the extract was eo grossly inac
curate as to cause the belief that it could
not have been written by an hon
est person. Closing his letter, Senator
Bayard 6ays : “The publications to which
I made reference, of which you say you
have no knowledge, which relates to your
alleged connection with Phelps, Dodge &
Co., you will find in the testimony of Wm.
E. Dodge, at page 226, and of Hon. Noah
Davis, at pages 247 and 248, of House mis
cellaneous documents 264 of the first ses
sion of the Forty-third Congress.”
Brief Telegraphic Nummary.
A dispatch from London says the condi
tion of the Viceroy of India is worse.
Five more election judges have been in
dicted by the grand jury of the United
States Circuit Court at Richmond, Va.
In the trial of John W. Ramey, for the
murder of Dennis Maroney, in Danville,
Va., a verdict was rendered by the jury of
not guilty.
Two neighbors named Hill, in Denison,
Texas, became involved in an altercation.
One was killed and the other badly dis
figured. The murderer defied the officers
and made his escape.
Tbe Committee of rht* North and North
east Lancashire Cotton Spiouers Associa
tion have recommended that the trade ad
vance weavers wages five per cent., begin
ning in January next.
A Coloked Man’s Bonanza.—Thos.
Brooks, a blind colored mar., of Iiairis-
burg, Pa., bai’ just been awarded a pen
sion of about $6,000. He was born in
Hagerstown. Md., but whs living in Har
risburg when tbe war broke out. At
the beginning of the war he wet t to
Boston, where he enlisted in Company
E, Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry. He
was iu but one battle, that of Petersburg,
June 15, 1864. During the engagement
he received injuries that necessitated his
removal to the hospital, where he re
mained until January, 1865. He was
discharged from service on account of
disability, his eyes being weak and much
inflamed', and he finally lost his sight.
Since then he has resided iu Harrisburg,
where he has been supported by charity.
There are two partial solar eclipses
and two new moens ibis month, and we
are also promised two Chinese treaties.
There are great goings on in things
celestial.—Boston Post