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ri, ,■ v. riiot flats matter.
(if 'tf it i ffaira.
;i he >=-ain-bnro Herald, a white
- > ar.t-jtion of Hon. Neil Mcl.eod.
, c -untv. olit in four dajs .000
his own timber, besides walking
' , , ,j, u graftk is of the opinion that
r .. . en of the East felt half as bad
_ - t to Petblehem as the average
Macon did the morning after
■ never went vandering about
! 'hat on Friday night, in Oaines
,* who*- n-me could not t-e ascer
* -? ”i r ' , ycutbya man named Gib
■ - iung was cat in twain. Gibson
, s< rrespoadeat of the. Augusta
, of Rossi as “the great Italian
, f Colonel John T. Glover, a
awyer of Twiggs county, is an
urreii Tuesday morning. Col.
. the oi p meat before the Demo
n last rear of Hon. James H.
■ - - t rgreeeional nomination for
v V m and Advertiser has receiv
• ftirg newrs frcm every direc ion
p. ueh-rtv and adjoining counties
tiiai y large acreage has been
sts. and that the first thing desired
• tsnd has beer generally obtained.
\ it. says the Columbus Enquirer
- Tsrver. colored, got on the war
, . fpt.ee r*il and put to flight all the
e Nuckolls plantation, in Russell
,ma A m-a e r ger was dispatch
- - f.vr Sheriff Ferrell and Deputy
„ -a. who went out and arrested Lewis
i;ffed n m and tied him in a vehicle
t . . - -1 r.-r Seale with him, but while en
. tnaged t > loose himw-lf. and. j<imp
the vehicle, succeeded in making his
Lewis is th ught to be lingering
and the r Ulcers of that citv
...I o-r.t from Mar shall ville, Macon
i writ*a u that about four o’clock in
ngof the 57th ir.st, the corn crio of
. : Frederick, of that place, containing
-dred lu-hels of O 'rn and seventy
-hel- * pe. was burned. Mr. Freder
..f ti e most influential citixers of
•y. and hv the sympathies of all
The origin of the fire was in
u: there is no clue to the perpetia.
:h of Mr J->hn F. Irvin. 8r , one of
- : seole-s of Stewsrt county, is se
lf -■curred at his home on Christ
m- iy He was S'* years of age at the time
and was famed throughout the
e - cin which he lived for his generous hos
; nens of Hamilton, Harris county,
•- -a rew-ar i of 55 M for the arrest and de
with pr.>>f to eoßv ct of the person or
nv - tv- who set fire to the guard house and
->-sidenee of the Mis*es Pchley of that
wn on the n . l of the -'l!h instant, or who
wi'erapted to set flee to the residence of Judge
H C. K raumvieh on the nigh' of the x£’h inst.
Th An enctw Recorder plaintively remarks:
. ver do ne, with holes in them are pain
fa*ty wumerous. but thev are tot half so pain
f illy numerous as holes without any silver
Tire Atlanta c 'rresroodent of the Augusta
Y.w* w - Wes that paper as foil-vrs: * I saw a
eiaal- Zulu larrup a po!i -e an jester lay in a
: airy '.he wadr ink.and wh-n arrested lit into
the knight of the bit >n 'ike a thou.i -d o’
■ -rk' She g ■: him down in front of the Mark
ham. and the fun w-s so unusual that a big
*<oa gath-eeil. She was Anally sub
dued i a • t err di'.ari iated condition.'’
- ambus Rmquirer: “Jack Stamper, col
-•-ed. e-caped from the Alabama convict firm
Bear Wetumpsa. rn la.t Ssrurdav. and is s’ill
m-r He wa .eiitenc-d at the last terra of
; county Ctn-uit Court, to the peniten
f r a ierru of seven years for abducting a
a! •- w iraan 'mra near this city, while he had
a-. ,i wife living o ar Talbot valley, Talbot
iv. tie 'rgi. Jack has a very bad repu
a and is said to be an expert in the manu
•* t.iv of burglar's tools He is about six
■'two im hes high, a little bow legged and
.lit There is a liberal reward offered
- - ■ . capture, and as be is . dangerous negro
• at liberty in ativ community, officers
- keep a sharp lookout for him.”
A- er from tTusseta.under date of the 26th
isst . to the OoSa bus Times, savs- ' Last
• 'he negro murderer. Jordan Wethersby.
* iried Adam Culbretb. broke jail aud
• - v;—i H was ait“d fro *t without by
wn parti- s. The hfceriff bad Wethersby
v h two other negro prisoners, chained in
■igr on. so tnat it was thought that es
. - rw impossible. As it was a Tery rairy
• tfe turtle* could work without much
danger o' bdw detecte 1 The other two pris
that escaped were Sol King ard Alfred
v. m A rigorous search will no doubt be
ma4* fbr the prwoners. a- a large reward will
red for their apprehension As two of
- - -woer* have relative, in Columbus it is
j t that they miv now be lurking T -thin
the limits of that city.”
The Columbus Times reports a sad termina
. o ' whai promi-ed to be a happy Ch ist
.s fo owe ‘tin Monday morning a num
ber of young men from the neighborhood as
■ - * at the store of Messrs. Neal & Bick
-i r S' Airy, in Harris county, to join >n a
Otrwunas bunt, among whom was Charlie
son of Captain J H. 8. Kennon
‘ r *• tr* others w. re engaged in 8 >me pre
’ a-\ prepa-attons. Charlie, who was stand
the p rch. organ loading his gun, the
f which rested oa the 11 *or. damp from
-, in >f over night, and within about a fO' >t
f e edge, when it slipped off. striking the
tm.-'.-rs The gun fired, and the entire
*i V -ge entered his bodv just beiow the waist
r: .ngi gui ward. He fell with a groan,
a. :xp.r.-i almoH immfsuately. Charlie was
a most exempt-ty young man. aged about
-.•••e’eeo rear., and the eldest of the two re
:g ct ret of Capt in Kennon. whom it
•ul rt-mem bece-1 lost his wife and five chil
•r. m the great Har-is county cyclone of the
m. - go# -75 Hisun* n*ly death ha. cast a
• ver be rati con muni y. and his
• s'ncien father he- the sympathy of all.”
t corre pondeet wtiting from Augusta to
tai iitHre ,ww thus speaks of that flour
t g ci't “This city is a phe. omenal one for
- b uth, and what may seem strange to
N fhtrurs. t-ut which i* nevertheless a fact.
- .erbuotened with capital. If this capital
nves'ed in rmi roads "Ud commerce if the
... e sixpence* was in favor, the benefit that
and a enw to the city would he Incalc'liable.
• ben V si are told that with a ( opulstion
< ’ v 2'. MU the investments and dealings in
>k ui secoritiew are suflScient to give eic
‘HH t to eight firms of brokers, you rcil
h w milch wealth is locked up in bank
>s •< Rut n .twit standing this cooserva
• sufit sent capital leaks out to make Au
tathe most o irUhtug manufacturing city
- ch and hr re it is that the experiment
■ * vnofacturi g the native staple has been
.ght So a point far beyond the moat san
. oe. x i ect At tons of th* projectors. Through
kmdne-a of Mr George T. Jackson,
u i-at at the Knt-rprise Manufactur
g C ntwm . I was enabled 'o gather a few
* -a rr I vi 100 t>> the Augusta manufactures.
- >. mav furnish a precedent for our own city
••targe its manufacturing interests ana
i*e • iivn water power. The Savannah
- - which fi >w by the aide of the city, first
ge ed the idea of niurnfactßring, and to
c taatas dam was ouilt erven mi e*
- v- the city, from which leads the ‘canal,’
- undred and fif y feet wide and twel>e
re Jeep I is a*id this raceway ia the largest
* lams if not in the wo-id It i- this Im
r "t-c water power that is the mainspring
• ftwb g: tvs power to tbedox-n mills just with
aersty Kaiitr. It will be recollected that
M- Atkinaoa. the E stern cotton man, on bis
n* tn the At ana Exposition, spoke in a very
••r-Sd“t manner as to the‘great advantag-s’
s * Kngiicd pswMvl over the South as a
man'ifacturer of cotton. The beet informed
>-*• laugh heartily at this, regarding it as a
•e joke, and for an answer point to their
• it- b isy hum of whonespindles
- ward day ia and year out: to the throngs of
■'v and prcsoee.uM operatives: to the cash
Aviden-A that have been a* steady and reiia
- - • the m.f& hng river fi <wtog by the city.”
Florida Affairs.
The Milton Standard thinks that Oia old
-ended Whig ship has still spars enough
sung aronnd to ruble n platform to be
trwcteJ apon which a national party can
*andirg room. Hardly.
A mill with a capacity of cutting 15,000
*e-l of .‘amber per dsy ia about to he erected
** Oty.
St Augustine Press boasts that the dis
** vng**ablas in that market reminds one
itl w** than of winter. The various
P™*— town aud vicinity are w*U OUe4
Sauannah morning news
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
with all kinds of vegetables, and Northern
visitors in their perambulations around the city
can see for themselves what Florida can do in
furnishing produce all the year round.
The Tampa Tribune is gratified at knowing
that while ail the northern, southern and east
ern sections of Hernando county are looking for
ward to railroad advantages in the near future,
the western portion of the county, known as
the Clear Water section, is also not without
similar prospects
An extra bulletin recently issued by the Cen
sus Bureau gives the entire cereal production
of the United States for ISBQ by counties. From
this report It appears that Florida produced,
of corn, on 360,294 acres, 3,174.2 54 bushels, an
average of 881 bushels per acre. This is the
lowest average production per acre, lowa
standing as the head with an average of 41 56
bushels Sfr sere.
A correspondent of the Jacksonville Times
complains of the number of roughs now infest
ing tba' city. In the same connection, the Times
warns its readers to “be careful. Lock and
bolt your doors and windows. Bneak thieves
are about. On Monday night a thief entered a
room of one of our hotels and stole a valuable
watch and chain, and was in the act of taking
the guest's pants from under his pillow, when
he fortunately awoke, and the burglar sprang
for the open window, thr iugh which he had
made his entrance, and escaped with only the
watch and chain. Be careful.”
The Apopka Citizen r-marks: “To the pros
pecting settler we would say. if you wish to
cast your lot in a town where law and order is
reverenced, where men are not seen drunk,
where there is no fighting or killing, and where
'moth and rust doth not corrupt nor thieves
break through and steal.' don't fail to visit
Apopka City. We have a little paradise of our
own: and don’t you forget it.”
The Jacksonville Union makes the following
giati'yingannouncement- “Honev-Moon Har
dee 's a ‘gran’ daddy.’ The thing happened at
6:?ioo’ciock on Chris - mas morning in Bt. Mary’s.
Camden county, Georgia. It’s a boy and a
stalwart Democrat. Fernandina Express, 8a
vannah Morniko News New York Herald and
Lor don Times please copy and draw at sight
on old Santa Claus. Bank of St. Nicholas.”
Hamilton Countu Times: “We have seen
weil packed warehouses, but the one at Jasper
takes tbe lead this week. There is positively
no room to put anything, and on Monday
goods were piled outside, and there remained
until milday Tuesday. The cotton platform
cannot hol-1 another bale, and in his despair,
and to be able to receipt for that which came
in on Tuesday, the agent had a large flit car
rolled up to the platform, and had that filled
up with cotton when we last saw it. The Sav
annah, Florida and Western Railway is brim
full of business.”
Says the Pensacola Advance: “The Hon.
Geo. W. Witherspoon telegraphed from Wash
ington last Thursday to announce him for a
speech in the public square this evening. The
Hon George will, on this occasion, inform bis
constituents, no doubt, of the headway made
in contesting the seat of Hon. R H M. David
son, our Representative in Congress, an 1 then
pass rout and tbe hat for another collection. It
w uld be interesting to know how much money
has been spent by this descendant of Ham in
traveling through the country on a kind of
■fool’s errand;’ yet, we think, the voluntary
contributions of constituents will not pour in
so freelv as heretofore; they are growirg tired
of th“ old song. When this does come to pass,
then will George cist ‘one long, one lingering
look behind,’ return to the plow thare and
finish out the unfinished furrow ”
Pen-acola Advance: “A negro man named
John Jackson was run over by a gravel train
yesterday morning and crushed in such a man
ner that life was extinct before I'r Ren-haw,
who was sent for, could reach him It appears
that the man was sitting on the edge of a flit
c r hil" the train was in motion. The road
bed, in the neighborhood of the new depot,
running in close proximity to a fence, the de
ceased was given warning by a Mr. McKutchen,
but the unfortunate man did not attempt to
ebanee his position until the space between
him and the fence grew ala.-mi gly narrow.
Then lifting his feet with a view of removing,
his pants by some means became entanuled in
the upper portion of the paling This dragged
him from the train, and, filling across the
track, the fore trucks of the following car ran
diagonally across the breast and arms, and
almos'killed him ins antly. The locomotive
was at once stopped, but to no avail, as the
tital spark had benn extinguished almost from
the time he was first struck. This death is at
tributed to the carelessness of the deceased
alone, and therefore blame can be attached to
no one. The bodv remained where death oc
curred for a long time before a Coroner’s jury
could be summoned, which is a fresh evidence
that another Justice of the Peace is sadly
needed in Escambia county.”
Alluding to the change in the management
of the Florida Transit and the Peninsular Riil
road. the Jacksonville Union says: “Yester
d iy at Fernandina. quite an important railroad
change was male. '* he Transit Railroad and
its hram hrs. including the Peninsular Railroad
and its branches, passed under control of the
party of capi ahsts represented by Sir Edward
Reed. l>r. Wertheim and C. O. Willard. Hon.
E. L. Dickerson, of New York, forwarded to
the meeting his resignation as President of the
road, and a quirum of the directors being
present the same was accepted, and Sir Ed
ward ReeU was elected Pr-sident of the road.
>lr. C D Willard was re-elected Vice President
of the road. Gen. P. D. Roddy. Sir Edward
Reed and Mr Lawson, a New York banker,
were elected directors vice Hon. E. M Stough
ton. of New York. J. B. C. Drew, of New York,
and Adolph Engler, of New York, resigned.
There are -everal rumors of other changes
which the Union forbears to give just now. as
we prefer, in matters connected with this im
portant railroad combination, to give only au
thentic information. Our readers may regard
as reliable all statements made by us con
cerning the same. By this transaction Sir Ei
ward heed’s party comple'es a railroad com
bination of large proportions even for these
s’irnng times, involving the union of the Flori
da Cem ral, the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mo
b le, the Transit and Peninsular, four roads
with numerr us branches, under one manage
ment, backed by abun lant capital for develop
ment This combination includes 484 miles of
completed railroad and 144 miles of proposed
extension, making a total future scope of 62S
miles.”
Mr. Jacksou, of Liberty county, Ga , the suc
cessful pioneer of tea culture in the South, has
been interviewed on the subject, in which he is
so much interested, and savs: *Do you think
tea en be grown profitably in tne United
States anywhere?" “I certainly do. I hive
had a tea farm of my own in Liberty county,
Ga.. about thirty-five miles from Savannah,
and have cultivated it for two years. I find it
a little too cold there, the frosts being too se
vere. As in Bouth Carolina the plants are not
!• jured. but the leaf is. I believe the best loca
tion to experiment in tea cul’ure is in Florida,
below the frt st line or latitude 2S. Shaw looked
over the country and I am satisfied that tea
can be raised profitably in that State.” “What
do you think the yield of tea would
be in Florida?” “From five to six honored
pounds per acre, which ought to be worth one
doll-r per pound in the South. The cost of
production would be about thirty cents per
pound, including every expense ” “Ho you
think there would be a market for borne
grown teas, if it is found that the plant can be
raised in any quaniit* ?” “1 don’t think there
is any doubt of it People would know home
teas to be genuine, and they a e ju-t as good
in flavor as any foreign teas.” “What has
been the effect of Dr. Loring’s ac ion?” It
has been quite disas rous—like a wet blanket
on tea culture. I woull have gone to
the Atlanta Exposition with samples of tea.
plants, etc., had it not been for the action of
the Commissioner of Agriculture. I propose,
however, to go into the business myself,
and my visit North at this time is to interest
capital in th* project. I have seen representa
tions of the Florida Land Company, which
offers to furnish the land for the farm free and
take pay for it in stock of the company. After
consulting with some gentlemen here and in
New York. I will at once go to England and
present the project to my friends there I have
understood that the government will furnish
plants two years old to any persor a free, who
desire to embark in tt a culture, so this is a fa
vorable time to begin the work, as at least two
years' time can be saved by taking advantage
of this liberal t ff-r. I expect to have the farm
uncer way next spring, and to produce excel
lent tea in paying quantities within two or
three years.’’
The Mouths of the Lena.
Nero York Herald, 9&th,
Our Bt. Petersburg correspondent tele
graphs: “To arrive at the mouths of tbe
L-na the boats of the shipwrecked Jean
nette must have pushed between New Sibe
ria and the island of Fadievskol, which Is
inhabited cn’y during the summer by no
mads, who arrive at the close of winter in
sledges drawn by dogs. Further on in her
course was I’l.e Petite and the Island of
Stolbovol. Tne distance is about five hun
dred miles from the locality of the ship
wreck to the mouths of the Lena. These
mouths are situated In the most dreary and
desolate part of the confines of Northern
Siberia. The whole coast was last
visited and described ty Lieutenant
Pierre Ar jvu in 1823 Previous to that
these vast regions, occupying a distance of
hundreds of miles along the coast, were ex
plored In 1735 and 1736 by Lieutenant
Pronuchischefl, and at their furthers! ex
• remlties by Lieutenant Dimitri Lapteff in
1739 The place where boat No. 3 landed
is situated between the craves of L'eutenant
Lassiniu*, who perished in 1735, with thirty
five of bis companions, sn<j that of Lieu
tenant Prontschlscheff and his wife, who
perished In 1736. From this point to Ya
kufsk the dis’acce is more than a thousand
miles, through a desert country completely
destitute of population.”
There is a period in the lives of young
men when they don't like to
church, but they do feel an irresistible
hankering to skulk about the. church
doors, and go home with the girls after
meeting. In a Pennsylvania town this
thi: e became such a nuisance that the
police were directed to run in the skulk
ers. They captured just one, and the
youth was so disgraced in the eyes of
the community that his sweetheart cast
him off and his aunt disinherited him.
It was real mean in his sweetheart, un
less be was waiting for some other girl.
HOW THE JURY STAND.
ONE MAN PERSUADED OF GUI
TEAU’S INSANITY.
Wore Damaging Testimony-Fun
Over Heads—Tbe Assassin Unsnb>
dned-Still at Hts Tricks.
Washington, December 29.—When the
court opened this morniDg some delay in
the proceedings ensued, and Gniteau made
his usual morning speech. He complained
that the usual guard of policemen had been
withdrawn from the prison van, and that
there Is more danger of his being shot when
riding to and from the jail than at ary
other time. He requested the Judge to or
der the usual guard of policemen to ac
company the van, and said that It would
only *ake one crank with sufficient Derve
to 6hoot him In the van, and that the only
danger he anticipated was from cranks.
Dr. Callender was recalled. Judge Cox
said the statement had been made yesterdry
that the court surr unded the prisoner with
unusual guards aDd protection. He would
state that the prisoner was In the custody
of the Marshal and not of the court, and
whatever guards had been furnished had
been supplied by him.
Guiteau—“Well then, your Honor, if the
Marshal won’t do his duty, I appeal to the
court. If the Marshal won’t furnish a
proper guard, kick him out and let’s have a
new Marshal.”
The Judge—“l have no doubt the Mar
shal will do his duty in this connection.”
Mr. 8?oville read to the witness a letter
written by Guiteau about ten days ago to
Senator Dun Cameron, asking for five hun
dred dollars, ar.d asked for his opinion
whether such a letter to a mail he did not
know does not indicate unsoundness of
mind.
"I do not, think It indicates unsoundness
of mind. It seems to me consistent with
his ebarae’er and habit through life of so
liciting money from sources where he had
no reason to expect it.” -
WHAT THE JCRT THINK.
A rumor is current tht the Guiteau jury,
with one exception, are satisfied of the
guilt and legal responsibiii’.v of the prisoner.
The twelfth juror, it is said, stoutly main
tains that Guiteau is as “crazy as a March
hare."
Mr. Scoville then read to Dr. Callender
the hypothetical case of the defense, and
the witness replied: ‘ Upon that hypothesis
his insanity Is a self-evident propoei'lon.”
Dr. Walter Kempsler, Superintendent of
the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane,
had devoted his attention to the study of
Insanity for the past fifteen years. Witness
was familiar with the process of taking the
conformity of the head, and did not believe
that much importance, as a rule, could be
attached to the shape of the head in deter
mining sanity or insanity. Witness exhib
ited a number of slips, showing the shape
as taken by conformity of the heads of a
number of prominent men, inc uling Treas
urer Gilfillan, Colonel Ingersol), Judge Car
ter and Colonel Corkhlll.
Consllerable amusement, jwas created by
the illustrations of the witness and t.he run
ntng c tnmen’s o’JGuiteau. Not a single dia
gram disclosed a symmetrical head, the wit
ness remarking that, possibly, not a single
perfectly symmetrical head might.be found
tn the court room. lathe ciseof Colonel
Ingersoll the witness remarked, pointing
with his finger, “this side appears flat as
compared with the other.”
Mr. Davidge—“lt bulges on the wrong
Side.”
The Witness—“ Yes; some would say so.”
Guiteau—“That shows that both he and
I are cranked in the same direction ”
“Col Corkhtll’s head,” said the witness,
“has a very marked depression on one
sid
Gu'teau (interrupting)—“l’ll bet you you
could put your loot In the depression in his
head.”
Witness (continuing)—“The depression
It very similar to that noticed in the pris
oner’s head.” [Laughter.]
Guiteau—“O, he’s cracked a great deal
worse than I am.”
The w tness was then asked if he had ever
seen a case, wh>*re a person committed
crime and claimed divine insplrar.i n, and,
if so, bow such persons deported themselves
before and after tbe ac?
He replied that in such cases delusion or
inspiration, as they claim it to be, comes
suddenly and with intense pressure, and
tha such persons set quickly and upon sud
den Impulse, delaying neither to consider
opportunity nor weapons; that, it would be
impossible to conceive, witßout actually
wltne s sing It, the energy, impetuosity and
determination with which persons acting
under an insane delusion carry out their
proposals. Witness did not believe in a
distinct type of insanity which could be
called “moral insanity.” It was simply a
convenient term which had been invented
to excuse the commission of heinous crimes.
Witness had never seen a case where an in
pane man after committing a crime boasted
of his insanity and urged it as an excuse for
a crime. Insane murderers do not parade
their acts, but on the contrary very rarely
will allude to them, unless a good deal of
Ingenuity Is U3ed to draw them out,. Wit
ness, until he entered this court room, had
never heard of a case of alleged Inspiration
that came from within. Always such per
sons claim to have beard the will of God nr
seen His image, or something of the sort.
Such an inspiration is never a conviction
arrived at after mature reflection on the
part of the person so affected.
Witness was asked if he believed the be
lief of the prisoner’s father, L. W. Guiteau,
that disease could be cured by prayer
should be taken as any evidence of insanity,
and replied: “By no means. We all know
that thousands and thousands of sane people
prayed daily for the salvation of President
Garfield’s life thts summer. They would
hardly have done so if they bad not a strong
belief in the efflcicy of prayer.”
Guiteau—“lt shows that the Lord and the
people don’t agree on this business. The
people are beginning to come over to my
side and the Lord’s, too.”
C >l. CoikhiH then read the hypothetical
questions of the prosecu'ion,and tbe witness
replied to each, “Taking the facts set forth
to be true, in my opinion he was sane.”
Witness had visited Guiteau in prison and
there asked him if he considered himself
insane. His reply wa-: “Not what you ex
perts call ineane, but legally insane.” When
asked what he meant by the term, the pris
oner 6ald if he could get the jury to believe
tnat he was acting under an Inspiration
from the Lord when he shot the President,
that would be all he wanted and would ac
quit him.
Guiteau bad been engaged with his mall
for some minutes, and he called out, “I
would like to have you know, ladies and
gett emeti, that, my letters now come ad
dressed Hon. Charles Guiteau. Quite a
change from last summer.”
Witness was cross-examined by Colonel
Reed, who produced a pamphlet report pre
pared by witness as Superintendent of the
Wisconsin Insane Asylum, and read ex
tracts from it. During the reading
a dispute arose between counsel,
who seem to have gradually de
veloped a vast amount of bitterness.
Some fifteen minutes had been consumed
in the dispute, when the court admonished
counsel that the trial must proceed without
co. Burning 60 much time in dlscuesing im
material disputes. Tbe cross-examination
was continued by Mr. Scoville, with an oc
casional outburst on the part of the
prisoner until the adjournment. “He came
here,” said Guiteau, referring to the wit
ness, “as an expert for the defense. That’s
what be 6aid when he was in my cell; but
good living at Willard’s and Corkhill’s
money have been too much for him.”
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observes, Wash
ington, D. C., December 29.—Indications
for Fridav:
In the South Atlantic States, colder, clear
ing weather, westerly winds, and higher
pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic States, rainy, fol
lowed by clearing weather, winds shifting to
colder westerly, and higher pressure.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather, west
erly winds, stationary or lower temperature
and higher pressure.
In the West Gulf States, fair weather,
winds northwester.y, falling followed by
rising temperature, and stationary or higher
pressure.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
colder, partly cloudy and light rain
or snow, winds mostly westerly, and higher
pressure.
Workmen Crashed by Cars.
Jersey City, December 29. —John Roo
ney and William Connell, employed by the
Pennsylvania Rtilroad Company, were al
most instantly killed by being crushed be
tween cars at Meadows’ shops to-day while
they were going to work.
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Humbugged Again.
I saw so much said about tbe merits of
Hop Bitters, and my wire, who was always
doctoring and never well, teased me so
urgently to get her some, 1 concluded to be
humbugged again; and I am glad I did, for
In less than two months’ use of the Bitters
mv wife was cured, and she has remained
so for eighteen months since. I like such
humbugging.— S. TANARUS., St. Pioneer-Press.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1881.
AFTER THE ROGUES.
Attorney General Browater and tbe
Star Houters.
Washington, December 29 —Col. George
Bliss, Special United States Attorney in
charge of the star route cases, submitted to
Attornf y General Brewster the recent corre
spondence between himself and Postmaster
General James regarding those cases. The
Attorney General writes that the proposed
proceedings meet his approval, and
that as 60on as he assumes
the duties of his office, which
will be within a few days, he will give Col.
Bliss special authority to pursue the sug
gested civil suits with all the promptitude
orderly litigation will permit. Mr. Brew
ster says the uttermost penny fraudulently
taken from the Treasury must be recovered.
The crimiua! trials must also be pushed
with equal promptitude. The Attorney
General says be himself will take an active
part in the trials of these cases In court,
and will in person lead the prosecution for
the United Btates.
COWARDLY MURDER.
A Woman Assenalnated In Ohio—The
miscreant Caught.
Cincinnati, December 29.—A special
from Gore, 0., says: “The authori
ties placed a guard about the house
of Mrs. Terrill, who was assassinated
last night, to prevent the obliteration
of the tracks of the assassin. As
soon as daylight came they traced him to
the residence of Mr. Arnold, a farmer, and
arrested Morgan Richard, one of Arnold’s
farm hands, as the criminal. He was armed
with a revolver,which had one empty cham
ber. He resisted arrest, but he was over
powdered, placed In a wagon and driven
rapidly to Logau to jail, barely escaping
lynching. No motive for the crime has
been discovered.”
THE ATLANTA MAIL ROBBERY.
Clerk Howard’s Pal Overhauled In
Ohio.
Cincinnati, December 29.—A Gazette's
Ironton, Ohio, epecial says: "Herman Er
licks was arrested to-day on the steamer
Jerry Osborne, at Catlettsburg, at the in
stance of Government Inspector Williams,
of Atlanta, charged with complicity with
W. H. Howard, a clerk in the
registry department of the Atlanta
post office, In robbing valuable
letters. Tbe storv Is that Howard took the
letters to Erlichs’ bakery, opposite the post
office, where, in a back room, they steamed
and opened them and divided the contents.
Upon Howard’s arrest, Erlichs fled here,
where he formerly lived.”
SHOT BY POLICE.
An Escaped Negro Convict Killed.
Memphis, December 29 —Ed. Nelms, the
negro murderer, who, with six others, re
cently escaped from the Hernando, Mies.,
jail, was killed this morning by Chief of
Police W. C Davis. Nelm, with three
others, was making for the Arkansas shore,
when they were intercepted by Chief Davis,
with Captains Hackett and O’Hara, also of
the police force. When Nelms was com
manded to halt he endeavored to shoot, hut
his gun missed Are Chief Divis theo fired
with fatal effect. Nelms and his party were
well armed with shotguns and pistols. Bis
companions were captured and lodged in
the station house.
Tbe New Vork Stock market.
New York. December 29 —Share specu
lation opened, in the main, % to 1% per
cent, lower than yesterday’s Closing prices,
tbe latter for Metropolitan Elevated, while
Richmond and Danville sold up 2 per cent.
In the early dealings a decline was recorded,
ranging from }£ to 1 per cent., while Wa
bash preferred eold down per cent. At,
noon the market, bad made an advance of
to 2 per cent., Wabash preferred and com
mon, Denver and R'o Grande, and Missouri
Pacific being most prominent therein.
In the early part of the afternoon the
market became irregular and unsettled, and
continued so to the close. The general list
showed but fractional fluctuations. Wabash
preferred, however, rose I>£ and Wabash
common 1 per cent. At the close the gen
eral market fell slightly, and closed in the
main somewhat quiet. Transactions aggre
gated 385,000 shares.
The Sonora Hallway.
San Francisco, December 29 —A dis
patch from Tucson, Arlzma, says : “The
Star has received the following :
“Hermosillo. Sonora, December 23
The railway officials to-day received ad
vices from Mexico permitting them to
proceed with the cons ruction of the Sonora
Railway on the Magdalena route. The
decision is a victory for them, as that
route Is their choice, and strong Influences
had been brought to bear in Mexico to in
duce the government to force the company
to take another route. Work will be re
sumed with the utmost dispatch, aod there
Is an abundance of material on hand.”
Proposed Changes In the French
Cabinet.
London, December 29 —The Paris cor
respondent of the Times says: “It is report
ed in well informed circles that the Cabinet
will shortly be modified; that M. Cochery,
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, will suc
ceed M. Allain Tarme as Minister of Fi
nance; that the Ministry of Fine Arts will
again become a branch of the Mtnlstry of
of Public Instruction, with M. Turqult as
Under Secretary. M. Paul Bert conse
quently gives up the Ministry of Worship,
which was recently united with the Minis
try of Public Instruction.”
Tbe London Block market.
London, December 29 —There was some
depression on the Stock Exchange yester
day In consequence of tbe death of a large
operator and the consequent compulsory
closing of his account of a million and a
half for a rise in home, foreign and Ameri
can stocks, but principally in home rail
ways. There have been two small failures
to-day in connection with the settlement,
and more are expected.
Tbo Garfield Profeaaorahlp at
Williams.
Boston, December 29 —Withio the past
few weeks tbe fund for the endowment of
tbe Garfield professorship at Williams Col
lege his received additions in this city to
tbe amount of about $8,003 Tbe total
amount raised for the object specified is
dow about $35,000, and the effort contem
plates about $15,000.
A Block In Ahe*.
Galveston, December 29 —A special
from Huntsville says: “A fire last night
destroyed the grocery store of J. R. Cox &
Son, the Masonic building, a twq story edi
fice west of Cox’s 6tore, a two story brick
building adjoining, occupied by E Jadickes
& Bons, and a two-story frame building,
occupied as a drug store. Tbe Insurance is
unknown.”
Hold Dash for Freedom.
Galveston, December 29.—A special from
Sulphur Springs says: “James Wallace and
King Horton, iwo convicts at work on the
Texas Pacific Railway, made a dash for lib
er! y yesterday, and were shot down by the
guards. Horton was killed. Wallace is
lying in a critical condition.”
Failure In Dallas.
Galveston, December 29 —A special
from Dallas says: “The dry goods estab
lishment of A. Israelky was closed by at
tachment yesterday. His creditors are in
Dallas and New York. His aseeis are not
known.”.
Flipper** Sentence.
Galveston, Decamber 29.— The military
authorities at San Aitonio are non-commit
tal in regard to Lieutenant Flipper’s sen
tence, bat. it is rumored that he has been
dismissed from the service.
Arms Discovered In Ireland.
London, December 29 —The police have
found a large quantity of rifles, bayonets
and cartridges In the vault of a Protestant
church at Rilkes hen, county Glare.
r
Good for (be Women.
Many lad es suffer from an extreme ner
vous semi-hysterical condition. They have
disturbing dreams, exciting muscnlar start
ings, peculiar painful symptoms of night
mare. They He awake and suffer the brain
to be flighty when that weary organ ought,
according to nature, to be asleep. Brown’s
Iron Bitters give sweet repose and quickly
remove all such nervous disorders.— Home
Physician.
A REIGN OF TERROR.
RIOTS THREATENED IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
Desperate Negroes Menacing Ply
month— Military Ordered to the
Scene—Grave Apprehensions Pelt.
Norfolk, December 29.—Information
has been received here of a threatened riot
at Plymouth, N. C. Hundreds of armed
negroes are In the town swearing destruc
tion to life and properly. The Mayor tele
graphed to Governor Jarvis to day for a
military force to suppress the violence.
The trouble grew out of the shooting of a
constable by two negroes, who were resist
ing arrest for breach of the peace, last Sat
urday, when one man was stabbed and some
others more or less injured In the ensuing
fray. Great fears are felt in the town.
Raleigh. N. C , December 29 —A later
(li9patch to the Neves and Observer from
Eden’on gives the following details of the
Plvmou'h riot:
On Saturday some negroes were fighting
among then-selves, when the town con
stable interfered. He was wounded, one of
his posse was mortally wounded and another
stabbed. On Tuesday arrests were made, and
some of the Darties were bound over by a
magistrate. On the way to jail the Sheriff
was attacked by negroes and the prisoners
released. They are still at large. The
doctor attending the dying man was attack
ed. The rioters are armed and defy the
civil authorities. Great excitement pre
vails in Plymouth, and Governor Jarvis has
ordered several companies to the’town.
Six inlUtH in Council.
New York, December 29 —Tbe resolu
tions adopted by the Boctali*tic-Labor party
to-day declare that, the tariff question In no
way affects the true Interests of the labor
ing population. The convention expelled
fifteen members (of whom Justus H.
Bchwab was one) who had been suspended
In March last for fraudulently calling them
selves the New York Bection of the Social
istic-Labor par'y, and issuing cards of
membership under that name.
Tweuty Cents on tbe Dollar.
Cincinnati, December 29 —A meeting of
the creditors of J. T. Warren & Cos. was
held this afternoon, and the firm made a
statement, showing their total assets to be
$95 000 and their total liabilities $345,000, of
which $125,000 is due the estate of J. H
Warren, deceased, and is a preferred claim.
The firm offers to pay twenty cents on the
dollar, and a committee was appointed to
consider the proposition.
Tbe Ltgbiablp Collision.’
London, December 29.—The Hamburg-
Ameriean steamer Gellert has arrived at
Hamburg. She was not aground off Cux
havtn as stated, but merely anchored for
safety in the fog.
The vessel which came in collision with
the South Arklow lightship on the coast of
Ireland is the British ship County of Sel
kirk.
Rochefort Acquitted.
Paris, December 29—Tbe trial of the
libel ca-e of M. Challemet Lacour against
M. Rochefort, of L'Zntransigeant, before the
Cirreational Tribunal of the S-ine, has re
sulted in the acquittal of M Rochefort. M.
Challemet Lacour Is condemned to pay the
court costs.
Diamond Cut Diamond.
Milwaukee, December 29—The “cut”
in all rail rates to and cents from
Chicago to New York and Boston was
promptly met within half an hour after its
announcement by a “cut” to 10 % and 15%
cents by the Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil
waukee Line.
The Kioto at Warsaw.
Warsaw, December 29.—The total num
ber of arrests of persons engaged in the re
cent riot is 1,700. The prisoners are mostly
young men.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
There is great, anxiety in Montreal regard
ing the 6uppiy of ice, not one pound having
been cut 6o far this season.
William G. Le Due, ex Commissioner of
Agrlcul.ure, has beeu elected a member of
the National Agricultural Boeietyof France.
The streams in Southwestern Indiana are
reported to be greatly swollen, flooding the
lowlands and seriously damaging the wheat
crop.
Michael O’Neil, a sailor of the United
States steamer Bt. Louis, was burned to
death at Bristol, Penn., by rolling against a
stove while drunk.
Edward Conners wa6 killed by jumping
or falling from the fifth floor of a building
in Jersey City a few nights ago. His wife,
who was the only person in the room
at the time of the alleged suicide, refused
to allow the dead body to be brought into
the house.
Last week’s issue of the Patent Office in
Washington was 340 patents, 19 designs and
24 trade marks. Of the patents 25 were
Issued to Thomas A. Edison alone—and this
is said to be “the largest number of patents
ever issued at one time by any government
to one person.” Edison’s patents now num
ber nearly 250.
The Naval Board of Survey, in the matter
of tbe collision of the flagship Tennessee
with the steamer Western Texas, in New
York harbor, find that all the blame for the
collision lies with the Western Texas.
It will require five or six weeks and cost
about $7,200 to repair the Tennessee’s
damages.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times says: “An iefluential Japanese gentle
man informed me during a conversation
that Japan, for some time past, has been
earnestly desirous to remodel her commer
cial relations with Europe and America.
Japan has already drawn the attention of
the powers concerned to her aims, and their
representatives will hold a conference at
Tokio on the subject early in January.”
It is understood that the committee of
the American Bar Association will, at its
meeting in New York, in February, aldopt
the plan for the relief of the Supreme Court
of the United States which contemplates
the establishment of another court, to con
sist of fifteen Judges. A member of the
committee says this action will be taken in
deference to the wishes of the Judges of
the Supreme Court rather than for otter
reasons.
District Attorney Corkhlll said recently
that the government had expected to sub
mit tbe Guiteau case to the jury this week,
“but the defense having concluded to bring
in additional expert witnesses be could pre
dict no limit for the trial.” The prosecu
tion will now put more expert witnesses on
the stand to strengthen their case. Colonel
Corkhill thinks the government can deliver
its closing argument in one day, but that
the defense will re quire several days.
RUNNING AWAY WITH A SEVEN
TEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
How a Vermont Deacon Celebrated
Christmas.
Bristol (Ft) Special, 2? th.
Deacon Benjamin F. Sheldon, of the Ad
vent Church, an old resident of this village,
aged about forty years, has eloped with
Miss Jennie Clark, aged seventeen, leaving
his wife and family in straitened circum
stances. Deacon Sheldon was in the em
ploy of the Bristol Manufacturing Company,
engaged in the manufacture of coffins. He
haß for some time past expressed an inten
tion to iavest a small capital in the boot and
shoe business, aud under this pretext he
recently induced his wife to sign a mortgage
on their homestead, and he raised abodt
SI,OOO by quietly disposing of mo6t of his
available effects. Some three weeks ago
Sheldon’s wife went to Brandon, Vt., some
fifty miles south of this village, ot; a visit to
relatives.
Meantime Deacon Sheldon bad for his
housekeeper Miss Jennie Clark, an adopted
daughter of his next-door neighbor, Samuel
Stewart. Mi6s Clark was a member of the
same church with Sheldon and a pupil in
the Sahbaik school class of which Sheldon
was the teacher. On Friday last, on receiv
ing intelligence of the intended return of
the wife from her Brandon visit, the couple
took tbe morning train south with tickets
purchased for New York city, where they
are now supposed to be. The wife o* Shel
don is a woman of prepossessing appearance,
while Miss Clark Is said to be Very plain
looking. Sheldon has heretofore borne ap
unblemished reputation in this community,
and bis conduct has astonished h[s friands.
He had a pleasant home on one of the pri -
cipa! stree s. He had managed to sell most
of his property, and leaves his wife and
children—two d-ughters aged nine and
eleven years respectively—ln straitened
circumstances,
Catarrh of the Bladder.
Stinglur, smarting, Irritation of the uri
nary passages, diseased discharges, cured
by "Buehupaiba.” Druggists. Depot, Os
ceola Butler, Savannah.
LEASE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN.
“Division** Antagonised—The Lease
of the Road by the Central Justi
fied and the Contract Should be
Adhered to—lf there be a Division
Let It be Made with Strict Regard
to Good Faith.
Editor Morning Neves : It so happens that
I could only give a hasty glance at the
Interesting communication ot “Division” in
your paper of Wednesday until a late hour
last night. The general views ot the writer
I do not propose to discuss, as I may or may
cot accept many of them on mature reflec
tion. Where the right exists the stock
holder is at liberty to decide on the policy
of exercising it, but if in the plenitude of
newly acquired power there Is a disposition
to deride and set aside the well considered
acts of those who exercised control In years
gone by, some word of honest protest
should be spoken.
Referring to the action of the Central
Railroad Directors in June last “Division”
speaks thus: “By withholding dividends
and declaring delayed ones In lump, from
the unfortunate wording of the lease of the
Southwestern Railroad Company, the stock
holders of that corporation enjoyed an ad
vantage In that division of exceeding twenty
per cent, as against the shareholders of the
Central. (The Italics are in the original.)
“Unfortunate wording I” Unless the writer
adopts the theory that words were made to
conceal our ideas, then the sole question is
did the words used convey the Intentions
of those who used them ? Did they de
clare and announce tbe contract as It
was actually made by the contracting
partie ? Where is the witness connected
with those transactions who will say the
word do not utter and perpetuate the con
tract? If there is one, let him stand up and
testify. If they do so express the intention
then there was no “unfortunate wording”
ex:ept for those who find It impossible,
after the lapse of more than twelve years, so
to construe these *words as to enable them
to perpetrate a conspicuous wrong. There
Is always “unfortunate wording” when the
law, whether it be of the Legislature or of
the contract, is foun 1 to be t>o strong for
him who seeks to evade its provisions or es
cape from its clutches.
“No man e’er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law."
A full and free discussion of the true
meaning and intent of the words used, read
by the light of circumstances then surround
ing the connecting parties, is eutlrely legi
timate, for in that way only can we ascer
tain what the contract really is; that this im
plied arraignment of the men who, twelve
years ago, discharged the trust committed
to them, and disposed of their property in
the manner deemed best for all concerned,
because such action on their part and at
that time now thwarts tne projects of the
fresh arrivals of stockholders who seek con
trol, can meet with no kind response from
any conservative, falr-tbinking man I
Let our new “Division” commander mar
shal his hosts—the only Inscription on their
banners, “put money in thy purse”—and go
forth “conquering and to conquer;” but let
him cot hurl his hungry columns against
the racks of those who are old-fashioned
enough to plead for the sauctity of covenants
and are not so blinded by the hope of gain
’hat they fail to see the obligations imposed
by Good Faith.
TROUBLES IN LIBERIA.
Instructions to Captain McCor
mack, of the ‘ Enei.”
Washington Special to New York Herald, 28th.
The troubles in Liberia are in the north
western part of the republic, and are said to
have been fomented bv traders, who object
to the customs dues at the port of entry,
and who have incited the natives against
the government authori'y. Secretary Huut
has received a letter of thanks from the
officers of the American Colonization So
ciety on his notifying them that the Essex
bas been ordered to Monrovia They speak
of Liberia as the child of American philan
thropy, and refer to the excellent effect
caused by the visit of Captain Semmes in
the Alaska in 1876 The instructions to
Captain McCormack, of the Esex, are
similar to those given to Captain Semmes at
that time, under which he managed to se
cure a treaty of peace which has lasted
until recently. Tbe E scx will not remain
longer on the African coast than necessary,
and will afterward proceed to her station in
the South Pacific. Her commander is cau
tioned to take every precaution to secure
the health of bis crew.
That part of his iustruc’lons which re
late to Liberia is as follows: The Secretary
firet directs the ve=sel to stop at Porto
Grande to inspect the naval cemetery there,
and continues: “On the completion of this
duty proceed to Monrovia, west coast of
Africa. Oa arrival you will place yourself
in communication with the Con?ul General
of the United States and with the President
of the Republic of Liberia. You will inform
those officers that the vessel under your
command has been ordered by the United
States Government to visit Liberia—first,
for the protection of American citizens and
interests; second, to manifest the friendly
interest of cur government toward the
citizens and government of Liberia; and,
third, for the purpose of showing the flag
to the natives within the limits of Liberia
and of acting in conjunction with the
Liberian authorities in the suppression of
revolt among the native tribes against the
lawfully constituted authorities of that re
public. Your are authorized to embark on
board your ship either the President of
Liberia or any officer of that government
he may select to visit with you such points
as may be necessary for the purpose indi
cated.”
THE NICARAGUA CANAL SCHEME
Who are Interested la It and Wliat
Tbey Intend to Do.
Washington Correspondence Boston Post.
Another business sffalr is interested in
Mr. Blaine’s diplomatic correspondence, al
though there is no more evidence that Mr.
Blaine is connected with the Nicaragua
Canal Company than there was of his con
nection with the Peruvian company. It is a
fact, nevertheless, that a projected corpora
tion, of which, strangely enough, ex-Prest
dent Grant is a charter member, is deeply
concerned in the proposed modification of
the Clayton-Bulwer trea'y Little more than
a year ago Engineer Menocal, of the United
States navy, obtained a concession from the
Nicaraguan Government by which certain
citizens of the United States were given the
privilege of building; an interoceanic ship
canal over Menoca,’s and Ammen’s sur
veyed route. Last year and this year bills
were introduced in Congress incorporating
the Nicaragua Canal Company. It will be
necessary, the projectors of the enterprise
think, to secure the abrogation or modifica
tion of the treaty in question as a condition
precedent to tbe guarantee by thts govern
ment of the 3 per cent, dividend on the cost
of the canal sought for in the charter. A
number of prominent public men are intere
ested in the proposed canal. Besides Gen.
Grant, there are his friends General Beal,
Congressman Crapo, of Massachusetts, Ad
miral Ammen, Commissioner Lorlng, ex-
District Commissioner Phelps and Congress
man Kasson, who will take care of the
canal’s interests In the Hoase. All of these
men are enthusiastic believers in the feasi
bility and importance of the subject. So
far as can be learned Mr. Blaine bas no in
terest whatever in the affair. It is tbe in
tention of the projectors to make a vigorous
effort to secure the passage of the charter
recently introduced in the Senate by Sena
tor Miller, of California. The incorporators
say that thev are assured of the necessary
capital as soon as the charter shall become
a law, and they further say that the govern
ment will never be called upon for a dollar
under the guarantee. They are convinced
of the impracticability of the scheme, both
ot tbe De Leeseps and Captain Eads. Re
cently, however, General Grant, who, last
sprlDg, published an article In the North
American Review In favor of the project, has
been lncltped to withdraw from it and to
lend a friendly aid to Captain Eids. He
has, however, not yet formally withdrawn,
aod It is the hope of the projectors of the
canal that he wIU continue to be associated
with them.
Russian Convicts for Siberia.—
There recently arrived in Liverpool $
Urge Russian steamer named the Nishni
Novgorod, which was laden with sugar,
ftut the cargo she will soon take in at
bebastopol will be of a quite different
sort. It will be six hundred Russian
convicts for transport to Siberia, the
steamer having been specially fitted up
for the conveyance of prisoners. Be
tween her decks is a large space inclosed
in strong iron bars and divided into
compartments which closely resemble
cages. About one hundred aud thirty
men man the ship, some of whom have
evidently been soldiers, while the Cap
tain and officers have seen service aboard
ships of war.
CAPITAL GLEANINGS.
THE RETURN OF THE OLD
GUARD.
A Memorable Christmas— Hobeson
In Clover—A Jolly Reign of Job
bery Foreshadowed—Tired of Grant
—Tbe Bee In Logan’s Bonnet-
Slim Chances for TarlflT Reform.
Washington, December 26.—T0-day is Mon
day. Yesterday was Christmas day, but the
date under which I write Is the one that is ob
served as Christmas. All of the departments
and all business housqs are closed to-day.
Yesterday the churches were crowded. To day
If services were held they would be crowded.
There is hardly a person to be seen on the
streets. The gray sky which predicts rain may
have something to do with the desertion of the
streets, but the people are keeping their houses
today, and there is nothing stirring. The
present has been by far the brightest Christ
mas that Washington has known for many
years. The Lord has dealt very well with the
people of Washington during the past year.
There have been very few discharges, com
paratively, in the public offices, and the trade
of the butcher, the baker and the candle-stick
maker has been above the average. The only
thing that tended to mar an unusually brilliant
Christmas was the fact that the gov
ernment employes were not, as usual,
paid off before Christmas. But that
was not much of a drawback.
The clerks had resources where they could
borrow at a big rate of interest, and they
availed themselves of the resource. It cost
them a little more to celebrate Christmas, but
they celebrated it all the same. I have noticed
this Christmas very few drunken men on the
streets. There are plen’y of them who have
been drinking, but very few, when other years
are thought of, who are drunk. Taking it all in
all, this has be>-n an exceptionally brilliant
Christmas for this latitude.
THE OLD CROWD.
Robeson played a large hand in making up
the committees of the House. He put himself
second on the Committee on Appropriations,
and second on the Naval Committee. He also
shaped the composition of those committees
so that the old crowd of Robeson strikers and
contractors will have full swing when any big
appropriations for building up the navy are
made. Robeson has so shaped the commit
tees of the House that the old ring is very
hopeful of a return of “those good old days."
aDd do not hesitate to so announce them
selves. The proposed building up of the navy
is being daily surrounded by additional ele
ments which carry with them mistrust It is
somewhat doubtful under the existing circum
stances if the appropriation which the navy
needs to start it on an efficient basis will be
granted.
ROBESON TO GET EVEN.
There are in the Navy Department in promi
nent places a number of officers of the navy
who were prominent in giving information
which led to Robeson having the public ban of
official dishonesty put upon him. 3 hese gen
tlemen are much disconcerted at the big hand
which Robeson is now playing.
They see him the leading light of
the Republican party in tne House, aid in
close communion with President Arthur and
the stalwart leaders. They think that these
circumstances foretells their fate. They fully
expect to be relieved from their present easy
positions. Robeson will doubtless see that
they are. He is revengeful and vindictive. He
saw that in making up the House committees
Speaker Keifer degraded to tbe most minor
place General Whitihorne, of Tennessee, wbo
first unearthed Robeson, and he will doubtless
see that all others who were against the Robe
son stealings are similarly dealt with. Robe,
son is a power with the present administration.
GRANT.
A gentleman and a politician—it may seem
strange to have these two generic terms con
nected—to-day told the News man that the bill
to place Grant on the retired list would at least
pass tbe Senate. He gave me the information
that Logsn and his crowd had received assur
ances from Giant that he would retire forever
from politics if he should be placed
on the retired list of the army. Logan
et al, are somewhat tired of the Grant yoke in
politics and are very anxious to be relieved
toerefrom. They have ambitions themselves
politically and do not want to be forever bound
to Grant. In view of Grant’s promise they
will exert all their endeavors to secure the
passage of the bill to put their boss upon the
retired list. They wnt to get rid of their old
man of the sea. It is hinted that Logan, who
is the deadly foe of Lradley Murray, although
the latter is deceased, has the Presidential itch
very badly and has hopes that he will be the
stalwart nominee in 1884.
THE TARIFF.
If the Morrill tariff commission bill parses
the Senate it will not pass the House. The
Garland commission bill meets with the
greatest favor in both houses. The only thing
that tbe high tariff men can do when the Mor
rill bill is defeated is to secure the defeat of
the Garland bill and leave the matter just as it
is. This seems to be tbe plan which
they will pursue. Unable to carry the
method which they have been
forced to adopt in the public demand
for anew tariff, they will endeavor to defeat
any measure which at all comes up to that de
mand. It looks now as if they would be suc
cessful unless the tariff revisionists are very
alert and active. The impression among the
best informed is that there is not much chance
during the present session of anything being
done with the tariff. Potomac.
EADS’ SHIP RAILROAD.
What Captain Williams, who Sur
veyed the Route Across the Isth
mus, Has to Say.
New Orleans Times-Democrat, 24th.
Yesterday a representative of the
Times-Democrat had the pleasure of
meeting Capt. J. J. Williams, the engi
neer who surveyed the proposed route of
the Eads ship railroad across the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec.
Capt. Williams said: “The Isthmus of
Tehuantepec is divided into three divis
ions, the Atlantic, Pacific and Middle,
starting on the Atlantic side. At the
mouth of the Coatzacoalcos river there
is a bar covered only by a depth of
fourteen feet of water, but this bar,
which is of clay and gravel, can be
easily removed; and that done, with
a little dredging of the river in
places ships drawing thirty feet of water
can sail up the river a distance of thirty
miles to Ceiaba Bonita, where the ship
railroad route, as surveyed by me, will
begin. Striking southeast from here for
a distance of about 48i miles, the road
reaches a point near Piayo, Grenado; it
then turns south and runs in that direc
tion a distance of 36 2-3 miles, until it
reaches a point near Tras Picos, at tbe
junction of the Chichihula and Tarifa
rivers. Here it runs southwest for 19i
miles, to the Niltepec road on the Pacific
plains, and from there the distance to the
Pacific lagoon is only 11$ miles.
“The length of the road from deep
water to deep water will be 116$ miles.
“Captain Eads estimates the cost at
$75,000,000 to $100,000,000, but that is
a rough estimate, as no complete survey
has yet been made. In my opinion, a
complete survey will reduce that esti
mate very materially.”
“What particular advantage will a
ship railroad, such as Captain Eads pro
poses, have over a ship canal such as De
Lesseps is at work on?”
“Well, sir, in the first place it can be
easier built, and in the second it can be
double tracked, if necessary, so that
ships can be run from ocean to ocean
without any delays, such as will occur on
a canal where one ship must wait for an
other to pass.”
Captain Williams thinks that Captain
Eads’ plan is a feasible one, and that the
ship railroad will do all the ’ork that is
expected of it. He also st es that if
the present ship railroad bill introduced
in the Senate by Senator Vest, of Mis
souri, is passed, work will be com
menced on the Isthmus within the next
three or four months He will leave for
Mexico on the steamship City of Merida,
which sails to morrow morning.
Infbctep Corpses Burned. The
Board of Health of New York recently
received a notice from the New York,
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Com
pany stating that on December 22(1 the
bodies of George and Frederick Cun
ningham, who died from small-pox,were
exhumed from the town of new lota,
Brooklyn, by Undertaker Ferdinand
Brown, and after being placed in ordi
nary wooden eofflns were taken through
New York city, and shipped on the Erie
Road to WelJaburg, Chemung county.
The coffins leaked in the case, so that
the danger of the disease spreading was
imminent, and such excitement pre
vailed on their arrival at Wellsburg that
the company had to run the contamina
ted car to Elmira, when it was switched
off into the fair grounds and disinfected.
The bodies of the two men were burned.
A millionaire, who was looking at a level
tract of land which he had just boyght
at an extravagant price, said to the agent
who had sold it to him, “I do admire
a rmh, gieen flat.” “So do I,” signifl-
C&ntiy replied the agent.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
FROM MENTOR TO ELBERON.
Colonel Rockwell’s Story of -ihe
Presidential Episode In General
Garfield’s Life.
January “Century."
It has been my singular fortune and
happiness to have enjoyed the confi
dence and friendship of him whom
everybody is mourning; a friendship of
a life-time, which has known “no shadow
of turning.” In the light of that friend
ship, I make record here of some recol
lections of General Garfield, with no
purpose of adding to his fame, for that is
secure; but by way of illustration of those
great qualities of head and heart which
have served to endear him to his country
men. *******
On his return from Chicago after his
nomination, someone on the train ob
served that “Garfield would now be
common property, and the target for all
kinds of abuse.” Overhearing the re
mark, he turned to an intimate friend,
saying:
“Do you hear how I am to be handl
ed?”
After some further conversation on
the subject, which was followed by a
period of thought and silence, he looked
up and said:
“You have a great deal of practical
sense. What is the remedy?”
“Don’t listen to it,” I said. “You
mean,” he rejoined, “don’t hear it”
“That can be done in one way. Why
can’t I set up Garfield the candidate, to
receive all this fire, which, after ali, will
be aimed at the candidate, and keep my
self near enough to advise him what to
do and say. Then can I give him the
benefit of my best judgment. What do
you thiuk of the idea?”
“It looks well,” was the reply, “and
you can carry it into execution, if it is
possible to be done by any man.”
“Very well,” he responded, “I’ll try
it.”
I recount this detailed conversation for
its importance as furnishing the key to
his bearing throughout his brief Presi
dential career. *****
As the time for the election approach
ed, it became more and more apparent
to his friends that the mere question of
his personal success or failure was in
significant to him, as a factor in the con
test. He wished for success infinitely
more for the sake of the gratification it
would give to his friends than for any
power, emolument, or honor that should
come to him. Bidding a near friend
good-bye, only a few days before the
election, he said, with a touch of almost
boyish humor:
“You will not think any the less of
me if I am not elected, wiil you?”
Soon after the election General Gar
field announced his purpose to be “a
first class listener,” and patiently and
philosophically received the advice and
suggestions of his party friends concern
ing the shaping of his course. Through
all the enthusiasm and ceremonial of the
inauguration there was still the same
calm intellectual poise, the same perfect
self-control and mastery. The glories of
the present were brilliant and attractive
enough, but to him the future brought a
sobering, saddening prospect. “Four
vears hence,” said he, “I shall leave the
Presidency, still a young man but with
no future before me; to become a politi
cal reminiscence—a squeezed lemon, to
be thrown away.”
Perhaps no better illustration of
General Garfield's mighty endurance and
capacity for work can be given than that
contained in the history of the 3d and
4th of March. The third was passed in
a continuous round of receptions of
friends, and the important conferences
relating to his Cabinet; the close of the
day bringing unwonted weariness, only
to be followed by a banquet at the White
House, and the reunion of his class
mates. Returning late to his hotel, some
time after midnight, he redrafted nearly
three fourths of his inaugural address;
his faithful and devoted secretary, Mr.
Brown, assisting him in his toil.* The
rough sheets of this important paper,
now in my possession, bear testimony to
his indomitable perseverance and will,
and his fastidious and scholarly tastes.
These manuscripts are voluminous, and
exhibit in a remarkable way his habits
of thought and work, his fund of
knowledge, and his versatility and reach
in the handling of the great problems of
statesmanship. There are no less than a
half dozen separate and distinct drafts of
the address in whole or in part, each
profusely adorned with notes, interlines-
tions, and marginalia. The mass of re
jected material is valuable and sugges
tive, aad, if apDropriatelj arranged,
would make a paper of no small worlh
and proportion. When, at the reading
of one of these tentative drafts to me in
February last, I had expressed to him my
desire to possess it, he exclaimed, in his
characteristic and original way: •‘What!
you would not wish the staggerings of
my mind, would you?”
Probably no administration ever opeu
ed its existence under brighter auspices
than that of President Garfield, but it
was not long before his great vitality
showed visible signs of yielding to the
dragging wear of the never-ending de
mands and importunities for place.
Each day brought its exhausting physi
cal fa igue and intellectual weariness—
the result of a continual din of selfish
talk. Fairly staggering into the library
at the close of a specially exhausting
day, hesa’dto me: “I cannot endure
this much longer; no man, who has passed
his prime, can succeed me here, to wrestle
with the people as I have done, without
its killing him.”
The President was scarcely free from
the anxiety of his mother’s illness in the
late spring before she, whose light and
comfort had done more to make his life
happy than all his achievements and
triumphs, was prostrated by a dangerous
illness. Dividing his time between the
cares of his office and her chamber, he
gave her that devotion which was to be
so soon, so amply and so heroically
repaid. He was specially touched by
the delicate and sympathetic expressions
which came to him through the news
papers in reference to his affliction. Qn
one occasion, reading a sympathetic para
graph in one of the local papers, he re
quested me to inquire the name of the
writer, that I might convey to him his
thanks and appreciation. # * * *
With the startling events of the fate
ful second of July, and the incidents of
the memorable eighty days, the reader
is almost as familiar as if he had stood in
the place of those whose privilege it was
to mir> Voter to him. It has been remark
ed that the President scarcely referred to
his assassin. He seems to have fore
shadowed his feelings in one of his little
speeches during the campaign, in which
he said: “If a man murders you with
out provocation, your soul bears no
burden of the wrong; but all the aDgels
of the universe will weep for the mis
guided man who oommitted the mur
der.”
When Mrs. Garfield thinks of the
seriousness with which be would send
her away from him, when he would say,
“Yes, go and ride; I want you to;”
“You must go to bed now; I can’t let
you sit up any longer,” or “Go down to
the table; you must preside there,” she
wonders that she dared to leave him,
even for a moment; yet his gentle firm
ness compelled obedience, and went far
to encourage the hope in which she lived.
Even that first night, when he said to her,
“Go, now, and rest, I shall want you
near me when the crisis comes,” she did
not, or would not, think that he referred
to his death,although she afterward knew
he did. The tenderness with which he
withheld from her what she now believes
he felt would be his fate deluge# her
heart with tears.
Kidney Disease Cared.
Chbistiansbukg, V\., 1381.
Suffering from kidney diseases, from
which I coaid get no relief either from
medicine or the prominent physicians of
oar ecuntry, I tried Brown’s Iron Bitters,
which cared me completely. A child of
mine recovering from scarlet fever had no
appetite, and did not seem to be able to eat
at all. I gave him Iron Bitters with the
happiest results. J. Kxu> Montagu*.
THE SURVIVORS OF THE JEN
NETTE.
Their Probable Homeward Route—
A Pleasure Trip Through a Flu#
Country.
Mr. Perry M. D. Collins, who is now
in New York, had a contract with the
Russian Government in the year 1865
for building a telegraph line into and
through Siberia, down the Amoor river,
to the eastern coast, which was after
wards transferred to the Western Union
Company, but the line was constructed
under his direction and that of Mr.
Kennan, whose letter to the Secretary of
the Navy has lately been published. * In
the course of his explorations he has be
come familiar with the country, so that
his observations regarding the probable
condition of the Jeannette’s crew are of
interest. Mr. Collins said that
he had little to add to what Mr. Kennan
had already said, but that he is quite
confident that the missiDg boat will be
found, and that the hardships of all the
survivors are ended.
“I am sure,” he said, “that they are
now enjoying every comfort and every
luxury of civilized life. The mere fact
that they are shipwrecked seamen would
guarantee it Besides, they are Ameri
cans. Moreover, they are naval men.
Rest assured that the Russian Govern
ment and people will do their utmost in
their behalf. As to their journey home
ward, the best route is by way of Mos
cow. They will undoubtedly take that
8o far from its being one of difficulty or
discomfort, it is one of absolute pleas
ure. I never enjoyed anything more in
my life than my sledge ride from Irkutsk
to Moscow. The distance is about 3,500
miles, and I was twenty seven days on
the journey. That was about 130 miles
per day. Talk of a sleigh ride in Central
Park alongside of a sleigh ride like that!
Thermometer? Why, sometimes the
mercury was forty degrees below zero,
but the air was still and drv. I was
wrapped up in furs. I had three, four,
five and sometimes six horses to my
sledge, scampering to the music of bells
over the seemmgly boundless plains and
through the dense forests. Almost every
night I was quartered at some noble
man’s or gentleman’s house in the towns
or in the country, where the most pro
fuse hospitality was extended to me, for
I was under government conddct, as
these men will be.”
Being asked about the likelihood of
Capt. Berry of the Rodgers getting in
formation of the loss of the Jeannette
and the safety of her crew, Mr. Collins
said:
“He has beard all about it long ago.
There is an extensive trade all along the
coast in summer carried on in boats, and
in winter on sledges all the way to Behr
ing's straits lam sure that Captain De
Long and Captain Berry have been in
communication with each other, and
unless the latter has some further orders
to hunt up that valuable North Pole so
that anothet expedition will be sent to
find him, he will get back to San Fran
cisco as soon as tile breaking up of the
ice will allow him to get through
the straits. I don’t see any good
that will come out of this whole
thing excepting that our people may
learn something about Siberia. I don’t
believe there are ten men in the United
States that know anything about it
Why, sir, it is one of the finest countries
in the world. The summers are short,
it is true, but you can almost see things
grow—and they do grow away up to
nearly seventy degrees—wheat, barley,
rye, buckwheat, oats, and everything
else in the greatest abundance. There is
a territory far larger than ours, with six
millions of inhabitants, a territory
abounding in cereals, minerals, cattle
and sheep, and yet most people think it
is a prison or a skating park.”
Mr. Dunmire’s Significant Posture.
—Mrs. Dunmire, formerly the wife of
the assassin, was reserved until the last.
He was nervous while she was on the
stand, and felt great relief when she left
it. Behind the slight, girlish figure stood
her dark-faced husband, with his hand
on his hip pocket. It may have been
that he had no intention of using the
weapon upon which he kept his hand,
although he intimated before he entered
the court room that he would stand no
nonsense from the miserable little
wretch. At any rate Guiteau, whose
eyes were glued upon his former wife
aud her protector, was impressed by the
act. —Cincinnati Commercial.
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