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ELEGY WBITTBR IN A WHITE
HOUSE PARLOR.
yew York Sun.
SoOn March will toll the knell of parting Hayes,
The years of fraud will have a doleful end,
And he and his th-ir solitary ways
Home to Ohio mournfully will wend.
Save that perchance some scions of the stock
In fat positions may have taken root.
Until their heads be brought to Garfield's block.
Or lifted on the toe of Conkling's boot.
Back iu Fremont, whence he should ne'er have
come.
Remote from public haunts his life will be;
The voice of honest praise i;l s-till be dumb,
And he may court an earned obscurity.
The fruits of forgery, results of crime.
And ail that made a swindled people bleed.
Awaits a'ike the inevitable time—
The paths of fraud to dark damnation lead.
No more for him will conscience be wrung;
No more for him will rascals break the law;
No more for him will robbers go unhung;
No more will lie another salary draw.
Georgia Affairs.
And here we have another paper with a
double name in Georgia. The Brunswick Ad
vertiser has purchased the Seaport Appeal,
and now appears as the Advertiser and Ap
peal. Well, success to it anyhow.
The people of Hood, the present terminus of
the Columbus and Rome Railroad, rid them
selves of a drunken nuisance named Meats the
other day in quite a novel manner. They
first nailed h'm up in a box and marking
it to Kami ton. Karris county, took it to
liie depot, where they attempted to
ship him as freight. The conductor, being
aware of the contents < f the box. refused to
take it on boini. Being thwarted in this they
decided to shave him. Thy shaved a l the
hair from his head and the whiskers from his
face, after which they painted him a yeilow
color, giving him the ap;>ea-anee of an Indian.
They aiso striped his clothing is order to make
him & convict. He came down os the train as
far as Hamilton, and we learn the citizens were
very indignant at the treatment he received.
Late Saturday night the Atlanta Phonograph
was informed by Dr. H. V. 31. Miller th t the
condition of Hen. Hiram Warner was still
quite critical, and that he might die at any
moment. At the same time there were chances
for hiru to live for the u xt two or three days.
The Reids villa Enterprise says that the price
of timber is distressingly low, but. nevertheless,
thousands of feet find their way to market.
The Reidsvilie Enterprise thinks “the new
South is a fallacy; our only hope is in a solid
South.'
Mr. J. M. Williams, of Cochran, recently
most unexpectedly inherited a fortune of
SI,BOO cash and 553 acres of splendid laud y--
ItfllisslssiDpl. It was left hii4rg-MbfrHloele~ at
whose death, until he learned It in this way.
Mr. Williams was in total ignorance
The Pike County Sews oughtn't to hit a man i
so hard when he’s down. It says Dr. Felton is ]
‘•the deadest carcass upon the political chess '
board in Georgia." Besides this, people are
not in the habit cf putting dead carcasses on
chess boards.
Mr. Charles L. Schlatter. General Manager
of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, is offer
ing a reward of three hundred dollars for the
apprehension, with proof to convict, of the
ineendiary who on Sunday, the 30th ult., at
tempted to fire Little River tredie with a view
of destroying it.
Governor Colquitt has offered a reward of
one hundred and fifty dollars for the appre
hension of Green Foster, charged with the
murder of J. W. Wilkins, in Brooks county, on
the sth of January last.
The Gicinnett H raid says It occasionally
sees a col on field in that county white with
the fleecy staple. And yet, it says, men loaf
about and complain they can't get work.
We see by the Excelsior Banner that one
day last week Mr. Jimerson Kennedy, of Bul
loch county, killed with two shots three turkey
gobblers weighing in the aggregate forty-four
pounds. Mr. Kennedy is in his sixty-fifth year,
but it seems that age does not interfere vith I
his marksmanship.
The Washington, Wilkes county. Gazette, re- I
ports a case of very summary justice meted
out to a shop-lifter in that town. Orange
Jackson, colored, attempted to steal a bolt or
two of cotton and some undershirts from the
store of Messrs. Erwin & Fortson. This was on
Saturday. The following Monday he was tried,
sentenced and set to work on the chain gang
for one year.
A correspondent of the Cochran Enterprise
writes from KUaviile detailing a terrible
tragedy which was enacted in that neighbor
hood recently. A Mr. W. IJ.1 J . Capers, an old
uian, was burning broom sedge for Mr. J. F.
Wood. The fl mes got beyond Mr. Capers’ con
trol, and when they were extinguished the
poor old man was found burned to death not a
hundred yards from his own house.
The Wrightaviile Recorder says that an un
usually large number of mules and horses
have been purchased by the farmers of John
son county during the present season. It
thinks this is a sure sign of the prosperity of
the people.
Atlanta ow
' .X
- V \MI- fe’• m ttenote
and heavy fix*! of rain W* etftr For
hours, sne*>t HwWHwWI from the pregnant
beavt rs, filing every ditch and overflowing
the highest parts of the town.”
The Waynesboro A ere* s iys: “Old Milley, an
old co’ored woman in town, is creating quite
an excitement among the co'ored people by
pro f esng lately to have r ceived a spirit of
prophecy. She’goes about telling the colored
people tuat the cla-k days are corning, and that
the Lord says site must go among the people
and warn them of it. We hope the time will
soon come when our colored people will pay
no attention to sash nonsense.”
Bays the Columbus Times: “Welearnthat the
damage from the ran and wind last week was
very heavy in Meriwether county. A large
number of fruit trees were blown down, and
much fencing was leveled to the ground.' The
mills also suffered considerably. Parkman's
mill, near Bussey's e*oss roads: Damns’, near
gar and own. aud Brooks' near Woodbury, have
all stopped grinding on account of the dams
being washed away. These mills are all located
in the southern part of the county. We have
no particulars of the damage in other sec
tions.''
Says the Berrien County Act cs: “From Mr.
Stone, who came to town for the physician,
we learn that Mrs. Burt Faulkner met with a
most horrible accident on Thursday last. It
appears that she, wi*h her little children, was
assisting her hnsl>and in the fleld in gathering
nd burning trash. By some means her dress
caught on fire, and before assistance could be
rendered, every particle of clothing was burn
ed from her body. Her husband, who was
some distance off, ran with all haste to her re
lief, and in his efforts to extinguish the fiimes
had both his hands badly burned. Dr. Fogle
wi 1 render ail the relief possible but from the
facts, as we get them, we think her recovery
extremely doubtful. ”
Hartwell Sun: “Fast week we stated that
lands in Hart county had increased in value
from twenty five to fifty per cent, since the
railroad was built. We did not exaggerate.
Of course there maybe some out-of-the-way
m i barren spots that may not have appre
ciated in value, but in the main the increase is
aaven greater than thi. For instance, as we
Searne down the railroad the other dayagen-
HEnan pointed out to us a large tract of un-
land which he purchased three years
[ZS at. one dollar per acre. That land sold be-
the radroad was finished at three dollars
■ic're. and could not be bought now for five
from Hartwell. When properly irn-
K,i its value will be enhanced to a very
extent. Most of the land in Hart is
K adapted to cotton cultu e, lies well,
fertilizers well, and is easily cultivated.
but few negroes- our people are
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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
about four miles from Buena Vtata, on the
Americus road, in very destitute circum
stances. In the days of the past the Evering
hams were wealthy and respected people, but
the family has either died or scattered and
left this old lady all alone without friends or
money. The people around her had either
moved in or grown up since her palmy days,
and in the very community where she once
was a conspicuous character she is now a
stranger and in want Mrs. Everingham has
wealthy relatives in other sections. She is an
aunt of Mrs. William Wad ley. whose husband
is the well known railroad magnate A lead
ing citizen of our town, learning this fact, !
wrote to Colonel Wadley, without her knowl- 1
edge of it, staling the condition of Mrs Ever
ingham. and also the relation which she bore
to his wife. Upon investigating and ascertain
ing the truth of the contents of the letter,
Colonel Wadley sent money to her. and last
week sent for her to go to his home, near I
Bolingbroke. in Monroe county, where she
will be cared for and sheltered from the cold
charities of a selfish world."
A. D. Parker writes the Augusta Chronicle
and Constitutionalist from Silver Camp, New
Mexico, about the death of a Georgian in that
n-ighborhood. as follows: “On January sth,
1881, Marshal] McDaniel and S. P. Overton
started from this camp on a prospecting tour
to the northern end of the Black Range Moun
tains. While camped in Chloride gulch, near
a stream called the Cuchillo Negro, they were
fired upon by a band of Apache Indians, who
have recently made a raid from Old Mexico.
The Indians had located their camp, and,
sneaking up to within easy range, awaited j
their return to camp. After they had put j
down their guns and were attending to camp j
duties they received the fatal shots. McDaniel
was shot through the head and Overton through
the neck and several times through the body.
Both were noble men and as true as steel. The
Indians committed various other murders and
depredations, and were closely pursued by the
trojps, who skilfully manage to keep far
enough in the rear never to see an Indian. The
troops (mostly negroes) that are placed here
for tne protection of this country are in full |
keeping with the many mockeries practiced by •
the government at Washington. The people |
have taken the matter into their hands and are
offering liberal rewards for Indian scalps. I do
not know the post office address of McDaniel’s ;
friends and relatives, some of whom live in i
Georgia, and I wish you would make such an j
item of this as will attract their attention, and
put them in communication with me, and I j
will cheerfully correspond with them.”
Florida Affairs.
The Milton Standard approves of the bill
before the Florida Legislature requiring the
Secretary of State to file a copy of every weekly
newspaper published in the State. It thinks
this is legislating for the benefit of the future j
generations of Florida, and that it will tend to j
elevate journalism.
The Tampa Guardian, in its last issue, gives \
a long account of the artificial stone for build- j
ing purposes which Mr. William A. Morrison, i
of that city, has invented and patented, and
with which he is building a fine house. The
stone is made of white sand, lime and fine sea
shells, and certain chemicals known ouly to
the inventor. The Tiibune thinks this inven
tion will be of inestimable value to Tampa, as
it will furuish the mate rid for comfortable fire
proof buildings for that city.
The Tampa Tribune says an Irrepressible
conflict between the wood-burners and the
farmers and fruit growers of that section will
j be inaugurated, unless the law steps in and
t puts an end to the acts of the former. It
says farmers cannot afford to have their
fences destroyed by fire-bugs.
The Tallahassee Floridian states that the
wa'ers of the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola
rivers have been rising rapidly for several
days, and have now assumed the proportions
of a perfect flood. TUe Moore is the only
steamboat below Fort Gaines bridge, the others ;
being unable to come down. The storm of last
week was very violent, the fall of rain at and
west of the river, l*eing the heaviest known for
years. The Moore reached Ocheesee on its
war down the river, and was compelled to re
turn on account of the furious storm of wind.
The river bottoms are crowded with immense
numbers of cattle, which are drowning as the
wa'er rises, the deepest water being next the
hills at the back side of the bottoms. The
losses of stock will be immense.
The JacksonvlH* 'Yuvr J- that the work
*7 v.. r ernandina and Jacksonville Railroad is
being pushed as fast as possible. Alrea ly two
miles of iron have been laid. The work of put
ting down the iron is progressing at the rate of
about one mile per dvr, and it is expected that
by Saturday the construction train will be able
to run to Trout creek. The long bridge over
Hopkins' marsh, just north of the movable
. bridge over Hogan’s creek, has been com
pleted.
The Live Oak Bulletin states that on the
I morning of Fri Say. the 11th instant, Mr. J. W.
i Bloom, who was living on the farm of Messrs,
White & Douglas, fourmlies east of that town,
: had the misfortune to have his and welling house
and entire contents destroyed by fire. Mr.
; Bloom is a poo: man. and it is a great loss to
I him. He thinks, judging from appearances,
| that it was the work of an incendiary.
Last week the Pensacola Advance published
a horrible story of the brutal killing in Bald
-1 win county by Mr. R. Hardy of his wife. The
report stated that he cut her in two with an
axe. In its last issue the Advance contradicts
| the story, and says it was misinformed.
Pensacola is endeavoring to provide a water
! supply in case of fires by means of driven
i wells
The Jacksonville Union thinks that quietly
| permitting the law to take its course in the
i case of the Madison murderers is conclusive
: proof of the law-abiding spirit of the people of
i Florida. It very seriously questions whether
I if such a crime had been committed under
I similar cireums'ances in the North, the public
peac-i would have been maintained.
The sale of the Atlantic. Gulf and West In
dia Transit Kail road to Hon. E N. Dickerson,
of New York, and O. D. Willard. Esq, of
Washington, D. C., his been confirmed by
Judge Settle.
Tampa Guardian ; “It has been reported
that an old man. a stranger, has succeeded in
pissing counterfeit gold coin at this place.
He was detected, but succeeded in getting
awav without being arrested We learn that
there is considerable counterfeit gold coin in
this section of the country, principally of
quarter doubloons, and would caution our
re ders to be particular in receiving gold coin
of that denomination.”
Says the Pensacola Gazette: “Last Wednes
day. when the steamship Adnciral arrived at
the railroad wharf, her two firemen landed a
trunk which Customs Inpector Mark S. White,
who was present, told them ha murt examine.
They refused to allow this, and, the engineer
joining them, the three took the trunk forcibly
from the Inspector and carried it back aboard
tho steamer. White stayed with them, how
ever. and sent for assistance, and the three
men were arrested. The trunk being seized,
was found to contain 2.800 Havana cigars,
which were of course forfeited.”
“We learn.” says the Live Oak Bulletin,
“that on last Wednesday evening two little
r ..„ nrfrfl "*•** *>d MfO years, living two
A iTnrtrt* "* Live Oak. kin burned to death.
1? seems-that-themothn* of the children had
gonaalf fishing sad 'eft thiyai t home al-me,
end that after playing jjpound a v Ude the
eldest child built a fire HI an old boat which
v as in a pond close by. Into which the younger
one crawled so as to warm itself, and caught
on fire. The oldest one in attempting to put
out the flames which were rapidly consuming
the younger also caught fire and burned up.
Will our colored friends never learn the
danger of leaving their children alone?”
Live Oak bulletin : “The vegetable growers
of this vicinity are busily engaged in planting
seeds this week. They have had fine weather
for it. and we trust that they may succeed in
getting good stands, and that the yield may be
abundant snd the proceeds of sale good. From
present indications, we feel safe in predicting
that th.vre will be several thousand dollars of
cash brought into our county by the sale of
vegetables this season. This money, put into
circulation at the dullest season of tne year,
will be of not only great benefit to our farmers
and vegetable growers, but will also enliven
the spines of our merchants and business men
generally, and make them feel that it is good
to live in such a country as ours.”
Tails haasee Floridian: “We saw yesterday
at the drug store of W. A Rawls the skull of a
Florida celebrity, ‘Old Joe,’ a gigantic alli
gator. which, since 1837, has inhabited an island
near the old United Stat-s Marine Hospital, at
the junction of the St. Marks and Wakulla
rivers, in Wakulla county. This Island, which
was the home of the mooster. has been known
as ‘Joe’s Island’ for many years. The old fel
low, who has been target for innumerable
harmless shots all his life, at last fell a victim
to the skill of Mr. James L. Oliver, on the £7th !
day of October, A. D. 1880. When dissected
bis stomach contained a heg weighing about
seventy-five pounds, five large six by eight
inch chunks of wood, three lime rocks, weigh
ing about three or four pounds each, and a
chop axe. with a small piece of handle, it being
mostly digested. The axe was used by fisher
men for cutting the heads of fish off, and being
missed, it was supposed someone had stolen
it. His length was only thirteen feet, his cir
cumference that of a lard tierce. When first
noticed on the ’lsland of Joe* he was a large
alligator, forty-four years ago. He at times
would disappear for months, and once for two
or three years, but when he returned would
take up his abode on or near ’Joe’s Island,’ his
old home.”
Fernandina Mirror: “We observe that a pro
ject is again on foot to connect the Indian,
Halifax and Mstanzas river country with
Jacksonville by rail. We fear the project is
too large to be successful. The inland waters
of the coast could be connected and made
navigable by a few miles of cutting. The dis
tances may be stated about as follows: Be
tween Pablo creek and North river, a canal of
fifteen miles; between Matauzaa river and
Smith creek, the head of the Halifax river,
•bout ten miles; the Haulover, between Hills
:c. r about isb osHes Vm) it would open na?i
--v
j inland nav ;,tiou along tha coast of over AM
J A ut ♦‘ipenire project a
t isAi'i .v tnilroAd ftyfia ?i©4H ji H&Lt&x
i to afcout
costing over 81.000 per mile, or $60,000 in all.
Liiht draught steamers could run from the
fouth end of the railioad to Indian river, and
from the north end connect with the St. John’s
Railroad at Bt. Augustine. This would be an
easy, cheaply constructed and practicable pro
ject, and the capital could easily be furnished
by St. Augustine and the settlers on Halifax
and Indian rivers."
Under the caption “The Baldwin Gamblers
Again.” the Jacksonville Union says: “Yester
day on the arrival of the Jacksonville train at
Baldwin a Mr. Atkinson, an English gentleman
of character and respectability, who is visiting
th - State in the interest of the Midland Rah
way and Emigration Company, was approach
ed by John Sweeney, the head of the noted es
tablishment there, and on assenting to a re
quest to distribute some business cards for him,
entered the den in company with Mr. Gillett,
another of the firm. He saw at once it was a
swindling concern, and as he was about to go
out, declining to take any interest in a proposed
lottery, he was suddenly assaulted by Sweeney
and violently kicked. He turned and knocked
his assailant down, breaking his glass show
cise. Mr. Gillett then suddenly assaulted Mr.
Atkinson, and struck him on the head with
either metal knuckles or some other weapon,
cutting his scalp severely. A large number of
passengers were ou the platform and could
with difficulty be restrained from a trial by
lynch law. It was the general opinion of all
that some steps must be taken to redeem the
character of Baldwin, or all travelers, who
can, wi 1 avoid it."
On the subject of truck farming, the Talla
hassee Economist says: “We wish that our
friends in Middle Florida, along tha line of
railroad, would go much more largely into the
raising of vegetables than they have yet done,
or are doing. We would ask them, nave you
not, af er so many years, and ail your losses in
cotton culture, under the free labor system,
become convinced that it will not pay here
whatever it does elsewhere? On the other
haud there are some vegetables that will pay
and very certainly pay. We mention emphati
cally Irish potatoes. Make the land rich
enough, very rich—you can’t make it too
rich—plant early, and there is no failure in
this crop. Give them all the ashes you can,
supplying deficiency of ashes with
come fertilizer abounding in potash—kainit
is about the cheapest—and plant any time this
month, or in January for winters not as cold
as this, and success, with due attention to cul
ture, digging and shipping, is certain. The
Messrs. Bradford, of this county, have proven
it, aud they labor under the serivus disadvan
tage of having to haul about twelve miles to
the railroad. Act at once, and you will not be
too late even for the present season. The rail
road guarantees reasonable freights. And
having planted your Irish potatoes, then, by
way or experiment, try other things on a
small scale, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.
We shall have more to say on this subject
hereafter.”
A CONSTANT SOMNAMBULIST.
The Strange and Satisfying Testi
mony Recently Off ered iu a French
Court.
Paris Correspondence Lon fon f
The Court of Appeal ii
cently the scene of a mo-' . ... i.
remarkable spectacle. I
young man named D;dier \
for an offense in the Char,
and sentenced to three mon .n.; i.
ment. His friends considering him /
nocent, advised him to app< ], and ;•
?iged Maitre Reitlinger as h • \r. ..
he learned gentleman at d**-
manded that his client sho 1
mitted to medical examinatio. aud t.
court appointed for that puipo-e 1)
Mottet and Mesnet, two well ,
specialists in mental diseases, under
whose surveillance the young man w .s
placed for three months in the TI <<■■
San it Antoine. At the end of tha
the doctors made the following ep
“Didier suffers from a most r
ble nervous affection. He liv n a
s’ate of constant somnambulism,, the
attacks of which can be provoked at
will. The numerous doctors who have
watched him at the hospital have proved
that he is entirely destitute of any will
of his own, and submits to ail injunc
tions in the most automatic manner.
When he is in a state of somnambulism
he can be made to write letters and per
form other things without being con
scious of what he is doing. In addition,
these acts may be accompanied by very
strange phenomena. Thus, for exam
ple, if, having two sheets of paper be
fore him, the one on which he has begun
to write is taken away, he will continue
his letter on the second sheet without
perceiving the change. Individuals of
this category are so singular that they
may remain, no matter when or where,
in a state of trance, which may last three
or four hours. They remain motionless,
entirely unconscious of place or time.
One day while on the Place de la Bastille
he was seized with a tit of somnambu
lism, and his comrades had to carry him
to a lodging house for the night. A stu
dent at the hospital saw him get out of
bed one night, dress himself and copy
several pages of music. He was sleep
ing all the time. The next morning he
was quite astonished at the work he had
done. Various experiments were made
on him. On two occasions he divined
the secret thoughts of the doctors. One
of these may be mentioned. A student
said to him in the night time: ‘Look,
Didier; there’s a pretty woman.’ It was
pitch dark, and of course there was no
woman present. Didier replied: ‘No,
no; she is ugly. She has a child in her
arms.’ This remark corresponded ex
actly to the thoughts of the student.
Didier then rushed forward to save from
falling the child which he imagined he
saw in the arms of the imaginary wo
man.”
The prisoner, who is about twenty-
I two, appeared iu court accompanied by
j his counsel and the doctors. His appear
I ance aroused great curiosity, and all
eyes were turned on him as he tottered
rather than walked to the bar. Maitre
Reitlinger having addressed the court in
his defense the Judges were about to
withdraw to consider their verdict when
the doctors offered to confirm the state
ments made in their report bv practical
experiments on the spot. The bench
consented, and then occurred the follow
ing paiDfui scene:
Dr. Mottet, followed by the magis
trates and the prisoner, retired into a side
room. Here, by the usual means of
rapid passes of the hands before his eyes,
and a strong fixed gaze, tl>e unhappy
“subject” was mesmerized. Didier was
then left in charge of two of the munici
pal guards on service, the doctors and
the Judges returned to the court, and
the door of the room was shut. Dr.
Mottet now cailed the prisoner by his
name. The next second a fearful noise
was heard. It came from the sick young
man A few minutes before a touch of
the finger would almost have knocked
him over, so feeble and emaciated was
he. Now, under the influence of mag
netism, he was like a raging lion. Up
setting the guards who held him by
the wrists, he rushed at the door,
broke it open, and, knocking down every
body in his path, run up to Dr. Mottet.
Here he suddenly stopped, and, fixing
his eyes on his mesmerizer, trembled
from head to foot in a manner terrible
to see. Shrieks of horror ran through
the court The doctor then set to work.
“Undress yourself,” said he to the
prisoner. In a few seconds Didier
stripped himself of nearly all his gar
ments. “Dress yourself again,” said the
doctor, and again the prisoner obeyed
with the same lightning rapidity. The
experiment appeared conclusive. Dr.
Mottet then awoke his “subject” by
blowing on his face. Didier fell to the
ground as if shot; the doctor, however,
soon brought him round again. “Why
did you undress yourself before these
gentlemen,” asked Dr. Mottet, “that
wa3 very improper.” Didier, gazing
with vacant astonishment, replied:
“What! undressed myself; impossible.”
And the young man clung to 'he
doctor for protection like a child. The
bench, however, was not convinced,
and appeared to look upon the wbo’e
affair as a comedy. Dr. Mesnet, in his
turn, now operated on the prisoner.
Having mesmerized him, he ordered him
to write from memory a letter addressed
to him while in prison. Didier replied:
“Cannot, because lam in prison.” The
doctor insisted, whereon the prisoner
sat down to a table and wrote, word for
word, the letter in question without a
single mistake. While he was writing
it Dr. Mottet took a long needle out of
his instrument case and plunged it into
the young man’s neck, but he felt noth
ing. By this time, however, the bench
bad seen enough of these painful ex
■a:d *l'" •udtanoe
■ acts* u l&shed the ▼cruict of tht iwer
j court, and tiie unhappy ai&B dw*
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1881.
TWO CABINETS TROUBLED.
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS AVOID
ED, HOWEVER.
The Harmony of the Berlin Cabinet
Disturbed—A Statement In the
Britlah Bine Book Creates a Sen
sation at Faria— Bismarck and
Gambetta Explain.
London, February 21.—A dispatch from
Berlin to the THmes says the Crown Prince,
Frederick William, is actively promoting a
favorable issue to the crisis caused by the
resignation of Count Von Eulenborg, Minis
ter of the Interior.
A dispatch from Berlin to the Pall Atoll
Gazelle this evening says: “It is stated that
j the real causes of the dispute between
Count Von Eulenberg and Prince Bismarck
are the former’s dislike of measures tending
to socialism and Prince Bismarck’s desire to
have less scrupulous ministers to manage
the approaching elections. Ae the Em
peror, however, has as yet declined to re
ceive Count Von Eulenberg’s resignation,
It Is not impossible that he may retain his
post.
Berlin, February 21.—The cause of the
Cabinet crisis is as follows: The Lower
House of the Landtag had amended the gov
ernment bill on local administrations. The
amendment entrusted supervision thereof
to the local council instead of to the
Landratb, as was proposed by the bill.
When returned to the Upper House, Count
Von Eulenberg accepted the amendment.
A few moments afterwards, Herr Rommel,
a clerk in the Ministry of Commerce, Bis
marck’s special deputy, stated that Prince
Bismarck’s presence was prevented by Illness,
and read a paper to the effect that Prince
Bismarck could not consent to entrust the
supervision of the communes to irresponsi
ble bodies. He would submit the bill to the
Emperor, but would insist upon Its revision
in a government sense before applying it to
the other provinces. The House was thun
derstruck by this announcement.
In the Upper House of the Prussian Diet,
before the debate on the local amendments’
bill was commenced, Prince Bismarck rose
and explained that the statements read by
Herr Rommel yesterday, had been errone
ously interpreted. It was only intended as
au Instruction to Herr Rommel, and was **r*
to be read word for word. No
ence of opinion er'*'
Bismarck',
> There was therefore no ground for a M .lis
[ terial -iris
Prince B'oiua 'c r '\.~ ;-i.. I assumed
I con'd not sue ;.' •<- th* ,3a.. would
he preeek* hue. The ks.ui. :>ti ■: *• ••-oi
l-rial dlfl >rere-;s . P i. xi- iu
The House, by a vote of ..... to 5, • sen
; passed tne paragraph o! '.be W.> < he
amended form tu which wa: ecu' • by ;
the ho . -j House.
ft! • ■ Bi.-roarek voted ’•! ' 1.l etv ticy,
thereto -e-Mfri-ig lis ..h , o tl.> view3
of C< • ' >nl
The Emperor has not act ej ‘.<ll be Count’*
I:■ donation,' hut urgotia . * -vit.. the ot- (
joct of ’n u .1... ■ him t. re. am ;u the Min
1 lst.ry.bave so far been wi Jv.ut r<. ui'..
| Paris, February Sl.—The opposition pa ,
’ r :-itnentsirni.triycmtheenc- vur-iA
‘•eon given to G.-cece, • .-a.cd
Wi Biua Bo -u, and particularly
on tic- .uiise of Geu. Farre, Minister of
: \Ya.:, last year, to sell Greece thirty thous
and muskets. It Is expected that the gov
ernment will be questioned In the Chambers
on the subject to day. The incident will
doubtless be. used by M. Gambetta’s ene
mies to show that he favored a warlike
policy, Gen. 'Farre being one of his nomi
nees in the Ministry.
An extraordinary Cabinet council met at
ten o’clock this morning. The Republican
Left m the Chamber of Deputies will meet
to-day to consider the statement published
in the British Blue Book regarding General
Farre’s promise to sell arms to Greece.
In the Chamber cf Deputies to-day, M.
Deves, Republican, requested an explana
tion from the Ministry relative to Greek af
fairs, and asked whether the arms which
General Farre, Minister of War, promised
to Greece were delivered, or were about to
be delivered, and if It wore true that arms
had been sent to Marseilles and Havre for
shipment to Greece.
In the Chamber of Deputies, Premier
Ferry, replying to M. Deves (Republican),
said that neither the War Minister nor the
government had ever promised 30,000 mus
kets to Greece. The Greek Government,
he said, had asked for them, but its request
was refused. If the statement had oeen
true, the French Cabinet should not have
been merely questioned, but impeached.
He declared that only disused material bad
been sold, and some parties succeeded in
acquiring a certain number of converted
mubkets and suitable cartridges, but the
government, on being informed of the mat
ter, stopped their delivery.
Mr. Pascal Du Prap observed that reports
relative to an occult government influence
were current, and matters ought to be clear
ed up by public debate.
M. Gambetta replied that he had never
intervened in the affairs of the government
either by counsel or by the exercise of pres
sure on any Minister. The whole responsi
bility rested exclusively with the pres
ent Cabinet and tbelr predecessors.
The Ministry alone conduct the foreign
policy of the country. It was they who
sent representatives to the Berlin confer
ence, and who directed the entire policy
toward Greece.
Referring to his speech at Cherbourg, M.
Gambetta said he had carefully abstained
from any warlike allusions. He had cer
taluly not advocated aggression. He
voted no share whatever in the
mission of the French officers which
was to have been sent to Greece
under General Thomassin, or in the Dul
cigno demonstration. He had always re
frained from criticising the policy of the
government, and had never carried on any
kind of agitation.
The Chambor then passed to the order of
the day pure and simple.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Weak aud Unsettled, bat Cloalng
Somewhat Firm.
New York, February 21. —The stock mar
ket was weak in the early dealings, and
prices declined from }{ to 4K per cent.,
Nashville, Chattanooga and Texas Pacific
leading. This was followed by a recovery
ot from to 3% per cent., in which the
above named shares were most prominent.
Before noon, however, speculation became
weak and prices took a downward turn, the
market continuing feverish and unsettled
throughout the afternoon. The lowest prices
of the day were generally current at the
second board. The decline from the highest
point ranged from % to s>£ per cent., the
latter in Nashville and Chattanooga, Chica
go, St. Louis aud New Orleans, Union Pa
cific, coal stocks, Texas Pacific, New York
Central, Lake Shore and Hannibal and St.
Joe being also prominent in the decline.
Toward the close a somewhat firmer tone
prevailed, and tho general list rallied from
to 27 per cent. Oregon Navigation, af
ter an early decline of 2>£ per cent., rose 10
per cent. Louisiana and Mo. River rose 3
per cent, and reacted 1 per cent. The trans
actions aggregated 435,000 shares.
Moving Against the Funding Bill.
Cleveland, 0., February 21. —The asso
ciated hauks and bankers of Cleveland, com
prising the clearing bouse, this morning,
sent a telegram to President Hayes, saying
that the passage of the funding bill,with the
fifth section In its present form, will prove
disastrous to the business prosperity of the
country, ami express the hope that the
President may see his way clear to veto the
bill if it passes.
Albany. N. Y., February 21.—1n view of
the probable passage of the landing bill,
the First National Bank, of this city, to day
resolved to withdraw $70,000 of its depos
ited bonds, which cover $67,000 in circula
tion. Other banks of this city are con
sidering similar action.
Bark Disabled— The Brig Uedowa.
London, February 21. —The German bark
Carl Friederic, from Darien January 5, for
Fecamp, arrived at Plymouth yesterday with
her bows damaged, having lost her bowsprit
in a collision.
The American brig Redcwa, before re
ported at the Pasajes, from Savannah, has
been wrecked near the Pasajes. Nine of
her crew were landed at Cardiff.
A Greek Failure.
London, February 31.—Haggle, Lumbros
A Cos., of Syra, Greece, have failed. Lia
bilities £40,000.
A pocket full of money amounts to little
- • •*
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
A Quiet Day In Both Houses -The
Senate Holds a Night Session— The
New Congressional Llbrary-A
Move for Revenue Reform— Con*
tests Decided.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, February 21.—1n the Sen
ate, communications presented as follows
were read at length and referred as stated:
By Mr. Harris—A memorial of the Na
tional Tobacco Board of Trade, and resolu
tions of the Tennessee Legislature in respect
to the tobacco trade of the United States
with certain foreign countries, calling atten
tion to the monopoly enjoyed abroad in the
manufacture of the staple, and asking re
lief. Referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations.
By Mr. Jonas —Resolutions of the New
Orleans Exchange, indorsing the Eads ship
railway. Referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
The House post route Hli, reported fa
vorably with ainenduients%y Mr. Maxey,
from the Committee on Bast Offices, was
taken up, and after a statement by Mr.
Maxey that it contained no legislation other
than the establishment of post roads, its
reading at length was dispensed with, and
the bill passed without debate.
Mr. Withers presented the conference re
port on the army appropriation bill, which
was read and adopted.
Mr. Maxey presented resolutions of the
Texas Legislature for an act granting per
mission to construct a railroad, and to ob
tain the right of way through the Indian
Territory, for the Bt. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railway Company. Ordered printed
and referred to the Committee on Railroads.
The call was then proceeded with, and the
following Senate bills were passed:
Providing for the payment of certain fees
and commissions paid ou void entries of
public lands. Amended, on motion of Mr.
Morgan, so as to provide that coal lands
in Alabama shall be subject to disposal as
agricultural lands, any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Davis,
of West Virginia, took up the legislative
appropriation bill.
Mr. Davis stated that the ;!.<>
estimates for 1882 w
I araoire’ of
<as $17,165,290 04), to • ••.•■ ’, ' ,-.nate
corn ml), b* had added #7lO 009!, tasking
the total as reported to tas Sena* ; 1*7,875,
r e i'J -; t ALT £76l?* ' •‘I rr‘ O r ‘i 1 rmc
j- <B6 ’ this ht ’.i ihlj; being
#1 in wt.w of -<>'..,l aptuv; r‘a
ciinmlUe •' Were acted m.oii as reached.
.'•e i ( .f pension claims g.*ve riae
to 'Ts.rusalon, t i. bug the conclusion of
ovbatc 'lei u, t: Jenais to .k a recess
; until 7:'io o'* .
At the evet iag se-don the. 8 na’.e took
sjp the bill authorizing the :< :enaction of
, a build!:,r; <•: the a' i >mnorut<, ,• ,f. he
jngrr—. • ..al library. 7ne ref.*.-' of the
moiissicn recommending Judiciary
square, ami the views of the miaorPy i.i
lavor ' th ea: ut be t i.v
g”i da a.- the site, w< ad,
Mr Jorrt;, moved to amend the bill by
striking out the designation of Judiciary
square and inserting in lieu thereof as the
site the squares numbered from 72J to 731
inclusive, east of the capltol aud between
B street north and B street south and First
street east and Becond street east. Agreed
to—yeas 39, nays 7.
Mr. Davis moved a proviso that the total
cost of the lands described shall not exceed
one million dollars Without further action,
but after considerable discussion, the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on motion of Mr, Cox, of
New York, au order was adopted desig
nating Sunday next at 3 p. m. for the ob
servance of the ceremonies in memory of
the late Fernando Wood.
Under a call of the States, the following
bills, etc., were Introduced and referred;
By Mr. McMahon—A resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for a state
ment of the refunding of the bonds known
ai 10 40’s aud t h e sale or exchange of bonds
in lieu thereof during the year 1879, with a
list of syndicates, banks, bankers, brokers
and other persons taking the same, and
the respective amounts taken by each,
what amounts were paid during
said year on account of double interest, or
interest,or the two or more classes of bonds
representing the same debt, also the amount
of money paid to each, and for what pur
pose or object such payments were made.
By Mr. Warner, of Ohio—To create a
board of fLcal inspectors, to watch over
the collections and expenditures of the
public treasury.
By Mr. Chalmers, of Mississippi—A Joint
resolution relative to the tariff.
By Mr. Urner, of Maryland—To appoint
a commission to inquire into the injustice
of freight charges upon inter-Btate com
merce and to propose a remedy.
Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, introduced
q. bill granting to the New Orleans and
Northeastern Railroad Company the right
of way through the public lauds along its
route from New Orleans to Meridian. Re
ferred.
Mr. Slemons, of Arkansas, under instruc
tions from the Committee on Railroads and
Canals, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill to incorporate the Cherokee
and Arkansas River Railroad Company, for
the purpose of constructing a railroad from
Arkansas City, Kansas, through the Indian
Territory, to Fort Smith, Arkansas, which
was agreed to, and the bill passed.
An attempt was made by Mr. Acklen, of
Louisiana, to procure an adjournment over
to morrow, Washington’s birthday, but his
motion to that effect was voted down.
An invitation was extended to the Senate
to be present next Sunday at the presenta
tion of.eulogiumsupon the life and character
of the late Fernando Wood, and then, at
4:30, the House adjourned.
ELECTION CONTESTS.
The House Committee on Elections had
under consideration to-day the question of
allowances of expenses in the contested elec
tion of E Moody Boynton vs. Loring, in the
Third district ot Massachusetts, recently de
cided in favor of Loring, Republican, sitting
member.
The contestant (Boynton) presented
vouchers for $7,400, his alleged expenses,
Including a receipt from B. F. Butler
for $5,000 for professional services.
The committee referred the matter to a sub
committee,with Instructions to fix a suitable
sum and to ask the Appropriations Com
mittee to include it as an amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill. It is
thought they will recommend $2 000 as the
maximum sum to be allowed in the case.
The committee also took action in the
case of Mackey vs. O’Connor, of South
Carolina, and voted to dismiss the contest.
The mb committee, of which Representa
tive Speer, of Georgia, is Chairman, were
instructed to prepare a report and present
it to the House.
A MOVE FOR REVENUE REFORM.
Representative Chalmers, of Mississippi,
introduced a resolution in the House, call
ing upon the Secretary of the Treas
ury to obtain and furnish to the
House information as to the cost
of the production in European
markets of each and every article upon
which an import duty Is assessed in this
country, with the view to making the duty
equal to the excess of the cost of produc
tion in this country, with cost of freight
added.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observes, Wash
ington, February 21. —Indications for
Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, winds mostly north
easterly, stationary or higher temperature
and barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, winds mostly north
erly, stationary temperature, rising, follow
ed by stationary or falling barometer.
In the East Gulf States, clear or partly
cloudy weather, light northerly winds, be
coming variable, stationary barometer.
In the West Gulf States, warmer, clear
or partly cloudy weather, winds mostly
light southerly, and falling barometer.
In Tenneesee arid the Ohio valley
er, clear or partly cloudy weather, winds
mostly southwesterly, stationary, followed
by falling barometer.
Warlike Preparations In Greece.
London, February 21.— A dispatch from
Athens to Reuter’s Telegram Company
says a royal decree has been Issued calling
out the reserves. The troops of the Morea
are being gradually ordered to march north
ward. The largest college In Athens has
been converted Into a military hospital.
The Western Union’s Certificate
Filed.
Albany, N. Y„ February 21. —The certifl
.l c* ’n rc'r? p* csnUsl stiwli of the
Telegraph to $80,000,600 was
THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
PARNELL’S SPEECH THE SUB
JECT OP AN INQUIRY.
The Negotiations with the Boers—
The Committee Stage of the Coer
cion Bill Completed.
London, February 21.—The Times, in ar
ticles on the overtures for peace from the
Boers to General Colley, after recapitula
ting their proposals for negotiations—viz.:
that the British evacuate the Transvaal and
that commissioners be appointed to settle
its future relations with Great Britain—says:
“The signs as far as we can discover are
not favorable to an early peace. The mani
festo addressed by the Boers to the Orange
Free State’s Volkesraad has no very peace
ful sound.”
Mr. Parnell, speaking at Clara, King’s
county, yesterday, vigorously denounced
the government for Introducing the coercion
bill, and charged the Ministers with trying
to intimidate the nation, and with de
liberate conspiracy to prevent him
from exercising his constitutional right
of speaking iu Parliament. If
the tenants, he said, would
continue to refuse to pay unjust rents, he
and his colleagues would willingly go to
prison for their sakes. In case of threat
ened eviction, he advised neighboring
tenants to plough up the land ia order to
prevent the landlords from grazing their
cattle thereon. Tenants, he asserted,
might accept the land bill so far as it would
enable them better to continue their strug
gle against landlordism.
The House of Commons is exceedingly
crowded this afternoon. Notice was given
of a question to be put to morrow whether
Mr. Parnell's speech at Clara yeeterday, es
pecially the passage relative to “plowing up
the land,” was not incident to punishable
offenses. The notice was received with
cheers.
Lord Colin Campbell asked whether the
government had instructed the orenrnand* r
relative to th 6 terms or ~ ' ta t -:.elision
of hosttlltte e - ’ s agreed
tr
P G’-.dstone reported that tire govern
iß 'i.r ... taker, be steps wnic’n appear to
•m : i Lifted to promote .* satisfactory
; M-tti ’ vj.lstop the effusion of blood,
, >ut ho de : •to enter into del ate.
Sir Charira Wentworth Dilkc, Under For
eign Seer nan, replying t.o a question, effd
i the g>-• rtcsje • ino confirmatiou of the
I report from * loiat, ]■• the 4th instant,
‘ that the Hus ans arc aceumula .’ag p.ovw
‘ ions !o r an advance on i’t) <1 and ,•'
. border • he Persian ten-..0r? *..dd his
belief that the ' do not l*,.‘ _
j advance on .Jervis founded ■:> or* iuf •• -T v
; l ' n-> !ve i 7 ora Lord Du-T-riu, i: it. h
j A: ; *A*.. • lor •? fit. Peterehu-g, from
Bluish Minister to Persia
Mr. dadstone’s motion that * . uil-’H- > ■
’.he re > rOnlnf c aust* of and
: to the puke JorvbiU lie p.*t 1
: cstried by a vote of 415 t.
, t _u*ons
l l -...replying to a q
...at when the pressing questlo
House had been disposed of
advisable to consider the rul
view to expediting non-urgent t
The House in committee resu
eration of the protection bill, i
night the Chairman Interrupted
After a division upon the ame
fore the House, which was re
Chairman ruled that the rema
amendments were out of order, out the
Home Rulers insisted upon dividing upon a
motion to report the bill and upon a motion
that the Chairman leave the chair.
Mr. Labouchere’s amendment, incorpo
rating the compensation for disturbance
bill with the protection bill was ruled out of
order. The third clause was so reported by
a vote of 199 to 4.
The committee stage of the bill is now
finished.
The London correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian says one of the subjects
of the deliberations of Saturday’s Cabinet
Council wag whether the government could
not postpone the arms bill until after the
passage of the land bill. The decision will
probably be announced early this week.
GRAY TO BLUE.
Honori* In Now Orleans to tUe Visit
ing Boston military.
New Orleans, February 21.—The Boston
Lancers and the Charlestown Cadets arrived
here at noon. A national salute was fired
and the visitors were welcomed by Mayor
Shakespeare, and then were escorted
through some of the principal streets to the
armory of the Continental Guard. The
visitors are looking well after their journey
from Boston.
Colonel 81ade, of Boston, replied to the
Mayor’s address of welcome,and at the con
clusion delivered to Mayor Shakespeare a
handsome boquet of natural flowers pro
duced by a florist of Boston, where the tem
perature is frequently below zero, as a
friendly token of the ladles of Boston to the
ladies of New Orleans.
After luncheon at the Continental armory,
the visitors were escorted to the Bt. Charles,
where they will be quartered during their
stay in the city.
J. A. Chaloron, President of the Associa
tion of the Army of the Tennessee, will pre
sent each of the visiting companies with a
copy of the following resolutions:
That the veterans of the Army ®f the
Tennessee of tbe late Confederate States do
extend you the band of fellowship, indi
vidually as fellow citizens, and collectively
as soldiers pledged to honor and defend the
flag of our country.
That this association, entertaining neither
bitterness for the past nor animosity for the
future, cherish only recollections of the
prowess, devotion and valor of the Ameri
can soldiers wherever exhibited, and bold
in high esteem the glorious record wob by
your command.
The resolutions are printed in gold on
satin, and are Intended as a memento of the
high regard and good fellowship in which
the visitors are held by the veterans of the
late Confederacy.
To-night the visitors are attending a re
ception given them by the Association of
the Army of Northern Virginia at Odd Fel
lows’ Hall.
KEY. MR. BRISTOR’S CASE.
The Trouble at the Amea M. E
Church In New Orleans.
New Orleans, February 21.—Regarding
tbe Ames Methodist Episcopal Church dif
ficulty a friend of Dr. Brlstor claims that
while there la no personal objection to tbe
new pastor, Dr. Webb, nine-tenths of the
congregation favor the retention of Dr.
Bristor, and have petitioned the Council of
Bishops to that effect. They furthermore
claim that there is not even the slightest
foundation for the scandalous reports put in
circulation to the prejudice of Dr. Brlstor.
That he proved himself a brilliant and
popular preacher, assisted in freeing tbe
church from debt and filled its previously
vacant pews with Interested hearers seem*
to be admitted. Asa conflict has arisen, the
friends of Dr. Bristor are determined that
the matter shall be thoroughly investigated
and its true-inwardness exposed.
Tbe Cuttle Men Depressed.
Chicago, February 21.—The Time* corres
pondent sent to investigate the effects of
the hard winter on the cattle in the great
grazing lands of the West, telegraphs from
Kansas City that cattle men no longer try
to conceal the fact that the season of 1881
will be very disastrous to their Interests.
Estimates of the losses in the various
ranges ran ail the way from 10 to 75 per
cent. ,
A Veteran Newsman Dead.
New York, February 21.-—Oliver M.
Bradford, for more than twenty-five years
connected with the Associated Press, and
at one time its agent in New Orleans, died
this evening at his residence In this city.
Tbe Batavia’s Passengers Arrive.
London, February 21.-The passengers
ft nd malls for Liverpool from New York
Tunuarv 19tb, by the steamer Batavia, which
was towed into Fayal on the sth Inst., dis
abled, have arrived at Lisbon.
Costly.— Colonel Carroll D. Wright,
•who is at the head of the Bureau of In
dustrial Statistics for the State of Massa
chusetts, says that in the various strikes
at Fall River the sum of $1,400,000 has
been lost to the operatives through idle
ness.
WOuV ftr.-w' away l, .a
fitted, when you can procure that standard
Price & teats a bottle. feb22-lt I
Interesting Facts from the Census.
Many interesting facts are embodied
in tbe census report of the outstanding
bonded indebtedness of the cities and
towns of the United States containing a
population of 7,500 inhabitants and up
ward. The total number of such cities
and towns is 300; total population, 11,-
350,772; total bonded debt, $064,340,913;
debt per capita, SSB 53. In the record,
Connecticut appears with 15 such towns
and cities, population of 295,300, bonded
debt of $12,846 504, and per capita debt
of $43 52. Throughout the country,
the rates of interest paid range from 3 to
12 per cent, per annum. The total
amouut bearing each rate is as follows:
At 3 per cent., $983,100 ; 4 per cent.,
$21,458,835 ; 4£ per cent., $4,688,150;
5 per cent., $98,642,017 ; 54 per cent.,
$515,000; 6 per cent., $304,200,158;
64 per cent., $1,551,104 ; 7 per cent.,
$188,265,829 ; 74 per cent., $16,385,-
550 ; 74 per cent., $356,500 ; 8 per
cent., $lB 864,007; 9 per cent, $11,000;
10 per cent., $6,157,623; 12 per cent.,
$112,000; rate not specified, $2,250,040.
The highest rates prevail in the Western
aud Southern States. No New England
State, and only one (Pennsylvania) of
the Middle States, pay a higher rate than
7 per cent. The only Western State
whose cities and towns do not pay as
high a rate as 10 per cent, is Ohio. Vir
ginia City, Nev., pays 12 percent, on her
$112,000 of bonded indebtedness. The
only States which have not borrowed
money on account of municipalities at 6
per cent, are Florida, Mississippi, Ne
braska, Colorado, Nevada and Orego-
The only municipal bonds
a rate of interest as °
000, of wl i 000 wcie iss •
Virginia, and $124,100 m West Yir- j
| ginia The computations iu tie* census
j ot:>e have not ytt proceeded lar 1
or u ; ,'i to show wuat proportion of ti e
ag gate bond indebtedness ij- ores af
ter the year 1900. i, is iiuowut .at sl4 -
173,574 o* the bonded indebtedne.-' in
Mass-iohuseUs matures af!> r the year .
named. Tueenti o ;*.•. , 'yd i;>c •• 4 ted
n"s>. of the vv.ii’ ,s *.73,696,019; tbn
ueatb oneiifin i.e.bonds v/e
i lwei*:y ycr is more to r " ■• lt this pr
i port, * Shouldfc ’ugoo 'nailtin State.
*50,000 or tbi‘
, bonded :*j ; ■}>>- d.-.crfsof the United cvso s
• cannot kr, iid til after t.‘ > t tpi-rt; .-.
jof twenty .ai Probably the bond*
,’yb-cn have the gest tine to ruu. gen
,i. ally' S}) l -k • ..;, art those which be.- r tb;
1 aver raD’a ■’’ *> *■*>*■♦ < ' • - -
■-•rung to
. ••• Jj,(?•>'. -o ---were
' •. A1 ' •" V7 ’■ in New Eng
A W v.,hiugtor q eels’ to the P.iitiinore ;
Cannon -Cm i. pbe contest <>v. r tb* bur
jm>tC( ;i ■ U;!.‘ It will be n mo ’ n vd
that 1 yg
of election to Mr. Campbell, although
Mr. Cannou had received ten votes to
Campbell’s one. When Cannon heard
of this he took steps to serve notice of
contest on Campbell, having thirty days
under the law to perfoimthis ceremony.
Campbell left Salt Lake ostensibly for
Washington, but never reached here.
This put Cannon off the track. He was
daily looking for Campbell so as to serve
notice of contest, but Campbell came
not. Cannon telegraphed to New York,
Chicago, Omaha and Salt Lake, but could
not get the run of Campbell’s rapid
movements. He accidentally heard of
him at Cirelesville, Kansas, and tele
graphed there, but the bird had flown.
Becoming thoroughly frightened for fear
the thirty days would 'expire, Cannon
sent four notices of contest to Salt Lake,
each to a particular friend, with instruc
tions to hunt Campbell regardless of
expense. One man took the train east,
accidentally met Campbell at Green
river station on the very last day of tho
thirty. Campbell was about to sit down
to breakfast in fancied security, but the
man with four wives and a seJit in Con
gress was too much for him The gen
tleman was so upset by being discovered
that he could eat no breakfast. Had he
been able to avoid service of notice of
contest Cannon could hardly have main
tained his contest.”
Philadelphia has anew Century Cook
ing Club, composed of women, who
have hired a competent instructor, and
are learning how to cook well. The
President says: “There is a false idea
prevalent that ‘professional cooking’ is a
costly luxury, whereas the advantage of
thorough knowledge in this art is not
alone in producing good results, but iu
producing them by the simplest means.
Good cooking, in other words, means
economical cooking. The ignorant cook
is the wasteful cook, but in the hands
of one who understands her business the
simplest food is made attractive, and an
ordinary domestic dinner assumes the
quality of a banquet.” The club lately
gave a dinner to twenty-five persons at a
total cost of $4 50 for the provisions, as
follows:
Black bean soup, 2% quarts, stock 15c.,
beans 10c, eggs 6c., lemons 4c $0 35
Cusk ala creme, fish 62c., milk Bc., eggs
c 0 79
Potatoes 0 06
Roast. 10 lbs., 14c 1 40
Macaroni 14c., cheese 8c 0 22
Salad, cabbage 10c., celery Bc., oil 10c.,
eggs 6c., spice 2c 0 36
Potato salad, potatoes 6c., spice 6c 0 12
Stewed celery, celery 7c., sauce 6c 0 13
Snow pudding, gelatine 15c., lemon 3c.,
eggs 12c., milk oc„ sugar 10c. 0 48
Coffee 0 17
Butter 0 2J
Milk 0 08
Bread 0 12
There is a dog at Brighton, England—
a remarkable dog—a large m<ese.
Sometimes that dog has a purple body,
with a yellow head and a green tail;
sometimes he is scarlet and puce. He is
a kind of rainbow dog. The fact is he
belongs to a dyer in the town, and being
naturally white he takes any other color
easily, and now be gets a dip in one vat
and now in another, and he forms a sort
of canine advertisement. It is fun
to see this dog, who is quite un
conscious of his distinguished con
dition, come up to other dogs
wagging his yellow head and green tail,
and the way that those dogs, after re
garding him out of the corner of their
eyes for a minute, tuck their tails be
tween their legsjand “scoot” is a caution.
Some time ago a man, who had been oc
casionally a victim of the “old com
plaint,” was going down to Brighton for
tbe race week in great health and spirits.
When driving from the station, he sud
denly came on this dog. “Hello, hey!
What’s that? Hey! hey! what! a purple
dog with a green tail! Oh, lor! oh, lor!
got ’em again!” and he turned round and
went back to London, firmly persuaded
that he was again a victim to D. T.
A Publisher’s Son Missing. T.
Howard Peterson, son of Charles j!
Peterson, the Philadelphia publisher, has
been missing since Sunday, the 6th inst.
On Saturday afternoon, the sth inst.,
Mr. Peterson, who is thirry-three years
old, went to Atlantic City, N. J., to see
his wife, who had been ordered there by
her physician. The next day, after din
ner, he told his wife that he would take
walk. He went out at about three
o’clock, and since that time he has not
been seen or heard of.
>.■<
Charles Bwagart, a rough, went unin
vited to a country dance, near Webster,
Burke county, 0., at the residence of E.
Trichne, and fired into the ceiling to
create a scale,whereupon Louis Christian
shot Swagart in the head and mortally
wounded him.
Go ’■ ib, young man go North, aufl j
freeze up with the country. But don’t forget !
o tefe.e a bottle oi Dr. Bull's CougK 5 rap !
iobg. mtiu 1
ESTABLISHED 1850.
TALLAHASSEE JOTTINGS.
WORK OP THE LEGISLATURE
YESTERDAY.
Explanation Wanted-A Heavy Bill
on a Heavy Subject—Some ul its
Features—Distinguished Visitor—
A Fine Cow—Shat Down on New
Hatter—The World’s Fair Con
gressional Appordoumeul-Taxes
for 1881 and 1882.
Tallahassbk, February 21.—The follow
ing bills were Introduced in the Senate
to-day:
By Mr. Mallory—Providing for complet
ing the printing, distributing and selling
the digest of the laws of Florida.
By Mr. McKlnne—Prescribing limitations
to judgments, executions and liens.
The Senate consumed a fourth of the day
discussing the revenue bill.
In the Assembly:
By Mr. Morgan—Limiting the time for
commencing suits t>r proceedings for dower.
By Mr. McKinnon—Repealing the act
providing for the disciplining and organiza
tion of the militia.
By Mr. Harris—lncorporating the Atlantic
and Gulf Coast Canal and Okeechobee Land
Company.
Tallahasskz, February 20.—A writer in the
Savannah News attempts to account for the
smoke proceeding from the Florida “volcano”
on the hypothesis that it was simply a coin
of aqueous vapor. He speaks of b.' .
been deceived hr - * JUr 4-,. ,>ar r < <\ >
being traced, was found to
th. o&U bt
Allowing tins for the sake of .. will I
i yorr correspondent give us some philosophical
j reason f >r th© light that has been visible for
| this -nt ,ect, end will be gltd to ■ •*ive fros
1 ■■ ‘ d-etTu *fSt*d
TANARUS! *J; nnlou* dot near, and ou
(*e tys ain>i,; Use iuq >rtant ntea.sures *.f
.i -m* .lean- in the* dry© t facts ai.l
1 "O s*,, -mu forth.*
", *: ‘ s tll . ad '* tl ” special order ar 19:Aa. ni,.
' oic3- was clom ana iuoro-xgh. The Mi:
, whs tfti. en u,> ction by sec; m. and amend
i o”'JtsoiTcrc;, Rci epted or lejeoted.
i i'iic f nat r.< games of kono, and wheels
1 ‘ •••*•: . n,-trtobeUct; sed,an<lt.iie
>r b *• an-.- isemanta. if shay play at |
most do <o Henceforth in some obscure, i
•i eouataat peril oi a raid from I
ers have ronjhl*#t the hands I
and if the n, h •
—.uuy executed, Florida wUi i.
! wir ;er Paradise for this class of ~u,
] visitors.
In the discussion of the license to he
• ! ■ n pin pool and hall-pool tables, sc:. -
o d.Senators displayed a larp*
. •, “ound and valuable kno*
r ' *'i bv deep staj/anrf rest
-ar t .t from me ro venture ,t t-j j
on y have be--', t ,uiretl by p* rs ,;ii v .
once: No. si- not for a moment,
t” rueroia! travelers, vulgarly icowu as >
• .rummers, ’* wiii he required to pro -rr * j
eu-w. costing tw mty-five t i T
‘ : u . compelled t payaeoue e •. i„..
addition. The fact was'.rone-1 ;v j
, o . the debate that sev eral merri her* ot ' i
. prt- .sed th' hope that the firanse -oul' be ]
piat>ou Mb a *ci y
dred to a thousand dollars, thereby concen
trating the business in the hands of a few, and
practically creating a monopoly.
A license for the State, for the sale of spir
ituous liquors, was fixed at three hundred dol
lars. This is one hundred dollars more than
was imposed by the act of ’79.
As counties and cities can each charge half
the amount of tbe State license, those who
propose to continue in the business will,
for the future, be compelled to fork over the
snug sum of six hundred dollars before they
can enjoy the privilege.
Asa matter of course many of the smaller
doggeries will not be able to stand the pres*
sure and will go under.
The license for the sale of vinous and malt
liquors was fixed at twenty-five dollars, a small
increase over the previous bill.
With a few other alterations, tbe bill was
similar to that passed at the last session.
Governor Holliday, of Virginia, came into
the Senate chamber yesterday in a very quiet
and unobtrusive manner. Very few or the
members present were aware of the rank held
by their visitor.
Governor Holliday graduated at Yale, In the
class of 1847, and during the war commanded a
regiment of Virginia infantry. He lost an arm
in one of the '.attles In the valley, and after re
covering from the wound, was elected to the
Confederate Congress from the Winchester
district. For some years past he has been the
honored and popular Executive of bis native
State.
Judge Hilton, the able editor of the Econo
mist, has a noble cow of the short-horn varie
ty. 1 his fine animal furnishes daily a supply
of twenty-four quarts of rich milk. This
should refute the prevalent idea that milch
cattle will not thrive in Florida. Governor
Bloxham and Messrs. Gwynn, Houston, Brad
ford and other gentlemen of this county, have
paid much attention to fine stock, and have
succeeded admirably in their experiments,
A joint resolution has passed the J-enate that
no new matter be introduced into either house
after the 25th inst. without unanimous con
sent. Most of the committees hare their
hands full now, and numerous bills will never
float to the surface. In the Senate there have
been introduced about two hundred and ten
bills, and in the Assembly about two hundred
and sixty, an average of nearly five to each
member of the Legislature.
As the day of adjournment approaches,
numbers who have bills in abeyance begin to
gush up the committees and jog the clerks.
ut eleven more working days of the session
remain, and numbers are looking sharply after
tbe fate of some of their tender little bant
lings.
Gen. Perry, of Pensaoola, and Copt. Inglis,
of Madison, who were appointed by Governor
Drew commissioners to represent this State at
the World's Fair to be held in New York in
1883, have addressed a letter to Governor Blex
ham. which he transmitted to the Legislature.
These gentlemen express the opinion that a
grand opportunity will be afforded to set forth
the peculiar advantages possessed by Florida,
and one that should not be neglected. To make
the exhibition from this State a success, they
ask for an appropriation of 120,000. The
matter has been referred to a committee,
but it is quite unlikely that any such amount
as the sum suggested will be appropriated.
The change proposed in the new Congres
sional apportionment of the State, is to take
Sumter county from the First and place it in
the Second district, and to take Madison from
the Second and place it in the First district.
The bill introduced Into the Senate for levy
ing a tax for the years 1881 and 1882, authorizes
a State tax of eight mills for 1861, a county tax
of four mills, ana a school tax of four mills.
In addition each connty may, at its discretion,
impose a tax of two mills for the erection of
bridges and county buildings, payable in cur
rency. For the year 1882 the State tax is pro
posed to be seven mills.
If a more uniform system of assessment than
the present can be devised, the rate* of taxes
above given will not only meet all the current
expenses of the State, but leave a balance in
the Treasury. Many well informed men be
lieve that the total assessment of property In
the State could and should be Increased to
fifty millions of dollars without hardship or
injury. w - H -
Thirty years ago James Boyle left Ire
land for Australia with his wife and one
child, leaving another child, Mary, with
her grandfather. He was very success
ful on the gold fields, and invested his
money to great advantage. His wife and
child died in Australia. Mary married
a man named Glen, and moved to
America, where she has been living in a
poor part of Philadelphia. By the mis
carriage of letters incidental to her mov
ing at the same time as her father they
lost trace of each other, and each thought
the other dead. She now finds herself,
after a life of hard struggle, worth a
million of dollars.
Equally adapted to tbe feeble or robust,
male or female, are Malt Bitters.
%op Sitting.
Shop bitters!
(A Medicine, not a Drink,)
... r CONTAINS
HOPS, BCCIir, MANDRAKE, gjj
DANDELION.
And totr Pvbsst and Bxst MkdicalQttali-B
iibsovall othxs Bittxm. '
THEY CURE |
All Diseases oi tUeStomacn, Bowela, Blood,®
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Ner- K
YQuaneas, Sleeplessness and esDetdaUe &
Female Comnlalnta.
81000 IN
§| Win be paid for a ease uier -win not cure oS
g| iieip, or for anything impure or injurious H
found In them. Jt
§§ Ask your druggist tor Hop Bittern and tryß
f|jthein before you sleep. Take no Other.l
in.l.C. Is an absolute and irresistible cure fori
M T)mntri>Nui 'tt tobredose? M
v sassse*** Seed jjjb Otacotas. !
|$S AlWjs-yh ftftH by dnqxHlA fi |
apl>-Tu,Thjs,w4tTeHy Ul j
(iiticura
BIM REMEDIES
CAtc-crs RiHOi.VErr is th-> greatest toood
PUMfi-r ia medicine. It acts through the bow
S idneys and skin. It aW-. ■■ -■r.-
Jo* float in the M-xkl and purges them truss
the Ci~ - cka. a Me '■ ..ii Jelly, si-
Its awi7 lifeless flesh
ai'•• inflam l.1 a>.ion. itching and trrt*
u. ar..i u, (tticura S"tf cleanse*,
;• 'h tea and lwn ' lies "heSkin.
“* •i "ha Sf ino rc-.u*. .he oa’.y
Cut 8 * ' k,uit * s 01 ! 1 - are jnv, ared from
Skin 1> ideate.
.Cl • me a sower
of S’ ' l hv o been afflict* < with skin <£mUe
* or * orae . - it .. r>i
more ill;, o h-. : vet at theitchiue n.
sfAp’* ’ i would scratch until the
Wood would . .(iotvn. my limbs. I have ha<l
asteral pbtruciana. Stme said they could cure
mo, not. i will say that befote
lusedtho Crr: -t.\ Ukmkdjxs I was in a fear
ful s to. i ■■ iv.-l given up all hope >.-t m
havi . ar.y • Hrf; b'.t, like a dMwnir,: i.-'-ui
gras •• a f.i.aw. 1 thought: v-t ;:• the
CUT! 8. Ih: which l had ; so
much 'lTtey list r i*<rformed a • cure
form; .lof my own freewill anil -vrd I
recoriritujd the®. 8. A. KTKI Llfi.
<lB i'un . . e at., Clucago. lU. v . 7
1879.
Ecreina
BAve never tucti any n- n •- ,-r hLv.o dis
eases .list can comp - * . tin* Cur- caa
Bun ies. I have use-, then mah roruvs ice a
very severe ca-s of what e c.-ccracaUm.
Ecze- n, v-liich was atlectu.' C'.red in e>gbt
week Asablcod piiilfier, i; ? ng can equal
your ax xl; lvent I .not say too
mucl ! c tt‘ir praise, and l a.. sing them
abou; the uv. MANUK., MANiN 1A
71 *h, ■ f., Aeio Orleans, La.
Ctr 'vwxr,:ks are prepared by Wrru
Sl Po mists and Dn cists, StO Wash
ingti ' *sion, and are for sale by ail
Drug i*t*
Fo whole ale and retail by OSCKOLA
BUT Savannah. Ga.
MAI>
‘ UN FERMENTED '
VrtADE MARK
' VVVN
ALT AND HOPS^i
r ITTEB
DI TCATF - LEB.-The exactions of
society, added to the cares of maternity
I and ht'VA tested beyond eadu
*■'"> ; : -ns which bave been
a' woki. i To combat
■ t it-- • .-cllue. no remedy
th i tbe nour’a'ulng and
i pros ,T BIITERB.
■ f; Mo-.-* i^nfoa,
t 'O. t Sf &t - o*jv
T iva t vitalize every tun
a yr: M .-.r \l a twill syfltsflk
It. ; ' Ti- .. • prepare. • ’’tout ftr
ia. BAIU.EY MaL.Tand
. ill ofhar
,f .lto tm-o, wt,ii • ,--*from the
jet on urged against ruait ii tors
as* or - j- •
ITTS -:-* (
ears U ■ t..'*.
nclo
MA
For .
lUTI
JiDStc'Ur s fitters.
I|||si>*iitt Ist
P CELEBRATED ,
wITTER^
No Time Should be Dost,
If the stomach, liver and bowels arc at?-. < tod,
to adopt the sure remedy, Hostetter Stomach
Bitters. Diseases of the organs nat
others far more serious, and a delay .a then*
fore hazardous. Dyspepsia, liver c. -- liairu,
chills and fever, early rheumatic kid
ney weakness, bring serious bodily trouble if
trifled with. Lose no time in using l > T< c
tive, safe and long known medicine.
For sale by ail druggists and dealt cr.-nvr
wily- febl-Tu,Th ftwlm
LA^mve
PreparedfromH/nT jr tropical
fruits *nd plant*.
A Medico-fruit Lozenge of the
Premier Class.
Is the Best and Most
Agreeable Preparation
in the World.
For Constipation, BUlon ncss,
Headache, Torpid i.fver, Hem
orrhoids, Indisposition, and all
Disorders arising: from ait ob
structed state of tbe syster .
Ladies and children, and those wh ire
taking pills and nauseous medicines, i ra > rv
cially pleased with Its agreeable qualitie
TROPIC-FRUIT LAXATIVE may u -J
In all cases that need the aid of a pi rgaUve.
cathartic, or aperient medicine, and wfii.e it pro!
**• **> same result as the agents nai od.Tt is
entirely free from the nsual objections omraoi,
t° them. Packed In bronzed tin box- - on ly.
Price 25 cts. Large boxes 6oc.
Sold by all first-class Drugc * sr.
febS-Th,B,Tu&wly
S#ar&tjwry, &c.
j. w. tyna
ENGINEER AND MACHINIST,
Cor. West Broad and Indian St re eta,
REPAIRS ALL KINDS OF
Machinery, Boilers,
dec27 tf
Spectacles.
DIAMOND BPECTACL
HPHEBE Spectacles are ma, fu,, -f
1 “MINUTE CRYSTAL PE
together, and are called IJIAMGNI ■->n .. >.*
of their hardness and brilliancj
Having been tested with the *jisi
diamond lenses have fouc to a*.
teen per cent, less h*a'. n j i-v- „
pebble. They are grou. :ri.R fc 'aeit-ti<-
aocuracy. are free from cbr c
ttons, and produce a brightness* id du U,vi
of vision not before attained In i ~, t . *
v—” - leal r-vow.
For sale by re9i>'”v. i -is a#;ents every dtj.
tt'r.'gi
oWi^ nw! *
J 1?. n _2* ba? a P**?.*M ss you see
. tto trade xc. -dD nahW-TV ’h.di.wly
yry It once, and you will esteem it
highly as a nft- and eifectlveremedy.