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Savannah. Qa.
cter-d at UirPosHMßrrln *a
f j > n *' ' sfor 6 n*s Nsltsr.
(icrnris A flair*.
-iturlay lirht there was a cutting affray
E eir Mar i -tta. JW. Bankston attempted to
uke the life of one O. M Shesrou*eby cutting
t < throat with a knife. The Quarrel originated
but a young lsdy. It is thought that Bhear
on se s wounds wili net prove fatal.
j- y McNair, of Dawson, has recently had
~vented several valuable inventions. Hit
laten patent is for anew kind of cotton-tie
, , It is said that he was offered $ 10,000
for it
A man at Hapeville has three incubator? of
,capacity each The eggs hatch every three
„„ ~: i. an ,i already he has several hundred
littie chicks coming on. They are fed every
hour to make them grow fa*t.
Commissioner Orr will establish a teachers’
institute at s me point in the southern part of
the ?tate. to continue one month during the
vacation season.
Colonel F A. Frost, a banker and leading
c p,, acf I-a Orange, is lying seriously ill with
dropsy.
General Toombs’ eyesight is rapidly failing.
Rethinks of having an operation performed
on one of his ere* for a cataract.
Pike county has $3 064 83 in her treasury.
The stone foundation of the King mill in Au
gusta has been completed, and the first brick
laid.
Atlanta is receiving her water works machin
ery. It will consist of fourteen car loads of
material.
Dan>l Hurley, who fell from the scaffold on
the Jacks n huiliing in Atlanta, is in a fairway
for recovery, though his injuries are singularly
seri -us not to have involved a vital part. He
is lying at St. Joseph's Infirmary, in charge cf
tor Sisters of Charity. In falling he struck the
ground with lis outstretched hands and face,
breaking both arms and badly bruising his
face
About one o'e’ock Monday the a’arm of fire
was sounded in Macon. No. 4 promptly re
sponded to the call, and soon extinguished a
blaze in the roof of Mr. Pugh’s two-story
house, corner Arch and Second streets. The
incen'iary went Wp a ladder and applied his
torch to the upp -r portion of the house. This
makes th third time within as many months
that Mr. Ihigh has suffered from incendiary
fires.
Mr. James H. Welker, a young lawt er of tal
ent who lived in Milner, was last week convict
ed of subornation of perjury in the Superior
Court of Pi'- e county, and was sentenced to
five years in the State Penitentiary. He made
a motion for anew trial.
The oat and wheat crops cf Washington
countv are looking better and more promising
than for rears, an 1 unless there is ome draw
bwk hereafter will he heavy The work of
planting com and cotton is under good head
way The fruit is not injured, but upon the
whole the out'ook is fine.
Sandersviil* Mercury -. “Dick Knight,colored.
who killed Ed Patrick, colored, on Mr. B. C.
Hsrri-’ place, in >his county, on October 7,
I- I. si- arrested in Dublin, Ga.bv Mr. Perry,
the Sheriff of Laurens county. We learned
from Mr. Gabriel Hooks that he has been
working on the Ma-on and Brunswick Riil
roa‘, and that his wife, who moved to Dublin
soon after the murder was committed, was
taken sick one day last week and Nfct for Dick
to come to her. He came home, and on Wed
nesday las' he wen?, to Dublin to get medicine,
where he was recogrdz-d and arrested. He
was taken to Pandersville, where he had his
commitment trial for the murder of Patrick,
and was acquitted on the groued of srif
d*fense.”
Hafc-uinsviile Sun: “Newt Webh is rejoicing
in the downfall of the colored lodge of Good
Samaritans a? this place It seems that this
lodge took the course old brother M.’s preach
ing us-1 to do—‘commenced in a calm and
wound up in a storm ’ The treasurer was ac
c ised r.f mis-porotTisting funds, which raised
fcis ire and it is said showed fight. Where
upon he placed his hand in his pocket as if to
draw a pistol The head officer called out.
'All who saw a pistol about the yusson of
brother H stand up ’ Several got up. This
insulted the dignity of the official, and he
ret.red. carrying with him the change, and it is
claimed tnat’during the night he took posses
sion cf the charter, leaving the lodge as a ship
at sea without chart or c mpss It may be
a* led that this institution had a glorious he
gim iog for the few but an unfortunate ending
for the many. This is a bad section for Sam
aritan* to ke->p good.”
Macon TeUgraph: “A 1 ttle after 12 o’clock
Sa urtay night a dr-itniner named Hanff. in
company w‘th Conduct r M-London, of the
Ma-on ard Western Railroad, reported at the
police barracks that be had been robbed in a
game of poker by two men name 1 Lewis and
Bailey, and the earn-* had been played
in a room at Brown’s Hotel Lieutenant
Wylie accompanied the party to the hotel
ar.i di ,ted the following particulars: It
s—ms that L-wls is a regular card sharp
who makes brief but frequent visit! to the
cites and wins a? his little game of poker
Bail-v serves as a ’copper or ‘rooer-in,’ and
when be discovers a stranger with money,
a ‘sucker,’ as he is term-d, the stranger
h led to believe in a sedu tive
war that there is a chance for him to win at a
social game So when he met Hauff he con
dud-d he h’-d a‘sucker,’and told him of a
deaf man at the hotel from whom some money
could be won. Very few men resist a moneyed
temptation, and Hauff accepted the invi
tation. The two went Lewis’ room,
and Ig-wis had his ears bandaged, ad played
the part,,f deaf man to perfection. The hands
were dealt, and Bailey pretended to Hauff that
he wa* his friend, and they told each other in
a low tone of voice what cards each other
feel 1 This, of course, was easily overheard by
Lewi*, who played accordingly, and finally
won $73 froir* Hauff, who kicked terribly
against the loss, an 1 reported it at the bar
racks. Lieutenant Wylie explained to him
what course to pursue, which was to have a
.warrant issued for the arrest of the two men.
Ace rdingly the party repaired to the resi
deuce of jus ice Freeman, and the warrat t
was sworn out about oneo clock Sunday m< ru
ing. against L-wisand Pailey, for creating and
indling. Lewi* was arrested and carried to
jail He refuse*! to ante up the money, and
to-! he would see the thing through, in the
fr, s r ta lie asked Bob Reynolds, the assistant
Jail- r, what collateral was' necessary, and was
told five hundred dollar*. He offered his
watch, which was refused. Then he asked
when his trial would take place, and was told
at ten o'clock Monday. The prospect of stay
ing in jiil all day Sunday did not seem to suit
him. and ju*t as the key of his cell was about
to be turned on him, he wilted and the case
was settled, he paying Hauff the money won
tfojn him. and the" officer for making the arrest
an-i f- r issuing the warrant. As soon os Air.
Gvorge O. Brown he -rd of the character of the
guest*. Lewis and Bailey they were made to
the hotel, and Lewis left on the Atlanta
train Sunday morning ”
Florida Affairs
The strawberry crop was a failure this sea
son in Volugia county owing to the drought.
The Easter offerings at the Episcopal Church
in Fernandina amounted to nearly 8400.
The new Catholic convent for the Sisters of
Bt. Joseph in Fernandina is rapidly nearing
completion.
The survey of the Seville and Halifax Rail
t°ad has beeo completed. The first six miles
°f grading is to be commenced this week at
BeviUe.
The cucumber shippers at Crescent City have
received $6 per crate for the first spnt North.
The amount of costs assessed by the Alayor’s
Court at Palatka from April 4, 1878. to April 4,
1882, was 75.
The new Baptist Church at DeLand was
dedicated on Sunday. Rev. J. H Griffith, D.
L.. of Troy, New York, and Rev. A. E. Dickson,
II- D, officiated.
The 8 panish Government has laid an impost
‘ - v < cents per pound on American fresh fish.
10 *PPIy to ail dependencies of the Spanish
1 own. This will seriously embarrass the fish
ermen at Key West, who have largely supplied
Cuba with fresh fish.
The Orange City Timet learns that Captain
I jl* 1 ° f *- nter Pris- and a Mr Faulker, on
olian river, have made arrangements to begin
a carrier pigeon express between those two
Points next fall.
Low cut along the line of the Florida South
ern Railway are being carried by rail to Pa
-atka and then rafted down the Bt. John's
- rerto Jaclmonvilleandsoldto the millmen.
iarles Gee, an old colored man living near
• ewnansvUle. was called out of his house
about 9 o'clock Sunday night week and shot
) bT U ’’ known It 1* supposed that
e de*-d wa* perpetrated by a colored man.
W the 4,5 W arrival* at the Putnam House, Pa-
Savannah morning news
J. n. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
latka, for the season commencing December 15
to April 11, 1.583 were from New York, 516
of Pennsvlvania, 434 of Massachusetts, 425 of
Illinois, 245 of Ohio, 107 of Wisconsin, 188 of
Georgia, 129 of Florida, 62 from foreign lands,
and the balance from other States and Terri
tories.
Twenty-five car loads of lumber per day is
received at Fernandina from mills on the Tran
sit Railroad.
Calhoun countv's new court house has been
completed, and the Circuit Court will occupy
the same on the first Monday in M*y.
Quite a number of persons from New York,
Chicago and Ohio have been prosp-cting on
the Caloosahatchie, with the purpose of mak
ing sett lements.
The machinery for the new palmetto-pulp
manufactory is now being put in the hu lding
formerly occupied by the Fernaniina Manu
facturing Company, at the foot of Broome
street
It was rumored in Sanford that the new hotel
at Kissimmee was blown over by the storm of
Wednesday last The hotel had about $3.r00
worth of -ew furniture in it. One man was
reported hurt.
Mr. T. E. Wilson, of Sanford, met with a
painful accident last Mondav. While unhitch
ing his horse, the animal threw its head
aiv-und quickly end s’nick him on the head,
ei'her with the bit or teeth, cutting quite a se
vere gash.
Pa-ties are now in the neighbornood of Lake
City prospecting for turpentine farms. There
1* an abundance of fine timber in the county
suitable tor this hu-ine*s, and the farms can
be located at suitable distances from transpor
tation lines.
Mr. Walter, agent for the steamer Sylvan
Dell. (Captain Fulcher) now at Apalachicola,
has contracted for semi-weekly trip* of the
steamer between St. Alark’s and Apalachicola,
touching at St. Theresa and Carrabella She
is to run on the line for four months, commenc
ing June Ist.
Tuesday right of last week, two colored men
went to a party In the neighborhood of Chatta
hoochee, got on a spree and went to sleep on
the railroad track. The next morning the 9:30
train came a’ong. the cowcatcher striking one,
and bruising him a little, and the train running
over one of the thigh* of the other, causing hi*
death in ahou? one hour. Both were strangers
and belonged to a gang of contractor’s hands.
On Tuesday evening a tittle colored girl ten
years of age accident-Dy shot and instantly
killed a colored boy at Live Oak. The girl was
playing with a sho? gun, not knowing that it
was loaded, and cocked it and pointed it at the
boy. and when she pulled the trigger it dis
charged, the entire load taking affect in the
boy’s head. She ran away and has not since
been beard from
Mr. Martin Griffin of Jacksonville, has just
shown bis faith in Palatka’s growth and future
development by investing largely in real es
tate there During the past week he pur
chased all the blocks (entire blocks, not lots)
purchased bv Louis Fleming, trustee, at the
e- mmi*-loner's sale, ten in all. paving cash for
the same. He has a'so purchased twelve
blocks from Mr. W F Forward, agent for Ca
leb W. Lorir.g, of Boston.
Marianna Courier: “We understand that
the Hon. J. H. Mc-Kinne. J. Woodward. S. AT.
Griffin, Samuel L. McClellan and nthe-s will
soon lay out the town of “Godwin.” nine
miles west of Marianna, upon the P and A.
Railroad, and put the lots upon the market for
sale. This is at what is known as the Godwin
Switch, twelve miles southeast of Campbel!-
ton. and in a section to control three thousand
bales of cotton and other trade. Enterprise and
money will make a town of this point.”
The Sanford Journal reports that the counter
feiter. Shall, of whose capture we g-ive an ac
count lart week, escaped from his guard Mon
day even-; g. It seems that Mr. Mizell had In
structed the guard to let him have no coinmu
mention with anyone but his attorney. Judge
Price, but Harry Townsend, representing hi-n
-- lf as one of the attorneys for the man, was
allowed to go wdh him, bv the guard, into the
back room of Jasper Drawdv’s saio-n. where
he allowed th- man to escape. Mr. Alizeil has
caused Townsend's arrest.
Sun’and Trtbune: “A son of Air. Perrv Col
lins, age-1 about 7 years, w-s shot by his older
hrother. aged about 10. at Shiloh on Saturday
From all the infor-nation obtained, it seetn*
that some four or five children were in a room
playing, when <he oldest son of Air Collin*
picked up a pistol from the mantle find pre
sented it at h-s brother, th“ ni*tol going off
The ball went in below the left nipple, passed
through the body, and came out near the back
bone. At last accounts the boy was alive, but
no hope* entertained for his recovery.”
Gainesville Advocate: “We were pleased to
learn from Air. Alurdock, who '.-as in our office
Saturday last, that work h=s begun on tne
Green Cove Spring and Melrose Railroad. The
contract for grading th* work from the Lake
to John’s ri-or has been t-.ken by J. C. Ellis
£ Cos , who e efficiency in this kind of busiuees
was proved by the rapid and excellent work
done on contract* with the Florida Southern
Company. Five hundred hands will be put, on
t*-e work. and. as the distance is only thirty
two miles, it will be soon finished ”
Palatka Herald: “A. company hss been
formed n‘ Alieanopy under tAe name of Mican
opv and Brooksvilie Railroad Company. There
seems to be a d-epearnestness in the interest
of this road. The object wid. no doubt, be to
g-cure ill* road by mortgige. giving private
pr-p*r‘y to secure it. They claim th t they
can sen ' from that immediate neighborhood
fifteen thousand crates of oranges and forty
thousand crate* of vegetables, besides gene-al
merchandise They are surveying the line
and will contract as speedily as possible, and
i is thought that they will have all the mater
ial ail they need.”
Fernandina iftrror: “Dan Godfrey, better
known as Jack D-'lanev. one of the waiters of
the Kgm nt Hotel, while out bird shooting on
Wednesday last, accidentally shot Louisa
Wright, a colored girl. Th* gun was loarei
with, hirdshot. and the charge went across the
right hand lacerating it fearfully and com
plet'-lv s'-vering the thumb, some of the shot
taking effect in the face. Amputation of the
right hand at the wrist was found neces
sary and the operation was performed on
Thursday by Dr. Palmer, assisted by Mr. Louis
Horsey. The girl is doing as well as can be
expected under ihe circumstances.”
Jacksonville Union: “The Supreme Court on
Saturday r#'-oered a decision in the esse of
Savage and Jam*s vs. the State. The judg
ment of the lower court w?s reversed and a
new trial granted Savage and James, pfter a
lengthy trial in the Hamilton County Court,
were convicted of the murder of Mr. Frank
Patterson, which occurred in the Aladison court
house during the examination of witnesses in
the Bi*he-Finley cont-sted election esse.
Their attorneys fought the case inch by inch,
and took exceptions to every possible ruling
of Judge Vann. This fight in the lower court
has now to be gone over again the State of
Florida, cf course, footing the bill*.”
Sanford Journal: “Rev. And-ew Weren. a
Swedish minister, who came here some few
months go. ha*been inter stinr himself ii- be
half of the Swede settlement. New Uosaia. and
great good h*s been wrought by his earnest
work. He will spend hi* summ-r North and
return sg*in next fall. Last Sunday l-eing his
last dav here he iqvited all his congregation to
his place, the island in Lake Ma-y, where he
mdo his farewell address to them. Mr Emil
Stenstrora replied in behalf of the congrega
tion. After prayer, dinner wss serv and. and at
the close of the day’s services Mr Weren pre
sented each Swede family with a New Testa
ment, printed both in the Englisivaad Swede
languages.”
Key West Xerrs: “The brig Alice, which has
been in port upward of two months has been
libeled for seamen’s wage in the United States
Diri-irt Court. Within the past week startling
disclosures have been made by the Captain to
the effect that his cargo, which is net valued
shove $2,500, is insured fer over
JMO.OOO Invoices were signed for one
thousand three hundred bales of tobacco
and one hundred and sixty tierces of bony
(about four hundred and fifty barrel*), when,
in fact, there were only about one hundred and
thirty bales of tobacco and forty barrels of
honey ’I he scheme was for Captain Part-idg*
to scuttle the ship about forty miles from Ha
vana. for which he was to receive three thou
sand dollars. Captain Partridge put into Key
West and divulged the whole plan of the
swindle, thus preservirg his own reputation
and saving to the insurance companies seventy
five or eighty thousand doliars.”
On Wednesday the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F,
assembled at Monticello, when the report of
the representative of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge wes read It shows that during last
year there were 30.000 new members admitted
to the order in the United States, and during
the same period over $4,5(0 000 were donated
to charitable purposes The following officers
were elected ana appointed for the ensuing
year, when the Grand Lodge adjourned to meet
on the second Tuesday in April, 1883. at Pensa
cola: Grand '’aster, B. A. Meginniss. of Talla
hassee: Deputy Gran i Master. Jos. Y. Porter,
of Key West: Grand Secretary, AVm. Mclntosh,
of Tallaha*see; Grand Treasurer, Henry Bern
hard. of Monticedo; Grand Chaplain, Geo R
Hallmark, of Warrington: Grand Marshal. T.
J Mott of Jacksonville; Grand Conluctor, L.
M. Merritt, of Pensacola; Grand Gua-dian.
Hall of Monticello. C. C. Pearce, of Tallahas
see. was re-elected Representative to the Sov
ereign Grand Ledge.”
Jacksonville Union, 15th: “At 4:33 o’clock
yesterday morning the c tizens of the quiet
little town of Mayport were startled by the
alarm of fire, which proved to be in the resi
dence of Dr. Sounder*, which together with
the furniture was soon reduced to ashes. The
Doctor came up to the city on the Gazelle yes
terday morning and says that he wa* awaken
ed by the glass in the window Dear his bed
breaking, and saw that the house was on fire;
he sprang up and attempted to go out of the
front door but he could not open it. He ran to
the back door, which he succeeded in
opening. bus the flames rushed in
upon him and he was toreed to
shut the door again. H* then ran to the front
windows and found them nailed down, and
was compelled, in order to save his life, to
break the sash, through which he escaped.
- he house, together with everything in it, was
and stroyed. except one or two mattresses. The
doctor’s pocketbook, containing about three
hundred dollars in cash, was in one of the
bureau drawers, but the flames spread so
rapidly that he wa* unable to get it, and con
sequently, in addition to the loss of his house
and furniture, three hundred dollars in cash,
together with some valuable pai-ers. were de
stroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. ”
A Physician** Opinion,
A physician, writing to The Journal of
Health, lu speaking of Brown’s Iron Bitters,
having carefully analyzed its ingredients,
says: “There Is no other remedy in existence
so harmless and y£t eo effective. No other
compound should ever be used for general
ill health and chronic diseases of the pul
monary, digestive and urinary organs. It is
mild, vet sure in Its action, and gradually
restores perfect health and strength to every
function of the organs of life. Its action
la so very mild that there Is no room left for
reaction and relapse, neither will its discon
tinuance bring on a craving for it* use or
renewal of put disorders.”
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
KOBE*ON AMI HIS HUM.
The Georgia Court* BUI Ready to le
Aigiifd-AiUln* Solid for the New
Judgeship Mississippi Improve*
meiit- Strong Plea from tiie
President in it* Favor— Congress
Yesterday.
Washington, April 18 — Robeson is now
known In the House as the “Deputy
Bpeaker.” He supports Keifer in all his
vacillation* and prompts him in all his de
cisions. While the title of “Deputy
Speaker’' is only accorded Robeson, it does
not fully convey his piwer. He is to all
practical pu-poses Speaker. Keifer does
what Robeson tells him, and does not stop
to inquire if sueh a course is the right one.
Keifer in this does the bidding of the Grant-
Cameron influence, which made him
Speaker. He is only a puppet, and every
day shows him to be the more incapable
even as a puppet.
The bill to estab’ish anew Judicial die
trict for the Btat.e of Georgia to day passed
the House as it, came from the Senate,without
amendment. It is worded exactly as it was
recently prln’ed In the News. The bill will
be engrossed to-morrow and 6ent to the
President for signature, of which there is no
doubt.
Atkins will be made Judge of the new
districL No c’aim' for other offices created
by the hill have been filed, but it is under
stood that the syndicate which has parcelled
out the old offices will also manage the Ail
ing of the Dew ones created by the bill.
CHILIANS OPENING AMERICAN DISPATCHES.
The Secretary of State had hl6 attention
called eome time since* to circumstances
which seemed to indicate that letters ad
dressed by the Department, to the United
S’ates Legation a? La Caz, Bolivia, had been
tampered with while passing ’lir 'Ugh the
hands of the Chilian authorities. He
caused investigation to be made, and
upon becoming convinced that
there was good ground for complaint, ad
dressed a remonstrance to the Chilian Gov
ernment through its Minister here and
through theUnit“d S’a’es L“gaMon at Sm
tlago. Thp Government of Chill disavowed
responsibility for the ac’s complained of.
expressed strong disipproval of them and
nromLed a prompt, ir-v-stigatlon. The
United States Consul at Valparaiso reports
by telegraph that the investigation has re
sulted in the arrest and punishment of the
guilty officials.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Benafe, the Chair submitted a mes
sage from the President transmitting the
reeommendaMon of the Mis islppi R'ver
Commission for an appropriation of $1,010,-
000 for closing existing gaps in the levee*,
in addition to a like sum already estimated
for. The President urges early and favora
ble consideration of the recommendation,
and calls special attention to the impo’d
ance of the subject. Ordered tabled and
printed, a bill on the subject being now be
fore th B‘mate.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers improve
ment, bill.
Mr. Harrison, who was entitled to the
floor. yie ! ded temporarily to Mr. Frye, a
member of th committee from which the
bill was reported, who said that, Northern
and Eastern members, while appreciating
'he importance of improving navigation,
were opposed to allowing any part of the
appropriation to be used tor the reclama
tion of lands in the river B’ates. They re
gard'd the existing eentiment ciu c ed by the
recent ovoflow as a dmgerou* one upon
which to base 1- gila‘fon Tne unanimous fa
vorable report upon tbe measure was due to
the proviso which prevents the u*e of
money for rebuilding of the leveps, and this
had fteen inserted without objection. He
said he made this sta’ement, in view of the
intimation thrown our. v'wterjsy by Mr.
K'l’ogg, that an amandmen' removing this
res'rlcMon upon the exr-endl’ure of the
money would no’ be to bv the
committee, \nd a’so in view of Mr. Jonas’
amendment, applying p;rt o? the appro
priation to the levees.
Mr. Harrison, a member of the Committee
on the Mississippi River Improvements,
then addressed the Senate at some leng’h.
Af'er asserting the admiralty control of the
United States over the entire navigable
length or the Mississippi, and its jurisdic
tion over improvements of navigation and
works necessary to make the river sa f er
and a constant ou”et. for oonun'rop,
he sail nearly 14,000 navigable miles
of the mni’i river and its tributaries
were dis'ribu?ed along eighteen States
and three Territories—a region produc
ing the larger part of th-- cnUre grain
crop and a larger Dart of the eo’ton crop of
the country, and that the work of providing
a cheap and free highway for these produc’s
in thei? conveyance *o the consumers of the
A'lsntic S’ates and of Europe wa* obvi u*!y
not a seo’lonal but a national one Speak
ing of the facilities of cheap transportation
and free compe’ition per'aining to river nav
igation as compared with oppre c ive railroad
rates, Mr. Harrison remarked that upon the
obs’ructtng bars being clear-'d away and a
uniform low water depth of ten feet bel'w
St Louis being attained, the shores of the
Mississippi w-'u’d practically be at tide
water, that grain will go west and couth
as well as east by the river whenever rail
road charges are oppressive. No set of
Congress or of the B’ates. In hi* ep’nlon,
could prove so efficient in regulating trans
portation charges a* thelewof competi
tion between the improved na’ural water
ways of the country anil the railroads. This
law he<l a fl xlbiltty and sarc’lon that no
statutory tariff of ra'es could have. Re
ferring to the expenditures for the opening
of the mouth of the Mississippi as
having devolved npon Congrecs an obliga
tion to improve the body of the
river, he added that the country
would demand that the plan of impr ve
ment shall be shown to be practicable,
and that the expenditures shall be limited
to such works as are essential to better
navigation He believed that If Congress
was assured that the sum* voted would be
applied dlrec'ly and bv the b‘ St methods to
that end, the nece'-cary appropriations
wou’d not be withheld
The Commission In its report of Novem
ber, 1881, declared that the levee system
was rot a ntcessary euxllfary to their plan
of channel inr rovement. Mr. Harrison
m tintained that this system Is not closely,
if at all, connected with good low-water
navigation, hut Is one of land rpclama’lon
and land defense, over which the govern
ment had no power. He was unwilling to
load down the plans for removing the river
bars with a costly work, which, In the
judgment of the engineers, was not a
necessary adjunct, but he desiel
*o keep two distinct projects separated.
He went on to oppose the levee project,
contending that the money appropriated for
levees was practically a dona’ion to the
owners of alluvial lands, that the levee sys
’era was hereofor maintaioed as one of
local bent lit, the States concerned having
made special assessment, on protee’ed lands
for the support of the sys'ern, it having
been treated as too local a mat'er to be paid
for out of tbe general funds of the Bt.ates.
The system could now be claimed to be one
of a national character.
Replying to the arguments of Messrs.
Jonas and Garland, he said that the annual
co6t of maintaining the levees had been
stated by those Senators at S(3OO,(XX). He
sbowed that this would require an annual
tax on the lands of only 4 cents per acre,
and added that Mr. Garland was not
a safe prophet when he predicted
that the plantations would be
abandoned by reason of such tax burdens.
The real difficulty was not as represented,
that the owners of the lands are unable to
pay for a good levee system, but rather
that the provision for the collection of the
necessary taxes has not been adequate, and
the money has not been Intelligently ex
pended.
Replying to Mr. Vest’s appeal that the
government should tie the country together
with the bonds of love by rebuilding the
levees, Mr. Harrison said he was sure that
there was no disposition in the North to
withhold anything from the Southern States
on accr-un? of the rebellion, but he could
not accept the suggestion to use the public
revenues for the benefit of a State or an In
dividual simply because of the fact of
rebellion on its or his part, or
because of the poverty, which came
from natural can es. He had no faith In
the permanent influence of appropriations
to bind men to tbe flag or the administra
tion. If the construction of levees by the
General Government to prevent the over
flow of lands and the destruction of crops
could be justified upon the Mi-'Btseippi, it
must be upon no plea of reconciliation be
tween the sections, but upon some principle
which can find equal application In all sec
tions.
The Speaker thought It was plain that
the B’atea on the lower river had been
planning and were hoping to thrust tbelr
levee system upon the General Government,
and any speedy settlement of the question
would be a great relief to those States, as so
long as they have the expectation of relief
from Congress their own efforts would be
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1882.
paralyzed. Their recent experince might
not be enough to disprove the effectiveness
of levees in resisting floods, but it certainly
had demonstrated that higher and stronger
levees would be needed, if that system is to
be depended upon.
In conclusion, Mr. Harrison referred to
the distress caused by the late overflow,
expressed his sympathy with the sufferers,
and added that Congress had uot stayed re
lief until any nice question of constitutional
power could be discussed and settled. That
department of the government which once
sent armies and gunboats to destroy and
kill, became the quiet and gracious agent
of Congress to convey food and shelter to
the hungry and homeless. Three hundred
and fifty thousand doliars had been appro
priated for rations and twenty thou
sand dollars for seed*, and the propo
sition had been made to appropri
ate fifteen thousand dollars more
to send agents of the United States into the
overfl -wed district to collect statistics of
lot sea bv the flood and report them to Con
gres- He, had been led to ask himself
whether the State governments still existed
in tho*e State s , and, if so, whether tb°v had
not some other relation to these afflicted
peopt* than that of disbursing agents for
the Uoi’ed Statps. NVe could not now af
ford >o fl >at out of the Treasury on the
side of our sympathies, fifteen and possibly
fifty millions of dollars.
Mr. 11-rrlson continued at considerable
length in advocacy of the bill as it was
re pored.
Mes*rs. Kellogg and Jonas, members of
the committee which reported the bill, re
plied to Mr. Frye to the effect that the un
derstanding in committee wss that the ques
tion as to the levee system was to be left to
the Senate, and that they had reserved the
right to offer amendments to the bill.
The bill was then laid aside informally
until to morrow, and Mr. Davi*, of West
Virginia, called up the agricultural appro
priaMon bill. He stated that the total of
rhe bill as reported was $414,780, being
$19,100 less than the aggregate as parsed by
the Hon*e. The bill was passed.
Mr. Kellogg Introduced a bill providing
for the sale of public lands in the S'ates of
Mississippi and Louisiana tv the New Or
leans and Northwestern Railroad Company.
Referred.
A message from the President was read
on the subject of the circular invitation ex
tended to all independent countries of
North and Boutb America to partic’pate in
a general Congress, to be h“ld in Washing
ton, D. C., on the 22d of November next,
for the purpose of considering aud discuss
ing methods of preventing war between the
nations of America. Re f e;red to the Com
mi?ee on Foreign Relations, and ordered
printed. Adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on motion of Mr, Ham
mond, of Georgia, the Senate’s amendments
were concurred in to the House bill es‘ab
lisbing United Btates District Courts wbh
distinct officers in the Northern and South
ern judicial dlstrie’s of Georgia.
Mr. N-al, of Ohio, from the Committee
on Civil Service Reform, reported back the
resolution calling on the S-cretary of the
N ivy for information relative to the ap
pointment of Professors of mathematics in
the navy. Adopted.
Mr Fiiscock, of New York, Chairman r
the Committee on Appropriations, report* £
a joint, resolution appropriating $465,000 to
supply a deficiency in the appropriation for
public printing and binding for the current
fiscal year. The joint resolution passed.
The confetence committee on the
postal appropriation bill reported their
disagreement with the Senate con
ferees, the point of difference
being the Senate nm=-ndmrnt Increasing
’r .m $500,000 to $650,000 the approoriation
for special mail facilities. On all other
points the conferees were practically agreed.
The report was agreed to and anew con
ference ordered, and Messrs. Caswell, Can
non and Ellis were reappointed as conferees
on th r.&rt. of the House.
The Utah elec ion case was then taken
up, and Mr Hsz*lton, of Wisconsin, was
the first, speaker in support, of the majority
report, of the Elections Committee, declar
ing that reither Cannon nor Campbell i* en
ti’led to the seat as a delegate from Utah
Territory. The Corom'ttee had waive•- the
question as to whether Cannon was a nat
uralized ci’lzen, and tbe whole case had
rc s'ed on the question as to whether or not
he was disqualified on account of being
connected with and a champion of the in
stitution of polygamy.
Mr. House, of Tennessee, combated the
position taken in the msjori'y report as
violating all law and disregarding all pre
cedents in claiming the right arbitrarily to
exclude a Territory from representation.
If the legal conclusions contained therein
were concurred in the next . dele
gate from U’ah might be kept
ou< cf his seat because he took his
whisky straight instead of using sugar.
The conclusion of hi? speech was devoted
to a criticism of the anti polygamy biil a?
being unconstitutional and as providing
that the people of Utah should be placed
under the dominion of a returnirg board.
Tbe ma'ter then went over for the day.
Mr. Walker, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported a bill for the as
certainment at-d settlement of French
spoHs'ion claims. Placed on the House
calendar.
Adjourned.
THE PRESIDENT'S PLEA FOR THE GREAT
VALLEY.
Tt-e following is the President’s message
to Congress to-day:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmi 1 herewith a letter dated ’he 19th
ult , from tbe S"cretary of War, enclosing a
copy o f a communication from the Missis
sippi River Commission, in which the com
mission recommend* that an appropriation
may he made of $l,OlO 000 for closing exist
ing gaps In the levees, in addition to a like
sum for which an estimate has already
b?pn submitted. The subject Is one of
such importance that I deem it proper to
recorom -nd early and favorable considera
tion of the recommendation of the commis
sion. Having possession of and jurisdic
t’on over tbe river, Congress, with the view
of improving Its navigatfon and pro'ectlng
the people of the vallev from floods, had for
years caused surveys of the river to be made
for the purpose of acqu'ringa knowledge of
the laws that control it and of it* phenom
ena. By the ac’ approved ’ June 28 h, 1879,
the Mississippi River Commission was
created, composed of able engineers. Sec
tion four of the act. provides that, it shall be
the duty of said commission to take Into
consideration and mature tuch plan or plans
and estimates as will correct, p-rmanent.ty
locate and deepen the channels and pro
tect the hanks of the Mississippi river,
improve and give safety and ease
to its navigation throughout, prpv<mt de
structive floods, promote and facilitate com
merce, trade and the postal Fervlee. The
constitutionality of the lawmaking appro
pria'lons in aid of these objects cannot be
questioned, while the report of the commis
sion submitted and the plans proposed for
ihe river’s Improvement seem justified as
well on scientific principles ashy experience
and the approval of the people most In
terested.
I desire to leave it to the judgment of
Congress to decide upon the best plan for
the permanent and complete improvement
of the river and for the protection
of the valley. The immense losses and
widespread suffering of tbe people dwell
ing near the river induce me to
urge upon Congress the propriety of not
only making an appropriation to close the
gap* in the levees occasioned by the recent
floods, as recommended by the com
mission, but that Congress should in
augurate measures for the per
manent improvemant of navigation
and the security of the valley. It may be
that such a system of improvement would
a? it progressed require ?he appropriation
of twpnty or thirty millions of dollars.
Even such an expenditure, extending, as it,
must, over seyeral years, cannot be regarded
as extravagant, in view of the immense In
terests Involved.
Tbe safe and convenient navigation of
the Mississippi is a matter of concern to all
sections of the country, but to the North
west, with its Immense harvests, needing
transportation to tbe sea, and to the inhabi
tants of the river valley, whose lives and
property depend upon the proper construc
tion of the safeguards whtch protect them
from floods, it Is of vital importance that a
well matured, comprehensive plan for this
Improvement should be put Into operation
with as Utile delay as possible. The cotton
produc’ of the region subject to the devas
taring floods is a source of wealth to the
nation and of great importance in keeping
the balance of trade in our favor.
It may not be inopportune to mention that
this government has imposed and collected
some seventy million dollars by tax on cot
ton, in the production of which the popu
lation of the lower Mississippi valley is
largely engaged, and It does not seem In
equitable to return a portion of this tax to
those who contribute it, particularly as such
an action will also result In an Important
gain to the country at large, and especially
so to the great and rich States of the North
west and to the Mississippi Valley.
Chester A. Arthur.
Executive Mansion, 17th April, 1882.
An Engllab mine Horror.
Sunderland, Eng., April 18.—An explo
sion has occurred in the Black Horse col
liery. It is feared that twenty three persons
have been killed. Seven persons have been
rescued. They are badly burned.
Few bodies were recovered from the col
liery, Fourteen persona are still missing.
OUR CONTINENT.
THE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
NATIONS.
A fflesaace from tbe President on
the Circular Invitation—Tbe Views
of Congress 4k< and on site Project.
Washington, April 18.—The following
message was sent to Congress to day:
To the Senate arid House of Representatives :
I 6end herewith a copy of the circular
invitation extended to all the independent
countries of North end South America to
participate in a general congress, to be held
in the city of Washington on the 221 of
November iiext, for the purpose of consid
ering and diecu sing methods of preventing
war between the nations of America.
In giving this invitation I was not
aware that there existed differences
between several of the republics of South
America which would militate against the
happy results,which might otherwise be ex
pected from Fuch rffi assemblage. Tbe
difference? indicated are such as exist be
tween Peru and Chill, between Mexico and
Guatemela. and between the B‘ates of Cen
tral America. It was hoped that these
differences would disappear hefore the time
fixed for the meeting of the congress. This
hor-e ha* not been realized.
Having observed that the authority of the
President to convene *oCh Congress has
been questioned, I beg leave to state that
the Constitution confers upon the Presi
dent the power, by and with tbe ad
vice and consent of the Senate, to
make treat'es, and that this provision
confers power to take all requisite measures
to initiate them, and to this end the Presi
dent may freely confer with one or several
commissioners or delegates from other na
tions. The congress contemplated by the
Invitation could only effect anv valuable
result by Its conclusions eventually taking
the form of a treaty of peace between
the States represented, and besides
the Invitation to the States of North
and South America Is merely a preliminary
ac’, of which the constitutionality, or the
want of it, can hardly be affirmed. It has
been suggested while p.n international con
gress would have no power to affect the
rights of the nationalities there represented,
still the congress might be unwilling to
subject the existing treaty rights of the
United States on the isthmus and elsewhere
on the continent to be clouded and
rendered uncertain bv the expression of
opinions of a congress composed largely of
interested parties. lam glad to have it In
mv power to refer to the Congress of the
United States, as I now do, the propriety
of convening the suggested international
congress, that. I may thus be Informed of
i‘s views, which it will be my pleasure to
carry out.
Inquiry having been made by some of the
repub’ics invited whether it is intended that
this international congress shall convene,
it is important that Congress should at a?
early a day as convenient inform me by
resolution or otherwise of its opinion in
the premises. Mv action will be in harmony
with such expression
Chester A. Arthur. .
Executive Mansion, April 18, 1882.
The circular referred to Is accompanied
by the following note:
“The foregoing circular of instruction
was sent, rnutatis mutandis, to the Legations
of the United S’ates at the Argentine Re
public, Bolivia, B'az'l, Central America,
Chili, Columbia, Mexico, Paraguay and
Uruguay, Peru and Venezuela. A copv was
s°nt by mall directly to the Minisler of
Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, in which ccun
try the United States have no diplomatic
representative.”
LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB.
ResuU* of 'lfexterday’* Events.
New Orleans, April 18 —This was the
fourth day of the New Orleans races. The
weather wss cloudy, the track good, and the
attendance good.
The fl's’ mce, rhe Boston Chib stakes, for
two-year old*, $25 entrance, $250 added by
the Boston Club, five furioDgs, was won hy
Ella, Exeter second, Venetta third. Ella
took the lead from the start to the finish,
and won easily by two lengths. Time 1:04%.
The second, a selling race, for all ages,
for $250, mile heats, resulted:
Donahoo 1 1
Apollo 3 2
General Rowett 2 3
Mary H. Parker 4 4
Wofchmac 5 5
Bal'zar distanced
Time 1:45%, 1:47%.
In the third race, for tbe Howard cup,
sweepstakes, for all ages, SSO entrance, p.
p., S6OO added by Charles T. Howard, two
and a quarter miles, three started. It was
won by L’da B’anbnne, B!ze? seftond
and Manitou third. Time 4:02%. S'sn
hope lead from the start to the finish by
four lengths.
EPSOM RACES.
Tho Dash for Hie metropolitan
Stake*.
London, April 18.—The Epsom spring
meeting opened to day. The race for the
great Metropolitan stakes handicap was
won by the Duke of Hamilton’s Fiddler,
Lord Rosenbrry’s Prudhomme second, and
W. A. Briggs’ Brownßess third. Five ran.
Fiddler won in a canter by a length and a
half. Prezkness, the sire of Fiddler, was
formerly owned by M. H. Sandford, of
Lexington. Ky., and was taken by him to
England, where he was killed on account of
his viciousness.
New York Stock market.
New York, April 18 Lake Shore specu
lations opened weak and prices showed a
decline from yesterday’s closing quotations
of % to 1% per cent., the latter for Han
nibal and S r . Jopeph, while Chesapeake and
Ohio first preferred opened 2% per cent,
lower, at 27%. In the early dealings there was
an advance of %to % per cent., Reading
and New York Central leadine therein, fol
lowed by a decline of % to 1% per cent.,
in which New York Central, Lake Shore,
New Jersey Central, Missouri Pacific and
Western Union were prominent. The mar
ket then recovered 1% to % per cent., the
latter for Louisville and Nashville, but at
noon again fell off % to 1% per cent., New
Jersey Central, Lake Bhore, New York Cen
tral, Missouri Pacific and Western Union be
ing prominent in the downward movement.
In the early part of the afternoon an ad
vance of %sl per cent., the latter for Den
ver and Rio Grande, was closely followed
by a decline of %a 1% percent., New Jersey
Central leading therein. In the late dealings
the market was strong and sold up %a2 per
cent., Lake Shore, New Jersey Central,
Missouri Pacific, Northern Pacific preferred
and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
being prominent in the advance, while
Michigan Central advanced 1%, reacted 1%
and again sold up 1% per cent. The list in
the final dealings sold off percent.,
Lake Shore aud New Jersey Central leading
the downward movement. The market
closed weak and In the main 1%a3 per cent,
below yesterday’s closing prices, the latter
for Hannibal and Sr„ Joseph. Transactions
aggregated 509,000 shares.
A Brutal murderer Riddled.
Galveston, April 18. —A special from
Decatur savs: “Joe. Brown, alias ‘Big Jim,’
one of the men who brutally murdered the
Sam boys a year ago In Hill county, horribly
mutilating their bodies and then cremating
’hem. was shot and killed to-day by Deputy
Sheriff Meredith and a posse, In an effort to
arrest him. Brown drew a pistol and defied
them, whereupon be was riddled with
bullets.”
Norrh Carolina Poliiica.
Raleigh N. C., April 18. —The State Re
publican Executive Committee, all the
members present except two, met here to
day and decided to call the State Conven
tion on Wednesday, June 14, at Raleigh.
They moved to favor an alliance with the
Liberal movement in this State. The Antl-
Prohibltlon Committee is called to meet
Tuesday, May 2d.
Base Ball.
Philadelphia, April 18.— Troy 11, Phila
delphia 7, Athletic 17, Prlncetons 6.
Pittsburg, April 18.—Buffalos 18, Alle
gbanys 9.
Cincinnati, April 18.—Clevelands SO, Cln
clnnatls 9.
New York, April 18.—Metropolitans 13,
Worcester 8.
Mr. R. J. Sherwin, of Concord, N. H.,
writes: “I have a good old aunt who keeps
house 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,”
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICAL
TRIALS.
A True Bill Against tbe Barnwell
Prisoners—'file Sumter Cases Be
gun.
Charleston, April IS—ln the United
States Circuit Court to-day, before Judges
Bond and Bryan, the grand jury returned a
true bill against Henry C. Dickerson and
others, of Barnwell county, charged with
conspiracy to Intimidate United States
witnesses. The grand jury is composed of
thirteen Republicans and seven Democrats.
The court then began the trial of Lucian L.
Carroll, Samuel E. Shaw and George H.
Wilson, managers of election at Maysvilie
preelnct, in Sumter county, charged with
stuffing the ballot box and Interfering with
the United Bt#?es Supervisor. The jury was
organized and consists of eleven Republi
cans and one Democrat. The Di?trict At
torney did not find it necessary to use any
of the challenges to which the prosecution
is entitled, finding the new system of stand
ing aside jurors, allowed by Judge Bond, to
be sufficient to secure such a jury as he de
sired. The government then examined ten
witnesses, stYen of whom were colored.
Their testimony showed that through a
naPundc-rstauding as to where the poll was
to be located the United States Supervisor
did not reach the poll until three minutes
after Fix o’clock in the morning. When he
got, there voting had commenced, and sev
eral ballots had been deposited. The Su
pervisor testified that he asked the managers
to open the box so that he could Fee into it,
but. they informed him that voting had
commenced, and they could not again
open the box, and that they
had exhibited the box before the voting
commenced. The election proceeded quietly
all day, and when the box was reopened and
the votes were being counted, a bundle of
ten Democratic tickets and two packages
of Republican rickets, with two Republican
tickets folded together in each, were found
in the box. The managers counted one
ticket out of each package, and destroyed
the others. The number of votes in
the box exceeded the names on the poll
list by 221, and the managers drew out the
surplus ballots without seeing them, and
then destroyed them. Of the ballots de
stroyed 147 were Republicans and seventy
four were Democrats.
The government then closed the case for
the prosecution. The defense will open to
morrow morning and will then examine
their witnesses, if they think it necessary
to put up any evidence at all.
JESSE JAMES’ SLAYERS.
Their Pardon Shortly Expec'eil—
The Prisoner* Heavily Guarded.
St. JosEPn, Mo., April 18.—Charles and
Robert Ford were arraigned yesterday In
the Circuit Court upon Indictment charging
them with the wilful and premeditated
murder of Jesse James. The court room
was thronged to suffocation. As Judge
Sherman finished reading the bill and asked
of Robert Ford whether he was guilty or
not guilty, he exclaimed —as if he had been
waiting for the Judge to finish reading the
indictment—‘Guilty!” and then turned to
H. H. Craig, a Police Commissioner, of
Kansas City, with a cold, scornful smile.
Charles Ford also pleaded guil'y in the
most unconcerned manner.
Judge Sherman then briefly passed sen
tence npon them pb follows, omitting all
formalities: “You, each of vou, shall, on
May 19 1882, be taken to some convenient
place and be hanged by the neck until you
are dead.” The boys smtled as the Judge
finished the sentence, and without further
formalities they were taken back to jail.
Their p>rdon was granted by Governor Crit
tenden to d*y. and is expected to arrive to
night. Sheriff Tlmberlake and a squad of
Kansas City police, all heavily armed,
arrived in the city on the midnight train
Sunday and attended the trial. It is ex
pected that on receipt of the pardon
the Fords will be quietly tak-m to
Kan=as City, where they have friend*.
Fears are entertained by Sheriff Tlmberlake
'hat their stay in St. Joseph will be attend
ed with extreme danger. The jail has been
closely guarded ever since their confine
ment, and no suspicious apniicants have
been admitted. Mrs. Jesse James yeet.er
dsy, by the order of tbe Probate Court, re
ceived her husband’s arms from Ex-Marsha!
Cra'g, and returned with them to Kansas
City last, night
St. Louis, Mo.. April 18.—The Post Dis
patch's special from St. Joseph, says: “The.
messenger with the Governor’s pardon for
the Ford boys has not vet arrived, and they
are still in jail. To day the Sheriff of Rav
county served warrants to Robert and
Charles Ford for complicity in the murder
of Wood Hite, one of the James gang, in
Ray county. The Ford boys are disconcert
ed at this turn of affairs.”
THE MEMORY OF GRATTAN.
Jere Black on Our Duty to Impris
oned American* in Ireland.
Baltimore, April 18.—The Grattan cen
tennial celebration by the Irish National
Land League of Maryland took place to
night. JeremiahS. Black, of Pennsylvania,
was the orator of t he occasion.
In concluding his speech he said: “Thus
far I have spoken of the case as it stands
between the British Government and its
Irish subjects. Upon this we can only as
sist with our voices in making up the judg
ment of the world. But recent events have
given us a more particular interest in the
subject matter. American citizens have
beeu kidnapped as basely as Irish patriots.
What will we do about that? I
know not. Our own History has not always
been a proud one, our diplomatic record is
not free from blunders, and the argumentum
ad hominem, while it proves nothing, may
embarrass diseu*sion. But if we submit to
this result, we must acknowledge that Eng
land is master of Ireland and America
both. If on the other hand
we call that lawless power to
a proper reckoning, she will see the neces
sity not only of discharging American pris
oners, but of making full and ample repara
tion lest worse thing? come upon her. The
release of the Irish will neces?ar!lv follow,
for England cannot effnrd to admit that she
has yielded to fear what she has denied to
justice.”
THE STAR ROUTERS.
Dorsey Appear* and Plead*.
Washington, May 18.—The star route
cases were again taken up in the Criminal
Court to-day. Ex-Benator Dorsey was pre
sent in court, and the forfeiture of his bail
was cancelled. Counsel for tbe defense
moved for a bill of particulars, and the day
was consumed In argument udoh this
mo’lon. Judge Wylie reserved his decision
until Saturday. Djrsey was arraigned, and
pleaded not guilty.
Weather indication*.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., April 18.—Indications for
Wednesday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair weather,
followed by increasing cloudiness and rain,
lower barometer, stationary or higher tem
perature, southerly winds.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fair weather,
followed by increasing cloudiness and rain,
westerly to southerly winds, lower barom
eter, and stationary temperature.
In the Gulf S'ates, cloudy weather and
rain, southerly winds, shifting in the West
Gulf States to westerly winds, falling
followed by rising barometer and stationary
temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, cloudy
weather and raiD, southerly winds, lower
barometer, rising followed by lower tem
perature.
Liberation* In Ireland—more Evic
tion*.
London, April 18.—The report of the re
lease of a large number of suspects during
the last fortnight Is sensational and exag
gerated, but the more hopeful feeling of
the government is shown by the fact that
the liberations are far in excess of fresh
arrests.
Forty of the tenants on the estate of Lord
Cloncurry, in the county Limerick, were
evicted yesterday for non-payment of rent.
Dr. Ltmuon’i Case.
London, April 18 —The Manchester
Guardian, speaking of Dr. Lamson’s case,
says: “Enough has been shown to prepare
ns to hear without surprise that Sir William
Harcourt and the authorities do not see
their way towards authorizing the execution
of a man concerning whose moral responsi
bility so great doubt can be shown.”
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.
SHIPHERI) CORNERED.
WHAT HE WANTED FROM WALK
ER BLAINE.
Bat Little Gotten from the Witness
—Bialne, Senior, to Appear Before
the Ccmrolitee to Clear Thing* Up.
Washington, Adril 18 —The Shipherd
investigation was taken up to-day by the
House Foreign Relations Committee. Ship
herd was asked whether the gentlemen
mentioned in the list he gave Minister
Hurlbut—heretofore published—were stock
holders in the Peruvian Company, and de
clined to answer. Witness was asked if he
knew Whitelaw Reid, and answered that
they had known each other for seventeen
years. Witness declined to state whether
Joseph Medill was a stockholder or not.
He also declined to state to whom he re
ferred when he said: “The nearest friends
of the new President are identified with the
company.”
“Would you decline to give the names of
stockholders of any bank or other corpora
tion in which you were interested, and
which was organized for an honest and
legitimate business?”
“I should, unless to those who had the
right to inquire, and under circumstances
warranting the disclosure.”
Witness declined to state from whom he
had received “assurances of the very strong
est governmental support.” Several other
direct questions were put, but witness posi
tively declined in everv instance to answer
any question looking to an inquiry in’o the
personnel of the Peruvian company or its
financial status.
Mr. Williams then asked witness : “What
was your real object in writing your letter
of August 9th to Walker Blaine ?”
The witness replied at some length, an
swering the committee that he would with
pleasure answer with frankness, and some
what surprising them with his statement
that, he looked upon Blaine as no lawyer,
and seeing in Walker Blaine a bright, clear
headed attorney he approached him as a
lawyer.
Mr. Williams, reading from the letter, in
quired : “ UnOn what grounds did you re
gard Walker Blaine as an eminent attorney?”
Witness admitted that he had never heard
of his conducting any case, but inferred his
ability from the high position he occupied.
“You say,‘l feel my embarrassment in
attempting to discuss these matters with so
eminent statesmen, and therefore turn to
you.’ Did you expect that the son could
instruct the father?”
“No sir. I felt my embarrassment as an
attorney in dealing with a statesman.”
Mr. Williams—“ Theo, if you approached
Walker Blaine because he was an attorney,
how did he have any advantage as an attor
ney over you?”
Witness wriggled and struggled hard to
escape the corner into which the incisive
series of questions was fast driving him.
He was finally driven from his position, at
first assumed, that he approached
Walker Bialne to employ his services a? an
attorney. He simply sought his judicial
services. He thought the son was better
acquainted with the working of the father’s
mind and could better supplement the in
formation that might be imparted by Sena
tor Blair.
Mr. Williams—“Then you thought the
legal and judicial qualities of Walker
Blaine’s mind superior to your own?”
“In this instance I was so incredibly mod
est as to think so.”
Mr. Williams —“We sccept this instance
of incredible modesty. What peculiar legal
obliquity in Blaine did you wish to over
come?”
“It was not an obliquity; it was a lack of
legal culture ”
After some further questions, which failed
to elicit other than evasions, Mr. Blount
asked the witness : “Now, did you c-xpect
to utilize Walker Blaine when you regarded
Mm as bolding the same relations as an
associate to the Chief Justice on the bench
and as a son to a f ’.tber ?”
“I don’t think I understand the drift of
your question.”
Mr. Blount—“Well, to be plain, did you
not expect by the use of flattery or some
other means to secure the aid of thi3 voung
mar?”
“As I understand it, the question is purely
a probe to draw out whether I attempted to
improperly use Mr. Walker Blaine, ar.d I
can frankly answer that if such was the
case it has escaped my conscience.”
Mr. Blount—“Piease state what advantage
Walker Blaine had over Senator Blair in
translating your views to the Secretary?”
“I can only say, because I believed the
son would better landerstand the wot king
of his father’s mind.”
Witness replied to a question by Mr.
Deuster, that he held a conversation with
Wm. E. Chandler some time in October,
but he declined to give its purport. It had
been intended at one time to offer
him a retainer, but for rea
sons which delicacy precluded
his giving, this intension was not car
ried out. Shipherd asked an opportunity
to be heard specifically in regard to his rea
sons for declining to answer certain ques
tions, and was assured that such opportu
nity would be aff irded him.
Representative Lord desired to put one
question, and said : “Mr. Shipherd, you
have testified that your object in employing
Senator Blair as counsel was that you be
lieved on account of his personal intimacy
with Secretary Blaine you could the more
readily reach the Secretary. Now was it
not for a similar reason that you desired to
secure the services of Walker Blaine ?”
Witness (somewhat impudently) —“I
think I can’t give you any further reasons,
if I have not already made myself under
stood ”
Mr. Lord—“Very well; then the commit
tee will assume that such was the case.”
Witness —“I have no control over the
committee’s assumptions.”
Mr. Lord —"Then I will ask you, did you
not approach Walker Blaine on account of
his intimate relations to hfs father?”
“As I have defined them, yes.”
The committee then adjourned with the
understanding that Shipherd’s attendance
will not again be required until the latter
part of next week. It is understood that
Mr. Blaine will in the interval come before
the committee,when it is believed that some
new light will be thrown upon the subject,
which will be utilized by the committee in
any supplemental examination of Shipherd
which they may desire to make.
PARNELL.
A Wild Rumor—The Tribune to be
Recommitted.
London, April 18. —The Press Association
says an extraordinary rumor was current
at Dungarvon to-day, that Mr. Parnell was
shot while on his way from London to Kil
mafnham. The rumor is not entitled to the
slightest credit. According to the best in
formation, Mr. Parnell is still in France.
Mr. Sexton so stated in conversation last
evening.
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr.
Wm. M. Johnson, Attorney General for
Ireland, replying to a question by Mr. Lewis,
member for Londonderry, 6aid that when
Mr. Parnell presents himself at Ktlmainham
he will be legally detained under the old
warrant. The statement was made to dis
pose of a question which had arisen as to
tbe legality of his rearrest.
THE AUTOCRAT’S REALM.
The War on the Jew* Renewed—A
Jlove for the Czai’a Safety.
London, April 18.— A dispatch to the
Times from Odessa, under date of Sunday,
says : “Jews are flecking here from Balta
and the vicinity of that town. All their
houses are said to have been wrecked and
their property destroyed. The number of
families that have been ruined is very
large.”
St. Petersburg, April 18 —The Golos
publishes accounts confirming the reports of
anti-Jewish riots in the district of Kherson.
A Jew was killed at De Ibossi. The troops
at Navaja Praja had to be reinforced by the
local levies from Elizabethgrad.
It is stated that the Czar has accepted an
offer made by the nobility of Bt. Petersburg
and Moscow to protect the Imperial family
and maintain order durffig his coronotion.
A Prleat missing With Fund*.
Lawrence, Mass., April 18.—Considera
ble excitement is caused here by the disap
pearance of Rev. Daniel 8. Healy, pastor of
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, who
hss had charge of a large amount of money
used as a building fund.
more Jewlih Refugees.
Vienna, April 18 —Two hundred Jewish
refugees passed through Lemberg, on Sun
day, on their way to America. Two hun
dred more were expected to arrive there
Monday from Brody.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
more Strike* in Northern Cltle*.
Reading, Pa., April 18.—The employee
of the Reading cotton mill refused to go to
work this morning, In consequence of
which the mill Is idle. The strikers say they
Will not return to work until their terms are
complied with, which Is that their wage 6 be
kept as at present. About 250 employes
are thrown out of work, whose wages ag
gregate about ito.OOO per month.
Lawrence, Mass., April 18.—A thousand
looms are in operation to-day at the Central
Pacific Mills, with three hundred and forty
two weavers, a gain of twenty-nine over
yesterday. The entire spinning department
at the lower mill can be operated to morrow,
as sufficient help has been engaged. This
morning one hundred additional cards and
four more rooping frames were started, and
there appeara to be no doubt that by the
first of next week the entire Central Mill
will be In full operation.
New York, April 18—The Belgian pavers
in the employ of the contractor laying
pipes in the city through which the wires of
the Edison Electric Light Company are to
run, notified him to-day that they would
require, after to-morrow, four dollars for a
day’s work, an increase of one dollar. The
demand will probably be acceded to, and If
not the men will strike.
The striking painters, Who demand an In
crease of fifty cents a day, are meeting with
success, and tl e indications are that the
men will be all back at work at Increased
rates by Monday next.
A large number of striking trackmen of
the New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad resumed work this morning. A
compromise was effected by the officials
granting an increase of fifteen cents a day
over their former pay, one dollar and twenty
cents.
Cotton Future* In New York.
New York, April 18 — The Ibsl says:
“Future deliveries are dull. The market
opened 1 to 2 100 lower, had recovered loss
before and at the second call, but declined
again 3to 4-100 At the third call Junp sold
at 12 42c. to 12 41c., July 12 57c., and Octo
ber 11 64c. “
BRADFORD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Refreshing Rain* After a Drought-
Room In Real Estate—Excellent
Outlook for Bradford County— In
tercutting marriage—Reunion of the
Red men o t the State and Other
Items.
Temple’s Mills, April 17.— Editor Morning
News : The long continued drought in this
part of Florida has given way to fine showers,
and the long visages of the farmers and fruit
growers have visibly shortened; in fact, their
faces are wreathed in smiles. The acreage of
cotton, corn and sugar cane is about ten per
cent, larger than last year, and notwithstand
ing the excessively dry weather the stand is
good. The yield with fair weather will be
large, probably larger than for several years,
as the early spring has given them a good start.
The orange trees in this vicinity are looking
remarkably well.
Real estate is now on a regular boom, Mr 8.
J. Temple having made arrangements, and in
a few davs will complete the sale of over six
thousand acres to one party, besides several
smaller parcels toother parties in lots of one
to fortv acres.
Mr. M. A. Williams, of Fernandina. is now in
Bradford county selecting S r ate lands for the
Disston purchase. As he is selecting quite a
large amount, this will bring a number of immi
grants here. Taking this in connection with
the efforts of others, it will in the near future
make Bradford one among the most populous
counties in the State.
ITof. C. L Peek, of the Starke Institute, Sec
retary of the Bradford County Immigration
Society, is publishing a list of questions for
farmers and others to answer, and the items so
gathered will be published, and give to the in
quirer the truth in actual statistics as to what
is being done by our farmers.
The Methodist church have secured a lot
here and will shortly begin the erection of a
handsome church edifice. With his usual lib
erality, Mr. Temple donated the lot, and will
assist further in giving part of the lumber.
Quite a ripple of excitement was caused
here, April 6, by a marriage In high life. The
contracting parties were Mr. H J. Koerner. of
Lochloosa, and Miss Alice E., youngest daugh
ter of Mr. Simon J. Temple. Rev. Mr. Phillips
performed the ceremony. Many and costlv
were the presents, and what is unusual on such
occasions, they were articles of utility, such
as are needed by any family. Mr. and Mrs.
Koerner left on the following Monday for their
future home, followed by the good wishes of
their hosts of friends.
The Red Men of Starke have chartered a
train for St. Tamarind’s day (May 12) to convey
them, their squaws and pappooses to Haw
thorne, where they will meet all the other
tribes of the State In a grand basket picnic to
celebrate their patron saint. Prominent
speakers df the order will address them, bands
of music will enliven the day, and a grand
time is expected.
The serious injury which I received to my
hand a month ago—a notice of which was pub
lished in the News—was far more serious than
at first I thought. Several bones of the hand
were broken, and nearly all the flesh torn
from the inside of the hand and three of the
fingers, and also a deep cat in the ball of the
thumb. The hand was accidentally caught
between the table and side of the saw when in
motion, the saw being a small one working in
a table. Dr. J. L. Gaskins, of Starke,
has been attending to it, and by skin
grafting and great care, in which
he has shown a high order of surgical
skill, has succeeded in saving the hand entire,
and now has it in fair way for speedy recovery.
Lu-kily it is the left hand.
The Transit Railroad has new a schedule that
suits the mass of its patrons much butter than
heretofore, the freignt as well as passenger
trains being run in day time, but they are yet
short of a sufficient amount of rolling stock to
do their increasing business. W. Lake.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Mr. MacDonough, who defended Ihe
traversers in the late State trials in Dublin,
is dead. i
It Is said that France has recently made
overtures with the view to the appointment
of Salim Pasha as Khedive of Egypt.
The brig NewtoD, from Galveston, has
been sunk off Beachy Head by a collision.
The crew were rescued and taken to Dover.
Roche, a bailiff In the service of the Emer
gency committee, was shot dead yesterday,
while returning home from Limerick to Ktl
teely.
Lewis Marks, aged five years, shot him
self, in Albany, New York, recently, while
playing with a loaded revolver, and died an
hour after.
A telegram from Windsor reports that a
Colonel of the Life Guards has received an
anonymous letter, making threats of blow
ing up the cavalry barracks.
Mrs. Susan P. Veszie, a wealthy widow,
In Bangor, Maine, died suddenly a few days
ago from the effects of poison put up In a
prescription by a blundering druggist.
Joseph McClees, aged ninety-one years,
died recently, at Wilmington, Delaware,
from Injuries received on the 31st ult., by
being jammed between a railroad train and
the station platform.
There have heen found among the effects
of the late Jesse James, a diamond pin,
watch and chain, valued at S9OO, taken by
him In a stage robbery near Hot Springe,
Arkansas, eight years ago.
The number of gallons of distilled spirits
not made of fruit produced in the United
States since 1863, is upward of 1,000 000.000,
and the total amount of tax collected from
all distilled spirits since that year Is nearly
$835,000,000.
Sir Charles Dilke, Under Foreign Secre
tary, replying to a question by Sir Henry
Drummond Wolffe, in the House of Com
mons last evening, stated that correspond
ence with reference to the imprisonment of
American suspects was being printed and
would soon be presented to the House.
Wednesday two masked men, armed with
revolvers and steel bars, entered the factory
of Eaton, Cole & Burnham, In Bridgeport,
Connecticut, murderously assaulted
Patrick Bullivan, the watchman. They
were frightened away before succeeding in
their object, which was robbery, leaving
some burglars’ tools behind. Sullivan may
recover.
Carl Helfeldt, sixty three years of age, a
journeyman tailor in Hoboken, took a pistol
from a bureau drawer before going to bed,
and told his wife that he intended to kill
her before morning. She managed to get
out of the room, and barricaded herself in a
hall bed room. Helfeldt tried the door
several times during the night, but could
not get In, and in the morning, after drink
ing a large glass of liquor and sgain trying
the door of the room In which his wife took
refuge, he went into the kitchen and shot
himself dead.
The Mayor of Polk City, lowa, R. W.
Stubbs, was murdered in his own house at
3 o’clock in the morning by parti p s who
were evidently bent on robbery. He ami
his wife were sleeping up stairs and were
aroused by footsteps. In response to the
inquiry as to who was there, he was told to
be still or he would be shot. He sprang out
of bed, and one of the intruders turned a
dark lantern upon him and fired a pistol
shot. The ball passed through his heart.
He staggered to the top of the stairs and
fell headlong down the flight. The mur
derers fled through the front way, and
mounting horses which had been tied near
the gate, disappeared In the darkness.
LETTER FROM MACON.
The Late Col. W, TANARUS, 'f liompeon—
Colonel * very’* History of Georgia.
—Governor Colquitt—The Recent
Tragedy at Athens.
Macon, April 17.—The writer has noted and
treasured up with peculiar pride and interest,
the numerous testimonials, tributes and pane
gyrics which have emanated from every sec
tion of the Union in behalf of the blameless
career, signal services and distinguished repu
tation of the deceased senior in the editorial
conduct of the Morning News.
It seems late in th day for him to essay to
acid his "brick” to the fast-growing monumen
tal pile which the literary world Is erecting to
the memory of the author of “Major Jones’
Courtship.” But, from his quasi retirement
as an active journalist, it was meet and proper
that he should stand aside umil the brethren
in full harness had duly spoken. Now, how
ever. that there is a lull in the requiem dirges
which have been sounding from an hundred
presses in honor of the departed, modestly,
and in rour own columns, he would drop his
floral offering upon the dead editor.
For fortv years the writer had personally
known and “read rter” him in the charming
issues of the Madison Miscellany , whose col
umns he illustrated with the flashes of his
abounding wit and humor, and afterwards as
the originator and able conductor of the Sava
nnah Morning News. Later still, he was thrown
for sixteen years into closer contact and asso
ciation with him in the journalistic field.
In all that period we found much to admire
in the career of Colonel Thompson, and little
very little-to reprehend. Tn’eed there was a
wonderful equilibrium and uniformity in his
writings, albeit always strong and to the point,
and more than any other contemporary did he
preserve the juste millien in ti:e discussion
even of the most exciting topics. Yet, when
occasion offered or unjustly assailed, no man
was quicker to defend himself and even carry
the war into Africa. Tt mattered not whether
his antagonist was a United States Senator or
occupied any other exalted position; when the
gauntlet was thrown down it was promptly
taken up. and in every instance he showed
himself either conqueror or “worthy of his
foeman's steel.” Butwithal.it must be con
ceded that calmness and moderation were lead
ing qualities in a'l of his editorials.
Asa party man, none stood truer to his
colors, while ever ready to point out mistakes
and srund a note of warning when needed to
his political associates. In short, the course of
<’ol. Thompson war transparently candid and
fair upon all subjects, political or otherwise
and hence the recognized fact that the Morn
ing News,for integrity of rurpose, consistency
and conservatism, duly tempered by the pro
gressive spirit of the times, is second to no
Southern journal, while in Georgia it is justly
regarded as the great balance wheel of public
opinion.
The privnte character of Col. Thompson alßo
was without spot or blemish. Frank and ge
nial in his manners; of a social, communicative
spirit; excellent company and always outspo
ken, he nevertheless sedulously avoided per
sonalities and constantlv made friends. Like a
ripe shock of wheat he lias at length been gar
nered into the storehouse of the Creator he
served so well, and we can only exclaim, “peace
to his ashes.”
Col. Avery’s “History of Georgia,” that
spicy and timely publication, though treating
only in part of one of the most momentous
epochs in the annals of Georgia, yet, so far as
the field has been covered, exhibits great per
spicuity, impartiality and truthfulness. Much
of the narrative, while of a personal nature,
and largely embracing the career and achieve
ments of the in st salient actors in those stir
ring time--, still renders even-handed justice to
each, and will bear the test of the most rigid
scrutiny , do the -ruthor, too. is due the honor
of showing in unmistakable characters the im
portant part which Georgia sustained in the
drama of the “lost cause.” She was then, as
now. the pivotal and foremost State of the
South, and the weight of her sword was not
even second in the struggle to that of old Vir
ginia, the mother of Presidents. Col. Avery
at great pains and industry, has collected and
formulated an immense mns3 of statistical in
formation in his work, which will prove inval
uable to the future historian. Himself an im
portant factor in the bloody events of that
memorable period, one can but admire the
modesty and fairness of the author, and be
speak for his effort the success it.-so eminently
deserves. #
From the numerous attacks against Gov.
Colquitt, which, emaca’ing from his enemies
in Atlanta, go the rounds of the State, one
would conjecture that our noble Executive
wasa very Uatalii e for conspiracy and a Cesar
in his ambition. Yet not one of these innuen
does have been substantiated, and it must be
consoling to His Excellency to know that in
virulence and extravagance they fall far short
of the canards of the last Gubernatorial cam
paign, when he was so overwhelmingly vindi
cated by the people at the ballot box. The
writer has not even seen Governor Colquitt for
six months, and what he writes ij simply from
the standpoint of justice.
That hi-* refusal to call an extra session of
the Legislature was cot prompted by personal
motives is shown by his p sit.ve refusal to al
low the use of his name for Congressman at
large. That act has received the cordial sanc
tion of three-fourths of the impecunloU3 tax
payers of Georgia
As to tht? churge that the Governor is cabal
ling for Mr. Hiil’s place, : it can only be said that
as yet there is no vacancy, and ail unite in the*
hope that the eloquent Senator will continue*
to remain in his seat, a faithful sentinel over
the interests of the commonwealth, and its
able cham; ion.
If, however, in the course of events a vacan
cy in the Upper House should occur, and the
Governor were desirous of filling it, no cabal
would be requisite in tlie premises. in all pro
bability he wou'd be the spontaneous choice of
the people, and prove, ns hitherto, invincible.
Assuredly Georgia could not send a more illus
trious and deserving citizen to represent her
in the councils or the nation. And this is said
with due deference to other bright aud shining
lights who would nobly represent her in the
senate. The writer, as un “organized Demo
crat” of the straightest sect, will always sup
port the nominee. But we arc not advised that
the Governor desires any offi -e, and only trust
that he may be allowed to retire in peace wilh
out having cause to reiterate the complaint
that -‘republics are always ungrate'ul.”
The assassination of young Rountree haa
caused theprofe-vodest indignation throughout
the State. That ihe murderer will be brought
to justice cannot be doubted, however, ind
there has been no outbreak'of any kind at
Athena-. That the event wiil do much to em
bitter the antagonism between the races is to
lie greatly deplored; but the fault lies mainly
with the Radical negroes themselves, inflamed
and influenced as they are by such journals of
their own as the Atlanta Defiance. So far as
the discipline of the Univertity is concerned
we have it from the highest authority as well
as personal observation, that at no time in the
previous history of the institution have the
young men been more orderly and well be
haved. Indeed they are models in tills respect,
and the secret lies in the fact that the Chan
cellor and Faculty regard the students as gen
tlemen. and treat them as such. This appeal
to the chivalrous Southern youth is ii resistible.
The writer knows whereof he speaks.
In this connection it may be well also to dis
abuse the public mind of the damaging rumor
that the University is not as flourishing as
usual. Per contra, recently there were more
students in attendance tr an at any period in
1881, and the morale, personnel and abilities of
the young men have never been excelled in the
past. One effect of the branch colleges is to
winnow out the wheat from the chaff, the
creme lie la creme from the former entering
the parent foumlati n to complete their educa
tion. And this must continue to be the case
with the able faculty, complete apparatus and
admirable scientific schools which are to be
enjoyed at Athens. In a word, there may be
found the University indeed, wnere the student
mav elect what course of study he prefers
and pursue it to the practical end. H. H. J
An odd measure has been introduced
into the plau of action for the Southern *
Presbyterian Theological Seminary. It
provides that during the summer vaca
tion each professor shall spend two
months in Home Missionary labor. This
is partly with a view to keeping the pro
fessors busy and partly to work up some
of the neglected districts, which it is
hoped they can reach. It is one of the
least practical things a theological semi
nary ever devised. There is some use in
setting the students at work in this line
of effort during the holidays, for they
are young and can accustom themselves
to the duties of missionary labor. But
to take a company of elderly gentlemen
from their regular routine and set them
at work for which they have no special
fitness, or to which they have loDg been
unused, is to harass them, to ruin their
holiday, and to worry the heathen or
others to whom they are sent. There are
many other ways in which the dignified
professors can better improve their spare
time.
Harvard College proper has been liv
ing beyond its income for four years to
the average amountgof $12,500 a year.
The deficit for 1880-81, amounting to
$34,409 19, is the largest the College has
ever incurred.
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