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(0Dli, ns Second Class Matter.
OLD ALE.
KSSMr W. LONGFELLOW.
c orse of my long life hath reached at
t fragile bark o'er a tempestuous sea,
T>e common harbor where mnst rendered be
. ‘ Vitint of all ’he actions of the past.
The impassioned phantasy that, vague and
Matie art an ideal and a king to me,
Wan illusiOD, and but vanity
w-fr tfc- desires that lured me and harassed.
Tie dreams of love that were so sweet of
yore.
What are they now, when two deaths may be
mine —
. . n e *ure and one force >sting its alarms f
Fmintiosr so i sculpture sat 'sfy no more
ar.iil now turning to the Love Divine,
’ That op“*i. to emb-ace us, on the cross its
arms.
Georgia Affair?.
Stephen Arnold, a colored boy, is held at
Griffin charged with stealing a gold watch left
in charge of a Mr McFarland.
Or. A. A. Smith, of Pu ! aski county, was
thrown from his horse down an embarkment
and narrowly e.caped serious, if not fatal in
cur
Gilbert M ilkerson. colored, of Schley county,
has been possessed of a key to the store of a
Hr Battle, for three or four months past, and
has been supplying his relatives freely with
pods taken there’rom. Gilbert is now in jail.
Dr. J. J. Dearing’s residence in Coving*on
caught fire one day last week, and for a time
the townspeople were in fear of a conflagra
tion.
As Emmett Maddox, a little white boy, was
nietly walking on the embankment near the
□meral sprngs. near At’ant a. Tuesday even
ing. he was attacked by two negro boys, who
attempted to take his handkerchief. He
threatened to tell his father on them when
one of them threw a rock and struck him on
die side of the head cutting a small gash which
fed prousely.
Mr. El'zur Newton died Tuesday evening.
Hr. Newton was one of the oldest, if not the
eldest citizen in Athens, and was a man re
gected by aIL Extreme old age was the cause
of his death.
At the meeting of the Railroad Commission
Tuesday afternoon the Macon delegation pre
Kited their petition in behalf of the repeal of
Grcula- No 20; as also did Mr. Fink, of the E.
TANARUS, Va <£ Ga The question is held under con
sideration. The ' ommission met again Wed
is day to hear Colonel Schlatter, of the Bruns
vick and Albany Road, on the same subject.
Mr. Jere Bunch, an aged and well known ciii
:en of Macon, died suddenly in bis chair on
Wednesday shortly after eating his dinner.
An effort is making to reorganize the Gover
sor’s Horse Guards, of Mi ledgeville.
The dwelling house of Mr. Harmon Hunt, on
Swift creek, in Doolv county, together with all
his household furniture, was destr yed by fire
od Saturday night last.
A colored girl living on the plantation of Mr
Joseph H McKenzie, in Dooly county, was left
by her moth-r in charge of the smaller child
ren Going too near the fire her clothes caught,
die ran into the yard, and before assistance
conld be given her clothing had been burned
entirely off The unfortunate child died the
same night in great agony.
Sanriersvil e Mercury: “We learn from Mr.
Wm Holmes tliat a little girl fell intq the fire
some time back and had her arm buret very
adr, th- bum cured up but something like a
cn er appeared on the a"m, and got so bad
that it had to be amputated, which was sue
cessfully done last week by Dr. 8. B. Mills, of
our county, and Dr. Stone, of Linton.”
Americus Republican: “In turning suddenly
in their buegv Sunday morning, Messrs. Ben
Dut.bar and Martin Prince were thrown out,
and Mr. Prirce received severe bruises on his
sdranrt thigh. wich necessitates the usirg of
a crutch The cause was tha cry of a lady
who wanted a phvsician immediately for her*
ser. whom she thought to be dying. Mr.
Dunbar jerked hi* horse around so suddenly
M to throw it down and overturn the buggy.”
Americas Republican: “On Sunday mom
inrab'ut three o’clock, as Mr. J. A. Powell, of
this city, was returning from a trip Into the
e untry. the mule drawing the buggy became
frightened, just this side of Parker's mill, and
fin down into the wiwids, overturning and
breakirg the buggy, and throwing Mr. Powell
out He fel heav iy upon his side and breast,
tvcming severe bruises, and has since been
(pitting blood. He says that, while feeding
rry *,re mtema'ly, he does not think there is
uj serious injury.
Fort Valley Mirror: “On Monday night last,
during a heavy thunder storm, while Mr. rte
tbrn Barber and family were sitting in the
family room befo-e the fireplace, a bolt of
nghtnmg, h ; ch is supposed to have come
down the chimney, killed little Newton. Mr.
Barrier s eldest son. and w- unded Mrs. Barber
Md her little babe. Little Newton was a bright
Httie hiy about seven years of age, and was
the pride aid joy of his doting parents, and the
t-'ckof hi. sad and sudden death has been
r-ry great to them, Mr Barber resides In
Crawford ci unty, about five miles from town.”
Augusta Sews: “On Saturday last the wife
“ colored man emp oyed as guard at the
butcher pen of Deas & Palmer was assaulted
JF 4 bsrly negro fieod. The tenant
‘■id left tiis home to come to the
°ty. and on his return heard smothered
frrm his room, and goirg in saw his wife
’the floor and the fiend chokiog her badly,
ae went for a loaded carbine in the house, and
vuh this he knocked the assassin down, who
k'-e and tried to kill the husband wlrh a
*rre iron wrench. The husband then pulled
'■rgii-r and let him have a load of slugs and
Pieces of lead in the head and face, wounding
“a probably fatally.”
Sandersvi le Mercury: "Mrs. Wicker, the
f Colonel T. O Wicker and Mr. John
J "•' lier. *h-n ft jnrf twelve years old, was
;n the forehead by ahorse, fracterin*
-* r *ull Her phvriciam took an old Spanish
*cd cut it and put one half over the
-rv-ure which she carries to this day. The
'■or half was either misplaced or lost a"d
u. r . WM t ’und until a few days ago, when
f "“rains, who occupies the house
*. wa* having the door facing repaired the
" a,ne it. stored away behind
v' .• •“'•iDg. where it has been for 7* years.
_ w still liying and is in good health
™ a about -l years old.”
Journal: “Onlast Saturday night.
”‘ Vhe o’clock. Deputy Sheriff McLellan
irr • £ ,1 ““ * te P to the jail, unlocked the
_ - . i".r and then the cell door, and told the
and v-. han l him out the plates The cell
y r , *- 4 'rf: about two inches ajar while Mr.
were *rpt hig foot against the door. There
*; T rn j nsoners in this cell. Newt Robn
tfcr*- C ?, ored ' rushed against the door and
i, ‘‘open enough to slip out, and he darted
. • r , i t “ e 1 he other six prisoners made
H , wo to lmita’e Kubinaoa’s action, but Mr.
tuLn? , c ‘ oseil the door very quickly and
e . anr * by this time Robinson was
..ce the Jal | e , ir( j rn Jfr. Me Delia n pur
ftired two shots after the fleeing
ii. UT be *as unable to overtake him,
escaped.”
In* 0 *? ** * ™ continue to come thick and
A-,,®® Eoaland about the adulteration of
jj 4 . cotton. The following from a
km. . >r r per icetancea probably an ex-
Uni ,T* S ‘ : “We were Invited to Wellington
Asm,., mr rcirg to examine a bale of
llrhi7? , Co ‘ton which waa found to be
*Mof n, u! ’ tr afed with sand. The cotton
!it 1 1. ‘. e roedtum qu%ll*y, and waa bought
of tfc'Jv'V 0 ' 0,1 tk e 23J nit. Near the top
eh * 'I* 8 * 'Terof common red sand,
keeot^ M °‘ efficient weight to depress
Wh nf'' 1 cr *'* re * klnd of A little
lettr '' auother layer, of even greater
p 00,.,; aps ‘wo Inches. The sand ap
fuig , r i ,T e ,** een thrown on In ahovel
klzW l ! e att empt had been made at
*m e coa!d be taken out In the
k KJ' -pis cotton had been consigned
% ellinetoV J re ! m * n > and Wrlgb*,
•ttl-ert? D acd they stated that the
h*r >h.i 01 } o{ cot *°n la more flagrant this
Ua-rt ias : but they never, in all their
(toe u J*. * and Euch * sample of adultera
nt, .l“’° be found in the bale In quea
°°e fourth the bale waa sand,
lb*!**-/ P l w b!ch has been forwarded to
tkiots for , the enlightenment of mer-
, Sf’teral years ago English
B , m,| ar troubles with cotton
1,1 lDd,a - A remtdy waa sought
owT. 00 ’ &Dd the result has been, that
Mtifu, to strict Inspection and heavy
*rsc> or adulteration, the Indian crop
j* tcJelrea the preference.
Itße v Be Alarmed
*. 'J'' Disease, Diabetea,or any dia
ls ‘ K 'dneys, liver or urinary organa,
b for * e J’ i w lH certainly and lastingly
i and It u the only thing will.
Savannah morning news
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
BURNED OR DROWNED.
A STEAMBOAT HORROR AT MEM
PHIS, TENN,
The Golden City Consumed at Her
Wharf—AH the Crew Encape bat
One—Many Passengers Lose their
Lives, Mostly Woman and Chil
dren—A Portion of a Circus on
Hoard—The Menagerie Burned—
The Lost and Saved.
Memphis, March 30.—The Cincinnati and
New Orleans packet Golden City, en route
from New Orleans.to Cincinnati,was burned
at her wharf this morning at half-past four
o’clccfc. Between thirty and fifty lives
were lost, principally women and children.
The Golden City w&s five years old, and
cost $54,000. She was owned by Captain J.
D. Hyler, W. F. Mclntyre and S. C. Mcln
tyre. She lies sunk about three miles below
here in the chute near the Tennessee shore.
When she floated off from the wharf, about
twenty of her passengers jumped aboard a
barge, which floated down stream, but they
were rescued by one of the harbor boats,
which towed the barge to shore one mile
below the city. It is estimated that thirty
five lives were lost by the disaster,
but at present no additional news can be
learned. Robert Kelly, the second engineer,
and three roustabouts, are the only mem
bers of the boat’s crew known to be lost.
John Dreffer, the steward, Peter Dreffer,
cook, John Lamb, second cook, Billy Lux
ford, p6try cook, Mart Whalen, mess
room tender, John Hill, second mate,
Charles Harvey, second watchman, and a
passenger named B'oomfield have arrived
here. The fire was caused hy the wa ch
man accidentally setting fire to a lot of
jute, which was stored amidships.
The steamer bad whistled to land and
the watchman went among the deck passen
gers to notify them that they were ap
preaching Memphis, and that those destined
for that city must get ashore, when the bot
tom of his lamp dropped in some jute, and
before the flimes could be extinguished
they had spread all over the deck of the
vessel. Bryce Purcell, the pilot., made
his escape by climbling over the
front part of the pilot house, the
fire then beiDg In the rear. When the
steamer touched the wharf ihe tug Oriole
did not burn, as at first reported, but was
sunk by the burning steamer in making the
landing. Several coal barges and Ice boats
belonging to Bohls, Huse & Cos., caught on
fire and were buried. Billy Hodge, ihe
pilot on the Dean Adams, saved the cook,
who jumped overboard as the boat floated
down the s*ream, and all the passengers
and crew were kindly cared for by Mr. C.
B. Ga'loway, of the Peabody Hotel, who
provided them with breakfast.
Two negro deck hardi and a white deck
passenger were killed when the tugboat
Oriole was struck. They were caught be
tween the bow of the boat and the tug Anna
Boyd. The colored chambermaid and her
assistant wfre“ both lost. Mike Ma’loy
and Pat KinDey, firemen, were 6sved.
Also M J. Whelan, second baker. Whe
lan says he jumped ovetboard from
the stern of the steamer as she floated
down s’ream. There were about ten men
on he fan tall of the boat, who must have
been drowned, as when he leaped into tbe
river he saw three men go overboard and
drown, and the others, he thinks must
have shared the same fate. Fel x Lehman,
a passenger, says there was a merry par'y
aboard, and nearly all the passengers re
maloed up until midnight. Oce or two
gen’li men aboard played the piano and en
tertained the passengers with music and
s'nging The body of an elderly white
woman was found fl >ating near the wreck,
but her fden'lty has not yet ben proved.
WjH Mclntyre, the clerk of the boat, says
the list'.of lost ctbln passengers already
furnished Is correct as nearly as hs can re
m-mber. Mrs. L. E Konrz, who was lost,
with her three children, was the wife of
Captain Kounz, a wtdl known s'eamboat
owner. Those mentioned as being at the
hospital are *ll Injured by burns, but not
seriously. The passengers lost all their
clothing. Those who were saved had to
fl >e for their lives without taking time to
save their effects.
Abel Butler, of Donaldsonville, La., with
hfs wife and child, escaped from the burn
ing steamer in their night clothes A. B.
Vetch, formerly river reporter on the Evans
vlile (Ind.) Tribune, was on board. He re
mained long enough to dress himself before
h aving Ms sta'eroom. J. H. Cronk, owner
of the side show to the circu*. 1 supposed
to be lost. His roommate, H N. Ackerman,
says he dragged him out of bed to the foot
•of the stairs, through the smoke, and is sat
isfied that hs never arose from where he
left him.
J. G Glenroy, one of the saved, resides
In Philadelphia. He has for two years been
keeper of the animals in Stowe’s menagerie.
He states that he was asleep under one of
the animal cages on the forward part of the
lower deck when the cry of fire was given.
He leaped forth, looked about, bu’ saw no
fire. Then he looked again and saw t.he en
tire centre of the boat a mass of flimes.
As soon as the boat touched the coal fl et
he jumped ashore. He saw the officers of
the steamer at work making hawsers fast.
Then he saw the lines give way
and the steamer swing oat aDd drift down.
The cage containing the lion sank down fa
the middle as the flames enveloped it. He
heard no cry from any of the animals as
they were being burned alive. The six
cages contained a lion, a tiger, t wo leopards,
an Albino deer, monkeys aed b'rds. OT the
four ho sss belonging to the circus aboard
the s*earaer three were saved, but one, the
celebrated trick horse • Selim,” was lost.
Cincinnati, March 30 —The owners, offi
cers ami crew of Jhe Golden City reside
here. The owner* are Captain J. D. Heg
ler. Sterling C. Mclntyre and W. T. Mcln
tyre. She was valued at $40,000 and was in
sured for $30,000 In Cincinnati companies.
She was built Id 1876, and was one of the
best equipped steamers plying between Cin
cinnati and New Orleans The Government
Inspectors say that she wac extraordinarily
well supplied wi'h every modern appliance
calculated to avert the calamity which has
befallen her. Captain Hegler, upon hearing
of the disaster, immediately telegraphed to
Captain Mi Intyre to apare no expense to aid
tbose In distress or to recoTer the bodies of
those lost.
FALSETTO DEMOCRATS.
Brewster’* Programme Denounced.
COLrMBU, 8. C., March 30—The State
Democratic Executive Committee, In session
since yesterday, considering political mat
ters generally and the election prosecutions
now taking place In the United States Court
at Charleston, have sent ou: a long address
to the Dt moeratlc party of Bouth Carolina,
of which the following Is the opening para
graph :
“After two years of profound peace our
people are again called to undergo the ex
citement of political trials InvesTgated by
Federal f fflce holders, who seek the restora
tion to power of the corrupt men who
brought disgrace and well nigh brought
ruin upon h's State.
The address says that Attorney General
Brewster’s recent letter Is an Indictment of
the Dtra cratic party of South Carolina,
which must be met, and closes with an ap
peal to the Democracy to stand as one man
In defense of those whose only offense Is
fidelity to the welfare of the State.
STABBED WITH SHEEP SHEARS.
A Bloc-df Affair at Blackabear.
Watcboss, Ga., March 80.—Joseph M.
Lee killed Augustus H. Long yesterday
morning between seven and eight o’clock,
at Blackshear, Gs., by 6tabblng him with a
pair of 6heep shears. They became involved
in a dlsoute about a mule, which led to
blows. Lee happened to have the shears In
his hand, and, In the excitement of the mo
ment, pluneed them Into Long’s breast,
who fell and expired In a few seconds. The
Coroner’s jury brought In a verdict of
voluntary manslaughter.
*♦*
Weather Indications.
Orncx Cuiar Signal Observes. Wash
omtoh, D. C., March 3Q. —Indications for
Friday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair weather,
north to east winds in the northern portion,
higher barometer and lower temperature.
in the Gulf States, northeast to southeast
winds, generally fair weather, slight changes
In temperature during Friday and slowly
falling barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, slightly
cooler and generally fair weather, northwest
winds, becoming variable, and higher ba
rometer.
In Tenneeaee and the Ohio valley, north
erly winds, becoming variable, rising fol
lowed by falling barometer, fair weather
during Friday, slowly rising temperature.
DELIVERANCES OF THE CINCIN
NATI COUNCIL.
All Men Not Equal-The Laborer
Woribv of Hta Hire-All Power
Not from the Masses—The Catholic
Chnrch and Modern Liberalism.
Cincinnati, March 30.—The Catholic
Provincial Council, which met here re
cently, has prepared a lengthy pastoral let
ter to be read In all the churches. It re
ceived its first publication to-day in the
Catholic Telegraph. It beglrs with a review
of the progress of religion since the last
Council, twenty years ago, and congratu
lates the Church on its transition from the
mission epoch to the condition of fixity.
It then goes on to speak of the necessity
of obedience to authority. It holds
that • all men are not equal, and
that men ordained to rule as
Kings, Magistrates, Bishops and priests,
have rights which their subjects do not.
It Is very outspoken on the subject of labor
unions, and says that a man’s labor ts bis
own as much as the gold of the rich man,
and that be has a right to sell it as he
pleases at a fair price, and so long
as men accord to others the same
freedom as they claim for them
selves there is no sin in labor banding
together for self protection, but labor
unions are liable to fall and cannot be
sustained when they attempt to force men
to join the union or to work for a price
fixed by the union. Catholics cannot be
partners In any attempt to coerce others
against their just rights, or to do Injury to
the person or property of others.
The letter has a long paragraph on news
papers, In which It specifically denounces
wha’ it call* the Illegitimate means used by
the IruJi World in its advocacy of the cause of
Ireland, but add*: “We are ready to co-op
erate with the Bishops of Ireland In any le
gitimate effort to ameliorate the present un
hanpy condition of the Irish people.”
Reverting to the subject of authority, ihe
letter says it, is not Ca’holic doctrine that all
power comes from the people, and that
rulers do not exercise authority as their own
but as entrusted to them by the people. The
Catholic doctrine Is that grant of power Is
not given by the people,but they only desig
nate who Is to wield It. As to the priest the
people are commanded to seek law from his
lips, and In all matters of civil life apper
taining to faith and morals the priest has a
right to sppak, and the people are required
to listen. This doctrine, it is said, may be
unpopular with modern liberalism, but that
does not prove It untrue.
A SET-BACK TO MAHONE.
The Judicial Bill Defeated In the
Senate.
Richmond, March 30. —The Read j asters
received a severe check to-day In the defeat
In the Senate of one of their chief partisan
meesures, the bill reducing the judicial cir
cuits of the State from eighteen to twelve,
which would have turned out all the present
Circuit Judges, and necessitated the election
of new ones. The vote on the passage of the
bill was 18 yeas to 20 nay*. Three Readjustee
vo’ed with the Democrats. The bill had
previously passed the House by a large
mijorlty. The Democrat* are greatly elated
over their victory, and express the belief
that, other extreme measures of the Re
adjusters will share the same fate In the
Senate. The effect upon the R adjusters
wh6 to make them call a earn us, which now
(5 p. m ) Is in session.
DILLON AND FORSTER.
The Latter Indifferent at to the
Former’s Health.
London, March 30 —The Dublin Freeman's
Journal say 6: “Dillon protested to Dr.
Carte, physician of the Royal Hospital at
Kllmalnham, against his further detention,
as he feels much worse in health. Dr.
Carte submitted Dillon’s le'ter to Earl
Cowper, the Lord Lieutenant, and Mr.
Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland. The
latter replied declining to release the priso
ner. Dillon says In a letter that ho will not
make any further allusion to the s’ibj**ct
after the present protest and adds: ‘I shall
request my physician not, to make any fur
ther reports on my health.’ ”
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.
Leading Englishmen Protesting
Against Its Construction.
London, March 30.—The Nineteenth Cen
tury contains a protest against the Channel
tunnel on the ground that it would Involve
England in military dangers and liabilities
from which as an island she has hitherto
been free. Among the signatures sre Lord
Lytion, R'ght Hon. Sir Richard Asheton-
Cross, Cardinal Manning, Alfred Tennyson,
Robert Browning, Profs. Huxley, Goldwln
Smith and Jas. Caird, General Sir Linthorne
Bimmons and Sir Henry Havelock Allen, Sir
Theod re Martin, the editors of the Spe
tat or, the Morning Ib4 aad the St. Janus
Gazette, and Blanchard Jerold.
DR. LAM SON.
The President Asks a Stay of Exe*
cutlon.
Washington, March 30. —The Secretary
of State this afternoon telegraphed to Min
ister Lowell, at London, to>pp'y for delay
In the execution of the sentence of death
in the case of Dr. Lamson until the arrival
of documentary evidence from this country
tending to show Insanity on the part of the
prisoner and the absence of criminal intent
in the offense of which he was convicted.
This action on the part of the President
was based on an opinion bv Attorney Gen
eral Brewster that this man was a proper
case for Executive interference.
A College Building Burned*
Amherst, Mass , March 30 —A fire de
stroyed Walker Hill, the finest of the Am
herst College buildings. The loss is about a
quarter of a million dollars.
The total loss to Amherst College by tho
burning of Walker Hall and contents is
about $185,000. Insurance $103,000 The
loss beyond intrinsic value in paintings, re
cords, philosophical apparatus and mine
raloglcal cabinet will be severely felt. The
cabinet was the work of many years of labor
and had just been reclassified.
Important Patent Decision.
New Yohk, March 30.—Judge Blatchford,
In the United States Circuit Court, has
handed down his decision In the patent case
of Hoe against Kihler, sustaining Hoe’s
patent, holding that Kahler’s newspaper
folding machine infringes upon it. This
suit has been In the United States courts for
several years, and the decision just given
renders many newspapers that used the Web
newspaper presses with Kibler’s folder at
tached liable to Injunction and damages.
IQoiea at ibe Tombi.
New York, March 30.— Ex-Governor
Moses was arraigned in the Tombs Police
Court to-day on some of the charges men
tioned last night, and committed for trial
In default of ball. Brooklyn officers were In
court to take him there for trial, but the
New York authorities refused to surrender
him.
Tite Female Lobbyist.— The female
lobbyist is to be found at the capitol
from early morn till late in the evening.
Bhe understands the needs of our country
better than any two statesmen in Con
gress. She can tell you more about the
proposed ship railway across the isthmus
at Tehuantepec than Jim Eads caD, and
can in language more eloquent than Uncle
John Roach portray the necessity of
subsidizing ocean steamships. In per
son she is beautiful; in character and
carriage dignified; in her affection ten
der; is pure as the snow which crowns
the Alpine heights, yet as melting and
gentle as they are when the summer sun
has taught them to flow in silent rivulets
down the mountain side, giving life and
vigor to the hills and valleys below.—
Washington Critic.
Mr. J. Q. A. Lawrence, of Trenton, N. J.,
writes: ‘'For several years my wife’s health
waa very poor. It began withs miscarriage,
from which she never fully recovered, and
consequently suffered many aches and
pains. I was advised to give her Brown’s
Iron Bitters. I did so. Her improvement
began at once, and she says ‘she now feels
like a young girl.' ?
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1882.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE TARIFF ISSUE RAISED IN
THE HOUSE.
Mr. Hewlll’n Views on Impost Du
ties Georgia Frontier Defense
Dues— Inter-siate Commerce —Mr.
Hoar’s Indian Schools Proposition
—Congress Yesterday.
Washington, March 30.—The Benate
passed the bill to pay the State of Georgia
$27,175 50, money advanced by said State
for the defense of her frontiers against In
dians from 1795 to 1818, and not heretofore
repaid,
Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on
Foreign Relatione, reported favorably,
as amended, his resolution declaring
in favor of reciprocal trade regu
lations with Mexico. The amendment
requires the regulations to be made, not by
treaty, but by legislation, the committee
having adopted the view originally suggest
ed bv Mr. Morgan, that any arrangements
between the two countries ought to be
made by the statutes of each. The resolu
tion directs the President to call the atten
tion of the Mexican Government to the sub
ject.
The consideration of the Indian appropri
ation hill was resumed.
Mr. Call, by unanimous consent, was
allowed to offer and advocate an amend
ment appropriating $5,000 of the amount of
monev agreed upon in the treaty between
the United S ates and the Berainoles of
Florida to be paid to that part of the tribe
remaining In Florida, for schools, agricu'-
tural implements, seeds, etc., to be ex
pended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Interior. Adopted.
The Senate next took up Mr. Hoar’s
amendment to appropriate $2,000 000 for
the education of all Indian children (except
those of the five civilized tribes) west of the
Misslfsippl river, and $2OO each per annum,
and Mr Hoar took the floor in advocacy of
this amendment.
Mr. Plumb followed Mr. Hoar, and took
issue with him as to the w! dom of the
method he proposed In educating and car
ing for the Indians.
Mr. Hoar finally announced that he would
to-morrow modify his amendment by reduc
ing the appropriation to $500,000.
After an executive session the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House the Senate bill amending
the statutes relating to license fees of of
ficers of steam vessels was pas-ed.
The went Into committee of the
whole and took up the tiriff commission
bill, and Mr. Dunnell, of Minuesota, opened
the discussion with a long speech
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, was the next,
speaker. Before beginning his speech he
sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read the
following resolution, which he stated that,
he would offer as soon as the debate was
closed:
Resolved, That the bill creating a tariff
commission be recommitted, with Instruc
tions to the Committee of Ways and Means
to report within thirty davs, or earlier if it
be practicable, a bill based upon the fol
lowing instructions:
First. That, all raw materials, meaning
thereby all materials which have not been
subjected to any process of manufacture,
all waste ma’erials which are fit only to be
manufac'ured, and all chemicals, which are
not produced In this country, and alcohol
for use in manufactures, shall be place 1
upon the free list.
Second. That, so far as possible, specific
duties shall be substituted for ad valorem
duties, and that In determining such specific
duties the average dutiable value
of Imports during the last three
years 6hall be taken as the standard
of value, upon which no higher rates of duty
shall be imposed than shall be necessary to
compensate for the difference In the cost of
lab'r at home and abroad, expended in the
production of such products, after making
due allowance for the expenses of transpor
tation, and that, the rate of duty shall not
In any case, except, on luxuries, exceexl fifty
per ivnt,. of euch average dutiable va'ue.
Mr. Hewitt then said: “I am opposed to
the bill creating a tariff comm'ssion for the
reason that it will make delay, and delay ts
dangerous in he present perilous condition
of general business.”
At the conclusion of Mr. Hewitt’s speech
the committee rose.
Mr. King, of Louisiana, offered a resolu
tion directing the Committee on Public
Health to investigate the probable effect of
the pri sent oveiflow of the Mississippi river
on the health of the people living on the
overfl iwed section. Referred.
The House then adjourned.
INTER-STATE COMMERCE.
Representative Reagan, of Texas, to-day
concluded his argument, before the House
Commi'tee on Commerce in advocacy of his
inter-Sta'e commerce bill. He has occupied
the greater part of the time of the commit
tee the past three days. Af the conclusion
of his argument Judge Reagan submitted
the following:
Resolved, That, it, is the sense of this com
mittee that some measure relating to Inter-
State commerce shall be adopted by this
committee and reported to the House at the
earliest practicable moment after the river
and harbor bill shall have been reported to
the House.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Csptaln Leathers wllHbe heard by the com
mittee for fifteen minutes to-morrow on
the subject of the Mississippi river im
provement.
THE FLOODED VALLEY.
■ he Gin Honae Horror Contradicted
—The Outlook at Various Points.
New Orleans, March 30.— Tow boats
flats, barges, skiffs forage and rations have
been forwarded to Bayou Grosse Tete. Gov.
McEnery ta6 ordered depots for supplies
for Grofse Tete to be established at
Port Allen and Plaquemlne. All outgoing
steamer* carry rations and forage to the
overflowed section. The Relief Committee
is ac’lvely at work doing good service, sup
plying lumber, forage, medicines, etc.
The demand for supplies Is increas
ing dilly, as the water continues
to spread over the Grosse Tete, Atchafalaya
and Bayou Teche sections Along the
Teche some thirty plantations are reported
more or less damaged by back water from
the Atchafalsya and Grand lake The con
di ion of affairs along the Atchafalaya is
daily growing worse.
Natchez, Miss., March 30 —the report
telegraphed la6t, night of the dlstruction of
Rolston’s gin bouse with the loss of 120
lives proves to be entirely unfounded, but
as 'he letter containing the intelligence came
from a supposed reliable source It was
taken for granted that the catastrophe had
really occurred. The manager of the Rols
ton place is here and says there Is no truth
whatever in the reporr, as he left the place
yesterday.
Cotton Futures In New York.
New York, March 30 —The Fbst't cotton
report says: “Futures at the first call were
3.4 100 dearer than before and at the sec
ond call sold at a decline of 9a14 100 from
the highest point, fluctuated slightly fora
short time then advanced 5i7-100 The gell
ing out of long cotton first broke the mar
ket. Subsequent! v short sales joined In by
all the small speculators sent prices lower,
fiilO 100 below yesterday’s closing quota
tions, to advance again 5 >7-100. At the
third call April brought 12 05c . May 12 19a
13 20c, June 12 36a12 37c., July 12 52c,
August 12 65a12 67c., September 12 27c..
November 11 47c.’’
Clark versus Bradlangb.
London, March 30.—1n the Court of
Q teen’s Bench to-day Mr. Clark, the plain
tiff in the case against Bradlaugh, applied
for judgment against the defendant Not
withstanding that Bradlaugh’s appeal to the
House of Lords Is still pending, Justices
Grove and Huddlestone gave judgment
against Bradlaugh, whose opponents design
to force him in'o bankruptcy so as to vacate
his seat in the House of Commons.
Anoiber Grab by the YVei eru Colon.
New York, March 30—The morning
papers contain a circumstantial account of
'he arrangement by which the Western
Union Telegraph mapagers have secured
control of the Mutual Union by the pur
chase of a majority of Its stock. The Mutual
Union organization Is to be maintained, and
its lines workfed Independently, for the pre
sent at least.
I be Richmond and Danvllle’a Debt
to Virginia.
Richmond, March 30.—The bill allowing
the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany to pay Its Indebtedness to the State In
Rlddleberger bonds was rejected In the
House of Delegates to-night. 4 motion to
reconsider the vote by which the measure
was rejected Is still pending In that body.
If you wish peaceful slumber at night, In
spite of cough or sore throat, take a dose of
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It U very soothing and refreshing. Try it.
CLOTURE.
Gladstone’s Gag Law Scheme
Rushed Through.
London, March 30.— Over a hundred
members of Parliament, who had been ab
sent from London, returned yesterday to
vote on the cloture question. Only a few
members have paired. All except one did
so on account of Illness. O/er three hun
dred Liberals and the whole Conservative
strength, with four exceptions, have signi
fied their Intention of voting.
In the House of Commons to night the
debate on the cloture resolution was re
sumed. John Bright arose to speak, and
was received with loud cheers from the
Liberal benches. He said there could be
no doubt that unless something
was done to deliver the House from
Its difficulties, It would stand before the
country as having neglected its duty. If
the proposed resolution erred. It was In not
being sufficiently severe. He concluded
with an appeal to members generally to as
sist the government in the discharge of its
duty.
Mr. Sexton said he would rather his name
go down to posterity with the names of the
base Informers who bad sworn away the
lives of Innocent Irishmen, than with the
names of the Irish members voting with the
government.
The resolution was carried by a vote of
318 to 279. The House was crowded In
every part.
STRIKES IN SPAIN.
Great Excitement in Barcelona and
OtberTownaln Catalonia.
Madrid, March 30.—A serious strike has
occurred In Barcelona and other towns, op
posed to a reform of the tariff, and work
shops and mills have been closed. In Bar
celona there have been fifty arrests.
In the Chamber of Deputies Benor Gonzi
lez. Minister of the Interior, confirmed the
report, of disturbances in Barcelona. It Is
bellfved that if the movement spreads to
other towns the Captain General will beau
thoriz'd to dtc’arethe Catalonian provinces
In a state of siege. In Gerona, Sabadell and
Larassa the shops and manufactories are
being closed. There have been demonstra
tion s byl aborers in And alnsia in consequence
of the distress occasioned by the prolonged
drought. TraDqullity has been restored by
relief measures.
The strikers in Barcelona paraded the
streets to day, and burned the sentry boxes
belonging to the Octroi Guards. Many ad
ditional arrests were made.
A deputation of Catalan operatives were
given a hearing before a committee of the
Chamber of Deputies to-day. They repre
sented that the adoption of the Franro
-Bpanish treaty would deprive 100,000 work
men of the means of subsistence.
CIVIL RIGHTS
The Ladle*’ Car No Place for
Negroes,
Fernandina, Fi,a., March 28 .—Editor
Morninq News: Q ilfe a “scene” took place
on the Fernandina and Jacksonville train
this morning, just before It left the latter
city. It, was brought, about by the refusal
of Conductor W. E. Livingston to allow a
negro to ride In the ladles’ car. Mr. Liv
ingston sent the baggage master with a re
quest for him to move Into the car p-ovlded
for colored people, which is In every respect
precisely like the ladles’ car. The “man
and brother” declined to move, whereupon
Mr. Livingston, having politely repeated
the demand in person, with no better re
sult, Instructed the baggage master to put
him out, which was quickly done. A num
ber of Northern guests on the train were
highly Indignant, and expressed feelings of
tenderest sympathy for the “poor colored
man,” who, one of them said, “Is much
better than the Southern white man.” They
advised the ejected darkey to sue the road,
hut, as he finally got Into the proper car and
went, onto Fernandina, It is not probable
that he will act on the advice. L. W. 8.
New York Stock market,
New York, March 30 —Share speculation
opened strong and 3per cent, higher than
vesterdav’a close for Manhattan Beach, and
% to \% per cent, higher for the remainder
of the list, Ohio and Mississippi, Hannibal
and St. Joe preferred, Houston and Texas,
B‘. Paul preferred and Indianapolis, Bloom
ington and Western were prominent in the
advance. In the early dealings the general
list sold un yi, to 1 per cent., the latter for
Western Union and Nashville and Chatta
nooga, after which a decline of Y tolJ£
took place, In which Michigan Central,
Louisville and Nashville, Western Union,
Missouri Pacific and Nashville and Chatta
nooga were conspicuous, while Reading
so'd un YY per cent.
In the early afternoon the market ad
vanced J£a2 per cent. Oregon Navigation,
Marietta 2J preferred, Louisville and Nash
ville, Michigan Central, and Northern
Pacific common and preferred being promi
nent in the upward movement, while Han
nibal and St. Joseph sold up to 89>g,
and Reading after a reaction of % advanced
2Y per cent., Richmond and Danville, how
ever, declined 2 to 48 After this the mar
ket became weak and sold down with occa
sional fractional reactions to the close, the
decline ranging from per cent., in
which R'chmond and Danville, Denver and
Rio Grande, Louisville and Nashville, Read
ing and Manhattan Beach, Hannibal and St.
Joseph and Northern Pacific preferred and
Western Union were conspicuous The
market closed weak at the lowfst figures of
the day and was 4Y lower than at yester
day’s close, the latter for Richmond and
Danville. Reading, however, wag 2 per
cent, higher. Transactions 500 000 shares.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The Alabama Democratic State Commit
tee yesterday called the State Convention
to meet June 7.
It Is B‘atcd that warrants are out against
six members of Parliament, none of whom,
cnn-equently, will visit Ireland during the
Parliamentary recess.
The committee on the commercial treaties
In he French Chamber of Deputies advo
cates the resumption of negotiations for a
treaty with England.
Most Rev. Thomas Nulty, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Meath, has refused to attend the
committee of the Rouse of Lords to inquire
into the working of the land act.
In the betting on the forthcoming boat
race at Newcastle on-Tyne, between Han
lan and Boyd, only six to four was in some
cases obtainable against Boyd, on Wednes
day.
The Secretary of War has directed that
the balance of the rations at St. Louie—
eighty thousand —be transferred to Com
missioner Hemingway at Memphis for the
benefit of the people of Mississippi,
The bark Albert, from Asplnwall. at Fort
MorgaD, Mobile, reports that she picked up
the crew of nine men of the Norwegian
bark Energy, from Asplnwall for Belize,
wrecked on Qulta Sueno, on March 27th.
The Chinese bill was considered in the
last Cabinet meeting, but no determination
was reached. It is stated that the President
desires that the bill “shall be fully and
thoroughly considered before it Is acted
upon.”
Secretary Hunt has admitted that the
President bad notified him that he would
be rejnov and from the Navy Department.
The President has offered him “the choice
of three good positions, but he has not made
a selection yet.”
The Republican BtateC ctral Committee,
of California, has telegraphed to President
Arthur that, In the committee’s opinion,
“his failure to approve fhe anti-Chinese
bill will result disastrously to the interests
and prosperity of this coast and work great
Injury to the people of every class.”
The official organ of the Montenegrin
Government, having published an addrees
to General gkobele ff, signed by the Primh
Minister and the WAr Minister of the Princi
pality, applauding General Bkobelfff’s
speeches, General Bkobeleff replied that he
believes In the mission of the Slays, and in
tends collectlag a relief fund.
A Chicago sculptor is trying to sym
bolize that city in a marble statue. A
St. Louis paper thinks 1 the figure of &
divorced wife on the back of a porker
with a corncob necklace, a whisky flask
for a smelling bottle and two flatboats
for sandals ought to be about the right
thing.
The Dead Restored to
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normal or natural condition those organa of
life whose functions have become impaired
from excessive gluttony, intemperance or
otherwise, will find health, strength and
Vigor In Brown’s Iron Bitters. Where the
weakness is of an exhaustive or debilitating
nature, it removes all lifeless feeling and
quickly awakens to new activity,— Meraid.
SECOND EDITION.
3:30 O’CLOCK P. M.
THE ILL-FATED GOLDEN CITY.
Corrected List of the Lost—The
Captain of the Wafcb Arrested std
Placed in Jail.
Memphis, March 31. —The following Is a
corrected list of the lost by the burning of
the steamer Golden City: Dr. Monahan
and wife, of Jackson, Ohio; Mrs. Crary and
Miss Lula Crary, of Winton Place, near Cin
cinnati; W. H. Stowe aDd wife and Oltle
Wood and wife, of Henderson, Ky.;
Mrs. Anna Smith, of Massachusetts; Mrs.
Helen 8. Perclval, of Hameivflle, Ken
tucky.; Mrs. L. E. Kounze and three
children, Miss Campbell, a relative
of Mrs. Kounze; Robert Kelly, second
engineer; Mary Boyd, Amanda Atchison,
chambermaids; J. C. Crane, owner of the
side show; three of the deck crew, colored;
a negro servant of W. H. Stowe; Wash
Sm'th, colored.
The captain of the watch was sent to jail
on a warrant charging him with murder
through carelessness in causing the fire on
the steamer.
The New York Stock market.
New York, March 31, 11 A. m. — The
stock marKet opened somewhat irregular,
but in the main % to % per cent, lower than
yesterday’s closing prices, the latter for
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western, while
Hannibal and St. Jo preferred was 1 per
cent, higher. In the early dealings a frac
tional advance and reaction took place,
while Rochester and Pittsburg sold down
1% per cent, to This was succeeded
by an advance of j* to per cent, in
which Denver and Rio Grande, Reading,
Nashville and Chattanooga and Louisville
and Nashville were prominent.
Friday to be Observed.
New York, March 31 —The members of
the Cotton Exchange yesterday voted to
observe Good Friday and the Saturday fol
lowing as holidays.
A Wm Virginia Jurist Dead.
Wheeling, March 31— Hon. James A.
Potter, Judge of the Supreme Court of
Appeals of this State, died suddenly of heart
disease last night.
To-Day In tbe Houae.
Washington, March 31.— The House at
12:35 went into committee of the whole on
the army appropriation bill.
THE LATEST MARKETS.
OFFICE OF THE MORNTNG NEWS, 1
Savannah. March 31, 1882, 1 p. m. (
Cotton.—This market opened quiet but
steady, and closed unchanged. Sales 528
bales. We quote:
Middling Fair ISU
Good Middling 12
Middling 11%
Law Middling 11V6
Good Ordinary 10%
Ordinarv 8%
Naval Stores.—The naval store market was
quiet this morning, and no sales were made.
We quote: Rosins—A $1 95. Bs2 00, Cs 2 00, D
$2 00. Ks 2 20. Fs2 25. Gs 2 30, Hs2 35,1 $2 45,
K *2 75, M $3 00, N, $3 25, window glass $3 50.
Spirits turpentine—Oils and whisky's 56c., regu
lars 57c.
Stocks and Bonds.—City honl*.— Market
strong. Atlanta 6 per cent., 103 bid, 104 isked:
Augusta 7 pej cent., IC7 bid, 109 asked. Au <uf
a 6 per cent., 104 bid, 106 asked. Columbus 7
neroent.. 83 bid. 84)4 asked. Macon 7 per cent.,
93 bid. 100 asked. New Savannah 5 per cent..
83% bid. 831* asked.
Kflroau dtocKt.— Market Arm at quota
tions: Central common, 109)4 bid. 110 asked;
Augupta and Savannah 7 oer cent, guaran
teed, ex-div., 120 bid, 122tt8ked. Georgia oom
mon, 158 bid, 159 asked Southwestern 7 per
cent, guaranteed, ex-div., 117% bid, 119 asked.
Central Railroad 6 per cent, certificate ind..
ex-div.. 93% bid. 94 asked.
HAKKKTS BY TELKGKAFH.
NOON REPORT.
FINANCIAL.
Parts. March 31, 2:30 p. m.—Rentes. 83f 28c.
London, March 31.—Consols, 101 5-16. Erie,
39.
New York. March 31.—Stocks dull and ir
regular. Money, 5 per cent. Exchange—lone.
$4 85%; short, $4 89. State bond* generally
unchanged. Government bonds unchanged.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 31.—Cotton opened firm;
middling uplands. 6%d; middling Orleans.
6 13-16d: sales 12,000 bales, for speculation and
export 2.000 bales; receipts 27,500 bales—Ameri
can 19,600.
Futures: Middling uplands. low middling
clause, deliverable in March, 6 4t-64d: deliver
able in March and April, 639 64®6 40-64d; deliv
erable in April and May, 6 41-64d; deliverable in
deliverable in May and June. 6 45 64@6 46-64d;
deliverable in June and July, 649 64@6 51-64d;
deliverable in July nnd August, 6 54-64®
6 55-64d; deliverable in August and September.
6 57 64@0 59 64d: deliverable in September and
October, 6 49-Old. Futures firm.
Sales for the week 63,000 bales—American
42.000 bales; speculation, 1,970 bales: exports,
7,900 bales; actual exports, 6,900 bales; im
ports, 112.000 bales—American, 80,000 bales;
stock, 814.000 bales—American, 551.000 bales:
afloat, 413,000 bales—American, 201,000.
New York, March 31.—Cotton opened dull;
sales 523 Dales: middling uplands, 12)£c; mid
dling Orleans, 12%c.
Futures—Market steady, with sales as fol
lows: April, 12 14c: May. 12 27c; June, 12 44c;
July, 12 60c; August, 12 74c.
GROCERIES. PROVISIONS. ETC.
Liverpool, March 31, 1:30 p. m Breadstuff*
easier. Corn, mixed, new 6s 2d, old 6s fid.
Wheat, red winter. 9s 6d®los 3d.
New York, March 31.—Flour opened firm but
quiet. Wheat fairlv active and %®% better.
Corn fairly active and %®lc better. Pork quiet
but firm at $l6 62%@17 75. Lard strong at
1125 c. Spirits turpentine, sQ)*c. Rosin, $2 40®
9 45. Freights dull and weak.
Baltimore, March 31.—Flour quiet but steady;
Howard street and Western superfine, $3 507 J
4 75: ditto extra, $5 00® 6 00: ditto family, $6 25
ft! 25; city mills superfine, $3 50ft4 7i; ditto
extra, *5 00ft7 80; Rio brands. $7 00®7 25: Bal
timore high grade family, $8 00; winter wheat
patent, $8 75. Wheat—Southern steady; West
ern opened steady, then declined but closed
firm; Southern red. $1 33® 1 38; amber. $1 43ft
143: No. 2 Western winter red, oil the spot.
91 35%®1 35%. Corn-Southern firm; Western
strone|and higher; Southern white, 86c;' yel
low, 78c.
Traffic In Chinese Women.
north China Herald.
An Australian Chinaman, when anx
ious to have a wife of his own nation,
sends a letter to an agent in Hong Kong.
The following is a condensed translation
of one of these epistles: *‘l want a wife.
She must be a maiden under twenty
years of age, and must not have left her
father’s house. She must have never
read a book, and her eyelashes must be
half an inch in length. Her teeth must
be as sparkling as the pearls of Ceylon.
Her breath must be like unto the scents
of the magnificent odorous groves of
Java, and her attire must be from the
silken weavers of the Ka-Li Ching, which
aye on the banks of the greatest river in
the world—the overflowing Yang-tse-
Kiang,” The price of a Chinese
woman delivered in Sydney is
£3B; but two Chinese women only cost
£52; therefore the heathen Chinese im
port the women in couples. The im
porter never sees his women before they
arrive, and then he generally selects the
best looking one. The other is shown
around to a number of well-to do China
men, and, after they have inspected her,
she is submitted to what may be called
public action. At a recent sale at Syd
ney a young girl aged about 19 was of
fered, and, after some spirited bidding,
she was purchased by a wealthy Chinese
storekeeper, whose place of business is
in one ot the leading towns of New
South Wales, for £l2O. The melan
choly aspect of the Celestial girl as she
went away in company with the man
who purchased her, was deplorable to
the last degree.
—‘ —- —►■>< —
A (Question for Consideration.—
This much, at least, may be said, that
the prevention of disasters like that
which has now visited the dwellers on
the Mississippi banks, and th?. creation
of a permanent navigable channel in a
stream which, with its tributaries.reaches
nineteen States and three territor es, and
may become the cheapest highway of
transportation lor the products of two
thirds of the total area of the United
States, are objects far more worthy
of encouragement from the Fed
eral Government than any ocean
steamer lines or projec'ed canals or ship
railways which have been or can be sug
gested. If this great work can be done
by State or corporate means, so much the
better; but it is not yet cl&ar that it is
thus achievable. The whole question
is a proper one for the immediate and
warerul consideration of Congress, in
order that if the nation declines - the task
some other means for its accomplish
ment may be found.— Xwk Xitm.
FLORIDA TRUCK-GROWING.
Difficulty of Proper Transportation
ol Vegetables to Northern markets
—Neceaalty tor Better Arrangements
II This Industry Is to be main
tained.
Lake City, March 25.— Editor Hom
ing News: 1 have noticed In your Issue
of the 17th an account of the organization
of a truckers’ association In your city.
In the proceedings of that meeting a reso
lution was adopted asklDg the co-operation
of Florida truckers with regard to shipments
via the Ocean Steamship line to New York
on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays, as is
now the case.
Now I desire to call the attention of the
agents of all the steamship lines from Sa
vannah to Northern cities, and to suggest
that they combine in a general effort to
remedy a difficulty which is depriving them
of our patronage and working severe losses
to us there.
This section is well-known as one of, if
not wholly, the most important vegetable
growing sections of Florida, especlallv in
peas, beans, cabbage and cucumbers, and
yet we feel that we are more neglected as to
transportation than any other trucking por
tion of the State.
To ship by the steamer leaving Savannah
on Wednesday afternoon, we have to de
liver our shipments to the agent here at
Lake City on Monday, two days ahead, and
they lie over at Jacksonville a whole day
and at Savannah six to twelve hours before
going on board the steamer. This ship
reaches New York on Saturday, a poor mar
ket day, and the produce must be sold at a
low price, or, if kept over until Monday, is
very probably fit only to be dumped into
the dock.
As with the New York steamers so also is
the ease with the Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Boston lines—that we have to ship from
here two days before their days of sailing.
It will readily be seen by this arrange
ment that our vegetables are from six to
ten days gathered before they reach the
Noithern markets, and consequently unfit
to eat.
Now, we have hundreds, perhaps thou
sands, of crates of unpicked peas that we
cannot risk under these circumstances; we
cannot afford the expense of picking, cost
of crates and guarantee the freight charges
as required, and get nothing for them, as
has been generally our misfortune this
season.
Without an arrangement that will take
our truck directly to the wharves in Savan
nah, avoiding any delays at Jacksonville,
your Savannah ship lines will get no more
from here this season, and truck raising
will henceforth be only a thing of the past
in this region. We are discouraged and dis
gusted with the treatment received from
our railroads and will devote our attention
to other crops.
Last year our shipments all went by Live
Oak, were made only the day prior to the
sailing of the steamers, reached the North
ern markets generally in good order,and our
returns were very satisfactory, while It has
seemed impossible to get almost anything
there this year in a saleable condition, and
nearly every grower and shipper has lost
money and determined to discontinue and
let the balance of the crops go to seed un
less we can secure close connection with
the steamers without any delay on the way.
Now cannot and will not all the agents In
Savannah of the aforesaid steamship lines
bring to bear upon the managers of the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western and the Flori
da Central Roads * such an Influence as to
give us the aforesaid facilities for our ship
ments, and thus enable us to reap fair re
turns for our investments and labor, and
give to their lines increased shipments that
will prove highly remunerative ? Why can
not we have last season’s arrangement via
Live Oik restored, or, if not this, close con
nection at Jacksonville that will put our
truck on the ships in less than a day after
they leave Lake City ?
This produce Is perishable, must not be
treated as bacon or flour, must get. to mar
ket In a short time or will spoil. Why then
cannot it have proper attention and thereby
encourage the grower to expend his crops
from year to year, by which means he
benefits the transporting lines In his Increas
ing patronage and gives the crowded cities
of the North fresh vegetable food, so neces
sary to health, very early In the season.
If the aforesaid arrangement can be ef
fected through the efforts of the steamship
agents, they will be rewarded with a re
sumption of our shipment; if not, we can
not afford to ship under the present arrange
ments, by which we will certainly lose our
shipments and undergo heavy losses in the
expense of picking, crates, and freight
charges besides ; and concluding that the
transportation companies do not care to en
courage the trucking interest here, we shall
abandon it altogether.
I write not alone in my own Interest, but
in behalf of that whole class of hard-work
ing men here who have, until recently, been
sure of a successful season, but are now dis
appointed and discouraged.
We feel that we are badly treated here,
and desire the proper remedy.
Under the proper facilities, the number of
crates of peas aloDe that would have been
shipped from here would have, I believe,
exceeded the entire number of all the crops
of last season, and our shipments of all
crops, embracing peas, beans, cabbage,
cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, etc , would
have been over five times as great as the
entire quantity of last year.
It is to be hoped that this matter may re
ceive prompt, attention, and that the afore
said steamship agents may and will be
enabled to Implant into the management of
the above named railroads that, “terrible
disease known as 'enlargement of the heart,' ”
and open their eyes to their own interests,
so that we may have immediate relief and
be enabled to resume our shipments, so as
to make it pay us, pay them to carry, pay
the commissionjmerchants to sell, and pay
the consumer to eat it. Yours truly,
J. S. W.
The Next Congress.— lt is not by
any means a secret in Washington that
the Republican leaders, arid especially
the stalwarts, fear that they will lose
control of the two houses of the next
Congress. They might avert this catas
trophe, it is said, if they were economi
cal in regard to appropriations, but this
is a Congress that shows no disposition
to acquire a good reputation in that
direction. Therefore, the leaders are
striving to strengthen their party in the
South. All indications tend to show
that the party of “great moral ideas”
has been put upon the defensive, and
has a poor prospect of continuing much
longer in power. Even Conkling could
not save it again.— Hudson Daily Regis
ter.
The manner in which that aged Brook
lyn millionaire beoame acquainted with
the charming young widow whom he
married and to whom he made over
much of his property, in spite of the pro
tests of his daughters, is worth remem
bering. The rich octogenarian noticed
that a friend’s coat had been very neatly
mended. *As he had a coat sadly in
want of such attention he made in
quiries, learned that the seamstress was
this young widow, called, and while
watching her deft fingers at the work
fell desperately in love. Had hisloying
daughters mended his coat ia the first
place he would not have met the widow
and they would haye had the property.
A New Haven map hna taken out a
patent for aq invention of his which he
claims secures absolute storage of elec
tricity for electric lighting purposes. He
says that by his contrivance the electri
cal force becomes as portable as kerosene
oil, and the perils to life and property in
cident to a current produced by a
dynamo machine are entirely obviated,
ue also says that to secure this electrical
force primarily his invention contem
plates the utilizing of Rising and falling
of the tides along the seacoast, the winds
in the interior, and the moving of trains
and steamboats when it is desired to
light them with electrical illuminators.
A Southwestern paper relates that J.
M. Davis, a hunter living on Fifteen-
Mile bayou, in St. Francis county, Ark.,
recently bad a thrilling encounter with a
panther. Davis was out hunting, when
the animal sprang at him from
the lower limb of an oak tree, For
tunately, it vaulted oyer hia head, and,
recovering frojp his surprise, he shot
at and wounded it badly. The panther
crept along the ground toward him,
seemingly determined to slay him.
Davis fired again, and this time the shot
was fatal, the charge lodging in the
panther’s head, and killing it in a short
time. Thq animal was an unusually
lurtfe out, measuring eight feet five
inches
ESTABLISHED 1850.
LATEST FROM GOTHAM.
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN THE
GREAT METROPOLIS.
Anna Dickinson and and Hsr Fall*
ares— Gnltesa’s Alleged Insanity—
A materializing Medium Comes to
Grief—A Novel New Jersey Glass
Factory The Cesnola Cypriote
Statuettes—A Mania for Floral
Ornaments and Ylithetlc Parasols.
New York, March 38.—Anna Dickinson
is struggling against fate at the Fifth Ave
nue Theatre. On the occasion of her first
night there was a brilliant audience present,
drawn to the theatre because of admiration
for the actress as a lecturer and writer.
Jennie June, the President of the Sorosls
Club, sat in a box and led the clack—for
there was clacking, despite the melancholy
fact that poor Anna made a dismal failure
of her Hamlet. Miss Dickinson was dressed
in purple tights and wore a doublet of the
same color. Her figure is not calculated to
shine as the creme de la creme on the ballet
stage, being somewhat constricted and
angular, yet her harshest critics agree that
she might be less symmetrically formed.
Whatever her conception of Hamlet
may be, she did not succeed in
displaying any dramatic art what
ever. Her efforts had only one effect—
that of filling the breast of the spectator
with a mingled feeling of compassion and
sense of the ludicrous. When Miss Dick
inson appeared in her own drama “A Crown
of Thorns,” she proved that she had no
natural or acquired gifts in the direction of
the stage. Her performance of Hamlet
gave further proof, If more were needed, In
this same direction. She delivered her
speeches in a monotone that approached a
clerical drawl, and when she attempted a
burst of passion her voice became so harsh
and strident that it affected your spinal
column. Then she would drop again into
the plaintive and querulous notes that com
£rlse all her elocutionary endowment.
lany of the spectators left the house before
the play was half over. Nothing daunted
(but scowling and saying hard things about
her critics, I am told,) she is plaving in “A
Crown of Thorns” this week at the same
theatre.
The case of Guiteau has been almost
dropped out of sight. But there is one man
here who is devoting much of his time to
wards proving that the assassin is insane,
and is not responsible for the crime he com
mitted. This gentleman is Dr. George M
Beard, who has attained distinction, both in
this country and Europe, as a neurologist,.
Speaking of the subject to me the other day,
he said that Guiteau was insane at eighteen,
and has been Insane ever since. “The type
of his Insanity,” he said ‘‘ls religious mono
mania. While only a part of hi 6 delusions
were of a religious charactet distinctively,
yet all can be traced back to a religious
source.” Dr. Beard bases his diagnosis on
the conduct of Guiteau from his youth
to the time he went to Washington
as an office-seeker. The assassin's conduct
while In Washington he throws out alto
gether, and this, of course, excludes the
shooting of the President. He goes so far
as tossy that Guiteau went Into court with
a more abundant and varied record of
Insanity than any criminal monomaniac
that has ever been brought to trial In any
country. If he had been properly tried, he
asserts, this fact, would have been clearly
brought out. When I asked why It was
that so much doubt as to the assassin’s In
sanity was developed in the trial, Dr. Beard
replied that science and law were dumb in
the presence of political assassination. A
court of justice Is the worst place In the
world to attempt to make clear scientific
facts. To begin with, the Judge knows no
thing of any science; the lawyers are not
after the truth, but are striving
to gain their case. The jury has still less
comprehension of scientific facts than the
Judee. Asa matter of fact. Dr. Beard con
tinued, there is no disease known to medi
cal science that could not be dis Droved be
fore a court of justice, provided great
interests were at, stake and professional
ambition and passions were aroused. Dr.
Beard has examined Guiteau several times,
but while bis condition and conduct con
firmed his views of the case, yet he says his
diagnosis rests entirely on the record of bis
life before the commission of the crime. In
the course of his Investigations he has dis
covered some new evidence which is in sup
port of the theory that Guiteau Is a mono
maniac. Dr. Beard has begun a voluminous
book on the subject, and is making some
converts. I forgot to say that he remarked
that non-expert experts (the expression is
his) are hired as horses are hired, to go
whither they are driven.
Mrs. Hall, the materializing medium who
has been creating such a furore among
spiritualists in Brooklyn, has come to grief.
8o great has this woman’s success been in
bringing disembodied souls from the spirit
land that her seance.s have been attended by
persons of distinction. Henry Ward
Beecher was present on two evenings, and
confessed that he was unable to explain the
phenomena. The medium is about forty
eight, and has a slight form. Her eyes and
hair are dark, but her face is as pale as that
of a ghost—a very good thing for one in her
line. It has been her custom to recline on
a lounge, while the spooks issued from be
hind the curtain to salute and embrace
friends, a measure taken to allay any sus
picion lurking in skeptical minds
a6 to the movements of the medium.
“There can be no trick,” said Mrs. Hall.
But some are incredulous, and therefore I
draw back the curtains that they may see
for themselves. The medium’s husband has
usually been present—a meek looking man,
who has been of service in leading the sing
ing. The other evening wag a good night
for female spirits. Sister, cousins and aunts
(even one mother-in-law) were conjured up
one after the other. Some of the more af
fectionate of the ladles present were per
mitted to advance near the curtain and hang
on the neck of the dear departed (on a fty-
ing trip to the earth) for one brief moment.
Then the dim outline faded from view, to
reappear again with much the same form,
but with a different personality. Avery
foolish spook, in an evil moment, beckoned
to a young man of a skeptical turn of mind
to advance, which he did, clasping his
long arm about the spirit’s waist.
The spook wriggled and struggled
like a ten pound bass at the end of a line.
As the young man was very sure that he
had hold of & corset, he whirled the too
solid ghostly visitant Into the middle of the
room, whereupon the spectators, who were
nearly all women, shrieked from fright.
The lamb-llke Mr. Hall suddenly developed
into a roaring lion, and pounced upon the
andaclous skeptic and began to pummel him.
When the lights were turned up the spirit
form was seen to be the medium herself,
pale, drooping, trembling. What the com
pany had stared at as Mrs. Hall in a trance
was an ingeniously stuffed dummy. There
is nothing so much against materialization
performances as the grab game. It ruined
the famous Katie King. The Brooklyn en
chantress will now have to change her name
and seek anew field.
There ts a psychological case in a New
Jersey village, within a half hour's ride of
New York, that vividly recalls the days of
witchcraft. The experience of the subject
is not laid to the witchery of some withered
old beldame,but in other respects the prob
lem Is the same. A boy about thirteen
years old makes the astonishing statement
that he has had an issue from his body of
pieces of glass at various times, the bits
varying in size from a mere sliver to trian
gnlar and longitudinal pieces as much as an
inch and a half long and three quarters of
an inch wide. The incredulous visitor is
shown nearly a hundred of these fragments,
and is told to see for himself. At the
beginning of the phenomena, which
rivals tn Interest the supernatural ap
pearance of the Virgin Mary at Troy, these
remarkable evacuations of crystallized mine
ral matter took place from the boy's great
toe, which had been injured by being cut
by a broken beer bottle while the lad was at
play. The boy is intelligent beyond his
years, has a bright, rosy face, which Is not
only devoid of eunnlng of deceit but is re
markably frank and open—a fact that makes
the problem all the harder of solution.
First, as I have said, the Issue was from the
injured great toe, hut it subsequently
changed to a pimple on the forearm just
above the wrist. When there was a fresh
delivery the boy erted out as if In great
pain. His stocking would bo removed and
a pleoe of glass would he found sticking to
| It, clean and shining, without a stain of
blood. The mother became alarmed and sent
for the family physician,who shook his head
and said it was all nonsense. Another
physician was equally incredulous. Such
a marvel could not eseape the curiosity of
the neighbors, and they visited the
house by the score to show their friendly
interest Two or three of these visitors
swear by all that’s good (whatclever legerde
main there must be!) that the* saw glass in
the act of coming out of the wound. With
out any warning the boy was attacked with
great p>iu ia his arm. A large piece of
glass was found in his sleeve. Search was
made for some abrasion of the skin, but
dodo was discovered- At last a small pim
ple was found and it was concluded that
this wa® point of exit—-a conclusion at
variance to the unvarying laws of mathema
tics, of coarse, bat mathematics and logic
do not enter into such things. Hie mother
says she is as much at a loss to explain the
phenomena as any one, and expresses fear
as to the result. As for the bor,
he relates his experience with the calmness
of a philosopher. It is a study for psycholo
gists and neurologists, and if the mother is
honest and the boy is not sbsmmlng, the
riddle will probably be solved by the dis
covery of some Inmate of the house—most
likely a woman—who is as clever as she ia
cunning.
The scandal regarding the Cesnola Cy
priote statuettes at the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art is being revived in a most
vigorous manner. Clarence Cook, the art
critic of the Tribune, has just published a
pamphlet in which the charges of tamper
ing with the antique statues, made some
time ago bv Mr. Feuardent, an archaeologist
here, are reiterated. Mr. Cook takes one
statue, and the demonstration seems to be
clear that it was repaired and restored since
it was acquired by the Museum, so that It
now is far from being the same statue.
Although a committee of the trustees about
a year ago made a formal investigation of
the charges of Mr. Fenardent, Mr. Cook’s
article is so direct that one cannot
see how it can be passed over.
General di Cesnola, against whom
the charges are made, and who has
recently been officially recognized by Italy,
his native country, for his achievements as
an arebae Jloglst, Is much annoyed by the at
tack. If his enemies continue to sting him
the only alternative will be another investi
gation. As for the average visitor to the
museum he doesn’t care whether the nose
of an ugly little god is the identical nose
belonging to the statue when it was made or
was cleverly put on yesterday.
There is a mania just now in the fash
ionable world for fljral ornaments in the
matter of dress. It has been customary
this winter for the young lady of fashion to
wear a corsage bouquet of the most glaring
colors and unlimited dimensions. This doe*
not now meet the demands of taste. Hats,
which are on the crescendo, if anything in re
spect to size, have their wide areas orna
mented with bouquets and wreaths of the
most gorgeous description. But this is all
preliminary. What 1 wish to speak of are
the very se ithetlc parasols that the young
woman of the period is to carry in her hana.
It is to be the proper thing to have a cluster
of flowers on the cover just at
one side of the tip of the para
sol. The effect is very peculiar and
suggests an entirely new use of this
form of decoration. I was lured into a
popular shop to-day (it is not necessary to
say by one of the softer sex), and saw some
of these astounding inventions for myself.
They are made of many hues, and are so
brilliant withal that they seem to have been
designed more for the pomp and show of
some gay carnival than for the street. On
one of the most delicate in shade I took an
inventory of the flowers which adorned It.
There were two large full-blown red roses,
three half-opened roses of the same variety,
and five buds. Besides, there were green
leaves through which bugs and beetles were
represented to be crawling at will. Others
had tea roses and lilies of the valley. As if
designed for the soulfully intense young lady
with a leaning towards feitbetictsm, some
have clusters of the golden and glorious sun
flower. But the aestheticism of the parasol
is not exhausted at this point. The han
dle is in keeping, being carried into the
most exquisite designs. The most popular
design is that of an owl with glass eyes
which stands in a branch, clutchlDg a rat in
its claws. When the warm sunshine comes
Broadway will present the appearance of
having Bunthorne’s love sicK worshipers
turned into it. Hall-Haynb.
A Talk with Bettle.
A correspondent, of the Press, who
took to Mrs. Mason, at her home in Vir
ginia, $125, raised for her by contribu
tions to the Press fund, says in his report
of his interview: “I had heard,” said
Mrs. Mason, “that, subscriptions were
being raised for me in several places, and
I am very thankful for tho kindness peo
ple are showing me. When John was
sent to prison my means of support
ended. He was very good to me. He
received twenty-nine dollars a month ia
the service, and always sent me the
greater part of it. After he was put in
the guard-house he drew his pay, but I
wrote him to use what money he Deeded
to buy food, his rations there were so
poor, and he could not eat; but he sent
me money regularly. Do you know how
often he is allowed to write in the peni
tentiary? I have not heard from him
since he was taken to Albany, although
I have writtenjseveral times. ”
I could not answer this question very
satisfactorily, ar.d in response to another
question, she continued:
“I left Washington at 7 o’clock in the
morning of the day he was taken to Al
bany. When I bid him good bye he was
sure he would be released in a few days
and I expected him here. The officers
said when I left that no orders had been
received about John at the department,
and at 1:30 of that very day he was put
on the cars and taken off to Albany, I
did not know of his removal for three
days, and then I heard from his lawyer.
It was very hard,” and Mrs. Mason wept
again.
“ How do you account for your hus
band’s action ia shooting at the assas
sin ?"
“I hardly know. He was always very
excitable. At times he acted strange. I
would not like to say he was crazy, but
since he received his wound in the shoul
der—that was before we were married I
have heard people say he was changed in
some respects. I asked him why he did
such a thing, and he said he hated the
murderer of the President. He had to be
out m the hot sun on duty at the jail,
and he said it seemed as though his brain
WaS ?? * know he has brought great
trouble on us, but I think he has been
very badly treated. Eight years is so
long I I would give up all hope if I
thought he would be kept in prison eight
years- Do you think he will be par
doned ?”
I told her the impression seemod to be
the President would pardon Mason after
he had served a year, or perhaps in a
shorter time; also that I believed quite a
sum of money, perhaps $2 000 or $3,000.
would be raised for her. To the suggest
tion of deriving pecuniary benefit she
made no response, but continually talked
about the prospects of her husband’s re
lease. Qn taking leave she again ex
pressed her gratitude to the people of
Philadelphia. On Monday Mrs. Mason
will come to Washington. She will in a
short time probably make a personal ap
peal to the President for the pardon of
her husband.
Remarkable Colored Man.
Hew York Wixrld. .
A remarkable colored man in Wash
ton is Wormley, the proprietor of the
hotel of that name, which is ackoowl
edged to be the best kept house in the
oity. Of Mr. Wormley, to his honor be
it told, that if the members of his former
master’s family would have allowed it,
his house and his purse were theirs.
The first use he made of his prosperity
was to bring bis old mistress to his fine
hotel and to give her the best room in
it, and on hearing that a granddaugh
ter of his master was in Washington
in a government office he went to
her, invited her to make his house her
home, and when she told h-im she could
not accept that, he proposed that she
should pay him what she would have to
,pay in a boarding house and tjke the
beat his house afforded. “Don’t you
know,” she answered, “that if it were
known that I lived at Wormley’s it
would be said that my poverty was a
pretence, and I would lose my office it
a week ¥ And if I explained how I lived
there nobody would believe that so much
disinterestedness exisled in the world. ”
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