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1 • ’' ‘ dbe addressed,
J. H. ESTTLL,
savannah. Ga.
: ♦ *Sie Post Office In St*
isss M**ter.
I' “
1 ,**> OK v "ras rose*.
.o ere.l now and dead.
,v' -r ;-n sweetness fled
r aeeient splendor.
, < above. I feel
. fragrance from them steal,
■ ry tender.
f i vr t iea*ant day*. ,
„‘,,n’s rich srolden blaze
I . their cheeks to glory.
. , h . . these mem’ries give!
that one must live
> ~n U tr life's sweet story
Iks olden joy!
> Ihe valued toy.
u en its charm is broken?
w - . .. un has lost his light,
f winter's night
- au'munt'de o'ercloses—
sweat
i m -men's fleet
\ ... ! you'h's roses?
~ ♦ • -
t.v-m'H tffslra.
i-n v. in Walton c nutty, was
ret Wednesday night,
hoy was drowned in the river
. , , . ii. spiral in Columbus. Mondry
! rfc He fell from the govern
. jeh was tied up there, and be
to'f*st#rc> conld be obtained he was
fc-TTwd Fff ’s were made Thursday to re
vnr rh* !■" '-.blit without success.
jt if Mr. William Crawley, son in
,f < y -n of Social Circle, was so
v >. : ~r. Friday that it was thrown
tt.'NKimisCrs curing the afternoon.
*• rrs ; • a pir’r of professional beaver trap-
L , v! -va river, who are having line
L - ~v ~,r. h from fifteen to t enty bea
i their skins at a good
... t. .w make *n .overage of a hundred
IKvsi tT'h a'rh- bu iness.
t'e-noa and his nephew in Doo'y
h.' n* hot words some time ago
| v , - -*r. A ham belonging to
•> v • red by Are one night after
.-u'r- '.and the uncle accused his
-n- dm to it. The nephew im
-4: leci siit for slander, asking ten
i mt-I !■•• r.-s s a salve for wounded honor.
is was tried and the young
□ir. vis vv>- 1 the excessive amount f ?!•
o ,r e r ivr'.ation of Mr. Jasper TDompson.'
i . nf [ ... , f Gvinnett and counties,
: ■ last Monday morning a mur
- •' h - ' ated much excitement in that
? . . An 1 ecro and his five grown sons
l i : • • another darkey on Bundsy.
k . -•! 1 i'l him when he came tn the
l, On M 'r.dijr morning they were in wait-
K i ! when he came into their presence
•tft* sn the tight, and never ceased until
#ir O wis i -vi Four of the parties are
h > in L-.wren eviUe, and two have run
nr
Tir • f ir* the graduating class of
tktLiicv 0 '-h Ir s itute. at Athens, will be de
livered or lien. Henry R. Jackson, of Savan
ut
Cos X aiav f! -> Christian Church In Yal
i < ;r. s by ii jhtning and considera
a* JiEV' i.
dieresidrnce of Mr. J. H. Yopp. near Dub
feu a®* c-g !>ein? destroyed by fire last
Btft
lb* rlrctr , cht will be exhibited in Au-
Fight burners will be placed
in tise Beil Tower.
Real-; sl-yth* Filiott 4 Shorter wharf was
L rt: r ti;e R me Railroad, nine thousand
l ♦ gjbrici the price paid fot the same. The
will p- oeed at once to ha a line of
■Keiffir-■ i'. lito rua from Rome to Gadsden.
: si*iv afternoon last, Mr. Jerry Mea
dors w-4 thr wn from his mule while leaving
ton ani had his left shoulder dislocated.
Tvs -... . - Herald: “We hear that a negro
vi-*, , „ S r I >-tte on Saturday on Messrs.
: -rt -41 Br 4 Railroad. It seems that he was
' f the engine and went
ff and was ins'antly killed
-no.) him of the da*ger of
ro.r? vfc-re fc- was. hnt he naid no attention
as.! *v, n Tnerrafirr met his fate ”
i we chronicle another
' happened here a few
1 gro girl, about ten years
d's. while suff >ring from an
. : Tire and burned herself
- _• • < w have been informed,
•etßrjrrs a, e and fare badly barn
si N* va- 4-,;i alivM at last ew^ounts.”
‘ One of the most
'he way of a hog’s
L " - -n - xhibitien at the store of
I Pro. on Cotton avenue.
_ • inches 10->g, taken from
years old. weighing fonr hun
■ Teian. tw, ■ five pounds, killed by Jack D.
tra. of Mari t; county, da. The animal
Vi T ' ! a dog half in two at one
'*■ 's ’• ■* danger ms looking weapon.”
F rt'. i> Myi/, r e 0r: - Constable Everett ar
soman a few days ago in the
r*' r; fMr B. W. Sanford's for steal
: h ' t-3in at Everett's station for
' * - ng iier to Fort Valley. At
r fflrnt whr. he was not noticing her she
mm-:*: m ,-ar wind .w while the train
“.in?*: fa speed The train stopped.
' ■ • :in pursuit of her. but
i ‘ ■ -scape We learn that she
masses *erv- a t -rm in the penitentiary.”
c* 1 *! !:■,■■■■' ■ in: “One day last week
rut into her garden where
rg burnt, and in walking
ight fire, quickly blazing
a ; L-- 1.-ivi With great presence of
arcppel upon the ground and com
v’ the same time calling
> S and the flames
Turpin's hands and neck
It was owing to her re
ie. 1 1 c " iU f*'U* that she saved her
r: “The store of Burrel
fe‘Viir,'r*"5 br,>k * a mtoacd robbed on Fun-
H ur. -ugar. crackers, soap and
IM * to th* amount of r.ear fifty dol
■b'.-v-,. . was effected from the win
' ' ' le of the sto'e. Whitmore
lay afteraooa. and a
'- r - followed him. Some of
i- have removed the key that
i if of the window shutter, while
' -butter was thug easily
Is . . A i 'ri of the frame work of the
!. 1 and two of the window panes
k* ,J ’. t get her with the Interven
k id* ~ * r * u-iking a hole large enough
wrt- * IZf " T ‘ i, ‘ back and. or was then un
it-.,, stolen goods were carried out
-*4si *y.
prv T '-'tie: “The cane of J. W. R.>
-T-urdering Henry Sm ! tb in
* , --a i p Monday afternoon. Near
eini.. this county, a difficulty oc
ta a ' se parties, which resulted
“h and severing his
it*■ . . 2ers ma-:e his escape from
ka. ' . * a< >n Tennessee when Sheriff
by..., i '' him a few months since and
k< . : -1 ;k k t Hike. His mother was bv
TV ? ,urt house during the trial
r; ed a vrriict o' ‘Dot guilty.’
s r r-ad the verdict in court a
- duced by Rogers
joy. Hm“. . ’ - ! and clapping bis hands for
:. “ ■* M the couri room to Join
‘lever.' on -T-ceiving information of
shouted in her happ nesa
• - tJet thriliirg scene.”
. *o*tl Tt lr ,, n- ~
< ' Capt in J. C. Q ing
*•*.,( '..‘“k i.ing a rave fowl one day
bssstrv i.f 1 k--..a never been seen in thie
*^ofc r - attracted quire a crowd
Hie- r ‘town, but no one could
HefeathM- ' hcver seen the like before
sbh* bird were over an inch
V* a 1-1 fr °tn a rifle would scarcely
•Mow-r," ' IJ Penetrate them. Its akin
’V'tot.A rt * r °f an Inch In thickness and
losio to V- . * r a Kreat deal of study it was
Mi*,;. . r a bud cf the frigid z one, and is
'-'Hr t‘. _ ’ or the great North AmericaJm
*tv p._ '' “°“Kbt to nave been blown herV
hm „7r ” - or “> of two weeks ago. It waa
J ,77* mi " Pv'hd of Mr. E. 11. Lewis, and
,' 7®* over pne hundred shots were
Z ll lT ’' r, ‘ht persons, only one taking
-u wen; through Jta head.”
rllr r " Uftt *: “Monday morning about
* v fcutrTl ' J 'j ,JCk Milne ’ •in a fair way
, Nme inc—r.diary had pourad
b a o*rert 7 J* ■£?*. and roof of the store
?■ *r. <i vt w X* ® G. Rivers and occupied
Mtily. After doing this they
then p,box With pieces of pine
ker °rne oil over the pine.
7 1 the r.' the ride of tbe store
hrr- r„ aa<l oU ignited. Fortunately
waJtiT.. ,>.. e °f two tramps at the depot
t , **rival .rf the cars that they
Jfiiog 4c l They disc >ver*d the lire
** SE the alarm. In a few
U ’ r '-gtiiv 71,iV 1 *", would have been so
2“ fjaajsst-ssijfsa-a:
Savannah morning news
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
Griffin correspondence Macon Telegraph:
“On Christmas night, of the year 1880, the
bodvof a white man was found on the railroad
track at Hampton, terribly manglvd by having
been mn over by a train ouring the night. Sus
picions of foul play were entertained, from the
fact that the a- ceased had always b-en known
as a steady, sober man, and aiso that a jug,
which he had been seen canting that night,
hart disappeared. Neither could any money be
found on his person. For some reason no in
vestigation into the matter was had. and the
mystery surrounding the case remained un
solved until last Wednesday, when a negro,
lying on h'S death bed at that place Che has
since died), confessed having committed the
crime and implicated three other negroes, two
of whom have since been arrested and are now
in jail. The murder was committed for the
purpose of robbery, and the amount found on
the person of the murdered man was 550. half
of which went to the wounded negro, while the
remainder was equally divided among the
other three. The body was placed on the track
by them to make it appear as a railroad acci
dent.”
01R DARIEN LETTER.
Beautiful Easter Services—Wells
Affected by Want of Rain—Mc-
Intosh Light Dragoons—Shipping
tn Port—A Favored People—Land
scape Gardening—Uenewt tl In
terest in Fruit (-rowing—Busy
Merchants— Hymeneal—The Chi
nese Mast Come.
Darien, Ga., April 12. —Editor Morning
Xeiet: The exercises of St. Andrew's Pro
testant Episcopal Sunday Bchool on Easter
J)ay were very smoothly conducted and most
creditably performed by the children, who
collected in the vestry room at the hour ap
pointed and marched thence singing their pro
cession'd carol down through the church and
back, stopping in order in front of the chancel,
where they chanted the Boned ic-i'e. The
usual recitations followed and the services
closed with a recessional hymn, to which the
little ones kept good time and tune. The motto
cards presented were very pretty and gave
much pleasure. About twenty-five children
attend the classes, which is a fair proportion
of the youthful white population in town.
•Owing to the want of rain the city wells are
getting low and the water not so good as In the
winter. It is a question whether we would do
better could we afford an art “Man well, but
there does not seem to be any reason why we
should not succeed as well as they of t. Au
gus'ine. and such an abundant fountain is a
public blessing in low countries.
There were some promissory notes of rain
blown about by fitful gusts of w-nd on Monday
afterroon, and the rain had been almost will
ing to come down heartily, but, after an effort,
gave it up. and the evening closed with a red
dish light and much cooler atmosphere. A
strong breez* sprang up later, taking the form
of a 1 ght wind on Tuesday.
Despite the weather, on Monday afternoon
the Mclntosh Light Dragoons, Cant tin Clark,
were cut in full uniform in front of the court
house, going through the sword exercise and
manoeuvring nicely, as far ssone could judge.
Those helmets of which there has been so
much apprehension have not been found one
ounce too heavy by their happy possess rs so
far, proving how few of u-> can really put
himself in ano’het’s place. The next tourna
ment ought to be a grand affair, and we look
forward to it withs me eagerness
The Cyrus Hall was towed down at noon on
Monday last by the Crescent City. The Cap
tain, bv way of exoerinient, tried a little pri
vate venture in pitch pi e. stowing all chinks
and spare places with it, to be sold us kindlings
wh*n he reaches New London. Only five arri
vals in port thus far, mostly from Cape de
V erde
It will not be long now before the port physl
> Man takes up his quart “rs on Doboy. We have
been a favored people, for white pestilence and
floods have so scourged and desolated other
places, we have been spared most signally.
Thus is presented to ns a subject for earnest
reflection an-i humble gratitude as a commu
nity while sorrowing with others. Agitating
industrial matters can do no harm, as we see
by tbe interest awakened here so suddenly ia
the shipment of naval store*.
There is too little ornamental planting done
in our low-country section. The natural
growth is very bea-it ful. but closing up the
ranks “a litt’e.” and some’hing in the way of
producing and prolonging certain effects by
combinations of color, is needed. This, so far.
has only been attempted in the smaller shrub
bery-plant life, such as’ Biotas. Achvrantheli.
Geraniums, Coleii. etc. Now, if spots near a
church, or in a square, were planted in groups
here and there, consisting of such evergreens
and trees as a purple beech, a liquid amber, a
Norway spruce, two or three gold and crimson
maples, ' olorado spruce (abies pungeml and
one or two of Alcoek’s Japan spruces, and the
abie* poll fa from the same country placing
some if these groups under the broad spread
ing moss-draped oaks, and others with the
pines ;in the background or centre, by them
selves’, they would furnish a picture perpetual,
yet varying, of exquisite beauty, at little cost
to any town.
Mr. Van Linley, of Pomona Hill Nureries.
North Carolina, has been in town the p*st week
and has awakened quite an interest in pomolo
gy. securing i rders for a lot of vines, tree 4 and
small fruits. Thorough culture, snd irrigation
regularly performed, mav make the latter suc
ceed; but. as a general thing, our only sure re
turns for very little care are found in plums,
figs, pomegranates and’grapes. We can have
no damson nor mogul plums; however, apri
cots do w-11. too, and so do all eariy varieties
of the peach.
our merchants are pretty busy taking stock
anil opening spring goods. Many new hats
and pretty costumes were out on Easter day.
So far there Is not as much vivid color seen as
last spring, though there is little doubt that the
aesthetic sunflower will flutter down here later
in the season.
Ihe-e was a wedding in St. Andrew’s Church
yesterday (Tue-dav) afternoon, and at half-past
five o’clock a larg- number of friends ware
gathered to see the bride given away. The
church itself ws hemjtirul inside, with
its new and handsomely embroidered altar
cloth, antependulums and rich and abundant
floral decorations. The wed ting music was
bright, the bride verv sweet and the bride
groom radiant of countenance, and all were
iva<ly to say “I will” before the clergyman.
The Debating and Library Association met
last night and decided that the Chinese might
come in and dwell among us in peace. It is ss
well, for we may have to petition those same
Celestials to dress our meats and prepare sub
stantial food for us ere long—the bulk of the
present generation of colored caterers being
too dreamy and spintuelle for much menial or
manual labor. H. S. B.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The weekly statement of the Bank of
RngUnd shows aa Increase in specie of
£103,000
A dispatch from Paris sta‘e3 that Mr.
Parnell Int- nds to return to Irc-Uud almost
Immediately.
Amnesty will be granted to the insur
gents In Herzgnvlna who return to their
homes and labor quietly on their lands.
C. H. Spencer, of Fort Orange, Fla., has
been appointed Superintendent of the
Seven h Life Saving district in Florida.
Annie Flatto, aged twenty-eight, com
mitted suicide in New York recrutly by
jumping from the roof of a house while in
sane.
The weekly statement of the Bsnk of
France shows a decrease In specie of
475,000 francs In gold, and 2,775,000 francs
in silver.
Fourteen spinners at tbe Shove Mill, at
Fall River, Maas , struck yesterdaylat noon.
Complaints concerning low wtges caused
the s’r'ke, which was ordered by the Spin
ners’ Union.
It Is understood that the FHz John Por
ter case was practically disposed of at tbe
recent Cabinet meeting, and will be made
the sut ject of a special message to Congress
at an early day.
The Washington Critic says that Secretary
Lincoln will remain lit the Cabinet “for a
short time longer,” and then be superseded
“by someone more in accord with the pres
ent administration.”
Captain Scaville returned to MemphD
yesterday evening on the City of Providence
with the remains of the little girl found In
the river, thirty miles below that city. The
ehild was the daughter of W. H. Btowe.
Mrs. Aon Flynn, seventy years of age, wss
turned out of door* by her married daughter
In Bro klyn one night this week. The poor
old lady, who was thinly clad, started for
the bouse of a friend, but had only gone a
short distance when she fell dead in tbe
street.
The New Tom Assembly has passed a
bill from the Senate to allow a prisoner
under sentence of death to apply for anew
trial on tbe plea of newly discovered evi
deuce. It 16 understood that this bill,which
now goes to the Governor, will apply to the
case of Slndram.
Henrv Gallagher, being “slightly Intoxi
cated,” fired at Rev. Father Dcngan, of tbe
Church of the Immaculate Conception, in
Allentown, Pa., a few nights ago, but
missed his aim. Gallagher, who has a daugh
ter suft-ring from St. Vitus’ dance, Is said
. to labor under tbe hallucination that Father
Dongan could cure her if he desired.
In the Senate of Massechusetts a bill re
ducing the number of liquor licenses to be
granted to one to (very one thousand per
sons has passed to a third reading. This bill
applied to Boston would reduce the number
of places selling liquor from twenty five
hundred to about six hundred, Including
druggists, whose licenses ate not affected by
the bill.
The contest between the advocates of tbe
outlet system for Improving the Mississippi,
and those favoring the reconstruction of the
levee*, is likely to be a sharp one. A strong
opposition o the levee project is develop
ing In the House Committee on Commerce.
In view of the action of the late flood,
many are now Insisting that there shall be
sufficient experiments with the outlet sys
tem to te*t its merits at the most practicable
points,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SAVANNAH RIVIR AND HARBOR
IMPROVEMENT.
Oglothorpe Barrack* an 9 Pont
Office aite—Colonel Black Steadily
Mending—Mr. in-ner on tbe
Tariff— More of Kelfet’s Work—
Anottiqf Men - grapber Bonuced—
Mi ip herd and Blaine.
Washington, April 13.—Mayor Wheaton,
of Savannah, and Mr. Warren will to-mor
row appear before the Commerce Committee
of the House In advocacy of an Increased
appropriation for the improvement of Ba
vancah harbor. They will urge *350,000 for
that work.* They will also urge *38,000 for
the Improvement, of Romney Marsh.
OGLETHORFK BARRACKS.
The matter of the purchase of the Ogle
thorge barracks at Savannah for anew
post office will also be looked Into by
Messrs. Wheaton and Warren, but as the
Secretary of War, who has jurisdiction of
the eubject, Is absent nothing In that
direction will be done for some days.
COL. BLACK GREATLY IMPROVED,
Representative Black is to-night better
than he has been for some time. He has
entirely recovered from a recent, slight re
laps*. the danger of which has been greatly
exaggerated by sensational reports. He Is
cheerful to-night and 6hows signs of further
and cumulative improvement,
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, Messrs. Plumb, Allison and
Beck were appointed conferees on the post
office appropriation bill.
Mr Camtnn, of Pennsylvania, presented
a protest from the Central Branch of the
Land League of America agains* the Im
prisonment of American citizens In Ireland.
Referred.
The Senate tcok up the bill for the ad
justment of claims growing out, of the des
truction of the United S'ates private armed
hrlg General Armstrong, In tbe port of
Faval, Azores Islands, In 1814. The com
mittee’s amendments, specifying that the
to‘al of the claims to be passed upon (not
exre “dine 170.739) Is the amount proved
be f o e t.he Committee of Claims, was
agreed t,o.
Mr. Pendleton eulogized the valor and
skill of the officers and crew of the Arm
s'rorer in defending their vessel against tbe
attack o? the three British war vessels. He
regarded It a one of the most heroic and
brilliant actions in our naval history.
Mr Pla’t opposed the m -asure. The bill
was passed—yeas 41, nays 13.
Mr Kellogg’s hill to extend the limits of
the port of New Orleans and for other pur
poses. was passed after the #2OO 000 appro
priation had been stricken out,*as recom
mended by the Committee on C >mmerce.
The Indian Territory Railroad bill waa
again -aken up and a somewhat tedious and
desultory debate upon it followed. Messrs.
Sherman, Inga’l*, and Jones o? Florida,
opposed, and Messrs Williams, Call and
Maxev favored the bill. The pending amend
ment, to requirethe consent to the bill of the
General Councils of the Choctaw and Chicka
saw Nations beforeit shall take effect,
was rejected—yea* 15, r.avs 30 The amQnd
ments offered by Messrs. Plumb, McMillan
and Ssulsbury were accepted by Mr. Maxey.
In charge of the hill, which was then passed
—veas 31, nays 13.
On motion of Mr. Kellogg, the biil appro
priating six milOon dollars for the Improve
ment of the Misrissippl and Missouri rivers
was taken up and laid over as unfinished
business for to-morrow.
Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Ap
propriat'd) e, reported, without amend
ment, th“ House bill appropriating SSO.OOO
to supply a deficiency In the current year In
the subsistence of the Arrapahoe, Cheyenne,
Apache and other Indian trlbles. He ex
p'alned that the bill waa substantially
identical with the one recently originated
In and passed by the Senate, and was made
necessary because the House had declined
to recognize the right of the Senate to
originate the measure.
Mr. Beck—We do not concede the ques
tior, Vnt wafvo it for tho
The bill was pisaed.
Mr. Plumb, from the same committee,
reported without amendment the House bill
appropriating the following amounts to
supply deficiencies in the current year:
#170,000 for printing stamps, etc., for
Revenue Department; #25.000 for the manu
facture of paper, for the use of the Treasury
Department; a!o, #150,000 to continue the
work on the Washington monument, the
latter appropriation being for the next fiscal
year and to enable the person in charge to
make his contracts for the coming year at
this time. Passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on motion of Mr. F.llls, of
Louisiana, the Senate bt'l was passed, pro
viding for one appraiser and two assistant
appraisers at the port of New Orleans, In
stead of two appraisers and one assistant
appraiser, as at present.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the House, at 2:40 o’clock, went Into
committee of the whole on the tariff com
mission bill.
Mr. Turner, of Georgia, opposed the pend
ing bill, contending that tbe tariff needed
Immediate revision, and then argued in sup
port of a revenue tariff.
Messrs. Updegriff, of Ohio, and Brumra,
of Pennsylvania, also spoke upon the meas
ure.
The committee then rose.
Adjourned.
THE SHIPHERD INQUIRT.
Before proceeding with the Shipherd ex
aminarion to-day the Committee on For
eign Affairs Indulged In a brief discussion
relative to the advlsablity of revising the
official reports of the proceedings. The
question was. however, postponed for the
present.
The witness testified that the offer of
#250,000 in stock to Uurlbut was talked
about by himself, Senator Blair and
Mr. Blaine on two occasions. Wit
ness admitted that Secretary Blaine
never committed hlmseif In words, yet,
when he(BMpherd)came away and thought
over seriously the Grift of his several inter
views, h* was always profoundly Impressed
with the belief that the Secretary was In
accord with their wishes.
Mr. Belmont propounded several ques
tions with the view to discovering who were
the parties Interested In the Peruvian Com
pany that he (Shipherd) had alluded to as
“friends of Gen Grant and of the Execu
tive” Witness evaded a direct answer, but
fiaallv said: “My opinion is that at tbe time
there were gentleman Interested wt h us
who were personal friends of the Garfield
administration, and there were others who
were friends of Gen. Grant and President
Arthur.” Witness declined to state who
these persons were, and said that under no
clrcums'ances would he present a Ust of
stockholders In the Peruvian Company.
Shipherd said the greatest surprise of his
life was Blaine’s letter of December 3d, In
dicating a change of front. Witness con
tinued: “My explanation of the Secre
tary’s charge of attitude Is that about the
31 of December he became convinced
that he could not longer remain In the Cabi
net, and, fearing that wha' had passed be
tween him and Senator Blair and myself
would become public, he made up his mind
to publish me beforehand to put
upon record in the State Department
the letter which would indicate that
he always knew Shipherd was a fraud, and
that tbe Peruvian Company was a bubble
and a swindle, and therefore I say,” added
witness with much feeling, “I regard that
letter of December 3d as just as deliberate
an attempt to assassinate a man’s character
and destroy a great Interest as ever was
known In history.”
MOKE or keifek’s woke.
Andrew Devine, one of the two official
stenographers of the House committees,
received to-night a letter from the Speaker
of the House similar to tke one recently
received by the other official stenographer
for the House committees (Mr. Hayes), in
forming blm that for good and sufficient
cause he bad been dismissed and that his
services would no longer be required.
Mr. Devine has been absent from the
House for several days on sick leave, and
was in bed this morning when the Speaker’s
letter was handed to him. It is understood
that the dismissal of Messrs. Devine and
Haves will be brought up in the House for
discussion tomorrow by Mr. Stephens or
Mr. Randall. The refusal of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee to proceed with Its business
yesterday, on discovering that the official
reporter’s notes of the proceedings already
had in tie Sbipherd investigation were in
accurate and practically valueless, is made
the texi for sharp editorials in several Ne'w
York papers this morning. To-dsy another
official stenographer to another committee
was fn attendance on the Shipherd investi
gattan.
Andrew Devine, the second stenographer
dismissed by Speaker Keifer, was formerly
for many years the Benate reporter for the
Associated Press, and like Hayes from the
House graduated thence to the committee
rooms as an official reporter.
A Noted Communist Dead.
Paris, April 13 —M. Frinquet, the Com
munist leader, la dead.
THE RICHLAND CASES.
The EvldenceComluded Argument
Begun —lnfnmou* Record* of the
Government's Witnesses.
Charleston, April 13.—1 q the United
I States Circuit Court to-day in the Acton
election case testimony for defense was
opened and closed, and the testlmory in
reply for the prosecution was closed. Dallas
Sanders made the openlDg argument for the
prosrcutlon, and Colonel J. C. Haskell
opened for the defense. One of counsel on
each side will be heard to morrow, and the
case will then go to the jury. The witnesses
for the defense to-day denied point blank
the charges made by the govern
ment’s witnesses and swore posi
tively that Kane, ihe United States Super
visor, had been allowed far more
privilege than he was entitled to under the
law. They tes’lfied that the ballot box bad
been opened fully and displayed to Kane
befo-e the election began, and that he ex.
pressed no dissatisfaction; that Kane had
been caught twice with his hand In the bal
lot box. and it was shortly after one of
these occasions that the bundle of
tickets had been found In the box. The
defense also put up a number of
witnesses to prove the bad reputation
of the government’s witnesses. One was
shown to be a gambler, and to have been
tried for larceny and murder. Another, a
colored school teacher, was shown to have
forged pay rolls and swindled a bank In Co
lumbia, and had imDrnper relations with
eom? of his pupils. Another was shown to
have swindled a colored woman out of a
tract of land, and testimony was Introduced
which went to show that every witness ex
amined by the government, bore a bad repu
tation in the community In which he lived,
and to be unworthy of belief under oath.
LIVE OAK AND ROWLANDS
BLUFF RAILROAD.
A Locomotive Passe* Over Two
Allies of the Road.
Live Oak, Fla , April 13 —The first loco
motive on the Live Oak and Rowland's
Bluff RUlroad passed over two miles of the
line this mornlgn. The engine was num
ber six of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway, In charge of Engineer E
Makin. A party of ten were on board;
Colonel H. M. D.'are, J. M. Hallowes, D.
M McAlpin, A A. Blackburn. 8, L. Drane,
R. E Lloyd, L L. Densler, F. H. Fahm, J
C. Rowell aDd W. 11. Carroll. The trip was
made with fair spe< and.
Work on this line Is progressing finely un
de" the able management and supervision of
Colore! Drane, and Ds completion will be
th<* ilawn of anew era In the history of
Middle and South Florida that will give an
impetus to the industrUl development of
these sections hitherto unknown.
HOW GATE FLOW N.
The Favored Criminal Takes Ills
Leave.
Washington, April 13.—Captain How
gate, formerly disbursing officer of the Sig
nal Bureau, has escaped from j all. It was
stated lu the newspapers some time ago
that he was allowed considerable liberty in
the way of visiting his homo, spending
Sunday rhere, etc., but that statement was
denied by the officials tn charge of him
Late this evening the announcement of his
ercape was made from pjlice headquarters.
Marshal Henry explains to night that
Captain Howgate has several times been
permitted by order of the court., In the com
pany of a baliff, to visit his home for a few
hours. To day Judge Wyley gave orders
permitting Howgate to go home for two
hour*. Shortly after his arrival there the
baliff’s attention was for a moment de
tracted from his charge bv a number of
ladles of the family, and when recalled to
himself Howgate was gone. Diligent search
was made, but so far unsuccessfully.
THE VIRGINIA GERRYMANDER.
The Scheme Defeated In the Senate.
Richmond, April 13 —ln the Senate to
day the Congressional reappointment bill,
recently passed by the House of Delegates,
wa3 defeated by a vote of 16 yeas to 19
nays. Messrs. Hale, Lybrook and New
berry, Democratic Readjusters, Williams,
Republican Readjuster, and Wingfield,
st.ra’ghtotlt Republican, voted with the
Democrats against the bill. If the bill had
passed It would have given the Readjustee
etebt ou' of the ten Congressional districts
of tbe State. It was considered an extreme
party measure. The House bill, providing
anew charter for the cl'v of Norfolk, was
passed—yeas 18, nays 15.
FIRING OUT A REPORTER.
A Philadelphia City Official Charged
With Assault.
Philadelphia, April 13 —City Commis
sioner William S. Douglass was arrested to
day, and will have a hearing to-morrow,
upon the charge of assault upon a repre
sentative of the Evening BuUetin, of this city.
The latter called upon the Commissioner
about noon to request some information
about the new public buildings, and, In
reply, he was seized by the back of the neck
by 'lie city official and kicked out of the
building. A warrant for assault was sworn
out at once.
A MILLIONAIRE SUED.
| “Tnrf, Field and Farm” Wants
Compensation for Its Losses.
New York, April 13.—Orlando B. Potter,
I owner of the old IForM building, recently
destroyed by fire, has been sued In the Su
preme Court by the proprietors of the Tnrf,
Field and Farm tor #SO 000 damages for
losses th°y sustained In the burning of the
building, of which they were occupants.
The complainant charges negligence against
the defendant In having failed to provide
properly against fire.
Cotton Fntnrcs In New York.
New York, April 13 —The JUt's cotton
report says : ‘ Future deliveries at the first
call sold 2 100 c. dearer,but lost the advance
and 1 100 to 2-100 c. in addition. At tbe sec
ond call, May was bought at 12 26c., July
a* 12 56c., and October at 11 69c.,)he former
at yesterday’s closing quotations, and Octo
ber 2 100 c. higher. After the cal] Liver
pool reported an Improved demand, with
spots 1-16 J. dearer. This led to a greatly
Improved Inquiry. Prices rose 7to 8-100 c.
above yesterday’s closing rates. Tbe dispar
ity between Liverpool and our market con
tinues in full force, and Is looked upon with
much satisfaction by the ‘bear’ interest.
The ‘bulls’ point co greatly falling off
receipts, to the decreasing supply of Ameri
can cotton, to the small s’oeks at our mills
and to an iotvltable ultimate European de
mand, ah hough, as they allow, It may be
delayed longer than desirable. At the third
call 12 23c. was refused for April. May
brought 12 33c., June 12 48*12 49c., July
12 64')., August 12 78a12 79c., September
12 4*bl2 42c., October 11 74c., and January
1168 c.” y
Weatber liwdtcatlona.
Office Chbf Sisnll Observer, Wasp
ihston, D. 0., April 13.—Indications for
Friday:
In the South Atlantic Btates, clearing
weather, northerly winds, stationary or
higher barometer and stationary tempera
ture.
In the Gu'f States, clearing weather,
northerly winds, higher barometer, and sta
tionary or higher temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fair
weather, variable winds, stationary or higher
barometer and temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy weather, northerly winds, stationary
or higher barometer and temperature.
The Funeral of Mra. Gray.
New York, April 13. —A Port Jervla spe
cial 6ays: “The noon express train to day
brought a funeral party to this village with
the bodv of Mrs. R. O Gray, of Surrey
couoty, Va. The husband and Mrs. B. F.
Winfield, a sister of Mrs. Gray, accompanied
the remains. Mrs. Gray was murdered by
servants, who poisoned her coffee. Bhe was
formerly a resident of this village. Her hus
band is a well to do farmer living in Vir
ginia.’’
They only can appreciate health who have
suffered from long-continued Illness.
Brown’s Iron Bitters gives health and
strength, and thus has made very many
happy.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1882.
SCALDED AND MANGLED.
TEKRIFIC BUILEB EXPLOSIONS.
A Horror In Cliarleiton Hirboron
tbe Steamer Planter—Several of tbe
Crew Boiled to Death or Badly
Injnred—Terrlb'e Diaan'er In Ba|-
ilmsre—lan? Vittlmt-A Dread
Calamity Repeated.
Charleston, April 13.—The steamer
Planter, from this port, exploded her boiler
this morning just after leaving the dock.
Jake Washington, a colored deck hand,
was scalded to death. C. F. Bosang and W.
T. Ham, mate and engineer, both white, were
seriously scalded. Two colored men were
slightly li jured. The Planter had a cargo
of merchandise and about twelve cabin pas
sengers. None of the latter are Injured.
The vessel and cargo are but slightly
damaged. The vessel was towed to the pier.
The Planter bad left her pier from George
town with a list, of about twenty-five cabin
and twenty deck passengers, and had
reached the Ripley Shoal In the harbor when
the explosion occurred. It was simply a
rent In the steel boiler, through which
the steam escaped and soon enveloped the
entire boat. Capt. Bcott was knocked
down but managed to get to the pdot house
and stop Iho engines and let go the anchor.
The engineer, w. T. Ham (white), and
the mate, C. F. Bosang, were caught on the
main deck and were fearfully scalded. The
mate, it Is thought, cannot survive,
although the engineer mav possibly
live. Jake Washington, a colored deck
hand, was caught by the steam and
literally boiled to death. When his
body was brought cu‘ the flesh was almost
dropping from the bones.
Simon D ctor, another colored deck hand,
while running from the steam rushed
against the cylinder of one of the engines
and w:s knocked down and had his thigh
broken. He. too, was literally boiled to
death, although he survived until he had
been conveyed to the hospital. George
Brunson, another colored deck band, was
also badly scalded. The passengers in the
saloon,among whom were a number of ladies,
escaped Injury by rushing to the windward
side of the vessel and hanging over the bul
warks.
The vessel and cargo belong to the Accom
modation lice of Georgetown steamers, rnd
are not seriously damaged. The boilers are
comparatively new, are made of steel, and
at the time of the accident carried only
elgh’v pounds of steam. No one seems to
be able to account for the explosion.
The Coroner’s jury In the cases of Doctor
and Washington rendered a verdict of acci
dental death.
Baltimore, April 13 —By the explosion
of a boiler In the corn chop mill, comer
of Fremont and Pratt streets, th's after
noon, it i4 reported, there were twelve per
sons killed. Five ! odies have been recov
ered.
The machinery had been Idle for some
time for repairs, and tires had just been
started to resume work when the explosion
occurred. A portion ef the boiler was pro
pelled northward, entirely demolishing two
two-st.ory brick dwellings on King
street and throwing down th side
wa’l of a rear building adjoining.
At 'he time of the explosion the engineer,
John Addbon, W’aters, the colored fireman,
Andrew Cooper, a machinist who had been
making repairs, and Frank Kronlng, a ooy
of fifteen years, were In the engine room.
All were killed except Cooper and hs was
fo badly scalded that his life is deepalred
of.
In the house No. 173 King s'reet George
P ntz, aged nineteen, was killed, and Ida
Rosenberg hRd one of her legs broken.
Ellen Rawlings, a colored servant woman,
was severely hurt by the walls falling upon
her. in No. 171 King street Grace Gray, aged
twenty, was killed. In the yard adjoining
the factory Abraham Hepburn, colored,
white unloading a lumber wagon, was struck
by a flying missile, and his skull fractured.
James R den, aged fifteen, had his
skull fractured. Edward Callahan had a leg
broken. Mrs. Margaret Kauf, living at 454
Pratt, street, adjoining the factory, was
standing at her wash tub ia her kitchen,
when she was struck bv flying bricks. C.
W. Ga‘e=, at work tn a granite yard a square
distant, was struck In the face bv a brick
and severely burc. Elward Kelly, one of
the employes in the building, had a leg
broken and several others were less serious
ly hurt.
The tuilding and machinery and dwelling
hous s are owned by Richard Cromwell, Jr.
Several bodies are supposed to be still under
•he ruins, Including those of the engineer,
fireman and a boy. The firemen are at work
striving to recover them. The damage to
the property and machinery is estimated at
abou' #8 000. There was a similar explo
sion in the same bulldiDg three years ago,
when five persons lost their lives.
TRENTON AND YORKTOWN.
A Virginia Military Association Re
ceived and Banqueted by Hie
Graud Army of the Republic,
Trenton, N. J., April 13 —About eighty
members of the old First Virginia Infantry,
O'ey Battery and Howitzer Association of
Richmond, Virginia, arrived here yesterday,
as the guests of the Aaron Wilkes Post No.
23, Grand Army of the Republic An Im
mense crowd assembled at the depot, and a
national salute was fired upon the arrival of
the train. A line was formed, composed of
three companies of the National Guard, two
companies of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Posts 23 and 8 and an auxiliary corps
from each post.
At the City Hall, rx-Mayor Crevelllng, in
the absence of Mayor Vroom, received tbe
guests, and extended a hearty welcome and
the hospitalities of the city. The welcome
was responded to In a most eloquent speech
by Colonel C. 8. Btrlngfel!ow, of Richmond.
Allusions to huryiDg old animosities and the
reunion of the North and Bouth under one
flag, one constitution, and in one common
brotherhood,were received with long and re
peated demonstrations of applause. The
occasion was one of uncommon Interest,
and excited the greatest enthusiasm.
The houses on the streets through which
the procession passed were profusely deco
rated and Immense throngs filled every
available place. In the evening a grand
banquet was tendered the guests, at which
many of our principal citizens were present.
Speeches were made and sentiments
offered in honor of the fraternal occasion,
and former hostilities were alluded to only
to show how deeply they were regretted.
New Jersey and Virginia, Trenton and York
town, were again united, as they were dur
ing the revolution, and at the festive boards
the sons of revolutionary sires again pledged
allegiance to one flag, one constitution and
one country. The guests leave to-day. The
citizens generally have united to do honor
to the visitors.
Tbe Czat'a Coming Coronation.
St. Petersburg, April 13.— The Minister
of the Imperial Household has Issued a
private circular announcing that the coro
nation of the Czar will take place in August,
and that by Imperial command all dignita
ries of the empire must attend the cere
mony in Mo-cow. The festivities will last
a fortnight, and it is estimated that the
expenses will amount to 10,00(4000 roubles.
The celebration when the lute Czar was
crowned lasted a month and cost 18,000,000
roubles.
1 be Tariff In Germany.
Berlin, April 13—A majority has been
secured In the Bundesrath for the tobacco
monopoly. A bill, which will take prece
dence of the customs tariff, has been sub
mitted in the Bundesrath raising the
duties on some descriptions of iron, hard
ware, rope, honey and store goods from
3 to 20 per cent., but owing to the depres
sion among millers in Germany the duty on
foreign commerce is reduced to an extent
corresponding with the export duty.
A Room tu Grain In Chicago.
Chicago, April 13.—There was a genuine
boom lu all kinds of grain to day, and the
only explanation seemed to be that while a
good many speculators who study tactics
closely are 6hi rt, the country at large and
the small scalpers and a few very prominent
dealers are long, and are “bulling” the mar
ket with great pertiuaclty and success.
News which, in ordinary times, would tend
to depress prices, seems now to have no
effect whatever.
Honors to Mena tor Jones, of Florida.
New York, April 13—The Irish Nation
alists of New York city will this evening
present Hon. Charles W, Jones, United
States Benator from Florida, with a hand
some set of resolutions, through Edward G.
Byrnes, who is now in Washington as a dele
gate from the Land League. The presenta
tion will take place at the Senator’s room.
Koyal Nuptials.
Vienna, April 13.—Princess Terese Von
Liechtenstein and Prince Franz Joseph
Araneph, of Bayarls, were married yester
day.
THE LAND LEAGUE CONVENTION.
America'sGenerosliy-Mirrlng Reso
lutions.
Washington, April 13—Ia the National
Land League Convention to day, Rev.
Father Walsh, Treasurer of the League,
presented his report of receipts and remit
tances since the last convention, giving re
ceipts by States, Massachusetts leading the
list with #4,130,743. The receipts from the
States in detail were a3 follows:
Alabama. $ 50
California so
Connecticut 11,996
District of Columbia 200
Illinois 1,395
Indiana 175
lowa 1,213
Kansas 96
Maine 385
Maryland 2,097
Michigan 820
Minnesota 492
New Hampshire 1.P56
New Jersey .. 991
New York 1.034
Ohio 534
Pennsylvania 3.298
Rhode Island 2,819
Texas 70
Vermont 375
Wisconsin 349
From Canada 406
These amounts were received by the
Treasurer from October 10,1881, to April
10, 1882. The total receipts since *he for
mation of the League were #180,589. Up
to the present time there had been remitted
to the General Treasurer of the Irish
National Land League and Miss Parnell
#169,262.
The New York and California delegates
explained that their States would have ap
peared to better advantage on the statement
but for the fact that the greater portion of
their remittances had been sent direct to
Europe, and not through this organization.
The Secretary stated that the local remit
tances, including those sent direct since the
Buffalo Convention, would aggregate nearly
#300,000, The chairman read a telegram
from Mr, Eagan, at Paris, acknowledging
the receipt of #255,000 from America, and
thanking the friends of Ireland in thl.-
coun'ry for their noble exertions.
A long preamble and a set of resolutions
were adopted. The following are the last
two resolu'ionF:
“ Resolved , That we are proud of the Chris
tlan forbearance of the Irish people under
their dreadful exasperations, and while ex
horting every man in Ireland to continue
his Influence in preventing even the least
act of violence, we solemnly charge the
British Government with the responsibility
for all the crimes’and outrages of an extra
ordinary nature occurring since the impris
onment of the chosen leaders of an indomi
table snd exasperated race.
“Resolved, That while wo do not ask the
release of any citizen who has violated the
just law of the land, we demand of the
proper authorities, not as a favor but as a
right, the Immediate trial or unconditional
release of American citizens confined with
out accusation in foreign jails.”
The convention then ai journed, subject
to the call of the Chairman.
THE FLOODED VALLEY.
Here Ration* for flllsslsslppl—Ter
rible Storm at Horgan City.
St. Louis, April 13 —The steamer City of
Cairo, of the Anchor Line, which left for
Vicksburg this afternoon, took down 40,000
government rations for the sufferers by tbe
floods lu the State of Mississippi, and the
steamer City of Helena, which leaves to
morrow, will take down the same amount.
New Orleans, April 13.—A Times-Femo
crat Morgan City special says: “The gauge
stands at forty and one-half feet, an In
crease of half an Inch tn twenty-four hours.
Last night this section was visited bv the
most terrible storm since September, 1879.
Houses were shaken from their foundations,
and cisterns, fences and smaller cabins,
sheds and out-houses set adrift. The storm
commenced about nine o’clock and lasted
two hours. The water rose very ranldlv to
forty-six inches above the rise of 1874, but
fell during the morning. At Drew’s
Mills, five miles above here, the entire set
tlement, with the exception of the proprie
tor’s dwelling, was swept away, comprising
about twenty dwellings, some of the Inmates
losing their personal effects. In Berwick a
school house was blown from Its foundation,
and a portion of Mr. Falgot’s house and Its
contents were drifted off. In Freetown
several small houses went adrift. The
Atchafalaya, Boeuff and Bcbaefer have
been full of drifting portions of dwellings,
lumber and logs of wood all day.”
LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB.
Second Day of (be Spring Meeting.
New Orleans, April 13.—At the second
day’s races the weather was partly cloudy
and the attendance light.
The first race, the Withers stakes, for to
year olds, half a mile, was won by Lake
land’s Eds, by Great Tom, Exeter 82(*nd,
Vlnr-etta third. It was won bv two lengths.
Tbe track was heavy. Time 53>£.
The second race, a setting race, for all
ages, for a yurse of #250, a mile and an
eighth, was won by Mascotte, Ada second,
EH third, beating Bowling Green, George
Hakes and Eva. Time 2:12%. Alter wor
rying a long time the flag finally dropped
but the judges did not tap the drum, and all
except Maseotte had run nearly a mile before
tbe recall bell was tapped. This left Mas
cotte fresh, and she won by two lengths.
The third race, for a purse of #3OO, mile
heats, resulted :
Lula Stanhope 1 1
Duke of Kent 2 2
Watchman 3 dls.
General Rowette distanced
Levan distanced
Time 1:51%.
SPANISH TOPICS.
The Proponed Commercial Treaty
Wtlh France—Much Ado Aboat
Nothing,
Madrid, April 13 —The Commercial Club
has adopted a resolution favoring the pro
posed treaty of commerce with France.
In the courts to-day Senor Catalan, a
deputy, stated that great excitement had
been caused by the arrival of five French
Ironclads at Barcelona.
Senor Gonzales, Minister of the Interior,
said that the government had received no
Inform*: ion of the presence of a French
squadron at Barcelona, but that If the re
port were true the fact ) oesessed no Im
portance,'as the relations between France
and Bpaln were most cordial. The expecta
tion now is that the government will not
make the approval of the treaty with France
a question of confidence In the Ministry,
but will allow the Ministerial deputies to
vote according to their opinions. It is un
derstood, however, that the government
will not consent to any modification.
Tbe New York stork Market.
New York, April 13.—Share speculation
opened Irregular but in the main weaker,
with prices % to % per cent, below yester
day’s closing quotations, the latter for Man
hattan Beach, while Mobile and Ohio open
ed 3 per cent, lower, at 22. A slight decline
In the general list and 1% per cent, in Wa
bash preferred took place in the early deal-
ings, followed by an advance of % to 1 per
cent., In which Louisville andNasnvllle and
New Jersey Central were most conspicuous.
Subsequently the market fell off %to 1%
per cent., the latter for Louisville and Nasn
vlHp. Wabish preferred sold down 2%,
and Colorado coal 3% per cent, to SJ. This
was followed by a recovery of % to 1% per
cent., New Jersey Central, Colorado coal
and Louisville and Nashville leading therein.
The market In the early part of the after
noon recorded a decline of % t 02% per cent.,
Michigan Central, Canada Sou'hern, Den
ver and Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, New
Jeraey Central, and Wabash preferred be
ing prominent in the downward movement.
A recovery of % to 1% per cent , then took
place, Michigan Central leading therein,
but the market again fell off % to \% per
cent, Denver and Rio Grande, New Jersey
Central, and Missouri Pacific being the
principal sufferers in the decline There
was a recovrry of % to 1% per cent, in the
late dealings, the latter for New Jersey
Central, followed in the final dealings by a
decline of % to 1% per cent., Colorado
coal and Missouri Pacific leading therein.
Market closed weak and % to 3% p;r cent,
lower than yesterday’s closing prices, the
latter for Ws>bash preferred. Transactions
aggregated 470,000 shares.
Mr. R J. Sherwin, of Concord, N H.,
writes: “I have a good old aunt who keeps
bouse for wife and baby and me. Of late
she has been groaning and complaining.
Our family doctor could not find out what
ailed her, and yet often she would keep her
bed for several days. I persuaded her to
try Brown’s Iron Bitters, and to my astonish
ment she has never complained since. She
now calls It ‘her medicine,’ and recommends
it to everybody.”,
GLEANINGS FROM GOTHAM.
NEW YORK SENSATIONS AND
GOSSIP.
Jnmbo Completely Kellpslns Oscar—
Po*tLeuten Amusement* and
Nprlng Coattimea— A Prominent
Northern Philanthropist in
Trouble—Mtn*ns Swindle (in
earthed—“La Glrouette" -Long Is
land Farmer* vs. Snob* and
Shoddy Imitators of British
Sportsmen.
Nw York, April 12.—The sensation of the
hour is Jumbo, The day before his arrival the
word “Jumbo” stared at you from every blank
wall and ash barrel in the street, and when the
steamer Assyrian Monarch was reported
as sighted an army of bill-posters were sent
out with huge posters and pastepots. What
the bill-posters posted up were the words,
“Jumbo is here,” in blue letters of great di
mensions on a white ground. People wag their
heads and say that Barnum is the “prince of
humbugs,” but they show a lively interest
in Jumbo for all that. The announce
ment of his arrival crowded the piers of the
North river with a struggling mass of men.
women and chfidren.who craned their necks to
get a el imps- of the steamer, -nd of the cage
that held the huge beast in captivity. Jumbo’s
arrival, his voyage from the old world to the
new. down to the minutest details, and his
landing from the ship upon American soil,
have been chronicled without, stint of space in
the dailv journals here. All accounts agree
that Jumbo is a had elephant in one respect at
least—he is a heavy drinker. Ho may not like
our light American beer as well as English
stout, buthe drinks it down with apparent en
joyment.. The most, striking feature in his
personal appearance is his dispropor
tionately long legs. If you did not see
his huge bulk above them you would
think of tree trunks. Another peculiarity is
that he has a lumpy back —that is. there is a
hump forward over tho shoulders, another
hump over his hind quarters, and a hollow be
tween. His ears like his legs, are dispropor
tionately large. 80, altogether. Jumho is not
a marvel of symmetry and beauty. His con
duct aboard ship is universally commended.
At times he became nervous, and for two or
three days h“ suffered from seasickness, but
for the rest of the trip he was as jolly as an
elephant could be expected to he under the
circumstances. He was landed without mishap
and dragged up Broadway to the Malison
Pquare Garden by sixteen horses For some
distance men and boys helped to pull the
load, which recalls tbe storv of the
wooden horse, full of armed Greeks,
which the unsuspecting Trojans henled into
their citv. At the garden it was found that the
box would not go through the wide doors, and
consequently Jumho was left in his cage until
the n' xt morning (Monday). Then the cage wrs
opened and the pet of England was invited to
step forth. He refused at first He was afraid.
Final'v.after feeling the ground with his trunk
he ventured out and was led to a corner of the
garden. At first he was made fas' to a crow
bar driven several feet into the earth. Jumbo
raised his leg gently and the crowbar flew out
A better tether post was provided. To his
credit it should be said that he has not as yet
manifested anything but the veriest good na
ture. and little doubt remains that he will take
kindly to our American ways. It Is almost
impossible to get into the Madison Square
Garden, afterroon or evening.to see him. Mr.
Barnum is radiant with smiles over this his
latest acquisition, and is ns young and friskv
since the beast’s arrival as a school boy. It
came out to-day for the first time. I believe,
that before Jumbo took his departure messages
were received from Queen Victoria and the
Prince of Wales relative to his retention in tbe
Zoological Gardens. The old showman would
not exchange Jumbo for a kingdom.
Fashionable society, which was in a state of
lethargy during the Lenten season, has already
begun to show signs of new life To be sure,
some wild forms of enjoyment were indulged
iD, such a soap-bubble parties, at which old
and young whiled awav the time with pipes
and basins full of soap suds. Some of the
young ladies were seized with a spasm of com
mon sense and joined cooking c’ubs, but if tbe
young m'n had been excluded from the table
when it was spread, very little interest would
have been taken in the dishes There was
another thing that the fair devotee of fashion
did : she went deep into the millinery subject,
and wrinkl’d her brow (if she were capable of
such Intensity of thought) over tho question
of what the proper caper would be
in the matter of Spring dress. The re
sult of all this p’anning in pious seclusion
and unending visits to shops and milliners’
fitting-rooms was to some extent seen at the
Easter services in the Episcopal churches
last Sunday. The wfather was far from
propitious, but the fact that the sun did not
shine, and that the air was chill, and the
wind blew and rain threatened, did not deter
many from coming out in thier fresh plumage.
To say that spring costumes are bewildering
is to put it modestly. There is as much of a
show of color—well, think of the rainbow, or of
birds of Paradise. The few weeks remaining
before the hegira will take place to the sum
mer resorts will be filled up in social circles
by nightly rounds of feasting and dancing. It i
called the second or supplementary season.
The principal feature of the season will be
weddings which are already taking place on all
sides. I have no doubt another feature will be
honors to the exquisite Oscar before his de
parture for Europe, which will probably take
place this month
The town is talking to-day about the arrest
of General Clinton B. Fisk, who is charged
with having obtained #62.000 under fals“ pre
tenses. It is the old story cf a mining scheme
that had millions in it—on paper. The arrest
and charges h ve produced a shock, as Gen
eral Fisk has been very popular and is widely
known. He is prominently identified with the
Methodist Church, and is personally acquainted
with every Birtiop in the country. Some years
ago he founded a college for colored people in
Tennessee, which is called the Fisk University,
and still greater publicity has been given to his
name through his connection with the Indian
Commission. He was the leading spirit in the
prosecution of Haight, who was removed
from his posiiion and disgraced. I saw Gen
eral Fisk several times during that investiga
tion. and he f.airlv glowed with pleasure over
bringing the unfaithful officer to justice. Now
the weather vane has veered round, and he is
in a place very similar to the one occupied at
that time by the unfortunate Mr. Ha'ght.
The charges are brought by a stock broker,
who claims that he was induced to buy worth
less stocks through statements of Mr. Fisk,
which he has since learned to have been un
true. As far as it has yet appeared, the in
formation on which the charges are based was
furnished by a former partner of General
Fisk—a circumstance that, in one sense, is in
the latter’s favor, a It is hard to disassociate
the idea of treachery in such cases from the
transaction. The friends of Mr. Fisk, especially
his church friends, are exceedingly anxious
that he may clear himself. If he does not it
will be another fair name tarnished, and still
less ground for faith for man in man.
Another mining swindle has just come to
light. The victims are well known dry goods
merchants doing business in the district, as it
is called in this city. It is an old tale with
slight modifications—a claim staked out some
where on the top of a mountain inaccessible to
man or be as', you know, with no more to show
than a little hole in the ground, and somebody
professing to believe that there are millions in
it, and inducing nice men with monev (who
don’t know anything about mining) to fly into
the dazzling flame like moths into a candle.
Avery respectable physician here by the name
of Dr. Egbert Guernsey, who is seventy years
old and lives in a fine house in Twenty-third
street, and who has a large practice among
Fifth avenue folk, went out to Colorado
last summer to look after some mining
interests there. In the San Juan country he
met a handsome stranger who completely fas
cinated him. The stranger, whose name Is
Professor Cherry, told him an Arabian Night’s
tale of untold wealth in some mines—the Rich
mond and th® Gypsy Maid—way up on the ba'd
side of a mountain. When Dr. Guernsey re
turned to this city he brought the Professor
(who has a figure as straight as an arrow, is
over six feet tall, has long black hair and a
black moustache, and reminded me to-day
when I saw him in the Ludlow street jail, of
Carleton in the character of “Claude Duval,”
the famous highwayman in theopera now run
ning at the Standard Theatre) end introduced
him to his friends. The properties were repre
sented as developed and having so much ore
io sight. Dr. Guernsey, is said to have repre
sented that he saw the mines with his own eyes,
and that all that the Professor claimed for
them was true. The largest subscriber
was John D. Rockefeller, President of the
Standard Oil Company. A short time ago the
discovery was made that there was something
crooked, and the picturesque Professor was
clapped Into jail. Suit was also brought
against Dr. Guernsey, and several others of
the original promoters. The dry goods men
are very much chagrined over the way they
were hooked. The bait in the hook was the
high standing and friendship of the venerable
Dr. Guernsey.
“Great hopes are entertained of ’La Girou
ette,’ or ‘The Weathercock.’ ” said one of the
associates of Mr. Daly, yesterday.
“On what are your expectations based?” I
inquired.
“Well, the music is good, being full of fine
airs that are sure to become popular, and the
plot has something in it. There is no end of
laughable situations.”
“How did you get hold of it ?”
“When in Paris some months ago I happened
accidentally into a small theatre in an obscure
part of Paris. The new opera that was being
sung there charmed me. It was ‘La Uirouette.’
It did not attract attention because of the ob
scurity of the theatre where it was produced.
Without doubt it will meet with public favor
here.”
There are strikes in many trades just now
in and around New York, but there is nothing
so interesting as the uprising among the Long
Island farmers against the social pastime of
fox hunting. This sport is enjoyed by several
hunts, the meetings taking place two or three
weeks apart during the season, ihe best
known organization is the Queens County
Hunt, which meets on Long Island. Mrs. Bel
mont Purdy, who is a prominent figure in
society here, attends all the meetings and takes
ptrt in the sport in a most fearless manner
She rides her horse with the skill of an Am
azon, an I though gomg at breakneck speed
over fences and ditches, os yet she has met
with no senous mishap. To return to the farm
ers t they take some pleasure in the spectacle
presented by flying hounds and fleet nags, but
they count the expense too dear. This riding
through fields they count as not a particularly
good thing for crops, but rather a bad thiDg;
and so they cry out almost with one voice that
it must come to an end. and that if it doesn’t
do so they will go into the courts of law. As
these brawny farmers (even if they have suf
fered long in silence) are well set on their legs
when they take a stand, these city pleasure
seekere have taken warning and arc looking
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oat for new meadows through which they may
run their hounds and follow after. It is to be
regretted that so many who participate in
this sport are snobs and cads, for it is
a pastime that our city-bred people
are in need of, even if there is a chance of a
dangerous fall. It is outdoor exercise, and
gives one a good shaking up. This amusement
is growing rapidly in popularity, and, while
the Long Island farmers may of right set them
selves against it, the result will probaMv be
simply a transfer of the hunts to new fields,
where no objections are made by owners of the
land At any rate Mrs. Purdy is bent on hav
ing her ride across the country if it breaks a
neck. Hall-Ha ynk.
BRITAIN’S REALM.
The Tory Conference—The Irish
Clergy and the Crisis—The Va
cancy for Meatli-A Roster of the
Snspects—Dr. Lnmsnn aud His
Chances The Government and
Cloture.
London, April 13.—The 7\mes considers
the Tory demonstration hell at Liverpool
last night a political event of the first im
portance. It concurs with the Marquis of
Salisbury in his assertions that, were Ireland
subject to the rule of Germany, France or
the United States, organized crime would be
promptly and peremp’orlly stamped out.
Mr. O’Donnell, member of Parliament for
Dungannon, publishes a long letter in the
Times, headed “The Core of the Irish Diffi
culty,” in which he maintains that the
question to which all men responsible for
the government of Ireland ought to turn
their special attention is arrears of rent. If
the arrears difficulty, he says, Is solved,
every difficulty will be solved. If It is neg
lected, then farewell to hope of peace, pro
gress and contentment.
Mr. Gladstone, replying to a letter from
Henry Broadhurst, Liberal member of Par
llament, making an inquiry concerning the
truth of the rumor that the government was
prepa-ed to consider an amendment to
make two thirds majority necessary to close
debate, says: “We have surrounded the
closing power with strong safeguards, and
we propose that when it, has to be applied it
shall be by a simple majority. This propo
sal we will to the best of our ability press
upon the House.”
The Catholic clergy of the diocese of
Cashel and Emly have passed resolutions,
pledging themselves to exert all their influ
ence to prevent outrages, demanding the
cessation of coercion and eviction of ten
ants for arrears of rent, and also pledging
themselves to co-operate with the people’s
representatives, with the object of securing
large amounts to the land act.
The official list of sue pec's detained in
prison on April Ist places tbß number at
five hundred and eleven, of whom twenty
eight are reasonably suspected of murder as
principals and seven as accessories. Eleven
are charged with treasonable practices and
twenty four with shooting with intent to
murder. The others are held for arson, in
timidaiioD, unlawful assembly, etc.
The health of Dr. Lamson is good. He
sleeps well and occasionally is almost cheer
ful. He has written an account of his
movement at about the time of his visit to
Wimbledon just before the death of Young
Johns, but many of the statements therein
have been proved to be untrue. The de
fense have obtained the evidence of four
servants employed by the doctor while at
Bournemouth. They all depose as to
eccentric acts on the part of the prisoner
and to their belief that he is insane.
Dublin, April 13 —The clergy of Meath
held a meeting yesterday and selected
Edward Shell (Home Rule member of the
last Parliament for Athlone) as the candi
date for the vacant seat in the House of
Commors It Is believed that the name of
Captain Dugmore, the Land League candi
date, who has just been sentenced to six
months imprisonment, was rejected because
of objections existing to throwing away the
vote by electing a person in prison.
A returned American named Deylin ha"!
been arrested on suspicion of having been
the man who shot Mr. McGowan, the keeper
of a public house in Neadne near Boyle.
Tbe Defaulting Saving* Bank Cash
ier.
Washington, Pa , April 13 —Cashier
Ruth’s defalcation probab’y amounts to
$75,000 or SBO,OOO, but the investigation has
not been completed. In one Instance the
bank had a credit of $14,000 with tbe Penn
sylvania Bank, of Pittsburg, but Ruth had
checked out $12,000. He has been placed
under arrest for embezzlement on the oath
of one of his bondsmen.
Tronble In High Life.
Paris, April 13. —The Msrquls ot Angle
sey, who was married on the 6th of Jane,
1880, to the widow of Hon. Henry Wode
house, and daughter of Hon. J. P. King, of
Georgia, U. 8. A , has separated from his
wife. She is the third wife of the Marquis,
who announces that he will not be responsi
ble for her debts.
Terrific Hall Storm In Louisiana.
New Orleans, April 13 A severe rain
and hail storm visited Opelousas on Tues
day afternoon. Hail stones larger than
hen’s eggs fell In a heavy shower for twen
ty minutes, smashing window glass, cutting
vegetation to pieces and doing great
damage to the crops for miles south and
west of the town.
The Strike at Lawrence.
Lawrence, Mass., April 13—At the
Pacific Mills this morning, thirty-two ad
ditional weavers and ten spinners were en
gaged. More than one-half the cotton spin
ning machinery at the lower mill is now in
operation. Also 744 looms. The total num
ber employed this morning was 249 weavers
and 23 spinners.
The Newmarket Craven meeting.
London, April 13.— The race for the
twenty-third Newmarket biennial stakes
took place to-day at the Newmarket
Craven meeting, and was won by the Duke
of Hamilton’s Fiddler, Lord Falmouth’s
Great Carle second and Mr. Craven’s Salty
koff third.
Carriage Factory Bnrned.
Nbw York, April 13.—The carriage man
ufactory of R. W. Stevens, occupying the
large four atory brick building at Noe. 144 to
156 We6t Thirty-first street, was burned to
night with a large part of its contents. The
loss is $150,000.
Ashore on Frying Pan Shoals,
Washington, April 13.—The Signal
Corps station, at Smithville, N. C.. reports
the schooner Minnie, from New York for
Charleston, ashore on Frying Pan Shoals,
and that she will probably be a total wreck.
The crew were saved.
Base Ball.
Pittsburg, April 13.—Clevelands 11,
Alleghenys 7.
Philadelphia, April 13.—Princeton Col
lege 8, Philadelphia 7.
New York, April 13.—Metropolitans 8,
Providence 2.
A Tobacco monopoly In Germany.
London, April 13.—A dispatch to the
Daily Newt, from Berlin states that the Fed
eral Council assembled yesterday to con
sider the tobacco monopoly bill. Every en
deavor is being made to carry the measure.
Heavy Failure In Richmond.
Ricbmond. April 13 —The failure of Jno.
H. Bryant & Cos., proprietors of a large
sumac mill here, was announced to-day.
Their liabilities are quite heavy, but the
amount is unknown.
An Allan Line Steamer Aground.
London, April 13.—The Allan Line
steamer Manitobian, from Boston for Glas
gow, is ashore near Green Rocks. Efforts to
get her off have failed.
Burglars In Covington.
Atlanta, April 13.—Last night burglars
blew open a safe In the store of Heard,
White & Cos., at Covington, and got away
with $1,500. No arrests.
The Readjuster bill to redistrict Virginia
for Congressmen, so as to give the Read
justers eight out of ten Representatives in
Congress, has passed the Virginia House of
Delegates. It wiil come up In the Senate
early this week, but the prospects of Its pas
sage by that body, owing to the dlsaffecMcn
of the Massey faction of the Readjustee, Is
doubtful.
The steamship Persian Monarch, which
sailed from London on Wednesday for New
York, has among her passengers eighty
Jewish refugees from Russia.
A Pbyalclan’a Opinion.
A physician, writing to The Journal of
Health, in speaking of Brown’s Iron Bitters,
having carefully analyzed its Ingredients,
says: "There is no other remedy Inexistence
so harmless and yet so effective. No other
compound should ever be used for general
111 health and chronic diseases of the pul
monary, digestive and urinary organs. It is
mild, yet sure in Its action, ami gradually
restores perfect health and strength to every
function of the organs of life. Its action
is so very mild that there is no room left for
reaction and relapse, neither will its discon
tinuance bring on a craving for its use or
renewal of past disorders,”
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Roseerana an a Dummy— Shlpberd
Dumped Dry—Lnm Turn Bobby
IHuat Go—A Parrt of “Mad’*
Wells’ Rewarded.
Washington, April 13.—The Democrats of
the House have done a wise thing. They first
made up a Congressional Campaign Commit
tee, with General Rcseerans at the head. Now.
Rosecrans is a very good Democrat and one of
the very best men that I have ever met; but ho
is, on account of age, not suited to be Chair
man of the committee to which he was chosen.
He makes a very good name, how
ever, to be at the head of that
committee. The Democrats have seen their
mistake. They could not go back
on Roseerans and depose him from his Chair
manship, so they have added to the committee
what is known as a "board of control.” At the
head of this board will be Representative
Flower, of New Yo-k Flower is a sharp,
shrewd politician. He will have the manage
ment of th committee, while Rosecrans has
the name of It. It is a wise and sensible move,
and evinces a return of sagacity to the Demo
cratic partv. And, considering that there has
been of late years very ltttle sagacity in that
partv. signs of this kind are like signs of rain
in a dry country.
shipherd’s testimony. •
Shipherd. the attorney for the Peruvian
Company in the South American business, has
been examined for some time now by the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. At first
his testimony promised sensation upon sensa
tion. Blaine and any number of big men were
to have been brought into the meshes of the
Investigating net Shipherd, by his innuendoes
and his lawyer like guips and insinuations,
gave this Impression. He started out by keep
ing sick for days. This nddded to the interest
of the investigation. By all sorts of
dark hints he gave the committee
and the public to understand that he had deep
and damning seorefs to divulge Within the
past few days Shipherd has been shorn of his
mantle of impor ance. He is put forth In his
true light—a tricky lawyer, pretending to have
evidence that he has not nor ever will have.
In short. Shipherd is a fraud. One or two
public men, notably Sundnv School Blair, of
New Hampshire, were caught by the Peruvian
Company, but beyond them there were no
others. Sbiphrrd simp’y li-d when he
tried to involve others. This the com
mittee has shown He is Ibe cheekiest
and most unparalleled fraud of the century.
He has been shown to be a liar and an impos
tor. The sooner the public ceases to heed him
the better. Genera! Blount, of Georgia, who
Is on the Foreign Affairs Committee, has, by
his masterly cross examination, done more
than anyone else to show in his true light the
ex-reverend fraud. Jacob R Shipherd. The
investigating committee is nearly through its
work, so there will not be much longer nauseat
ing details of Shipherd’s sayings and testimo
ny in the public prints.
A REPORT.
There is a report—let us pray that it is un
founded I—which affects our immaculate and
too utterly pretty Secretary of War. It is
handed nrou and that President Arthur Is going
to undo Lincoln as Secretary of War and put
In a man more suitable to his “policy” and
things. Great heaven forefend! We cannot
spare our Lincoln; we would die if his scrupu
lously faultless attire and beautiful whis
kers were taken from us. They are
all we have to live for. It is so
refreshing to have a Cabinet officer so
beautiful as Lincoln, and so far above common
mortals that he will not admit to his beautiful
presence any one less in rank than a member
of Congress. I hope that 'he News, as a public
benefactor, will arise in its might and denounce
any attempt to rid us of our Lincoln. The re
port that “pretty Bobby,” as he is called, is to
go, seems to be pretty well founded. In the
fear of losing him I weep and refuse to be com
forted. Without “aristocratic Bobby,” as he
Is likewise called, Washington would indeed be
a blank.
PITKIN GETS A PLACE.
Pitkin, who was Marsha! of Louisiana when
that State was stolen from Tilden, and who
had no small hand in the theft, is going to be
made Marshal again—is going to get bis old
place Hayes, as he did most of the people
who stole for him, went back on Pitkin. He
would not renominate him, but instead put in
Jack Wharton, recently deceased. Ever since he
failed to be made Marshal again under Hayes.
Pitkin has been hunting for an office. He is
a stalwart. He hunt and for an office under
Hayes for awhile but drew off towards the
latter part of the term of that man of- dongh.
Under Gat field he wante to be made Minister
to Mexico. Under Arthur he wanted the same
thing, but as soon as news came
of the death o* Jack Wharton, his successor,
as Marshal of Louisiana, came the other day,
he applied for his old shoes, and Arthur has
given them to him by a nomination to the
Senate. Thus Arthur rewards the man who
did the big feat in the stealing of Louisiana for
Hayes. He the other day rewarded Chandler,
who stole Florida, by writing him Secretary of
the Navv. In rewarding the conspicuous
thieves of 187 K, Arrhur is much more’ liberal
than Hayes. Hayes, w'th a few exceptions,
only rewarded the small fry who did the par
ticularly dirty work. Potomac.
The eminent physician, J. Marion Sims,
M. D., New York : “I am convinced that
Prof. Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid is a most
valuable disinfectant,”
For small pox and other contagious dis
eases use Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid. Per
sons waiting on the sick should use it freely.
It will prevent small pox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria or any contagious disease from
spreading, and the worst case will yield to
its purifying and cleans'ng effects.— Adv.
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